Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

After waiting for one hour, Rain and Seadir were called to the council hall again. All the members there were weirdly quiet, to the point that Rain felt suspicious about it.

"We decided to agree with your terms, but we have some requirements as well," Josar suddenly said. "First of all, the attack needs to be done in five days when our army reaches the area where the human army is."

"... I suppose that is reasonable," Rain said after rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"We also want information about the technology that Joanis developed You can't kill or take him anywhere else until we understand how he was able to obtain information about people from our history and how he was able to create the anti-magic relic," Josar added.

That was troublesome… that might take days, or Joanis could kill himself before that happens… he definitely will choose death over being captured. At the same time, the magic people wanted the knowledge of something that could make them a real threat in the future.

"... What if he kills himself before we can extract any information?" Rain asked. "Then, with our knowledge, we get half of their relics and study them."

Rain looked at Seadir, and he nodded… that was acceptable by him. They didn't care about the conquests of the magic people, and they couldn't see them as a threat to the ocean either.

"Fair enough," Rain said. "We will get the other half. Anything else?" Rain asked.

"One last thing," Josar said. "We want our people that were captured and that are with you."

"I can't say that it is possible that will depend on them," Rain said.

The former prisoners that are working with Rain and his family now seemed to enjoy their lives quite a lot, and it was hard to say if they would want to return. Some of the magic people left their lands because they didn't like all of their thirst for conquest after all.

At the same time, they knew a bit of Rain's skills and modus operandi, so they could reveal too much. Even if they didn't want to, Josar and the others could force them to do that.

"They are our people, and they deserve to live in the lands they were born in," Josar said.

"They don't belong to you, and you lost the right to demand anything from them when you failed to protect them," Rain said.

The atmosphere in the room got tense since all the tribe leaders took offense at Rain's words. He just ignored that and crossed his arms while waiting for what they were going to do next.

"... We can reach a middle ground in that area. As long as we can contact them and hear by ourselves what they want, we will respect their decision," Josar said after he took a deep breath.

"That is that, then," Rain said. "We are going to demand the surrender of the human army, and we will inform you if they decide to surrender. If not, then we will be waiting for you all in the given days."

Rain and Seadir left the council hall and then immediately began to fly West. They had a lot of things on their minds, and at first, they decided to analyze those by themselves.

"That was fast… do you trust that they will follow the requirements?" Seadir asked.

"They probably will… they will gain a lot by following our demands, and they don't know your forces yet, so planning a fight against us would be unwise," Rain explained. "They will confirm that once they see your father's pets."

"They aren't our pets. They are the guardians of the ocean," Seadir furrowed his eyebrows. "They should know that we don't want their lands, so I guess it makes sense… by the way, how are you planning to negotiate with the king and Joanis when you killed their messenger when he came to talk with you."

"I don't need to talk with them directly, and I just need to make someone pass the message. If I don't like what I hear, then I will kill the messengers again to make my point evidently clear."

Rain decided to pull out all the restraints in order to achieve their goals once and for all… everyone was tired of all the problems that the king and Joanis were causing, after all. It was time to end all that…

When it was mid morning, Rain and Seadir were able to find the human camp in the distance, and then Rain decided to use Magic Eyes to see if there were any traps around… much to his surprise, he didn't find traps, but he found something else… he found that the anti-magic barrier protecting the city and their soldiers were a lot bigger than he had recalled…

"It seems that they did something in the last month…" Rain muttered. "I guess it makes sense, considering that I almost made their camp sink on the ground."

"What?" Seadir frowned.

Rain explained what he could see, and then Seadir realized the severity of the situation… he assumed that the attacks of the giant sea monsters would eventually destroy the barrier after making it sink underground, but maybe that wouldn't be possible… the anti-magic barrier was now five kilometers tall and wide… Rain could only imagine that it was that deep as well.

"Are we going to change the plan?" Seadir asked.

"No, we are still going to send the message," Rain said, and then he began to lower the ice platform. "No point in letting them faze us with this much."

Rain considered that bringing Esmeralda might make the king come and talk with them, but it would be too risky now… leaving the king and Esmeralda in one spot would give Joanis the chance to kill both of them and put the blame on Rain… he would be able to control the queen and the prince all of the human army afterward.

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