Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"That sounds good enough. Focus on recovering your magic until the battle starts," Branden said. "I will give you the sign as to when you should use that."

Since it was the battlefield, Rain had to be more cautious of his surroundings. Using big spells like that without alerting others would cause more problems than solve, after all. In any case, Rain cleared his mind and began to meditate.

"Hey, Asche, you should talk with Terra about before," Jori said. "We shouldn\'t get the mood of the group to stay like this when we are about to risk our lives."

"Why? I am on her side, though," Asche declared. "I don\'t like when people try to act heroically only to get themselves hurt or worse. When the wounded say unreasonable things, I also felt like beating the crap out of them."

"What is up with you two today?" Jori asked and then sighed.

Jori recalled the days when Rain didn\'t work with them; it was mainly like that, the girls being an enigma all the time since their actions didn\'t make sense. It was only natural since they mostly acted out of their feelings.

In any case, after hearing that, Branden assumed that they had some history about that kind of thing… Jori never asked about their parents, but if he had to guess, it was related to the situation.

Regardless, Jori didn\'t have more time to deal with that situation; the enemies had finished setting their camps and were preparing to move a good part of their armies… things were starting to take shape for one hell of a long battle.

Rain opened his eyes when he felt a trembling on the ground, and soon he got up. He saw the main army on the enemy\'s side moving… they were only using half of their forces, and they were also splitting that number into three parts. They were planning to attack three sides of the wall like usual…

"They are moving like they are prepared for a siege, but they don\'t have that much time," Rain said. "I guess they have some tricks up their sleeve to knock down the walls as fast as possible."

"What do you think that they can do, considering that you are an earth mage?" Branden asked.

"I never considered myself one, but…" Rain said and then rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "If I were to guess, maybe they made some parts of the walls weaker, or they are planning to break through one area by using their magic nonstop."

As soon as he said that, Rain used his magic to check the walls, and it didn\'t take long for him to find a semi-hollow wall near the gate. When Rain opened a hole in the floor, everyone saw that the bricks inside were actually sand… it was a gift that the quicksand executioners left behind.

"Can you fix this?" Branden asked.

"I only have so much mana and potions," Rain shrugged. "Let\'s see… transforming everything back to normal will cost too much mana, but I should be able to move the bricks from the sides and make the hollow point be split into several positions. That should surprise the enemies."

"All right, do that and then check the other parts of the walls; we don\'t have much time," Branden said.

Rain felt like sighing while he was working… he could tell that he was going to work a lot during that whole battle. He sure was hoping that he would be paid well for it… Otherwise, he might consider changing his profession.

The enemies stopped five hundred meters away from the walls while they fixed their ranks. Thanks to that, Rain had time to run around the wall as fast as he could and fix the hollow points. Fortunately, he only found them, and he solved them with one potion alone. Revan regretted his choice of giving those kids a chance to do what they wanted when he saw Rain.

Still, soon he saw what he was doing, and he almost broke into a cold sweat… if the enemies had attacked those points with their magic, it wouldn\'t have lasted for even five minutes.

"You can use this chance to surprise them; make sure to give them a surprise that they will never forget for the rest of their short lives," Rain said.

Revan didn\'t like to receive tips from a kid, but he recognized that Rain had a point… they had to surprise the enemies since the battle was completely in their favor.

When Rain returned to the others, he did it just in time to see a ground of three hundred enemies moving. It was hard to see what kind of power they had since they were all wearing dark cloaks. At least their commanders, who were in the powerhouses, weren\'t with them yet.

In any case, as soon as the enemies were three hundred meters away, Branden raised his right arm, and the enemies stopped when they saw the archers and mages on the walls pointing their bows and wands toward them. They were within the limit of their effective range, and the enemies knew that well…

All of the enemies did the same; they pointed their hands toward the walls, and they were acting like they only wanted to damage it without a real target. Still, soon they all pointed their hands in the same direction, and then hundreds of earth spears emerged from the ground and then flew toward the walls.

"I guess this is another tribe… since they are targeting the supposed hollow point, they aren\'t acting suspiciously by using blunt projectiles," Rain thought and then looked at Branden, who began to smirk.