Actually, if he had a choice, Hao Ren genuinely did not want to deal with the Holy See Allied Forces—nor, of course, with the demons of this world. At first, his ideal plan had been simple: everyone would come to this world, sneak into the Obsidian Plain, find Izax's daughter without a hitch, then board the ship and floor it back to Earth. The whole process would be best if it did not alert anyone—or even disturb the local flowers and grass...
After all, this was a world where they were, in the truest sense, "enemies of the entire world." The moment Izax's identity was exposed, the whole world would hunt them down like mad. Hao Ren had no intention of experiencing Raven 12345's resurrection methods firsthand. That Goddess Sister was not exactly reliable. If he came back missing an arm or a leg, that would be one thing, but there was also a chance he might come back with a few extra parts...
But plans never kept up with changes. Once they actually took action, anyone could tell that things could not go so smoothly. The Holy See Allied Forces had surrounded the Obsidian Plain layer upon layer, while several of Seradon's legions were still fighting noisily outside. In such circumstances, slipping in unnoticed to find someone was hardly realistic, so they had no choice but to repeatedly infiltrate the enemy ranks. The enemy was everywhere, so infiltrating anywhere counted as infiltrating the enemy ranks.
At least staying in the Holy See Allied Forces' camp was much more comfortable than being around demons. The aesthetics alone were far more agreeable.
The group narrowly avoided Seradon's legion's sentry lines and entered the interior of the Obsidian Plain. Human-, elf-, and dwarf-style buildings began appearing in greater numbers wherever they looked,