The Sinack have been subdued, but the Imperial Army finds that it's been caught in a trap!  A huge army from the Aldera nation has crossed the supposedly-impassable northern mountains, and threatens to overwhelm the exhausted Imperial forces.  Ikta's only way out is to force a peace treaty with the Sinack and ask for their help, which means going to their defeated leader and abasing himself.  Will she respond to his pleas, after the Imperials burned her village and killed her people?  How far is he willing to go earn her forgiveness?
Could they really do something
 so effective so fast?
هل يستطيعون فعل شيء فعّال كهذا بهذه السّرعة؟
Könnten sie tatsächlich
so schnell schalten?
¿Cómo pueden ser tan rápidos y eficaces?
¿Cómo pueden ser tan rápidos y eficaces?
qui n’a participé à aucun conflit
depuis une centaine d’années.
Come hanno fatto
a diventare così esperti tanto in fretta?
Poderiam realmente fazer algo 
tão efetivo em tão pouco tempo?
Как они смогли так быстро отреагировать?