...Meanwhile, in another part of the Echoing Valley...
"Shit, shit, shit!" Hulgin cursed as he and his bird, Mugin, made massive strides across the valley floor. They were moving so fast, it was almost like they were instantly teleporting over short distances.
"Who the fuck were those guys?!" Hulgin cursed as he and his bird skipped through a pack of wild gnus. "Why the hell did they have to interfere on today of all days?!"
Today's plan was supposed to be simple, but the payoff was going to be unimaginably rich.
All they had to do was use the aether treasure that their benefactor had given them to render the Stormsingers' ability to fight back useless and then capture the lot of them mostly intact as promised.
The reward from such a simple task would then be used to increase the cultivation base of all of the warriors of the tribe and their birds, and they would then become the most powerful tribe in the entirety of the Echoing Valley.
