Atop The Mountain

'There's just no way… With so many of them surrounding each and every Tsero Crystal… It's impossible…' Roka thought to herself with clenched teeth as she traced back the way she had just crossed. 'But if I bring them here, it'll be another bloodbath. We'll need to create distractions again… To force them to move towards a group of us, while the rest go for the Tsero Crystals. And even then… We're less numerous than we were then, but the Tsero are just as numerous as they were then!'

The Commander moved away from the center of the area, once again walking, climbing, crouching, and crawling. 

She arrived at the edge of the cliff, but couldn't get herself to start climbing down the mountain. 

The one time she had climbed it down, had been with a Tsero Crystal in hand. It had cost the lives of dozens, but the objective of their quest had been accomplished.