Charlotte had not appeared, but the new route had. Juno could not help worrying about his student. Of course, he would not rashly set foot on the new route, so he patiently waited for several days.
One day, Juno had just awakened from meditation when he sensed Ishermerlun's presence. The evil god descended from the sky and, upon seeing Juno, handed him a letter. Charlotte had worried that the evil god might relay the message incorrectly, so he did not dare have it spoken aloud. In the letter, he described everything that had happened to him.
After reading the letter, Juno was truly dumbfounded. Smiling, he handed all the Ghost Ships over to Ishermerlun. After Ishermerlun departed with the Ghost Fleet, Juno Arthur did not continue waiting for Charlotte's return. Instead, his face lit up with excitement as he directed the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and the Emilia into the new route.
Charlotte had his own unavoidable reasons for choosing Lazaro Cardenas Port. He had already sent Ishermerlun to summon the Ghost Fleet, but there was no suitable harbor in all of Mosul. The Ghost Ships also needed a port at which to dock.
The Black Golem Region had two major ports, and Lazaro Cardenas Port was the closest to Mosul.
Charlotte led seven or eight hundred men to the outskirts of Lazaro Cardenas Port's city walls and ordered his Labyrinth Guardians to raise a banner. The banner was exceedingly crude, made from several slender tree trunks lashed together with a sheet of white cloth hung from them. To ensure the people in the city could see it clearly, Charlotte secured both the top and bottom edges of the cloth.
Written on the banner in both Fars and Inglima were the words: Surrender and you will not be killed. Resist