Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 165: War (7)

The group quickly jumped out of the hole, and only a couple of enemies noticed them… they opened their eyes widely in surprise.

Still, before they could shout, Rain assumed his stance, and then he used wind magic to enhance his right knee; Liss did the same, and then Rain felt the energy-burning and cutting his flesh… it was supposed to be a combination beyond his limits, so it made sense that such a thing would happen.

Using his last reserves of mana, Rain used Impulse and charged toward the massive block of earth on the gate with his right knee pointing toward it.

When the impact happened, the wall on that side of the city trembled, and everyone was caught off guard… Rain felt two things cracking… his knee and the massive earth block… he probably won't be able to walk well for a while either… Still, the massive earth block began to crack and fall apart.

Before long, Branden fired a blast of fire that pushed away all of the debris, and when the dust and smoke dissipated, the humans on the other side saw Branden signaling for them to come.

The human soldiers hesitated for a moment, wondering why someone like Branden was there. Still, it would be insane for the enemies to give on that blockade for a simple trap, so they began to cross it.

"They are coming!" Jori shouted.

Numerous tribes that were waiting for the enemies to show up appeared from all directions. Rain tried to move toward them, but soon, his right leg gave up… he was enduring the pain, but his body refused to obey him.

"Do you have a hobby of hurting yourself all the time?" Terra asked while she approached to heal Rain.

"I don't know, maybe I have Awakened to masochism," Rain shrugged.

The enemies around erected fire tornadoes and sandstorms, and they began to fire water spears as well. Still, Branden dispersed the fire tornadoes by firing ice boulders toward their base… once an explosion took place, the fire tornadoes dissipated.

In the meanwhile, Jori and Reca moved to create a wall against the sandstorm that was about to blind everyone, but before they could be engulfed in it as well, they swung their weapons upward and fired a blast of wind in the opposite direction, delaying the sand storm for a couple of seconds.

At the same time, Liss and Asche were hitting the water spears before they could hit the group, but they could only attack so many times before they ran out of mana and arrows.

Still, that short window of time gave enough room for the army to cross the destroyed gate. The royal guards quickly raised their shields and blocked the rain of acid that came from above. Rain's attack knocked them down for a short while, but they were back.

"Secure the area and kill all the enemies!" One of the guards shouted. "Spread the word that we conquered the southern gate to the other armies!"

Branden quickly looked for a vantage point and then began to hit the enemies on the walls. He was lucky that Revan wasn't there. Otherwise, he might have forced him to fall back. There were many rumors that said that Branden could marry the princess, the king liked him a lot, and he was popular, so that made perfect sense. Such a person couldn't be lost in that battle.

"I am fine now. We need to increase our range and secure the area," Rain declared when he could move his right leg again.

"You're Not fine at all," Terra said. "You can move your leg, but any effort will damage your muscles. Only your bones suffered damage in the impact, so we are lucky, but I need time to heal damaged muscles."

"This much I can handle; as long as we take back the city in one day, I can heal myself afterward," Rain said and then got up. "Help the others that are more hurt."

"Fine! Go get yourself killed then!" Terra said.

The group looked at both of them, and Rain just frowned. He also didn't expect that Terra would overreact in that kind of situation… in the middle of the battlefield. That was by far the calmest of the group, so that was really out of character.

Rain checked his leg once more and confirmed what Terra said: the bones were hurting a bit, and if they kept cracking, they would damage the muscles… Rain had to avoid that because every day hurt was one less day of training that he could do.

"The enemies on the other side of the walls are moving toward us since our allies are also coming," Branden jumped and approached Rain. "There are plenty of enemies on the walls, and they will stay there since they aren't good at close range."

"All right, I will take care of them, and you can look after those guys since you are a mage and can take my spot," Rain nodded. "You guys guard him as well, to avoid the future where we will lose our heads."

Everyone nodded with serious expressions on their faces. Rain tried to lift the mood, but they were totally focused on the battle… maybe he was getting out of touch since he never let the wars or battles get the better of him.

In any case, Rain jumped toward the wall and then began to climb it once he reached the middle using his grip strength alone.

As soon as he landed, Rain was welcomed by a barrage of acid spheres from all sides, but he charged toward his left side while lowering his stance and running on four legs like a dog. He decreased the area where the enemy could hit, and he moved from one side to the other, avoiding the projectiles until he was ten meters away, and then used Charging Charge toward the first group of enemies.

Rain's attack killed three of them instantly and made four others fall from the walls.

Instead of turning around, Rain began to run in the same direction to cover more ground faster… he did the right thing because thanks to that… he could see a large army of enemies coming from the East.