From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 395 Return
In the following week.

In Fosaka, everything seems calm on the surface, but in reality, there are undercurrents.

Several core camps of the Revolutionary Army were attacked by the Kingdom Army and uprooted. More than half of the small strongholds were wiped out, and the overall strength was greatly reduced.

The "ringworm" that had troubled Fosaka for a long time was accurately removed under this lightning-fast "scalpel attack".

And this is all thanks to an important person.

That was Gillan Iros.

He informed Levan of all the key information he had stolen from the Sixth Pigeon's mind. The old king, who had experienced many battles, summoned his ministers overnight and made a careful plan.

After the dispatch of Deputy Army Commander and Foreign Minister Kashmu, the war situation indeed took a dramatic turn.

The revolutionary army, which had been hiding in various places in Fosaka and appeared and disappeared mysteriously, was exposed in an instant. Coupled with the death of the Sixth Pigeon, the revolutionary army lost its leader behind the scenes and became a mess.

It is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out.

In addition, the nine ministers of the kingdom who were hypnotized and controlled by the Sixth Pigeon naturally freed themselves from the mysterious influence.

The old king, Levan, was worried, and summoned them to the palace one by one to meet with them. After an in-depth examination, he confirmed that the ministers had returned to normal.

In addition, the leaders of the nine major business groups also arrived in the royal city of Dasiwal and held a "bidding meeting" under the organization of Levan.

What made everyone regretful was that the rumored Imperial Foreign Minister did not attend. Instead, his assistant Moody and secretary Lanis did the selection on his behalf.

Finally, three valuable agency spots were won by the Guadeloupe Group, the Iron Camel Group and the Black Sand Group.

Among them, the "Black Sand Group" is Kendall's industry.

Gillan got the real film "The Unbeaten Legend" from Kendall without any effort. In a good mood, he asked Lanis to give preferential treatment to the "Black Sand Group".

Otherwise, with its bottom-ranked comprehensive strength, it would be a pipe dream to get an agency position through the normal selection process.

Kendall was ecstatic about this.

He was a little uneasy at first.

Not long after the dinner started that day, Foreign Minister Gillan suddenly left the table, and Kendall thought he had done something wrong.

But now it seems that I have thought too much.

This made him even more grateful to his daughter's friend Senani. If it weren't for her acting as a go-between, he would not have been able to meet the big shot in advance, let alone cater to his preferences and present his film collection to him.

For this, Kendall generously gave Senani a large sum of "Afossa" as a thank you. In order to get the other party to accept it, he also suggested that Senani take the money and take his daughter Shafra to travel to the empire.

The two girls readily agreed.

The experience of meeting the Empire's Foreign Minister really made them feel dreamy and unreal, and at the same time, it made them yearn for the Empire even more.

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The day after the "bidding meeting" ended, Gilan prepared to lead the team back.

The two purposes of his trip, to win over Fossaka to his side and to find the real film "The Unbeaten Legend" for Ms. Crow, were both successfully achieved.

Therefore, I don’t plan to stay in this western country any longer and waste my time.

Jilan's desire for strength never stopped. Even during the one or two weeks of his diplomatic mission, he practiced hard every day.

He was eager to return to Muse and continue his mystical studies with his teacher Pala.

After having lunch with the old king in the palace that day, Levan personally brought a group of royal family members and ministers of the kingdom to escort Gilan and other envoys to the car.

"Foreign Minister Gilan, thank you very much for everything you have done for Fosaka during this period. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality... Perhaps when you visit again next time, the 'Ring Desert Highway' and 'Beaver Railway' that you and I planned will have been completed, and it will be more convenient for travel between the two countries."

Levan held Gillan's wrist affectionately and said reluctantly.

"Yes." Jilan smiled. "Your Majesty Levan, please rest assured that since the Empire has selected three agents, they will certainly support Fosaka in building transportation in order to ensure smooth trade routes."

"The Bremen Empire will be our Fosaka's best friend!"

The old king was in high spirits and immediately, along with the royal family members and ministers, paid his respects to Jilan and the envoys.

As he spoke, he waved behind him.

Suddenly, a row of beautiful maids in scantily clad clothes came over, carrying four or five large boxes.

"These small gifts are not enough to show my respect. I hope the imperial ambassadors will accept them... In addition, please express the sincere respect and admiration of the people of Fosaka to the great leader on my behalf!"

"Thank you." Gilan smiled. "I will also convey His Majesty Levan's words."

After that, he asked Moody, Lanis and others to take the royal thank-you gifts and load them into the car.

Soon, under the gazes of the old king and others, they got on the car one after another and drove off into the distance...

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A few hours later.

On the return train.

Moody and several members of the delegation recorded the thank-you gifts in the suitcase one by one, wrote them down on paper, and gave them to Gillan for review.

Gilan sat on the sofa in the VIP compartment and glanced at the documents. He found that they were all gold jewelry and accessories, as well as local pottery, bone carvings and other artworks with a long history in Fossaka.

He doesn't care much about these.

But there were a few things that piqued his interest.

"Blue stone sculpture (unidentified): A bull-headed giant carved from an unknown mineral, holding an axe, with a broken right horn."

"White stone card (unidentified): A card made of an unknown mineral with a round embedded stone piece in the middle, which is red and translucent (probably ruby)."

"'Fosaka Historical Chronicles': An ancient book that records Fosaka's history over the past thousand years. However, the content becomes completely different from the middle, and there is also a strange bone bookmark in it."

Since the envoys were not professional appraisers, they only made the simplest records of these strange items, but Jilan smelled something unusual from them.

So he asked Lanis and Moody to help get these three things.

When Jilan really took a closer look at it, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

All three items involve mysterious areas!

First up is the blue stone sculpture, which is only 20 to 30 centimeters tall and the length of a forearm. The overall workmanship is very delicate, and even the muscle outlines of the Minotaur are extremely clear.

There was a flash of colorful light in Gillan's eyes.

The Essence ability "Guidance Tips" is automatically activated, and a detailed description appears above the item:
"Taunos statue. This is an angel statue hand-carved by an ancient tribal sculptor, dedicated to the March Apostle 'Bulwark'. The ancients in the western part of the continent believed that by carving a Taunos statue out of the shining 'Blue Dome Stone' (a mysterious material, mostly used in rituals and forging), and worshipping it every day, they would be granted fearless courage and invincible power."

"Using spiritual power to trigger the statue will cause it to be sensed by the Apostle's 'Barrier', and the consequences are unknown."

Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

"barrier"……

One of the apostles of "Gladiator" in March?

Just by looking at his appearance and description, we can roughly know that this should be a tough guy with outstanding combat capabilities.

Gilan had no intention of triggering it, so he put the statue aside for the time being.

He picked up the white stone card again, and the colored entries were as follows:

"Saar Card (Also known as White Card)." "A secret currency. Mainly made of high-precision salt crystals, mysterious disc stones, and red stones (crystalline ore that condenses natural elements, once mistaken for natural philosopher's stone)."

"It can be used as a high-level mysterious material, and can also directly absorb the vast amount of cosmic elements contained within it to refine spiritual knowledge, improve spirituality, and be used for spiritual practice."

"The rumor was created by the ancient esoteric cult 'Heavenly Palace Dawn', and then circulated in a small range in the upper echelons of the esoteric realm through the secret society 'Solidified Bookstore'."

Ji Lan was quite surprised.

'It's actually a high-end mysterious currency?'

This currency is the length of a finger, the width of two fingers, and the thickness of a coin. The surface reflects crystal-like refraction of light, and is snow-white. Under the observation of high spiritual awareness, one can glimpse the pattern of the scales faintly emerging on the round red stone in the center of the card.

Jilan was secretly amazed.

Finally, he picked up the ancient book that recorded the history of the Kingdom of Fosaka and opened it to read.

As Moody and others recorded, more than half of the first half of the content is boring history written in ancient Doro language.

However, the language used later was changed to ancient Hijri, and the content of the narrative also became a history of the development of iron smelting and forging.

A colorful light flashed in Jilan's eyes.

"The Blacksmith's Secret (partial excerpt)"

"It is rumored that this article was written by a famous blacksmith in the Middle Ages. On the surface, it explains the principles and techniques of iron smelting and forging, but in reality, it contains a condensed and refined understanding of all things in the world, and contains thoughts and discussions."

Time passed quietly, and Gillan read the second half of the book, which was about "The Blacksmith's Secret", and was unknowingly immersed in it.

woo-

Until the sun sets and the train whistle blows again.

Only then did Gillan come to his senses.

His face showed surprise and delight, thinking that he had gained quite a lot.

The content hidden in this book is very similar to the "Secrets of the Tailor" he got in the movie "Pan".

But one tells of the fusion of things, while the other tells of the refinement of things.

These two authors are certainly not the same person, but their thoughts and opinions are somewhat similar. It is as if they are explaining the same truth to Gillan from two different perspectives.

The most important point is that they have a very significant inspiring effect on Gilan... Especially after he has a solid foundation in alchemy, he unconsciously combines these two kinds of knowledge with alchemy.

"Sure enough, this other world has had many unknown people throughout history, but they have made great achievements in the field of mysticism."

Gillan couldn't help but sigh.

He called his secretary, Lanis, and borrowed a pen and a notebook from her. Then he could not wait to write furiously in the notebook.

rustle……

rustling...

Lanis stood aside, observing quietly.

Her eyes gradually widened, and her expression changed from surprise to confusion, then to bewilderment, and even dizziness.

Because Lanis saw that the officer was writing in a language she couldn't understand, at a speed of one line per second.

Occasionally, there are some strange symbols and patterns composed of triangles and circles.

For some reason, as she watched, she began to feel a headache, dizziness, and even nausea.

"Lenice, there's no need to wait, go sit down and rest."

Gillan said quietly without even looking up.

Lanis breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, sir," she replied and quickly turned and left.

Gillan shook his head secretly.

The mystical contents he wrote have touched upon new areas of alchemy, and even reached a level that could be manifested in the material world.

Therefore, ordinary people like Lanis, when the magnetic field emitted by "knowledge" sweeps through their bodies, will inevitably suffer spiritual damage unknowingly.

Gillan let her leave in order to prevent Lanise from suffering any sequelae from looking at him for too long.

Several hours passed like this.

When it was completely dark, the train was still galloping through the wilderness.

Amid the clanging sounds, Jilan finally stopped writing.

He added ink four times and filled up the entire notebook, only then was he able to record all the ideas and inspirations in his mind.

"After I return, I will study this with Teacher Pala. Maybe this can be a new way to improve my strength."

Gillan thought to himself and carefully put away the notebook.

At this time, Mr. Moody Smoot, the assistant of the delegation, came with the waiter and served the meal.

"Sir, you didn't eat during the whole journey. I saw that you were so focused on your work that I didn't bother you... Would you like to eat something now?"

"I'm a little hungry." Gillan looked up and smiled at Moody. "Thank you."

"This is my duty, sir."

Moody crossed his lips and told the waiter to bring more food.

Since the boss said he was hungry, then as a subordinate, he must take care of him.

While eating a simple sandwich, Gillan turned to the end of the ancient book, where a bone bookmark was stuck.

He took it out.

"A blacksmith's bookmark. It is made of the bones of an unknown creature and is engraved with tiny words. The words on it seem to record a secret technique called 'quenching furnace'."

Jilan narrowed his eyes.

There are not many words on the bone fragment, but they are concise and to the point, describing the practice techniques and methods of the secret skill "Quenching Furnace" very clearly.

"Hmm..." Jilan looked thoughtful.

This secret skill can be used for forging, and can also be used in combat. To be more precise, it is a secret skill applicable to "hammers".

'That's right, I can use it.'

He secretly said.

Whether using the hammer form of the "Staff of Justice" in normal conditions, or using the huge stone hammer in the "King's Arrival" state, Jilan can use this secret skill to gain stronger combat capabilities.

After finishing his meal, Jilan looked at the bone fragment over and over again with the help of the kerosene lamp in the carriage.

Afterwards, he put away the Taunus statue, the Sal plaque, the ancient book and the bone fragments and closed his eyes to rest.

The other members of the delegation turned a blind eye to their leader's actions, while Moody silently rewrote the registration document.

But this time, three things were "omitted".

Jilan certainly sensed all of this, but he didn't care much. After laughing secretly, he called out in his heart:

'Colorful, add some...'

(End of this chapter)