Yeenoghu had escaped. No matter how furious Malcanthet was, there was nothing she could do about it. Fortunately, when Yeenoghu fled, he left his army behind. That at least gave Malcanthet an outlet for her rage—otherwise, she might well have been angered to death.
To deal with Yeenoghu once and for all, Malcanthet had not only laid meticulous plans but also paid an enormous price. Simply put, the tremendous price she had offered Solam was not solely because she wanted an alliance with him. More importantly, she wanted Solam to help her eliminate Yeenoghu.
The most crucial part of this plan was cutting off Yeenoghu's connection to his realm. Malcanthet had few candidates capable of accomplishing that, and even fewer she could trust.
It was not exactly a matter of trust. Demons simply had atrocious secrecy. Sending that lot to handle something so confidential would have been a joke. Before they even got close to Yeenoghu's Realm, the news would probably have spread everywhere.
This matter required secrecy. Otherwise, it would be utterly useless.
Otherwise, Malcanthet would never have handed such an important task to Unos and his pirates. Though the pirates were weak, they were humans at the end of the day. Their self-control was ten thousand times better than that of demons.
But their weak strength was also a massive flaw, which made Solam an important supplement. There was no helping it—he was powerful!
Although all of Solam's subordinates were demons as well, demons differed from one another. The demons under Solam had all been born only in the past few months. They were rookies with no connections whatsoever in the Abyss. Even if they wanted to leak the news, they had nowhere to send it.
More importantly, before setting out, Solam had not told his subordinates what