Looking at the figure in the sky, Anthony said excitedly: "Great, it's the city lord, the city lord is back."
From Anthony, Gu Shi learned the identity of the fourth person who suddenly appeared. He was the mayor of Marino City, a rare mayor of commoner origin.
Because of his childhood experiences, although the Lord of Marino City is a powerful wizard, he is not like most wizards who ignore worldly affairs. Instead, after becoming the Lord of the City, he cares a lot about the city under his rule.
If it weren't for such a good leader, ordinary people like Anthony who had no power would never have the opportunity to live in this city.
During this period, he led most of the city's senior combat forces to guard the front line outside the space. Due to the lack of manpower, such a big chaos broke out in the city this time.
After receiving the urgent distress message from the city, the mayor of Marino City also wanted to rush back immediately, but there were too many things to arrange, so he kept delaying it until now.
Fortunately, he caught up in the end.
With the help of the city lord, Asher was quickly killed.
This chaos was entirely caused by Asher alone, so once the culprit was killed, the chaos in the city subsided.
With the help of the soldiers, the residents of the city quickly returned to normal life.
Because the source of the accident was Anthony's family's restaurant, Gu Shi and the other three were taken away for questioning and examination. After several days of tossing and turning, they were finally released.
When they returned to the restaurant, they found that it had become a dilapidated state, just like the land of the shelter.
In order to minimize the losses, Anthony's family had to search for useful things in the ruins, and Gu Shi also followed them to help.
Anthony's father had a wry smile on his face. "Oh, I'm so sorry. You, Gu Shi, have been renting our house for so long, but you've only been here for a few days and yet something like this has happened. Now I have to trouble you to help us pack up."
Gu Shi shook his head. "It's okay, don't worry too much. After all, no one can predict such an accident."
At this time, Anthony spoke, his voice muffled and filled with self-blame, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I hadn't brought Mr. Asher with me, you wouldn't be in danger."
Gu Shi turned his head and looked at Anthony in surprise. No wonder he always looked so dejected. It turned out that he was thinking about these things.
Gu Shi originally thought that he was traumatized and hadn't recovered yet, but he didn't expect that Anthony blamed the whole thing on him.
Hearing Anthony say this, his mother was the first to stand up and refute: "This is not your fault. Your father and I know that you took the initiative to attract customers for the sake of your family.
And if we both didn’t agree, Asher students wouldn’t be able to move in, so this matter is ultimately our responsibility.”
Anthony's father also agreed, "Your mother is right, Anthony, you don't have to think of this as your fault.
Whether you are there or not, this matter will eventually break out in the city. Now this ending is already very good. Although we have suffered some losses, you and your mother are still by my side.
You two are my most precious treasures, everything else is just external possessions."
"Yes, as long as we are together, nothing else matters."
Anthony's parents walked over, hugged him tightly in their arms, and comforted him softly.
"Dad, Mom..."
Anthony, who was hugged by his parents, had a sobbing tone in his voice. He tried to restrain himself, but finally burst into tears.
Gu Shi stood beside them, watching the scene quietly.
After searching the ruins of the restaurant, the Anthony family recovered most of their belongings. They found a temporary place to settle down and planned to rebuild a house at the original address.
Gu Shi had already vaguely felt the signs of departure, and after they settled down, Gu Shi said goodbye to the family of three.
Anthony was very reluctant to leave. After experiencing the previous disaster, he had long regarded Gu Shi as an important friend, but there was no way, the two had to part after all.
After saying goodbye reluctantly, Gu Shi waved and turned to leave the street.
When Gu Shi walked to the intersection, he saw the surrounding environment gradually collapsing, like a broken mirror, turning into tiny pieces.
Gu Shi fell into the void. When he stepped on the ground again, he had arrived in another space.
Before he could react, a faint sound of footsteps came from behind him. Gu Shi turned his head suddenly, only to see an unexpected figure.
"Anthony...?"
Gu Shi spoke with some uncertainty. Although the temperament was different, the face of the person in front of him looked exactly like an enlarged version of Anthony.
"It's me."
Anthony nodded and waved his right hand gently. A set of exquisite tables and chairs appeared in front of Gu Shi. "I know you must have a lot of questions. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
Gu Shi did not reject Anthony's kindness. It seemed that the Anthony in front of him also had previous memories and would most likely not hurt him.
After sitting down and looking at the silent Anthony, Gu Shi was the first to ask, "What exactly is going on?"
Anthony slowly replied, "Just as you guessed, the illusions you experienced before were all made up of my memories."
"If you hadn't intervened, my parents would have died in that accident.
Although I survived under their protection and was fortunate enough to become a mage and gain considerable power, I still can't forget the disaster that occurred in this city.
Many people have comforted me by saying that it was not my fault, but I cannot forgive myself. It was me who killed my parents. If it weren't for me, they might have survived.
That’s what I think.”
"Even though a long time had passed, I still couldn't let it go. The nightmares kept haunting me night after night, so I finally returned to this city.
This space had been abandoned at that time. I found some ways to claim it as my own, settled down here, and then slowly restored the city to its former appearance.
I kept recalling everything that happened here, walked to every corner of this city, and spent the rest of my life in days like this.
Perhaps it was because my obsession was too deep. After I died, I did not enter eternal sleep. My past memories turned into an illusion, and I kept stubbornly replaying that time.
Although all of this was caused by me, I was unable to change the events in the illusion. I could only helplessly watch it replay the death of my parents over and over again - until you arrived."
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