Once Rio was done dealing with Dante, he called for Riley and gave her all the instructions for what he wanted from those members of Eclipse.
Since he wanted to develop Eclipse to a level similar to his guild or even stronger than it. They needed a reputation so impeccable that even the name of Eclipse would send shivers down the spines of everyone.
And all of that needed to be started with the floating islands, just under the nose of world association.
Hard, extremely so - but if he wanted to kill Leon and survive the second phase, and all the other calamities that followed it, floating islands needed to be secured under his control.
That's why he's been thinking, making plans for both Angel and Eclipse, buying lands, people, properties, dungeons and anything that could give him a say against the world leaders when the world really turns to shit.