Julian woke up, face down on the ground. As he rose from his position on the ground, he made sure to take in his surroundings. 
[i]"I must be in the depth of Tartarus, to bear witness to abominations such as these."[/i]

He was in the middle of a sort of clearing that had held the corpses of two giant monsters. A little ways off he saw a woman being held in place by a disfigured thing. He also noticed another demon that was moving towards the forest.

He slowly rose from the ground, grabbing his shield and pilum from where they lay in the ground, his supplies in his pack and his gladius in its sheath. 

Now came the choice, he could go after the thing that held the woman captive, or face of against the seemingly less dangerous tailed demon that was heading for the forest. He didn't like his odds either way, but he decided to cautiously and stealthly approach the woman and the malformed creature holding her captive, so as to strike it down before it has a chance to kill her. 

He also noticed the disturbing sprit the knelt at the base of a withered tree, wondering if it was a danger as well.