Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Rain's Spidey senses were tingling, so he decided to work with his grandfather and make some money instead of seeing his parents getting lovey-dovey. Still, Leiah made sure to give him a tight hug before he left.

"Thank you, Rain," Leiah said. "We are very proud of you."

"I am very proud of myself as well," Rain said in order not to let the situation get too emotional.

Rain left with Meiro, and he worked in the fields until evening. During that time, he wondered if he should keep leveling up his Healer's Path. He liked the parameters that were increasing, but he also wanted to check what would happen once he made the human path reach level one hundred, so he returned to the same method of improving as before.

Name: Rainendall

Level: 30 (2830/3000)

Current Path: Human (Lv 93 - 3610/9000)

Health: 1740/1740

Mana: 2290/2290

Stamina: 2380/2380

Strength: 180

Dexterity: 96

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Intelligence: 233

Vitality: 188

Wisdom: 221

Endurance: 188

Luck: 100

Free Points: 00

Main Skills:

[Language Lv 68]

[Body Motor Skills Lv 59]

[Running Lv 58]

[Reading Lv 42)

[Writing Lv 46]

Support Skills:

[Health Bonus Lv 06]

[Basic Training Lv 42]

[Language Proficiency Lv 36]

[Agile Movement Lv 31]

[Martial Arts Lv 36]

"It is time to resume my grinding and improve my health and healing skills," Rain thought.

The next few months passed in the blink of an eye. To avoid suspicion, everyone decided to wait for a while before they made Roan show up; it might cause problems if the word about a powerful guard had arrived and began to work in the village. Also, while it wasn't his preference, he began to work as a guard for the village at night while carrying a spear since fewer people would be able to see him.

Roan also changed his appearance with some dye to help with that. Since he had more time than before, he began to work during the day, teaching the girls a bunch of things like reading, writing, and basic magic. Roan basically took Rain's job.

"Since I have more free time now, it is time to work harder and develop my strength," Rain thought while recalling the mission and the days that he was away from home. "The idea of working in the shadows and just doing stealthy work doesn't sit well with me."

Although Rain knew that magic was useful, it was quite limiting. He didn't want to rely on fighting at his best for a short period of time either, so it was better to keep that as a trump card. Rain's days started before sunrise, and he immediately would run around the village with all his might.

When he could barely move his legs, he would move to the tree that he punched and then would attack it with all his might. Still, upon his return and the fact that he was trying harder, he ended up knocking the tree after one week.

"You are training hard. You are far more diligent than I was at your age," Roan said after he approached when the tree was knocked down. "Still, you shouldn't knock down trees."

"Sorry," Rain said while he was healing his fists and wondering if he should punch a rock now.

"Is there any reason why you are training with only your body and without weapons?" Roan asked.

"It just feels more natural that way," Rain replied. "If I need to fight someone with a weapon someday, then I will do this."

Rain covering his arms on earth and then punching the air. His speed was quite good despite the weight, and the protection seemed good enough as well. Rain didn't stop there. He made the earth move away from his arms and also made it take a bigger shape while floating around his arms. They could completely mimic the movements of his arms.

"Hoh, this is quite a novel idea… I never heard of someone fighting like that," Roan said while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Still, it doesn't seem like you have a lot of experience fighting using that. Let's spar from now on every day at sunrise. That should give you some battle experience."

"Fine by me," Rain said.

From day onward, Rain and Roan sparred early in the morning. Thanks to that, Rain was able to see that his father was many levels above him. Even after several weeks, he was never able to make Roan break a sweat… the difference in terms of parameters was that high.

Maybe things would be different if Rain went with the intention of killing, but that wasn't his goal; his goal was to get stronger and get fighting experience.

Roan was able to block all of Rain's attacks without moving from the spot and just by using enough strength to block them. Still, he didn't feel bad about that. Rain knew that his father was strong enough to make the enemy decide to spare him and make him join their ranks.

In any case, after two more months, Rain finally reached his next goal, and he had been waiting for that.

(The Human Path reached the max level.)

(You reached the necessary requirements to unlock a new path.)

Level 100: Thief Path - Unlocked due to the culmination of various skills and the user's inclination towards stealth and cunning. This path focuses on stealthy maneuvers, lock picking, subterfuge, and acquiring illicit skills. Dexterity + 04, Luck + 02

Level 1: Pickpocketing - Gains the ability to discreetly steal items from pockets and bags without being detected.

Level 5: Lockpicking - Develops the skill to unlock doors, safes, and containers without the use of a key.

Level 10: Agility - Enhances physical agility and nimbleness, allowing the thief to move quickly and effortlessly.

"Oh… this path is already at level ten, so I gained a ton of points…" Rain thought and then smiled. "It seems that me working like that in Tristan City did this. In any case, it seems that nothing aside from the Thief Path was unlocked."