Again, Hades could sense terror just as he heard a pack of humans run away from Alister's approximate location. "Maybe he has gotten stronger... But he hasn't gotten any smarter. Letting them go like that. He's still weak in his mind and his heart." Suddenly, a low humming could be heard. It was far away at first, but it was coming closer. And quick. Then there was more of the same noise, and they were all getting louder. Hades stood up and looked out into the distance. It seemed they were driving some kind of jeeps, these didn't look like civilians or the police. It was the military. It seemed that the woods protecting Nightmare territory were too thick to drive in, so they settled along the border in between the sunny and lunar alps, about the point where the three territories met. There had to be about a hundred, if not more, each armed with guns and knew how to use them. Light machine guns were mounted to the backs of the jeeps as well. Some of the men, scouts, led on foot to scout. One squad per territory, while the rest stayed and waited. Hades erupted in a large howl, a deep, loud and menacing one that seemed to shake the ground beneath him. It was the cry for war. It was time for battle. Nightmare wolves started calling back to him, getting into ambush positions. "The minute they step into these forest, we attack! No survivors!"