King Argus looks toward the dense forest and says, "Regarding the bait, General, we haven't brought anything for bait and we don't have enough time to go and bring a big hunt."
General says to the King, "My Lord, please do not worry, I have an arrangement for that too." King looks toward General Valerius. King says, "General, what is actually going on in your mind?" and as soon as he says this, the King finds out about that terrifying plan and what the General wants to tell him. At that same moment, the King says to the General in a stern voice, "No, absolutely not," and the King forbids him from doing this.
But the General says, "My Lord, we have no other choice; if it becomes night, then that demon will not spare anyone with its attack. If it becomes night, the power of that demon's attacks will increase fourfold."
Just then, Commander Seraphina interrupts the King and the General. She says with a smile, "I am ready for this." King Argus looks at the Commander and says, "Have you lost your mind, Commander? What are you doing? No, I do not give permission for this. And General, will you give permission for this to your wife? Will you allow your wife to be used as bait? As a King, I will absolutely not give permission for this."
General says to the King, "My Lord, we had thought about this last night itself. When I left you last night, the Commander and I had talked about this. And my Liege, nothing will happen to the Commander because this time we will not repeat the mistake that we made last time. This time we will go with a plan. When the Commander stands under a tree near that well, then we will give a pitcher to the Commander. As soon as the Commander throws the pitcher hard on the ground, a loud sound will come; then that demon will come out from that sound and the scent of a woman, then we will strike it."
But the King says, "A knight can also be made to stand there wearing women's clothes."
Commander says to the King, "No My Lord, if we do that, the demon will find out that it is not a woman. It will smell the scent and will not come out, and our negligence will cost us dearly; therefore, doing so will be very bad for us."
Commander says, "Should I go, My Lord?" and hearing this, the King's breath falters. King says, "If a bolt from a ballista hits you then!"
Commander says, "That will not happen. I will keep scratching my armor and sword, so that the Blind Crows Knights can set their aim correctly."
Actually, the Blind Crows Knights are those whose eyes are removed in childhood and a bandage is tied over their eyes. Because of being blind, they cannot see, but their power of hearing becomes so great that they can pin a fly by hearing the buzzing of its wings on a bush in the forest. King says, "Fine," and the King gives permission for this.
Commander stands near the well carrying a clay pitcher. That death-like silence of the forest freezes her soul. Then she takes a long and cold breath and slams that clay pitcher hard on the ground. The pitcher breaks into pieces and a loud sound echoes in the forest.
The scene shifts. Water starts boiling inside the well. A rotten smell and smoke come out of it. Then a hand with big, white, transparent, sharp glass-like nails comes out of the water, and then the second hand comes out. Slowly, that demon comes out scratching the walls of the well with its nails.
From the demon's eyes, we see the Commander who is standing under the tree, and she gets scared seeing the demon. Her hands and feet go cold. Seeing the demon, she starts scratching her sword because she knows that if any mistake happens—last time only a normal arrow had hit that woman—for me, it will be a bolt of a ballista, I will be cut into two pieces.
And then we see the demon, who is quite terrifying in appearance. Its body is like humans but it is very big and it has big legs like a frog. Its color is like red coal burning in fire. It has worn a white colored torn dhoti and its hair is also white and long. It has worn big gold earrings in its ears and right in the middle of its chest, a yoke of a bullock cart is embedded in that demon's chest. Its ears are long and sharp. There are marks of wounds at many places on its body and that demon is staring at the Commander in great anger!
Chapter End