Water Mage in the Flame Realm

At this moment, as Andrew had already entered the Warm Fire Temple with Linda, he never imagined: that his plan was to lay low and observe until reaching Warm Fire City before acting, but in reality, certain eyes from the high echelons of the Warm Fire Commerce Association had long since focused on him!

Upon the commanding walls of the "Shield of Flowing Fire," a woman with hair, eyebrows, eyes, clothes, and shoes, all in a fiery red hue, nodded and said after receiving Jimmy's order, "Yes, my lord."

Without any visible action, her entire being quietly dispersed with the wind, transforming into a small crimson butterfly, heading towards the Warm Fire Temple.

If Andrew had seen this scene, he would have immediately recognized: the flame butterfly into which this woman transformed was nearly identical to the "Flame Butterfly" magic Barbara used to incinerate the remains of Sheriff Raymond into ashes when Andrew first met her.

The difference was that the "Flame Butterfly" this woman turned into was more beautiful, more fantastical.

And the most significant characteristic of this Warm Fire magic "Flame Butterfly" is: the more beautiful, the more deadly.

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Busy times always pass quickly.

Andrew, wholeheartedly focused, stayed busy with Linda at the Warm Fire Temple until late at night before reluctantly leaving.

Not to mention that Andrew temporarily had no idea he was being targeted, even if he knew, he might not care much.

Because the harvest from these few hours at the Warm Fire Temple was truly significant!

The first was Linda's invitation to Andrew to the Warm Fire Temple, concerning the most crucial issue: Andrew's idea of "Physical Ability Theory."

Andrew did not keep them guessing and directly explained what his specific ideas were.

He also asked Linda many questions.

Then Andrew discovered: it wasn't that the medical team members at the Warm Fire Temple overly neglected the replenishment of the injured's physical abilities, but rather there were deeper reasons behind this phenomenon!

That is, the people of the Flame Realm not only generally have poor physical abilities but also accept "replenishing physical ability" types of magic far worse than expected!

In simple terms: casting ten replenishing physical ability spells on an injured person may result in only a tenth actually being absorbed and replenished by the patient!

"Is this... the legendary 'Weak Unable to Be Supplemented'?"

Andrew couldn't help but think, "Precisely because of the poor effect of replenishing physical ability magic, it leads to less and less development of related healing magic, causing these treatment methods to be increasingly ignored by medical team members, forming a vicious cycle..."

But Linda, after hearing Andrew's explanation and exposition, thought deeply: "I see now, even if the injured's acceptance of replenishing physical ability magic is not ideal, this part still needs to be done and cannot be completely ignored!"

Linda's temper is quite hasty—yes, after actual contact, Andrew found that the temper of this "Violent Angel" was "hasty" rather than "violent"—her temper isn't generally good, but she is very willing to accept good suggestions.

She is not a person who is unwilling to accept others' opinions.

"Tell all team members, for all injured, first use 'Life Flame Spirit'! What? It doesn't work well? I know it might not work well! But as long as there's any effect, it must be done!"

Linda quickly implemented Andrew's suggestion throughout the Warm Fire Temple.

"Also, let Xiao Liu go to the Heart Net Headquarters later, send a message to the frontline, tell the team there: pay more attention to the physical condition of the injured! Injuries don't need to be cured urgently; physical abilities must be replenished first!"

Not only that, Linda also seriously listened to Andrew's suggestion that "medical team members also need to focus on rest and maintaining physical ability" and made a series of adjustments with swift and decisive methods.

Andrew observed this, admiringly thinking: "Amazing, no wonder even Grand Mage Falk shows such respect to Commander Linda!"

At the same time, he was silently digesting the information provided by Linda, contemplating seriously: "Is there a way to make the injured more sensitive and accepting to the physical ability replenishment magic? Hmm... I'll note this down first!"

He took out a little notebook and marked this as an important market demand.

Andrew could of course use his Water Magic, like "Flowing Water Spirit," to replenish the physical ability of the injured.

The effect would definitely be better than the same tier "Life Flame Spirit"!

But...

After all, he is just one person and can't take care of so many injured.

Said business cooperation no longer aims for a lone heroic approach but needs brainpower.

"It would be best to develop some kind of magical potion to enhance the wounded's acceptance, mass-produce it with the help of the Warm Fire Commerce Association, and then distribute the potions. Combined with the existing medical teams of the association, this could completely resolve the common issue of 'Weak Unable to Be Supplemented' among the injured!"

This was the rough idea in Andrew's mind at the moment.

Of course, details still need to be refined.

The main concern is that the market demands recorded so far are quite numerous.

To decide which demands are most urgent and which ones he can satisfy immediately, Andrew plans to think carefully after finishing up at the Warm Fire Temple today and make a decision before arriving at Warm Fire City tomorrow. Then, the market research part of his work would be considered complete.

So, after discussing with Linda the issues related to replenishing physical ability, Andrew spent most of his remaining time by Linda's side, dealing with various kinds of "fire injuries" suffered by different patients.

Though the Warm Fire Temple doesn't seem unusually large from the outside, its internal capacity is quite impressive.

Not only on the surface, but there are also underground rooms accommodating a large number of injured patients!

The myriad of strange and exceedingly complex fire injuries almost opened Andrew's eyes!

"My goodness, is this... is this what's called 'battlefield burns'? Though it's not as obstinate compared to the 'lung injury' I handled before, its severity and complexity do indeed exceed that, making it much more troublesome!"

The Magic Guild's Earth Fire Magic is essentially no longer purely a flame attribute, as it includes some earth attributes.

The fire injuries caused by Earth Fire Magic are basically the type that doesn't heal easily and might even worsen over time.

Utterly malicious!

"Ahhh, no more, the pain is killing me!!"

A wounded soldier, having suffered days of torment, emotionally collapsed, grabbing Linda's arm and shouting, "Captain Linda, I beg you, I don't want this leg, just amputate it for me, anymore and I'll die from the pain!!"

This wasn't a young rookie, but the toughest veteran who climbed out from a pile of corpses, unable to handle the torture of Earth Fire Magic anymore.

Andrew looked closely and saw the wound on the patient was covered with dark red flames constantly forming into wriggling insects, perpetually gnawing at the patient's flesh, blood, and bones.

"These are called 'Sulfur Fire Insects,' Tier Eight Earth Fire Magic."

Linda gritted her teeth and whispered to Andrew, "The strongest healing magic I know is only Tier Seven, making it very difficult to handle the fire injuries caused by 'Sulfur Fire Insects.' Moreover, healing is already much harder than hurting, much more! Even if my teacher, who knows Tier Eight healing magic, personally assisted, Tier Eight versus Tier Eight is still very tough."

She didn't accept the patient's request for amputation.

Because once 'Sulfur Fire Insects' hit, they're like parasites on bones, extremely hard to eradicate.

The key is, this malicious fire magic, in the form of insects, faintly links with the patient's heart meridian!

"—so once amputation happens, removing these 'Sulfur Fire Insects' simultaneously severs the patient's heart meridian and life force!"

Andrew understood the core issue here, involuntarily furrowing his brows.