Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"It would be helpful if you didn't try to increase my workload when I already have hundreds of warriors here to heal," Terra said while checking Rain's fists covered in frostbites.

"I can handle this much, you can go and help the others," Rain said and then he began to heal himself.

In the end, they had to kill around six thousand skeletons before they finally were able to surround the dungeons properly, but more of them were leaving the dungeon. They could control that, though.

Regardless, Rain went too far with his stress relief and his wounds in his body were scaring his kids. He quickly cleaned himself and then healed his wounds as well before patting Danny and Annie.

"Sorry about that, did you two behave?" Rain asked while smiling.

"I take it that you found something troublesome, before you ask, it is obvious thanks to your frown," Seara said.

"We can talk about that later, where is Sealyn?" Rain asked while looking around.

"I asked Seadir to take her home while we fight here… but it seems that we will have to stay here for a while, so I will bring her back soon," Seara explained.

Rain sighed in relief… his family was fine, so he felt all the exhaustion taking over his body once he relaxed. He didn't sleep that much in that week, even though he only had to sleep six hours a day to feel full of life since his path evolved.

Although his warriors were able to hold their ground, Rain still went to help them for a while before he could barely keep his eyes open. Maybe he should come up with some technique where he can fight while sleeping… or at least one where he can stay conscious while sleeping and aware of his surroundings. His brain should be able to endure that since he essentially evolved.

When Rain woke up the next day, he received reports from the others and they confirmed that dungeon breaks happened on their sides as well… They suffered some casualties, but it didn't reach the two-digit mark, and no civilians died… the death of soldiers was tragic, but it was unavoidable. Besides, after surviving this much, they will become much tougher.

In the end, after thinking for a while… he felt bad about that, but Rain hid the fact that he talked with the enemy for a short bit. He just told them that he only found the two massive holes that showed where the bases of the enemies should be. He truly didn't have any more time to worry about anything else Aside from planning to the future, so it couldn't be helped.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"If they can teleport their bodies and they found you before you found them, I guess we can't do a damn thing to take control over the fights," Terra said while massaging her forehead. "This is truly troubling."

"What are we going to do?" Seara asked.

"I have been postponing that, but I should visit the library at your home," Rain replied. "Maybe we can find something useful there. With the knowledge that we have, we could be able to connect the dots between all the mysteries that trouble us even now. I also want to check things in the demi-human lands, but…"

"It is beyond the ocean and the area that the sea dragons control," Seara said. "Even if you try to cross the beast people's country, you will have to cross an ocean that is under their control and since you killed so many of them, that wouldn't be easy to do. In the worst case scenario, they will call the flying dragons."

Rain was aware of that… he didn't want to fight flying dragons either since his best weapon was his stance and in the air, unless he uses magic, he will lose more than half of his attack power since he won't be able to use his legs.

"Well, for now, we need to focus on our side and see how the dungeons will change after this," Rain said. "Once we confirm that, I will go talk with Seadrei."

"It is about time for me to visit Dad again," Seara said. "So, I am going with you."

"Are you two leaving all the work to me again?" Terra raised her eyebrows.

Your journey continues with empire

Terra had a point… she needed some time off too. In the end, Rain tried to give her some time off as well, but she felt restless and bored with nothing to do for a week, so she returned to her tasks after just three days. It seemed that Rain spread the disease known as workaholism among his family and friends.

In the next few days, Rain was able to enter the dungeon and then smash the skeletons with a steel hammer since he didn't want to freeze his fingers again.

While he was able to destroy those creatures in a single punch, doing that over fifty times would cover his hands in frostbites, even though he had the ice dragon guards.

In any case, Rain reached the end of the fifth floor and eventually found the entrance to the next level…

As Rain descended to the sixth floor of the ice dungeon, he immediately noticed a significant change in the environment. The corridor was notably larger than before, giving him more space to maneuver. However, as soon as his foot touched the floor, the eerie silence was shattered by the rise of an opponent.

Rising swiftly from the icy depths, an enormous ice golem came into view. It towered over Rain, its massive form exuding an aura of chilling power. Without hesitation, Rain readied his hammer and delivered a swift and powerful strike, cleaving the creature in two.

Much to his astonishment, the severed halves of the ice golem began to rapidly regenerate. The golem's ability to self-heal and reform made it a formidable adversary, one that Rain would need to employ more than brute force to defeat…