Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Rain decided to step outside and share the news about the upcoming arrival of his next child with the soldiers who were currently training in the vicinity. When the soldiers heard about the new addition to Rain's family, an overwhelming wave of excitement overtook them, causing them to roar and cheer with joy for several minutes.

The jubilant cries were so exuberant that the villagers residing nearby initially thought they were under attack, but it didn't take long for the word to spread, and soon everyone knew the reason behind the thunderous celebration – a momentous event that had clearly touched the hearts of those who served under him.

After celebrating for several days with his friends, family, and troops, Rain realized how much he had spent and made a mental note that he should be more mindful in the future about throwing parties to make thousands of people enjoy it. In any case, it was time to teach his underlings the next technique.

"As you guys should already know by now, given the title of our group and how I have been training you all, my sole goal is to make you guys as tough as possible," Rain said while he was walking in front of his soldiers. "You guys can't die. Do you know why? Because I invested too much time and resources in strengthening you all. What else?

Because we don't have many people that we can trust in the first place. Is there more? Because it would be a waste to lose truly honorable warriors that I can call allies."

Rain's speech had a profound impact on the warriors who listened to him. They felt an unmistakable fire ignite within their hearts, a fierce determination to follow his lead and fight alongside him.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

While Rain's friends and family already knew of his natural leadership qualities, this speech served as further confirmation that he possessed a unique ability to inspire and guide those under his command. It was a moment that solidified their trust in him as a leader and reinforced the strong bond that connected Rain with his loyal warriors.

"Until now, we only taught you how to be as tough as possible, and that will be our goal until all those who threaten us are dead," Rain added. "However, you can't just win by defending. Until now, me and the others who have been teaching you how to fight were the ones attacking, but you will learn or relearn how to do that in the most effective way possible.

Equip your most heavy gear and prepare to train like your lives are on the line."

Everyone went to grab their training gear and then began to head to the circuit that they had made after running around the farms hundreds of times by now.

"I don't want you guys to run, and I want you guys to kick the ground and try to cover as much ground as possible with a single step. That will be the exercise for the week," Rain declared. "Once you make some discoveries, I want you to share them with only your squad members. If you don't learn anything, observe the other squads and try to learn what they are doing differently. That is all."

Usually, the warriors would wonder what they should do, but they knew Rain well enough and saw the results of his training methods speak for themselves. Without wasting time, they began to do that.

"You are as a man of few words with them as ever," Roan said. "But I guess it works when they show the results by adapting to the techniques."

"Did something happen?" Rain asked.

"Yes… Geo watched the beast people's territory with his flying golem, and he just returned," Roan replied. "They seem to be living the same as usual, but they spend most of their time training."

"I guess they didn't give up, or they are waiting for something to happen, something big for them to use," Rain rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Did he see anything unusual in their training?"

"... They are all doing a lot of strength training, probably because they know that our guys here are focusing on becoming sturdier," Roan explained.

It was amazing that Geo could make a golem that could fly… it was useless for combat, but Rain couldn't copy him yet. Aside from Geo, Rain also gave some tasks to the other magic people. The one who had the most work was Artisia.

She basically interrogated the newcomers with her magic and made them reveal what they truly wanted by joining the Raging Phoenix… until now, only people who weren't troublemakers joined them.

At the same time, it looked like she had become the shell of a person. It was revealed later that her tribe was small, and while she was the leader, she was abandoned by the others when she joined Josar and eventually lured to a trap where she lost her eyes. Terra healed them completely after a few days, though.

She made sure to keep her distance from Rain's family, even though she was used to keeping her eyes closed and waiting for orders all the time… that was kind of annoying for some reason for Rain.

In any case, by that time, Rain had become nineteen, and his kids also had unlocked the Healer's path. That certainly was a record, but he still couldn't recall when he achieved the same…

While Rain wanted to make his kids train their healing skills by helping the warriors, they began to use them when they got hurt… Danny still was doing his handstands, and it wasn't in common for him to fall after a while, and Annie also began to copy him… it seemed that the idea of becoming a big sister propelled her to mature a bit.

"I am starting to get scared of my genes," Rain thought. "I guess all my kids will be hardworking…"

While Rain was thinking about that, a little something was happening in the southern sea… Continue your journey with empire