The First Battle of the Expedition

Though the Burning Legion would become famous in later ages, who would have thought that the newly founded Burning Legion was actually like a headless swarm of flies, chaotically darting about in every direction?

After following Sargeras away and finding the Twisting Nether demons released from Mardum Prison, Roy discovered that these creatures, freshly freed from their cages, were gleefully venting their long-starved bloodlust.

Yes, they were fighting among themselves. Their mutual slaughter was even more vicious than it had been in prison.

It could not be helped. After Sargeras shattered Mardum Prison, the Fel energy accumulated within that plane underwent a massive explosion. The resulting energy storm swept across every planet within nearly half a light-year. The only planet in that range that harbored life had not even developed intelligent life or civilization yet, but it was still wiped out by this unprovoked disaster. With no other living planets to be found nearby for the time being, the demons could only vent their excess energy by slaughtering one another.

Demons capable of surviving in space fought in space, while those unable to survive there fought on the planets they occupied. During the time Sargeras had been away searching for Roy, vast numbers of demons died in infighting every moment of every day. Calling it chaotic did not even begin to describe it.

Yet no one cared about this chaos, Sargeras included, because everyone knew that these Twisting Nether demons would be reborn in the Twisting Nether after some time.

That was the real reason Sargeras needed these demons to form the Burning Legion. So long as they could be unified, they would become a terrifying army that could neither die nor be destroyed.

Roy's task was naturally to assist Sargeras in unifying these demons. Although Sargeras had now taken