From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 577
Perhaps it was the trembling caused by Gillan's suppression of intense discomfort that woke up Torina, who was originally sleeping in his arms.

The girl quickly stood up and asked with concern:
"what happened to you?"

"fine."

Jilan shook his head and gave a reassuring look.

"It's just that touching the new essence has increased my strength, making it even more difficult for my 'downgraded' body to move in the mortal world... If I'm not careful, I'm afraid the dissipated power will cause a mysterious disaster that is difficult to contain."

"Your essence has been promoted again?!"

Tolina covered her mouth, very surprised.

Gillan nodded.

The girl looked at him with an emotional expression.

"You are amazing." Tolina said. "You are as special as Mr. Clark, the 'Director'. Although you don't have the help of the 'Enlightenment Spark', your promotion speed is still rapid... I remember when we first met, you were still a Level 2 Spirit Mystic. Now, more than two years have passed, and you have become a Level 9 Apostle."

"I can feel that the aura on you is very strong now. Although it is not as strong as Si Chen, even Mr. Qiao La is far inferior to you."

After saying that, Tolina paused for a moment, took the initiative to reach out and massage Gillan's temples, and whispered:
"You just touched the new essence. Are you tired?"

"Fortunately, it's not..."

Gillan responded with a smile.

But before he could finish his words, he saw Torina staring at him with a meaningful look.

"Yeah, I'm a little tired indeed."

He corrected himself.

The girl raised her lips and suggested quietly:

"Why don't you 'upgrade' back to Castle Black and have a good rest... After all, as you said, staying in the mortal world all the time is a great burden on your body."

"Ahem..." Jilan knew what the other party meant, but he tacitly didn't point it out. "Okay, let's take a rest first."

...

...

After most of the day.

Deep in the dream, there is a black castle on an isolated island.

On the big bed in the attic boudoir, the vague outlines of two people can be seen through the curtains.

Jilan had a blank expression and stared blankly at the ceiling of the bed.

The black-haired girl was clinging to him like a koala, and she was constantly stroking his left chest with her index finger.

The incomplete cross mark that emitted a deep black light became even deeper as Tolina carved it over and over again.

These days, Gilan couldn't remember how many times Tolina had deepened his mark. He couldn't help but look away, looking at her, and said with a smile:

"Now, I'm afraid that even you can hardly remove this incomplete cross mark."

"I won't eliminate it."

Torina raised her black eyes, smiled and whispered.

"It must stay with you forever, so that I won't lose you. And..."

"And what?"

"Well, I won't tell you."

Torina smiled playfully, her eyes moving.

Jilan didn't know what He meant, but he didn't ask. He just smiled and kissed the other person's forehead.

As Tolina's laws were completed and his leg injuries healed, his personality became more lively than before, apart from his original calmness.

This is obviously a good change, indicating that Tolina's heart knot has been untied and she is no longer trapped in the darkness and coldness of the past.

Gillan was delighted.

He looked down at the incomplete cross brand on his chest. There seemed to be some power hidden in the deep darkness, which tightly linked him and Torina together, as if they were inseparable.

Although he had never had any emotional experience in his previous life due to his physical and mental disabilities, he also understood that this was a manifestation of the girl's strong possessiveness.

"Want to sleep some more?"

Gillan asked softly.

Tolina shook her head and said:
"No, I've had enough sleep. You should take a nap instead. I'll give you a massage..."

"it is good."

Jilan did not refuse and agreed readily.

He closed his eyes, and immediately felt a pair of gentle hands massaging his muscles, which made him feel quite comfortable and relaxed.

Just like that, Jilan's consciousness fell into a deep sleep... Although he was asleep, he was dreamless because he was already in a dream.

Mortals dream when they sleep, while ascenders sleep when they dream. The two are completely opposite.

Just like reality and dreams, they reflect each other.

Time passed quietly.

A few days passed.

On the isolated island of ice and snow in the sea of ​​blood, Gilan once again finished a day's "cleaning work" and returned to the cave from the bottom of the sea. He and Torina hugged each other, warmed themselves by the fire, drank tea and chatted.

He suddenly realized something and silently took out a vibrating metal microphone from his arms.

The inside of the silver microphone glowed with an intricate triangular and circular alchemical array, as well as a special symbol.

Someone was calling his alchemy hotline.

Looking at the symbol, Gillan recognized it as the logo of the mysterious Investigation Committee.

Click.

"Hello, Maiev?"

Gillan answered the call and held the phone to his ear.

A woman's voice came from the other end:

"Yes, Chairman Gillan."

"What happened?"

Gillan asked again.

Generally speaking, with Alevia and the other three leading the committee, there wouldn't be any mistakes in the committee's affairs. The fact that Maiev took the initiative to call him on the hotline meant that the matter was unusual and required him, the chairman, to make the final decision personally.

"It is like this, Chairman... According to what you said, Miss Aurora and the other three held a mobilization meeting a month ago, worked with other responsible persons to formulate a detailed 'clearing plan', and implemented actions against the three major old god cults."

On the other end, Maiev said in a deep voice.

"Twenty-two leaders each led their own team to carry out the mission, and the process went smoothly. In just two weeks, they tracked down the enemy's base based on intelligence clues and launched a pursuit until most of the cult members in the empire were wiped out... Unfortunately, the leaders and high-ranking officials of the three old god cults have not yet been killed."

"After urgently requesting the assistance of the three great priests of the Mechanicus, we successfully tracked down the enemy, but he had already gone to the border of the empire and was about to flee."

"The heads of each group jointly asked me to ask Chairman Jilan whether to continue the pursuit and eradicate the three old secret cults."

"Well, I understand." Jilan said softly while holding the metal microphone. After a brief thought, he said, "Let me do this myself. Also, please convey to the heads of each group that they have worked hard and that all merits will be distributed according to the committee's regulations."

Jilan had his reasons for deciding to take action personally.

The three old gods' secret cults are not simple.

They did not follow the "Path of Fire and Sword", but the "Path of Secret Ceremony" that was closely connected to the old gods, and their power system was very strange. The general members were okay, not too powerful, but the leaders and high-level officials were different.

As far as Gilan knew, if one went deeper into the "Secret Path", not only would one receive more gifts from the old gods, but one would also be able to carry greater power.

Just like the "Killing Game" host he met in the real film "Old Pier". As a senior member of the "Crescent Moon Society", "Mr. Yueya" is obviously stronger than the average 5th-level Jiushi, and is almost the same as the 6th-level, and more lethal.

These are just the top leaders, not the chiefs.

Moreover, the enemy had already fled to the border and was about to leave the empire. If the leaders were to continue to lead the team on a long journey to pursue them outside the country, it would likely cause casualties or even serious losses.

"Yes, Chairman."

Maiev's respectful voice came from the other end of the microphone.

After Gillan finished explaining, he asked about the recent war situation. According to Maiev, the Buao War was currently very intense. Previously, the Federation had an absolute advantage and broke through the Empire's defense line one after another. Even though the advantage was gone, the strongholds, fortresses and other war facilities built and deployed along the way would not disappear after the massive invasion, so they stubbornly resisted the Empire's counterattack.

The opponent's only weakness at the moment is that its logistics supply line is too long.

In a war on the Empire's homeland, the enemy was clearly at a disadvantage. In a war of attrition, the Federation would have a hard time winning.

But no one knows how long this war will last.

Perhaps, we can only wait until one side can no longer hold on.

After listening to the battle situation, Gillan was silent for a while. He gave Maiev a few more instructions before hanging up the hotline.

Click.

When he put the metal microphone away again, the girl beside him asked:
"Are you going to carry out the mission yourself?"

Gilan's call did not avoid Tolina, so she naturally knew what had happened.

"Yeah." Gilan nodded. "I'll be gone for a while, but not too long."

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"I'll go with you."

Torina said.

"I don't want to stay here alone, nor do I want to go back to Castle Black alone..."

Hearing this, Jilan did not refuse but nodded with a smile.

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...

With Jilan's current strength, he can already use the "Law of Bubbles" to digitize his own abilities, thereby tampering with them to a certain extent.

Therefore, he simply expanded the 7th-level ability of "fast movement" and achieved the effect of teleporting people.

Just the blink of an eye.

Gilan and Tolina disappeared from the cave on the Blood Sea Island, crossed tens of thousands of kilometers from the far south to the far north, and came to a ruined city.

It is evening now.

The sky was gloomy and gray.

The once prosperous and bustling Bosnia was first hit by the Federation's "final explosion", and then became one of the main battlefields of the war between Bulgaria and Austria. Now it is a scorched earth ruin filled with broken walls and ruins.

There was dead silence all around, not even the sound of birds or insects.

The streets were covered with bullet holes, the remains of shoes, hats, clothes, various garbage and black blood stains. The streets were in a state of disrepair. Stone slabs were broken and turned upside down, and collapsed street lamps and garbage cans were everywhere.

Two figures, a man and a woman, were walking side by side through the ruins, and along the way they could see a lot of wreckage from tanks and armored vehicles.

"Is the target of the mission you are looking for located in this city ruins?"

Torina asked.

"Yes." Gilan smiled and explained patiently: "According to the information provided by the 'Mechanicus', the leaders and senior officials of the 'Crescent Society' fled here. They seem to be planning to go abroad through this route."

He looked around at his surroundings.

The cold wind blew through the abandoned city, making a howling sound like a ghost. The city scene seemed like the end of the world, giving people an extremely desolate feeling.

This city is the prototype of the real film "Old Pier". The game between "Moon God" and "Crippled King" and the "Killing Game" created around the ascension of "Torrent" happened here.

However, the spiral tower called "Tower of God's Chosen" disappeared decades ago.

"I sense them."

At this time, Jilan stopped and said softly.

His perception is so strong now, and with the 7th-level ability "Assisted Aiming" enhanced by the "Law of Bubbles", he can easily see through every corner of the entire city.

No one in this world can hide from his eyes.

Gillan raised his hand.

Tolina smiled slightly, and tacitly put her little hand on top and let the other person hold it.

Immediately, Gilan took a step forward.

whoosh-

The two disappeared again.

This time, he teleported directly to another street in the abandoned city of Bosvia.

There were roadblocks made of sandbags all over the front, and some metal debris that had not been cleared in time had piled up into small hills.

Jilan stood on the street and turned to look at a residential building on the left.

On the bullet-riddled wall, many crooked words were written in blood, such as "Xiru", "bastard" and "massacre".

It was obviously left here by the Owena army.

This seemingly deserted residential building had every window covered with black cloth.

"They're in the basement of this building."

Gillan said calmly.

Torina leaned against him, saying nothing but with an interested smile on her face.

at this time.

Bear! !

Black flames suddenly ignited under Gilan's feet.

The flames formed a circle, surrounding him and the girl, and the fire gradually grew larger, trying to engulf the two of them.

"The person that Miss Futis admires the most is actually Mr. Pearl, Ivan, the fourth-year-old."

Torina was not worried at all about the black fire surrounding her, and spoke as if nothing had happened.

“So, the manifestation of His law power in the mortal world is also in the form of fire, and it is also directed at spirits.”

"I see."

Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

No wonder the spiral of the divine sword, the essence of the way of April's "Miss Elegy", whether it is "clown", "match", "incense", "ghost bell", etc., are all related to fire.

These are all imitating the "Moon Goddess".

Bear! !

The black flames gathered all of a sudden, forming a pillar of fire several meters in diameter, engulfing both Gillan and Tolina.

The fire was not blazing, but rather bone-chillingly cold.

Even the originally cold air condensed into ice crystals and dust, spreading everywhere like a thick fog.

Six men and women dressed in classical black robes suddenly appeared around the pillar of fire, standing in the shape of a hexagram, and began to pray.

Their faces were covered in thick white foundation, they wore weird and exaggerated makeup, and they were muttering to themselves.

But the ceremony for the six people had just begun when the black pillar of fire gradually became smaller until the man and woman inside were revealed.

A black hole the size of a fingernail was condensing on the tip of the girl's raised index finger, which forcibly dragged in the raging flames around it and swallowed it up.

The ceremony was interrupted...

Seeing this scene, the six men and women in black robes became stiff and speechless.

"You six should be the Upper Crescent Moon disciples of the Crescent Moon Society."

Jilan looked calm and spoke softly.

"Where's the leader?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall middle-aged man slowly walked out of the residential building.

The man had long hair, a loose black dress with gold edges, and had an ordinary appearance.

"Mr. Red Sage, I didn't expect you to personally take action and even chase us here..."

(End of this chapter)