Tactical Assessment

*one hour later*

"So lets see if I've got this straight. The forces of light have gathered to push into your territory and wipe you out for good. They are waiting on one of the heroes to arrive tomorrow and lead this venture. You thought that you could wipe out the invasion **** beforehand and save your territory and the goddesses promised my help. That got fucked up by Ariel picking...thank you" accepting the drink from her you down it in a shot while she watches to see if this **** cocktail will have any affect. "Well shit, that has a kick. Anyway, Ariel fucked up my arrival, you attacked anyway and now we are out of time, your army's beat to shit and your territory is about to get overrun. Have i got that about right?"

She nods. "Thats about the size of it." She hands Midnight another cocktail. She had been trying out his immunity with different **** for the better part of an hour but the only thing that seemed to affect this monster was **** so she just kept getting him drunk.

"Well hell. What about the new demon king and the other demon lords?"

"Those worthless politicians? Most of the warrior leaders were killed in the last great war. My family and I have all protected the border of the dark realm for generations. Now these spoiled brats just expect us to continue doing so alone."

Midnight nodded as he downed another drink. "So no time, no resources, no allies and hopelessly outnumbered. Sounds like you need a miracle. So how about you tell me where the castle is."

"What! What could you possibly do? Lead my forces? They're a mess and theres no way they could breach those walls."

"Good thing I dont need an army and can walk through walls."

"Those walls are blessed with holy magic and the castle contains nearly ten thousand elite troops including the kingdoms royal guard, the finest swordsman, 500 elite mages...it cant be done alone."

"It can. By the champion of darkness. And if I fail, you are no worse off. But dont worry. I know you wouldnt want me to do all that for free either."

Her eyes narrow. "I see. Well I'm sure I'll regret it, but I'm a practical girl and you are saying you could do alone what my whole army couldn't. So what do you want?

He shrugged. "Lets just say for the moment youll owe me one."

"Can you do it"

He laughed. "I have absolutely no idea. But I know itll be fun to try, there'll be plenty of women and an adrenaline high in it for me. But..." he stood up. "If im gonna do this, I should stop letting you get me drunk and start preparing."

"What do you have planned?"

"Fortunately I have a few cohorts I can get in there, I just need to get them ready for infiltration."

"Cohorts? Who the hell could you have met already?"

"Oh dont worry." He staggered to an open section of the floor "they're professionals."