Kragen walks toward his destination of Urenda. He keeps himself alert mostly out of paranoia rather than any real reason. He wasn't yet in viewing distance of the city. He walked through a thickly wooded area. He hoped that this supposed beacon of civilization contained the gold he needed for his plan. It would have to be quite a bit if he hoped to sway the mind of a god.

Suddenly the mark on Kragen's back began to burn. This feeling was less of a pain now to Kragen and more of a sixth sense. Kragen quickly pulled his axe from his back dropping his bag of supplies. With his eyes he looked all around him for any sign of movement. The mark burned more intensely. The demon was getting closer and fast. Suddenly Kragen heard above him a loud flapping sound above him. 

He looked up to see a massive creature at least twice his size rapidly descending towards him. The monster resembled a minotaur with black fur. It had massive wings allowing it to fly. It's head was like that of a lion with massive sharp fangs. It's hands had huge claws that would put any animal to shame.

Kragen quickly jumped backward as not to be crushed by the demon as it landed. When Kragen jumped he smashed his back into a large tree that was behind him. It hurt like hell but he couldn't allow that slow his movement. The monster landed and knocked over a few nearby small trees. It rushed towards Kragen who was still recovering from the blow to his back. It struck out with one of it's claws towards the large man. Though with delayed reaction Kragen jumped away from the strike but not quite in time. The tips of two of the claws cut into Kragen's body through his shirt. The cuts weren't very deep but they hurt like hell and blood dripped from the wounds. 

Kragen landed safely this time from his jump and quickly grabbed at his chest where was cut with his left hand still holding his axe in the other. Quickly realizing the folly of removing his hands from his weapon he got himself back in position. The monster other claw quickly came toward Kragen. Kragen realizing that continued attempt to flee from the attacks would only get him killed prepared his axe to strike against the monster. As the claw came within distance Kragen smashed his axe into it stopping it. The monster's hand had been split in two. It cried out in pain gripping the wound. Kragen took advantage of the opening and leaped forward while striking with his axe. As he landed he buried the axe into the demon's knee. Black blood poured from both wounds. The monster quickly swiped at kragen with back of it's good hand. Kragen held to his axe as he was flung like a doll away from the demon into a nearby tree. Kragen's back hit the tree with some force. Thankfully there was no breakage but he was now in considerable pain. Thankfully the monster was too wounded to move very far from it's current location. The demon was roaring in pain while kneeling with it's wounded leg. 

Kragen seeing that the monster wasn't going to be moving anytime soon planned his next attack carefully. He noticed a tree of considerable size close to him. He got up and immediately began cutting it with his axe. After a few minutes of cutting into it the tree was ready to fall. Kragen cut it down in such a way it would land on the demon. The tree fell and smashed into the monster. The demon in futility tried to move away from the tree as it fell. As a result the tree smashed the monster back. It still lived with most of it's bones broken it continued to roar in pain. Kragen went over to the beast and chopped off it's head putting it out of it's misery.

After the battle Kragen allowed himself the night to rest. He bandaged his wounds and ate some of his food. The next day he walked for hours on end until he eventually reached Urenda. He walked into the destroyed city with the head of the demon he has slayed the night before displayed by being tied to his axe. He was well aware he had amassed a small amount of fame as a demon hunter and hoped the display would help somebody of importance recognize him. He wasn't much for showing off but he had to get attention if he was ever going to accomplish his goal of slaying a god.