Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"That is none of your business, human. It is finally time for you all to pay for your crimes."

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"You guys sure are creeping me out," Rain frowned. "Referring to me as human in your head is something, but saying it out loud sure is weird."

Rain couldn't help but see through the obvious taunts of the tribe leaders. Their provocations seemed designed to incite him into violence and, in turn, provoke their troops. It was a clear strategy to make the magic people act with rage and brutality, even if they had to die for that. Hoping to tip the scales in the favor of the magic people.

The tribe leaders might have been willing to sacrifice themselves as martyrs, believing that their deaths would serve as a catalyst, causing the humans to regret their choices and potentially driving the magic people to revert to a more primal, aggressive way of life. It was a desperate but calculated move on their part, and Rain was determined not to fall into their trap.

"If you guys want to fight, it is fine," Rain said. "Still, you should at least explain why you want to fight. Did something happen after the martial artists were annihilated?"

The aura of the tribe leaders changed when they heard that question… It seemed that Rain had stopped on a landmine. They clenched their teeth and fists, and their aura began to vibrate thanks to their anger.

"Die! Die!"

One of the tribe leaders pointed his hands at Rain and then fired a simple and thin beam of heat toward Rain's head, but he blocked it with his forearm guards. In the next moment, his feet began to sink since quicksand appeared under his feet.

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Fire tornadoes emerged from the sides, and water spears were fired toward Rain while ten-meter-tall golems were slowly emerging from the sides… it seems that negotiations are over.

In the end, Rain sent those guys flying back with their arms after pushing upward the ground under their feet… that made their spells be canceled since their focus was stopped.

"I guess something did happen… it is annoying that I couldn't hear what, but it doesn't matter that much now," Rain thought and then turned around and returned to Teria.

Rain shrugged when he saw Cor again… the bloodshed can't be stopped. In the end, Rain will have to get some intel by getting some prisoners and forcing them to talk. Hopefully, a few days of hunger and thirst will do the trick.

"I would advise you to send some people to watch the sides. The magic people could send some of them to chase the people that are evacuating," Rain said. "I have something in mind, but I need to wait for a while before I can put it into action."

Cor nodded and quickly began to give some orders for the people around… he knew that their only chance of surviving relied on Rain, and on the moment he decided to abandon the city, they would be goners.

During that time, Rain kept his eyes on the magic people's army, and he saw them setting their camp five kilometers away from the city… it seemed that they were planning to take Rain seriously, but it didn't seem like they knew the full extent of his abilities.

In the next moment, Rain began to focus, and then he summoned a giant ice spear filled with spikes around it. The same appeared already spinning, and it was making a weird sound thanks to its unusual shape… thanks to the sound, the magic people realized that Rain was plotting something, but they reacted to it too late, and Rain fired.

Rain's attack crossed that distance in two seconds and then hit the camp of the magic people. He only aimed at a space between some groups to scare them off, but the attack still killed dozens of them… the spikes caused a lot more destruction than he had expected. At the same time, he felt the impact from that distance.

The skill Frostbite leveled up.

The Polymath Path received 320 experience points.

The skill Frostbite leveled up.

The Polymath Path received 330 experience points.

…

"It isn't that good yet… that another spear was two times faster… way above mach ten," Rain thought. "Still, I guess I am on the right path. I focused for the same amount of time, after all."

If that earth spear was the enemy's best attack and they were a mage, then their level wasn't insane… it was way above anything that Rain had seen, but it wasn't impossible to deal with.

The magic people began to hastily retreat again while he also summoned some earth walls to block Rain's field of vision… they were so naive of thinking that such a thing would be enough to stop him… knocking down structures like that would be easy as… Rain couldn't think of any right comparison.

In any case, before Rain could attack the walls, he suddenly saw some soldiers approaching from the left side in a hurry. It seemed that the magic people already sent some of their soldiers to try to chase the people evacuating.

"Sir, there are some of the enemies approaching from the side."

"You won't… I am going to check it," Rain said.

Rain almost said you wouldn't call me sir, but that sounded very weird, so he stopped in the end. Regardless, he couldn't help but frown when he reached the other side of the wall and saw a group of the magic people approaching… they didn't seem like they wanted to fight, and Rain recognized two people there… Geo and the woman who brainwashed his father.

"Is this a trap?" Rain frowned.

From a distance, Rain could see that they were wounded, and he couldn't see any magic being active on them either… the woman was moving with the help of Geo, and she had a bloodstained piece of cloth covering her eyes…