Gabriel gaze lingered on the powerful members of the eastern camp who were observing quietly. By powerful, he was referring to the hero ranks of the eastern camp.
The reason they were watching was likely because they wanted the weaker soldiers to exhaust the enemy force before stepping in to finish the job. It was a common battle strategy, one that required a certain level of sacrifice.
Now, one might wonder, since the hero ranks were so powerful, why they did not simply head straight to the battlefield and wipe out Broken Dawn. The reason was simple. They did not have a complete grasp of the enemy strength.
A hero rank had already been killed, and another had been fatally injured, so badly that there was no chance of him participating in this fight. To be frank, none of them wanted to risk ending up the same way.
