Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"As expected of Rain, even though you didn't study politics and warfare for long, you still learned a lot," Jori said. "I couldn't have imagined those possibilities or even convinced Lord Branden of them either."

The school didn't help Rain think of all that. Just thinking about some possibilities and the worst outcome possible for all of them. It was a skill that he wished that he didn't have to use. Also, thanks to his big mouth, Rain will have to work on that mission again with Jori and his group with too grand of a name.

"Well, we live here, so see you guys tomorrow," Asche said.

Asche and Terra moved to the street on the right side, and then Rain saw a church. He didn't know much about the religion in that world, so he wondered what they prayed to. In any case, Church often looked after war orphans, so he could tell those sisters' backstories. They probably should have left the Church, but they were still there and helping other kids with the money they earned.

Liss left the group afterward, and Jori and Reca left together as well before Rain could reach the organization. That had been a bit of a troublesome afternoon since Rain didn't make progress with his skills, nor did he make money. Still, he felt that the weights on his ankles were working since he felt a bit bothered there. When he checked, Rain confirmed that he was bleeding a bit.

"I guess I should put some kind of protection against the weight… or I can just use this chance to heal myself and level up Health Bonus," Rain thought.

In the end, Rain decided to kill some time training for the rest of the afternoon and soon confirmed that it worked. Health Bonus leveled up alongside his Healing Touch. After dinner, he practiced boxing moves while wearing the forearm guards in his room, but he felt that sparring with someone else would be a lot more fun.

"I guess there is no such convenient job waiting for me…" Rain thought when he checked the jobs the next day.

In any case, while he didn't work with Jori's group that week, Rain knew that they were working around the city since they wanted to be ready for the mission when Branden called them. As for Rain, while he didn't mind accepting such a profitable job, he felt like he needed some more time to get used to his forearm guards.

At least he had enough time to make his Healer's Path reach level thirty thanks to the wounds caused on his ankles… since he added two more Earth rings there. The battle master path also leveled up as much.

Level 25: Enhanced Regeneration - Enhances the healer's ability to regenerate their own wounds, allowing for faster personal healing and recovery.

Level 30: Diagnostic Insight - Develops the intuition and observational skills necessary to accurately diagnose illnesses, injuries, and underlying health conditions.

Level 25: Battle Tactics: Analyze the battlefield, assess enemy strengths and weaknesses, and formulate effective combat strategies.

Level 30: Weapon Specialization: Choose a specific weapon and gain increased mastery speed over it, granting increased accuracy and damage.

Name: Rainendall

Level: 41 (2500/4100)

Current Path: Healer's Path (Lv 30- 580/3000)

Health: 2840/2840

Mana: 2890/2890

Stamina: 3480/3480

Strength: 277

Dexterity: 173

Intelligence: 300

Vitality: 285

Wisdom: 288

Endurance: 285

Luck: 127

Free Points: 55

Main Skills:

[Basic First Aid Lv 18)

[Healing Touch Lv 19]

[Enhanced Regeneration Lv 07]

[Soothing Aura Lv 09]

[Elemental Cleaning Lv 08]

Support Skills:

[Health Bonus Lv 22]

[Basic Training 62]

[Language Lv 68]

[Body Motor Skills Lv 59]

[Running Lv 63]

"I am definitely making progress, but it is a bit troublesome that some skills that don't directly help my parameters are showing up," Rain thought while scratching his chin. "Anyway, I guess I should take a break and visit home. Without the weights, I should be able to cover more distance now since my strength has increased."

That day, Rain had worked cleaning a warehouse, using his magic to get rid of the dust and his strength to move some boxes. He was heading back to the organization when he had such thoughts. Still, he also had a feeling that it was about time for something to happen… he had gotten used to the fact that things never go the way he planned.

That afternoon, Rain decided to head straight to his room to avoid receiving any word of work, and that actually worked. However, Karla left him a letter in his room, and it was a piece of paper about the continuation of the job.

"I guess she was too busy to inform me directly, or maybe it would be bad if people saw a new member receiving a special job like this," Rain thought.

"The guards of the capital didn't make much progress hunting the armored turtles, or so it says in the last week, so we are being called to look for them again, huh?" Rain thought. "In any case, it seems that they found the monsters getting close to some villages down south of that area, and those places raise cattle… a lot of it. I suppose it will be bad if the monsters kill them.

I can't imagine turtles eating cows, though."

It didn't seem like Branden had any news about the monsters being controlled and how the magic people were using that situation in their favor. That was a bit disappointing, but it made sense that gathering such Intel wouldn't be easy.

"Does he only wants us to fend off the monsters?" Rain thought. "There are no orders aside from that…"

Rain couldn't say that the group was the best option to gather Intel about the monsters, but they showed some results when others didn't. Since Branden also told them to stay alert for the next mission, it seemed that he was expecting a lot from them, but maybe he was wrong…