Tourmaline's Fury

Lying on the Alchemy Stretcher as he was moved toward the Spatial Gate,

Saine saw the similarly injured Nataya, as well as his mother-in-law, Xia Ya.

The war situation in Green Leaf World was still deadlocked. Good and the others had no way to come see him off in person.

The only two who had managed to make time to see Saine off were Level-1 Magician Anna, who had returned to the Central Fortress to rest and recuperate not long ago, and Luna, the Level-2 centaur who was about to return to Centaur World and mobilize more troops from her tribe.

He knew his own condition best.

Saine's injuries were not as severe as they appeared, but strangely, Anna—whom Saine did not consider himself particularly close to—had actually managed to squeeze out a few tears.

This was Anna's first time participating in a Plane War. As a magic apprentice from the same generation as Saine, she had advanced to Level 1 even later than Daniel.

During this Plane War, Anna had likely experienced the loss of some Close Friends and witnessed far too much death.

This was something every magician had to experience during their first Plane War. From atop the stretcher, Saine merely offered her a few simple words of comfort.

Nataya did not need to put on an act like Saine. Moreover, her injuries had been lighter than his to begin with, and there were barely any bandages left on her body now.

Barring any surprises, Nataya would be able to return to battle next week and carry out some relatively simple combat assignments.

As Saine's wife, Nataya was naturally the most important person among those seeing him off.

However, his mother-in-law Xia Ya had not come too close to Saine from beginning to end.

Even when Saine