Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 351 - 339: Pasha

As for the situation on this Outer Battlefield, Andrew was naturally completely in the dark at the moment.

Regarding "Lady Li" and "sister," these were things Andrew vaguely heard the other mentioning when he rescued someone earlier.

Honestly, Andrew wasn’t sure if saying it like this would be effective.

He was even prepared for how to handle things if his deception backfired.

He saw the other person’s body clearly tremble, her beautiful eyes lighting up with a strange glow, fixed tightly on Andrew.

A moment later...

The woman suddenly relaxed and said, "I see, so you’re from headquarters. No wonder your healing ability is so strong! Wanda Wise, right? My name is Pasha, nice to meet you." With that, she proactively extended her hand to Andrew.

Andrew was secretly delighted, but on the surface, he didn’t shake the hand extended to him. He deliberately frowned and said, "You don’t need to introduce yourself; I know your name."

Pasha uttered a sound of surprise, but wasn’t upset and straightforwardly withdrew her hand.

Andrew looked around and continued with a tone mildly leading and with an air of superiority, "They asked me to take you two back to headquarters. Where is your sister?"

This was partly to take a more proactive stance, to avoid getting caught up in questions that might reveal flaws.

On the other hand, it was also Andrew’s next step in the plan—

When people arrive at an unfamiliar environment, their instinct is to first understand the situation.

But with an opportunity in front of him to go to that headquarters, Andrew kept telling himself: stay calm, don’t rush!

First, follow this Pasha to the headquarters, and hopefully meet the leader of the Water Mages on this Outer Battlefield.

Then he could carefully inquire about the situation on this Outer Battlefield and... consider whether it’s time to reveal his identity or not.

But Pasha said, "My sister... she’s already fallen in battle."

Andrew was stunned, and a strong sense of guilt surged up in his heart; he somewhat regretted deceiving this somewhat naive woman with lies.

At the same time, his heart felt heavy: "It seems the Water Mages on this Outer Battlefield are indeed in a grim situation!"

Suppressing the urge to immediately ask for details, Andrew softly said, "I’m sorry."

"It’s okay."

Pasha lifted her hand to wipe her reddening eyes, as if speaking to Andrew but more like talking to herself, "I won’t let my sister die in vain! I must carry on with our mission and deliver the item to Lady Li!"

When she said this, she looked up at the "Wanda Wise" before her and said, "Please, I implore you to lend me your support!"

This time, Andrew didn’t pretend to be aloof. He honestly nodded and said, "Okay."

The two set off quickly.

This time, without Andrew needing to urge her, Pasha actively sped up in a certain direction.

Andrew was just pondering what to do about being asked to lead back to that headquarters, and upon seeing this, felt relieved and quickly followed.

Within the range of "Water Spirit Sensing," there was still no trace of any personnel from the Magic Guild.

Like the sixth sense of water, it temporarily calmed down, no longer sending out uneasy alerts.

Andrew thought to himself: "It seems Pasha knows where that headquarters is; in that case, I’ll just be her bodyguard."

However, Andrew soon discovered that being a competent bodyguard wasn’t such an easy task.

Because to be a bodyguard, the primary condition isn’t "being able to protect" but "being able to keep up."

The problem was Pasha was incredibly fast, remarkably fast!

So fast it took Andrew by surprise!

She was able to walk on waves, at least Tier Six, and possibly even Tier Seven.

Andrew scrutinized her movements while she was running and realized she might not actually have four Magic Turbines: "The two on her shoulders should be Magic Turbines, but the pair of blue light wings on her ankles probably aren’t ’turbines’ but rather her... ’Magic Staff’?"

No matter the type of Mage, reaching Tier Five is marked by the condensing of "Magic Turbines."

And further, reaching Tier Six is marked by condensing their exclusive "Lifebound Magic Staff."

The sixth tier is often referred to as the "Weapon Tier."

Not only do Mages condense a "Lifebound Magic Staff" at this stage, but Warriors also condense their exclusive weapons or armor.

Whether weapons or staffs, they are broad concepts.

A Lifebound Magic Staff doesn’t have to be in the form of a "Magic Staff."

For example, the pair of light wings on Pasha’s ankles, the more Andrew looked at them, the more he felt: those weren’t Magic Turbines but a pair of uniquely modeled Lifebound Magic Staffs belonging solely to Pasha, a weapon etched with her personal imprint.

"You are very fast." Andrew observed for a while longer and suddenly spoke.

"Hmm?" Pasha turned back, noticing Andrew’s gaze fixed on the wings on her ankles, she couldn’t help but smile, "Yes, these are my Lifebound Magic Staffs. Although the shape is a bit unconventional, it’s precisely because of them that I can attain such speed and receive this mission."

At this, her face darkened involuntarily. Her sister was even faster, yet chose to sacrifice herself to buy her more time.

Shaking her head, Pasha forced down the negative emotions welling up in her heart, turned back, looked at Andrew a few more times, and smiled, "Your speed isn’t bad either."

When they first started, she had intentionally slowed her pace and not accelerated to the maximum.

In Pasha’s view, every Water Mage has their own specialties and domains: "This Wanda Wise, assigned to assist me and my sister, must naturally be incredibly powerful in combat, and his expertise in the ’Water Priestess Series’ is unexpectedly high, so he must not be particularly fast."

That was what Pasha initially thought.

However, the reality was: no matter how fast she was, Andrew always kept pace with her. Pasha gradually increased her speed until she was at full speed, looked back, and found Andrew still steadily following, seemingly at ease.

To think Andrew, at such a speed, could still smoothly commend her for being "very fast," made Pasha secretly admire him even more.

To know that just by listening to Andrew speak, one wouldn’t even realize he was running at high speed, as his breathing was extremely stable.

Even Pasha herself, while speaking at such full speed, could still hear her own evident panting.

What Pasha didn’t know was that Andrew had exerted all his effort just to keep up with her.

"My actual tier is really only Tier Five!"

Andrew was very aware of his own capabilities, "Based on my abilities alone, I can’t even walk on waves, I’d have to swim to keep up, or let Pasha carry me? Well, let’s not imagine that strange scenario..."

In short, the reason he could keep up with a Tier Six Water Mage highly skilled in speed, while being only Tier Five himself, was due to a sense of resonance with the surrounding environment after coming to this Outer Battlefield.

Andrew found that when he deliberately searched for that feeling, it escaped him. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Instead, by naturally breathing, earnestly running, and carefully sensing himself and every little movement around him, that feeling came to him naturally.

In a certain sense, Andrew even felt that he wasn’t "walking on waves."

Rather, he was simply making the running motions, and the waves beneath his feet, along with the sea breeze by his side, cheerfully propelled him forward!

This enabled the Ripple Step seen by Pasha and allowed Andrew to proceed with ease.