touchnovel Chapter 397: Prisoner
Chapter 397: Prisoner
"If you are planning to capture them, you shouldn't let them go anytime soon. They might be executed on the spot once they return to avoid saying anything," Seadir said. "That will make you waste time and resources keeping an eye on them."
"It will be fine. I will make them go on a trip to discover themselves and start over from scratch," Rain said while smiling.
Seadir didn't understand what Rain meant by that, and he didn't have time to ask for details since the battalions were approaching.
Before long, he went to talk with his friends, and soon they were ready to move... when the ten battalions approached the waterway, it was impossible to see them from a single spot. They indeed split themselves in a large area.
Still, Rain increased his field of vision by flying and looking at them just like that. He had to be fast to act when necessary, after all.
Hidden beneath the water's surface, the sea folk unleashed their coordinated assault on the approaching battalions, catching them completely off guard. With a masterful display of control over the water, they exerted tremendous pressure, creating surging waves that forcefully pushed the surprised enemy forces.
The troops, unprepared for such an assault, struggled to maintain their formation once again in the face of this unexpected attack. It became clear that the enemy lacked the necessary number of mages to counter this water manipulation.
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The sea folk's ability to command vast amounts of water disrupted the enemy's advance, causing them to scatter and lose cohesion. This surprise tactic granted Rain and his allies a significant advantage in the unfolding battle.
Rain wanted to keep the enemies in the dark about what he did to capture some of them. However, as soon as the waterway was filled again, that became unnecessary... and he just left it while making the prisoner float in the air. At the same time, the army that was knocked down by the waves began their next retreat.
"Your guess was right, but I didn't expect that you would be able to capture one of them... so this is what you were planning," Branden said when Rain returned.
"I was planning to capture all five of them at once, but I guess that was too much..." Rain said.
"Can we interrogate this guy?" Jori asked when he returned alongside the others.
"Probably not... they can communicate with each other somehow. Even in this state, he might be able to pass messages to his friends," Rain explained. "It will be better if they don't know what we are interested in."
Seadir joined them and conveyed his thanks to Rain for prioritizing the safety of his friends over sticking rigidly to their initial plan. What Seadir didn't know was the fact that Rain's main goal was to avert the worst possible outcome and protect his loved ones, even if it meant deviating from their original strategy.
"Even if this guy can regenerate, he can die so many times, right?" Seadir asked. "It might be a good idea to learn how many times he can die."
"You have a point, but based on what I saw, they can get two times stronger every time they do and for around five minutes," Rain explained. "It is more than enough time for them to wreak chaos... My guess is that they can probably die five times before they either run out of juice to maintain that level of power or their bodies fail to handle such a power-up.
Still, doubling their power level four times still would make them sixteen times stronger than before."