Following the kidnappings, the tension between the demi-human clans was at an all-time high to the point where an unexpected truce was made. Setting up a meeting through a mediator, the tribe chieftains were about to meet for a quick resolution of the matter, and perhaps even get their people back from the other tribe.
'You in with them?' Hearing Haruki's voice ringing in her ears, Maria hummed a positive tune to keep her cover intact. 'Great, keep the mediator's mask up, I need you to keep them busy while we pluck the tribe's people in their villages.'
After having kidnapped the demi-wolf, demi-tiger hybrid mediator, Maria was masking herself as that girl to keep the meeting going for as long as possible. All the while, Haruki's scanty army plucked the defenseless tribe's men while their soldiers and chiefs were out meeting on neutral ground.
