Chapter 383: The Price
Ethan ran the almost four-hour journey in just over an hour.
Yes, he used time acceleration.
The oath he had just made was still echoing, and he slapped himself in the face.
However, he didn't care.
He only cared about one thing.
"Sophia! Don't get into trouble!"
When Ethan hurried back to Maro City, all he saw was blazing flames and smoke that covered the sky.
Several fire roads more than ten meters wide and more than five hundred meters long cut the East City District into pieces like a giant blade.
Countless houses were burned to ashes, and there were charred corpses everywhere, and there were endless wailing.
Seeing this scene, Ethan lost two of his three souls and hurried to Turing Manor.
When he arrived above Turing Manor, he saw several fire roads, each of which passed through the manor, and the entire manor was burned beyond recognition.
The front yard, which was originally covered with green lawns, is now charred.
The road paved with stone bricks was turned into a glass road.
The flames plowed several meters deep gullies in the backyard, directly connected to the Seine River, and formed a series of small rivers.
...
The only good news is that the main building is basically safe and sound, with only part of the west side collapsed.
Ethan was slightly relieved to see that the main building was fine, and then rushed in to check the situation.
As soon as he entered the building, he saw Volibear and a group of maids rescuing the injured.
"What happened?"
When Volibear saw Ethan coming back, he hurried forward to report: "Master, two servants died, and some people were injured because of the shock."
"That's not what I'm asking you!"
Volibel immediately realized that Ethan was asking about Angelina and Sophia, so he replied: "Because the protective barrier was deployed in time, the two ladies are fine.
It's just that the dragon was too powerful, Miss Sophia's magic power was over-consumed, and she was a little weak, and it seemed that she had some miscarriage.
I have arranged for a doctor to check on the lady. The doctor said that she should be fine after a few days of rest."
When Ethan heard that the two were fine, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then hurried upstairs to check on Sophia.
When he pushed open the door of Sophia's bedroom, he saw Sophia lying on the bed with a pale face, and Angelina was guarding beside her.
Seeing Ethan coming, Angelina came up while crying, and said aggrievedly: "You are finally back. My sister seemed to be in pain just now."
Ethan felt a little guilty, went forward to hug Angelina, and comforted her: "It's okay, I'm back."
Then he took her to see Sophia together.
At this time, Sophia had fallen asleep because of exhaustion, and Ethan did not disturb her.
He asked Lili to take Angelina to rest first, while he quietly guarded the bedside.
Looking at Sophia with a pale face, Ethan blamed himself more and more.
If he didn't care about the [Fraudster]'s business, he wouldn't be retaliated by the necromancer.
It's also a good thing that he gave Sophia a magical artifact with blocking properties.
Otherwise...
Ethan didn't dare to imagine the consequences.
At this moment, Ethan deeply felt that it was better to be low-key.
It's okay, don't offend people.
You never know what other people have.
Maybe you should change your style in the future.
At least don't show up yourself when you encounter something.
Of course, the necromancer was not included, and he had to be killed no matter what.
…
Thinking of this, Ethan clenched his fists, his nails digging into his flesh.
Unknowingly, it was night, and Sophia finally woke up.
When she slowly opened her eyes and saw Ethan guarding the bed, she smiled knowingly.
“You’re back!”
As she said this, she was about to sit up.
Ethan hurried to help: "Are you feeling better?"
"It's nothing! I'm just a little weak." Sophia smiled slightly: "If I wasn't pregnant, I wouldn't have fainted with this amount of energy.
But you...
Ethan, I don't blame you, but I still want to ask, why do you mess with the [Fraudster] for no reason?
Do you feel that your current life is too comfortable and you can't realize yourself, so you need to seek some excitement?"
Ethan smiled bitterly: "I can't explain it to you, but please believe me, I'm definitely not shooting at nothing."
"No!" Sophia insisted: "Even if you go out to find another woman, I can ignore it.
But I must ask about this matter.
If you do whatever you want again, everyone will be killed by you."
See Sophia Ethan was so persistent that he hesitated for a while and said, "Do you remember the super strong man I mentioned to you before?"
"Of course I remember!"
"Two days ago, he appeared again and seemed to be guiding me to deal with the [Fraudster]. So..."
"Seems? In other words, he appeared, but didn't tell you anything clearly, and you just relied on your own feelings?"
"Uh..." Ethan was speechless for a while, and after stuttering for a long time, he replied: "You are right to say so.
But...
Eh...I don't know how to explain it to you.
In general, I have a strong feeling that every time he appears, he is preventing me from making mistakes.
It feels like I am preventing..."
At this point, Ethan was suddenly stunned.
He had been thinking about who that person was before, but he couldn't figure out who could control his sword spirit.
Now that Sophia questioned him, coupled with the timeline skills he suddenly mastered, he had a vague guess.
Could it be that it is really me in the future who has come here to stop me from making mistakes?
"Do you mean that you in the future have come here to guide you?" Sophia looked at Ethan with a puzzled look.
"Although it sounds ridiculous, it seems possible." Ethan replied embarrassedly.
Sophia frowned when she heard it.
She felt that Ethan did not seem to be joking.
But if Ethan was not joking, then the matter would be even bigger.
There has always been a motto in the magic world: Those who play with time will be played by time.
Everything has its natural law of development. If you change it by changing the timeline, you must pay the corresponding price.
If it is really Ethan in the future who comes back to change the timeline, it means that something extraordinary must have happened in the future.
Otherwise, a person who can accurately grasp the timeline would not risk an unknown cost and forcibly cross the timeline to change the event.
And if this conjecture is correct, it means that the lives of herself and her sister are the price.
Thinking of this, Sophia smiled bitterly.
She was not going to tell Ethan about this, because if fate really chose someone to die, no one could escape.
"Okay! It's okay! I said, I'm not blaming you, I just don't want to be beaten up for no reason.
Maybe we should now consider how to deal with the necromancer.
Otherwise, he will come to us from time to time, and everyone will have a hard time."
This is also what Ethan is thinking about at the moment, but he has no way to deal with a barefoot sage.
"You make sense! But he has no fixed place to live, where can we find him?"
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