This chapter follows Armor’s daring gamble with the wild tribes of Grimwood Vale: what begins as a tense standoff with spear-bearing forest men turns into a shrewd bargain that wins them new allies against Beelzebub. Humor sparks amid whispered negotiations and growing demands, but strategy soon takes center stage as battle plans are forged. Beelzebub, spying through his flies, seethes at the loss of his hired savages and answers with ruthless fury. By the next dawn, Armor, Johnny, Sir William, and their swelling host press onward until the shining towers of Tannon rise before them, and Armor proclaims that this kingdom will be their new home.