Amidst the chaos of the war, there was a man who was not fighting for either of the nations. This man was a cultist, and he was on a mission to collect dead bodies from the battlefield. He was searching for sacrifices for a dark ritual he was performing in his lair deep in the Faraway Forest.

The cultist was a shadowy figure, shrouded in mystery and feared by all who knew of him. He was rumored to have powers beyond that of mortals, and many whispered that he was in league with the dark forces of the underworld.

But the cultist was not afraid of the war. He saw it as an opportunity to gather more bodies for his ritual, and he was determined to carry out his plan no matter what. He moved stealthily through the battlefield, collecting the dead and dragging them back to his lair.

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Once he arrived at his lair, the cultist cast a powerful spell that created a shield of darkness around the entrance. This shield was invisible to all but him, and it protected his lair from the chaos of the war.

Inside the lair, the cultist began his dark ritual. He lit the candles and incanted the spells, drawing upon the power of the dead to summon forth the dark forces of the underworld.

As the ritual reached its climax, the cultist called forth a powerful demon to do his bidding. The demon was bound by the spell, and it would serve the cultist until the spell was broken.

The cultist was pleased with his success. He had summoned a powerful demon to do his bidding, and he was now free to carry out his dark plans. The war raged on outside, but inside the cultist's lair, there was only darkness and shadows but...