The campaign advanced in accordance with Malevolence's plan.
Part of her human forces—Naregan-born people with green chitin who couldn't hide among locals—carried Malevolence's army stealthily into the mountains.
Even this close to the capital city, avoiding the army patrols was simple enough thanks to the bee scouts. Especially because all Vardish humans avoided moving too far away from their fields and roads.
The land there was untamed, wild, and full of dangerous creatures. A lot of them were plants so venomous that just brushing against them would make a human convulse in pain.
This was how Malevolence lost a few people, but each such encounter was catalogued, and the scouts guided humans through a safe path.
As for the humans who could disguise themselves as mercenaries, they have entered the city and spread around together with Agents, to convert people to a "correct" faith.
