Maybe

"Where is everyone? Shouldn't there be some guards doing rounds?" You asked her as you moved through another empty hallway. You've been walking carefully, almost crawling, for the last couple of minutes, ready to fight at every corner.

"It is you who should be pleased about the fact that we didn't encounter anyone and, in consequence, fight for our lives." She answered, sword in her scaly hand. "The answer is that while Lord Khaj is a powerful demon, he doesn't have limitless forces. Most of his army is spread to protect his own territories and raid other settlements. That means the garrison even in here is cut to the bare minimum."

You nodded at her, and wanted to move behind next corner, but you saw two guards at, what it looked like, double wooden doors. Next to them was a bell on a rope, possibly for alarm. Or for calling dinner.

"Looks like I jinxed our luck. What now?"

"Jinx isn't very appropriate statement. There had been increasing chance that we would finally stumble upon someone." She said, took a couple of steps back and pushed against one of the side doors.

They didn't budge.

You saw what she was doing, and tried that on your side. First two doors were locked, but the third one, bigger, with a rose like mosaic on it...

"No, not this one!" Carmen shouted in a hushed voice. You stopped yourself in the very last moment.

"Why not?"

"These doors lead to so called harem wing of the castle."

"What?" Her answer surprised you a little.

"Harem. It's pretty much representative, and created only for prestige." She went on with explanation. "Lord Khaj doesn't care much about other women than the one he is currently at war with."

"Alright, but why shouldn't we go in? Maybe we can escape through this way."

"I have plans of the castle completely memorized, and yes, it would be a plausible escape route, if it wasn't for the fact the lord Khaj filled this wing with the most vile female-like specimens he could find. I had a displeasure of hearing a rumour among the servants, that one of the guards accidentally walking in there. First he was engaged in the intercourse battle for domination. He kept getting drained for several days, before his exhaustion, and fluid deficiency brought him to the brink of ****. They shredded him into pieces once he stopped being satisfactory."

You stepped back, and knew that it wasn't a place you wanted to go into.

Both of you wanted to move on to search for another way to escape, but then you heard several steps coming from the hallway you came from.

"Crap, someone is coming."

You said, and looked at Chimera who had her eyes closed and looked like she was trying to calculate something inside her head.

"Carmen?"

"My immaculate sense of hearing translates those noises into four fast approaching armoured demon guards. They will be here in twenty seconds. I'll deal with them, you take care of the reinforcements."

She said, while pulling out her blade. You knew the fight was coming, there was only one other possible escape route, and it was probably more dangerous than facing the guards head on. Still, you had options...