Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix
Chapter 1183 - 1183: Filling the gaps

"Pretty sneaky for a king…" Rain thought.

"You need more information about him. It feels like he only steals the weapons after winning, but if he is much stronger, he could have stolen all of them," Elisabetha said.

"... I am more worried as to why he keeps stealing weapons… at some point, he would have more than one of the same type," Rain said while he was plying a game of jenga in one of the stands against the owner.

Rain was pretty good at that kind of game, much to his surprise, so he didn't lose even once. Thanks to that, he could wonder about that and about why Elisabetha only talks when no one is around. Was she that socially awkward?

Regardless, there was a possibility that two weapons of the same type could increase the max level of skills from ten to twenty, but he couldn't confirm that… Orzlan never mentioned it either… maybe there were some conditions for that.

"The king must be someone that is close or at least knows a fair bit about this place and those who command it," Rain thought. "Perhaps we can capture them and force them to give us all the answers."

Rain wondered if that was possible… in that zone, the enemy went as far as almost killing everyone and then healing them soon afterward before sending them to outside… so perhaps Rain couldn't kill or seal them in a sphere of blood like he did with Iori.

"Jenga takes too long; don't use this game to gain points faster," Rain wrote down when the ten matches in that stand ended. "What next?"

So far, Rain enjoyed darts the better. Excluding the time they had talked with the chameleon guy, the ten matches didn't last even five minutes. When the day ended, Rain had somehow enough to buy the first weapon on the board… but he wondered if he should spend that now…

"The matches in the castle could be one-on-one or in group, but in the team battle, we will face more enemies at the same time," Terra said when they reunited. "The maximum is ten participants, but that makes things pretty chaotic since the enemies are pretty strong, even excluding the king."

"I learned that you can buy the same weapon more than once, only after you buy all of forty weapons," Seara said.

"Hmm… I guess it is possible, and there is some benefit of getting more weapons, but it will take one hell of a long time to pull that off," Rain said. "We will have to check things with the others."

As Rain and his companions looked for ways to acquire duplicate copies of their weapons, they experimented with various approaches. Attempting to borrow the weapons proved futile, as the magical system governing the prizes seemed to resist such temporary transactions. It appeared that the process required a more permanent transfer.

The thought of outright stealing crossed their minds, but the potential consequences stopped them. Engaging in theft could jeopardize their standing among the group, and the repercussions could be severe. Moreover, they suspected that merely feigning theft might not trigger the necessary conditions for the weapons to duplicate.

After much thinking, the group decided to exercise patience and observe. Opting to purchase the weapons seemed the safest course of action. However, their hopes of acquiring duplicates were dashed when the weapons they bought turned out to be entirely different from the ones they already possessed.

"It makes sense… different zones would grant us different weapons, more powerful ones, of course," Sakaki explained. "Regardless, you should gather more weapons; that will help with my research. When you guys come up with an action plan, you can gather the remaining points fast enough."

Sakaki had a point… Rain was pretty much the king of grinding when it came to the games in the town, so he decided to buy his first weapon…

Aegis Shield

Shadow Katana

Searing Javelin

Blizzard Sling

Thunderstruck Club

Doombringer Scythe

Crimson Crescent Halberd

Vorpal Slicer

Dragon's Breath Bow

Serpentine Whip

Astral Rapier

Frostbound Tomahawk

Thunderbolt Scepter

Moonlit Dagger

Spectral Warhammer

"The variety is amazing, if anything…" Rain thought. "A shield isn't much of a weapon, but if it will make me tougher, I guess I will choose it."

All of the items were of the same value, so in theory, they were all pretty much on the same level. Instead of wasting any more time, Rain chose the shield. The Aegis Shield was a formidable piece of defensive equipment, both imposing and intricate in its design. Crafted from a blend of enchanted blue metals, the shield boasted a large, round shape with a slightly convex surface.

Its core material gives off a faint.

Emblazoned upon the front surface of the Aegis Shield is an intricate, radiant emblem depicting a stylized protective barrier. Radiant lines emanate from the central emblem, forming an elegant pattern that further enhances the shield's mystical aura.

(You can now use the technique Shield Charge!)

(Your class is determined by your skills and their levels. Thanks to your current set of skills and their levels, you have become a Wardenforge! You will gain four points in intelligence, five in strength, three in dexterity, and one in vitality when leveling up!)

"A pretty basic skill… perhaps I was expecting a lot from a shield technique…" Rain furrowed his eyebrows.

Although he said that, Rain increased his health by six hundred points thanks to just that shield… that was pretty impressive. Given enough time, and people played those games for a while, they could obtain all sorts of weapons and grow quite strong… in a single year, perhaps they could rival the strength that Rain obtained after training for fifteen years…

"The question is… how do the people here benefit from that?" Rain wondered.

It didn't matter how much Rain thought about that… nothing came to mind. They needed more information before they could assume anything… it was the only option.

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