A Demon's Journey

Laura and Noah had been training their groups in their own way since the day they fought against each other.

After the fight, Noah's group had high morale while the morale of Laura's group significantly lessened.

Azaroth's speech had motivated them. They were filled with a desire to prove their superiority to him.

They wanted to tell him that they really possessed the determination he was looking for.

Meanwhile, the thoughts of Noah's men were relatively simple. They simply didn't want to experience a beating from Noah's hands. Thus, they tried their best to win.

As they fought, they felt as though Laura's men were attacking them in slow motion.

This sort of feeling was quite natural. During this time, these warriors had fought against Noah for so long that they were slowly getting used to his speed.

They had begun to react to attacks they couldn't even see before. This wasn't obvious when they were fighting Noah since the outcome was always the same. Utter destruction under Noah's hands.

However, now that they fought against Laura's men, they realized just how fast they had gotten as compared to before.

Their strength was also much greater. Moreover, the rich combat experience along with trained eyes…

Meanwhile, Laura had little to no idea how she should train her men. She had been scolded by Azaroth and wanted to improve her training method because it was clear to her that her elders' training methods to train her won't work on these humans.

Azaroth appeared near her training ground. He was observing her training methods from a distance.

Laura appeared to have changed their targets from fast-moving tree branches.

However, it didn't appear as if any of the arrows contacted those fast-moving tree branches.

Azaroth soon approached this group. When Laura saw Azaroth coming, there was an embarrassed expression on her face. She hadn't found an optimal method to train her group. She didn't have the guts to face Azaroth.

Thus, she looked around, trying to prevent herself from looking into his eyes.

However, Azaroth stood in front of her, staring at her with those red eyes as deep as the abyss.

Azaroth spoke calmly, "Face me, Laura."

His voice, although spoken calmly, had a hint of command within it.

Laura felt forced to obey that command and looked at Azaroth. Her emerald eyes were fixated on Azaroth's ruby eyes.

Azaroth asked with the same neutral tone, "What's the matter?"

Laura replied after a second, "…I am confused, master. I can't create golems or other wooden beings to give them combat experience. If they fight against each other, they still won't gain experience against warriors skilled in close combat. And if they fight against Noah's group again, they will lose more confidence. I don't see a way to resolve these issues."

Azaroth's face appeared neutral as he heard Laura's words. He then looked at her group and then spoke, "You do have a way to resolve this issue. And it's actually much simpler than what you believe."

Laura was instantly shocked and asked him, "What is it?!"

"Attack them all with Wooden Spears. Order them to shoot these spears with their arrows or else risk being stabbed. That's all." Azaroth gave his training method.

The smile on Laura's face vanished. She felt that Azaroth was just messing with her. This training method felt absolutely ridiculous. However, Laura had learned enough that it was wise to not question Azaroth without trying out what he has suggested.

Azaroth then looked at these warriors, who appeared quite sad. They were probably still thinking about their loss at the hands of Noah's men.

Azaroth knew that it wasn't the loss that had shaken them so greatly. It was the fact that they could not put up any real fight against Noah's men.

He wasn't going to motivate them anymore. He had shown them a dream already. They had to refine their willpower greatly and by themselves.

Azaroth's assistance here would make them rely on him much more.

Soon, Laura went and talked to her group.

"Listen, we will temporarily change the training method. Your task will be to shoot down all the wooden spears that come towards you." Laura ordered them seriously.

Her men had a very bad feeling about this. To them, it felt as if their life was soon going to be in danger.

Laura stood nearly 2 Miles away. Her group members were all standing in a square formation.

There was a considerable distance between each group member. That meant each group member was assigned a particular area. The task of the group members was to have the least number of wooden spears in their area.

Only the Wooden Spears embedded within the ground would be counted.

Laura raised her hands and then pointed towards her group members, "Rain of Wooden Spears!"

Behind her body, a massive tree stem was created, which immediately shot out wooden spears from that massive tree stem.

These wooden spears were launched in the air. The speed of these wooden spears was quite quick.

Before her warriors could even see these spears, nearly 10 spears were already embedded within the ground.

It went without saying that soon her warriors realized that the Wooden Spears were quickly raining down towards them.

They tried to shoot these Wooden Spears, but none hit the target.

When Laura noticed that her warriors couldn't hit the target even now, a cold light appeared in her eyes.

Soon, one of the wooden spears stabbed a warrior from Laura's group.

The warrior was stabbed in the thigh, and he couldn't help but scream out due to pain. This guy was a huge admirer of Laura. Laura chose him because he seemed to have some wild thoughts in his mind.

She didn't feel that bad about hurting him. The scream of this warrior was quite effective.

It made her other warriors finally understand that this wasn't just a training method. Laura was randomly throwing these Wooden Spears at them. And they would get hurt if they couldn't learn to shoot them.

At the very least, they had to learn to shoot the wooden spears coming straight for their life.

Their nervousness and their will to survive were in fierce combat. Those whose will to survive was stronger were the ones who broke out of their shell first.

Their arrows finally began to strike a couple of wooden spears. Laura resisted the urge to smile when she saw this scene.

However, on the other hand, many of her other warriors were injured now because of her wooden spears.

She had to heal them before they could begin from the start.

However, before she could move forwards to heal them, Azaroth's voice resounded in Laura's mind, "Remain where you are. Don't heal them!"

"What? But they would be wasting valuable training time." Laura countered a bit rebelliously.

Azaroth didn't mind it and responded, "If you heal them, then they won't remember this pain. Only if they feel the pain would they feel the desire to not get hurt by these spears. Now, even if they can't strike these spears with their arrows, they would try to move from their spots and prevent getting impaled by them."

"Due to this threat of death, they are finally going to show their true capabilities. Don't cripple them before they show you some of their abilities.." Azaroth spoke while observing the training from a distance.