Just the Start
Witnessing the golden fields of Grosso Plain engulfed in thick smoke and a sea of flames meant that Rhode's mission was completed. This incident no longer had anything to do with him.
And this was the start of a nightmare for the Reformist Party.
Even though the Sulfur River had lasted less than half an hour, it had spread across the entire farmland with the accomplice of dry autumn wind leading the flames on. The entire Grosso region had been shrouded in billows of thick, gray smoke and spreading wildfires demolished everything toward the surrounding forested hills for the next four days. The hard-pressed Reformist Party spent large sums of gold to hire Mages to extinguish the flames, but it was all for naught. The conflagration continued for 15 merciless days before being thoroughly washed away by a rainstorm that came late.
At this point, the Reformist Party was devastated.