Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 450: Other talents

"We were planning to create a path with our friend here and also father’s power," Seadir said. "So, that should help a bit. What else?"

"After cutting their escape route, we will try to negotiate first and demand their surrender. Naturally, we will demand to kill Joanis and his soldiers," Rain explained. "You can have the pleasure of finishing them off in the unlikely chance that they will surrender. If not, we will attack them. Their barrier protects them from magic and stops magic from being used inside, but anything else works.

We will wear them down until they break. With your big friend here, perhaps we can make them give up quite soon. They panicked when I almost made them sink on the ground."

"... It seems like a good enough plan for me, but some of the generals and their soldiers might not like the fact that we can fight them for a while," Seadir added. "We don’t have to complete the waterway either, and they will voice that."

"True, we don’t, but I want some other sort of barrier to divide the human country and the magic people," Rain said. "A large enough waterway will make them think twice before starting any other wars against us."

Seadir felt a bit troubled... Rain wanted to essentially use the magic people to give some time of peace to the humans. He probably shouldn’t mention that to the generals... in any case, and the group traveled for six hours until they found a large group of giant sea creatures ahead... it seemed that Seadrei wanted to bring the whole sea zoo for the war.

Standing above the largest coral kraken, Rain was able to see Seadrei surrounded by a bunch of mermaids and mermen also armed with coral spears... that weapon was starting to look a lot less VIP.

"So, that is the sea emperor, Seadrei... even from a distance, I can tell that his presence alone demands respect," Roan said while nodding several times. Experience new stories on novelhall.Côm

"Wouldn’t you agree, Rain?" Terra asked while forcing a smile.

"Maybe?" Rain shrugged.

When night came, the group began to reunite on the island to have dinner. Much to everyone’s surprise, Seadrei, Seadir, and Seara stayed behind to eat with them... Rain wanted to ask if they only eat seaweed, but he could feel the stares of everyone looking at him, almost shouting for him to stay quiet.

"We can eat meat and land vegetables just fine, even though we don’t usually eat it," Seadrei said.

"Just to be safe, Rain should cook tonight," Leiah said.

"Why me? We need to have a meeting now, right?" Rain asked.

"No, we don’t need to talk about anything right now," Seadrei explained.

Then why the hell are you there? That was what Rain wanted to ask, but everyone’s eyes were looking at him with the same message: shut up.

"You are the best cook in the group, so it goes without saying," Leiah said.

Rain wondered how his mother could say that so easily... admiring that her culinary skills paled in comparison to a fourteen-year-old boy. In the end, Rain decided to make some extra spicy curry to change his mood. The air of the ocean was a bit chilling as well, so that would make everyone feel warm.

"I can see that you are skilled. It is quite surprising to see that your talents expand to many fields," Seadrei said.

"You can’t fight and train all the time. Everyone needs some hobbies," Rain shrugged.