The two teams sent out by the Foul Spirit Commander had both vanished without a trace, leaving him deeply uneasy. As a battle-hardened leader, he knew the terrain and situation in this region well. The missing Demon troops could not simply have disappeared into thin air. At that thought, suspicion arose in his heart, and he believed this might be a trap laid by humans. To uncover the truth, he decided to lead a team himself.
However, Ang had long anticipated the Foul Spirit Commander's actions. To avoid exposing his tactics, he ordered every trace from the previous two battlefields to be completely erased. He and the soldiers spent a great deal of time clearing away not only the dust stained with Demon blood, but even shoveling off a layer of the ground before laying fresh turf over it. Ang also had the soldiers drive flocks of sheep back and forth across the grass, concealing the traces of their movements.
After confirming that there was no longer anything suspicious at the sites, Ang decided to take further measures. He instructed all the soldiers to withdraw from the outskirts of the mountains and dismantle the camp completely. Ang knew that once the Foul Spirit Commander became suspicious of this place, they would need a more flexible strategy to deal with him. To avoid discovery, Ang ordered the cavalry to disperse and ride toward more distant mountains, hiding among inaccessible ridges, while the infantry were scattered throughout the vast wheat fields, concealed within them as they awaited further orders.
Meanwhile, the sheep were moved elsewhere, kept as far as possible from areas that might draw the Demons' attention. Ang realized that the Foul Spirit Commander would surely be more cautious this time, searching for every possible clue. Yet when the Foul Spirit