Ning started worrying a little the more he learned about the plans of the demons. He had been planning to somehow kill Besailach before he even attacked Winterheart, but if Ning was forced to instead fight the humans that were not in Winterheart, then he would be cursed.
As if his bad luck wasn't cursed already, he didn't want to lose his character altogether, as that was what would happen if he attacked a human that wasn't attacking him first.
'If push comes to shove, I will have to fight defensively,' Ning thought.
Ning fell asleep multiple times before he and the others reached the campsites of the demon, from where he could see the Winterheart city in the distance.
This area was cold, and as such, the land was full of snow. The trees carried a white top and so did the tents of the demons.
However, he also saw a big bonfire at the center of the encampment, around which the major figures of this demon army stayed.
'So… this is where Besailach is,' Ning thought to himself. He quickly checked his quest page and read the quest again to remind himself of exactly what he had to do.
'Kill Besailach without being seen,' he thought. 'Before he destroys Winterheart city if possible.'
Ning looked at the massive amount of demons, working their regular job, and even some humans that were kept as slaves to perform petty labor.
A demon soldier came to take them to their camps where they would be staying for the foreseeable future. They had to go through a sort of Orientation program where they were told the general status of the situation.
The demon army was doing good, but the humans had a few too many blessed ones that were helping them fight back.
They all stayed in the city of Winterheart and as such were a pain in their asses as they came to harass the demons whenever they could.
Many had decided to leave for the other 2 continents, but quite a few had decided to remain back and fight against the demons.
Ning was sure quite a few of them had valuable quests that required them to fight in the upcoming war. Maybe, just like him, they had a quest to kill Besailach too.
Which was to say that he was going to have competition very soon. That would certainly be annoying.
Ning stayed throughout the orientation and then went around the camp, looking at the various things.
One thing he was looking for was where Besailach stayed. He did find the tent, but there were demons all around, so it was hard for him to get inside.
Ning checked their stats too and from what he could see, they were both around Level 50 and had a very good set of stats. That could only mean that Besailach's stats must've been better.
Ning pulled some cards from his skill for a while until he finally got one that was useful.
Invisibility.
Ning ran back to Besailach's camp as soon as he could and used the Invisibility skill to hide in plain sight and went up to the tent without being seen.
Ning made sure to tuck in his wings as he silently walked past the guarding demons and went into the tent.
Inside was a massive war table with maps and tiny figures on top of it. The demons were planning on how to attack the stronghold.
"We can't send everyone there, we will be spread too thin," an old demon said.
"No commander, me must send everyone. if we don't send everyone to the battle the day after tomorrow, we have a very low chance of winning," another demon said.
"Be as it may be, we also need to have a place to return to," the first demon said.
A young demon with crimson wings that seemed to capture the light inside of it moved closer to the table and looked at the map.
"So… you are worried that if we attack, then the camp will remain unguarded, and you are worried that if we don't use all our power, then winning is difficult, right?" the demon asked.
"Yes, commander," both of the demons spoke at once.
'Commander… Besailach?' Ning thought as he looked through his invisibility.
"Then there is a much simpler way," Besailach said. "All you have to do is—"
Besailach paused mid-speech and suddenly looked ahead of him, straight towards Ning.
"Who goes there?" he shouted loudly.
Ning was surprised. 'How did he know I was here,' he thought.
"Yes, commander?" the two guards from outside walked in and as they did, Ning walked out quickly.
Besailach, his generals, and the guards quickly ran out of the tent to search for who had just walked out, but all they could see were the various demons that were working around the Bonfire.
"Commander, did you sense something?" they asked.
"Someone was spying on us," Besailach said. "We will have to be more careful."
Ning had already run far away and was on his way back to his own tent. His invisibility faded once he was back.
"Dammit!" Ning thought. "It's going to be hard to complete this quest."
Ning hadn't managed to hear what the plans for the war were or what the demons were going to do, but he had managed in doing one thing.
He had managed to use his Observer stone on Besailach and it had worked. Ning now knew the exact stats of the demon commander.
And it was terrifying.
Each of the Demon's stats was over 200, and he had an HP of over 30 Thousand.
The demon also had INT, so he was sure to have skills, which would make it hard to kill him. That was without even considering how many people would be around him to save him.
Ning couldn't help but frown when he thought of ways to kill the Demon Commander.
"Yeah, I definitely need luck on my side to do this."
