Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Level: 65 (4500/6500)

Current Path: Brawler\'s Path (Lv 32 - 200/3200)

Health: 1220/5220

Mana: 3390/9790

Stamina: 6250/6650

Strength: 475

Dexterity: 393

Intelligence: 641

Vitality: 523

Wisdom: 879

Endurance: 523

Luck: 197

Free Points: 120

Main Skills:

[Power Punch Lv 07)

[Guard Stance Lv 01]

[Kick Combo Lv 01]

[Mighty Swing Lv 01 ]

[Charging Charge Lv 03]

Support Skills:

[Health Bonus Lv 22]

[Basic Training 72]

[Language Lv 68]

[Insightful Mind Lv 10]

[Meditation Lv 63]

"I guess that makes sense… the adrenaline didn\'t let me understand my current state," Rain thought.

The brainwashing monsters have been killed, but the number of monsters was still high… even if Rain had enough mana to deal with all of them, he didn\'t have enough time. Before something happens, he makes his choice and uses all of his free points for intelligence. That only increased his magic power by twenty percent, but it had been enough…

When the beasts approached him and opened their mouths to use Fireball, Rain touched the ground, making numerous heavy earth spheres emerge and fly toward their mouths. The impacts alone broke their heads and necks and sent the beasts flying in the opposite.

The earth spheres completely destroyed the fireballs, so Rain wasn\'t hurt… he kept attacking the foolish monsters that kept coming at him, and in no time, they were all killed. Rain\'s mind started to get foggy, thanks to the fact that he used all of his mana, but he still forced himself to turn and get up to help his allies.

However, Rain suddenly stopped when he saw them trying hard to keep the enemies at bay. Their formation was tight, and they kept covering each other\'s backs. Even the wild Jori and Reca weren\'t doing anything stupid, like dashing in to swing their weapons widely.

Five of those weird lizards ran to the side and targeted Terra, who was healing the burned hands of Reca. Still, then Jori jumped away and then swung his sword upward while making the tip touch the ground. A small wave of dust flew to the enemy\'s eyes and blinded and then in the next moment, Jori stepped in and then cut their throats with a single slash.

"Is that one of the skills of the Swordsman path?" Rain thought. "Come to think of it, maybe I should check the other paths to learn their skills and find ways to counter them…"

Rain\'s allies were struggling right now, so it was weird that he was leisurely thinking of such things. Still, those guys wouldn\'t grow at all if he took all the hard work for himself… Besides, they had experienced monster hunting. That was supposed to be their forte.

While it took a while since they didn\'t take any risks, the group eventually killed all of the remnants of the second group of monsters. Since their masters had been killed, they acted in the same exact way… attack from a distance and then bite the targets when they showed some weaknesses.

Jori and Reca were exhausted when the battle ended, and then they fell with their butts on the ground as well, and soon they found Rain doing the same and glared at them… it seemed that he finished his job a lot sooner than them, but he didn\'t come to help. However, they changed their minds when he saw his body… he was in a far worse condition than them.

Terra wondered who she should heal first, but then she realized that Rain was already healing himself. At the same time, he looked behind. Then he saw the guards finishing their battle as well… some of them were screaming in agony since some of their limbs were burned to a crisp, but it looked like they didn\'t face any casualties.

"... I guess it is our victory," Jori said while he approached while he was sweating cold. "This time, we finally had the chance to make ourselves useful since Rain didn\'t hog all the glory."

"You still looked pissed at first because of that, though," Rain said.

"Sorry about that… as you already know, I tend to let the blood rush to my head more often than not," Jori said after a long sigh.

"In any case, it seemed that the enemies tried really hard this time… are they planning something big soon?" Asche asked while looking around.

"It is hard to say… Lord Branden must be well informed about such matters, so we need to report this to him," Liss replied.

Rain wasn\'t one hundred percent sure if he was to be blamed for what happened; it was just a theory that he was at the top of the list of the people that the magic people wanted dead.

"Raising such a possibility won\'t help or solve any problem, so I should keep it quiet for a while," Rain thought. "Still, if it is a possibility, then I should try to remedy this as soon as possible…"

Rain didn\'t know many ways to do that aside from working with Jori and the others while helping them get stronger. Before, he didn\'t want to join them since it would be too limiting; even after hearing Branden\'s words, that didn\'t change. Still, now Rain had a real reason to stick with them for a while longer.

Before long, Rain and Liss began to work on helping the wounded on the guard\'s side. They suffered a lot of damage, to the point that they would be incapacitated for a few weeks.

Still, they couldn\'t complain since such a battle could have been way worse… it was a miracle that they all survived with their lives, so they didn\'t complain about what happened… They felt happy that they won and could brag about winning such a tough battle.