Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Since Rain didn't have much work after they recovered Tristan, he had plenty of time to think about what he should do to improve his leveling up speed of everything, his skills, paths, and even himself.

The first thing he thought was to use some tools that would help him with that. He had this one idea before that he completely forgot about it. Still, he decided to put it into action now since he wanted to have more ways to train without using too much energy. It was the spyglass.

It was a relatively simple and old tool that still could be convenient for Rain. On the day he returned to the capital, he looked for materials to make one before he headed home. He recalled a video that he saw on how to make one. Take two cardboard tubes of equal length. While using paper towel rolls, he might need to cut them to the desired length using scissors to make them shorter.

Hold the tubes parallel to each other and secure them together using tape or glue. Make sure the tubes are aligned straight. Cut small circular pieces from a plastic wrap or clear plastic bag. These will serve as lenses for his spyglass. Using tape or glue to fix one plastic wrap circle over the end of each cardboard tube. Making sure they are centered and securely attached.

To improve the focus of his spyglass, Rain could try adding a rubber band or string around the middle part where the tubes are connected. He can tighten or loosen it to adjust the focus. Look through one end of the spyglass while holding the other end towards a distant object. Adjust the length of the spyglass by sliding the tubes in or out until the object comes into focus.

Naturally, that one was for kids, so he used real materials this time. Quality wood, high-quality glass as well, and glue. It took only a couple of minutes for Rain to make one that only had two lenses, but it made him see things with clarity one hundred meters away. After that, Rain made a blowpipe and attached the spyglass at the top of it.

Through the window of his room, Rain fired some small pebbles through the blowpipe and hit people around the city, he only hit those who had armor, and that didn't hurt anyone, so it was fine.

An Unknown skill leveled up.

The Healer's Path obtained 150 experience points.

"The first experiment was a huge success… now I just need to think how I can do the same with magic," Rain thought.

Rain imagined that by using the spyglass, he could improve his aim and thus improve something like an Archer's path or something or the skills related to it. While looking at his parameters, his dexterity and luck were awfully small, so he had to increase them as well. The tricky part was how he could use magic to improve the skills of the mage path…

In the end, the journey home this time took a little more than a full day, and since he used the mage's path, Rain gained a lot of experience and leveled it up as well… during the travel, he wondered if he could use Fireball as well to give him a boost of movement speed, but he couldn't risk it yet.

Mage's Path Lv 10

Level 1: Fireball - Cast a basic fireball spell dealing moderate damage to a single target.

Level 5: Frost Shot - Launch an icy arrow that slows down enemies upon impact.

Level 10: Wind Slash - Unleash a sharp wind blade that strikes multiple foes in a line.

"I guess they all are going to be spells… this explains why I saw so many of them during the attack," Rain thought when he arrived in the village.

"Welcome back, Rain," Leiah said after she sensed some magic and decided to check things outside. "I heard reports that you were fine after that battle, but it is good to see you completely fine."

"Thanks, Mom," Rain said and then took a deep breath. "Where is everyone?"

"Your father took the girls to take a bath in the river; they should return at lunchtime," Leiah said.

"I see; I guess this is good; I suppose I need to talk with you first about this," Rain said.

Rain talked with his mother that Branden was waiting for Rain's answer. They could move back to Tristan since everyone knew how useful Rain had been, and if they revealed that Roan was his father, it would solve a lot of problems, and Branden would deal with the rest. Rain didn't hide that he didn't want to live there, even if it was his hometown.

While it was a problem to keep coming and going, it was better to let the girls live in a peaceful place.

"We talked about this before, and your father also thinks like you; I am of the same mind," Leiah said. "While Tristan is back in our hands, that doesn't mean that the war is over… we already don't like the idea that you have to fight, and sending the girls to a place where they can become soldiers isn't within our plans.

You can ask Branden for something else, something that will truly benefit you, Rain."

Rain didn't know what he could ask; he already got a lot of money, after all. He also didn't want to feel like he owed Branden anything. It was better to wait and see until Branden felt like he owed Rain a few favors, and then he felt compelled to offer something else. Some magic books would do, magic weapons as well… They are hard to find since merchants always sell them to rich people.

In any case, when Roan and his sisters returned, they looked happy. Dana, Kei, and Gila also looked happy while waiting for some gifts… Rain wondered if he was raising them to become that type of girl… but he thought that it was fine since he was giving them books and things that would improve their skills.