Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

The sight of the centaurs left everyone in a state of shock. These beings appeared at first glance like the beast people, but their weaponry and combat style were drastically different.

They wielded enormous shields and long lances, and the impact of their relentless attacks against the city's walls sent large chunks of stone tumbling down… their strength was the real deal since they were people who had the strength of cavalry by themselves.

It was quite the scene, as the centaurs bore a resemblance to the beast people but were clearly a formidable and unfamiliar force, wielding a unique and menacing combat strategy that threatened the city's defenses.

"This isn't good…" Rain thought.

Rain told his friends to attack the enemies while being a bit more mindful of their surroundings and help the soldiers when they saw them struggling… they had already lost ten percent of their forces in a single battle, after all. Still, it seemed that such caution would cause problems for the battle…

Rain looked around, waiting for some sort of interference… what happens once happens twice, and that is why he could focus solely on attacking the centaurs.

While Rain considered his intentions, he saw his father leading the wounded soldiers to attack the centaurs… that was a bold move… Rain told Roan to only attack the sides in order to maximize the piercing power and prevent the wounded soldiers from getting more hurt, but Roan also realized that the centaurs had to be dealt with.

"Oh, yeah… they can do that," Rain thought. "You girls are up. Dad needs a hand, but don't do anything flashy."

Rain's sisters nodded, and then Rain made them float on an ice platform… in the next moment, Dana, Kei, and Gila used their magic to summon a water cyclone in the middle of the battlefield… it emerged right in the middle of the beast people, and then they began to be pulled out from the ground.

Dozens of enemies began to spin around and drink the water before passing out, and eventually, the water cyclone reached the centaurs… but they were heavy, and by making their weapons pierce the ground, they avoided being pushed by the water…

The enemies resisted until the water began to get cold and splash on them… the centaurs began to get cold and tremble. That was Rain's chance to freeze them over, but he didn't do that… he was out of mana, and his stomach was already filled with the liquid of the mana potions.

Still, Roan and the group that attacked the flank had the chance to use that situation in their favor… the water cyclone and the cold wind slowed the enemies down enough to the point that when Roan got close enough… the enemy tried to impale him, but only hit the air and after swinging his sword in an arc without stopping, his sword cut the throat of the enemy.

The wounded soldiers behind him tried to do the same, but they couldn't attack the same way as before… they barely had the chance to avoid the lances of the enemies, and soon their wounds and scratches began to pile up while their weapons only cut a few centimeters deep the muscular neck of the centaurs.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Ugh… this isn't enough," Kei said after she groaned in annoyance. "They are falling back, and Dad is getting in the middle of the enemies mostly alone."

"Don't do anything too big to help them. Remember: act like you are being watched at all times," Rain said.

As usual, Kei felt like rolling her eyes… Rain was too cautious for someone so powerful. No one tried to interfere with that battle yet, so she didn't think that he should act like that… so scared and worried about every single thing.

While Kei was still helping her sisters control the water cyclone, she fired multiple water bullets at the necks of the centaurs, and those began to freeze their necks… the surprise was clear in their faces as they tried to get rid of those…. still, Roan used that chance to target the frozen spots and sliced up with more ease the necks of the enemies.

Kei raised her head, proud of her skill… she truly had awesome control over water magic, but she didn't know how to pace herself, soon she began to feel dizzy, and then the water cyclone began to lose speed.

"... Don't look at me like that. Where are the potions?" Kei asked.

"In the back," Rain said while pointing over his shoulder.

"You should scold her, big bro," Dana said.

"She knows where she messed up, so it is fine," Rain said and then proceeded to watch the battlefield again.

The centaurs didn't have the same Regeneration as the trolls, far from it, in fact, but they still were thought to kill… their shields… Now that Rain looked at them, he couldn't help but think that they didn't seem that familiar… They were red, and their material seemed rough.

Rain was happy that they would be able to use those since they seemed better than the ordinary ones that his soldiers were using… the existence of those creatures and their equipment wasn't just odd. It was very suspicious.

In any case, the battlefield was in their favor since they didn't give the chance to the blood mages to use their magic… They had some bone shooters with them as well, but their backline was completely dismantled thanks to the surprise attack.

"I need to get some experience as well… I should keep using the Ice Mage's path since it increases my Intelligence a lot," Rain thought.

Rain had rested his mind enough, and attacking a few enemies at the same time wouldn't be the same as transporting thousands of allies… still, just when Rain was about to use his ice magic to freeze the legs of the enemies… the area suddenly began to get dark and that wasn't a coincidence.