Just as he was beginning to grow assured that he would not have to move further than a few more steps forward, Old N saw his fellow-distractions charge forward as rapidly as their limbs, abnormally large or not, would allow. Was that what had actually been agreed upon? The crustacean being was fairly confident it was not; then again, he had barely been paying any attention while the battle-plan was being discussed. Chittering to himself in mild annoyance, he hastily finished swallowing his mushroom's cap, and prepared to advance upon the enemy. Ahead of him, the knight and the burly Cambion who fancied himself some sort of monarch had breached the facility and, judging by the cacophony pouring out from the door, were already at work; meanwhile, the masked drunkard was apparently intentioned to transform his body, or at least a part of it, into a pyrotechnic show. Seeing as he was raising, well, Hell (that was his goal, after all) loudly enough to render any contribution Old N could possibly make thoroughly useless, the latter saw no choice but to invade the prison as well if he was to be in a position to claim any credit for an eventual success once this was over.

Reluctantly lifting himself from his naturally half-crouching posture, Old N raised his pincers, one of which was still holding the unfinished mushroom stalk in the purely cosmetic guise of a mace, and, spreading them in a manner resembling the arms of a misshapen letter Y, charged onward - which, in his case, amounted to a moderate trot. As he moved, he began to snap his mandibles together, producing a seemingly low, yet continuous and greatly irritating sound which somehow grew audible amidst the general chaos. In spite of his best efforts, most of which were, it bears mentioning, simulated, it was unlikely the crab-like demon would have been able to reach the prison hallway before his companions encountered any resistance; however, once they did, he could probably appear as though he were rescuing them at a critical moment, and might perhaps later be able to claim that it was owing to his timely intervention that the operation succeeded.