[Northern Continent, Mountain Pass]

After the initial battle had concluded for the day, the attacks that is happening on all three sides simultaneously had finally come to an end. Naturally after the battle with each side's respective opponents, a battle report had been collected in the field and was relayed to all three areas of the war.

Upon receiving the report handed to him, Boris and the other chiefs on their side couldn't believe the amount of casualty their side had lost during the initial encounter. Apparently after the battle, each representative of both western battle front and the eastern battlefront had sent their report to him and even informed to him the people who died Amidst the battle.

Based on the report, Aside from him, both the former representative of both sides had died in battle and were now currently replaced by another responsible chiefs on their side. From the western battlefront, Einar the chieftain of the 39th tribe had currently replaced the now deceased chief of the 50th tribe. As for the eastern battlefront, the 22nd chief had taken over the command after the death of Junaid of the 21st tribe chief.

Even thought both sides had successfully driven back the enemy, the number of death was too shocking to the point that a commotion broke out inside their tent.

The siege of the stone fortress in the west, the stall battle in the beast grave canyon on the east, and the battle in the  mountain pass in the north, each of this attacks seemed to held a deeper meaning than he initially thought. Even thought he has no proof, Boris felt like something was amiss, and based on what Payton had told him before the battle, someone is indeed behind the tribal war.

With such a mystery behind this war, Boris couldn't  help but feel goosebumps in the darkness he never knew existed. However he couldn't show any hesitation as of this moment in front of his men. He is the pillar of all the warriors in different places, since that is the case, he needed to stay firm and confident in order to not arouse weakness within his ranks.

Without showing any weakness in his form, he then begun writing a letter containing his will and order for the both battlefronts to enact in such situation. At the same time, he then begun writing an apology letter for all that are bereaved for having their men be killed in the battlefield.

The same can be said towards the other two areas, as they begun returning the dead back to their family. As for the warriors that left nothing not even their body, all sides then begun offering a memento in memories of them towards the said family. During that time numerous cries and wails erupted in various homes as the dead returned to their family.

With all that said, the three sides begun preparing for the next battle, as the battle for survival wasn't over just yet.

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[West Side]

Unknown to the people situated in the stone fortress, a small army had took the chance that chaos had ensued in the stone fortress to sneak into the southern tribe territory and bypassing the eyes of the guarding warriors. Apparently the small army are made up of the western tribe warriors who were sent to sneakily circle around the stone fortress undetected.

The reason why such a small army was sent to circle around the stone fortress lays on some few reasons that the various chiefs of the western tribe army held. The first reason is that such small army is tasked in overtaking the less defended territory of the southern tribes causing commotion and conflict to arise within their territory. the second reason is to abduct the family of each chieftain which would taken ahold of the reins of the various leaders of the southern army. Lastly is to cause internal dispute among the people and cause destruction from withi9n, just like a trojan tactic.

The only way such task can be completed is by having such a small army successfully infiltrate the southern tribe lands, and in order for the small army to leak in, the western army should attack the stone fortress as hard they can to the point that all the warriors in the fortress would be busy dealing with the attacking force.

Since the siege of the stone fortress was such a success despite their losses, the small army tasked with such suicide task had successfully slips in and is now currently on the way towards executing the given task.

Not long after the stone fortress is now long been gone from the sight of the small army as they headed deeper into the territory of the southern tribes.

The small army consist of 1 commander, 2 assistance, 4 captains, 8 groups, totaling about a total number of 200 western warriors. Apparently the leader of this said small army is the commander itself that is tasked for this operation.

"Commander! Looks like the siege on the stone fortress had just ended" said by the warrior walking up towards the army commander

"It seems so, nevertheless we had successfully slip pass through the people of the stone fortress... with such an opportunity, it is time for us to cause chaos within their homes and held them even more back"

"....."

"The plan is simple! we need to take ahold of control on the chief's people and make them slowly withdraw from the frontline to save their citizens, once they did so, the defenses on their che3ckpoint would greatly weaken which would give an opportunity for our allies to attack their various checkpoint"

"....."

"Naturally some would oppose such movement since the risk of getting attack when weaken is greater than staying put, due to that internal dispute would grown within their ranks and the army would be divided into two... one  wants to save their people, and one wants to stay put in the frontlines to fight off the enemy"

"....."

"But we wouldn't give them a chance to think things through, as the internal dispute grow stronger, we would continue our spree and lay waste to their land while the southern army will be held back in their own battlefronts.... once the innocent casualty rises and the lives of the chief's loved ones at stake, the army in the checkpoint would naturally disperse in a single thought causing the weakening to be inevitable and that is the moment when our allies attack our enemy"

Hearing the slight briefing of the plan, some of the warriors raised up their hands and asked.

"But what about some of the enemy that stayed behind to protect their land? wouldn't they pose a threat?"

In face of such question, the commander then said.

"Worry not! all the strong ones will be heading to war, meaning only the weak ones will be left behind to protect their homes... with such warriors protecting their homes, coupled by a disadvantageous numbers of available units, such warriors wouldn't pose a threat at all... it is basically our for the win"

With that, some of the western warriors grew in morale as they realized that such tasked wouldn't be suicidal after all if done right. With the increase on the warriors morale, the commander then look over towards the other executives and asked what the nearest tribe on the direction they are heading.

"Sir! the 30th tribe is just right ahead our direction if we just moved like our usual pace" said by the captain of a group

"30th tribe of the south? who is the chief of such tribe?" asked by the commander

"Apparently it is a woman who had no affiliations or family of her own yet" answered by the captain

"A woman as a chief? preposterous!!! what can a woman do? a woman doesn't know how to lead a group at all!!! the southern tribe actually allowed a woman to take control of a tribe? they must be out of their minds"

"....."

"Nevertheless since it is a woman's territory, i bet such figurehead would be emotional once she knew that her people is under our mercy... move ahead our plans! our target is the 30th tribe! Looks like this operation would be easier than i thought"

With such thoughts in mind the small army then begun to move as they headed towards Tetra's territory.

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A few hours after the after the march of the small army, the said army had finally reached the territory of Tetra as they silently and sneakily made their way closer towards the the home of Tetra's citizens. However along the way, the western warriors even the commander seemed to have notice the less numbers of beast that is comparable to other lands.

For the tribal warriors, the beast or monsters are a type of wild creatures that is needed for the cycle of the tundra environment, thus seeing such creatures in the wild can be considered as normal. What was considered abnormal was the lack or absence of the said beast or monsters. It was just too quiet, so quiet that it somehow even dampen the morale the western warriors.

Soon after the small army then finally came before the path leading towards Tetra's home tribal village, and somewhat regained their vigor to enact their task. But before they could even take a step forward towards Tetra's home, Gabriel then swooped down from above and blocked the army's path.

"Who are you guys?" asked by Gabriel

Seeing a person with white wings landing in front of them from above, the small army of the western tribe were somehow caught off guard as they all held their weapons in face of this sudden appearance of a person. At the same time, they were somewhat in shock after seeing a human but not human at all standing in front of them.

But since the person in front of them seemed to not know that they were from western tribes, the commander then plotted to trick the guy into believing that they are an additional force sent by the tribes chief in order to protect her home.

"Your not talking?" asked by Gabriel after a long silence has passed

In that moment the commander then finally spoke.

"Were a small army sent by your chief to protect the home in her absence! so please get out of our way"

"That Chief sent you? that's really hard to believe, i thought all manner of workforce is needed in that petty war that you creatures enacted" said by Gabriel

"Petty? How can you call the war with our lives at stake petty?" asked by the commander while holding back his rage, apparently he was infuriated by how Gabriel looked down on the war that all tribes in the snow peak mountain was involved. In fact he could even regard the war as something grand and upscale than any skirmish their ancestors had fought, thus such comment was like a ridicule towards their effort

"I don't know who you are but i suggest that you bring your men away from this place" said by Gabriel

In that moment the commander finally lost it.

"I think you should step back, i don't even know whether you are one of that woman's men, but if you are, then this is pure disrespect for our allies who died in battle, plus your an unknown entity to us... based on your appearance you are a type of hybrid between a monster and a human... I cant even trust you"

"Trust? what a funny word, if you are actually sent by that woman, then tell me her name"

In that moment the small army was left speechless as they don't know how to answer such question. So without any answer towards Gabriel's question specifically towards the name of the woman chieftain, all the warriors in the small army then unsheathed their weapon as they all decided to attack Gabriel himself.

Based on the track of the conversation and how it flows, it was quite obvious that Gabriel simply wont let the small army pass. Since talking to him was pointless, they then attacked him in all fury as they plan to rush head first towards the unknown enemy. 

However before the commander could even slash down his sword, Gabriel then quickly cuts off his head as blood splashed all over the area from that first death. Following the commander's death, numerous cries sprung out all over the place as the other angels together with Gabriel that is hiding up above the air, then begun attacking the tribal warriors after they showed hostility towards Gabriel.

Without any excuse, death then spread out in the land as the unit of angels decimated the small army. Despite the difference in size, the warriors were immediately overpowered by just the battle skills of the angels as they died in cold blood.

Not long after the small army was killed off by the angels who were just roaming the area without any effort at all. Of course before the small army got killed off in a massacre completely, one of them quickly sent out the information regarding a mysterious species living in the south and the danger they posed.

Just as this message was sent by a mysterious means, that soldier was then killed on the spot without being able to utter another word.

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