Hank, Alexander, Della and Becca Alta, an occultist, go to a village near where they found Della. The village is in ruins but Becca and Alexander confirm that the deaths cannot be more than a week old. Della's magic suddenly glitches, and reveals a demon hiding in a nearby house. They find a corpse which Hank identifies as Barry Hansen, a scientist who was sent on a team that went missing. They are suddenly attacked by several animals such as snakes, mosquitoes, flies, and bats, and flee with barely their lives.
Obsidian intercepts them but Hank manages to singlehandedly subdue him, allowing Alexander to disarm him using a hamperer, which temporarily neutralises his magic. Obsidian reverts to his mortal form and is executed by the team. Before dying, he reveals that Becca had been on the demon's side and tells them to be wary of her. Hank opens a portal spell and brings them back to headquarters. Haze reveals that several teams have gone missing, and that they were all in various different missions. Deducing that Truculentes is attacking them, Hank, Haze and Becca lay a trap for Truculentes, by secretly following Alexander, Della and a group led by Harry Holt on a mission. Truculentes attacks them, using 'spikes of death' that he was famous for during the war and murdering several members of the team. Hank attacks Truculentes who swiftly overpowers him, but he ends up being defeated by Haze.
Morris and Hamilton begin to track down their saviour and see that alleged 'good people' are being corrupted. Several people hunt down the duo, terming them unnatural and 'servants of the devil'
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