Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 142: Risk management (4)

Rain's explanation surprised Orcis... he didn't look like he imagined that the enemies would be able to pull that off. Still, it was something that had limitations... range was probably one of them, so using that combination on wars wasn't probable.

"I see... I will do some investigation considering all this," Orcis said while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "You should go and rest as well, you can at least leave this to me."

"All right," Rain said and then he headed to his room.

Rain had a few things to do as well, so he welcomed that. In truth, Rain wasn't that tired since he didn't use much mana, but he looked like that since he was lost in thought.

"So, spells like that exist, huh?" Rain thought when he opened the door of his room. "I never heard of a tribe of magic people that can do this... and for them to show up now and like this... something is off here."

Rain used his magic and then condensed a small sphere of air, and made it explode. A small breeze of wind spread across the area and then he nodded... he could do the same thing, but how well?

That kind of spell could come in handy, but it was a bit different than what the enemies used. Rain didn't see any fireball with them, so they cast a spell that stayed on the enemies in the form of mana until they were activated. It was a spell with delayed effect... that definitely could be useful in combat and definitely could make Rain learn other things related to it.

"For now, I don't need it, but since I got the Sage's path and I can use more mana to enhance spells, maybe it is about time to learn some support magic," Rain thought. "This counts as support, right?"

"I always knew that such a thing was common... poison, assassination, betrayals," Lorene said while looking at the sky. "Nobles dying thanks to such a things is pretty common in times of war, but I never thought that such a thing would actually happen to me."

"I guess that means that you are naively optimistic," Rain said. "It is half bad and half of a good thing."

"Since you are from Tristan, I guess seeing people trying to kill and dying in front of you doesn't faze you," Lorene said and then sighed.

"All deaths can't affect me, I wouldn't last for long if that were to happen," Rain shrugged. "Still, that doesn't mean that I don't sigh in relief after the battles and confirm that we won and I achieved my goals."

Rain didn't want to admit it, but he felt better when he confirmed that his closest allies survived than about the victory. Winning or losing didn't matter as long as you can try again the next time and learn from your mistake. Rain knew that as long as there is life, things change for the better, after all.

"Goals, huh?" Lorene asked. "I guess my goal is survival, but it is annoying since it isn't something that I can secure on my own. I suppose I should start helping Branden crush the guys who are trying to kill us."

Lorene showed a cold grin after saying that. Rain couldn't judge her way of coping with stress, but nobles sure tend to quickly follow the devious route... in any case, Rain wondered if the next time they head to the dressmaker something will happen again.

After that, they will just have to stay in the port city for two more days and then they will be able to leave... still, much to his surprise, Lorene decided to leave the house a lot in the next few days... as if she was taunting the enemies to attack.

"I guess she must have gone insane..." Rain thought.