As Mazak finished reading the optional quest he noticed that some demons were watching him on the mountains edge, they were surely planning to ambush him on his quest, he made sure to be careful when fighting.
Once Mazak got his equipment together and ready he said to himself "alright let's do this, what's the worse that could happen?".
After that semi motivational speech he began to hike up the mountain towards the cave whilst also looking out for any traps and ambush spots.
About an hour and a half he took a rest to recover his strength from the treacherous mountain, as he sat down he realised someone had been watching him not for long but someone was watching. Mazak couldn't be bothered to deal with the stalker for now since he was on a quest but he was curious why someone was watching him.
Before Mazak got up, he had sensed a high speed object approaching and ducked out of the way only to know the object was an arrow and was not aimed at him, but had a mysterious insignia. The insignia was made of a hard silverish metal but had a magical enchantment on it.
He looked out to where he think it came from however all he saw were dense forests till the eye could see. Even Mazak's system couldn't detect a trace of anyone within 2km.
Mazak gave up looking and stuffed the arrow in his bag for later use or research on the owner, 'why would someone be trying to contact me' thought Mazak. Around five minutes later he carried on hiking with even more caution than before due to the unexpected arrow.
Half an hour has passed and Mazak had finally reached the entrance however he wasn't just sensing demons he was sensing multiple different races all seem to be weak, Mazak dropped his bag off and entered the pitch black cave.