The conquest continued with ruthless efficiency over the following days.
After claiming the Dark Crow's Sanctuary, Adonis marched the combined forces of the Howling Keep army and the Demonic Monkey Legion deeper into the 7th Firmament. Three more Demon Kings fell in quick succession. Their territories crumbled under the overwhelming violet aura of the Chaos Emperor and the fanatical loyalty of Sirius, who led the charges with seductive ferocity.
The Northern Wastes trembled as the Chaos Order expanded its grip, swallowing demonic strongholds one after another. Yet even as victories piled up, nights in the underworld brought their own kind of tension.
One particular night, after a long day of claiming a volcanic ridge from a lesser Demon Lord, the army camped in a sheltered basin surrounded by obsidian cliffs.
The red sky above burned low, casting flickering shadows across the tents and bone fortifications.
