After Michael's experiments with the God of War, the squad began focusing on the isolated Guardians, killing them one by one.
Most of the time, after exposing their cores, they fed them to Ember, steadily increasing her strength.
Since the Lords themselves didn't gain much from the cores, they preferred to strengthen their companion instead.
[Killed Guardians: 8/100]
At some point, everybody reached a maximum state of exhaustion. Before engaging in another confrontation, they decided to let their bodies recover.
One benefit of the Tower of Ascension, which they had initially missed due to how intense everything had been in the beginning, was that it supplied a steady amount of spiritual energy, allowing the Lords to cultivate and restore their lost strength.
