Yisval was right about one thing. Juri was indeed keeping so of the Spirit Stones. But it wasn't for him, he simply kept it there in case the Tribe needed it in an ergency. So, in fact, it isn't as much as they think. Juri had really used almost all the Spirit Stones in the Tribe.
Almost two weeks later, a warrior ca into his house to report.??
"Tribe Leader, sothing is happening in the Yisval Tribe."
Juri's attention was picked.
"What is it?"
"We noticed that their warriors are mobilizing. From the looks of it, are Tribe war might start at any mont."
Juri's eyes narrowed.
"A tribe war? Were the Kian Tribe in bad terms with anyone recently?"
The warrior shook his head.
"We have kept an eye on all the Tribes around us during the past few years as you instructed us. But so far, no other Tribe seems to be acting weird. We also didn't find any sign that they were in bad terms with Kian. Because of that, we can't ascertain who their target really is."
Juri found it to be a little too fishy.
'Could they be targeting us? But that makes no sense since they would lose too much in that case. Could it be one of the small Tribes around? Or so other Tribe outside our territory?'
"Keep observing their movents. If anything new happens, let know."
The warrior nodded and quickly left.
Juri then asked another Warrior to call the Elders, Alanda, Rean, and Roan over.
Late that day, everyone was gathered in the Elder's hall at the center of the Tribe. Rean and Roan were also there, but they were not appearing. Juri kept those two hidden so that they would only hear the conversation. After all, they are the Tribe's trump card. The smaller the number of people who know about their real power, the better.
As the elders discussed the news about the Kian Tribe, Rean and Roan were also doing the sa with each other.
"What do you think?"
Roan nodded.
"Considering everything I heard so far, I would say that there is at least an 80% chance that they are coming for us."
Rean was surprised to hear that.
"Didn't they say that it wouldn't be worth it to attack us with the Kian Tribe's strength?"
Roan nodded once more.
"That's why soon enough, we should get a report of so other Tribes entering our territory. If one Tribe isn't enough, then try two, three, four... As long as the profit is worth it, you can convince others. The sa way we keep eyes on the other Tribes, the other Tribes keep eyes on us. So it shouldn't be a secret how our Tribe's strength had been increasing recently."
"That Kian Tribe is the only dium-Sized Tribe in our territory, so they can't allow another one to appear. It is that simple."
Sure enough, another warrior appeared a few minutes later to give his report.
"We spotted another two Tribes entering our territory. Judging by their banners, they are the Bokou from the south and Hersin from the west. Both are dium-Sized Tribes."
Juri was surprised to hear that.
'It was exactly like Roan ntioned.'
Before coming to the Elders Hall, Juri had told Rean, Roan, and Alanda about what was going to be discussed. Hearing that, Roan imdiately asked Juri to send warriors to watch the borders of their territory. Juri followed his wishes, and sure enough, it proved helpful.
One of the elders couldn't help but comnt.
"Does it an that they are the ones attacking the Kian Tribe together?"
Juri was just about to answer when he received a Spiritual Sense ssage from Roan. He imdiately changed what he was about to say after that.
"Gather all warriors, our Varen Tribe is going into full war mode."
The elders were taken aback by that.
"Isn't it too early to get into conclusions?"
Juri shook his head and repeated the sa words Roan told him.
"The Kian Tribe is inside their Tribe Territory, those two Tribes have similar strength to them. That ans that if they want to win a war against the Kian Tribe, they will need to pay a huge price. They would probably not be dium-Size Tribes anymore when everything is over."
"That being said, there is no way that Bokou and Hersin would take this risk. With this line of thought, it is almost guaranteed that they aren't fighting each other. Since they aren't fighting, it could only an that they are in an alliance. Now then, which Tribe in our territory would the Kian Tribe need the alliance to deal with?"
All the elders' hearts skipped a bit after hearing that. There is only a single Tribe which the Kian Tribe would need help to deal with, their own!
Imdiately, a bell sound started to resonate in the entire Tribe. When the people heard that, they imdiately started to mobilize. Ever since the Varen Workshop began to make money, Juri thought about the possibility of the Tribe being under attack. So he made sure that everyone knew what to do in case this bell was ever used.
All the ordinary people imdiately gathered in the center of the village. Surprisingly, they all carried bags full of food and water as if they were ready to go on a travel. Juri then went on the stage to talk.
"It is still not confird, but we are almost certain that our Tribe is about to be attacked. That being said, you already know what to do. Everyone who is not related to the Tribe's protection is to imdiately move into the Mine to hide. Elder Jasviu and a few warriors under his command will be leading this group."
Jasviu stepped forward and received the order. At the sa ti, Juri asked him through a Divine Sense ssage.
"Is that thing ready?"
Jasviu imdiately nodded.
"We finished it a year ago. No one other than those present in the excavation knows about this."
Juri nodded, satisfied. He had put Jasviu in charge of making an escape route that led to the Liman mountain's opposite side. That escape route took more than three years to be done. It couldn't be helped, after all, the mountain expanded for several kiloters and the number of people involved wasn't that big to keep the secret. But in the end, their efforts were compensated.
"Very well. In case we lose, you should imdiately destroy the entrance and flee to the previously agreed place, understood?"
Jasviu nodded, and he began to guide all the common people into the Mines.
Juri then looked at Roan in the corner where no one was paying attention.
'Just how far have you seen?'
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