Three nights had passed since the attempted assassination of Kogan.
He hadn't spent that time sleeping, but rather training.
Since they had acknowledged him as a first-rank, they had to teach him the difference between a regular rank and the first rank.
Beyond the fact that physical strength multiplied several times over, there was something even more important: manifesting essence from its ethereal form into a physical one.
This allowed them to produce weapons and tools suited to the circumstances during missions.
For a simple hunt, a bow would suffice. But if the situation suddenly shifted to close combat, you could manifest a sword.
Among first-rank squads, ordinary members usually carried bows and a large supply of arrows, sometimes a dagger or two, so they'd be prepared for different scenarios.
But the captain typically carried a bow, a few arrows, and a sword.
If he ran out of arrows, he could manifest more. If his sword broke, he could repair it.
