Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 1038: Growth

Despite the risks and uncertainty, Rain decided to continue melting the tower. The unknown lurking within the structure could pose a danger of its own, and he felt compelled to reveal its secrets. As the surroundings disintegrated in a hexagonal pattern, the interior of the tower was finally shown...

To Rain's expectation, massive bones filled the tower, revealing a hidden truth about the frozen continent. As these colossal remains threatened to cascade down, he swiftly employed his magic to arrest their descent. The bones, once hidden within the ice, now hung suspended in the air thanks to Rain's magic, they were an enigma waiting to be deciphered.

"They are dragons bones considering their size and the density of the mana on them… most likely ice dragon bones," Sakaki said.

"No shit, sherlock," Rain said when he saw ice slowly formed around the bones once again. "It would have been weird if they had used fire dragon bones as basis to keep all this. Regardless… they must have built this over the years for one reason or the other… probably after many generations the first ice dragons came here."

"It was probably too much of a hassle for them to keep flying all the time," Nigel added. "What are you going to do with that?"

Knowing how much those guys hated the dragons, keeping the bones with them would cause them to endless nag at Rain… still, if the bones kept freezing even after such a long time, maybe they could be used as fuel source.

"Liss, I just learned that the towers are basically tombs for ice dragons," Rain said while using the communication relic. "Ask everyone around if they remember the bones of the dragons freezing and being covered in ice after they were taken from the bodies of the dragons."

"... That didn't happen before," Esmeralda said. "I worked with Lotto building our base using some dragons bones as foundation, after all. So, I am certain. Is that what it is happening in front of you? Also, you shouldn't have done that without consulting us."

"You can complain about that later," Rain said. "Anyway, it seems that the conditions of the planet might be affecting the effects of the bones, then…"

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Considering the impracticality of carrying all the ice dragon bones with them and the potential risks of letting dragons find them first with such a discovery, the group collectively decided to leave the bones behind. Instead, they opted to destroy the entire towers to prevent any unintended consequences and to ensure the secrecy of their findings.

When the group reconvened after the allotted hour, they discovered Rain's actions. While opinions on his decision varied, the pressing matter at hand was the realization that the towers were not connected. The cold connected them together, but the place had been built like the destruction of a single one of them wouldn't affect everything else…

"It is almost like this could be used as a fortress at some point…" Rain said.

"Do you think they would need one to use against us hundreds of years ago?" Seadrei asked. "I don't think that the dragons considered what would have happened in the last few years so far back then."

"Maybe they weren't preparing this against us, but against something else," Sealyn said.

As the group discussed that, a collective memory surfaced among them — that of the dragon god. His actions leading up to the tower incident were reminiscent of someone preparing for a large conflict, yet the group remained in the dark about the specifics.

Simultaneously, the ice dragons, seemingly acting independently, were also displaying signs of readiness for an unknown event. This raised a perplexing question among the group: were the ice dragons acting of their own accord, or were they under some form of external influence or control?

The uncertainty surrounding these events left everyone feeling confused, as the pieces of the puzzle refused to fall into place.

"Anyway, I'd better start with this," Rain said. "Unfortunately, no one can help me with that."

"Can't the woman of the relic teach the logic behind her ability?" Sealyn asked. "This is a place that would be useful to learn that."

"Vanessa, you are up," Rain said.

"Eh… this is too much of a pain, no one aside from me can understand the logic," Vanessa said but then she realized that she didn't have any other choice. "My technique involves using the dark scepter as a mana magnet, to do that, I transform my mana to a negative frequency when I want to absorb spells or mana in the air when they are active."

As one would expect, no one understood what Vanessa was talking about. Rain heard that explanation a bunch of times, but he had no idea how mana could become negative or positive. It was a feeling that only made sense for Vanessa.

"What is wrong? Did you guys already start the extraction?" Liss asked.

"Soon enough," Rain said. "You guys can try to understand her technique but watching me, you can teach me if you learn anything. Let's go."

The group followed Rain closely as he moved from tower to tower, carefully orchestrating the controlled destruction of each structure. They watched in awe and anticipation as the areas surrounding the towers fell apart in a hexagonal pattern. Rain strategically started from the borders to minimize potential losses and ensure a systematic collapse.

Each tower took a full minute to disintegrate, revealing the hidden secrets within. The massive ice dragon bones, suspended in the air by Rain's magic, were exposed before succumbing to the gradual deterioration of the surrounding structure. It was a mesmerizing yet unsettling sight, as the enigmatic remains hinted at the mysterious history of the frozen continent.

When the group returned to the star vessel, they looked very surprised at its size… Thanks to all the mana used, the vessel was now fifty kilometers long and wide. Rain left Asche behind to manage the mana that they received and she didn't mess up.