If she were not fast enough to claim such a place, then she would be the one to lose out and miss an opportunity for further growth.
There was no better opportunity than what was in front of her.
There would be risk involved, but there was an opportunity to be gained from it.
The only way for her to gain something more was to take some more risks.
She could not always play it safe, especially when time was slowly starting to run out.
It was becoming increasingly difficult for her to raise her own power further unless she took advantage of every little thing she could use, even if that meant taking advantage of the village that was suffering.
It would be even better if she were making use of the village in such a way, since she would be the one to help them out of a lot of the problems they would likely struggle with.
