Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 355 - 343: Human Nature

"What? Mr. Wanda Wise is... a traitor?!"

Pasha’s eyes widened, and her body visibly tensed for a moment.

She instinctively turned her head to look back.

She saw Andrew also with wide eyes, a strange expression on his face.

Me? A traitor?

This... is it a joke?

Strictly speaking, he still didn’t fully understand the situation on this Outer Battlefield, and he could barely be considered an outsider. Could an outsider be a traitor? An outsider traitor?! After his initial shock, Andrew felt like laughing!

When he first saw that "Pasha’s sister," stumbling towards them from the sea, Andrew instinctively doubted her. Now he was almost sure: This "Pasha’s sister" was definitely suspicious!

"Don’t go over there!"

Andrew tightened his grip, trying to pull Pasha behind him, and said, "That might not be your sister—"

But he couldn’t finish his sentence.

He noticed Pasha’s face had turned extraordinarily pale, her body trembling slightly.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Pasha instinctively avoided his gaze.

Anyone could see that Pasha, despite her best efforts to conceal her emotions, was clearly expressing one thing through her body language: She was resisting, she was afraid! Afraid of Andrew who was holding her tight!

"Alright then..." Andrew sighed deeply, "So you believe your sister’s words and really think I’m a traitor."

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...

"Ha, caught it!"

At the same time, elsewhere.

Liek opened his eyes, a sly smile appearing on his face.

He stood up and called out to his Flame Warriors, "Let’s go. My ’Desolate Language Avatar’ has locked onto the target. It will keep them busy for a while. Now, let’s move and get it done."

"Yes, sir!"

The Flame Warriors quickly rose, showing absolute obedience to Liek.

Soon, the warriors followed Liek towards a specific direction.

It was precisely the coordinates where Andrew and Pasha encountered "Pasha’s sister."

Andrew’s judgment was correct. The person who accused him of being a traitor, claiming to be Pasha’s sister, was not actually her sister, but a Mini Fire Dragon—a Desolate Language Avatar—sent by Liek!

The Desolate Language Avatar was a Tier Seven soul magic from the Desolate Language Series.

Andrew, possessing the "Fire Extinguishing Upgrade Method," had been enhancing his strength rapidly, reaching Tier Five during the Royal Court negotiations. On this Outer Battlefield, he resonated with the battlefield and managed to attain a strength of approximately Tier Seven.

Liek, as the First Saint Son of the Magic Guild, was capable of casting such high-level Tier Seven magic!

This was a level unattainable by the younger generation in theory.

It’s worth noting that within the Magic Guild, the First Saintess Capella was only at Tier Four peak, already a renowned figure in the Flame Realm, considered the pinnacle of the younger generation (before being defeated by Andrew).

"Get ready, the opponent might not be simple. Once we arrive, strike hard and disable their combat power first," Liek instructed, his tone calm, yet a fleeting, imperceptible murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Through the Desolate Language Avatar, he had already "seen" Pasha and Andrew from afar.

Pasha held no significance in Liek’s eyes.

But Andrew caught Liek’s attention: "Who is he? That person looks younger than me, probably around Capella’s age, yet exudes an overwhelmingly strong aura! The unique fluctuation I sensed earlier must have come from him, but I’ve never seen him in any records!"

"You mean to strike hard?" Upon hearing Liek’s words, the Flame Warriors were visibly affected, one inquiring, "Are there many foes?"

Liek shook his head, "No, just two."

The Flame Warriors became more serious.

To them, if there were only two opponents, yet they were treated with such seriousness, they must be top-tier experts.

Indeed, considering the timeline, after exploiting the intelligence provided by a defected Water Mage to almost annihilate all the Water Mages’ "sub-tribes," scattering them, the subsequent hunting and killing continued for a week.

During this time, countless Water Mages were killed. Initially, the scattered Water Mages attempted to organize an effective counter-attack, hoping to regroup to avoid being picked off one by one.

However, after repeated failures, the Water Mages ceased their counterattacks and chose to hide in place, avoiding direct confrontation and awaiting an opportunity.

That’s why, when Andrew arrived at this Outer Battlefield through the Teleportation Gate, he saw a seemingly tranquil surface that didn’t resemble a battlefield at all.

Even so, many Water Mages found and killed during this period.

In the Flame Warriors’ view, those able to hide until now must naturally be exceptionally powerful top-tier experts. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

A Flame Warrior asked gravely, "Should we request reinforcements?"

Liek shook his head, "No need. Remember what our ultimate goal is in the extensive search. If we push too hard, we might scare off the big fish, right?"

A week ago, the various "sub-tribes" of the Water Mages were shattered, their people scattered, but the most crucial "headquarters" wasn’t captured.

Conversely, on the Magic Guild’s end, why have they been hunting and brutally killing the Water Mages in the most extreme ways over the past week? It’s all to lure out that vital "headquarters"!

Finding the "headquarters" and taking it down is the ultimate objective of the Magic Guild’s army on this Outer Battlefield.

"This..." The Flame Warrior who asked whether Liek needed to request backup hesitated to speak.

Liek turned his head and smiled, "Are you worried that relying on just one Desolate Language Avatar, without asking for backup, won’t be enough to hold the opponent?"

This was asked in a calm voice and a peaceful tone.

The Flame Warrior broke out in a cold sweat instantly, lowered his head and said, "I... I dare not."

Liek said, "You don’t need to be afraid, and you’re not wrong either. Relying on just one Desolate Language Avatar indeed makes it not so easy to hold back a younger Tier Seven expert than me."

Flame Warriors: "?"

They looked at Liek in astonishment, clearly confused by Liek’s statement "a younger Tier Seven expert than me."

More than one person thought: "Is there someone younger than Lord Liek with Tier Seven?!"

Then Liek continued, "The opponent is same Tier as me, and it’s a completely unfamiliar face I’ve never seen before, as far as I remember I’ve never seen him in any material. In short, with just one Desolate Language Avatar, maybe it really can’t hold him, but..."

The First Saint Son said this, pursing his lips and smiling for a moment, "But use the Desolate Language Avatar well, and then utilize ’human nature,’ then there’s no problem at all."

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Human nature.

Fragile human nature.

Human nature that prefers to believe in its existence rather than its absence.

Human nature that instinctively trusts those closer to them.

It turns out, a completely unfounded statement "he’s the traitor," is indeed useful!

Slinging mud truly works!

Due to her speed and keen senses, Pasha was entrusted with the important task of taking an important artifact named "Whale’s Eye" to headquarters.

But her adaptability was truly weak.

At this moment, her body language was full of resistance against Andrew.

Her mind was in complete chaos!

It’s important to know, the Water Mages fled to this Outer Battlefield; though their situation hasn’t been easy all these years, it wasn’t too bad either. At least they could utilize geographical advantage, using headquarters and numerous settlements as bases, to maneuver around with the Magic Guild, occasionally launching fierce counterattacks.

But the reason why each of their settlements was broken and scattered in the recent battle is primarily because there was a traitor among the Water Mages!

That traitor didn’t know the location of the headquarters, but disclosed the locations of almost all key settlements!

"If... if Wanda Wise truly... truly as my sister said, is the traitor too..."

Pasha thought, "Then wasn’t I just leading a traitor towards ’headquarters’ guided by ’Whale’s Eye’?!

In the past week, whenever the Magic Guild caught a Water Mage, they subjected him to extremely brutal methods, publicly torturing to death; the purpose of such acts was naturally to draw out the ’headquarters,’ which was the foundation for Water Mages in this Outer Battlefield.

Thinking she might be leading a traitor towards headquarters, Pasha felt unwell all over.

She kept telling herself to "Calm down, calm down Pasha, calm down!"

But her bodily resistance couldn’t be controlled, and plainly surfaced.

Until at a certain moment, when Pasha was about to shake off Andrew’s hand from her arm——

Swish.

Andrew let go.

No longer forcefully grasping Pasha’s arm, choosing to willingly release instead.

Andrew saw through Pasha’s reactions thoroughly.

Admittedly, there was a moment when Andrew’s heart felt a bit uncomfortable, not hurt, but indeed unpleasant.

But Andrew quickly tossed aside this uncomfortable emotion.

After a slight thought, he made up his mind.

"Eh?" Pasha was stunned again, looking in astonishment.

She saw Andrew retreating a step after releasing, calmly saying: "Maybe your sister is too severely injured, and there are some misunderstandings. You don’t trust my words, and I won’t argue about it."

Saying this, Andrew paused for a moment, and continued, "Saving lives is important, go check your sister’s injuries right away! We can discuss other matters later, alright?"

When trust has already collapsed, forcing it is useless, it only shows that the trust established between both parties was too weak from the start.

Andrew thus didn’t insist, showed no anger, conversely Andrew’s face remained calm, his tone unfalteringly steady.

Only secretly, Andrew quietly operated "Bloodline Tracing" again.

The result showed: Pasha’s sister actually was still alive! Not dead!

Through "Bloodline Tracing," Andrew even locked in Pasha’s sister’s current location——

Not nearby.

Not the one in front!

And confirming this point was already... enough for Andrew now.