Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 309 - 299: Two Versus Two!

When Capella started speaking, everyone else present from both sides fell silent.

The Flame Turtle knew that forcibly revoking Andrew’s qualification to participate in the battle was unlikely.

Principal Charlie also understood that the third negotiation duel was very likely to proceed in the form of a life-and-death combat.

To speak the truth, when the King set the tone of the third negotiation duel as a life-and-death combat, it also implied that Andrew’s return had at least brought back the situation, which was extremely unfavorable for the Warm Fire Commerce Association, to a strategic balance.

The next question is: In terms of hard power, can the combination of Andrew and Barbara win against Capella and Yorkshire?

If they win, it would naturally bring a perfect conclusion to the entire negotiation duel, thereby having a significant and profound impact on the world pattern after the Double Fire War.

But what if they can’t win?

Principal Charlie thought, "Although Andrew has returned, after last night’s entrapment, who knows if he was injured? What is his current physical state?" He also thought, "Since Andrew disappeared last night, I’ve been too busy looking for him to ask the Third Miss about how her practice with Andrew has been..."

In terms of paper strength alone, the lineup from the Magic Guild has a flaw, which is: neither the First nor the Second Saint Son came to the Royal Court to partner with Capella, and it’s still Yorkshire, who was already defeated once yesterday.

However, Capella’s reputation among the younger generation is incredibly strong, and her recent tactics in defeating Orleans between the two super fortresses on the frontline were too impressive.

The Magic Guild arranged for the Female Assassin (King) to target Andrew overnight, not because they didn’t trust Capella’s strength, but rather because they didn’t trust Yorkshire.

However, Yorkshire’s current condition seems vastly different from yesterday and earlier, inevitably causing discomfort while watching.

Of course, the most crucial point is: although Andrew has repeatedly played a very important role in the negotiations so far, such as cleverly securing the second negotiation duel yesterday, his action of swapping Capella with Yorkshire in the second duel by employing "Water Prison Training" inevitably makes one wonder:

Is Andrew, deep down, actually afraid of Capella?

Just then, under the Ring of Uranus in the arena.

Andrew turned, no longer facing the King, but looked at Capella on the opposite side, and earnestly asked, "You mean the ’Ring of Uranus’? Is this the name of this ice circle?" he said, pointing to the massive ice crystal ring overhead.

It was, unexpectedly, a consultative tone.

"You don’t even know the Ring of Uranus?" Capella’s face, younger than Barbara’s, bore a mocking smile, "So how did you make those ’Titan Pillars’ drop by half?"

The so-called "Titan Pillars" naturally referred to the towering giant ice pillars surrounding the Royal Court.

Andrew reacted with an "oh," and mused, "So those pillars are actually called ’Titan Pillars’?"

Hearing this, the mocking on Capella’s face grew more intense, evidently believing Andrew was feigning ignorance deliberately.

Little did she guess, it was truly Andrew’s first time hearing such terms as "Titan Pillars," and "Ring of Uranus."

And he was genuinely inquiring.

Because whether it was those ice pillars, or the ice ring overhead, they all belonged to the ice element.

And Andrew had now grasped the principle that "ice is water," and after obtaining the "Ice Prison Gemstone," his own magical power now contained a strand of ice power, coupled with the matter of the woman in the ice coffin deep underground—

Quite naturally, Andrew now held an unusual interest in all Ice Elemental powers and techniques.

"Though now the leader of the Royal Court is our enemy.

But since ice is essentially water, from the perspective of elemental attributes, shouldn’t the Royal Court, its Royal Family, and Frost Knights be on our side instead?"

Andrew thought, "The Royal Court shouldn’t primarily have an antagonistic relationship with us now, but neither should it just be an ordinary ally. The Royal Court should actually be like Warm Fire City and the Wildfire Territory, another base camp on our side!"

If the Female Assassin (King) knew Andrew’s current thoughts, she’d likely be speechless: I use ice power to deal with you while hiding myself, and yet you start thinking of completely taking over my Royal Court?! 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Yes, completely taking over.

This was Andrew’s current thinking.

Originally, Andrew was just helping the Warm Fire Commerce Association participate in the negotiation duel and had no special ideas about the Royal Court himself.

Not long ago, when he saw the woman in the underground ice coffin, he merely realized that ice is water, without much thinking.

Up until now, it was for the first time from deep within Andrew’s heart that a strong notion emerged: it wasn’t necessary to do it immediately, but one day, he would have to completely annex this Royal Court and make it part of his own territory as the Water Magic Lord.

Of course, whether it was for the current negotiations or for taking over the Royal Court in the future, the steps to achieve these goals were all the same: Together with Barbara, defeat Capella and Yorkshire opposite, and claim victory in this two-against-two duel.

Then they heard Capella from the opposite side saying, "Yesterday, you asked me if I realized that I indeed couldn’t beat both of you alone, didn’t you? I avoided responding to this question yesterday, but now I’ll properly answer you—yes, I realized it; in a one-on-two situation, indeed, I can’t win against both of you."

Andrew was quite surprised upon hearing this, and even Barbara raised an eyebrow.

Just when both sides were about to engage in a life-and-death battle, why was Capella suddenly saying this?

The opponent continued, "One against two, I indeed can’t beat you both. I was too arrogant before. But ’we’ can beat ’you’! In a two-on-two situation, the winning side is still us!"

What others didn’t know was that during yesterday’s second negotiation competition, not only was Yorkshire overwhelmed, but Capella’s heart was also heavily impacted.

She certainly didn’t lose, but when she was preparing to enter the competition, she discovered that the competitor was forcibly replaced by Andrew with Yorkshire. To Capella, this was even more unacceptable than losing to Barbara personally.

Capella couldn’t sleep all night, unable to understand. It was like how she couldn’t grasp another matter, causing continuous anxiety and giving others the impression that she was always distracted.

Just before dawn, Yorkshire came to her and said a sentence, "One-on-one, you are still invincible. But by now, you should realize, not all problems in this world can be solved by one person alone. In tomorrow’s battle, you can’t win alone. Just like the matter you’ve always cared about, you can’t solve it alone."

Capella responded at that time, "Say it directly."

Yorkshire said, "Let me help you win tomorrow’s battle together."

This sentence was actually quite ordinary, something many people could say.

But coming from Yorkshire’s mouth, it held extraordinary significance for Capella.

Both Saint Sons and Saint Daughters, to stand out among so many peers, at the very least, possess one quality: they only believe in their own strength. Most of their peers find their fixed partners when they reach the peak of Tier Three. Saint Sons and Saint Daughters don’t. They only believe in their own strength and can only rely on their own strength, hence having an exceptionally strong self-drive: to become the strongest! Because if not, there’s no partner to depend on.

Saint Sons and Saint Daughters grow into their roles through solitude.

Capella is like that.

Yorkshire is like that too.

It’s very difficult for people like them to say something like "Let me help you win tomorrow’s battle together."

Once they truly say it, it means they’ve genuinely realized: Saint Sons and Saint Daughters grow into the strongest of the young generation through solitude, but the ultimate goal is not to remain strong and lonely, but to grow independently first, to be able to partner strongly and cooperatively!

This was a lesson that the Saint Sons and Saint Daughters of the Magic Guild, after each cultivating to the peak of Tier Six, would face and learn.

Yorkshire realized it early.

Prideful to the extreme in his demeanor, but after being schemed by Andrew, overwhelmed by Barbara, having his pride completely torn apart, and his dignity trampled in public, Yorkshire, upon reflection, grasped an understanding that even the Second and First Saint Sons may not have comprehended.

Who among those capable of becoming a Tier Four prodigy is easy to defeat? Yorkshire is not someone who can be easily crushed; on the contrary, facing his first huge setback in life, he promptly made his adjustments and changes.

Capella, at that time, looking at the battered and bruised Yorkshire, his eyes seemingly glowing, the whole person as if reborn, felt a jolt in her heart, moments later nodded and said, "Alright."

History has repeatedly proven that those who have their fixed partners too early, those with reliance in their hearts, basically have no chance of becoming a Tier Four prodigy.

Currently, Capella and Yorkshire have proven that when a Saint Son and a Saint Daughter grow up alone to a Tier Four prodigy, and have understood in advance that "the end of solitary growth is to partner strongly," the power they can display when partnering is astonishingly formidable!

"We are bound to defeat you."

As Capella calmly stated this, as if narrating a truth, the "Ring of Uranus" suspended in the air surged upwards.

That was clearly a means displayed by the royal (female assassin), but at this moment was actually lifted by a force originating from Capella and Yorkshire!

"That is—" The royal’s face showed no change, but internally, the female assassin was intensely shaken.

Only to be seen holding up the "Ring of Uranus" was the gigantic dragon shadow silently appearing behind Capella.

The dragon shadow actually did not truly touch the Ice Ring and did not actually push it up. Rather, the moment the dragon shadow appeared, its presence forced the Ice Ring to retreat, unrelated to the strength of the power.

"The new version, Dragon Transformation Combat Technique!"

Capella stood beneath the dragon shadow and said softly.

What she cultivated was the new version of the Dragon Transformation Combat Technique.

All her powers and means—the Dragon Transformation Weapon, Fire of Extinguishing, once a target is marked it’s almost a relentless Locking Power, the heavy pressure as if it wants to swallow everything around like a black hole—all originate from the new version of the Dragon Transformation Combat Technique.

And the origin of the new version of the Dragon Transformation Combat Technique is actually this dragon shadow behind her.

This is the root of all of Capella’s powers.

It is also the source of her greatest troubles.

The dragon shadow, towering over a hundred meters, naturally raised the Ice Crystal Ring to a hundred meters in mid-air.

The dragon shadow, previously seen only by Andrew, now appeared clearly before everyone present, each able to see it vividly.

This is because the dragon shadow is no longer just an illusory shadow, but an entity entirely covered by permafrost—

Yorkshire operated his unique "Earth Pulse," casting his "Earth Fire Magic," which is actually more inclined towards the "Earth Attribute," covering the dragon shadow with a layer of armor formed by a mass of permafrost gathered from around the Royal Court.