There's a thing in games called "invisible walls" and a linear path, and I'm almost certain that's exactly the case here. And no matter what you do, it won't help.
If this method with the sacrifice helps, I'll write to Revana after I finish everything and ask if there was another way to do it, and if so, I'll apologize and admit I was wrong.
The real question is, how does it all look from within the game itself.