The cult leader avoids him, for now, though one of his lieutenants, an attractive woman, delivers several messages, on further intel they've received, during that day, a woman much more skillful in choosing her words, and far more respectful towards him.<br/><br/>The ritual is incredibly complex, but his innate understanding of magic, coupled with his skill and power as a demon lord, allow him to perform some fairly impressive deeds, crafting the normally single-target spell, into a cone that covers nearly a half-mile from its point of origin. Unlikely to hit the entire army, at once, but strong enough to affect the majority of the army's soldiers, and wide enough to catch a significant percentage of them.