Due to not having established any teleportation portals at the nations of the East Sea just yet, Saleen planned to take a demon army made up of a million soldiers with him on the trip. He would send them home after conquering those nations.
The battles near the gates of the divine kingdom were still of utmost importance, after all. He was unable to just put his trust in anyone else, and it was not certain that the goddess would have helped him out.
Saleen had changed a lot. The most noticeable difference was his attempts at not pinning his hopes on anyone else for whatever he intended to do if he was able to help it.
While Saleen believed that his teacher would have definitely been able to emerge victorious in the battle with the Lord of Glory, he saw fit to keep himself in the loop instead of letting his teacher handle everything. It was not right to make Jason do everything.
