Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Before nightfall, Rain sparred with Jori again, but nothing changed regarding the results. Since he didn't have experience dealing with someone that could fight like Rain, he couldn't read his line of attack and was always caught off guard.

Rain sparred with Reca as well; she proved to be a challenge. Rain sparred with his father when he used a spear, but Roan wasn't that skilled with the weapon. Reca was, but she wasn't the type to plan ahead… so after blocking some of her attacks, Rain could step in, blocking the spear and moving her to the side, leaving Reca completely vulnerable.

At first, Rain tried to knock her down gently, but she got so pissed when he did that that he ended up punching her in the gut as well… It was hard to know if she was thankful or regretted getting hit like that. Rain attacked her a bit seriously, as she had wished.

"I guess I should stop using the earth to enhance my fists… I need to get used to blocking all sorts of attacks with the forearm guards," Rain thought.

That made things too easy for Rain, even though he fought while also using the weights. Regardless, the group split up when night came, and after, they had dinner. Call it coincidence, but it didn't take long for Rain to realize that the atmosphere looked more ominous than usual… he could tell the villages would be attacked.

"Should I alert the others?" Rain thought. "Things look so obvious that I find it hard to believe that they didn't notice it."

Rain wondered if the fact that he had experience with weird atmospheres thanks to the night of the invasion helped him with that… either way, just when he was thinking about that, he heard the sound of a Fireball exploding in the distance… when he looked to his left, he saw the sky in the third village direction being illuminated.

He had to alert the first village as well, but when he looked in the same direction… he saw the alert of the torches being lit… both villages were being attacked at the same time.

"This is bad…" Rain thought.

As if things couldn't get worse, while Rain was thinking about which direction he should go, he heard the sound of something crossing the air while flying at high speeds. He immediately erected an earth wall and hid behind it, only to feel the wall trembling while a bunch of things hit its back.

"The armored turtles can't attack from a distance… in that case…" Rain thought.

Rain understood what had happened. The monsters didn't show on the previous night because their masters were preparing for an attack. The wall began to crumble while it was being hit by something that Rain couldn't tell what it was yet… he imagined that they were some darts or throwing knives. Those would be the best options for assassination jobs.

However, why would the magic people use assassins instead of some of their tribes?

Such a thought could wait, the earth wall was about to fall, and Rain had to make his move. Jori told him that he had to fire a Fireball in the direction of the village that was being attacked. Still, he fired one upward that illuminated the entire area. That should be enough to inform them that Rain was busy too.

In any case, the flash of light stopped the attacks for a moment, and then Rain madd earth wall flew in the direction the attacks came from. Through the shadows, a group of ten people split to the sides and avoided the attacks, but they were still hit by a bunch of things that they couldn't see.

Rain's wind bullets began to pierce their bodies left and right… he had waited that he would only weaken a few of them. Still, he underestimated the power of his own attacks.

An unknown skill gained experience.

The Healer's Path obtained 500 experience points.

An unknown skill gained experience.

The Healer's Path obtained 500 experience points.

Rain could see fairly well thanks to the embers of his fireball in the area; thanks to that, he saw a group of cloaked people falling down and groaning in pain. They didn't look like they were armed, so Rain wondered what they had attacked him with. In any case, three of them quickly recovered and then pointed their hands at him.

Rain heard that weird sound again and then ran to the side while using his earth magic. Once he dodged the attacks, he turned to the side and then dashed at them. In no time, Rain reached two of the enemies and then punched their faces with all his might. Rain felt and heard the sound of their skulls cracking and flinched for a bit… they were too soft.

An unknown skill gained experience.

The Healer's Path obtained 500 experience points.

An unknown skill gained experience.

The Healer's Path obtained 500 experience points.

Still, before Rain could recover, the last enemy that was standing attacked him. He used the body of one of the fallen enemies and blocked the attacks, but soon whatever was being shot passed through the body and eventually hit Rain… fortunately, they were coming in the same direction, and Rain blocked them with one of his bracers.

Still, Rain felt a weird smell coming from the attacks, and when he looked down, he saw a dart… made of bones.

"What the fuck…" Rain thought while furrowing his eyebrows.

The other enemies were getting up, so Rain didn't have time to let that surprise get the better of him. Still, despite the fact that they lost half of their friends already, the enemies still pointed their hands at Rain and resumed their attacks.

"I can't hold back here… I need to help the others; I just hope that I will have enough mana after this," Rain thought and then touched the ground.

In the next moment, the enemies fell into holes that appeared below them, and then Rain smashed their bodies with the pressure of the ground. He only left one alive for interrogation, but once the enemy realized that it wasn't going to escape, it bit his own tongue.