When I went outside, I met my friends. I had Yon's head in my hands, it was distorted with very beautiful emotions, and my eyes were full of joy. My friends looked at the head with difficult facial expressions. Tenri, the leader of the Ice Wing clan spoke:

- Congratulations on the victory over Yon. It is sad to see that such a skilled military commander died like this. If he hadn't betrayed... we would have had a good military man.

- However, he betrayed us, and let himself be killed so far for nothing. We still need to solve the problems by making up for losses and dividing the trophies. And also… Pierrot, what should we do with the remnants of the Steel Demons?

The questioner is the Leader of the Green Blood clan, Grie. Demons are divided into many species, the Green Blood clan is a type of insectoid demon. They look like cockroaches on 2 legs. They have human-like legs and arms, as well as 2 thin sharp arms. The Ice Wing clan, in turn, is a kind of ice demon. They look like pale, ashen-skinned people, but they have Wings. It can already be of different colors depending on the strength of the demon, from simple gray to crystal blue. They are not much different from humans, except that they can manipulate ice, and like other demons have demonic energy.

- Hmm, if I think about it, I want to kill them. However, did you catch Yon's son?

- Yes, we caught him. He almost managed to escape, but fortunately, the members of the Green Blood clan were able to catch him at the last moment.

- That's good. Bring it to me in my fun room.

- As you wish, do we need to bring additional equipment to pierce his steel skin?

- Yes, I would be very grateful.

- Everything will be ready in 30 minutes, while you can go to rest, Pierrot.

- OK. Do not touch the members of the Steel Demon clan yet, their fate will be decided later.

- As you wish.

...

After Pierrot left, it was already difficult for Grie to remain silent.

-And we're going to turn a blind eye to this? He's crazy!

- Yes, he's crazy, but the problem is that we have already clung to him so tightly that we can't get rid of him. If the other Tribe Leaders see that we have left him, they will not be averse to accepting him, and perhaps they will help him as well as we helped him with Yon.

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As soon as he heard this, his face twisted up a lot. Although it is sometimes difficult for Tenri to understand the expressions of the insectoids, now his feelings were obvious.

- Urgh, and why did you even decide that we should hold on to him? You saw Jon's head, the expression of the joy of liberation on his face was very sincere.

- Yes… it's scary. What do you think he's going to do with his son? Will he torture me like a father?

- I bet a tenth of my loot from the war that the child will die an unenviable death.

- And I bet a tenth that he will make a faithful dog out of him, who will remember all the pain he has experienced every night and almost walk under himself.

- Damn ... but if he succeeds, he will get the whole clan of Steel Demons for himself!

- Yes ... fortunately, at least we were able to destroy all the warriors of the clan, the nearest 20 years did not create an army of the greatest strength for him.

- Listen... maybe we should try to kill him?

- Don't even think about it. Yon is already a sufficient lesson, don't you think? He's too valuable. Archdemon... if we don't become reliable allies for him, others may become instead.

-However, you know the current situation. We're splitting up into camps! Those who want to improve relations with him and take his side, and those who are for the destruction of the threat.

- Do we have a choice? - I said with a forced smile - He left us no choice, either we attack the Steel Demons, or... switch sides. What do they call themselves?

- Freedom Alliance. The two-third of the highest clans in the alliance. I doubt that they will be able to restrain themselves for a long time from scheming with each other, but until that happens, they are still a formidable force.

- Hm... on the one hand, 7 of the 11 Higher Clans are on one side, and almost all the minor clans are on the other. And 3 more Higher clans in neutral factions. We only have 1 supreme clan on our side.

- Well, they no longer have 7 but 6 higher clans. The Supreme Steel Demon Yon is dead, and his clan is actually disarmed. And the union of our clans can be considered the Highest clan.

- It's not possible anymore. We lost a lot of our forces in the war with Yon.

The Green Blood Clan and the Ice Wing Clan had a long enough history of alliance that they could unite and work incredibly coordinated with each other, thanks to this they are secretly called the 12th Supreme Clan. However, the Leaders are in no hurry to unite their clans, for many reasons.

- It will be necessary to put more pressure on the little ones so that they will cover our ass from the other higher clans for a while.

- I'll do it.

The other higher Clans did not intervene, not because they did not want to, but because they could not. The lands of the Steel Demons were right next to the territories of the Green Blood and Ice Wing clans. In turn, the other higher clans were further away and were a buffer that prevented their armies from passing through their territories. If they decided to launch a massive attack, there was a possibility that a Neutral faction would decide to side against the Archdemon. The neutral fraction was still deciding which side to take, and most likely would have decided more quickly to side against the aggressor of a large-scale war. Thinking about this, they couldn't help but let out sighs of fatigue.