Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"It seems that you guys have rested enough, so it is time to teach you the next technique," Rain said, trying to look like he didn't forget his promise. "You all have practiced Meditation enough to know a bit of how to control your mana, so I am going to teach you how to heal yourselves in the middle of a battle. One of my wives can heal you when you suffer severe wounds, but she is only one person.

Your main job is to keep yourselves in tip-top shape." Stay tuned to empire

Rain's goal was to make his soldiers as tough as possible by making them focus on endurance and on healing themselves… that would make them an army that can keep fighting even if their bones are broken, and their flash is cut… it would be nice if they could keep going even if they suffer harsher wounds, but that was a goal for the future.

It was a simple trick that Rain learned while training with his fists, punching rocks to harden them without smashing his bones.

Rain would use Healing Touch with his closed hands at the moment of the impact, and that would prevent the damage from spreading, but while it wasn't as efficient as touching the wound, keeping his hands closed would be the same as touching his body and being to heal himself…

To make the soldiers learn that Rain forced them to do handstands with their fists closed. Eventually, their fists got hurt, and they had to focus enough to heal while enduring the pain and exhaustion. So, two birds with one stone.

After the training session in the afternoon of that day, Rain was cleaning himself when his kids silently approached him and pulled and held his pants a bit.

They didn't say anything, but it was clear that they missed the interaction that he usually would have with them on a daily basis… Rain felt like sighing while a stinging pain bothered him, but he didn't have any other option aside from playing with them in his free time.

"Seara is showing up less and less often lately," Terra said while Rain put Danny and Annie on his shoulders. "It seems that she is working hard as well to avoid your workload from increasing."

"It would be convenient if she could listen to me and slow down, but everyone only listens to me when I give orders on the battlefield or on military matters," Rain frowned. "I suppose Seadrei can do something about that once the alliance is formed, and she could end up becoming the leader or vice leader that will help us in a situation like that."

Seara getting pregnant would also force her to stop overworking herself… but that would be difficult because she wasn't becoming pregnant because she was overworking herself. It was a wonderful loop.

"Since it has come to this, I just have to use my superb planning skills," Rain thought while nodding to himself.

In any case, it didn't take more than one week for recruits from all over the kingdom to arrive in the area with the intention of joining the group… which Rain had yet to think of a name for. Considering that he was the leader, he thought that Infinite Gauntlet would be cool, but he discarded it.

He also considered Gauntlets of the Crusader, but that didn't fit him… Since the previous group had been the king's blade, perhaps the hidden blade would be a cool title or adamantium claws… one that he thought that it suited him, and he wanted to see an army that would be loyal and would be as diehard as him: The Raging Phoenix.

"... That is… not a bad name," Roan said when he heard what Rain had thought about the group. "I was starting to think that you inherited your mother's naming sense, considering the name of your kids."

"Is that so?" Rain raised his left eyebrow. "Anyway, I have to talk with these guys for a bit. Can you get the names and where the new recruits came from?"

Roan nodded and he called Leiah to help him with that. After Rain reunited the first and the second group he walked around them for a while and studied them. They seemed a bit nervous, but they were also a bit confident since they endured the training until now.

"It is a bit too soon to think of that, but I am going to promote all of you to the rank of captains in the Raging Phoenix," Rain declared. "Soon enough, you will be the leaders of your own unities and you will be responsible for their success, their failures, and their own very lives.

As such, you will have to make decisions like kicking a member out of your squad if you think that they can become a problem in the middle of a battle. That will be tough, and that is why you will have to work hard and notice those traits and try to correct them as soon as possible. Inform those people of those troublesome traits and their dangers.

You can do everything that is necessary in order to solve that issue as long as you respect your position and the fact that you are their leader. If you think that you aren't sure of something, you can come to consult us about those issues. Don't worry about thinking that you are wasting our time.

As much as training, trying to solve our issues out of combat is also very important for our own survival."

The new captains who had gathered before Rain were undeniably taken aback by the change in his demeanor. Previously, he had exuded an air of unapproachability, a distant figure seemingly unattainable. Rain had kept a certain distance, both physically and emotionally, as if testing their willpower from afar. However, in this crucial moment, Rain's stance changed.

He appeared less distant and far more approachable, taking a step closer to the group.