After sharing their thoughts about their predicament and exploring various ways they could potentially deal with it, the group finally agreed on one conclusion.
Since they were nine people and the fundamental issue of Mara entering a gate alone still remained unresolved, the group decided to take another calculated gamble. The odds of success were higher than their first attempt, but the stakes were equally terrifying.
The plan was straightforward in concept, brutal in execution:
Eight of the nine remaining team members would enter eight different gates simultaneously. They would fight to clear their respective challenges as quickly as possible, racing against time and their own limitations.
The first person to successfully defeat their beast and exit their gate would be the one Mara would be waiting for outside.
