But these Death Knights and the Shadow Council's warlocks had found an excellent way to enter into contracts with demons, much like lawyers who had discovered a loophole in the law.
These Orc Death Knights and Shadow Council warlocks did not use their own souls to sign contracts with demons. They used other people's souls instead.
Demons were not stupid. Anyone who thought they were had to be the biggest fool of all.
Take the four remaining Voidwalker demons here, for instance. They knew perfectly well that the Death Knights and Orc Wolf Riders behind them were deliberately making them scout ahead and trigger the mines.
But even though they knew, they still had to do it, because they had to fulfill their contracts.
Honoring contracts was the reputation that allowed all demon races to enter so many planes. If they failed to uphold that reputation, who would pay such a steep price to summon a demon into another plane?
The demons' own plane also had strict rules and hierarchies. Not just any demon could trample on the sanctity of a contract at will. In truth, demons feared death too. After all, they were thinking creatures; they simply had no choice but to fulfill their contracts now.
Whether a Death Knight or a warlock summoned a demon, the contract had a time limit. Once that time ran out, the summoned demons could return to their own plane, and the transaction between the two parties would be considered complete.
That was why the four Voidwalker demons clearing the way ahead wished more than anything that time would hurry along. Otherwise, they might step into another trap laid by those High Elves and be blown to pieces like the previous Voidwalker.
Amid rumbling gurgles, the four Voidwalker demons led the hundred Orc