Water Mage in the Flame Realm

I am only responsible for healing you.

This sentence, at first glance, doesn't seem remarkable. Compared to the onslaught of sharp words like spears and arrows from Orleans before, it was really quite calm.

But upon deeper contemplation, the confidence exuded by this sentence was simply unparalleled!

This sentence actually contained two layers of meaning.

The first layer is that I can heal you, and I will heal you.

The second layer follows closely: Once you are healed, you will not be able to replace me!

Linda, who had been immersed in the plot of idol dramas, felt a chill in her heart and finally sobered up a bit.

She finally confirmed the biggest difference between the current Andrew and when she last saw him. It was precisely this confidence. This was a quality that Andrew lacked when he came to the Shield of Flowing Fire last time.

Opposite, Orleans stared at Andrew and after a moment of silence, he finally put away the kind of surface calm but sharpness in his words.

"Then I'll trouble you."

A layer of bright red Flame Fighting Qi silently appeared on Orleans' body.

With a sizzling sound, the bandages wrapped around his upper body were swiftly burned into nothingness within that Flame Fighting Qi!

Linda's expression grew serious. With a wave of her hand, a Flame Barrier quickly formed, temporarily blocking the view of everyone in the ward.

Within the barrier were only Orleans, Linda, and Andrew.

Andrew stared at Orleans' exposed upper body after he removed the bandages.

The sight revealed a massive wound starting from the center of Orleans' collarbone and extending all the way down to his navel! The wound was so shocking. Andrew even wondered if Orleans had really been disemboweled before.

Because the injury could only have been caused by an attempt to split him in two with one blow!

At this moment, Andrew immediately discarded the slight displeasure brought by Orleans' sharp words into some distant trash can.

Yes, of course, he would still feel displeased.

In the future, as he got to know Orleans better, Andrew gradually understood that under Orleans' quietness was a sharpness, fundamentally a trait of arrogance... but that's a story for later.

For now, Andrew disregarded the previous traces of displeasure.

He focused intently on Orleans' still unhealed massive wound.

Thinking to himself, is this the destructive power that the Grand Mage of the Magic Guild, Capella, can inflict! This... can really be damage capable of being inflicted by someone at the same Tier Four as me?

Andrew had already known that in this world, Earth Fire Mages using Earth Fire Magic often inflict injuries that are "poisonous," possibly considered a sort of "Fire Poison."

For example, lung burn injuries.

For instance, last time at the Warm Fire Temple, facing the Tier Eight Earth Fire Magic "Sulfur Fire Insect" with Captain Linda.

And earlier still, the old Mage Humboldt from Wildfire Town, who actually suffered a realm drop due to "Earth Fire Backlash" when trying to break through to Grand Mage level.

The poison of Earth Fire Magic is formidable enough that even the Earth Fire Mages themselves sometimes suffer greatly from it.

Earth Fire Mages generally have poor physique, with higher-tier mages often having various health problems, for the same reason.

Capella is not an Earth Fire Mage.

She is a Flame Warrior.

As a Flame Warrior, the damage she inflicted also carried such lasting destructive power, continuing to ravage Orleans' wound.

This was truly terrifying!

It was visible that on Orleans' chest wound, two forces were constantly battling.

One was Capella's power.

The other, emanating Linda's presence, was naturally the series of healing magic from the "Fire God Blessing Series" that Captain Linda had been using on Orleans these days.

But "healing" against "harm" is inherently passive.

Plus, Fire Magic in terms of healing is naturally not very effective due to elemental attributes.

Captain Linda's healing magic reached Tier Seven, yet it merely stabilized the wounds inflicted by Tier Four Capella.

"Captain Linda..." After observing carefully, Andrew spoke, "...could I trouble you to use one 'Spirit of Life Fire' and one 'Blessing Light' on me?"

Linda, being patient, was stunned upon hearing Andrew's words but didn't question it. She nodded and said, "Alright."

A Tier Three "Spirit of Life Fire" and a Tier Four "Blessing Light" were released simultaneously, flying toward Andrew.

Andrew raised a hand, fingers dancing gracefully like in a dance, catching Linda's two healing spells from the "Fire God Blessing Series" gracefully, under Orleans' slightly surprised gaze.

At the same time, in Andrew's other hand, a "Flowing Water Spirit" corresponding to the "Spirit of Life Fire," and a "Sound of Sacrifice" corresponding to the "Blessing Light," had long been ready. They simply hadn't been revealed due to the presence of the "Invisible Enchantment."

With hands brought together, Andrew deftly combined the water and fire healing spells from both hands, melding them quickly with each other.

This method of Water and Fire United was precisely what was used once at the top of the Deep Blue Magic Tower in Warm Fire City when facing Lady Yi Lian, together with Barbara.

That time, a "Lavender in the Sunlight" from Barbara was combined with a "Cradle on the Blue Wave" that Andrew cast, achieving Water and Fire United, exerting power together, releasing the sadness in Lady Yi Lian's heart, and resolving her mental afflictions.

At this moment, Andrew repeated the same technique.

But unlike when dealing with Lady Yi Lian:

In magic, the "Sound of Sacrifice" is a recently unlocked high-potency healing water magic from the "Water Priestess Series" after his recent breakthrough. It's a comprehensive healing magic and significantly can be considered the true "Keystones Magic" of the "Water Priestess Series."

In terms of Magic Power, after breaking through to Tier Four, the increase in output efficiency brought about an enhancement not only in "combat power" but also in "healing effect"! Not to mention Tier Four's "Sound of Sacrifice," just talking about the "Flowing Water Spirit," a Tier Three healing class water magic previously used when Andrew visited the Warm Fire Temple last time, now had a qualitative improvement in Magic Power output efficiency, making the same Tier Three "Flowing Water Spirit" produce results far surpassing those of the last visit!

Orleans felt this most directly.

He sat calmly on the hospital bed, waiting quietly, with a bit of curiosity: Andrew said he could heal him, and then what? How exactly?

Though Captain Linda had said Andrew indeed has some skill in healing magic, Orleans internally felt conflicted: hoping Andrew could indeed heal him, yet also feeling he couldn't!

Until, Andrew blended four healing spells of water and fire, then gently flicked his fingers, transforming the magic into dewdrops gently sprinkled over Orleans' body, onto that wound—

Orleans' face and expression, which remained calm and steady throughout, suddenly froze.