Orchid moved up the mountain hidden by green and foliage. Fortunately for her their previous guest had taken the dirt path, making their trail simply to follow. Four heavy set humans and two demons, likely lesser demons if they could not take on a human form. The demons took point but Orchid noticed that their marching order was.... Disciplined? Orderly? They were marching not as a random group, but as if they were a disciplined unit. Which was strange because Orchid has never heard of military disciplined demons. Perhaps it was just the humans?

But Orchid soon figured out the reason behind the strange marching when she spotted the demons and the four humans. They appeared to be mercenaries: they wore a coat of chain with steel helmets, armed with shields, swords, and crossbows. Two had long spears. The demons themselves were fairly large demons with clawed hands and talons on their feet. They had bright red skin with patches of scars adorning their body. They seemed to be speaking about the cave ahead, which confirmed another thing: They had just pasted the first cave. They seemed to intend to skip this cave and move onto the second one which is when Orchid knew she had to strike.

From the cover of the forest Orchid let loose two arrows, both which pierced the chain links and landed inside the neck of one of the mercenaries. But instead of dying like any normal human would, he turned to face the direction where the arrows were released. Then Orchid had a good look at his eyes and cursed. [color=green]"Damn. He's enthralled."[/color] Orchid had faced enthralled foes before, and their difficulty didn't just come from being under the control of a spell caster. Enthralled foes were essentially zombies: they felt no pain, no fear, and could even survive normally lethal blows (Like two arrows in the neck). Only after doing enough damage to them would the spell be dropped, though it'll be easier to just attack the spellcaster. Orchid released two arrows at the closest demons, but thanks to her opening volley the mercenaries raised their shields in the defense of the demons, blocking her arrows. Then the two demons casted some sort of spell that turned them invisible. When they vanished the four enthralled mercenaries moved onto Orchid's position. Fortunately she could move through the forest faster than they could, so she intended to avoid them and try to chance down the demons. Knowing that they weren't going into this cave Orchid could continue to work her way up and intercept them at the second cave. She'd stay and fight the mercenaries, but time was of the essence.