Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 391 - 378: On the Profession of "Water Mage" (Part 2)
After listening to Pasha’s words, all the high-ranking officials, including Silver, looked at each other.
Even for them, the information was a bit too much.
Many people even thought: "People coming from ’homeland’? Is it true? Could it be another conspiracy engineered by the Flame Warriors?"
Until Lady Li spoke: "This Andrew is not an enemy, he is one of us. There’s no need to doubt it."
Upon hearing this, Silver and the other leaders were momentarily startled, then nodded: "Yes."
Andrew might not have a concept of this, but the fact is: over the long years, Lady Li, with the identity of Black Whale, has been protecting the Water Mages in this Water God Realm. To the people here, Lady Li is almost akin to a deity, possessing not just absolute authority but also unconditional trust from the Water Mages.
So when Lady Li said Andrew "isn’t a problem," no one even needed to ask, "Why isn’t he a problem?" They immediately believed it: Andrew really wasn’t a problem! He truly came from that legendary "homeland realm."
"Then, what do we do next?"
A high-ranking official sitting next to Silver asked, "Since this Andrew, our young friend, comes from ’home’, is our kind, and has saved Pasha and so many of our tribesmen, he is one of us. But about his ’mission’..."
The official paused here, not finishing his sentence.
Not every Water Mage is as obsessed with "going home" and, for the sake of this obsession, willing to betray comrades as Meira.
In fact, for the vast majority of Water Mages born and raised in this Water God Realm, this world is home!
If the homeland is invaded, shouldn’t we be thinking about how to drive the invaders away?
As for the legendary "homeland realm," to Silver and the others, it feels more like a "ancestral home" they haven’t been to, existing only in legends, nice to visit if given the chance, but they wouldn’t regret not going. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Then they heard Lady Li say: "We will cooperate with Andrew, to execute his plan."
Silver and the others, including Pasha and Natalie: "..."
They still trusted Lady Li, but they weren’t puppets; this time, they needed to hear Lady Li’s reasons.
The elder calmly said: "I know, to all of you here, the so-called homeland realm is just a name. It’s my homeland but not yours. The reason we need to cooperate with Andrew’s mission isn’t to return to a legendary home but to protect the real home we have now, right in front of us."
Silver quietly said: "But Andrew’s mission is to get the ’Teleportation Gate’. That gate is in that brute’s hands..."
Lady Li said: "I know. This is exactly what I want to say: We’ve been running away for so many years, avoiding war for so many years, hiding you all in my body, in one secret division after another, it’s really been unfair to you.
And now, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and it’s the only chance, to stop hiding, to stop avoiding.
—In front of us is a chance to defeat, to kill the brute! This is the part where we need to cooperate with Andrew! As for whether to return to that legendary home after killing the brute and seizing the Teleportation Gate, or to stay in this home, that’s not something to consider now."
The meeting progressed to this point where Pasha and Natalie could no longer contribute.
Silver asked: "A chance to defeat the brute? With this young Andrew? His strength... Is it that strong?"
Lady Li shook her head: "His strength is quite weak. For a young man, it’s already remarkable, but compared to the brute... still lacking. However, I can help him gain the ’strength and qualification to defeat the brute in this Water God Realm’. This requires a bit of time and all of you to help win and delay."
—This is why now, Andrew is in the small world inside Black Whale, listening to Lady Li’s stories, while Silver once again resumed the duty of "Driver", driving the Black Whale Headquarters, leading Water Mages, playing cat-and-mouse games with the brute.
Professional attributes are related to personality and thoughts.
Earth Fire Professionals’ hearts are always filled with chaos, horizontal power, irritability, instability. It’s hard to say if they became such people first and then Earth Fire Professionals, or the other way around, or if personality and profession mutually influenced each other.
As for the Water Mage profession, it is a profession full of "flexibility" and "resilience."
Endless years of hiding and avoiding battles; this in itself is a very difficult task.
If it were any fiercer professional group, they couldn’t possibly have avoided battle for so long, at least not willingly choosing to avoid battles and methodically executing the strategy of avoiding battles.
The Water Mages did it.
And the more miraculous thing is: after avoiding battles for so many years, normally, a lot of their fighting spirit should have been worn away. When mentioned to fight again, one would instinctively resist.
Yet when the Water Mages heard Lady Li say "no more battle avoidance, but to fight," there was only a momentary resistance, then they calmly accepted it, and started... feeling excited and exhilarated!
That’s the Water Mages, able to retreat, and able to advance!
Not related to the absolute trust of the Water Mages towards Lady Li.
Nor entirely out of vengeance for destroyed divisions and the heavy casualties of tribesmen.
They truly felt they could fight!
And win!
A group that avoided battle for endless ages, recently just got heavily beaten, still felt they could win. This was really quite incredible.
The crux is, within all Water Mages’ hearts: never felt they would lose! Even when avoiding battles, it was never because they were going to lose, but because avoiding battles itself was meant to win!
Of course, winning a battle, is very difficult.
At this time, Silver led the group, driving the Black Whale Headquarters, sometimes soaring above the sea, sometimes diving deep, all while doing everything possible to maneuver with the brute and constantly shouting provocations: "Come on, come on! Brat, if you have the guts, kill me!"
But deep in his heart, Silver already understood: "Already been caught up, and in truth... I’ve already lost!"
This generation of the brute truly was too powerful.
Inheriting the will of all previous generations, this generation of the brute, driving the Great Wilderness War Chariot formed by the Flame Warrior Desolate Beast transformations of past generations, truly was too powerful!
Not only is he powerful in terms of strength, but also in terms of will.
Even a malicious will, is divided into different levels; some are potent, some fragile.
Most villains appear tough but are weak inside, but this generation of the brute is the absolute opposite.
The key is, he fights with great patience, true to his tone and demeanor.
He had just returned from the Flame Realm shortly and hadn’t received the information about Andrew’s identity sent before Liek’s death, so the brute didn’t know about Andrew, nor why Silver was controlling the Black Whale Headquarters instead of Li.
But he wasn’t in any hurry.
He was cautious but not rushed.
"Just progress bit by bit in order."
This was the brute’s thought at the time, "Progressively kill through, one by one, kill Silver first, then eradicate the Water Mages within Black Whale’s body, naturally bringing Li out again. Then kill his Black Whale physical form, lastly his soul, and... it will be completely over. My story as the brute on this Outer Battlefield would thus end. Then I can take the remains of our ancestors and all Flame Warriors’ remains back home."
