Most of the land south of the Desolate Wind Tundra was barren mountains.
Even demons paid little attention to such land; they preferred the plains. Gurumba Arena had been built on a relatively flat stretch among the mountains, and a nearby mineral deposit had allowed the demon goblins to gradually grow in strength. Now, however, all of this belonged to Soran. The only thing that posed any real threat to him was the sleeping abyssal dragon. If no one disturbed it, it would probably remain asleep for some time. After all, everyone knew that once dragons fell asleep, their slumber was measured in years.
This abyssal dragon had already been sleeping for almost two years.
If Soran had never appeared, perhaps it would have slept until the Time of Troubles ended. Perhaps that was a dragon's good fortune.
The Time of Troubles was actually quite brief by a dragon's standards, so many dragons unknowingly slept through the most turbulent period in the Multiverse.
The barren mountains naturally had their advantages.
Unlike the plains, abyssal worms and dretches reincarnated from souls did not frequently appear here. However, these mountains had rich mineral deposits, including exposed copper and iron ore. This held great appeal for fiends, since they could mine the ore directly, turn it into weapons, and sell them to other fiends.
The pact between the demon lords had nominally allotted a third of the [Realm of the Forgottens] to Soran.
In reality, however, if Soran wanted to control this land, he still had a difficult task ahead of him: conquering the other powerful beings who occupied it.
The gnoll army had withdrawn for the time being.
Yeenoghu was no ignorant brute. Once he learned that the demon lords of the third layer of the Abyss had united, he would certainly