"Ash," Fili suddenly asked, "Is there really nothing we can do?"

"At least this time, we can only protect ourselves." Ash said softly: "There will always be disasters that we cannot see, and there will always be times when we are powerless."

Bang!

As they got closer and closer to the building, the snipers became more and more anxious, but as they moved back and forth in the arcade, the bullets often had to pass through the walls first, making it naturally more difficult to kill them.

boom!

Suddenly there was an explosion on the upper floor, causing Ash and his companions to stagger. The sniper stopped shooting at them and instead shot at the gas pipes in the residential building!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In addition to the upper floors, the cars parked in the lanes next to them were shot through the fuel tanks and exploded one after another! Although this would hinder the Legion monsters from attacking Ash and his men, the large-scale explosion shock waves and concussions would have a greater impact on them!

Now they can't leave the arcade - outside is a driveway full of cars, which in the eyes of the sniper are explosive devices that can be triggered one by one - they can only keep rushing forward until they enter the building where the sniper is!

When they were about to fight their way out, Ash suddenly felt his sleeve being pulled.

He turned around and found Fili covering her mouth and crying. Following her line of sight, Ash saw the door of the car in front open and a little girl lying on the ground unconscious. She must have just got off the car when she encountered the descent of the Golden Holy Grail.

If nothing unexpected happens, when Ash and his companions pass by nearby, the car's fuel tank will be blasted by the sniper and explode.

Ash's mind raced, and he exhaled a breath of turbid air: "Cover me!"

After saying that, he accelerated and rushed into the group of monsters. Vishi cursed inwardly but had to chase after him. Nia turned around and glared at Fili. Fili was also stunned for a moment, wiped her tears, and clenched the dagger to replace Ash's tactical position.

As if sensing the acceleration of Ash and the others, the sniper also accelerated to detonate the vehicle. When there were only seven steps left to the little girl, Ash slid directly under the corpse wolf, holding the little girl in his arms and rolling to the side.

boom!

The explosion behind him made Ash's back sting with pain. When he stopped on the ground, he saw the barbell and the long sword helped him block the claws of the zombie wolf. He kicked open the glass door of the cake shop next to him and stuffed the little girl in. He stood up and panted and said, "You did a good job."

“I, that, I didn’t mean to…” Fili lowered her head and bit her lower lip. She gripped the hilt of the sword so tightly with both hands that it almost bled. The blade was pointed at her throat as if it was going to pierce it. She cried, “…I’m sorry, I’m really, really sorry…”

"It's none of your business." Ash said lightly, "I didn't save people just to please you, just like I didn't worry about your safety just because you are 'special'. I acted according to my own heart."

"Don't look at me like that, Vichy. I know you look down on me, and even Igula might think I'm an idiot, but I'm different from you. From the beginning, we don't have the same worldview."

"Oh, Master, of course you are not an idiot." Wei Xi laughed jokingly, "You are just a lunatic, so you say some crazy things and do some crazy things."

Ash made a note to himself that he would spank Vichy the next time she couldn't control her emotions during her menstrual period.

"Fili, you should have felt it in the past month, right? You are a smart girl who is good at sensing other people's emotions." Ash said, "All of us, including myself... don't treat the people here as human beings. However, it may be that we are not good people to begin with."

Fili said nervously: "But Ash, you are not, you will donate money--"

"That's just because I don't care." Ash said, "I don't care about this world, and the people I care about are not in this world. This world is nothing more than a displaced illusion to me. I am a passer-by who is destined to leave. I can't take anything with me, so naturally I don't care about anything here."

Nia looked at Ash thoughtfully, while Fili pursed her lips and said nothing.

"But when I saw you in danger, I realized that I still cared about you. The world is not real or fake. If I had to stay here for the rest of my life, and the person I cared about was in another world, would that world become fake to me? No."

“How big the world is depends only on where the people I care about are and where the people who care about me are.”

"More importantly," Ash's eyes were clear and firm, "If I deny you, it would actually be equivalent to denying my past turbulent life. Although there are many times when I am powerless, I am still willing to help people in this world to the best of my ability."

"This is to acknowledge you as well as them."

Fili and the others couldn't fully understand what Ash said. Perhaps no one in this world could understand it, except the viewers who had traveled with Ash in the Twin Abysses.

To Igula and the others, the Kingdom of Stars is an illusory illusion, but to Ash, isn't the world of magicians another illusion? Magic spirits, magicians, virtual worlds, the Four Pillars, and Aurora's Magician's Manual... He was thrown into prison right after crossing over, and then immediately went on adventures in the virtual world with beautiful girls. He might also establish impure and chaotic relationships with the beautiful girls and be split in half. It's exciting to think about it.

After entering the Star Kingdom, Ash had been feeling an indescribable fear. It was not until today's conversation with Vichy and the arrival of the second angel hunt that he understood the source of his uneasiness - the Star Kingdom was too real, just as real as the magician's world, but he knew clearly that the Star Kingdom was just an illusion.

Ash was afraid that the magician's world would also turn into an illusion.

He was not afraid at first, because he did not care about the magician world, or even his own life or death. Even if he wanted to use traditional virtues to integrate into this world, his reality and his longing for his relatives made him lonely like a homeless wandering soul.

He, Iguera and Harvey are actually the same type of people. How could a normal person risk his life to escape from prison?

The whole person was as light as a balloon, with only a thin string tying him to the ground, which could break at any time.

Later, Sword Princess became the string that bound him, and then Liz, the Witch, Annan, Igula, Harvey, Tamashi, and Orchid Weiser...

It was they who made Ash recognize the world of magicians.

Now, Fili, Rose, and even Nia have made Ash recognize the Star Kingdom. Even if it is doomed to be destroyed, Ash will not deny the significance of their existence, just as Ash will no longer doubt whether the Sword Witch is fake.

If you love someone, you want him to live; if you hate someone, you want him to die.

To put it in simple terms, I will save whoever I want to save, and I will care about whoever I want to care about. I just want to treat Phantom as a friend, and I just cannot ignore the pain of this world. If you two bad guys, Vishigula, don't accept it, then hold it in like Harvey!

It's fine to be despised by Vichy, but when leaving the Kingdom of Stars, when Ash gives all the Seventh Virtual Wings he obtained to the Sword Witch, she will definitely jump out to mock him. Does he still have to listen to her nonsense at that time?

As Ash was thinking about it, he glared at Vichy. Vichy was not afraid at all and stuck out his tongue at him, then smashed the head of the griffin in front of him with a stick.

"Will we save more people in the future?" Fili asked cautiously: "Of course this is not a request, I just hope... just..."

Nia rolled her eyes so hard that she almost made a sound. Vichy glanced at Ash, her face full of subtle malice.

Ash thrust the dagger into the wolf beast's throat, thought for a moment and said seriously: "Within my ability, I will do my best to prevent everyone from suffering."

"I believe you." Fili said softly. She paused and then asked, "Can I touch your Holy Grail?"

Ash was startled and nodded.

Fili stretched out her hand, trying to touch the Holy Grail floating beside Ash, but just before she was about to touch it, she suddenly pulled her hand back.

"No." She curved her eyebrows and smiled faintly: "No need."