Roars and howls of fear rang throughout the entire mountain range that day. Maria took her army and systematically scoured the mountain for all ogre villages and conquered them. With the help of the few ogre leaders she dominated, Maria was able to gain some knowledge of the ogre villages' locations within the mountain range. Her work became easier as she conquered one village after the other, steadily increasing her forces. However, she was soon met with a problem after conquering her sixth village. The ogres became too diverse and it led to some in-fighting amongst the tribes that weren't on good terms with one another. Naturally, she disciplined them but it was only a temporary fix. Going on like this would be destructive and eventually lead to her downfall. Maria decided to stop here