Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 166: War (8)

"Not everything that shines is gold... the humans will learn this today," Rain thought when he stopped moving.

The army of magic people seemed to be at least the same size as the humans... if they had a lot of quicksand executioners, then the walls wouldn't help that much. Things would be different if the humans had time to take over the city and reinforce the walls, but that wasn't the case.

"I get it now... they made the walls of the city hard for us to take, but they should have some countermeasures for that..." Rain thought.

Without wasting time, Rain returned to the others and informed them what he found out. The enemies will arrive in less than half an hour... and that the whole thing truly had been a trap. While the humans were expanding their territory in the city, the enemies weren't trying hard to fight them.

When Revan confirmed that and saw the enemies from the top of the wall, he realized that he didn't have time to deal with Branden and his crazy actions.

"Seal the gates and make sure to be ready to face all of the enemies," Revsn said. "Send the word to our allies in Tristan and in the Capital. As soon as they arrive, this war will end in our victory."

That was easier said than done... Even if the reinforcements hurry, they will need at least four days to come. In any case, Branden told Rain to work on the walls and make sure to focus on the quicksand executioners.

"What a slave driver..." Rain thought and then shrugged.

"Commander Revan," Branden said. "If you bought some spiritual potions, Rain can help you reinforce the walls of the city in no time. Lent us some, and then you can focus on taking down the enemies inside or make them run away."

"I heard that Branden's organization had a talented mage as good as him, and he was younger... You were the one who dug his hole?" Revan asked after some of his underlings brought the minor potions.

"Yes, before you ask for anything unreasonable, it took me four days," Rain said.

"We don't have time to dig holes against this kind of enemy; they probably brought their big guns as well this time," Revan said and then passed the potions to Rain. "Just make to keep that brat in one piece, or my and your heads will roll once this battle is over. If we survive."

That sure was a hopeful way to see things. Still, it wasn't like Rain couldn't see where Revan was coming from... if he had a bunch of plucky teenagers running around and disobeying orders for glory under his care, he would feel troubled, too.

In any case, Rain began to hear the sound of battles in the distance, and he also could feel the vibrations on the ground caused by the enemies approaching. They were still two kilometers away, but it was easy to feel their approach since they had thousands on their side.

After drinking just one potion, Rain was able to fix the gate and seal it completely. The hole was a problem, but it was unlikely that the enemies knew how they arrived... those who knew had been killed already.

"I guess I will use another potion to heal myself," Rain thought.

While he was healing himself, Rain also headed where the others were, and they looked astonished while looking in the distance. When Rain did the same, he could understand them a bit; the army of the enemies basically took over the entire horizon.

"There are three of them here," Branden said while pointing to the horizon.

Rain looked in the same direction and saw that three people were leading the armies... They were some of the big shots of the magic people, and they were supposed to be crazy strong...