Chapter 1035: Chapter 42: Home Invasion Successful! Yenogu City.
The news of defeat from the front did not make the King of Gnolls, Yenogu, fly into a rage. Instead, this cunning Gnoll looked towards the direction of the Oozing Forest and fell into a long contemplation, until the Priest at his feet, trembling with fear, buried his head into the ground. Only then did he speak in a low, hoarse voice, "Zakna-Fanged Claw is dead?"
The Purgatory Jackal Wolfman High Priest trembled and said, "Yes. My lord."
The man was sent by him.
A whole wave sent to their deaths, Yenogu had not suffered such a loss in a long time; even when he secretly battled the King of Minotaurs, he only lost one or two hundred Purgatory Gnolls.
Yenogu continued to ask in a deep voice, "Was his head easily chopped off by someone?"
The Purgatory Jackal Wolfman High Priest shivered and said, "Yes. My lord."
Finally.
The King of Gnolls, Yenogu, exhaled a long breath, a cruel smile appearing at the corner of his mouth as he whispered, "It seems Meikanshute has seduced another powerful mortal."
His territory often fought against the Enchanting Demons.
But what was truly troublesome were not the Enchanting Demons themselves, but those beings they seduced, which could be high-tier demons or powerful mortals. The Queen of Enchanting Demons always had ways to recruit some elite fighters. Just not long ago, a half-elf, in order to win the favor of the Enchanting Demon Queen Meikanshute, had killed five or six of his priests on the Silent Dark Grassland and then left directly.
Now it seemed, Meikanshute had found a new favorite.
"The Red Shroud is here too?" Yenogu looked towards a demon shrouded in shadows by his side.
The demon said softly, "It is the Red Shroud."
Yenogu slowly nodded, ordering, "Gather the army and head to the Oozing Forest; it seems Meikanshute is getting restless again."
He was wary not of Duncan, nor the Red Shroud, but rather the Enchanting Demon Queen Meikanshute.
From the moment Duncan proactively had the Red Shroud assist, Yenogu’s misjudgments were within Duncan’s expectations, no matter from which angle you considered it, Yenogu could not have imagined Duncan was leading an Enchanting Demon Legion singlehandedly deep into enemy lines.
Yenogu would only think the Enchanting Demon Queen wanted to battle him again or was scheming some plot.
So, the bait that was dominated by the Red Shroud and even its backing of the Enchanting Demon Queen Meikanshute turned into a target to lure the King of Gnolls, Yenogu.
Moreover, Duncan judged that even if he came, he wouldn’t easily take action himself, because as long as Meikanshute didn’t appear, Yenogu would remain cautious and suspicious, at most sending his elite gnolls to fight a war of attrition.
The unseen Meikanshute was the biggest variable; as long as she did not show up, Yenogu himself would be constantly on edge.
The Yenogu City on the Silent Dark Grassland began to move.
With a series of wolf howls, a large number of wild gnolls began gathering towards the city. The cubs heard their master’s call, and soon tens of thousands of gnolls converged, a scale that continued expanding until the numbers reached over a hundred thousand.
In some respects, the gnoll tribes were very similar to nomadic prairie peoples, and Yenogu was a different kind of Khan.
Oozing Forest.
The Red Shroud stared intently at Duncan before him, a hint of suspicion in her expression, saying in a firm tone, "You say you want to leave now?"
"Yes," Duncan replied calmly, "I will take a group of Enchanting Mages to raid the enemy’s rear."
"Find a way to conquer the Mortal fleet of the Cursed Throat."
"So."
"I need you to hold this place, and I’ll return as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, the Red Shroud remained silent. If she stayed here, she would have to face the King of Gnolls, Yenogu, directly. If Duncan just ran off, she would definitely face punishment from her mother. Although in this small-scale conflict, the Enchanting Demon Legion had already won a significant victory, seriously injuring the gnolls’ strength, it was still quite a distance from achieving the mission’s goals.
Duncan seemed to guess her concerns, merely saying lightly, "Don’t forget I’m here for rescuing that lady."
Hearing this, the Red Shroud felt much more at ease.
Duncan’s goal was to rescue the Goddess of Wealth; he couldn’t just run away now.
The Red Shroud bit her teeth and said, "Alright."
"But after everything succeeds, you must compensate me!"
All the benefits had been taken by her mother.
No way.
She also had to find a way to get a piece of the pie.
She was the one truly doing the hard work, and in the end, her mother took all the cake; how could she be willing to accept that?
Duncan’s lips curved into a meaningful smile, merely nodding calmly.
Good, the ambition was kindled.
As the Red Shroud ordered the Enchanting Demon Legion to build defensive structures in this area, Duncan led a carefully selected team of high-tier Enchanting Mages, a small squad of only six, to silently infiltrate the southern part of the 422nd layer of the Bottomless Abyss.
"Sir."
"Ahead lies the Howling Peaks," an alluring Enchanting Mage pointed to a mountain range shrouded in a deathly aura in the distance.
The territory of undead creatures.
They were also the slave army of the King of Gnolls, Yenogu, the Ghoul Army.
These alluring Enchanting Demons were carefully chosen by Duncan; for instance, the one at his side had an extra ’Fallen’ mark compared to the others, although he still wasn’t clear what it meant, he speculated it was related to the souls stolen by the Queen of Enchanting Demons.
"We’re not going south anymore."
"Heading east instead."
Duncan suddenly changed the direction of their advance, sparking surprise among these Enchanting Mages, but under Duncan’s imposing gaze, they simply nodded respectfully.