Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 950: Slowing down

The relentless battle persisted for a grueling two hours, but the number of monsters began to gradually decrease, showing some semblance of progress in dealing with them. During this long combat, Rain seized the opportunity to investigate the peculiar creatures more closely. He inspected several of the monster corpses, even taking the step to move them closer to the platform for examination.

However, Rain maintained caution, not allowing the bodies to touch the platform surface but instead suspending them in the air.

This close investigation brought a startling revelation: when the bodies were lifted and suspended in the air, they began to undergo a transformation. The monster corpses slowly melted, dissolving into a slimy substance akin to the blue-colored blood they had observed earlier.

The eerie and concerning transformation left Rain and the group deeply unsettled, raising more questions about the true nature and origins of these creatures.

"And you want me to absorb the power of this…" Rain furrowed his eyebrows. "Not even the bones are left behind after they get in contact with this. This is beyond stupid and gross... if you are going to say something, say something that makes sense."

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"You can make a telescope, can you make a microscope?" Larisa asked. "While your knowledge hasn't returned yet, we should be able to learn something out of this if we study the substance in several stages."

Creating a makeshift microscope using elemental magic like earth manipulation was a complex task requiring precise control and careful adjustments. Rain took advantage of some time he had while awaiting Isa's report to go into crafting a rudimentary microscope. Still, his proficiency in earth magic allowed him to fashion the initial prototype quite skillfully.

The process began by manipulating earth elements to fashion lenses and small focusing components that would allow magnification. Earth magic enabled Rain to sculpt intricate structures necessary for the microscope's construction. The first prototype showcased an impressive level of craftsmanship, considering the circumstances.

With the prototype in hand, Rain wasted no time in putting it to the test. He meticulously examined the bodies of the monsters, meticulously observing them in various stages. By using the microscope, he could scrutinize the creatures' bodies at a microscopic level, gaining a deeper insight into their composition, structure, and any potential anomalous features that might have eluded the naked eye.

"Woah… gross," Rain thought while feeling his skin crawl.

What Rain was seeing was a bunch of worms clustering to each other and eventually falling apart into things that couldn't even be seen with the microscope. Still, Rain could tell that they stopped being things that moved like bacteria to something else that was definitely dead…

"They become nothing after letting out all that energy…" Larisa said. "It seems that their bodies stopped working properly once they suffered too much damage to sustain themselves. That is why they decompose so fast… it is just like the first dragons that we found."

"The difference is that the bodies of these new ones are a lot more stable, and the spawns that I killed couldn't be used to anything, as soon as I killed them, they would become this slimy thing," Nigel said. "Regardless, it seems that we can tell now that the first dragons left the world at some point, and the dragons that came two weeks ago know where they are."

Rain felt an ominous energy inside him growing. Nigel and Larisa didn't hide their bloodlust, but the woman in the darkness and her bloodlust was unrivaled. Compared to hers, Larisa and Nigel looked like the anger of a kid.

"I would be thankful if you guys could calm down," Rain said.

"... The first dragons are still around, even after fifty thousand years… I truly can't understand what sort of creature they are," Larisa said.

Rain decided to stay quiet since nothing good would come out of entertaining the blood lust of those three. In the end, he soon received a report that the other group was still fighting a massive horde of monsters.

"Given what you told us about this territory, it seems that the spawns of the dragons are focussed on the northern part of the continent," Esmeralda said and then stopped to think for a moment. "Maybe they wanted to freeze the ocean and we're planning to cross the ice to fight us… or in this case, the demi humans and the sea folk."

"We should wait for a while… the other group will be tired after this, but at least they have a lot of capable people on their side," Branden said. "They have a bunch of warriors that are hundred if not thousands of years old. We don't have to worry since the storm didn't change at all."

Rain was aware of that, but that only made him worry since it was impossible for the dragons not to know that they were there… in any case, the group waited and kept killing the monsters that kept approaching them for the next two hours.

Eventually, they also received a report that the second group was finally making progress in decreasing the number of monsters on their end… soon enough, they will be able to advance to the mountains and fight the closest ice Dragons. However, fate had something else in store for all of them…

The tranquility of the moment shattered abruptly as the entire expanse began to quiver and shake, sending ripples of chaos across the landscape. Despite floating safely on the platform, the group felt the tremblings, a sensation that seemed to emanate from the very core of the earth. Simultaneously, an eerie and foreboding aura started to envelop the surroundings, sending shivers down their spines.

Soon, the frozen surface beneath them began to fracture, splitting into deep, jagged fissures that snaked across the snow-covered terrain. These rifts widened and extended in all directions, their presence creating an unnerving sight against the frozen landscape. The tremors persisted for several intense minutes, each second amplifying the sense of imminent danger and instability.