Sofia guessed correctly, Andrew is not simply "wandering around."
At this moment, Andrew is walking the streets of Wildfire Town.
Outwardly pretending to be sick and weak, yet internally he's ready for battle once more.
The brief relaxation at the temporary camp earlier was merely a short moment of leisure.
The threat posed by old Mage Hubert is not yet resolved, and he can't afford to ease up just because he successfully persuaded Ivan.
Occasionally, some townsfolk greet him voluntarily, saying, "Hey, Andrew, morning." "Take care and get well, you can recover!"
Some straightforward ones say, "Young man, good job, go ahead, we'll all remember you."
Making Andrew quite at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
He has no choice but to cough pretentiously while asking, "Could you tell me where the 'Living People Cemetery' is, and help point the way?"
Living People Cemetery, that's Andrew's destination today.
It's also the pivotal part of the next step in his preparation.
"Living People Cemetery?"
The person was slightly taken aback upon hearing it, but shortly showed a look of realization, saying, "Turn left ahead, then right, go straight to the end. Ah, Living People Cemetery... ah."
Andrew knew why the person sighed.
Because this so-called "Living People Cemetery" is not really a cemetery.
But a "hotel."
The main feature of this hotel is: it only accepts patients with burned lungs as guests.
Put simply, it's a place where a group of patients with lung injuries gather for warmth and seek psychological comfort.
It's the gathering place for almost all patients with lung burns in Wildfire Town!
So today's plan is actually quite simple:
First, heal all the patients in the Living People Cemetery, trying to unlock the next skill after the Water Spirit Technique.
Second, during the healing, don't let anyone find out it's his doing!
This world, after all, is dominated and led by Fire Mages.
Who knows what attitude the Magic Guild has towards Water Mages?
Andrew doesn't even know if there are other Water Mages in the world besides himself.
For now, it's best not to expose oneself for accomplishing something like healing lungs burns which could cause a big stir.
"Sigh!"
The elderly gentleman who pointed the way for Andrew is still sighing deeply, "Too bad, so pity, such a waste, so young..."
In his view...
No, it should be said in everyone's view, Andrew as a "terminal lung burn patient," going to the Living People Cemetery to seek comfort is quite normal.
No one would think Andrew is actually there to heal those patients!
Andrew even feels that if he doesn't go to the Living People Cemetery today, it might arouse suspicion from some people.
The elderly gentleman is warm-hearted, so he decided to accompany Andrew to the Living People Cemetery.
The elderly gentleman is also a naturally sociable chatterbox, chatting away while walking, "Ah, back then I was neighbors with the owner of the Living People Cemetery, ah, it's already more than ten years ago! He suffered lung burns and decided to open the hotel with his daughter, inviting other patients to stay, seeking mutual warmth. All these years have passed in a flash."
Andrew asked, "So the hotel owner and founder was also lung injured in the fire caused by a magic experiment accident?"
The elderly gentleman slowly shook his head, "That's not the case. Although Hubert the Grand Mage has been here in our town for years with frequent accidents and many fires, my old friend was indeed injured in a fire, but not because of a laboratory accident-induced fire."
"Oh? How so?" Andrew seemed to be chatting leisurely, but was actually gathering intelligence.
The elderly gentleman shrugged and said, "There's really nothing special, it's just a regular fire unrelated to magic. You know, it's extremely hot and dry here. Even without frequent magic lab accidents, fires aren't a rarity."
This explanation left Andrew deep in thought.
Which means this world naturally has a significant "Fire Element dominance" tendency.
It's not the Fire Mages who dominated this tendency, rather Fire Mages are also products of this tendency?
Hmm… Seems solving old Mage Hubert first, then leaving Wildfire Town to see the big cities of this world is necessary.
For the Flame Realm, honestly speaking, Andrew still can't construct a clear image of it in his mind now.
After pondering for a moment, Andrew suddenly chuckled silently: Now, it seems he doesn't have the qualification to consider these distant matters.
Better focus on getting past Hubert for now.
Just then, the Tear of the Water God in his chest suddenly trembled, seeming to warn.
Andrew immediately stopped in his tracks.
At the same time, he raised his hand, pulling the elderly gentleman beside him.
Almost simultaneously, a stone chip "whizzed" past his line of sight.
If he hadn't stopped in time, either he or the elderly gentleman would have been hit by the stone.
"Oh darn… heaven and earth! Who the hell threw that stone?"
The shop owner nearby clutched his bleeding forehead in fury, rushing out.
But as he rushed out aggressively, he retreated like a rabbit.
Just seeing Sheriff Raymond leading a town patrol, swaggering by from the intersection not far away.
The one who threw the stone was one of Raymond's men.
That person maintained a rigid throwing posture with a frozen grim smile—
He nearly saw Andrew being hit by the stone, bleeding miserably, how did he dodge it?
He naturally wouldn't believe Andrew intentionally stopped, assuming it was just good luck that dodged his throw.
But this luck was too good, wasn't it?!
"Get out of the way! Don't block my path!"
Raymond kicked his underling's backside, rolled his eyes, "You're useless, can't even throw a stone properly."
Then he looked at Andrew, grinning with a dazzling smile, "Morning, savior hero!"
Though he's verbally enthusiastic, in fact, he simultaneously made a gesture of strangling himself, then displayed an exaggerated "I'm suffocating" expression on his face.
This mocked Andrew for suffocating to death due to lung failure in seven days.
There's not a trace of a sheriff in him, more like a bully!
Andrew didn't reply, just pretended to cough twice.
He thought to himself, what's the use of mimicking suffocation? If you're so daring, try mimicking my cough, and I'll beat you to a pulp in minutes.
Yet the elderly gentleman beside him vanished as swiftly as the shop owner.
This speed of fleeing to avoid trouble...
Andrew didn't know what to say.
If speaking and sociability reached master level, then fleeing speed is definitely top champion level.
After a brief digression, when he came back to his senses, an iron tower-like figure had blocked the sunshine.
Raymond had already come in front, his towering body exerting more pressure than Ivan.
"Andrew, I'm greeting you, didn't you hear?
Isn't it rude?"
Raymond grinned, a slight malicious smile.
Speaking while reaching down with towering pressure, grabbing Andrew's shoulder!