The united Eighth Rank plane would be difficult to conquer head-on.
Spore Queen Luna didn't rashly start a war. Instead, she was driving a wedge between the native inhabitants and inciting conflict.
The Spore Queen used Parasitic Mycelium to secretly control some of the natives, repeatedly stirring up trouble at opportune moments and provoking border skirmishes.
When the two sides came to negotiate peace, she deliberately made the controlled soldiers hurl insults at one another, inflaming tensions until, in a fit of rage, they killed the other side's negotiators.
The envoys sent to negotiate peace held high positions. As tensions escalated time and again, the peaceful situation was shattered. To defend their kingdoms' honor, the two sides clashed along the border.
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After the localized conflict broke out, the Spore Queen continued fanning the flames in both kingdoms.
She sent controlled natives into neighboring territory to sabotage it and assassinate important figures.
Then she manipulated the elders in the region, using their prestige to organize gatherings and denounce the enemy kingdom's underhanded assassinations, stirring up public outrage.
With tensions constantly being stoked, the border skirmishes gradually turned into an all-out war. The two kingdoms called on their allies, and more and more factions were drawn into the conflict.
The Spore Queen didn't stop stirring up trouble. She controlled oppressed peoples and incited them to rebel against the kingdoms that enslaved them. War raged across the entire plane.
Times of chaos were fertile ground for ambition. Some kingdom rulers thought the turmoil presented a perfect opportunity—it was time to expand their territory.
Some nobles believed that a true man should not spend his life languishing beneath others. They saw the chaos as a chance to reshuffle the balance of power, and looked for opportunities to backstab their monarchs or