Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

It didn't take long for Seadir to arrive and inform Rain and the others that the same thing happened to the magic people… the sea folk watched them as they marched toward the border, but soon they began to march toward the south, and once again, in a suspicious Rain, they vanished when the visibility got bad on the coast.

"They are definitely on the southern ocean, right?" Seara asked.

"I would say so… they most likely are going to join together with one of the enemies or all the enemies that we have before coming for us," Rain replied while studying the map of the coast of the human kingdom. "I can't say when or where they will attack, but they definitely will. We will keep a few squads watching the borders and the coast, and we will focus on strengthening our forces."

Everyone nodded. There was no point in worrying about things beyond their control, and they had to only prepare for the worst while doing their best. Rain wondered how he could help his warriors get stronger in that situation and how he could get stronger too. It was clear that the enemies had some powerhouses, and he had to deal with them before they became a real nuisance.

"I guess I will have to keep unlocking new paths while I also master all the skills of the human path," Rain thought. "Easier said than done."

in the end, Rain decided to focus on training with everyone as much as possible, until the point that he barely could stand as well… that should be enough to make him a bit stronger at a time and also boost the morale of the whole group.

Rain was also interested in the potential of the berserker path, as he hadn't unlocked many skills on that one. He liked to think of himself as a calm fighter, but the idea of letting himself go wild while also punching all of his enemies without care seemed appealing… even though he pretty much does that while he is using Limit Breaker.

"It is kind of weird that Limit Breaker isn't part of this path… even though it makes a lot of sense to be," Rain thought.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

In any case, over the course of the next two weeks, the whole group focused on the task of learning Limit Breaker. The squad leaders were the first to learn it since they were the oldest members, but soon a lot of random members began to learn it as well.

At the same time, Rain checked the dungeons and confirmed that all of them were growing… three weeks after the second floor appeared, a third one emerged with an earthquake as well.

"Oh man… if I could, I would fill these dungeons with sand since they waste so much of my time," Rain thought after a long sigh.

Still, the third levels were a bit different from the other ones… one of them had a lot of grass in the walls, and another, the air was a bit dry and hot… it seemed that they were becoming different, one step at a time, but there were no signs of the boss.

On the very next day after the arrival of the third floors of the dungeons, or their emergence, Rain suddenly saw Geo approaching again from the air in a hurry… he was supposed to be watching the beast people's territory as well, so it seemed that something big happened again.

"Commander, the remaining beast people are on the move as well," Geo said. "Their numbers are twenty thousand, and while most of them are young, their overall strength is quite high."

"... Why would they leave so many of them behind?" Terra asked.

"Maybe they couldn't transport more than ten thousand at a time… whatever they did it, they have finished their preparations," Rain said. "As expected, we need to call the sea people to help us… I imagine that the magic people will also raise another army to come toward us from the sides."

Things are starting to get dangerous, and with such large armies coming from three sides, there was a chance that the human kingdom might end up destroyed completely. The Raging Phoenix has grown stronger, but they are essentially a force that has three thousand soldiers only… there are only so many things that they could do.

"... We have the authority to do so, so we will send some squads toward the cities and towns and rally the people there that can fight to join the battle," Rain said.

"Are we going to fight as a single army?" Roan asked. "If the enemies are coming from three sides, we won't be able to focus on all of them."

"No, they will focus on defending those places," Rain declared. "We will be the spear, and they will be the shield. For this kind of situation, Branden and Esmeralda sent the students of the magic academy toward many cities and towns to reinforce their walls with magic and to make them fight in case the enemies got too close… they will have to deal with it until we get rid of most of the enemies."

"All the supplies and soldiers are ready to move at any moment. Which side should we defend first?" Seara asked.

"We will wait until the enemies come," Rain said. "The sea folk should hold back the magic people on our left side. They can drown the entire territory of the enemies for all that I care. If they want to exterminate us, they will wipe them out first."

"That definitely isn't possible with only three hundred of us, but I will at least tell them to go all out," Seara said.

"Don't stay there and return immediately," Rain said. "We will need you here since the enemy might target you because of your position… take the spear with you just in case something happens on the border while you are there."