Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Rain waited until the night before leaving with Seadir, he only had to wait for half an hour, so it was fine. He was a bit worried about Seara, who was still unconscious, but he couldn't do anything about that, and he had a stupid and arrogant old man to save. If things end well, Seadrei will learn his lesson and use his experience instead of the feeling of power that he obtained.

While Seadir was swimming on the tunnel as fast as he could, Rain was surfing on the water with his arms crossed and without moving a single muscle… Seadir felt troubled that a human could be faster than him on water… even if both of them had the same coral spear… that was a bit troubling for a man of the sea. Literally a man of the sea…

"How many people you can trust for this mission?" Rain asked.

"Two?" Seadir said, visibly unsure.

"You must be pretty popular… you can only trust those two guys, right? Coraline and Sirenus, was it?" Rain asked. "What about your siblings?"

"They aren't much of warriors… and they are more involved in politics than anything," Seadir explained. "Considering how harsh father is usually with them… we can't rely on them."

Rain's expectations regarding the sea folk society had been, in a way, more optimistic than what he could see now. The situation he found himself in was even worse than he had anticipated.

Rain couldn't help but be astonished at the fact that they couldn't even seek assistance from Seadrei's own children to help rescue their father. It was almost baffling that within a society that appeared to place such value on familial bonds, the children of the sea emperor seemed unable or unwilling to help.

This revelation highlighted the extent of the challenges and tensions within the sea folk society. The political and social complexities of the sea folk society were creating a web of obstacles that seemed almost annoying, and Rain was beginning to understand the magnitude of the mission ahead of him.

"Not like I was expecting much help," Rain shrugged. "I know that it is your father we are going to try to rescue, but you will have to follow my lead since there is something I want to test to help achieve our goal right now. We can't afford to be discovered until we find him. Who knows how many sea dragons will be guarding him."

"What do you have in mind?" Seadir asked.

"That is for me to know and for you to find out," Rain grinned from ear to ear.

If the mission is a success, Rain could end up getting the spear even without having to take the throne of Seadrei, and he will end up owing him that much, after all. Or, at the very least, Seadrei will become a true ally and recognize Rain's strength… if that doesn't happen even after Rain saves him, he can always kick his ass to put him in his place.

Rain wanted to defeat him fair and square, but he had some tricks up his sleeve.

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In any case, Rain and Seadir crossed the ocean at night while avoiding all those who were on the way. It seemed that the underwater capital was busy and filled with rumors, but no one had confirmed that yet. People would try to confirm that until they are one hundred percent sure of Seadrei's downfall as well. So, Rain and Seadir had some time.

Around midnight, they reached the area where Seadrei had been captured, and Rain could feel a lot of mana in the area, thanks to that the battles. Despite that, Rain easily found Seadrei's trail… he just had to use Magic Eyes at his spear, and he quickly found a blue and thin line of mana.

"This way," Rain said.

Rain seemed too sure about that… Seadir knew that his father was taken in that direction, since the sea dragons headed there, so it seemed that his senses could be trusted. Still, before long, Rain began to turn north in a long arc, and that puzzled Seadir until he stopped.

"Did we lose him?" Seadir asked.

"No… but there are plenty of sea dragons ahead," Rain explained while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "The mana density ahead is off the charts… I bet that dungeons here would break every week."

"... What do we do?" Seadir asked.

"This will be a bit unpleasant, but we will have to endure it," Rain said.

Rain pulled Seadir to his wind sphere, and then he began to fill the interior with cold air… to the point that it began to freeze them. Rain lent him his forearm guards to fight the cold, but that didn't help much.

"... What are you doing? You know that my people are weak to the cold…" Seadir said while trembling.

"I could explain you, but it would take too long," Rain said. "I am just creating an environment where the sea dragons won't detect us."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Tracking prey in a cold environment, particularly without relying on their sense of smell, can be challenging for animals due to several reasons. The cold can stifle sound in the environment, making it challenging for predators to hear the movements or vocalizations of their prey. This can be a disadvantage when trying to locate animals in the wild.

Since the sea dragons are basically half snakes, that would fight their heat sensors as well. At the same time, cold temperatures can significantly impact the distribution of energy and slow down its propagation through various mechanisms. In colder temperatures, the kinetic energy of molecules decreases.

Molecules have less thermal energy to move and vibrate, which results in slower propagation of energy. This is especially true in gases and liquids, where molecules are constantly in motion.

In cold environments, objects radiate thermal energy at a lower rate. This decrease in radiant energy emission can result in slower energy transfer through radiation, which is one of the methods by which heat is transferred… while using the cold wind to be released on the surface… Rain wouldn't leave any traces of mana for the sea dragons to track…