From Prisoner to Si Chen

Time goes by, and time flies by.

Another week has passed by quietly.

During these seven days, Ji Lan practiced hard every day and made rapid progress.

He was delighted with his change.

Level 3 "Glow" is just around the corner.

October 26th.

Ji Lan got up early as usual, washed up after practicing, and was planning to have breakfast and read the newspaper.

Tuk Tuk.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Gilan walked over and opened the door. Standing outside was a middle-aged man in a suit and tie and a top hat. This man pulled his hat brim very low, raised his hand and handed over a letter, and said in a low voice:

"Team leader, this is a secret letter from the committee."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Ji Lan's eyes flashed and he took the letter.

The man nodded lightly, stopped lingering, turned around and left.

Click.

Gillan closed the door, returned to the living room with the letter, sat on the sofa, opened it, and looked at it.

The secret letter was written by Ms. Teresa Coreau herself, stating that the second group of "gravediggers" would begin their secret mission in the future. Gillan was required to gather at the entrance of the Triumph Building before 11 a.m. on October 28.

When he saw the destination of this mission, Ji Lan couldn't help but be startled.

"...the location of the 'Nightmare Monument' is in the recovered city of 'Brack City', and the target information is left behind after the death of Shabotai Louis. During his lifetime, he was the Furnace Scepter Spiral, the Road to the 'Snow Lady' in September, 4 "Referee"

"Brack City has just been recovered and is in the reconstruction and recovery stage. The 'Nightmare Monument' is a time bomb and must be eradicated as soon as possible. Since this is your first mission with Maiev, please be prepared in advance..."

Gillan read the letter, folded it and stuffed it back into the envelope and put it away.

He took a deep breath, feeling a little complicated about returning to Brak City.

'Just right...'

Gillan thought to herself.

‘With this mission, I can also fulfill my promise. Place a decent tombstone for the original mother, Amanda Illos. ’

He dug into his pocket and took out a picture frame.

It was the only photo of Amanda and Gillan together.

This photo frame was originally given to old Charles for safekeeping, but after the collapse of Earl Farhan's house, the homeless old housekeeper sent the photo frame back to the person who was responsible for it before leaving.

Looking at the beautiful blond woman in the photo and the baby in her hands, Gilan sighed secretly.

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Two days passed quickly.

October 28th, early.

Jilan got up on time at six o'clock. After practicing and washing, he put on the gravedigger's exclusive high-collar black windbreaker uniform, with a decorative artificial white rose inserted in the breast pocket.

Immediately went out and went downstairs.

He drove a "official car" and arrived directly at the entrance of the Triumph Building in the central area of ​​the capital.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw that most of the second group of gravediggers had arrived, only Ms. Teresa and Ms. Kaya were not there. Renault was riding on Mgul's head, chatting with Garnold and Maiev.

When everyone saw Ji Lan striding towards him, they turned their heads and said hello:

"Good morning, Mr. Gillan."

"Good morning everyone."

Gillan took off his hat and smiled.

His hair style is different today. Because his hair is long and would look sloppy if it hangs down naturally, Gilan combed his blond hair back before going out and styled it with hair wax. Matching his handsome and three-dimensional facial features, he looked much more mature.

There is also a strong sense of uniqueness.

Maiev looked at him, her eyes bright.

The look of admiration could not be concealed in his eyes.

Gillan chatted with everyone for a while, and then Ms. Teresa and Ms. Kaya arrived one after another.

As the person in charge of the second team, Teresa dresses conservatively. Her gray hair was tied up and she wore a pair of brown round sunglasses. The ears are two round and full green jade earrings.

Kaya still has a twin-tailed look and cute light makeup on her face. It is completely impossible to tell that she is a woman who is one year older than Maiev and nearly thirty years old.

"Wow!" Kaya, who was 1.5 meters tall, walked quickly to Gilan and tugged on his sleeve. "Mr. Gillan is so handsome today!"

Ji Lan glanced down at her and smiled politely:

"Miss Kaya is also particularly cute and pretty today."

"Hehehe." Kaya seemed to be shy and covered her face, muttering softly: "Thank you!"

The high-collared black windbreaker she wore looked like oversized children's clothing, which was a bit indescribably funny.

But compared to the dwarf Renault, it is still normal.

"Now that everyone is here, let's set off."

Ms. Teresa glanced at everyone and smiled.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Gilan followed everyone around the Triumph Building and walked to the open space behind.

Not long after.

Gillan and Maiev looked surprised when they saw a giant steel beast parked in the open space.

It was a bi-wing transport aircraft with a gray-black body, about 15 meters long, and a wingspan of more than 20 meters. The diameter of its nose propeller is more than 4 meters, and the fuselage on both sides is painted with a white paint pattern "X" and the characters: "Duke Leonard".

Garnold stepped forward and opened the cabin door.

"This is a new weapon created by the Machinery Guild. It can also be called a vehicle, the X-1 biplane transport aircraft. Its pure load capacity reaches three tons and it can transport twenty people at the same time."

The dwarf Renault turned his head and explained to Gillan and Maiev.

"Because the design drawings came from Duke Leonard Macmillan, it was named after him. Duke Leonard is a high-level member of the Machinery Guild and is also a Level 4 'Clay Sculptor' who is extremely good at creating things."

"I see."

Gillan and Maiev looked stunned.

After everyone boarded the transport plane one after another, they sat down on the chairs on both sides of the cabin and fastened their seat belts.

Ms. Teresa, who was sitting opposite Gillan, smiled again:

"When we first saw this biplane, we were all shocked... This is a secret of the empire and has not been put into service yet, so don't let it out easily."

"Understood." Gilan and Maiev nodded.

Gillan looked around the environment in the cabin.

He discovered that although this plane was a transport plane, it was also equipped with two heavy machine guns, which could handle some emergencies.

At this time.

The pilot asked everyone in the cabin through the intercom whether to take off. Ms. Teresa picked up the intercom on the bulkhead and responded:

"lets go."

soon.

Da da da da…

The propeller blades rotated, and the transport plane roared past the runway carrying everyone, and then took off into the sky.

Woo! !

The transport plane headed towards the sky, gradually moving away from the capital.

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The capital, Museciti, is located in the north of the center of the empire, while the city of Brak is on the border of the Far East Forest Zone. The two places are separated by more than 5,000 kilometers.

Old Charles drove for five days and four nights before arriving at the capital from Brak City.

But this time, by taking a transport plane, Gilan and others arrived at their destination that night. On the mountainside of Brak City, the original rich area of ​​​​Horst landed.

This place was bombed more than three months ago, and then due to the empire's counterattack, there were successive firefights here, and most of the buildings were destroyed.

At this time, the entire city was undergoing reconstruction in full swing.

Horse-drawn carriages and trailers transporting building materials such as stone, wood planks, cement, etc., shuttle back and forth, and the sound of clanking is endless.

The huge machinery was working non-stop, emitting thick smoke and making deafening noises.

Ms. Teresa took everyone to stay in a newly built hotel.

Under night.

Gilan stood alone on the rooftop of the hotel, looking out at the city.

It was dark all around, with only scattered lights on. The originally lively and bustling night scene has long since disappeared, leaving only fenced-in construction sites and large areas of ruins that have not yet been planned.

Many of Brak's landmark buildings collapsed and were reduced to rubble.

All they left behind were the marks of war and the withered bones of countless dead people.

Although there was silence at the moment, Gilan seemed to be able to hear countless screams and wails, lingering in his ears and echoing in the sky above Brak City.

Ji Lan watched silently, sighing inwardly.

Originally, only a few of the local residents here escaped, and almost all the rest died in the war.

Became one of the bloody figures who were slaughtered.

Most of the people living here now are new residents who have moved from surrounding areas. Perhaps it will take another few decades before things can barely return to their former appearance.

This is the devastation that war brings to mankind.

It is irreversible and the pain lasts forever.

After blowing the night wind for a while, Gilan turned and returned to his room.

As soon as they got off the plane, Ms. Teresa conveyed the order and they would start taking action tomorrow morning.

Gilan lay on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After his consciousness sank, he entered his own spiritual kingdom.

He strode to the open-air stone palace.

Tonight, the black snipe did not come.

Only Mr. Stork and White Ou were gathered around the campfire.

"Rainbow Owl."

Seeing Jilan approaching, they turned to say hello.

Bai Ou smiled and said:

"I successfully arrived in Longken City yesterday..."

According to her, she took action as soon as she got off the train and found a place to stay.

Under the money offensive, he soon established a relationship with a clerk of the local council, and then used the mysterious power of his "liar" nature to bribe him easily.

Then he successfully struck up a conversation with the target person, Blore.

We also had a brief exchange with the other party this afternoon.

Although it was just their first meeting, Aleviya gained Bloor's favor and trust with just a few words.

"The 'liar' essence can rely on language to directly influence the target's thinking, causing them to be deceived without knowing it."

Bai Ou smiled.

"Broll is just a heraldry-level fighter. He is a complete layman in mysticism. Even his gnosis is at the level of an ordinary person. It takes almost no effort to deal with him."

"Very good." Jilan nodded. "Next, you try to contact him again and see if you can use him as an introducer to introduce you to the 'White Pigeon Tower'."

"good."

Bai Ou said, thinking of something.

"But you told me before that the task of entering the 'White Pigeon Tower' generally requires completing a betrayal. Only with such a resume can you become an official 'White Pigeon'..."

"Yeah." Jilan said calmly. "When the time comes, you can choose to reveal your identity as an 'informant' and use it to 'betray' me and complete the tower mission."

"Huh?" Bai Ou looked shocked.