A Demon's Journey

Laura and all of Azaroth's retainers split up in the Eastern Mountain Range of the Glerian Kingdom.

Laura gave some instructions to her Noble Guardians group and started traveling towards the south.

According to the map she acquired from a trader, beyond the Lamhilhan Theocracy was the Kingdom of Cemetia.

When Azaroth told Laura that she could acquire the Mysterious Jade Spirit Ginseng in the south, he meant the Kingdom of Cemetia.

Laura had no idea how Azaroth knew of this fact, but she didn't care much about it.

In reality, Azaroth found this information when his clone Nudar had snuck into the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

During that time, Nudar had gathered a great deal of information about the Lamhilhan Theocracy and even the Kingdom of Cemetia.

There was a rumor in the Lamhilhan Theocracy that the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Cemetia had recently found a Mythical Herb. This mythical herb's details matched what Azaroth knew of the Mysterious Jade Spirit Ginseng.

However, he didn't plan to inform Laura about this information. He knew that Laura would split up from his group the moment she found out about the Mysterious Jade Spirit Ginseng.

This mythical herb was the reason Laura even snuck out of the Elven Kingdom. Only this mythical herb could heal her younger brother's chronic illness of Spiritual Overdose.

However, Azaroth changed his mind when he saw that vision. The vision of his death. His entire plan changed, and he decided it would be best if Laura returned to the Elven Kingdom. And it would be even better if she returned with this herb and healed her younger brother.

Laura was on a merchant wagon, crossing the borders between the new Sinyalian Kingdom and the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

There were still some conflicts between the Lamhilhan Theocracy and the Sinyalian Kingdom, but the trade continued the same as before.

The wagon that Laura was riding belonged to an extremely influential merchant in Crario. The merchant agreed to smuggle Laura across the borders in return for the Noble Guardians' assistance.

Laura readily agreed as she ordered her group to assist that merchant with whatever he wanted. However, she was a bit worried that this merchant would ask for something excessive, so Laura gave another order to her group.

This order stated that the Noble Guardians had to assist the merchant only if it wasn't too excessive and wouldn't affect the Noble Guardians' reputation.

It took nearly three weeks for Laura to enter the Lamhilhan Theocracy's territory. She left the wagon secretly and rushed in the southern direction.

It was a good thing that she had bought a compass earlier. This compass showed her the southern direction, and with Laura's speed, she managed to cross nearly three villages and reach a city in Lamhilhan Theocracy.

Laura decided to get some rest in Lamhilhan Theocracy. The city she stopped by was known as Poburg.

This was a famous city known for its special wine. This city exported its wine to other cities in the Lamhilhan Theocracy as well as other neighboring kingdoms like the Sinyalian Kingdom, the Kingdom of Cemetia, and the Pinhian Republic.

The Great Qin Empire hadn't opened its borders to the Lamhilhan Theocracy. The reason was simple.

The Lamhilhan Theocracy was best known for having extremely stupid people. All the people in the Lamhilhan Theocracy were crazy followers of the Radiant God.

The Emperor of the Great Qin Empire was worried that the Celestials could use these followers to figure out the Great Qin Empire's strengths and weaknesses.

The Great Qin Empire was the strongest human empire on Frascoia Continent. It was a symbol of strength for humans.

It would be disastrous if the Celestials managed to poison it from the inside. Thus, even when the heirs of the Great Qin Empire fight for the throne, they do so with certain limits.

The Great Qin Empire's Royal Family knew that they held a heavy responsibility on their shoulders. They would never play around with their nation's future at any cost.

This was one reason why the Great Qin Empire remained standing for such a long period.

The other reason was that if the Great Qin Empire's Royal Family showed signs of doing something that would greatly harm the human race, the various sects, including the Nine Yin Sect, would act against it immediately.

Thus, the Great Qin Empire's Royal Family was filled with a sense of responsibility and fear, which prevented them from doing something stupid that would damn the human race.

Fortunately, the presence of Qin Feng also prevented the Celestial and the Demon Race from acting recklessly.

The strange balance between the three races continued for over a million years.

As of this moment, Laura visited some merchants who exported wine to the Kingdom of Cemetia.

She inquired them regarding the Mysterious Jade Spirit Ginseng.

Only a few merchants had heard of this herb, but even they didn't have any information about it. They weren't sure whether this Mysterious Jade Spirit Ginseng was in the Kingdom of Cemetia or not.

Laura was a bit depressed, but she didn't give up hope. She planned to question all the merchants in this city before moving to the next city in the Kingdom of Cemetia's direction.

After staying in Poburg City for a few days, Laura resumed her journey toward the Kingdom of Cemetia.

Just a few weeks later, Laura reached the borders of the Kingdom of Cemetia and the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

After she reached the borders, Laura found out that she couldn't sneak into the Kingdom of Cemetia in the same way she sneaked into the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

This was because the Kingdom of Cemetia's border soldiers had a rather rigorous checking procedure before they allowed the merchant wagons to pass. Not even bribery seemed to work on those border soldiers.

Laura then began to search for another way to sneak into the Kingdom of Cemetia. One method was to set up a business in the Lamhilhan Theocracy and use exporting resources as an excuse to enter the Kingdom of Cemetia.

However, setting up a business and making it look extremely authentic would require time. At the least, she would require half a year to accomplish this.

Laura, though, didn't want to wait for such a long period.

She opened up her map while looking for another point of entrance into the Kingdom of Cemetia.

As she lowered her eyes, Laura noticed something remarkable. She noticed that the Lamhilhan Theocracy and the Kingdom of Cemetia were connected to the ocean!

She could use a ship to travel into the Kingdom of Cemetia. Unlike monitoring on the ground, it was much harder to accomplish the same in the ocean.

Moreover, with Laura's Ancestral Skill, she could easily jump into the ocean during checking and conceal her presence and return to the ship after the checking was complete.

This would allow her to sneak into the Kingdom of Cemetia without any issue!

Thus, Laura began her journey toward the ocean.