"Wow, that's quite the tree! I doubt I could fly to the top even with my Pegasus!" Cynthia cupped her hands above her eyes to shield from the sun that was peering over the colossal tree that stood before her.

"Yes, the Mila Tree is ancient and holds the shrine for the voice of Naga." Say'ri walked alongside her.

"I've never felt so small!" Lissa was astounded. Behind her Frederick seemed to be scanning the tree's branches.

"The shrine rests above the branches? How would one even make their way to the top?"

"There is a great staircase carved into the trunk of the tree, and the enemy has blocked the "root" to the steps." Say'ri giggled at her own pun.

Chrom frowned.

Kjelle looked at her Bolganone tome, contemplating whether or not it would be wise to use it inside of a flammable area. The flames could be used to flush out the enemies perhaps, but then it could harm the tree and maybe even the shrine, with that logic any thunder magic would also be a potential danger. She left her tome inside the convoy and hooked an arcwind tome that she had borrowed from Noire, who was training as a cleric at the time, and would not be participating in the battle due to anemia. Libra, her father, would be taking care of her health back in the Shepherd barracks.

"Well, there won't be much room to be fighting inside the tree so I suggest we send in a small group of us." Robin suggested a tactic to Say'ri, who was more knowledgeable about the tree's interior.

"Aye, that would be wise, however in doing so, it would mean that those of us that go in will be in greater danger having less support."

"Eh, I don't think that would be best." Gaius interjected. "I scouted ahead while you guys were setting up and there are quite a bit of enemy soldiers in there."

"Father, you should allow half of us to go in." Kjelle chimed into the conversation. "I need the practice anyway."

"Hmm, Gaius, what's the majority of the enemy force?"

"Nothing we can't handle Bubbles, just a bunch of fighters and some archers, a few Pegasus knights too. The only trouble I'd have would be the "heroes" they have backing them up."

"I see, mostly axes and bows then." Robin pondered a moment. "Swords and agility would be the most helpful then, with some magic to get rid of their Pegasus knights. Not to mention our own flying units won't be very effective here.

"But flying units would be helphul in traversing the terrain, the roots are uneven many small water patches could prove inconvenient for our non-mounted units," Say'ri pointed out.

"Alright, then we'll have our flying units carry our units that have the least amount of mobility and then have our non-mounted units cover them when archers get too close." Robin said, while nodding his head.

Kjelle crossed her arms and gave a nod of approval, "I agree."

"So it's decided"

I know its been a while since I've posted anything on this sight, sorry, I really have had no time and I know that this isn't really a full chapter, but I wanted people to know I'm not dead, so here you go.