Pazunia stood at the very top of the Bottomless Abyss's countless layers. It had been the ancient base from which the Obyriths had first arrived to explore the Abyss, and was also one of the frontlines of the Blood War, where Demons and devils frequently clashed.
This was a desolate land devoid of life, where not a blade of grass grew and dust lay thick upon the ground. Baked beneath a dark crimson setting sun, its dust-choked plains held only vast chasms in the earth, immense iron fortresses, and the River Styx with its densely branching tributaries. At the same time, as a mustering ground for Demon legions marching toward the endless Blood War, it had become the place where Abyssal Demons were most densely gathered.
This was how the Plain of Infinite Layers got its name.
Yet ever since the early Chaos Expedition had been crushed in one stroke and the Obyriths nearly wiped out, coupled with the unceasing Blood War, Pazunia could be said to be the most complicated and chaotic region in the entire Abyss.
Though it was called the Palace of a Thousand and One Chambers, much like the claim that the Bottomless Abyss had 666 layers, that number was merely nominal.
In truth, both the iron fortresses stationed in Pazunia and the number of these lesser Demon lords might far exceed that figure.
Countless Demons had once tried to unify Pazunia, seeking to launch a bid for the position of true Demon lord, like those Demon princes who ruled an entire layer of the Abyss.
Countless devils had likewise sought to conquer Pazunia outright through the Blood War and turn it into a bridgehead for their expedition into the Abyss.
For just as the Obyriths had realized long before them, those lawful Baatezu also knew