A great battle has come to an end.

Desert Speaker Rose is dead, but the matter hasn't ended there.

Because the double fire war between the Magic Guild and Warm Fire Commerce Association is still ongoing.

Moreover, even without Rose, the Desolate Beast Sand Tide from the Inner Sea Desert hasn't ended!

For several days, more desolate beasts have been coming from various parts of the Inner Sea Desert to the Wildfire Territory.

"But... strictly speaking, is this really still considered a desolate beast sand tide?"

On the morning after Rose's death, Andrew stood at the edge of the Wildfire Territory, looking at the strongest desolate beast he had ever seen, with an intense aura of rage.

The beast was enormous, its overwhelming presence palpable.

But upon arriving at the Wildfire Territory, it didn't launch an attack but crouched on the ground, seemingly trying to express something or perhaps seeking approval.

Andrew felt a stir in his heart, vaguely guessing:

"Even without humanity, lacking animal instinct, turned into a walking dead, is there still a kind of instinct to seek relief?"

In any case, this desolate beast is here to ask for Andrew's help to free it.

Just like yesterday when he helped those desolate beasts driven by Rose.

Just like earlier when he helped Shan Hai.

"Could it be that there is some peculiar form of communication between desolate beasts?"

Andrew couldn't help but think, "Yesterday, I performed an 'Enchanting Dance' to 'exorcise' so many desolate beasts, could it be that more desolate beasts in other parts of the Inner Sea Desert somehow got this message?"

Thinking this, Andrew tentatively stepped forward and again used Water Magic to remove the beast's desolate shell.

Throughout the process, the desolate beast didn't struggle, obediently staying still.

When Andrew withdrew his hand, the creature had returned to human form.

Surprisingly, it was a boy looking even younger than Little White!

Dressed in ancient attire similar to Shan Hai's style.

Though Andrew didn't know the boy's name, it was undeniable that he was definitely a super genius among the Flame Warriors back in the day.

After returning to human form, the boy looked down at his hands and body, then raised his eyes to Andrew, giving a broad smile, seemingly wanting to say something, but appeared to have lost the ability to speak.

Andrew stepped forward and patted the boy's shoulder.

And silently watched as the boy closed his eyes peacefully, dispersing with the wind.

Another teardrop-shaped "Fire Extinguishing Value" emerged from the spot where the boy vanished, spontaneously merging into the "Water God Mark" on Andrew's forehead.

Thus, the same event repeated numerous times in the following week.

More and more desolate beasts arrived from all directions.

Rose claimed to be the unbeatable Desert Speaker during the sand tide period, but the number of desolate beasts he could drive was still just a small fraction compared to the actual total number in the Inner Sea Desert.

To put it truthfully, the tide of desolate beasts gathering spontaneously at the Wildfire Territory within a week of Rose's death was the real Desolate Beast Sand Tide!

Moreover, it was an unprecedentedly unique sand tide in the history of the Inner Sea Desert.

Due to the enormity in numbers, Andrew, from the third day, simply stayed beside the Water Tower Tree "Shire" with Little Ha.

Waiting under the tree for the desolate beasts to arrive, then using Water Magic for "exorcism".

"My god, this..."

The people of the Wildfire Territory, seeing the desolate beasts vanish one by one with smiles of relief, were truly moved.

Previously, when Andrew performed the "Enchanting Dance" to stop the desolate beasts, he used the hands of the people of the Wildfire Territory. So it was relatively "indirect". Though they guessed it was Andrew who stopped the beasts, they hadn't seen it directly.

Now, people could see the spectacle of Andrew exorcising the beasts daily under the Shire tree, repeated every day. Seeing is believing; this was far more direct than the previous enchanting dance!

Even though Andrew didn't intentionally show off—most desolate beasts actually arrived at night rather than during the day—the people of the Wildfire Territory repeatedly witnessed this sight, which in their eyes was somewhat sacred, thus growing stronger trust in Andrew.

The power of trust is strong.

Or rather, the word trust is too rare, too precious in this Flame Realm, especially in this Inner Sea Desert.

Andrew was genuinely focused on helping the desolate beasts gain relief.

This process was actually very, very tiresome due to the sheer number of coming beasts.

But as the process continued, a week later, Andrew suddenly felt a change in the level of trust from the people of the Wildfire Territory towards him.

"This feeling... so peculiar!"

Andrew was quite surprised, but more so delighted.

It seemed the residents' trust in him as their lord subtly enhanced the "amplification" when Magic Power shifts from "normal" to "double state".

Compared to a week ago, Andrew felt the "quality" of Magic Power upon entering "double state" hadn't changed much from the standard Tier Three Mage's Magic Power in the Flame Realm.

But the "quantity" of Magic Power had unknowingly doubled!

"Total Magic Power is enormous—this feels like the fundamental and most crucial difference between a Water Magic Lord and a traditional Water Mage?"

Andrew thought, if facing Rose again, not only could he suppress Rose's Magic Power, but he might even have the ability to make Rose's body burst directly with his Magic Power now!

"However, Tier Three seems to be a real watershed."

Andrew carefully sensed, "The total Magic Power has doubled again, but regarding tiers, it has hardly brought any improvement."

It felt like starting from Tier Three; the difficulty to progress further clearly increased compared to before.

Just like some games played before, the higher the level, the more experience required, making leveling up increasingly challenging.

Fortunately, Andrew wasn't anxious about this.

He calmed down and handled the issues seriously.

After all, since Rose's death, those coming to the Wildfire Territory weren't just desolate beasts.

Also people!

Desert residents from various towns all over the Inner Sea Desert!

The situation was like this—

With the crisis basically resolved post-Rose's death, Andrew, while exorcising beasts, also entrusted An Ya, Alpha, Zi, along with the awakened Barbara and Ivan to help comfort the desert residents driven to the Wildfire Territory by the "Vanguard Plan".

Among those not injured, Andrew would arrange personnel to send them back to their original towns after comforting them.

For those injured, especially those with lung burns, Andrew would arrange for them to first stay in the "Living People Cemetery" of the Wildfire Territory, personally healing their lung burns, then send them back with the Magic Potion he had previously made to their respective towns, handing them over to the local cemetery's responsible personnel.

Besides the Magic Potion, there was also a personal letter from Zi.

This was an agreement Andrew had with Zi, temporarily delayed due to the threat and pressure from Rose, but Andrew hadn't forgotten it.

Everything was initially arranged very well.

What Andrew didn't expect was: many desert residents sent back to their original towns returned within a few days.

Not only did they voluntarily come back to the Wildfire Territory.

Many even brought their families!

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