Neither of those things help in tracking .

Grum turns to the others (except Oni who's just run off).  "It seems to have fled.  At least, I hope it has.  How is everyone? Anyone still badly hurt?  How's the innkeeper, apart from not having an inn any more?"

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Neither of those things help in tracking .

 ((Correct, as I stated in my post. I was asking the DM to see if he wanted to make an exception due to the situation. If he said no, I would understand. I wasn’t basing it off of a tracking it’s footsteps standpoint but more of an arcane sense to get the general area of a cursed target))

(I would say that in the current situation Oni wouldn't be able to track the babau with his Hexblade features. You are welcome to make a Perception check with disadvantage, though.)

Misha sets down the innkeeper in a safe area.

"There you go, little child," she says, smiling. "Praise Bran, you live to fight another day."

She hefts up her shield and warhammer, providing cover for both of them as the Inn caves in on itself - and looks around to make sure everyone is safe.

Perception: 12

"Fiend has fled?" She calls out, looking around. "Is everyone ok!"

Misha took a moment and looked at what was left of the inn. "Ach.." she mourned. "My armor..Tasha's leathers.."

Perception: 13

((Nooo! I rolled a nat 20 :( ))

As the Babau leaves Jill's sight, she dispels her Crimson Rite and the wound on her forearm closes in an instant. "I am doing well after having taken the potion that Oni gave me. Speaking of which, he ran off in pursuit of that creature in quite the fury. He didn't even remember to hide his true face. Come, let us go pursue him before he gets himself into trouble."

"Yes, good idea." She nodded at Jill, strapping her shield to her back and stowing away her hammer for a moment. Like this one. Good strategist. "First, very quickly words." Misha turned to Natasha, "Little sunflower, am very sorry was not able to grab your armor. I, too, have lost plate always wear." she gestured sadly to the flattened Inn. "Armor was with me for a while, but change is good, is OK. Still, feel bad was not able to help with your theengs." 

She takes you by the shoulders, pulls you in, and gives you an affectionate, but loud kiss on the cheek. "I make it up to you when out of danger, ya?"

Misha guides Natasha and meets up with everyone else. "Come, let us find comrade with face problem."

A wave of relief washed over Natasha as she sees the demon flee away, but it only lasted a moment when she remembered that the inn they were staying at had been burnt down with Misha's armor and her leathers. She rejoins the group with a frown while her eyes followed Oni as he sprinted away to follow the beast. Determined guy he is...

She nods in agreement with Jill’s plan before she turns to and follows Misha to listen to her apology. “Oh, it’s no big deal—“ Were all the words that could escape her before replacing the rest with a squeak of surprise at the kiss. Such strong hands she had— Wait how would she make it up to her later?

”O-okay...” Was all that she said right after, using her free hand to cover over her mouth and reddened cheeks as the two rejoined the group again. She cleared her throat to try and get herself composed again. “Vamanos, let’s follow Oni.”

Even if Oni doesn’t follow the babau’s trail, he will rush towards where he thinks the babau is. Any screaming or loud noise will draw his attention.

"Oni!" Misha yells, calling out to him. "Stay with us, not go alone. Come, strength in numbers! Where are you!"

She glances at the rest. "Everyone else, stay together. Other little people may be around. This demon is great foe, we work together, much honor and glory for us."

Misha's tan sunkissed skin had a slight sheen of sweat. The fire was hot, but she was comfortable, and she looked it. Free of the demon's mental influence, she was a coiled weapon ready to strike, her muscles tight, hard, and ready to spring. She gripped her hammer and shield tightly. She didn't mind about being half naked in her common clothes while they hunted the demon, but she did miss her armor. She would get a another set soon enough.

Jill chased after Oni with the rest of the party. I hope that the Fiend truly is gone, because an impulsive Tiefling that separated himself from the rest of the group is easy pickings for it. Damn fool.

"Here." Misha suddenly remembered. "Let me concentrate.."

Closing her eyes again, she slammed the top end of her hammer on the ground again and held it for a moment, and in her mind a massive bell of war went off - a radar was activated. A rapidly expanding ring of deep red divine light spread from her in her mind, and if the fiend was nearby, she would know it.

Divine Sense: As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover

((Assuming with my low perception roll I find nothing more than chaos)) Hearing Misha’s voice Oni stops running. The creature had escaped him, he failed to slay the beast. Why am I trusted? Why am I helped if I can’t kill this evil thing. My prayer and the attack can’t be a coincidence. I failed my test and now I need to find another way to prove myself. Oni walks back towards Misha’s voice. Looking around at the fires and the citizens running, Oni decides to remain undisguised. When he walks back he sees Misha concentrating and looks to the rest of the group, ”It fled. I have no idea what that thing was but I don’t think it ran out of fear. I’m not sure what to make of it. Is everyone alright?”

"Can anyone do anything about the fire? We should speak with the innkeeper, find out if this is an isolated incident, or if anything like this has happened before. Come to think of it, we should go see the mayor, presumably he's now awake. See if there's any way we can help, deliver the letter while we're at it. Maybe try to establish whether this attack was targeted at the town or at our presence here." 

Grum lowers his voice so the innkeeper can't hear, "And we also need new rooms for the night."

"It fled because there's six of us and we had actually managed to get some good hits in. Fiends are evil, not stupid. But what did you think you were doing, running off and pursuing that thing by yourself? Did you not see how that thing almost killed me and Misha? It would have gutted you if you had actually managed to catch it while you were alone. And your horns are showing. What if the villagers found you before we did? The six of us? We survived at the keep because we stuck together. That doesn't work when one of us loses his head and runs off." Having finished her rant at Oni, Jill responds to the rest of her friends. "Yes, let's go meet the mayor. Might as well do something productive. Perhaps we might get new armor for our friends. It's the least they could do since we saved their village."

Misha senses the babau to be loping north, to the upper district of the hamlet, just as Oni catches sight of the demon, a dark shadow in the smoke. It does not turn from it's current course, as if it had a specific destination in mind.

OOC: Just to get a clearer picture, how big is Cheesemill? How far has the fire spread? Is it a couple of buildings, or several streets burned down, or half the town? And what would we know about the layout of the town? Would we know where the mayor lives? Would we know what's in the upper district, etc?

The hamlet is divided into two districts, the upper district, which contains the majority of the residencies and the town hall, and the lower district, which contains the shops and market. Outside of the hamlet are scattered farms and mansions for the wealthier citizens. So far the fire has consumed the lower district, and it is quickly spreading into the upper district.

(Is there a well nearby?)