Hunter and Prey

Hunter and Prey is the final quest in Second Undead Book.

## Background

Aridon the Watcher commands Krom the Immortal to stop the Demonic Souleater Legion opening another front, this time in Salria. He was assisted by Lady Meya, one of Rohir Nexus's agents and Skeleton Legion lent by Scarec Nexus.

The Dwarves in the area are supported by a contingent of Golden Guard, defending the area against the Demons.

## Opening

The Koradan Stonelord applaud the Golden Guard presence in the area led by Captain Orgus. While Dargan Stonelord asks why the Royals never defend then, instead sending Golden Guard and them to do their job. Orgus replied that King Salran the V are fools, thinking the war against the Centaurs are keeping them occupied, and the Salrian Army are strong knights, but cannot deal with Centaurs. Then told them to leave their "war" alone. Dargan just laughs them, saying that they prefer trusting Imperials more than the Royals, when Saint Loraine approached them, saying that she feels something strange, and asks Orgus to prepare to defend against that, but the Captain assured her, then commands his men to escort her to her room.

Isilion scolds the local Pit Lord that he failed miserably, he took the command personally. When a succubus overheard that the commands came from Hesrathion and not from Kersidar, she tried to decline her assistance, but she was executed by Isilion, and declaring that Ebira's agents are on their midst, and he needs to root them out, and threatened everyone else that they will suffer when they are cowardly trying to reason. Then he learnt the presence of the Undead, so he prepared for them too.

A Shade says that the Demons have noticed them, but the Humans and Dwarves on the other hand, are on the area and had no idea the Undead are there, and suggested to stay out of their sight first. There is a way to fight the Demons without alarming the mortals, the forest in the rear. They decide to use that, or attack directly, or use flying creatures, but expects resistance either way. Lady Meya meanwhile has another idea, to abduct Saint Loraine from her room, (and should you possess Sir Ross), the agents are ready to abduct her.

## Quest

### Main Quest:

* Destroy all Demon Gates and Shrines of the Souleater Legion (Green).

Description: The Souleater Legion is attempting to break into Salria to divide the mortal lines of defense. The Watcher commands that their advance must be put to an end. In order to do so, Krom and Meya have to destroy all the Demon Gates and kill the local leader of the Souleater Legion.

### Side Quest:

* Destroy all four bases of the Golden Guard and the Stonelord Dwarves.

Description: The Skeleton Legion of the Scarec Nexus despises all kinds of flesh. Their doctrine is that all flesh is to be removed and all must be naught but bones in the end. IN order to fulfill their plans, the Scarec Nexus would prefer to destroy ALL living forces in this area, not just the Demons. While Krom can not let them destroy the ENTIRETY of the mortal forces, Destroying MOST of them would grant the Scarec Nexus access to massive amounts of corpses - which would be turned into a massive army of bones, increasing the power of the Scarec Nexus. Of course, the spies from Rohir Nexus might see things differently, believing that they could gain insight and knowledge from the mortals to increase their usefulness. Krom has to choose which Nexus he wants to empower.

## The Battle

The duo of Lady Meya and Krom the Immortal built up fortified defenses on three directions, while maintaining a defense around the base, in case the Demons activate portals. Then, they built up a strong force and waits for the signal. Either Lady Meya's agents or Sir Ross (depending on the choices you made) take Saint Loraine out, while the guards were puzzled and alarmed, attacking the nearby Demon bases.

The duo and their force sneakily walked past both Golden Guard and Stonelord bases on the right, finding a thick forest covering a path. The Demons attack the base via portals but was crushed by the guards and the defenses. Then, the duo built up an outpost there and srarted cutting off the forest, or used the siege weapons to cut them down. Progaderas the Smoking and his Fire Golems was nearby, so they defeat them, and loot him afterwards. Then, they attack the Demon camp at the other side, and pushed on.

Building an outpost near, they replenished their forces and tries to evade the path where the mortals are trying to besiege the Demons. Then, the duo and their forces attack several Demon Gates, replenishing troops after destroying set by set of Demon Gates. Then, they finished off the last set of the Demon Gates, either without alarming the Golden Guard and the Stonelords, or attack them directly, finishing off them one by one, refilling any lost troops in the process.

## Aftermath

Krom corners Isilion, the latter lamented that he was defeated by the dead. Then the former killed the latter after a lengthy debate. Then he commanded his men to tell Meya to stop her fun on the Demon survivors.

## True Story

* Kazardius is now playable.
* Another Scarec Nexus demi-hero unit, the Bastion - has been added, with a lot of defensive abilities.
* A lot of Scarec Nexus' tech tree is more completed, notably the Plaguemancers, Skeleapult, etc.
* The Demons now have Shivarra-like Marilith units.
* Saint Loraine's abduction occurs in-game rather in the intro as a main quest. In this case, you have to use invisible Meya's Chosen, with some of its powers derived from reanimated succubi to possess Saint Loraine, gaining a temporary hero upon control. This also causes Golden Guard and Stonelord Dwarves to actively send their forces to attack Demons instead.
* The choice regarding the use of Sir Ross no longer exists.
* Leadership Boni mechanics for Lady Meya and Kazardius is added.
* Some fanarts will appear in certain scenes in prologue.
* The sidequest is removed, part of its reason having been moved to the epilogue instead: It turns out Aridon has ordered the Scarec Nexus to cleanup everything after the Demons in the area are destroyed as part of the plan to intervene the affairs in Salria.
* Some item drops were added, which be obtained by destroying Golden Guard Castles, as well as the tree path leading to Souleater Legion.