Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

The others didn\'t understand Rain\'s words that well, but they knew that he wouldn\'t say nonsense just to lift their mood. Still, they didn\'t have time to practice since everyone began to move toward the walls, and the words of the enemies started to spread around.

When Branden showed up, he called the group to stay close to him again. There were plenty of veterans who could help him and follow his orders better. Still, it seemed that he wanted Jori\'s group for different reasons.

"Our orders today are to keep the fighting near the walls and avoid losses," Branden said. "Still, we can move and take the fight to the enemies if the walls take too much damage."

"I guess the other walls aren\'t in that good shape," Rain said. "Perhaps Revan didn\'t have the chance to sleep that well and changed his mind."

"It is Commander Revan," Jori whispered when some of the royal guards approached.

"The enemies will try harder today, so I am planning to use fresher troops," Branden explained. "You guys will go with the royal guards groups and then try to cause as much damage as possible against them. However, try to not stand out too much. The enemies might have prepared some traps for you all."

That was something hard to ask; they were young, and they were Mercenaries. Of course, they would stand out if they worked with the royal guards and their underlings. In any case, Rain had to make the stairs appear again. While it was a bit too soon for that, it was also a trick to lure the enemies while giving the allies the chance to move to the battlefield faster.

Before long, around three of the enemy battalions began to march toward the walls, and the royal guards stepped forward with their tower shields to block the view of the enemies and protect those behind them.

Those guys stopped when they were three hundred meters away, but Rain still was able to see their appearance… they were the heat sorcerers. Fire wouldn\'t do much against the walls in the short term, but the enemies apparently wanted the humans to suffer as much as they did last night.

"That isn\'t something that shields can defend against," Rain declared.

"Mages! Attack the enemy\'s spells! They will power and control from this distance!" Branden shouted when the fire tornadoes began to emerge. "Now!"

Those who could use magic fired water balls toward the fire tornadoes. Alongside the mercenaries and the reinforcements that they received, they had around three hundred people who could use magic at a decent level. Still, it was hard for them to be able to do much against ten fire tornadoes.

As if that wasn\'t troublesome enough, the enemies were only using around one-third of their forces. It was clear that they wanted to cause damage from a distance without risking any losses. After all, they probably lost five hundred more soldiers than the humans did on the previous day.

In any case, little by little, the fire tornadoes began to approach the walls, and the winds started to burn a little those nearby. Still, out of nowhere, Branden raised his hands, and then he made some large ice boulders appear above him, and then he fired toward three of the fire tornadoes. Considering their size, the speed was quite crazy, but soon everyone understood why that was the case.

The projectiles were hollow… instead of making a heavy projectile completely made of ice, Branden filled the interior with cold air that spread around when it hit the ground below the fire tornadoes.

The cold air spread around and immediately dissolved the three fire tornadoes. It was quite something that Branden could do that against three spells of dozens of enemies… maybe he trained all his life to become proficient at fighting the magic people.

In any case, that display of skill and power made the soldiers on the walls get inspired, and they began to attack the fire tornadoes more fiercely.

While emotion and adrenaline couldn\'t power up magic, they could improve accuracy… the soldiers in the walls started to attack the base of the fire tornadoes, and that made them lose Power and speed… just like when they were fifty meters away, they started to decrease in size and then eventually dissipated.

The battlefield grew silent for a while since the enemies didn\'t know what to do; they truly sucked at improvising. While looking at them, Rain pointed his right index finger at them and almost fired an earth bullet. However, Branden stopped him… he truly didn\'t want them to stand out and become the focus of the enemies.

That was a bit bothersome, but it couldn\'t be helped… in any case, the first battalion began to retreat a bit, and then the second battalion emerged. The tension could be felt in the air since the next enemies were impossible to recognize since their hoodies were covering their whole bodies.

Still, everyone quickly realized who they were when they pointed their hands ahead, and then from the ground, Numerous golems began to emerge.

"The golem masters…" Branden said and then furrowed his eyebrows. "Groups one to fifty, go deal with them. You guys should go with them and try to get rid of as many golem masters as possible. Don\'t go too far since the other battalions are nearby. We need to take down as many of them as possible while not losing any on our side."

Rain, Jori, Reca, Liss, Asche, and Terra nodded, and then they began to climb down the stairs alongside half of the parties of the royal guards…