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But compared to that, many onlookers were even more concerned about the news that followed.

The Succubus Queen Malcanthet, an Abyssal powerhouse, had gone to war with Obox-ob, the Obyrith demon prince known as the Prince of Vermin!

The two sides had fought over the Pearl of Greed once possessed by the former demon prince Demogorgon. Not only had they deployed vast armies, but the two big shots had even clashed in person! No one knew who had won. All anyone knew was that the Succubus Queen had returned to Shendilavri with half of the Pearl of Greed, then sealed herself within her palace and refused to see anyone.

It seemed she had been seriously wounded.

This speculation immediately stirred Malcanthet's enemies into action, and her war against Yeenoghu, the Gnoll King, grew even fiercer because of the news. Even Graz'zt abandoned his plans to stir up trouble from the shadows and deliberately massed his armies at the border.

If Malcanthet's ally, Baphomet, the Minotaur King, had not suddenly led his infernal minotaurs and goristro army in a surprise attack on the gnolls' lair, Graz'zt might very well have attacked Shendilavri directly while Malcanthet's main forces were occupied with Yeenoghu.

(Baphomet, the Minotaur King, was the lord of the Abyss's 600th layer. He ruled the entire plane alongside Graz'zt's mother, Pale Night, and Baphomet and Pale Night shared a complicated relationship. The two demon lords jointly controlled the 600th layer of the Abyss, though Pale Night's influence on that layer was limited to the vicinity of her castle. The two demon lords were not allied, but if anyone attempted to attack either of them within the Endless Maze, Baphomet's domain, the other might offer assistance.)

(More interestingly, although his relationship with Pale Night was fairly decent, he deeply hated Graz'zt.