Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 445 - 424: The Grand Assembly

"Hmm?" At the front of the group, a woman as massive as a mountain suddenly felt something, looked around, but saw nothing unusual.

"Aunt Susan, what’s wrong?" asked a young man beside her, wearing a delicate earring on his right ear.

The robust woman was Susan, reputedly the foremost in deceleration ability among the Crimson Knights.

She had come with Dean Charlie to participate in the Royal Court negotiations, but was ambushed by Catherine in a night attack and nearly killed.

After the negotiations ended, the second Dual Fire War broke out. Susan’s health wouldn’t allow her to fight on the front lines, so she stayed in the Royal Court for recovery.

"I feel like someone is staring at me..." Susan said with a frown.

She had once been at the peak of Tier Eight, with combat power comparable to Tier Nine. Now, as her injuries began to heal, her combat power had not yet recovered, but her tier had indeed broken into Tier Nine, a blessing in disguise.

Even though her combat power hadn’t returned, Susan’s perception ability had actually become sharper than before.

Susan’s intuition was right: Shuangshuang wasn’t just staring at her? At this moment, Shuangshuang stood on the rump of the warhorse beneath Susan, right behind her!

"I didn’t notice anything unusual." The young man with the earring was Orleans, the strongest of the younger generation of the Warm Fire Commerce Association who had been wounded by the First Saintess Capella during the first Dual Fire War and subsequently treated by Andrew at the Shield of Flowing Fire.

Orleans glanced around, completely unaware that Shuangshuang was right in front of him.

In terms of strength, Orleans was certainly not Susan’s equal, but his strong suit was never minding the things he couldn’t figure out.

After confirming again that he sensed nothing out of the ordinary, Orleans quickly pointed ahead, softly asking, "Aren’t we supposed to be going to the front line? To the Scholar’s Fortress?"

Not far outside the city ahead, stood a deep blue tower-shaped Teleportation Gate.

Orleans strained to peer into the Teleportation Gate, but what he saw within the gate—or rather, on the other side of the gate—was not the scene of the front line.

Instead, it was... a desert under the scorching sun.

"That’s the Inner Sea Desert," Susan soon also disbursed the thought of being watched earlier and said, "The chief’s latest order: for us to immediately go through the Teleportation Gate established for us by Mrs. Yi Lian using the Deep Blue Magic Tower, and gather at the Inner Sea Desert."

"Why is this?" Orleans asked in confusion.

He was the strongest of the younger generation, once mightier even than Barbara. But when it came to core decisions of the Commerce Association, his knowledge was extremely limited.

Susan did not provide much explanation.

All she knew was that her Royal Court guard unit was not the only force ordered to the Inner Sea Desert.

As the Royal Court dispatched troops to the Inner Sea Desert, the front lines, Dragon’s Nest, Crimson Battle Lance, Warm Fire City, and Shield of Flowing Fire, were all converging and assembling towards the Inner Sea Desert direction!!

Mrs. Yi Lian, after the death of her eldest daughter, half-truthfully assumed a facade of "excessive sorrow" and "anger directed at her third daughter, Barbara" and secluded herself in the Deep Blue Magic Tower, rarely leaving.

In reality, Mrs. Yi Lian had been practicing controlling and utilizing the Deep Blue Magic Tower!

The Deep Blue Magic Tower, located at the very center of Warm Fire City, was not just an ordinary tower, but a divine artifact left behind by the Water God from ancient times.

It was with this divine artifact that Mrs. Yi Lian simultaneously opened multiple Teleportation Gates, allowing the forces of the Warm Fire Commerce Association from around the world to support and congregate towards the Inner Sea Desert as quickly as possible.

After Andrew returned to the Flame Realm, killing Lady Poison Dragon and Tiago, it was not just Holigar who piloted the Scholar’s Fortress to Wildfire Territory in an instant.

Virtually the entire power of the Warm Fire Commerce Association, at this moment, was also rushing to their aid at the fastest speed!

Neither Mrs. Yi Lian nor President Beiru had specifically explained the reason for these latest orders and arrangements.

But Susan already had a guess: "Could it be that Andrew, that kid, has returned from the Outer Battlefield...?"

Thinking of this, Susan appeared calm and composed on the surface but was inwardly excited and amazed.

The Teleportation Gate constructed by the Deep Blue Magic Tower was right before their eyes, and walking at the front of the group, Susan and Orleans could clearly see the scene on the other side of the gate.

Behind Susan, Shuangshuang suddenly put down her snack, her gaze focused sharply.

On the other side of the gate, there was not only the scorching sun and desert, but at the end of the desert, they could also see an oasis, which was none other than Wildfire Territory.

Looking at the oasis-like Wildfire Territory, Shuangshuang blinked, feeling an intimate connection.

Yet she immediately spotted the Scholar’s Fortress and Dragon Stone Tower surrounding the oasis, and her face darkened, letting out a cold snort.

Even though her memories were blurred, she instinctively disliked the Scholar’s Fortress and Dragon Stone Tower.

Especially the Dragon Stone Tower!

"Who’s there?!" Both Susan and Orleans this time heard the cold snort almost right at their side, and instantly their bodies tensed.

Especially Susan, who had been attacked by Catherine during the Royal Court negotiations, inevitably had some psychological shadows left.

Without thinking, she swung a hand chop towards the "empty space" behind her.

Shuangshuang stepped lightly, gracefully avoiding Susan’s attack, her figurine-like body vanishing into the Teleportation Gate in an instant.

... 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

...

The same time, at Wildfire Territory.

Atop the Dragon Stone Tower.

After seeing Holigar up close, drooling, say to him, "You must taste better than Catherine," Andrew couldn’t hold back—

With a "Ugh," he threw up.

"Damn it, if you’re going to be the villain, be the villain, could you not make it so creepy and disgusting?!" Andrew was genuinely disgusted, goosebumps rising all over him.

And opposite him, Holigar, perhaps too enraptured, too covetous of Andrew, actually forgot to dodge and got a face full of Andrew’s vomit directly!

Holigar: "..."

This was like a pervert, wickedly saying, "Struggle, scream, no one will come to save you!" At such a time, the harassed woman’s first response wasn’t to shout or run, but to puke right in your face—an ultimate strike and humiliation for a pervert!

The damage might be minimal, but the insult was sky-high!

"You, courting death!" Holigar’s face turned visibly red with rage, and he suddenly roared, "I’ll flay you alive!!"

He took large strides, charging straight at Andrew!

Even before Andrew could react, everyone from Wildfire Territory had already rushed out under the leadership of Silver and An Ya, boarded the Scholar’s Fortress as quickly as they could, stepping on the fresh blood of the fallen Earth Fire Professionals, encircling the Dragon Stone Tower.

"All you pests get lost!" Holigar did not pause his steps, snarling angrily, he made a backhand sweep.

With just such a simple hand sweep, as if swatting away annoying flies, those surrounding the Dragon Stone Tower from Wildfire Territory instantly felt as though their bodies were about to uncontrollably explode from within!

"What... what kind of damned power is this?!" Even Silver, the strongest among them, turned pale in an instant, eyes filled with fear.

Atop the Dragon Stone Tower, Andrew raised both hands and pressed down through the air.

Instantly, he stabilized that terrifying explosive feeling within everyone’s bodies securely back down.

Then immediately, there was a "Wow," and Andrew couldn’t help but vomit again, this time spraying a mouthful of blood.

Even having simply come into contact and exchanged force with the full power of Holigar, Andrew was already injured, coughing up blood.