Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 167: War (9)

It had been a while since Rain had seen so many enemies… that was still a good opportunity for him, though. Still, just like all good opportunities, they come with some risks… Rain could become crazy strong, killing a lot of enemies, but he also could die if he catches the attention of the big shots on the enemy's side.

"Which tribe do they belong to?" Jori asked. "They are still too far away for me to see them…"

"We don't have information about that since they operated on the other side of their country; that is another reason why they are so dangerous," Branden explained.

The enemies stopped marching when they were one kilometer away from the city and began to prepare for the battle. While they didn't want more humans to join the fray, they also couldn't rush too much. They had been cautious for a while and even devised such a trap to lure the human army away from their stronghold, so there was no reason for them to rush ahead now.

Rain looked to the other side and then saw some enemies being pushed away from the walls of the city; some were escaping since they didn't have enough numbers, and the high morale of the humans was a problem. Still, there was a chance that they still could be attacked from two sides, so they couldn't drop their guard.

"Men! Those dirty invaders are trying to kill us all and take over this city again. Are you going to let those swine do that and fester our lands with their stench?" Revan asked while shouting.

"NO SIR!"

"Then we can only punish the scum for trying to do that, and the punishment is their death," Revan shouted. "Today, your swords will be the executioner's blade that will pass judgment on the neck of the scum. Sharpen them well because we won't stop until all of them are dead!"

"WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

The human's morale certainly was sky high, to the point that they forgot or that they were pretending that they fell for a trap. In any case, Revan knew how to control an army in his favor. After shouting some orders, Revan approached the group. The organization was there, and there was no reason for them to follow Revan's orders directly when Branden was there.

While he wasn't that experienced in giving orders on the field, his presence would still pump them up.

"I am going to give you the command of your soldiers, and you can guard the southern side of the wall," Revan said while looking at Branden. "Don't do anything stupid in order to become more famous."

"Understood," Branden said.

They didn't have time to waste bickering among each other, so Branden only said that. Without wasting time, he moved to the other side, and the members of the organization followed him… a few of them were wounded, but it was nothing serious.

As for the casualties that they suffered, it didn't reach the digits mark, but Branden still felt like he should have come up with some sort of plan to prevent that… It was a lesson that he learned from a mistake that he was determined not to commit again.

"The gate here is sealed, but can you open up and close once we need it?" Branden asked.

"I have some potions that the commander gave me, so I can do that a few times," Rain replied. "I would rather use that mana doing something else, though."

Rain was being a bit too greedy since he wanted more experience, but it couldn't be helped. Until now, he had been a team player through and through… so he felt that he deserved some freedom. He wondered if that was something he should think about in a war…

"Save your mana for when I give you the order to use. We will have to work together to prevent casualties while Killing as many enemies as possible," Branden said and then began to give the order for some groups to split to stay on the wall while others would stay behind.

Branden didn't give room for debate on that matter, and while it was troublesome for Rain, it couldn't be helped. He was their leader, and they were in a war; a commander shouldn't show weakness or let his underlings question his choices. Otherwise, they will never stop doing that.

A commander had to be one hundred percent certain of their orders in order to pass that much confidence and to avoid being questioned.

While Rain was thinking about what he should do to make their lives easier on the battlefield, Jori dragged him out a bit far away from the group and began to whisper.

"What did you do to piss Terra that much?" Jori asked.

"I don't know, I didn't do anything, she just got pissed all of a sudden," Rain replied. "I guess she is stressed since people are dying left and right, and she can't do a thing. Or maybe she is in her period. Or maybe both."

"I guess I was foolish to ask that from you when you can answer like that…" Jori said and then sighed. "Anyway, if you don't get hurt too much, that should help a bit, so try to be reasonable."

"I will be as reasonable as I can in the middle of a war," Rain replied.

While they didn't have time for talking about that kind of thing, at least it gave Rain an idea. When Branden was about to climb the wall again, Rain touched the ground and then and then made a staircase made of dirt emerge. It seemed sturdy enough and large enough for a few soldiers to climb it.

"We can use this to make our soldiers come and go," Rain said. "I can also make it disappear before the enemies can use it. I have other ideas as well..."

"Won't that consume a lot of mana?" Branden asked.