Location: Demon Realm - Royal Training Grounds (Upper Realm)
Time: Day 213 (Doha Actual) - Evening | Calendar: 4 Voidmarch, 9938 AZI
The training grounds echoed with the clash of weapons and the grunt of exertion.
Ren stood at the center of the massive courtyard, surrounded by five hundred demon warriors going through combat drills. The royal training grounds sprawled across volcanic stone, carved with formations that absorbed stray attacks and reinforced the space against cultivation damage. Evening light painted the black stone crimson, and the air smelled of sulfur and sweat.
"Again!" Ren barked, watching a squad run through close-quarters formations. "Tighter! If that had been a Zartonesh infiltrator, three of you would be dead!"
