It wasn't only the Pantherans who froze at the warcries.
Even Hal was dumbfounded.
Due to the intensity of the earlier battle, he failed to notice that another force—one he didn't expect—had formed west of the site of carnage.
The plant-eater tribes!
A coalition army of Altairans, Zebranthes, and Rhinaris rallied behind the Pachyds, charging at the Pantherans.
'The damned prey dared join the battle?' was the thought in the minds of the Pantherans.
There were initially four A-ranked monster lords in the savannah, and with the fall of the Crothar Matriarch, only three were left.
And seemingly not for long, as the two Leonid alphas were also on the brink of death.
The plant-eater tribes didn't have a mighty A-ranked leader, but the Pachyds were physically stronger than even the Leonids, which was what kept the balance in the savannah.
The meat-eater tribes didn't dare overhunt as the Pachyds might step in and give them hell.
