From Prisoner to Si Chen

Perhaps it was Gillan's trembling caused by suppressing the intense discomfort that woke Torina up from sleeping in her arms.

The girl quickly stood up and asked with concern:

"What’s wrong with you?"

"fine."

Ji Lan shook his head and gave a reassuring look.

"Just touching the new essence has improved my strength, making it harder for my 'downgraded' body to move in the world... If I am a little careless, I am afraid that the escaped power will cause a mysterious disaster that is difficult to contain."

"Your essence has been promoted again?!"

Torina covered her mouth, very surprised.

Gillan nodded.

The girl looked at him with a rather emotional expression.

"It's amazing." Torina said. "You are as special as 'Director' Mr. Clark. Although you do not have the help of 'Enlightenment Fire', your promotion speed is still rapid... I remember when we first met, you were still a second-level mystic. Now more than two years have passed, but you have already Became a ninth-level apostle.”

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

After saying that, Torina paused for a moment, took the initiative to reach out and massage Jilan'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 finished speaking, he saw Torina staring at him with a meaningful look.

"Well, I'm definitely a little tired."

He changed his words.

The girl's lips curled up and she suggested in a low voice:

"Why don't you 'upgrade' and go back to Castle Black and have a good rest... After all, as you said, staying in the mortal world will be very taxing on your body."

"Ahem..." How could Jilan not know what the other party meant, but the tacit understanding was not broken. "Okay, let's rest first."

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…

After most of the day.

Deep in the dreamland, the lonely island Black Castle.

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

Ji Lan's expression was blank, staring at the top of the bed in a daze.

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

The missing circle cross mark that emits a deep black light becomes deeper as Torina depicts it over and over again.

In these days, Gilan couldn't remember how many times Torina had deepened the brand on him. He couldn't help but retract his gaze, looked towards her, smiled and said:

"Now that the missing round cross mark is gone, I'm afraid it's hard even for you to get rid of it."

"I won't eliminate it."

Torina raised her black eyes, smiled and whispered.

"It should stay on your body forever so that I won't find you. And..."

"And what?"

"Well, I won't tell you."

Torina smiled playfully, her eyes moving.

Ji Lan didn't know what he meant, but she didn't ask. She just smiled and kissed the other person's forehead.

As Torina's law was completed and the chronic illness in her legs was cured, her character became a little more lively than the original tranquility.

This is obviously a good change, indicating that Torina's heart has been opened and she is no longer stuck in the darkness and ice of the past.

Gillan was delighted.

He lowered his head and glanced at the missing circle cross mark on his chest. There seemed to be some power hidden in the deep darkness, tightly connecting him and Torina, as if they were inseparable from each other.

Although he had no emotional experience in his previous life due to 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.

Torina shook her little head and said:

"No, I've had enough sleep. Instead, you should take a nap and I'll massage you..."

"good."

Gilan did not refuse and readily agreed.

He closed his eyes and immediately felt a pair of gentle hands pressing his muscles, which was quite comfortable and relaxing.

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

Mortals sleep in dreams, but ascended ones sleep in dreams. The two are completely opposite.

Just like reality and dreams, they are reflections of each other.

Time passed quietly.

A few days later.

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

But he suddenly noticed something, and silently took out a metal microphone that was constantly vibrating from his arms.

The inside of the silver microphone shines with a complicated triangle and circle alchemy array, as well as a special symbol.

Someone was calling his alchemy hotline.

Looking at the symbol, Gillan recognized it as the symbol of the mysterious investigation committee.

Click.

"Hello, Maiev?"

Gillan answered, held the phone to his ear and said.

A woman's voice came from the other end:

"Yes, Chairman Gillan."

"What happened?"

Gillan asked again.

Generally speaking, with the four members of Aleviya taking the lead, there will be no mistakes in the affairs of the committee. For Maiev to take the initiative to call him on the hotline meant that the matter was unusual and that he, the chairman of the committee, needed to make a personal decision.

"That's right, Chairman... According to your wishes, Miss Aurora and the four of them held a mobilization meeting a month ago, and worked with other leaders to formulate a detailed 'clearance plan' and target the three major old god secret sects. Action was taken.”

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 other party's base based on intelligence clues and launched a pursuit until most of the secret cult members in the empire were wiped out... Unfortunately, the leaders and senior officials of the three old gods' secret cults have not yet been killed."

"After urgently requesting the assistance of the three priests of the 'Mechanicus', we successfully captured the other party's traces, but they had already gone to the border of the empire and were about to flee."

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

"Well, I know." Jilan said softly with a metal microphone. After a little thought, he said: "Let me do this myself. In addition, please convey to the leaders of each group that they have worked hard, and all merits will be distributed according to the regulations of the committee."

The reason why Jilan chose to do it himself was also considered.

The three old gods' secret cults are not simple.

They did not follow the "Road of Fire Sword", but the "Road of Secret Ceremony" which was closely connected with the Old Gods, and the power system was very strange. The general members were okay, not too powerful, but the leaders and senior officials were different.

As far as Gilan knew, when the "Road of Secret Ceremony" reached a high level, not only would they receive more gifts from the Old Gods, but they would also be able to carry stronger power.

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

This was only the senior officials, not the leaders.

What's more, the other party had fled to the border and was about to leave the empire. If the responsible people continued to travel a long distance and lead the team to pursue the enemy beyond the border, it would likely cause casualties or even serious losses.

"Yes, Chairman."

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

After Gilan explained, he asked about the recent war situation. As a result, according to Maiev, the Bu'ao War is currently in a very tense situation.

Previously, the Federation had an absolute advantage and broke through the Empire's defense line one after another. Even though the advantage is no longer there, the strongholds, fortresses and other war facilities built and arranged along the way will not disappear after the massive invasion, so that they can stubbornly resist the Empire's counterattack.

The only weakness of the other side at present is that the logistics supply line is too long.

In the battle on the Empire's homeland, the other side is obviously at a disadvantage. In terms of consumption, the Federation is unlikely to win.

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 explained a few more words to Maiev before hanging up the hotline.

Click.

When he put the metal microphone back, the girl beside him asked:

"Are you going to carry out the mission in person?"

Gillan's call did not avoid Tolina, and she naturally knew what happened.

"Yeah." Gillan nodded. "I will be gone for a while, but it shouldn't be too long."

"I'll go with you."

Tolina said.

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

Hearing this, Gilan did not refuse, and nodded with a smile.

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…

With Gilan's current strength, he can already use the "Law of Bubble Shadow" to digitize his own abilities, thereby tampering to a certain extent.

Therefore, he simply expanded the 7th-level ability of "Fast Movement" to achieve the effect of teleporting people.

In just a blink of an eye.

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

It was evening now.

The sky was gloomy and gray.

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

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

The streets, covered with craters, the remains of shoes, hats, clothes, various garbage and black blood stains, were already in ruins. The broken stone slabs were turned up, and collapsed street lamps and trash cans were everywhere.

A man and a woman walked side by side through the ruins, and many wreckages of tanks and armored vehicles could be seen along the way.

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

Tolina asked.

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

He looked around the surrounding environment.

The cold wind passed through the abandoned city, making a whistling sound like a ghost. The doomsday-like city scene gave people an extremely desolate feeling.

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

But the spiral tower called "God's Chosen Tower" disappeared decades ago.

"I sensed them."

At this time, Jilan stopped and said softly.

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

In the mortal world, no one can hide under his nose.

Jilan raised his hand.

Torina smiled slightly, tacitly put her hand on him and let him hold it.

Immediately, Gilan took a step forward.

Whoosh——

The two disappeared again.

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

There were roadblocks made of sandbags in front of them, and some metal debris that had not been cleaned up in time and piled up like a hill.

Gilan stood on the street and turned his head to look at a residential building on his left.

On the wall full of bullet holes, many crooked words were painted in blood, such as "Xiru", "bastard" and "massacre".

It was obviously left here by the Owena army.

This seemingly empty residential building had black cloth covering every window.

"They are in the basement of this building."

Gilan said lightly.

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

Just then.

Bear!!

Black flames suddenly ignited under Gillan's feet.

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

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

Tolina was not worried at all facing the black fire surrounding her, and she spoke nonchalantly.

"So, the embodiment of His law power in the mortal world is also in the form of flames, and it also targets spirits."

"I see."

Gillan raised his eyebrows.

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

These are all imitating the "Moon God".

Bear! !

The black flames gathered at once, forming a pillar of fire with a diameter of several meters, engulfing Gillan and Tolina.

The fire was not hot, but cold to the bone.

Even the originally cold air condensed into ice crystal dust, which filled the air like a thick fog.

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

They had thick white foundation on their faces, put on weird and exaggerated makeup, and muttered something.

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

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

The ceremony was forced to be interrupted...

This scene made the six men and women in black robes stiff and speechless.

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

Ji Lan looked normal and spoke softly.

"Where is the leader?"

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

This person has long hair, a loose black dress with gold edges, and a plain appearance.

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