From that day on, the name of the Holy Church in the Land of Rain appeared on the desks of the Kage of every major shinobi village. The nations had no choice but to treat the newly powerful Land of Rain with caution.
Time passed slowly as the nations rested and rebuilt. As their strength recovered, the major nations once again turned their attention to the smaller countries bordering them. Yet as they steadily infiltrated those countries, they all found themselves facing the same organization: the Holy Light Churches under the Holy Church, which had churches in almost every small nation.
Wary of the Land of Rain's strength, the major nations dared not go too far, but small-scale clashes remained frequent. Through these encounters, they began to truly understand the Holy Light Clerics, whose existence was so different from that of ninja.
Unlike the standard four-person ninja team, Holy Light Clerics generally operated in squads of ten, with more seamless and powerful coordination.
Four Knights, two Priests, three Armored Warriors, and one Holy Cantor-this lineup left ninja with no choice but to fight them head-on. Yet the Holy Light Clerics' various crowd-control abilities, the Holy Knights' shields and charges, and their coordinated formations made life miserable for the ninja. Most terrifying of all, Holy Light Clerics were almost immune to Genjutsu from opponents of the same level. Malice Perception also stripped ninja of their usual ambush tactics. Add the Priests' powerful healing, and they were practically cockroaches that refused to die.
When facing Holy Light Clerics, ninja generally lost far more often than they won. This inevitably increased the burden on the shinobi villages, forcing them to assign extra personnel to missions that involved fighting Holy Light Clerics, lest their teams be crushed.
However, as the nations' ambitions revived day