Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 316 - 304: Are You Rebelling?

The cold wind blew past, scattering the ashes completely. This level of death is the most thorough kind of death. Even the "Puppet Dragon" in Earth Fire Magic, "Phoenix Soul" in Warm Fire Magic, or even the "Ancient Revival" in Water Magic, can’t bring someone back.

Yorkshire vanished from this world, becoming the second casualty after the Warrior Chief in the Royal Court negotiations.

However, Yorkshire’s power did not disappear.

Not only did it not vanish, the power released from burning himself continued to linger in the Eternal Frost Hall, beneath the Uranus Ice Ring. It seemed to silently speak of his pride and arrogance.

Barbara, the moment she was trapped by that power, activated the "Dance for Two", intending to teleport directly to Andrew’s side.

The problem was, the connection between the two’s "Water and Fire United" feeling had been temporarily severed by Yorkshire. When Andrew returned not long ago, they had activated the "Dance for Two", which now could not be executed at all.

In Barbara’s eyes, as beautiful as pink crystals, the Orange Flame Warm Fire burned fiercely. Her red hair was already floating around without wind, and her entire robe felt as if wind was surging from within.

After attempting unsuccessfully to use the Dance for Two to escape, she now exerted all her strength to break through the sealing power left by the deceased Yorkshire.

Yet, it felt like being coiled by a giant python; the more she struggled, the tighter it squeezed, gradually causing a terrifying feeling of suffocation.

Barbara thought to herself, "Yesterday, in my duel with Yorkshire, clearly I was the one absolutely dominating, using the Warm Fire Order alongside Orange Flame Warm Fire to crush Yorkshire with a magical power advantage. Why can’t I even break through the power he left behind after his death?"

That power took on a form akin to flowing magma, sealing Barbara’s range of action, then cutting off sound. Barbara couldn’t hear the outside world, nor could she send out any sound.

Next, her vision was completely cut off.

For a moment, Barbara felt as if she were trapped in a coffin made of dark red magma, or as if she were buried alive in an erupting volcano.

The words Yorkshire spoke before his death faintly echoed in Barbara’s ears: "I’ve trapped Barbara, Capella, you can kill Andrew one-on-one!"

In Barbara’s eyes, a resolute look flashed.

Silently, strands of Orange Flame Warm Fire flowed from her eyes, quickly spreading, covering her entire body.

Like Yorkshire, she began burning her own magical power, and then her own vitality!

For anyone else, they would hesitate over this. Even Yorkshire, didn’t initially plan to sacrifice his life.

Barbara, however, due to the incident in Wildfire Town, where her Knight Order was annihilated by Humboldt’s Fire Snake Trap to save her, silently swore that no matter what, she wouldn’t cause her team harm due to her own lack of strength again.

Even though she couldn’t see the outside world and didn’t know how Andrew was faring alone against Capella, not being able to see only made Barbara more urgently desperate to break out at any cost to assist Andrew.

She knew clearly in her heart: "Just earlier, when Andrew and I first joined forces, although we had the upper hand, from the moment Yorkshire ignited himself, the situation quickly turned, becoming extremely, extremely unfavorable for us!"

As an owner of the Eight Strange Fires, Barbara’s power from igniting herself with the Orange Flame Warm Fire, one of the Eight Strange Fires, was naturally stronger than Yorkshire’s.

Sure enough, soon Yorkshire’s lingering power showed signs of loosening!

The problem is, because Barbara ignited herself using a Strange Fire Yorkshire didn’t have, she was burning through herself faster, much faster!

Barbara could feel that in about another ten seconds, her act of burning herself would become irreversible.

"If I can’t break out before then, then..."

Barbara gritted her teeth, aware of the danger, but didn’t stop.

Until—

A cool, gentle power quietly seeped in, falling upon her.

It was like a basin of water poured over her head, not forceful, but instantly extinguishing the flames burning on Barbara!

Barbara was stunned, then so excited that her body trembled slightly: "Andrew?! You... you’re alright!?"

In reality, only a short time had passed since being trapped, but to Barbara, it felt like a very, very long time.

After all, the battle situation was ever-changing, and Barbara was truly worried.

Nevertheless, she heard Andrew’s voice penetrate through Yorkshire’s confining power, coming through intermittently. Even though their Water and Fire United state had been interrupted, Water Magic was ultimately more permeable than Barbara’s Warm Fire Magic.

The soft water power Andrew used to stop Barbara’s self-immolation was extremely gentle, but the voice currently seeping in, though intermittent, sounded rather angry: "I’m... fine... huh? Shouldn’t I... be asking you... that?! You reckless girl, what were you just doing behind my back?! Are you crazy? You have that little... faith in me?!!"

Barbara was being scolded by Andrew in such a stern tone for the first time, stunned by the reprimand, thinking to herself, this guy... has he gone mad?

But secretly, she relaxed quite a bit: "Scolding with such energy, he mustn’t have much of a problem."

Andrew’s voice continued, "I can seep in some sound, but that’s about it. To break out, you’ll have to rely on yourself. The key is not to panic! The power Yorkshire unleashed from burning his life is strong, but lacks resilience. You don’t have to rush; break out slowly!"

Barbara was hesitant about "breaking out slowly".

Andrew added, "Believe me, alright? How about this, before you break out, I’ll play it safe, no, I’ll stall. Is that okay? Unless you think, one-on-one against Capella, I can’t even manage not to lose?"

"...Alright." Barbara finally responded with an "mm".

Without wasting more words, she calmed herself, concentrating on channeling her power, gradually breaking out, abandoning the extreme act of burning herself for magic and life.

"Sigh..."

Outside, Andrew exhaled, muttering, "This girl, she’s... so stubborn!"

Saying so, he raised his left hand, pressing it against his right arm.

Barbara heard Andrew’s intermittent yet stable breathing, but she didn’t know or see—

On Andrew’s right arm, at some unknown moment, a new wound appeared. At this moment, blood gushed out like a fountain from the deep and long new wound.

Impossible to stop.