Laune's change

Desolate Forest

Within a small valley the preparations were finished for the upcoming battle.

Shadow stood before the valley entrance leading into the wolfs home, a little rabbit jumped out of a small hole in the ground. "Boss, I have done what you asked."

"Good." Shadow nodded before turning her head to see the approaching figure. "So you finally made it."

Laune stepped towards Shadow, unlike some time ago she no longer looked like her weak self.

After bathing in blood during cultivation and constant combat training she had left behind her noble and graceful temperament.

Now she gave off a more reserved and restrained feeling which showed how she had trained hard to restrain her emotions and her races ferocious nature.

Her body no longer looked as weak as it once was, constant limit training and regular healthy meals had helped greatly to improve her stamina and strength.

In fact her body seemed to contain a lot more vitality than an ordinary spirit beast thanks to the cultivation manual she had been using.

Laune bowed her head towards the deer infront of her. "Yes master I have arrived."

"Good, then we should begin. Martis you may speak now." Shadow looked towards a nearby bush where the small grass snake was hidden.

The small snake slithered down the branches on the bush and approached. "Yes milady, the scouts have explored the valley. The clan of wolves are small in size, their numbers should be 13 in total. The leader is an old wolf, out of the 13 beasts only 7 of them have become spirit beasts which could become a potential threat at this time. They have 2 spirit beast wolves keeping lookout within the valley, at the end of the valley is where the rest of the wolves live."

"Very good, with this we have a good idea of our enemy. 7 are capable of putting up a fight, a favourable environment for battle and with our preparations we could easily use many things to gain a quick end to the fight. Ambushes, use of the valley, poison attacks but this time is not about gaining victory. This is a test for Laune, we have laid down the preparations and I trust that with her training she can make use of everything to be able to fight alone." Shadow looked towards Laune as she spoke.

The wolves had been scouted, their lack of vigilence could easily be used to let the hidden division ambush and poison them before they could put up a fight.

Although many beasts had been in combat and killed others, Laune had lead a sheltered life.

She had no real combat experience and had never truly been in any real danger until her clan was nearly wiped out.

After she swore loyalty to Shadow she chose to become a weapon for to use in order to ensure her clans survival and the revival in the name of the Ever-Reach clan.

She now had enough strength and combat experience from constant training but she still lacked real life and death experiences and had yet to kill another beast.

"Master I will do as you say." Laune looked up towards the valley.

"I will allow you to cooperate with Korah but he will not be fighting in this battle. I hope you understand." Shadow looked at the little rabbit.

"Okay boss, no fighting for me..." The little rabbit frowned.

"You will have lots of opportunities to fight in the future so do not worry, in this battle remember to make use of your intelligence as well as strength to win against the enemy. Do not just blindly rush ahead into a battle or you will be at a disadvantage. You need to learn when to attack, when to defend and when to run to be able to stay alive." Shadow thought for a moment before whispering to the snake. "Martis monitor the battle, if she is close to death then have Korah interfere... Although this is training it would be useless if she dies from her first real battle. Report back her actions and any mistakes after the battle is over."

"Yes milady, I will do as you ask." The snake slithered back into the long grass near the entrance to the valley.

"Master I will not disappoint you." Laune looked very determined to complete her task.

Shadow began to walk away leaving behind her final order. "Your determination is good but do not forget to value your own life. Try not to be too reckless, learn from your mistakes and reflect on them after every battle."

"Yes!" The tiger began to think carefully on how to deal with the wolf clan ahead.

A little time passed within the valley, two wolves stood side by side within the middle of the valley carefully looking for intruders.

One of the wolves looked a little sleepy as their eyes began to feel heavy, as they began to find a comfortable position to rest the other wolf looked towards him with a frown. "You have not finished guarding the valley, wait until someone comes to replace you then you can go back and sleep."

"So noisy... it has been quiet for days, even if we have been attacked in the past they were weak or low in numbers." The sleepy wolf frowned.

"Maybe so but if the clan leader hears of you slacking on your task you will be punished again." The other wolf glared at the sleepy wolf.

Suddenly there was a noise from behind the wolf, the sleepy wolf opened his eyes again to see a large blurry figure stalking behind the other wolf. "Careful!"