Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 339 - 327: Outer Domain (Part 3)

Andrew himself didn’t realize that his gaze had become even colder than usual.

This was because, strictly speaking, he was temporarily no longer a "Water Magic Lord," but had become an "Ice Mage"!

"Wait... wait a minute..." Catherine’s throat was being choked, and she found it difficult to breathe. She wanted to resist, but her entire body’s strength was beyond her control.

Then Andrew saw, for the first time, an expression of "helplessness" in Catherine’s eyes.

At this moment, she was so fragile, eliciting tender feelings.

With Catherine’s naturally stunning beauty, it could be said that any man, even a woman, would find it hard to do her harm.

Andrew was a man.

A man who liked women.

Being stared at by Catherine with such a helpless and fragile look at close range, Andrew remained silent and tightened his grip on her neck with his hands.

Heart of stone? Not really.

Unable to feel compassion? Not true either.

Inside Catherine, after all, was the "Formless Blade Fire," that intense sense of kinship had always obstructed Andrew from delivering a fatal blow. Even the ice patterns on Catherine’s skin gave Andrew a sense of familiarity, causing his hands that were choking her to tremble.

But Andrew knew he had to do it.

The more helpless and fragile Catherine appeared, the more Andrew felt he had to put her to death.

Because when Andrew saw that helpless look, what he felt was not an instinct of "compassion," but "fear."

In this Flame Realm, there was nothing Andrew really feared.

Even not long ago in the Royal Court, facing the terrifying dragon shadow possessing Capella, Andrew did not feel a heartfelt fear, but rather a sense of hatred.

But towards Catherine, or rather, the female assassin, Andrew was genuinely afraid.

Not only because he had narrowly escaped death multiple times before in her hands, but also because her actions of fratricide and husband-killing, and her voluntary participation in two Blood Refining plans, made Andrew realize this was not a normal person!

Catherine was a deranged psychopath!

And extremely skilled in disguise and deceit.

Who knows if when she was showing a helpless and pleading expression, there wasn’t another face behind it, actually showing cruel ferocity and ready to counterattack at any moment?!

There could be no opportunity given to such an enemy.

That was Andrew’s thought at the moment.

Until Catherine, struggling and using what seemed like all her remaining strength, spoke again.

She said: "I... I’ll take you... to find other... Water Mages... like you..."

I’ll take you to find other Water Mages like you.

Just then, there was a buzz.

The surrounding area was a desolate place in the depths of snowy mountains, so isolated that Andrew strongly suspected that since the birth of the Flame Realm, no one had ever been there besides himself and Catherine. However, at this moment, strange rays of light were emanating from the snow-covered ground.

The rays of light emerged from beneath the snow and intertwined in the air, quickly forming an enormous, even larger than the entire Royal Court... Light Gate.

"What is this—?" Andrew continued to press his hands tightly against Catherine, unmoved by her words.

But his eyes were on that Light Gate.

It seemed to be a teleportation gate, a super-sized one.

Andrew could not see inside the gate or what it was connected to, but at the moment the giant teleportation gate formed out of light, he felt an extremely strong sense of summoning from within!

It wasn’t the kind of kinship he felt with Barbara or An Ya.

It was the kind of feeling he got from the woman in the ice coffin deep beneath the snowy mountains.

It was a feeling that would only arise with someone of the same kind!

Catherine’s earlier words ran through his mind again: "I’ll take you to find other Water Mages like you."

Andrew’s heart shook violently, and he finally loosened his grip on Catherine’s neck slightly, his gaze returning to her face. With a trembling voice, Andrew asked word by word, "This teleportation gate, where does it lead to?"

This time Catherine remained silent, her lips tightly sealed, forming a tight and sharp line. If earlier she seemed helpless, now she appeared aggrieved. If an uninformed third party were present, they would only think Andrew was the vicious thug!

Andrew remained silent for a moment, then suddenly let out a cold laugh and tightened his grip again.

"??" Catherine’s eyes flashed with astonishment, which then turned into a strong and indignant anger as if she were saying: Are you... even a man? How can you not have any compassion?!"

Then, the helplessness and grievance in her eyes finally disappeared completely.

Sure enough, those expressions were fake!

Andrew then loosened his grip a little again, giving Catherine a chance to speak.

"—Outer Domain."

This time Catherine spoke candidly, though her eyes were full of resentment, this was her true emotional response. Hoarsely she said, "The other side of this teleportation gate leads to the Outer Domain, a place called the ’Outer Battlefield.’

"I see, it’s the Outer Battlefield."

Andrew nodded, appearing completely calm.

But truthfully, inside, a part of Andrew was screaming incredulously: "Outer Battlefield!? Outer Battlefield!!"

For someone else, they might wonder what the Outer Battlefield is.

But Andrew had heard of the Outer Battlefield before.

Back in the Inner Sea Desert, when confronting Desert Speaker Rose, while dealing with the desolate beast transformed from the ancient Flame Warrior Shan Hai, Andrew had heard of the term and concept of "Outer Battlefield" from Shan Hai’s remnants.

That was the first time Andrew heard of the Outer Battlefield, and he kept an eye out for it ever since. During his time at the Warm Fire Commerce Association, he even specifically inquired about related information.

However, even the high levels of the Warm Fire Commerce Association weren’t very clear about it.

Andrew never expected to suddenly hear news about the Outer Battlefield from Catherine’s mouth here!

Then Catherine said, "It’s said that in ancient times, Water Mages were slaughtered en masse, with some forced to escape through this teleportation gate to a small world in the Outer Domain, and people from the Magic Guild followed them. Over the years, the Magic Guild has continuously wanted to uproot them. The battles between both sides on the other side of this teleportation gate have never ceased."

She paused and continued, "When I first unintentionally discovered this teleportation gate, I didn’t dare to go in recklessly. You’re a mage, you should be able to tell that this teleportation gate is one-way; once you go in, you can’t come out, at least not from this gate again.

That’s why I didn’t go in, but I consciously gathered information from Gus and the others, piecing together the location this teleportation gate connects to with the so-called Outer Battlefield.

But honestly, before discovering that you were actually a descendant of the Water God, especially after witnessing your Water Magic Power firsthand and confirming that there really are so-called Water Mages in this world, I was also skeptical about the so-called Outer Battlefield..."