Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 363 - 351: The Same Place

"Wait a minute, theoretically speaking, once you lose control and become a Desolate Beast, there’s no rationality, right? I’ve exorcised so many Desolate Beasts in the Inner Sea Desert, and none have retained enough intelligence to remain clear-minded!" A doubt flashed through his mind. "However, not long ago, through Whale Eye, I saw that gigantic monstrous crab suppress the Black Whale Headquarters, yet I distinctly heard a very clear, soft female voice from within it! What is going on here?"

Andrew recalled the feeling of hearing that voice and quickly thought: "That voice... it shouldn’t be the voice of a Desolate Beast! It sounded more like a person, someone hiding inside that monstrous crab, controlling it. That voice was not only not the voice or will of a Desolate Beast, it wasn’t even of the Fire Element."

During the brief time participating in that cloud-top confrontation from afar, Andrew vaguely sensed: The feminine voice within the gigantic monstrous crab carried an aura of Water Element, just like his own!

So... a traitor?

Andrew couldn’t immediately confirm it.

One thing was pretty certain: the Magic Guild most likely deceived the Flame Warriors again! No matter old or new version, as long as it’s Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, it’s probably inevitable to end up in a state of losing control and a life worse than death!

The aftermath of the explosion gradually dissipated, and the scene became very quiet.

Not just the Flame Warrior captain who had his armor stripped with a single cut, but also the other Flame Warriors under Liek’s command were secretly shocked one by one. They had fought with the Water Mages of this Outer Battlefield for years, but had never seen such a magic technique that Andrew just used.

As for the Flame Warrior squad leader on the shoal, he seemed to finally come to his senses at this point, his face showing anger and fear at being stripped of power, yet surprisingly, there was also a hint of... relief.

He vaguely had a feeling, which was: losing the power of the new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique wasn’t necessarily a bad thing?

But he didn’t understand why he felt this way.

Thus, besides feeling relieved, his expression became even more bewildered.

Andrew caught that trace of bewilderment, his heart stirred again, recalling when he left the Wildfire Territory with Barbara to follow Grandpa Falk, Havier, and the little prodigy Leia to Warm Fire City, and the meaningful reminder from Grandpa Falk.

At that time, Falk casually said: "I heard from the young lady about what you’ve done ’to’ or ’for’ the Desolate Beasts. What’s that word you used... ’exorcism’?"

"Sort of," Andrew nodded.

But the old man shook his head gently: "Young man, for that so-called exorcism, I hold a certain respect. But I must say, don’t try to ’exorcise’ them! Desolate Beasts lack rationality, strictly speaking, by ’Magic Life Science’ standards, Desolate Beasts aren’t even alive, they’re already dead. Most importantly..."

Falk’s tone became solemn as he said this, "When facing the Flame Warriors, never think of exorcism, because they are people from the Magic Guild, they are... the enemy!"

"Yes, I understand, Grandpa Falk."

Andrew remembered that was how he answered at the time.

But he wasn’t just saying it; Andrew sincerely accepted Grandpa Falk’s advice.

Although with Water Magic, he exorcised almost all the Desolate Beasts in the Inner Sea Desert, Andrew did not consider himself a Saint.

To exorcise those, strictly speaking, already dead Desolate Beasts, was the limit of what he could achieve.

When truly facing a living Flame Warrior, even if Andrew wanted to exorcise them, it would be impossible.

For example, this Flame Warrior on the shoal now, he had his Dragon Transformation Armor stripped, but to be precise, Andrew merely cut away the power of the new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique from him, not completely erasing his identity as a Flame Warrior.

The kind of thorough purification like Capella’s was based on Capella herself already having a strong self-doubt about her Flame Warrior identity.

Therefore, Andrew’s intention in condensing the "Armor-Stripping Blade" was, rather than "exorcism" or "purification," it was simply to "disarm."

—Rationally, Andrew thought very clearly, and his actions strictly followed Grandpa Falk’s advice back then.

But emotionally, seeing the bewildered face of the Flame Warrior on the shoal, Andrew still felt a heaviness in his heart.

After pondering, Andrew proactively said, "You no longer need to serve the Magic Guild; you’ve been decei—"

"Shut up!!" The person suddenly roared, glaring with red eyes, "You... what did you do to me? What exactly did you do to me?! Give me back my strength!!" He yelled loudly, but his voice was completely hoarse.

After the brief confusion from the feeling of relief, the anger and panic from losing his power overwhelmed other emotions. He even forgot that when he was almost drowned just now, it was Andrew who saved him, not any of his so-called companions.

Andrew: "..." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

After a moment, he shook his head and said no more.

Thinking that the internal affairs of the enemy camp were none of his concern, nor did he have the ability to intervene.

Yet there’s something he could currently do, which was also his top priority.

That is: "I can’t be like the Magic Guild, deceiving my own people and teammates. Even if my intentions were good, deceit is still deceit. Not hiding anything from my teammates anymore, that’s something I can do with the current capability I have!"

Upon thinking this, Andrew finally turned back, looking again at Pasha: "Your sister is not dead." Andrew directly said, "I used a ’Bloodline Reversal’ to investigate earlier, and confirmed it: your sister is not dead, she’s still alive!"

Pasha: "!!?"

She had originally harbored strong suspicions about Andrew’s identity after seeing Andrew’s Ice Magic.

Having just seen Andrew’s "Armor-Stripping Blade" magic up close, Pasha froze for a moment, and then... grew even more suspicious of Andrew!

"This... this is too fake! Is this acting?!" Pasha’s mind was shouting.

The magic effect of Andrew’s Armor-Stripping Blade was so miraculous that Pasha instead thought it was an intentional performance by Andrew in conjunction with the enemy, further solidifying her judgment that Andrew "might be a traitor"!

"No! I must find a way to escape from this Wanda Wise, and find a way to break through with the Whale Eye!" Pasha’s thoughts swirled rapidly, her gaze on Andrew’s unguarded back showed determined (actually somewhat cute) fierceness.

She gripped the "Whale Eye" tightly in one hand, while the other hand quietly formed a water-flow condensed brick.

But just as she raised the water-made brick, planning to give Andrew a solid hit, Andrew turned around and said to her, "Your sister isn’t dead, she’s still alive."

Pasha’s eyes widened, her body frozen in place.

She just saw Andrew stop talking, switching to transmitting sound instead, and continued, "Sorry, I lied to you before, my name is not Wanda Wise, nor am I sent by Headquarters, in fact, I’ve never even met Madam Li..."

Initially coming to this Outer Battlefield, utterly clueless about the situation, Andrew chose to give a false name and conceal his identity out of caution.

But now that he basically understood the situation of this Outer Battlefield, Andrew truly did not want to keep deceiving his own people like the Magic Guild, also he definitely couldn’t keep confusing or misleading his own people while trying to hide from the enemy!

Above, the Flame Realm hung like a gigantic eye in the night sky of the Outer Battlefield, silent yet incredibly oppressive.

Andrew looked up at the Flame Realm above him, but smiled, continuing to transmit sound: "That world, I actually came from that world..."

Then he looked back into Pasha’s eyes, "I apologize for lying earlier, which led to misunderstandings. But I’m not an enemy, I come from the same place as you. My true name is Andrew, Andrew Xifa Lin.

I’m here... to help you guys!"