Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Rain took satisfaction in using his small golems to help with farming, tending to the fields, and gaining valuable experience in his path as a farmer. However, when he first deployed these golems, his friends were initially startled and accidentally killed a few of them in their confusion. He scolded them for a while for making him waste mana.

Luckily, it didn't take them long to understand the purpose of these golems. They soon realized that the golems were making farming tasks more efficient and productive. This understanding dispelled their initial surprise, and they grew to appreciate the practicality and benefits of Rain's unique approach to farming with the assistance of golems.

"I thought that the golem masters could only summon a handful of them, and they consumed mana over time," Branden said while furrowing his eyebrows.

"That was probably a limitation of those who didn't unlock the skill yet. Those who did it could even customize their golems," Rain said and then tried to create a golem cart like the one he saw one of the messengers using before. "This one now can be used to carry stuff… his speed is laughable, though."

"Why didn't we see this kind of thing while we were there?" Branden said and then considered some possibilities. "I guess they did their best to hide from us."

"We can use this to transport things around with ease and without manpower. This will help a lot when we start the next part of the plan," Rain said while smiling. "Anyway, I will return to the waterway."

Just like the wind, Rain left the area, and his family and friends wondered if the word relaxing didn't exist in Rain's vocabulary. At least he looked fine despite the previous battle… However, they wondered if, at some point, Rain would burn out… They didn't know that he already lived a life of mediocrity before and wanted to run away from that at his top speed and with all his might. Read the continuation at m-vl-em,pyr

"I have to think of other ways to make the golems earn me a lot more experience… soon, they will reach level one hundred and stop leveling up, so only the paths will gain experience," Rain thought while running. "Perhaps not that soon, but eventually. I wonder if there is a way to break the level cap of skills and paths… my level is way above that, after all."

The only problem was the fact that the golems couldn't do things that delicate or that required a lot of skill. Anything that required horsepower they would be excellent, but for anything else…

(The Apprentice Path Lv 21 - Intelligence, Wisdom, and Dexterity + 02 per level up.)

(Student Path Lv 29 -  + 03 Intelligence, + 03 Wisdom per level.)

(Artisan Path Lv 45 - Dexterity + 04, Luck + 02 per level up.)

(Farmer Path Lv 30 - All parameters + 1)

(Worker Path Lv 20 - All parameters + 1)

"For now, these are my best options to level up using the golems… I guess I can make the golems do some hard work like mining or moving rocks," Rain thought. "They can't use long-range attacks yet, or maybe that is something I have to control them, so for now, they can't be used for fighting either."

While Rain was thinking about that, a few days passed, and on the morning of the fifth day after his return, he was greeted with an unusual sight after working for a few hours on expanding the waterway… in the distance, he could see an army approaching.

"... They are a lot faster than I had expected," Rain thought.

Rain was taken aback when he laid eyes on the approaching army. It was a substantial force, consisting of at least two thousand soldiers. What made this even more remarkable was the fact that Karla had managed to assemble such a force in just ten days.

With fifty thousand troops already engaged on the Eastern front, the rapid formation of this army spoke volumes about Karla's organizational skills and the urgency of their predicament… possibly about the unknown squad of Joanis' men as well.

"What should we do?" Seadir suddenly emerged from the water and then asked after just showing his head.

"They might have some other tricks to capture you, so you shouldn't join the battle. tell your friends to just watch and not show yourselves," Rain said. "They could be trying to cross other areas, so keep a close eye on all the waterways… the others are leaving the village today, and they should arrive after noon."

"Understood," Seadir said and then submerged.

Rain didn't know what those guys were going to do, but they certainly were in a hurry… Rain had already doubled the size of the waterway by one-third of its extension now, so it was forty meters large… that army probably had some mages that would help them cross it with more ease. Still, Rain would make their lives a living hell.

Rain kept a close watch on the approaching army, studying their movements from a distance. However, the advancing force suddenly came to a halt roughly three kilometers away. While he couldn't see the presence of Karla or any King's Blade members, Rain did spot an intriguing group of five soldiers. Their unique aura suggested that they were probably part of Joanis' group.

"Well, now, what are you going to do?" Rain thought after he crossed his arms and began to drink some potions. "Those five guys are dead, but we can use the others… Still, Joanis wouldn't only send five of them if he didn't believe that they would definitely be able to kill me."

Rain recalled the fight with the woman of the ice blades and the wind spearman… Joanis should have been aware of their deaths when he came up with that scheme, and he probably had enough information to come up with a good plan, and those five guys were at the core of it. Before they were able to do anything, Rain had to kill them…