Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

When he had his chance, Rain began to read the jobs on the board. The number had triplicated overnight. Just like Karla said, finding jobs in the morning was the best option. The job of helping Lotto was still there, but Rain had nothing to report.

Aside from that, for jobs that required the use of magic, he found the usual where he had to work for some families as a living tool for a week, filling their baths with water, keeping the house warm with fire magic, and cleaning pretty much everything.

"The payment is ten silver coins per week, huh," Rain thought. "Not bad, but I prefer not to get involved with more rich people."

Aside from that, Rain could help with the production of bricks, cleaning the sewers, and actually repairing the walls of the city. That was the best-paying job… It seemed that the leaders of the city wanted to keep the walls at the peak for when the battle reached the city.

In any case, Rain could earn three silver coins per day, but he wondered why such a job was there… it shouldn't be easy to find earth mages in the capital? In any case, Rain picked up the paper and took it to Karla.

"You got a bit lucky, it seems," Karla said once she received the paper and checked a book. "We just received this job. Do you have experience fixing anything with earth magic?"

"Yes, I fixed cracks in the walls of my home," Rain replied.

Repairing a house was different from repairing a wall around a city. Rain also only did that kind of job a few times. He was no professional at it. Still, he had to start somewhere while using his magic and improving his control over it.

"You need to look for a guard called Prest on the Western gate and tell him that you came for the repairs," Karla said. "Remain focused on the job and follow his orders during the whole day."

"Roger," Rain said.

Rain knew that he looked like a kid; it was only natural. So, he had to make up for it in all other aspects. Still, much to his surprise, the guard didn't say anything sarcastic when Rain showed up. He silently guided him while they climbed the wall.

"I guess he knows that I am for the organization, so he is at least Willing to wait and see," Rain thought.

While Rain was climbing the stairs of the walls, he confirmed that the place only looked brand new from a distance. There were plenty of holes around and cracked bricks that were about to fall. Around those parts, some earth was already around, and Rain was supposed to use that.

The guard stopped moving and just waited to see Rain in action. It seemed that he was going to be watched to make sure that he wouldn't slack off. In any case, Rain easily moved the damaged blocks using his magic and then remade them using the dirt that had been transported to the top of the wall before putting it right back where it was.

He also connected the blocks like glue with his magic that almost combined them. The process didn't take even thirty seconds.

"Hmm, ten points of mana were used…" Rain thought. "I can repair around two hundred and fifty of them. Around three hundred considering what I will recover during the day. In any case, it is five times more than I use when I move around… I guess it is to be expected."

Rain began to work on repairing the walls like that. The guard hoped that Rain would take the old ones and put in new ones, but he was surprised to see that Rain was repairing them. He knew a bit of magic, so he knew that it required some skill to pull it off. Earth mages like that were hard to find, but he wasn't surprised, given where Rain was working for Branden's organization.

While he was working, Rain was able to see the whole city from the walls and the castle as well. He wondered if the place also needed some repairs, but that was hard to imagine. In any case, soon, he shook his head at that thought since he didn't want to get involved with royalty. If nobility were already a massive pain in the ass, royalty should be even worse.

"Let's not raise any troublesome flags," Rain thought.

In the end, Rain finished the job before noon. He wondered if the guard would make him work until the end of the day in other parts of the wall, but he didn't do that and just paid Rain.

"I will pass my evaluation to your group later," The guard said.

Rain bowed slightly once and then left the area. He was a bit surprised that the job ended so soon. Still, it seemed that some groups of soldiers were responsible for maintaining some parts of the wall, so the guard didn't want his money helping other groups. While that was convenient for Rain, it was quite selfish of him. Was there no sense of comradeship among the guards?

"Maybe they work for different families… that would explain a lot," Rain thought.

Rain didn't know if he should get another job and manage to finish it before the day ended, so he decided to stop there and just walk around the city until the middle of the afternoon. He had a quick lunch to fill his belly, but he didn't feel that tired since he had only used half of his mana.

While he was walking around the city, he suddenly found himself hearing a weird sound. Before long, he began to walk toward it and eventually reached the north part of the city where a large building that covered an area of ten blocks was… it was the school of the capital of the realm, and on the other side, he could hear the metallic sound of swords colliding against each other.

"Come to think of it…" Rain thought.