Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 439 - 419: Necromancy Purple Fire

Relying on the aid of the Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge, after forcing the opponent to a halt, Andrew descended to the ground along with the Scholar’s Fortress, maintaining a slightly slower pace than the adversary.

Throughout the entire process, Andrew continuously locked onto the opponent’s position, remaining between the opposing Scholar’s Fortress and his own Wildfire Territory.

He simultaneously circulated energy to heal the injuries caused by the recent collision.

By the time Andrew landed back on the ground, the minor and major injuries within his body had already healed.

In terms of explosive power, Water Element Professionals are naturally inferior to Earth Fire Professionals, but in sustained and prolonged combat, no Earth Fire Professional could even catch a glimpse of Andrew’s shadow now!

At this moment, Andrew stood outside the moat of the Wildfire Territory.

He was also the only person standing outside the moat of the entire Wildfire Territory.

"It’s you." The voice of the Earth Fire Scholar contained little surprise, only a sigh, "I should have known it was you. From the very first Dual Flame War, it was your presence that repeatedly turned the tides for the Warm Fire Commerce Association."

Andrew did not reply; he simply raised his hand and made a gesture.

In the next moment, figures broke through the water’s surface in the moat behind him and in every lake, pond, and stream within the Wildfire Territory.

These were the Water Mages Andrew had brought back from the Water God Realm!

They had been standing by in the Lake of the Ocean within the underground space until now, finally stepping out into the sunlight of this Flame Realm for the first time!

"What is this?!" Not only were the Earth Fire Professionals within the Scholar’s Fortress surprised, but the people of Wildfire Territory also couldn’t help but widen their eyes.

At first glance, each Water Mage appeared so slender and fit that, by the standards of the Flame Realm, only a Crimson Knight or top Desert Hunter could possess such a physique.

But upon closer inspection, it became apparent that none of these figures emerging from the water were warriors; instead, they all exuded a strong magical aura.

Under the watchful eyes filled with astonishment inside and outside the territory, after the Water Mages made their appearance, they immediately began constructing fortifications on the spot without uttering a word.

On the Outer Battlefield, they had contended with the Flame Warriors for countless ages, trained to cultivate an ability to "set up camp anywhere at any time, and to march forth at any moment."

Water, in their hands, was like bricks. Quickly, on the foundation of the Wildfire Territory itself, the Water Mages set up a defense mechanism entirely made of water, as if equipping the entire Wildfire Territory with a magical cloak and magic armor!

Obviously, they didn’t look like mages, yet they were performing the most magical and wondrous feats!

"Oh? Those water monkeys from the Outer Battlefield, huh."

From within the Dragon Stone Tower, the voice of the Earth Fire Scholar finally detected a trace of surprise, then realization followed, "So, even on the Outer Battlefield, it was you, Andrew, causing trouble?"

While speaking, the figure of the Earth Fire Scholar finally emerged from the Dragon Stone Tower.

However, what surprised and confused everyone, including Andrew, was: a single person walked out.

This person embodied the appearance, form, demeanor, and aura of Gus, Gu Xing, and Gu Du.

Yet, this person was none of the three.

"Is this... some kind of Integration Magic??"

Such a guess popped up in more than one mind on site.

Andrew also instinctively developed a similar conjecture.

Until... atop the Tower Scholar, silently appeared a layer of flames filled with a deathly breath, presenting a bizarre purple color.

"Is that... the Necromancy Purple Fire, one of the Eight Strange Fires?!"

Andrew quickly recognized it.

Then Andrew seemed to think of something immediately, then turned sharply, looking into a certain part of the Wildfire Territory.

The voice of the Earth Fire Scholar laughed and came: "Heh heh, it seems you’ve guessed it."

At the end of Andrew’s line of sight was inside the Wildfire Territory, the reform institution he had personally established.

The initial establishment of the reform institution was to detain the Earth Fire Professionals captured during the first Dual Flame War, but Andrew also harbored a slight benevolence:

Perhaps Earth Fire Professionals were salvageable? The minds of Earth Fire Professionals are dominated by human malevolence, yet it doesn’t mean there’s no benevolent side.

Even without holding out hope, Andrew still wanted to give it a try: if an Earth Fire Professional could sincerely realize their wrongdoing, and their benevolence could once more suppress greed and evil thoughts, could they shed their Earth Fire Professional identity and revert to being normal?

Or put another way: if Lidzmat could lead Warm Fire Professionals to degenerate into Earth Fire Professionals, why couldn’t this process be reversed!

So it went, from old mage Humboldt’s subordinates, Cook and Sally...

To Desert Speaker Rose’s professional partner, Fleur...

Then to the First Saintess Capella...

All Earth Fire Professionals who had been defeated by Andrew but not killed were, till now, incarcerated in the Wildfire Territory’s reform institution.

After the outbreak of the second Dual Flame War, many newly captured Earth Fire Professionals were continuously transported back from the front lines and detained there.

Among them was a special individual who had not been captured during the second Dual Flame War, but during the first.

—Holigar, once the Grand Mage of the Magic Guild.

Previously, he and Catherine besieged the First Crimson Knight, Peter, resulting in one being captured and the other wounded.

After his capture, Holigar was incarcerated at the Crimson Spear.

Until a while ago, when the three great Earth Fire Scholars launched a night raid on the Crimson Spear and the Dragon’s Nest, Guild Master Beiru was seriously injured, and Peter died on the spot.

After that night, for safety’s sake, Holigar was secretly transported to the Wildfire Territory, detained within the territory’s reform institution.

"If I’m not mistaken, that Grand Mage Holigar was a bearer of the Necromancy Purple Fire, right?" Andrew’s thoughts raced.

Normally, just a Tier Nine Earth Fire Mage isn’t even at the War God Level, even possessing Necromancy Purple Fire, it shouldn’t cause much trouble now.

Yet, for some unknown reason, at the moment the Necromancy Purple Fire surfaced on the Earth Fire Scholar, Andrew was overwhelmed by an intensely discomforting feeling.

Turning back to looking at the reform institution in the territory—

He saw an old man in a gray robe, grinning mysteriously, sitting atop the roof of the reform institution.

It was Holigar, who was supposedly detained inside the institution!

"Pretty quick on the uptake." Holigar smiled cheerfully, like a mischievous old man, his feet dangling outside the eaves, adding more vitality and personality compared to the Earth Fire Scholar.

And behind Holigar, the First Saintess Capella, Fleur, Cook, Sally, and others all had expressions of shock, as if they had just experienced something incredible.