The feather-shedding machine

On the border between Tunguska and Russia, the Resistance and Ivan the Terrible's army faced each other.

The Yaga were gearing up for battle. This time, their job was to hold back the other Yaga so Chaldea could drive straight through and face the Tsar in a decisive battle.

The Yaga had decided to abandon everything and stake their hopes on an uncertain future, helping Chaldea carry out its operation.

With remarkable mutual understanding, both sides divided the battlefield into three zones.

The first zone was reserved for the fearless Oprichniki and the magical beasts summoned by Koyanskaya.

The second zone was for the Yaga. They were kin, after all, and the Resistance's agents among the Yaga had already informed the royalists of their plans. Both sides had reached an agreement to stage a sham battle.

For the Yaga, victory or defeat would no longer make much difference to their circumstances.

If His Majesty the Tsar won, they would continue expanding outward until he achieved victory or they died in battle.

If Chaldea won, they might die immediately, or they might return to their original world and seek that blazing sunlight.

For the Yaga as they were now, everything rested in fate's hands.

The final zone was reserved for Chaldea and Ivan the Terrible. The outcome of their battle would decide the final result of the war across the entire region.

Ivan the Terrible stood atop the Ancient Mammoth's head, surrounded by thunder and lightning like a god.

There were also Kadoc and Anastasia, a little albino bull, and Antonio Salieri, who was wearing a mask and being controlled.

On Chaldea's side, Ayaka stood at the front with her shield raised and Fou perched on her shoulder. She was looking more and more like Mash had back then.

Sigma stood