We slowly trekked through the forest, avoiding any scouts and getting closer and closer to the demon's camp. We avoided detections thanks to the dryad that was part of our team informing us whenever an enemy was nearby, so we all stopped and waited for them to pass before continuing on.
This continued on for a while until we heard an explosion somewhere behind us. We turned to look back and saw a tower of black, pillowing smoke forming off in the distance.
The Darkhide patriarch growled in displeasure. "Rrraaahh... This is sooner than I'd like but whatever. We need to get a move on." He signalled for all of us to hasten our pace.
By now I'm sure that the encirclement has begun, with the teams on the edge of the encirclement are making their way to flank the demon's forces.