Maria came back to the forest and saw Silvia waiting for her, outside her cottage, she noticed her from a distance and then came towards her, Silvia was standing along with the Ranger, they reached here a few minutes before.
"You came back sooner than I thought," Maria said, first glancing at Ranger and then looking at Silvia.
Silvia sighed and said,
" It turns out that there are people who don't like Lanark. So it was quite easy to convince them"
Maria chuckled, and said,
"Lanark is an old tree, an arrogant old tree. He must have many enemies. They are silent now, but once we take some position against him, they will also come out of their shell"
Silvia listen to her with a faded smile on her face,
"Anyway, I want you to do another thing. We have many people, but they are weak. We need to make them strong. We need to teach them to fight and also some more skills that we can use" Maria continued.