"Flowing Wave Touch."

Reese gathered magic power in her hands, molding it into a bluish-green gel-like fluid that looked much like jelly.

This gel-like fluid covered Herag's entire body, leaving only the mouth and nose exposed for breathing.

Reese, specialized in Water Element, was a wizard skilled in various healing and restorative magic.

The Flowing Wave Touch is a Tier One Water Magic that has excellent recuperative and healing effects for various injuries.

Herag endured excruciating pain throughout his body but kept his composure.

He could feel Reese applying treatments and other healing to him.

When the Flowing Wave Touch enveloped his body, Herag felt far more at ease, the pain rapidly diminishing.

His body was riddled with wounds, resembling glass-like cracks everywhere.

Seeing these alarming injuries made Reese's heart quiver with fear.

She dared not imagine what kind of danger Herag must have encountered.

With wounds this severe, he must have faced an extremely perilous situation.

Surviving and returning alive was certainly no small feat.

After covering Herag's body with the Flowing Wave Touch, Reese began to carefully examine his injuries.

Upon inspection, she found that the skin was cracked all over, as if the entire person was about to shatter.

However, after applying the Flowing Wave Touch, the immediate danger passed, and the injuries would heal before long.

The ribs were almost entirely fractured; the leg and arm bones showed signs of cracks, with the femur being more severely damaged.

Reese took out a magic potion specifically for treating bones, sitting beside Herag, helping him drink it slowly.

This magic potion was formulated specifically for bone injuries, allowing bones to heal rapidly.

Even bones shattered into powder could gradually recover to their original state.

For wizards, physical injuries like these were actually the easiest to heal.

As long as you are alive, they can mostly be treated, though time is needed.

"Take my Talisman Stone; if anyone asks, just say I'm secluded in training. Don't mention my injury," Herag instructed.

"Hmm, speak less, rest well, have a good sleep," Reese nodded and said.

Since Herag didn't want others to know about his injury, it was likely to avoid informing official forces like Serlandir.

She didn't ask why, trusting Herag unconditionally, unconcerned about the reason for his injury.

In any case, Reese would always stand by Herag's side.

Herag knew that sleep was the best way to heal, and as he had finished today's meditation, he could drift into a deep slumber.

He closed his eyes and, within seconds, fell into a deep sleep.

Reese stayed by the bedside, quietly watching the sleeping Herag, ready to attend to him at any moment.

…

Half a month later.

Mozambique Slums.

"Still no news from Brown?" Franz asked with a serious expression.

"No, after he went to King Street, there was news back for the first few days. But after he said he was ready to act, we never heard from him again. We also checked the intel, and there seemed to be no talk of a conflict on King Street. It's as if Brown vanished from the face of the earth."

A young man of similar age to Brown, named Asir, answered.

Franz remained silent after hearing this, realizing that Brown was likely doomed.

Originally, Brown was assigned to make Herag disappear, but instead, it was Brown who vanished.

"What about Herag?" Franz continued to ask.

Asir bowed and said, "He's been staying at home, not going out. But I saw him sunbathing in the yard when I went to investigate, and he seemed fine."

Franz paced back and forth in the yard, contemplating the issue.

He knew that Brown must have fallen into a trap set by Herag.

Because Brown was always careful, he would only make a move after thoroughly understanding Herag's situation.

Brown would only activate the red stone when alone with Herag.

This level of holy artifact wouldn't be used lightly or wasted.

This indicated that Brown was likely done in by Herag in the Abyss Plane.

This left Franz puzzled.

The records on Herag were clear; he was just a wizard at the Liquid Stage.

Even if he had hidden strength, he couldn't possibly be a Level 2 Wizard.

More importantly, even if Herag were a Level 2 Wizard, he wouldn't be able to eliminate Brown in the Abyss Plane so swiftly.

Franz knew more about Brown than anyone else and was aware of Brown's potential strength in the Abyss Plane.

Brown had power from the Gods, which he could fully unleash in the Abyss Plane, reaching a level comparable to a Level 2 Wizard.

And Herag was just a wizard at the Liquid Stage.

With such a stark disparity in power, how could Herag so decisively eliminate Brown?

Franz sensed a complication, as this was the first time something had slipped out of his control.

He originally wanted Brown to test the holy artifact's effect so that he could report it back to the Gods.

Franz didn't regard Herag as significant, as, under his arrangements, Brown should have an overwhelming advantage, with no suspense.

He didn't expect that precisely this inconspicuous Liquidation Wizard would cause an unexpected setback.

Franz paced in the yard for a long time, unable to fathom the situation.

He couldn't understand how Herag achieved all this while appearing unscathed.

Another aspect was that Franz had informants inside Serlandir.

Normally, if Herag encountered an incident involving being dragged into the Abyss Plane, he'd be bound to report it to Serlandir.

However, he didn't, or at least Franz hadn't heard of it through his channels.

So this situation had two possibilities: Herag intentionally didn't report it, or Herag wasn't pulled into the Abyss Plane by Brown, perhaps not even meeting Brown, meaning a third party might have killed Brown.

Franz was quite certain that Brown wasn't captured or killed by Serlandir's people.

Otherwise, such high-level information wouldn't be unknown to him.

"Herag..."

With narrowed eyes, Franz began to seriously regard this young man from the Barren Land for the first time.

His many years of experience and intuition told him the issue lay with Herag.

Franz felt he was missing some crucial information, leading to misjudgment.

And the answer lay with Herag.

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