Now that the first move was made, Macaroth ordered the small army to build barricades around the roads leading into the forest to force any marching army to funnel along that road or slow down to handle the barricades. In one case or the other there was a plan, should they go down the road they would be flanked from both sides by charging Man-at-Arms and strafed from above by crossbow armed Angels, in the other case they would be mercilessly shot upon by the Man-at-Arms while being flanked and decimated by Angels flying in brandishing their blades. The Iron Maiden would be woken in both cases and her appearance would signal the doom of any opposition.

For now however he had to rest, the new strains drained him like none before and with his drain of the people temporarily paused his rest would take twice as long. So he stayed in his heart, resting in the pool of quicksilver letting it nurse and nurture him.