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Oh yeah, it was crashing, wasn't it? I already forgot about that. Was it the fight with Ziz that did it? Okay fair enough, they'll all crash into the Ark. Doesn't change the course of action. Bahamut is their sole combatant left. And Levi's still incapacitated. Probably the same as with Behemoth she'll awaken her real transformation through the power of friendship or whatever, seeing her friends all defeated and in peril. Unless the 3rd anniversary is bigger in scale than the others, I don't see both boss battles happening in one event. They could do it but it would be a first I think.
As for the 4 dorks being the most important? They're just the current plot device. The most important thing are the queens and the state of the world in general. The Ark is getting ready for their 3rd reclamation war and this time they might be successful - or in general more than they were ever before. Some raptures are evolving independently in the absence of Queens, and otherwise Babu and potentially other candidates who've escaped Jussy's gaze are all growing up, coalescing their power to exert their will and influence, etc... The way I see it, Jussy and Nayuta know a whole lot about the current state of the world. Since they're a more valuable source of information, chasing down the 4 beasts becomes a lesser priority.
>all the buildup would be for naught
Not necessarily. It just doesn't need to happen right away. The goal was to extract info from them, not to make them allies. In fact, the goal's been changing and shifting ever since we met Grave. Who even expected Jussy and Nayuta to make their appearance during the 4 dorks arc? I certainly didn't. But if they can provide info on who the real big bad or merely the next antagonists are, that's gonna be the focus. The 4 dorks are just a side story anyway. It's not like they're evil or anything. Although they present a certain danger, compared to everything else that's happening in the world this is very minor. We learned from a while ago that they weren't working in opposition to humanity. Remember, the end goal is reclaiming the surface. In that sense the 4 could be allies, otherwise they aren't a major faction unless there's a 5th, their actual queen candidate - or if Levi becomes that, kinda like how Babu awakened at that moment. That would change everything.