Shows all the demon hunters that came to the Emerald Kingdom all wearing coats and huddled up in a crowd standing infront of Gregory, Kelsey, Mai, Saige, Tigerlily, Boomer, Firecracker, Aggro and Virgo and Red Fury, who are also have coats on. Gregory speaks. “Now everyone, the plan is to infiltrate Diamante Kingdom, via this cave system. We didn’t find this cave system alone, it was actually thanks to the help of Tigerlily and her friends. In-order to gain access to it, I had to let them in on the plan.

  Everyone murmurs about the decision

  Gregory continues, “Another thing in order, we learned and got confirmation that Azrael is being protected by a group of four demons that are called, “The Upper Four”. The spy who has been following us is a part of it. So watch out for them.” mai then chimes in. “The Upper Demons are Aros, the son of Azrael. Who has the power to get stronger through anger. Senko, an enchantress of pleasure. Jaren, who likes to steal abilities and health. And Renkuro, the half-bird half-man who’s been following us. He has the power of invisibility.”

  *More murmurs erupt*

  Gregory takes over talking. “Now I know this is much, but I believe we can get through this. Remember the end goal, to take out Azrael. Now then, we’ll be using this cave, as it’s mapped out by Tigerlily and her friends. They will be the ones to guide us through it. Let’s go everyone. They head into the cave.

  Meanwhile with Azrael, there’s a fat man looking at himself in a long mirror, with his golden blonde hair, kingly crown, kingly garments and a fluffy red cape. “Yes I’m just so ravishing.”, says the king. Azrael appears out of a red portal in the wall and comes up behind the king. “King Desmond.”, says Azrael. King Desmond turns around quickly. “Ah! Azrael, ah pardon me, how are you doing? What brings you to my humble castle?”, says King Desmond. “Hmph, doing just fine, but I’m afraid current events aren’t going my way.”, says Azrael. “R-Really? What appears to be troubling you?”, asks King Desmond. “My son.”, says Azrael.

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  “Your son? You mean Aros?”, says King Desmond. “No, my other son.”, says Azrael. “You have another son!? Oh that is.. great to hear.”,’says King Desmond. “Well he is on his way to Diamante Kingdom right now. And attempts to enter inside.”, says Azrael. King Desmond snorts in a chuckle and retorts, “Trying to enter here!? Impossi-”. Before King Desmond says anything more, Azrael grabs him by the throat, slams him to the ground and puts a foot on his head. “You dare mock me!?”, shouts Azrael. King Desmond defends himself in response. “N-No your gracious great one! I-I was merely saying.. uh.. I thought it would be unlikely they would find a way in. Diamante Kingdom is supposed to be impenetrable.”. “Well they are attempting to find a way in and I want you to be on the lookout for my son!”, shouts Azrael.

  “Oh okay! Wh-What does he look like?”, asks King Desmond. Azrael takes his foot off his head and explains. “He should have a face similar to my own and long white hair as well. When you find him, I want you to bring him in, alive. So I may confront him myself.”. “You want to confront him?”, asks King Desmond. “Yes I do, he is my son, after all.”, says Azrael. “Y-Yes, of course Azrael, I will have my enforcement on the lookout for him.”, says King Desmond. “Make sure that you do. And by the way, he goes by the name, “Saige”, remember that too.”, says Azrael. Azrael walks off and disappear Into the portal, as the portal closes behind him. “Gah! That Azrael. “Saige” is his name, eh? Time to give the order.”, says King Desmond.

  Meanwhile, with Gregory, Kelsey, Mai, Saige and the rest. The group reach the end of the cave system and it exits out into Diamante Kingdom. They see snow across the ground, and humble little buildings made of stone brick, while some buildings have average roofs, and others have spiral cone shaped roofs. “Whoa.”, says Kelsey, Mai and Saige. “This is snow, alright.”, says Saige. “Nice. Ha ha. Oh Saige and Kelsey.”, says Mai. Mai then tucks in Saige’s hair into the back of his coat and removes Kelsey’s helmet. “Hey!”, says Kelsey. Mai puts it down in the cave and explains herself. “We should leave your helmet here right now and tuck in Saige’s hair so it will be difficult for them to find Saige beforehand. “You really think tucking in my hair will work?”, asks Saige. “It’s better than nothing.”, says Mai.

  Gregory then chimes in. “Good thinking. Now let’s coordinate exiting the cave in groups at different times of day. That way it will be less suspicious of a spot. We’ll also use this cave as a base of operation of sorts, until we find Azrael. Let the search for Azrael begin.