From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 478 Moran
Gilan did not miss the mysterious energy contained in the bodies of these cultists. He shuttled through the bloody square and patiently corrupted all the corpses into points.

Soon, the mysterious points on the panel showed:
"4567."

Ding!
At this time, a prompt sound came from "Golden Exclamation".

"Mission accomplished: rescue."

"Select reward: slight improvement in spiritual knowledge, spirituality, or physical body (choose one of the three)."

'flesh. '

Ji Lan secretly thought.

His whole body began to feel slightly hot, but the heat did not last long and soon disappeared without a trace.

"It's probably only improved by less than half..."

He was a little disappointed.

But when he saw on the panel that the three-dimensional attributes of his physique had increased by 1 point, he felt that he was being greedy.

This improvement is actually not small!
Gillan's mouth curled up.

He looked up at the sky.

The battle just now started and ended quickly, but the machine gun made quite a noise and attracted many demons.

At this moment, forty or fifty red-skinned devils were circling in the sky above the square, each with a ferocious look in their eyes and a malicious grin on their face.

The demons flapped their bat wings and whispered to communicate, sometimes looking at Gilan, sometimes looking at the cathedral, as if ready to make a move.

Gillan, however, did not tolerate these bastards, so he summoned his cane and shook it gently.

jingle!

"Come here!" he sneered.

The demons screamed and struggled continuously, but were still dragged into Jilan's spiritual kingdom under the influence of the terrible bell.

In no time.

There was a handful of glass beads in Jilan's pocket.

He counted all the "marbles" he had accumulated, and there were nearly 200 of them, including a particularly gorgeous one, which came from the "Dog Uncle" Schnauzer.

Gilan stored them all in the "ether bubble", which is the crystal ball.

In the palm-sized crystal ball, there were suddenly floating dots of light made of marbles. A slight shake made them sparkle brightly.

"Now I understand why Mr. Pala likes to disassemble and reconstruct enemies into miniature collections."

Gilan murmured as he stared at the crystal ball in his hand.

...

...

Cockburn East.

There was not a single person in sight on the messy and silent street, except for the occasional red-skinned devil passing by, accompanied by a sharp and wild laugh.

After a while, a thin man with a travel bag on his back carefully looked out of the alley. When he was sure that there were no demons nearby, he quickly jumped out.

He moved swiftly, crouching as he ran down the street.

Soon, the man stopped in front of an inconspicuous small bookstore on the side of the road and knocked on the door.

The bookstore has a red sign with gold patterns, and "Moran's Bookstore" is written in gorgeous fonts.

Knock, knock, knock.

The rhythm of two short, one long, and then two short again seems like some kind of agreed-upon code.

After a few seconds, the wooden glass door of the bookstore opened a palm-sized gap from the inside to the outside. The whole process was silent because the bell above the threshold had been removed in advance.

"Come in quickly." A mature woman with short golden hair urged from inside the door.

The man looked around and then slipped inside.

Entering the bookstore, the lights on the wall were not turned on. There was only a kerosene lamp lit on the table, emitting a dim orange light.

But it was a necessary move, so as not to attract the attention of the devil.

Several bookshelves near the door were moved elsewhere, freeing up an area of ​​moderate size, and a carpet was casually laid on the floor.

In addition to the female owner who opened the door, there were two men and two women sitting on the carpet. One of the couple was a young couple hugging each other, and the other was an elderly middle-aged woman who was smoking a cigarette with a worried look on her face.

There was also an old man who was meditating with his eyes closed. Even when the man came in, he didn't even look at him.

Click.

The door of the bookstore was closed carefully.

The female shop owner led the man with the backpack back, handed him a glass of water, and asked:
"Mr. Rangel, did you find anything during your trip?"

The man took the cup and took a big gulp.

Gulu...

He let out a long breath, looked at everyone, and shook his head:

"The situation is not good. The roads leading to other districts are basically blocked, not to mention the train station and the port. There are corpses everywhere and demons gather there. Going there is basically tantamount to committing suicide."

"Ah?" the young woman in the couple exclaimed. "The train station and the port are paralyzed, so how are we going to escape from Coburn... If we go straight through the city and leave from the suburbs, we will definitely be discovered by the demons outside along the way, and there will be no way to escape!"

"Don't worry, Amy."

Her boyfriend, who was hugging her, comforted her in a deep voice.

"Manager Moran is a 4th-level long-lived person, Mr. Langer, Ms. Brando, and Mr. Ugo are all 3rd-level spiritual mystics, plus the two of us who are 2nd-level, it shouldn't be a problem for us to stay in the bookstore for the time being."

Her boyfriend's name is Bogado. He is a tall and strong man with strong muscles.

Bogado's words calmed the woman down a bit, and she bit her lip and nodded.

“This is not a solution.”

Said the store manager with short blond hair named Moran.

"Food and water are not a problem. We take turns going out and can find some supplies nearby... But the number of demons is increasing, and they will find this place sooner or later."

"Once discovered, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Manager Moran, do you have any plans?"

The middle-aged woman who was smoking exhaled a puff of smoke, raised her head and asked.

Moran thought about it.

"Let's hold out for a while and see if the Empire will send rescuers... If that's not possible, we'll set out together and head to the Church of the Atonement in the next block."

"I believe they will not reject our joining. After all, more strength means more protection."

After hearing this, everyone felt depressed.

"It can only be like this..."

But at this moment, waves of devilish screams were heard outside the bookstore.

There is also the faint crisp sound of a bell.

"what happened?"

Everyone in the bookstore was shocked.

Moran and Langer rushed to the window first, opened a gap in the curtains, and peeked out.

They were both stunned.

I saw a group of more than ten people walking from one end of the road. This group of people did not hide at all, just walking on the road so recklessly.

The leader was a young man in a suit holding a black cane with a pair of bells tied to the handle. As he rang the bells, the demons hovering in the air screamed and were sucked in until they disappeared.

"Who are they?!"

The couple, the middle-aged woman and the old man also came over.

The owner of the Moran shop glanced at the group of people and finally landed on the young man in the lead.

"They are all level 3 Spirit Mystics, and there is also a level 4 Jiushi practitioner... The young man leading them is very strong, very strong!"

she said in surprise.

Soon, the shop owner's beautiful eyes fixed again.

"Wait, that's Mr. Gillan Iros, the Imperial Foreign Minister?!"

"Gilan Iros..."

Langgel was stunned, as if he remembered something, and his mouth gradually opened wider.

"The King of Mad Owls?!"

The rest of the people were all shocked.

They may not have heard of the "Mad Owl King", but they know the name "Jilan".

The empire’s famous foreign minister is also a senior member of the mysterious investigation committee. He is definitely a big shot!
"We are saved!"

Among the couple, the young woman named Amy looked happy.

She was about to open the door, but was immediately stopped by her boyfriend and manager Moran.

"Amy, what are you doing?!"

Her boyfriend Bogado's face changed slightly and he asked anxiously.

Amy said innocently:

"Since he is Foreign Minister Gillan Iros, he will not just stand by and watch us die, right?"

"But don't forget, we are all mysterious people who cannot be seen in the light..."

A trace of worry flashed in Manager Moran's eyes.

"You are well aware of the Empire's attitude towards the mysterious person, not to mention that the other party is a senior member of the Investigation Committee. If he finds us, who can guarantee that we will be rescued safely or arrested and imprisoned in the Committee's prison?"

Just finished speaking.

The ringing of the doorbell suddenly stopped.

No one dared to speak anymore, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.

next second.

Tuk Tuk!

There was a knock on the bookstore door!

Everyone's heartbeat stopped.

After a few seconds of silence, a young man's calm voice came from outside the door:

"My name is Gillan Iros, and I have no ill will towards anyone in the bookstore."

Everyone looked at each other.

Moran knew that even if he didn't open the door it would be useless because the other party had obviously discovered them.

She took a deep breath and put her hand on the door handle.

Click.

The door of the bookstore slowly opened.

Everyone looked nervous as they saw the straight-limbed young man with purple eyes standing at the door.

Gillan glanced at them, put his cane on the ground, took off his hat and nodded:

"I guess you are the lone mysterious person who failed to escape from Coburn in time."

"Yes, Mr. Gillan."

Moran gave him a look of awe and said in a deep voice.

Jilan looked at the female owner with a hint of surprise and confusion in his eyes.

Because the other person looked exactly like the "Ms. Moran" he had met before, but her spirituality was completely different.

They are not the same person.

Based on the name of the bookstore, Gillan had a guess. So he couldn't help but ask:
"May I know the name of this lady?"

"Sir, my name is Moran Yaz, and I'm the owner of this bookstore."

The woman with short blond hair answered honestly.

Hearing this, Jilan raised his eyebrows.

"There is also a 'Moran Bookstore' in the capital, Musciti. The owner there is named Moran Cecilia. What is your relationship?"

“That’s my sister.”

Moran was also surprised.

She seemed to sense Gillan's doubts, and explained in a low voice:
"There are nine sisters in our family, and we have opened bookstores in various places in the empire... However, we switched our surnames and given names, so everyone is called 'Molan'."

"I see."

Only then did Jilan understand.

When he first met Cecilia Moran, he was too incompetent to discover the mysterious identity of the other person.

But now, he saw through Yaz Moran's strength at a glance.

The Crucible Staff Spiral, the Way of September "Ms. Snow", the 4th level "Judge".

Nine mysterious sisters opened a bookstore in the Empire under the common name of "Molan"...

Jilan had new doubts about this and asked in a deep voice:
"Are you related to 'Solidified Bookstore'?"

(End of this chapter)