Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 1335: Low chances

"With all that in mind, you understand the possibility that defeating those enemies is close to impossible, right?" Sakaki asked. "My knowledge is lacking compared to them, but if I have to guess, they can probably switch bodies using things like radio waves before their current bodies are destroyed. In essence, their entire civilization will have to fall before they can truly be defeated, and even that isn’t something certain."

"That isn’t all," Rain said. "If we understood this in a couple of days, they had millions of years to come up with ways to deal with that. For all that we can see, they might have obtained all this knowledge and techniques all in order to prevent their end..."

Just thinking about it was depressing... it was like signing up for a job that will never end. Even if Rain could prolong his life beyond human limits thanks to all his magic, he would eventually die... as long as he is made of organic matter, that was impossible to defy. He didn’t want to become a machine, so he was fine with that. Having the chance to have a second life had been enough, and he couldn’t have asked for more.

"Let’s think silently about this, I am going to talk with the people here now," Rain said. "Hey, you. You will join us, right? Or are you going to die as a dog to the enemy?"

"Did someone ever say that your negotiation skills needed some work?" Elisabetha asked.

Rain implemented the same approach to engage with the inhabitants of the town, utilizing the same method to swiftly assess their allegiance. Adopting a direct and decisive approach, he wanted to minimize the time spent with each individual, recognizing the urgency of the situation. Initially intending to limit interactions to no more than ten seconds per person, Rain soon found himself pressed for time, necessitating even swifter decision-making.

In response to the time constraints, Rain resorted to a more quick process, utilizing his pocket dimension to gather groups of twenty individuals and presenting them with a choice in less than thirty seconds. Those who hesitated or expressed reluctance faced the ultimatum of joining their cause or facing transformation into cores.

While some individuals opted to resist and met their fate as cores, Rain remained resolute in his determination to ensure the loyalty and commitment of those who chose to align with their cause. By employing such stringent measures, Rain aimed to weed out any potential traitors or dissenters, therefore strengthening the unity and cohesion of their alliance.

"Most of the cores are useless," Sakaki said. "That being said, they are so simple that you don’t even have to rebuild their bodies. Only a handful of them have skills that can be turned into new paths, but only one or two at best."

"Just organize them according to their types in order to make the new paths," Rain said. "I don’t want to rely on the overseer faith on us... or the nonexistent faith. Even more so considering that he still is trying to access how much useful the unhinged dragon god can be."

The overseer was another force in the game that didn’t act like humans, so perhaps it was understandable that he would act like that. Still, there was a limit to how dumb someone could be on betting on the dragon god when he thinks that his butthole was the center of the universe. Or maybe there was something in the picture that Rain was unaware of.

In any case, Rain decided to focus on his work at hand, and it took him only a day to deal with all of the people in the castle town. Around two-thirds of them had become cores since they refused to go against the machine gods. That was around six thousand of them, but Rain was fine with it; they had a larger force that was stronger than them already.

"I finished things on my end. We can proceed now," Rain said when he joined the others.

"You finished things without making much noise, I am surprised, but worried as well," Esmeralda said.

"Everything is under control, don’t you worry," Rain said. "Still, Sakaki is working on the map with the king in the shadows... to avoid issues, we need to think of a contingency plan to avoid our obliteration at the very least."

"We thought of that," Branden said. "While Iori isn’t particularly a fan of the idea of clustering so many people together, he is working on expanding his pocket dimension to fill everyone here. As long as nothing happens to his real body and core, they are essentially invulnerable."

"Unless someone that can negate space magic appears and cancels the spell..." Rain said. "Anyway, you want me to keep his core and then peace out if the enemy attacks this planet, right? At least until the next preparations are complete."

"We are going to stay here as well," Regis declared. "There are things that need to be done outside. Even while Iori focuses on that technique, he can only make so much progress at once."

"What is the point of protecting the majority when the leaders are in danger?" Rain asked and then began to rub his chin thoughtfully. "Your plan isn’t half bad, so perhaps we can improve it a bit more."

"Well, thank you very much," Branden shrugged.

Branden remained unfazed by Rain’s straightforward remarks. His steady temperament and resilience allowed him to take Rain’s words with seriousness, understanding the urgency of the situation and the need for practical solutions.

As they delved into planning the expansion of Iori’s pocket dimension, Branden’s approach proved invaluable. Recognizing the importance of increasing their defenses and providing support for Iori’s efforts, everyone else also wholeheartedly embraced the task at hand.

Using their mana resources, the group worked tirelessly to make a mana core capable of fueling the expansion of Iori’s pocket dimension. Despite the significant investment of mana required, the recent surge in their power and abilities made the task feasible without hindering their overall capabilities.