Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 452: Recklessness

With that much power, the sea emperor and his beasties could create their own path in the human territory and then move toward all cities and towns to destroy every single one of them, and they wouldn't be able to do a single thing against it.

"You don't look very impressed. I knew that father could do that, but I feel goosebumps while seeing this," Seadir said while showing a nervous smile.

"I am the type of person who uses situations like this to learn as much as possible," Rain explained. "Instead of getting nervous, I prefer to choose to analyze the situation and gain some things in exchange. Like the fact that, possibly, these creatures are somewhat bound to your father's spear. Was your father able to control them as soon as he was able to hold the spear?"

"Eh? I am not sure…" Seadir frowned.

Rain noticed a slight change in the aura of the sea emperor, and since he heard that, Rain assumed that his assumption was correct. Still, maybe he shouldn't have said that out loud now. People will think that he might one day target the spear to obtain control of the beasties.

In fact, what Rain was truly interested in was the possibility that the presence of other coral spears made Seadrei's weapon become stronger or make him stronger… he was using a lot of mana, after all.

Before long, everyone was able to see a massive path in the continent that they could use, and soon, they began to cross it. It was at least two kilometers wide and several hundred deep since the monsters were able to cross it. It was truly a spell that could reshape the world.

"He wants to show his true might, even if he is just showing off. It is a way to avoid future problems," Rain thought.

As the group crossed the path while following the water cyclone in the distance, they could see the whole area trembling thanks to it. Some rocks and pieces of the ground were raining around the area, but it should be fine since no one lived there.

Far away, in distant lands, people felt the earth tremble beneath their feet, sending waves of concern through their communities. Anxiety rippled through the hearts of many, and wild speculations filled their thoughts. Were the colossal creatures of old, the ancient terrors of the world, awakening from their slumber?

These unsettling tremors sparked fears in the human country that their past nightmares might be resurfacing.

In the king's camp, the notion of dragons making such monumental movements crossed their minds. They pondered if the dragons were orchestrating some insane event that would shape their fate. Meanwhile, the magic people believed that the humans were behind these tremors, preparing to unleash a formidable attack or scheme of their own.

As for the dragons, nestled in their dominions, they sensed the seismic shifts and felt that a truly formidable challenge had arrived. Upon a colossal throne that soared five hundred meters into the heavens, the Dragon God awoke from its prolonged slumber. Its numerous eyes flickered open, and an aura of ancient and unfathomable power stirred as the creature slowly moved…

"What she said before makes a lot of sense now…" Jori said as he watched the group moving.

"What did I say?" Rain asked.

"About the fact that we are a much weaker force and that it didn't make sense for us to ally with the sea folk as if we were on the same level," Jori replied. "I knew that, but this is beyond my wildest dreams. My goal to become the strongest swordsman seems pretty silly."

"You just have to find some legendary sword somewhere and then start your journey by challenging all the swordsmen that you find," Rain shrugged.

"If you can't defeat me, then it is useless on that journey," Roan smirked.

"I won't give up on my dream, but I will skip this journey. I have other things that I am planning to do soon enough," Jori said. "Oh yeah… we forgot to tell Rain, but we are going to take a break from all the fighting once this situation is over. Reca and me and then live for a while somewhere else."

"Well, that seemed like a minor detail in your life, so it makes sense you would forget that," Rain said.

Reca punched Jori's side a few times thanks to that… he had messed up. At the same time, that was one hell of a death flag. While seeing Reca punching Jori, Rain finally realized… he was looking into the future too much that he didn't realize many things in the present… one of them was the fact that Reca's stomach was a bit bigger. Rain immediately facepalmed.

Jori was too dumb to realize that, but Reca should have realized the changes in her body… when Rain looked at the others in the group, mainly the women, they all looked away.

"What is wrong? The atmosphere suddenly changed," Roan said while looking around.

Rain realized that Orcis and Branden were completely unaware of that as well. Lorene stayed away from the group, so she didn't know it, but Esmeralda certainly knew.

"I will give you guys a lesson later about risk management. When I am done with it, your ears will be throbbing," Rain said.

In the end, Rain decided to keep that as a secret for now… there was no point in informing everyone of that and making their focus waver.

When midnight came, Rain began to recognize the area that they were in, so he stopped his lecture. He separated the guys from the girls and told them over and over again that hiding such a thing had been beyond reckless. It has been stupid… even his mother and grandmother didn't escape from the earful.

"This area is twenty or so kilometers West of their current base, and we can stop here," Rain said when he approached Seadrei. Experience new stories on M V L