After talking for a long time with the leader of the village, he sent us some of his men. From there, we moved on through the countryside to spread the word and see who will buy into our cause. Steve led us from one part to the other until we were able to get a reasonable number of men who were willing to fight for us. For us, it was a success at last. What we never thought will happen just came to pass.

With our newly recruited soldiers, we went back to Gama's camp where the men were further trained and well briefed about the task at hand.

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