The Role of Reputation

Thor put his physician's badge back on and stood in the middle of the sea, selflessly treating every Wizard from the Judgment Court.

This greatly reduced the Wizards' mortality rate.

Soon, Wizards fighting in other Defense Zones learned what was happening here. They even sent people over with Wizards who were so badly affected by Corruption that they couldn't recover on their own.

As time passed, even Thor, who could easily purge the Black Tide Pollution from others' bodies, began to feel immense pressure.

After all, Thor's treatment involved absorbing the Black Tide Pollution from other people's bodies, then sealing it away in unimportant parts of his own body, such as his fingertips.

If he absorbed too much Black Tide Pollution in a short time and couldn't expel or seal it away in time, he might collapse from the strain, just as he had at the Purification Wizard Tower.

Even though he was now a Tier 3 Wizard, far stronger than he had been back then, he still couldn't absorb Black Tide Pollution without limit.

But even though Thor was already feeling the strain, he had no intention of stopping the treatments.

First, this battle was extremely important. Even though he wasn't one of Nephrite's people, he didn't want anything to happen to this continent.

Second, Thor had already planned to do something after the Black Tide receded.

It would be difficult to accomplish as an outsider. But if he had a high standing in the Judgment Court, he'd have a much better chance of getting the opportunity to try.

Thor believed that as long as he got that opportunity, he could achieve his goal.

Originally, Thor had planned to make a name for himself and lend a hand at the "Masquerade Ball" warned of in his Diary. But now,