Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Although they were tired, they soon reached the enemies since Rain used his earth magic to fly toward them while carrying all of his soldiers.

The enemies panicked as they saw that large chunk of earth approaching them, and a cold took over their hearts when Rain and the others landed right above the first group of enemies and crushed them.

The skill Earth Shaper received 200 experience points.

The skill Earth Shaper received 200 experience points.

The skill Earth Shaper received 200 experience points.

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In a quick response… the beast warriors that attacked the village quickly turned around to face Rain and his soldiers while the others on the back continued their retreat. That was annoying, but Rain didn't have time nor the reason to show his anger to his soldiers.

A perfect leader is always a calm, unpredictable, unreadable, self-disciplined, and discreet, in the thick and in thin with his troops . Leaders should also acknowledge failures quickly as possible when they do happen, but they can also discuss with their friends to the likelihood of failures occurring… that was the type of leader Rain wanted to become.

"If you guys want to become sacrifices for your comrades escape, then I will let you become all that and more," Rain said and then kicked the ground.

The beast people were caught off guard as they suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet becoming soft like quicksand, and they began to sink slowly into the earth up to their knees before they could do a thing.

The once-soft terrain beneath them hardened rapidly, locking them in that place. Panic etched across their faces as they struggled to free themselves, realizing that their mobility had been severely compromised by this unexpected turn of events. The rapidly hardening earth had become an unforeseen obstacle, further complicating their situation.

"They are all yours," Rain said and then crossed his arms.

Once again, Rain considered living his troop behind and chase the escaping enemies… but that was too risky… they were still outnumbered and their healing skills still were being developed. To save the time that Rain spent training those guys, he had to sacrifice the chase of following the enemies right now. To win some, you have to lose some… and Rain made his choice.

In the end, that truly had been the right choice… all of a sudden, Rain felt danger, something was about to happen, but he didn't know what it was. Rain used all of his mana to check the whole area through his earth magic and eventually he found it… an enormous concentration of mana in the mountains, and then the energy suddenly exploded.

Rain charged in the same direction out of instict and then used Limit Breaker, only to see a massive earth spear being fired toward him and his troops. Rain blocked the attack with his forearm guards, but he was blown away while being pushed backward…

The area trembled with the impact and the dust was raised as the projectile kept pushing Rain even while he was on the ground. Several of his soldiers were hit by him when he was pushed away and Rain only stopped when he was about to reach the village… in that moment, the spear kept falling into pieces.

"What the hell…" Rain thought as he arms fell on the sides.

The forearm guards protected Rain more than a little bit… they suffered some scratches, unlike his bones that were throbbing at the moment, but they were fine. Rain got up expecting another attack, but that didn't happen… and he also saw that the attack and the fact that he collided agaisnt a bunch of the beast men finished them off… whoever attacked that, didn't care about the beast people.

Rain quickly approached his soldiers and sighed in relief that they were just groaning in pain… their new equipment saved their lives, but they had a bunch of broken bones. At first, Rain wans't that worried about his friends, but after that attack…

"Shit, things are changing again," Rain thought. "What the hell was that… beast people can't use magic like that."

Rain hurried up to heal those who had been severely hurt to make them at least stand up… that was the downside of trying to raise an loyal army. You couldn't turn your back on them when they needed you, the commander had to be the first to set the example… even though he wanted to hurry and confirm the safety of his family and friends.

"Don't worry, trust on them… trust on their strength, they survived all this insanity alongside you," Rain thought.

It took a while, but eventually, all of the soldiers severe wounds had been treated. Walking was still painful for them, but they weren't in danger anymore. While Rain and the others were returning to the village, he wondered if he had seen a magic source like that before… it was at least three times bigger than his.

"My apologies, commander. We didn't see a magic user on their ranks,"

The guy who said that was Devrim, the first recruit that Rain and his friends to become a captain. He was a demi-human who also had the blood of the beast people inside him, but he didn't hesitate in fighting for his side.

"That guy was hidden… it makes sense that you didn't find him," Rain said while squinting his eyes. "Just rest for the day, we will keep an eye on the area for a while."

During that time of thinking, Rain considered several things… the attack had been sent in his direction, just when he had locked all of the beast people on the ground. He wouldn't say that he had relaxed a bit, in fact, it was the perfect moment for him to react to anything… thanks to that, he couldn't help but think that he was attacked at the moment was intentional… as if someone was testing him.

That thought was annoying...

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