Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 441 - 421: Shall We Talk?

"It really is the same person..." Andrew watched this scene and murmured.

A strange thought suddenly popped into his mind: "This is actually a good thing! Originally, I had four enemies (Gus, Ancient Poison, Ancient Star, Lidzmat) to deal with, but now there are only two left (Holigar and Lidzmat)! It’s perfect!!"

Alright, just kidding...

Andrew naturally knew that you couldn’t calculate it this way.

It was now basically confirmed that the three Earth Fire Scholars and Holigar were the same person.

The next key point was: why?

"Master," Silver had already resettled Capella and others, then came to Andrew’s side with a solemn expression, "Give the order to attack immediately! I see that guy..." he pointed at Holigar on the Dragon Stone Tower, "...he and his avatar have just merged completely, it may still take a while. If we don’t attack now, it might be too late soon!"

Holigar is a master among the Tier Nine, not inferior to Grandpa Falk in strength.

The three Earth Fire Scholars were each outstanding in the Magic Guide Realm.

Such four individuals reuniting to reach the peak of the Magic Guide Realm was inevitable.

There was even the potential to break through to the Divine Level!

Not only Silver, but An Ya, four Crimson Knights, and four elders from the Retirement Land also believed it was the best and final chance to attack. They looked at Andrew, waiting for him to give the order.

However, Andrew thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"Master!!" Silver was a bit anxious, "Now is not the time to adhere to battlefield rules! If we don’t seize this unstable moment to attack decisively, we’ll soon become the slaughtered lambs!"

But Andrew still shook his head: "I didn’t plan to adhere to any battlefield rules, I’m no Duke Song..."

"Duke what?"

"Nothing," Andrew chuckled, indicating everyone to stay calm, then said, "Launching an attack now is already too late. If I am not mistaken, when the other party exposed their secret, they had already completed the fusion. Us taking action now is indeed... too late."

Silver asked: "Then are we doing nothing?" raising his voice unconsciously.

"Of course not," Andrew patted Silver on the shoulder, "Relax a bit, don’t be so tense." He paused and his expression became more serious, instructing, "You keep an eye on those Earth Fire Mages at the Scholar’s Fortress. I’ll go and have a chat with that Holigar."

After speaking, he directly stepped out, completely leaving the range of Wildfire Territory.

After three steps, he had already reached the top of the Dragon Stone Tower, standing in front of Holigar.

"Master!!" The people of Wildfire Territory were shocked, thinking to themselves that... wasn’t this walking into a trap?

Not just the Wildfire Territory, even the Earth Fire professionals at the Scholar’s Fortress were quite surprised.

At the top of the Dragon Stone Tower, Holigar frowned, looking at Andrew approaching him step by step, seemingly unable to understand why Andrew suddenly took such an action.

He had originally set a trap, deliberately performing the merging process in front of Andrew and the others, intending to lure Wildfire Territory’s side to attack him.

Unexpectedly, Andrew showed no intention of attacking, only simply coming to stand five meters before him.

The Dragon Stone Tower was very tall, taller than the Deep Blue Magic Tower in Warm Fire City, it was the tallest building in the Flame Realm.

Standing at the tower’s top, the view was wide open, seemingly encompassing the entire Inner Sea Desert, and even the whole Flame Realm.

Andrew looked around the surroundings, took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, before retracting his gaze back to Holigar in front of him.

Holigar said coldly, "What do you intend with this? Are you here to die?"

Andrew shrugged, "Nothing much, just curious."

A peculiar glint flashed in Holigar’s eyes as he looked at Andrew, slightly squinting, "You want to know why I’ve done all this?"

Andrew nodded openly, then in a manner of a good student seeking guidance from a teacher, he sincerely said, "Tell me then, why did you create three avatars, and why choose this moment to reunite them?"

At this moment, everyone holding a standoff below the Dragon Stone Tower from both Wildfire Territory and the Scholar’s Fortress felt a great absurdity.

"Madness, utter madness, everyone has gone mad!" More than one person thought this.

After Holigar’s reveal, he was entirely unlike the serious and rigid image that the Earth Fire Scholars had conveyed all along, rather he seemed quite mischievous.

Now Andrew too seemed to have a screw loose in his mind!

"Stop pretending, I know you really want to say it yourself!" Andrew looked at Holigar with an expression that said, ’I understand you,’ "So, go ahead, I’ll listen well. Or shall I tell you how I killed Ara and Liek in the Water God Realm in exchange?"

"I don’t care how you killed Desolate and Liek; none of that matters anymore," said Holigar softly.

He stared at Andrew for a while, then suddenly laughed, "Fine! You have the guts to come here alone to die; if I don’t let you understand before I eat you, you won’t truly resign yourself."

Andrew noticed he said "eat" instead of "kill."

He nodded, sat down where he stood, and made a gesture inviting Holigar to do the same.

Holigar then sat down on the ground as well.

On the surface, this scene seemed incredibly discordant—a battlefield where suddenly they sat down to chat?

Outside the tower, by the moat of Wildfire Territory, Silver’s mouth was slightly open, not yet reacting. Suddenly, An Ya’s voice rang out beside her, "We just do as the master instructed, keep an eye on these people. The master must think that only by obtaining more intelligence about Holigar can we defeat him, which is why we’re doing this!"

Silver was silent for a moment, then finally nodded, "Okay."

In her heart, she knew An Ya was right.

After Holigar reintegrated his three Earth Fire Scholar avatars, his aura was completely concealed, making it impossible to discern his realm or tier.

However, this behavior was the most terrifying!

Like a deep pond, surface calm and unruffled, yet its depths were unfathomable, increasingly making one’s scalp tingle.

Simply put, when Holigar reunited... no, it should be said from the moment Holigar appeared, Wildfire Territory had already fallen into an extremely unfavorable situation.

Conversely, if this battle could be won, then the Magic Guild would be completely finished, and Lidzmat behind the guild wouldn’t be able to stay hidden anymore.

At the same time, atop Dragon Stone Tower.

"—The reason I split into three avatars was because I didn’t want, or dare, to face him directly," Holigar began, "I want to live, but as an Earth Fire Mage, breaking through from Tier Nine to the Magic Guide Realm itself carries the risk of death."

"Like Humboldt?" Andrew asked.

"Like Humboldt." Holigar nodded, then shook his head, "People only know that the Flame Warrior’s cultivation risk is immense, the stronger the power, the more complete the ultimate loss of control and Desolate Beast Transformation. But in fact, being an Earth Fire Mage carries even greater risk."

"Humboldt was already lucky. He failed to break through to the Magic Guide Realm, was rejected by that elder dragon, but at least he didn’t die. Historically, there were far too many Earth Fire Mages who died at this step."

"Those lucky ones who were recognized by that elder dragon gained the qualifications to become its servant, became Earth Fire Scholars, seemingly honored, but in reality?"

As he spoke, Holigar’s skin twitched a few times, gritting his teeth, "Breaking through successfully and being granted ’Molten Rock Fire,’ this process is essentially like branding a master’s mark on a beast’s thigh! Earth Fire Scholar? Haha, just three utterly undignified dog slaves!!"

Earlier he had been unwilling to say much to Andrew, but now seemed to fall into unbearable memories, speaking endlessly, "Every day, I mean every single day, we must strive to find the best and freshest water for him, delivering it to the depths of Thebes Volcano!

Every time the ’tribute year’ arrives, I must find a Strange Fire that satisfies him as food, as a tribute, to send to him!

Do you know the most ridiculous part——if I can’t find ’Pure White Flame,’ ’Formless Blade Fire,’ ’Orange Flame Warm Fire,’ those kindly Strange Fires, then to ensure a tribute, we must search within our own Magic Guild’s territory for owners of ’Necromancy Purple Fire,’ ’Shadow Erosion Fire,’ to send to him!

And I, I am the owner of ’Necromancy Purple Fire.’

If I remember correctly, Humboldt told me that under his command there is also an apprentice who owns ’Shadow Erosion Fire,’ but that kid seemed to have sensed some danger, attempting to conceal his secret all the time.

That kid is right! He is very correct!

If there are no suitable offerings, my three avatars indeed need to capture him and send him to that elder dragon!

If that elder dragon is still not satisfied, then! My three avatars would have to send their true selves, me, as the offering, into that volcano!!"

Andrew didn’t interrupt, listening carefully, while his mind worked at full capacity, analyzing all the key information in Holigar’s words.

When Andrew heard Lidzmat actually made Holigar find water for him every day, he immediately recalled what President Beiru had once told him.

At that time, President Beiru said, the problem with the Flame Realm is actually not that there’s no water left, but that a large amount of water has been plundered.

Some entity monopolized massive water resources, resulting in people elsewhere having no water to use.

"So this Lidzmat, as an Earth Fire Attribute dragon, actually needs a large amount of water every day? Why is that?"

Andrew had no answer for this question for the time being, but made a mental note: Lidzmat, alone monopolized most of the Flame Realm’s water resources.

This is the reason most places in the Flame Realm are so short of water!

Then, hearing Holigar mention ’Shadow Erosion Fire,’ mention an apprentice under Humboldt who deliberately hid his possession of ’Shadow Erosion Fire,’ Andrew was shocked, followed by an involuntary sigh.