Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 442 - 422: Dragon Devouring Plan

"—Senior Pete, is that the name?"

Andrew couldn’t forget that when he was carrying Barbara, escaping from the old mage Humboldt’s pursuit, he had encountered that exceedingly cunning Pete.

At that time, after defeating Pete and interrogating him, Pete had said, "Most possessors of Strange Fire meet an untimely end, so although I clearly possess the Shadow Erosion Fire, I’ve always kept a low profile and hidden it."

As it turned out, Pete’s judgment was very accurate.

However, Pete never knew until his death: his secret had long been known by Humboldt, and Holigar was also well aware, so it wasn’t a secret at all!

Hence, the reason why Holigar divided himself into three avatars became apparent:

"You are basically no different from Senior Pete, both hiding for survival, to avoid being targeted by Lidzmat.

The difference is you’re stronger, aware of Lidzmat’s existence.

To prevent your original self, who possesses the ’Necromancy Purple Fire’, from being directly exposed to Lidzmat during the breakthrough to the Magic Guide Realm, you divided into avatars to achieve the breakthrough, becoming an Earth Fire Scholar, and becoming a servant of Lidzmat, while simultaneously using the servant’s identity to better protect your original self, right?"

Holigar nodded calmly, "Yes, but... that’s not all." He looked at Andrew and suddenly asked, "Kid, what do you think about my cultivation talent?"

Andrew was stunned for a moment, then secretly rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that this was an unbelievably blatant way to show off.

For many people, breaking through to or even approaching the Magic Guide Realm is a lifetime challenge.

And what about this old guy? He’s instead pondering whether to break through before reaching the Magic Guide Realm? Now that’s a dilemma.

The difficulty of creating avatars was one thing.

The key was that even a mere avatar could break into the Magic Guide Realm!

And he did the same thing three times in a row!!

What kind of talent is this? What kind of cultivation gift is this? Compared to this, Capella would be just a small, clumsy bird.

As for himself... well, Andrew never thought his cultivation talent was anything special, he just happened to have the Water God Mark as a cheat.

Thinking of this, though somewhat reluctantly, Andrew still stated truthfully, "An unprecedented genius, I suppose." As an evaluation of the other party’s cultivation talent.

The praise couldn’t be higher than this.

Holigar accepted it calmly, not feeling that Andrew was flattering him at all, and then said, "People like me are extremely proud. Actually, I could completely avoid taking risks by splitting into Gus and the others, letting them become Earth Fire Scholars and serving that old dragon for me, but I still did it. Do you know why?"

Andrew tried to put himself in Holigar’s place and perspective, while also making himself feel "proud", and after a moment his face changed, looking up at the other party, "You... you want to—"

Holigar smiled, "Yes, I want... to kill him."

Andrew: "..."

He never expected that Holigar, the true head of the Magic Guild and "loyal servant" of the Dragon of Greed Lidzmat, had always wanted to... commit regicide?!

At this moment, Andrew could hardly stop himself from blurting out, "You also want to kill Lidzmat? Then... why are we even fighting each other?!"

The Magic Guild is indeed evil, but compared to Lidzmat behind the guild, it’s a minor threat.

Lidzmat is actually the "root" of all problems in the Flame Realm.

Of course, Andrew isn’t saying that the crimes committed by the Magic Guild over the years can just be ignored.

However, people like Capella have already proven: Earth Fire Professionals can return to being normal people.

Making the Magic Guild pay for its crimes and turning its members back into people with a conscience are not entirely in conflict.

Joining forces to fight against Lidzmat is a great opportunity for redemption, isn’t it?

But...

Andrew eventually kept his composure, choosing to continue listening.

He then heard Holigar say, "Pegasus and the other two approached that old dragon in turn, and after understanding him as much as possible, I realized one thing: that old dragon is almost invincible."

Andrew immediately asked, "You say ’almost invincible’, so that means there’s still a chance to win, right? How exactly?"

Holigar was intrigued as he stared at Andrew for a moment, then grinned, "I know what you’re thinking, kid, but don’t get your hopes up. There is no chance of us joining hands. The one to defeat Lidzmat can only be me.

After splitting into three avatars, all of which reached the Magic Guide Realm, I’ve sensed my bottleneck. That’s the limit I can reach relying on my own power.

And to go further, to reach the level where I can defeat Lidzmat, I just need one step, only one.

If someone can help me take just one more step, I have confidence that I can devour Lidzmat!"

He said "devour" once again.

Earlier, Holigar said he would devour Andrew, and now he was saying he would devour the Dragon of Greed Lidzmat!

"Oof, I might have let that slip, I shouldn’t have shared that part with you."

Holigar lightly slapped himself on the mouth, yet his laughter was carefree, "Oh well, doesn’t matter, I’ll just tell you everything, yes, I not only want to kill Lidzmat, but I also want to... devour him!