User blog comment:Lelouch Di Britannia/Chapter 706 - Bellamy and Skypiea's Pillar of Gold/@comment-5888163-20130418152424

I don't think he attacked those Skypieans.... i think when he got there somehow he got them to train him to teach him how to use mantra, to withstand the lack of oxygen and all sorts of stuff. I don't think he lost his crew he said "WE lost quite a few men" therefore he when he came back down some of the crew was still with him or he got a few people from skypiens to join him like Satori or others.