Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 964: Bait

Rain wished that he could make that punishment longer, but until he finds other means to fight the dragons, he couldn't do that. Moreover, soon Rain learned another reason why the woman in the darkness didn't say anything about that… when he tried to level up the skill Scalebreaker technique, he was unable to do that.

"It seems that this skill can only level up when the sword is used," Larisa said. "... She is truly something else. I am starting to think that she was a pivotal part of the creation of the system if she can do this much."

While Larisa acknowledged and praised the woman in the darkness and her evident influence over the system, Rain experienced a powerful, persistent headache. Despite the discomfort, the restrictions imposed by the woman's connection to the sword inadvertently provided Rain with a glimpse into the possibilities inherent within the system.

Though constrained by the sword's conditions, Rain's mind churned with newfound ideas and strategies. The limitations imposed by the sword's reliance on skill advancement sparked creative thoughts about potential applications within the system.

Level 35: Progressive Development - Allows skills to continue improving faster when they finish off the targets. The last skill gains ten percent more experience per level.

Level 40: Skill Refinement - Refines and perfects existing skills, enhancing their effectiveness and reducing resource consumption. Decreases mana and stamina consumption by ten points per level when they affect the target.

Level 45: Parameter Focus – Based on the highest parameters of the user, a point used can affect your parameter more times according to the difference to other parameters.

Level 50: Skill Diversification - Facilitates the simultaneous development of various skills without compromising progression speed. Even when they aren't being used in a battle, the equipped skills gain one percent per level of the total experience obtained.

That was the result of putting that knowledge to good use… all those things were skills that Rain had considered before, but he didn't know how they could work, but thanks to the woman in the darkness, the logic behind them became simple. Basically, Rain just had to add one very troublesome limitation to make the experience gained more efficient.

"I understand what you are thinking, but it would be easier if you just developed skills that would work only against the dragons," Larisa said.

"I feel offended by that," Isa said.

"That is why the dragon slayer path exists. Besides, who can say that the dragons are the most annoying of our future problems?" Rain asked. "Another troublesome thing about the dragon slayer path was the effects that the woman didn't say… it looks like she is utterly weak against anything else aside from dragons, that was why she was copying my paths by absorbing my mana."

"... I get it," Nigel said while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "One of her techniques probably lets her trade that kind of strength to increase her power against the dragons…"

"That is right, she isn't a human anymore, so there is only one way for her to gain power, through me," Rain nodded.

Rain discovered that conditional techniques, while potentially useful, posed significant limitations that troubled him deeply. These techniques were reliant on specific conditions or triggers to activate or amplify their effects, making them somewhat unpredictable and restricted in their application.

Given the uncertain and potentially precarious nature of these conditional techniques, Rain was cautious about extensively delving into them. He understood their utility but hesitated to rely on such abilities too much until he could ascertain the identity and motives of those controlling the dragons.

"Well, what is the plan now?" Isa asked.

"The vessel can't be used to transport us since they will drain the mana of those inside, and everyone needs to recover faster and their mana will help," Rain said. "We will focus on making everyone recover using the Magic Scribe path, and then we will bring everyone back home.

We will leave those who want to stay there on the island and the others will travel around with us looking to explore the dragons' territory, we should be able to find more relics and a bit of their knowledge as well. This time, we will have the chance to investigate every single part of it."

"We are millenary creatures. I highly doubt that we will be able to find books with the knowledge that you want," Isa said.

"The relics will be enough as a reward," Rain shrugged. "After that… I guess to protect the world, we will have to leave it."

Exploring the cosmos seemed insane with the little knowledge that they had, but it was clear that very few dragons were left in the world, so the memories of those three wouldn't recover as much as they needed.

To find the answers that they need, they will have to look for where that massive stump is headed to… there was another option, look for the teleport guy, but Rain was almost certain that this would be a total waste of time. If that guy doesn't want to be found, with his skills, it would be useless to look for him.

"I guess I can do that to lure him," Rain thought. "It might not work, but it is better than nothing..."

In the end, Rain and Isa brainstormed a bunch of methods and used a bunch of combinations of magic with the techniques of the Magic Scribe path to make everyone recover.

Over the course of the next week, the strongest individuals began to wake up first, Rain's family and friends, then the three bodyguards who worked for Regis… their minds were a bit slower, and they didn't recall what had happened, but eventually they returned to normal.

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The others needed around two more weeks to fully recover, thanks to it, their morale was a bit low since their bodies had grown weaker, even if for a bit and they also stayed vulnerable for so long. That hurt their pride a bit…