After waking up

It's really ironic. The operation of Black Castle's organization has such a social animal feel. Fortunately, the degree of freedom is really high.

Mulan was lying on the bed, watching the already gloomy sky outside the window becoming darker and darker, but he was not sleepy at all. He was not used to the unfamiliar environment, but also a little excited.

Different from what Mulan imagined, he thought that Guy and Jenny would be scared in this environment and would actively ask to live with him or Dolly, but he didn't expect that the two of them behaved very strongly, and even acted... There was some desire.

Thinking back to their first meeting on the Princess Helier in Nice, Mulan couldn't help but laugh.

"They are also two children who are good at pretending. It seems they don't need to worry so much."

It can only be said that the relationship between the four of them is just that of colleagues on the road. They may also be colleagues in the future, but they may not have much intersection, because they seem to be in different departments, and even the areas they choose to live in are also different.

At this moment, in the corner of the black castle, neither Guy nor Jenny were sleeping. Instead, they were lying on the attic at the highest point of the house and looking outside. The night here was very quiet, but the night here was not peaceful. Occasionally, they could see fireworks in the distance. As brilliant as the stream of light, the two of them felt anxious and excited at the same time.

"Guy, we finally have a chance to make a difference!"

The boy was also so excited that he clenched his fists.

"I want to become very rich, I want to become very powerful, I can buy whatever I want, and I can go wherever I want!"

"Hahaha, I want to buy a lot of beautiful clothes, a lot of jewelry, eat a lot of desserts, and eat the palace cakes that can only be eaten by Her Majesty the Queen!"

"I'm going back to the boat to show off!"

"I want to buy the Princess!"

"Hahahahaha"

In a small building near a small lake, Doli lay on the bed without falling asleep. She stared blankly at the night outside the window. She saw many novel things, ate delicious food she had never tasted before, and even listened to To the great music, everything is dreamlike.

‘It’s better to be a good person’

A brisk whistle sounded, and Dolly played the "Second Lieutenant Jonest's March" that she had learned.

Mulan opened his eyes, and the genial sunshine shone warmly on his body. He was lying on the rocking chair, covered with a blanket, and the video on his phone continued to play automatically after the end.

"We are champions, we are champions again!"

"They have proven themselves, this phoenix rising from the ashes!"

Mulan was in a daze, looking at his phone blankly, pressing pause, looking up and looking around. It was the courtyard wall of his hometown. There was not much traffic in the countryside, and it seemed very peaceful.

Mulan touched his pocket and took out his wallet. After opening it, he could see his ID card and his business card.

"Li Xiu."

It seemed that no one had called me my real name for a long time. I seemed to have had a long dream before, and as I woke up after a nap, I woke up from the dream.

What a long dream, what a real dream.

There are cruel wars and comrades who support each other in the war, there is the anger of being accused and desperate resistance, there are beautiful scenery and dangers on the sea, there is the family relationship between the old housekeeper and his brother who grew up together, and there is also the confrontation with the murderer. I also saw the magical power and made close friends.

Everything seems to be vivid in my mind, but at this moment it seems to be gradually blurring in my memory. Even if I instinctively want to grasp something, it is difficult to reverse this trend.

Isn’t that what dreams are like?

Li Xiu was a little disappointed, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. He lay back on the recliner in a more relaxed posture. The rocking chair swayed gently with his movements, but when he raised his phone again to unlock it, his movements failed. Stiffened.

Reflected in the black glass was a man with slightly curly brown hair. His face was white and angular, and his black eyes were filled with disbelief. He was obviously not the same person as the person on Li Xiu's ID card.

Li Xiu's hands trembled slightly and he looked around again, as if everything began to collapse in an instant.

Courtyard walls, buildings, flower beds, sweet-scented osmanthus trees, old farm vehicles, and rocking chairs

Everything was like ice cream in a pot, dissolving rapidly, even the sky.

But after it dissolves, it's not the snow-white color of ice cream. Everything turns red, even the sky.

"Gudong~Gudong~Gudong~"

A feeling of dizziness came over, and his vision began to blur. Mulan shook his head and forced himself to wake up.

However, the world has changed. The first thing that caught Mulan's eyes were huge skeletons, each one staggered and clearly distinguishable from left to right. After his mind completely woke up again from the trance, he finally realized something, and stood up in an instant but I felt a slip under my feet and couldn't help but use my hands to support it.

A sticky, greasy, and disgusting feeling came from my hands, and at the same time, a fishy smell hit my nose.

Mulan looked down with wide eyes. This was some kind of organ that was still beating slightly. The mucus on his hands was dark red.

‘What the hell is this place! ’

Mulan stood up and fled in a hurry, stepping on the surrounding organs, passing over pieces of broken muscles and fascia, piercing through two huge bones, and then finally stumbled out and ran outside, covered in sticky plasma. and liquids.

The surroundings were desolate and the sky was dark. Mulan looked up and looked at where he was just now. It was a huge wreckage, or the wreckage was not entirely correct, because the organs inside were still struggling.

"Gudong~Gudong~Gudong~"

The weak heartbeat has not stopped, but the broken blood vessels are no longer overflowing with blood.

Mulan couldn't help but take a few steps back, but soon he heard the sound of treading water under his feet. He looked down and saw some puddles, and dark red liquid was everywhere.

At first, Mulan thought that all the blood came from the huge wreckage that Mulan was on before, because he observed its flow path. Although it was slow, blood was still flowing slowly from the head of the wreckage.

But as the sight swept into the distance, the entire land was covered with blood, the red river, the red soil, and even the sky was dark red.

Farther away, Mulan could even see some huge debris. The debris looked like tall buildings, but they had a sense of decay. There seemed to be volcanoes in the distance, and what was constantly overflowing was not blazing lava, but... Thick blood red.

All this gave Mulan an extreme sense of horror and extreme panic in his heart. He wanted to escape, but his feet felt like they were rooted to the ground, and his eyes were still wandering, as if he had been looking for something.

"Gudong~Gudong~Gudong~"

In the dead silence of the world, the sound of heartbeats once again attracted Mulan's attention. He turned his eyes to look in the direction of the huge corpse he had just stood up from.

Wisps of red and blue light gathered at the head of the wreckage and became more and more obvious.

"Boom~~~"

At the brightest moment, the light and mist suddenly disappeared from the head of the wreckage like a collapse. Due to the perspective, Mulan, who was already some distance away, didn't know what happened to the head of the wreckage, but he could see the change in light.

After a moment, a small light spot rose from the head of the huge wreckage. It was obviously very far away, but Mulan could see clearly at a glance that it was a small eyeball. It seemed to be carried by the wind. It seemed like it was sinking and floating in the water, and gradually flew into the distance.

The darkness of the sky seemed to be stirred at this moment. It was not night or clouds, it was like a hazy mist shrouding the world. Some uncomfortable light was revealed at this moment. The looming things did not look like stars, but looked like something terrible and scary. Distant eyes, strange and indifferent.

The wind got stronger, and many things on the ground were blown up by the wind. Mulan looked away from the distance, and it felt like countless dandelions were flying from the ground, spinning in the sky, and flying around him. Some of them were flying around him. The color is like ashes, and some are stained with blood red.

No, this is not a dandelion. Mulan grabbed one of them, only to find that it was a piece of dark red feathers.

Mulan let go of his hand, and the feather was swept away by the wind again, leaving blood stains on the feather in his hand.

"Whoa."

With a shudder, Mulan opened his eyes again. This time he was sleeping on the bed of his new residence. At the same time, he also felt that the pajamas on his body were a little damp, and he was obviously sweating in his sleep.

Mulan kept taking deep breaths to relieve the lingering heart palpitations.

Another strange dream, more profound and terrifying than any previous dreams.

Another extremely poor quality sleep.

After lying for a while, Mulan didn't stay in bed. He got up from the bed, took off his pajamas, revealing his strong body covered with scars, and then walked to the bathroom.

All-day hot baths are only available in public bathhouses, but Mulan wanted some stimulation, so he went directly to the bathroom, filled the water tank with cold water and turned on the shower.

The cold water jets poured down on Mulan one after another, causing his muscles all over his body to contract and his fists to clench. After gradually adapting, he let out a deep breath, feeling much more awake.

At this moment, outside Mulan's house, a young man in black uniform was walking to his door. After taking a deep breath, he pulled the bell rope outside the door. The doorbell connected to the door immediately rang, but the bell did not count. Mulan was taking a shower again, and the sound of the doorbell was drowned out by the sound of water running.

The young man outside the door never got a response but did not dare to leave, because even if Mulan went out, he would not dare to look around and would have to wait here until he came back.

"Ding Dong~Ding Dong~"

"Lord Jones, are you in there?"

After waiting for a long time, the young man finally couldn't help but pulled the doorbell and shouted. Mulan, who had just dried his body, finally heard the doorbell. He roughly put on a shirt and a coat, and Mulan arrived immediately. The door opened.

"What's up?"

The young man outside was startled by the sudden opening of the door, and then raised his head slightly to look at Mulan. His wet hair and Mulan's calm and scrutinizing eyes made the young man think that he had caused the other party's dissatisfaction, and he quickly took out the A parchment roll.

"Lord Jones, I am your special messenger. My name is Handel. You can give me any orders, and I can even follow you on missions!"

Mulan looked at Handel carefully. This young man was half a head shorter than him. The uniform he wore was a bit like a Japanese boys' school uniform, but he also wore a round cap in the style of a Dilga military cap. He had dark yellow hair and light blue hair. His eyes looked nervous and expectant.

"Come in and sit down."

"I?"

Handel pointed at himself in disbelief, and Lord Black Castle invited him into the room, and he suddenly became very excited.

Mulan had already opened the door completely, but Handel hesitated just as he was about to step in. Mr. Jonest didn't want to use him as some experimental material. There were many terrifying rumors about the Black Castle, but it was just After hesitating for a moment, Handel walked into the house.

Mulan closed the door and walked to the kitchen, pointing to the dining table on one side.

"Sit down and talk about your business. I'll make breakfast. By the way, have you had breakfast?"

"Have eaten, sir!"

Mulan nodded, turned on the gas stove, unfolded the parchment to read, put some oil in the pot when it was hot, and then grabbed four eggs from a wooden box next to it.

"Zi la la la."

Two eggs were cracked into the pan one after another, followed by eight strips of bacon.

In addition to the lack of ready-made cooked food, basic flour, oil, salt and other items are available in this small building itself, including eggs. It can be seen that Black Castle is still very considerate, but I don’t know whether these are one-time or every once in a while. The time will be replenished.

After the fried eggs and bacon were finished, Mulan also finished reading the contents on the parchment roll.

It was actually a mission appointment. He had only been in Black Castle for a day, so soon?

"That's it. I was selected as Lord Jonest's messenger. In fact, I am also a direct subordinate. Although you look at me like this, my fighting and marksmanship skills are actually pretty good!"

At this time, Handel had also told him his origins. Mulan was multitasking, but he also understood that the other person was a native of Digao, a son of a small nobleman, and he had worked hard and used connections to get his current position.

Mullan put down the parchment and looked at Handel.

"Why do you want to come to Black Castle? It is very dangerous for ordinary people to be too curious about the other world."

"I know, but this is a rare opportunity that I can get. I don't want to live a mediocre life!"

Mulan smiled, sat down with the plate, and began to eat his breakfast. He didn't buy any bread, so he just ate fried eggs and bacon. As for the canteen here, he found out yesterday that it was expensive.

"Since you are familiar with Digao and its surroundings, come out with me soon."

"yes!"