"A lot of lives would have been lost if it wasn't for you, Mr. Wilder."
"I just did what I had to, Sir."
The situation inside the mall has already started to calm down, with the security of the mall throwing all the monster corpses back into the Hole. After all, they were still mall property — but of course, the management had already told Rhys and the others who had helped in clearing out the monsters that they would be heavily compensated for what they did, heavily.
"No, you had no obligation to help us," the head guard has not left Rhys's side even once, making sure he was comfortable and that no one was bothering him. The two of them were seated on one of the benches, while the doors of the mall were still barred shut from the outside world.