Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

"It makes sense considering that it is you whom we are talking about… I have mastered most of the skills of my first path, the Merman's path," Seadrei said. "There are three that are on level seventy. They are Reading, Writing, and Stealth."

Rain frowned when he heard that… wouldn't that mean that all people have the same basic skills independent of their species? Still, when Rain asked Seadrei the bonuses of each level of the Merman's path, he was left speechless when he heard that it was five times better than the humans.

At the same time, it confirmed that Seadrei was a muscle head who preferred to attack the enemies head on instead of surprising them. Stay updated with empire

"Five points in all parameters per level, that is so unfair…" Rain raised his left eyebrow. "I bet that the dragons gain at least twenty per level."

"That wouldn't surprise me," Seadrei said. "Once they leave their eggs, they spent five years being raised in the wild with each other and I would dare say that their environment isn't exactly the best for weak creatures, so they adapt fast. Regardless… I will see if I can master these skills as well."

"I bet that I can master mine before you," Rain said. "Do you want to bet your spear on it?"

"I already told you, this spear represents my kingship, I wouldn't do anything that would make me lose it, I will only pass to the right successor," Seadrei said.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"All right, that was a joke anyway," Rain shrugged. "By the way, there is a chance that we might capture a sea dragon to help with the work. We want to use it to explore the southern sea, It will be a powerful asset."

"Hmm, if you think that is for the best, I have nothing to say about it, but I need to war you that it might enrage the dragons," Seadrei said while studying Rain with a serious expression. "Making enemies with the dragons might be pretty easy for you, they can smell when someone kills a bunch of them and that will only make him more angry and don't hold back against you.

My father died for the same reason."

"I didn't know about that…" Rain said.

Rain thought about joking if a good soap would make it easier to get rid of the smell, but it seemed that such a thing wasn't possible… and it was a joke anyway. Regardless, Rain wondered how many sea dragons the previous sea emperor killed before he was perhaps outnumbered against them… considering what Rain learned, he imagined that he had already given his position to Seadrei at the time.

"Was that one of the reasons why your people are having a hard time against them and that is why you avoided until now asking me to handle that?" Rain asked.

"More or less," Seadrei said. "You don't live in the sea, so it is fine, but things are different for us… to be honest, my generals can't face you."

"It seems that they have been slacking off on their training," Rain shrugged. "Anyway, I'd better get going."

"There are three sea dragons there and they are around five hundred years old, don't underestimate them," Seadrei said when Rain turned around to leave.

Rain nodded… he wasn't expecting to do that in any shape or form, and he had some ideas in mind on how he could defeat the sea dragons, so it was fine. He would be underestimating them if he didn't have any plans.

Once Rain left the castle, him and the group were guided by the same group that guided them to the underwater city and from there, they moved to the East… it was the same direction that the magic people country was supposed to be. Or at least their northern ocean was…

"We used the same route when we were going to stop the human army… I guess the sea dragons took control over their waters," Rain thought.

In the end, the trip lasted the entire day and half of the night. It was hard to tell how much sea they had covered, but Rain was sure that they didn't move as fast as that giant Island shark… so they probably didn't even reach the territory of the magic people or their waters. When their guides began to slow down, Rain understood that they were getting closer.

"Fighting at night isn't a good idea," Rain thought. "Anyway, I thought that some of their warriors would be around keeping their perimeter…"

When the guides stopped, they went to the surface to talk, and soon Rain learned what was happening.

"Forgive me, but we received message from the other groups that were defending our waters that they don't want to cooperate with an unknown force that could prove to become a nuisance.

"It is fine, where are they in case I need to know in order not to get close to their areas?" Rain asked.

The guides told Rain that they were further North. Even at night, sometimes the sea dragons would come to expand their territory, so they needed to stay on guard at all times.

Regardless, Rain dismissed the guides and then checked the surroundings. They were around twenty kilometers away from the coast and while they could camp there and return, Rain didn't want to risk leaving that area unguarded for the sea dragons. Even if they couldn't guard the entirety of all that region, it was fine. The sea dragons wouldn't ignore someone who was blocking their path.

"I want you guys to make ships with your golems and you guys to keep the surroundings well lit," Rain said while looking at the golem masters and the heat sorcerers. "You guys will attack and stop the sea dragons if they get too close. Usually, I would stop them, but maybe more than one will come at a time, so work hard in order not to become their food."