Chapter 18: The Shocking Change in the Village

It's just his achievements that are obvious to all......

In the past four years, he has devoted himself to magic cultivation without the slightest slackness, but he is still a first-order junior magician, and he can't even release offensive magic, and the Wind Raising Technique is still the highest level of magic he has mastered.

Coming to leave Nick Academy, Guy Xu became even more depressed, Tris and Shad had already accepted the invitation of the High Academy of Mass Apthaya, if nothing else, after leaving Nickelodeon Academy, they would immediately set off for Mass Academy to reach a higher peak.

"Gaia, for me, to my father and mother...... Oh, and the rest of the village, tell them that in a few years I'll be back. Shad said. The Great City of Mass was at least a month's journey from Nick, and if Shad returned to the village to visit his parents, he would probably be delayed in going to the Mass Academy, so Shad had to ask Gaia to speak for him.

Gaia was really envious of Shad, and he also wanted to study in a more advanced magic academy, but he was a first-order junior magician, and he didn't even meet the minimum graduation standards of Nick Academy, let alone apply to a more advanced magic academy. In desperation, Gaia could only return to the village with a lot of regret.

"Gaia, this is for you...... Seriously, if you cultivate Dou Qi, you will definitely be able to become a powerful swordsman, why should you be so obsessed with magic?" Shad took out a swordsman's codex from his arms, which included the cultivation methods from trainee swordsman to senior swordsman, this codex was passed on to him by Shad's teacher, in addition to the cultivation method, there are many cultivation experiences, which are of great benefit to the cultivation of swordsmen, and can be said to be a hot treasure for low-level swordsmen.

Gaia wanted to refuse, but thinking that it might be difficult to meet Shad again in the future, he took it as a parting gift. After carefully collecting the Codex in her arms, Gaia took a deep look at Nick Academy, said goodbye to Tris, and set out on the journey home.

Four years ago, Gaia, a newborn calf, walked out of the village full of curiosity and joy, and four years later, she returned home as a teenager with a deep sense of homesickness and guilt.

"What can I do for my father and the villagers?" Gaia sighed as she sat in the bumpy carriage. He looked at his own clothes again......

The coarse cloth clothes he had brought with him were no longer worn, but he also couldn't wear the magic robes that Nick Academy had given to the graduating students, so he couldn't prove that he was a magician with anything other than wind lifting.

"Let's go back and see my father first, they must miss me a lot, too. Gaia thought that he could say that he had accomplished nothing in the past four years, and that he was a little dazed when he stood in Domi Town.

There was no change in Domi Town, but the mayor's residence seemed to have been renovated, and Gaia felt that he didn't have the face to meet Bruce and the mayor now, so he planned to rent an old horse and go back to the village. But he doesn't have much money on him, so think about it, it's better to save it and walk back by himself.

There is only one mountain road from Domi Town to Matu Village, and Gaia does not need to know the way, and can directly follow the depth to reach Matu Village. However, what Gaia was puzzled by was that the road had grown a lot of weeds, and even collapsed in some places, making it look like no one had walked for a long time.

"Why doesn't the mayor allocate some money to repair roads for the village......," Gaia complained a little, walking on this muddy road, if he wasn't able to use wind magic to reduce his weight, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to walk for a long time, this magic is called wind magic, and it is also a very low-level magic.

Gaia's magic is very sufficient, so he can keep walking in this state, although he found that this road has become very desolate along the way, but he is about to return home, how can he care about this with joy and excitement, looking at the familiar mountains, Gaia can't help but speed up his pace......

"Folks, I-Gaia, I'm back!" Turning around the low hillside, you can see the amiable village of Matu, Gaia could no longer control her excitement, and yelled before she saw the village.

Gaia did not feel the slightest tiredness on the night's journey, and when he saw the low slope, he could not help recalling that night, when Uncle Gil hastily let himself out of the village, and waited for him on this low slope, and then rode the old horse out of the village...... Everything seemed so sudden. Four years have passed, and this low hillside is already overgrown with weeds, and the scene of that day is still vivid.

"Big Sam is lazy again, and he won't get rid of so many weeds growing here. Gaia couldn't help but smile.

"Why didn't those guys come out today, I'm guess they're locked up at home by my uncles and aunts, and I don't know what happened to them, without me, they will definitely have a lot less fun. Gaia thought back to her companions, and thought that her steps quickened.

"Now my father should be at the entrance of the village and wait for those uncles to come back from hunting......" Thinking of the village chief, Gaia's eyes moistened a little, and he was about to see his amiable father, in addition to joy, he also had a lot of shame in his heart, he failed to fulfill his father's instructions and become a great magician, but came back with nothing......

The mountain was finally removed, and Gaia's heart was surging, and at this time he wished that he could raise a gust of wind and blow himself into the village in an instant, to meet those lovely blind dates, this simple village hid too many of his childhood memories......

Standing on the top of the hillside, Gaia looked out, smelled the familiar mountain breeze, and wanted to see this beautiful village that he hadn't seen for four years, and at this moment he seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat.

"Boom!!" But the sky was not beautiful, and suddenly a muffled thunder struck, and Gaia, who wanted to look at the whole countryside, could only see the outline of Matu Village in this slightly gloomy weather.

"It's kind of weird. Looking at the somewhat vague Matu Village, Gaia finally felt a little strange, and unconsciously quickened her pace.

"Strange, what's going on?" Walking at the mouth of the basin that entered the village, Gaia found a patch of weeds, and even some disgusting things were messed up on the weedy rocks.

Rotting wooden stakes were scattered on the ground in an irregular manner, patches of weeds almost paved the path at the entrance of the village, and dirty insects crawled all over the ground......

"What about the people, what about them?" Gaia cried out as he walked to the entrance of the village and looked at the mess, and a sense of foreboding hung over him, dispelling all joy and excitement......

"How so! How so...... Father, Father, Uncle Jill, Uncle Nelan, Uncle Clark...... You guys...... Where are you!" Gaia roared with all his might.

As far as the eye can see, the village is desolate, the protective stakes have been bitten by wild beasts, the wooden houses where the villagers live are all in ruins, the village is full of weeds, and the grass is full of insects, centipedes, and grass snakes...... Everything was unbelievable.

Is this still Matu Village, is this really that simple mountain village! Looking at everything in front of him, Gaia was stupid! The lovely mountain village of four years ago no longer exists!

"Boom!" was another muffled thunderbolt, and this thunderbolt slashed above the village of Matu, illuminating the desolation of the uninhabited village of Matu......

Drops ......of rain fell from the gloomy sky, mercilessly hitting this fragile abandoned village and washing away the thick dust of the dilapidated wooden houses......

Running, Gaia, who had come back to his senses, did not want to believe his eyes, and began to run desperately, he ran through this desolate village in the heavy rain, hoping to find a familiar villager to tell him what was going on here!

"Father, Uncle Jill!!!I'm Gaia, I'm Gaia!" Gaia shouted, but no one answered him, and the pouring rain engulfed his call.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Two bolts of lightning cut through the dark sky, leaving the grave behind the village extremely white! Gaia, who had been running all the way, was also stunned in an instant. Yes, what unfolded in front of him were tombstones, rows and rows, carved in irregular stones!

Gaia knelt down in front of the tomb, staring at the words on the tombstone with vacant eyes

"The Deceased - Xibo, the Chief of Matu Village"

"The Dead - Villager Sam"

"The Deceased - Villager Aris"

"The Dead - Villager El"

"The Deceased - Villager Miso"

......

The striking names on the tombstone flashed in the white thunder and lightning, and Gaia's whole person knelt in front of the tombstone as if his soul had been hollowed out, tears gushing out of his eyes, mixed with the invading rain.

"Father...... What's going on...... Tell me...... Tell me!" Gaia knelt before the village chief's grave, shouting in a hoarse voice.

Gaia didn't have his own parents, and no one knew where he came from, but the kind villagers didn't discriminate against him because of this, and almost every aunt in the family gave Gaia a mother, until the village chief took Gaia and became the village chief's adopted son. It can be said that without these amiable villagers, there would be no Gaia.

His affection for this village and the villagers was too deep and deep, and his four years of penance in magic were also to be able to bring glory to the village and make the villagers live a more stable life. However, when he returned to the village with joy and guilt, he saw this low tomb, on which the names of the villagers were all inscribed, and the whole village of the former simplicity was in ruins, and there was not a single living person......

The vast rain curtain invaded this lonely mountain village, Gaia knelt in front of the tombstone with a lost soul, letting the wind and rain destroy his thin body, at this moment he seemed to be the only one in the world, a person kneeling in the rain in despair, tears and screams seemed so weak......