The Demon Lords were forever fighting among themselves.
But one thing could unite them for a time—the blood war of the Abyss!
During the era of the Abyssal Triumvirate, a very strange phenomenon had occurred. While the Dark Prince and Demogorgon fought each other to the death in the lower reaches of the Abyss, their respective Blood War Legions fought together against the Devil Legion near Molten Lake. Back then, Molten Lake had not yet fallen. As one of the demons' most important strongholds, it had been a vital force in resisting the devils. Productivity in the Abyss was extremely low; in some respects, it was not even fit to carry the devils' shoes. With Molten Lake, the demons had barely been able to hold their own against the devils. After losing it, however, the Abyssal fiends could no longer produce enough metal to meet their own needs.
Most of the Abyss's current needs were met through fiendish smuggling.
After Soran carved out his own territory in the Abyss, however, the situation began to improve. Especially after he established a connection between Port Nyanzaru and the Abyss, the city could absorb and process the minerals from the layers he occupied, then supply the Demon Legion with weapons and armor in return.
Now.
The vast demonic host had approached Molten Lake.
The demons had easily overrun the preceding devil outposts through sheer numbers. Soran's demonic Guard had not even had a chance to take the field.
But!
Molten Lake was no ordinary stronghold. The devils' main legions were stationed here, along with an enormous Iron Fortress.
The heart of Molten Lake was Veltalar.
An immense Iron Fortress stood near Molten Lake, originally built by demons and later rebuilt by devils. Molten Lake resembled a chain of natural, white-hot furnaces filled with