From Prisoner to Si Chen

After hanging up the "Alchemy Hotline", Gillan left the quiet room.

It is now past eight o'clock in the evening, and most of the facilities in the public areas of the underground miasma shelter have been shut down. Even the lights in the passages are only a few scattered.

It looks a little dim and very quiet.

Most of the soldiers returned to their living rooms, either reading or falling asleep.

This is also a necessary measure to save energy.

Guillen walked alone through several passages before finding the sitting room where the ladies were and knocking on the door.

Tuk Tuk.

Click.

The door was opened by Maiev. She seemed to have just taken a shower. She was wearing a white low-cut nightgown and wiping her wet hair with a towel.

Seeing Ji Lan, she was a little surprised, but she was not shy. Instead, she smiled and said:

"Mr. Gillan, do you want to come in and sit down?"

"No." Gillan said.

He glanced into the room and found Ms. Theresa, wearing a turtleneck gray sweater, sitting on the sofa and reading the information carefully.

Kaya was only wearing a pink tank top and shorts, lying on the lower floor of the bunk bed, playing with building blocks and swinging her legs in boredom.

"I have something to do with Ms. Teresa."

Gillan expressed his intention.

Maiev raised her pretty eyebrows, then turned back and called to the lady on the sofa.

Ms. Teresa put down the information, stood up and walked to the door, while Maiev also left voluntarily.

"Jilan, what do you want from me?"

The lady smiled and said softly.

Jilan didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly:

"I would like to use your 'alchemy hotline' to make a call to Chairman Parra."

"You want to call the Chairman?"

Ms. Teresa was a little surprised.

It stands to reason that when gravediggers go out on official duties, they should communicate directly with the person in charge if they have any problems.

Let's not talk about whether it is against the rules to call the chairman of the committee beyond the level. Just talking about this kind of thing is actually disrespectful to the person in charge.

But Ms. Theresa did not refuse, but agreed very readily:

"No problem, just a moment."

After saying that, she turned back and took out a small metal microphone from the inner pocket of her coat.

After plugging in the mercury battery, he handed it to Gillan's hand. At the same time, he also asked thoughtfully:

"Need a confidential environment?"

"Thank you, if you can."

Jilan held the "hotline" and nodded.

Ms. Teresa made a gesture and walked out of the room.

Gilan followed her to an empty room next door.

"Let's call here."

"good."

Gillan found a metal chair to sit down and dialed Ms. Teresa's exclusive "hotline" for the person in charge.

After a period of monotonous beeps, the phone was picked up with a click, and Para's magnetic deep voice came:

"Hi, Teresa."

"Generalissimo, it's me, Gilan Iros."

"Huh?" Parra was a little surprised, but still smiled: "Jilan, what's the matter?"

"I investigated some important clues in Late Autumn Town and got confirmation from Mr. Yunisky. I would like to report them to you."

Jilan said solemnly.

"Yuniski..." Parra said softly, quite surprised. "Did the 'Old Stick Maker' tell you his real name?"

"Yes." Gillan glanced at Ms. Teresa sitting in front, and said: "I have been promoted to level 4, Chairman Pala."

As soon as these words came out, Ms. Teresa suddenly looked up.

His expression was stunned and his eyes were shocked.

Even Parra on the other end of the "hotline" fell silent.

The scene was quiet for a while.

"Sooner than I expected..."

Paracelsus sighed.

"It's no wonder that Yunisky will tell you his real name and the inside information of 'Midnight Rose'... In your situation, it will be a matter of time before you become a formal member."

"I will personally recommend you later, Gilan."

"Thank you, Chairman." Gillan said.

"You're welcome. By the way, what did you want to report to me just now?"

Parra asked on the other end of the phone.

"Well, it's like this..."

Gilan informed Parra about the Blood Harbor gang and the "Golden Troop No. 7" behind it.

Moreover, it also explained that the local council colluded with the gangs to facilitate the acquisition of the red whale heart and so on.

"The fallen leaves of the Mediterranean Sea hide many secrets. Not only whale oil batteries, but also many irreplaceable mysterious materials come from there."

Parra sighed.

"Actually, I have known for a long time that the Federation must have penetrated and arranged in the coastal area, just to get close to the source of materials and study blood sea creatures."

"How is the progress of your mission?"

he asked again.

Gilan answered honestly:

"We have prepared ships and energy and will officially set sail tomorrow to the unknown island where the 'Nightmare Monument' is located to carry out the task of eradicating the monument."

"That's good, but you also need to be aware that the local council and the Blood Harbor gang may interfere."

Parra admonished.

"In addition, the Investigative Committee arrested several members of the Eclipse Society in Bosvia. After interrogation, it was found that they also had arrangements in Ot City and were careful."

"I will pay attention." Gillan said.

Parra chuckled twice and paused briefly.

"In view of the complicated situation on your side, and for your convenience, I plan to promote you."

"Promotion?" Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

"Well." Pala's voice came from the phone. "Since you have been promoted to the Long-lived One, I should also fulfill my promise and let you officially enter the power center of the empire."

"I will retain your identity as the 'gravedigger', but I will remove your position as the head of the committee and transfer you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the executive minister."

"Ah?" Jilan was shocked.

Executive Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

What position is this...

"Generally speaking, each department has only one minister, but they are just ordinary people... In fact, the executive minister is held by the core personnel of the empire, and they are all mysterious people with the highest authority in the department."

Pala explained.

Hearing this, Jilan understood some of the official secrets of the empire.

"However, the formal procedures will have to wait until you come back before they can be carried out. You will first join the 'Crusader Order' and become a 'Crusader' of the empire."

Pala said again.

Jilan was confused.

"Similar to the 'Midnight Rose', one of the selection criteria for the 'Cross Knights' is to be a long-lived person. In addition, you must have made outstanding contributions to the empire."

"Theresa is a member of the Knights."

"I see..."

Gilan's face suddenly realized, and he looked up at Ms. Theresa again, and the other party responded with a smile.

"Speaking of the 'Cross Knights', you must be familiar with it, because its predecessor is the 'Healing Knights'."

Pala said again.

"There are also four knight commanders, 'Silver Crown Knight' Agni Baldwin, 'Melting Skull Knight' Carl Rega, 'Silent Knight' Adams Celedonio... and me, 'White Staff Knight' Para Celsus."

"As for the leader, it will naturally be the head of state."

Listening to this introduction, Gilan was quite surprised.

"What about the former 'Bloody Knight' Herman Tulio?"

He couldn't help asking.

Pala was silent for a few seconds, and just said:

"He surrendered to the enemy."

"?!" Gilan was stunned.

He really hadn't thought that the knight commander under William would actually defect and surrender to the enemy...

"This matter involves secret history, so it's not appropriate to say more."

Pala changed the subject.

"In short, I will submit your application to the head of the group to Lord Caesar as soon as possible. The 'Crusaders' have the highest privileges in the empire, which will help you perform your mission."

"In other words, I don't have to worry about the local parliament or other hostile forces?"

"You can say that."

Pala said in a deep voice.

"Parliament, military, Blood Harbor Gang, No. 7 Golden Force, and even Eclipse Society...As long as you are sure, do whatever you want, I will cover you."

"But I have a request, to get rid of the 'Second Level Nightmare Monument' as soon as possible."

"Yes, Chairman, I understand."

Gilan suddenly smiled brightly.

The sentence he liked to hear from Pala the most was "Do whatever you want, I will cover you."

Hearing Gilan's obviously lighter tone, Pala suddenly felt that he should restrain this little guy...

The young man was too murderous.

But on second thought, maybe he was too conservative?

For some special situations, young people like Jilan are more suitable for handling.

"By the way, Chairman Pala, we found that the concentration of miasma in Shenqiu Town is somewhat abnormal, obviously higher than the average level, reaching an astonishing 5.2 Pa."

Jilan remembered something and reported the information again.

Hearing this, Pala exclaimed.

"5.2 Pa... is indeed very abnormal."

He pondered for a moment, seemed to have some guesses, and couldn't help but lower his voice to warn:

"You should be more careful, especially after sailing."

"Okay, Chairman."

Click.

The phone was hung up.

Pala was still sitting in the leather chair in the office, frowning and looking deep.

After a while.

He murmured:

"Is the source really the sea of ​​blood?"

...

...

Late at night.

In the dark living room, Renault and Mugur slept on a bunk bed. On the other side of the aisle, Ganod slept on the lower bunk, and Jilan lay on the upper bunk.

He controlled his consciousness to slowly sink.

When Jilan fell asleep.

He descended to his own spiritual kingdom as usual.

In the open-air stone hall, all the members of the "Hand of Dawn" were present on the seats at the top of the five spiral stone pillars.

"Rainbow Owl."

Everyone looked at him with a smile.

Jilan nodded, jumped up, and landed on the edge of the thumb throne.

"How are you doing recently?"

He asked casually.

Black Snipe was the first to answer:

"I followed the team all the way south and have now arrived in Ot City in the Bay Area. I have successfully completed the ascetic assessment and become a formal member of the 'Ascetic Sect'."

"Hmm?" Jilan raised his eyebrows.

Black Snipe and the others have actually arrived in Ot City...

"Not bad." He smiled. "How is your pass rate?"

"Relatively low." Black Snipe shook his head and sighed. "In a team of more than a dozen people, only three were selected in the end. The rest either died on the way or gave up."

"But after successfully joining the sect, I got a secret method of cultivation, "Seven Disciplines of Asceticism", and a bottle of secret medicine to temper the body."

Hearing this, Jilan frowned slightly.

"The secret medicine should be fine, but for the so-called discipline, I suggest you practice it with caution... The practice of imitating divinity and abandoning humanity may have serious side effects."

Black Snipe was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hong Xiao to know so much about the "Seven Commandments".

He nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, Hong Xiao. I'm just pretending. I won't take these commandments seriously."

"That's good." Jilan nodded.

Then, Baiou also shared the internal information of the "White Dove Tower".

"I got the news that the ninth dove of the "Sonnet" in the tower, Dediel, has been replaced by a newcomer, and the fifth dove, Idrissa, has gone to the city of Ot in the Bay Area..."

She glanced at Black Snipe and then at Jilan.

"Well... I suspect that the "White Dove Tower" and the "Ascetic Sect" should take some action, otherwise it would be too coincidental."

Jilan's eyes condensed.

According to Baiou, it is indeed very strange.

The two hostile secret society forces have actually come to the coastal area where he is currently.

It is hard not to imagine whether there is any conspiracy in this...

"I happen to be on duty in the town of Shenqiu in Ot City. If there is any urgent information, please share and contact in time."

Jilan said to everyone. White Owl and Black Snipe were startled and nodded quickly.

Just at this moment, Red Bird Aurora opened her mouth slightly and said in surprise:

"I... my next destination is also Late Autumn Town."

"Huh?!" Everyone was surprised.

Why are all the forces going there?

"It's not the intention of the 'Holy Sisters', but as a newcomer, I will study alone in the 'Steel Maidens'... and they have been hired by the Mechanical Union to go to Late Autumn Town to hunt down the members of the 'Eclipse Society'."

"So that's how it is." Jilan understood.

After the investigation committee investigated the movements of the "Eclipse Society" in Bosivia, the Mechanical Union would naturally not miss this opportunity.

After all, the superiors believed by the two forces have irreconcilable contradictions.

At present, the miasma disaster is rampant, and the top leaders of the Mechanical Union have been summoned by Pala to develop new anti-miasma drugs, and have no time to pursue the "Eclipse Society".

Hiring another neutral secret society organization has become a reasonable means.

"There is nothing special on my side. I am still busy sorting out the details of the film series "The Spark of Enlightenment" and filing it into a book."

The Cangguan said.

He patted his chest and saluted Jilan.

"Hongxiao, thanks to your advance viewing, you provided a lot of clues to the film, which saved me a lot of effort."

"You're welcome." Jilan smiled. "Next time you get a new real film, don't forget to tell me."

"Definitely." The Cangguan said solemnly.

Then, Jilan traded a wave of "Wick Potion" with the members of the secret society.

During this period, several people did not forget to make money. Although it was not much, they could trade 2 to 3 potions from Jilan to facilitate their own practice.

Jilan paid 9 "Wick Potion" and got 990 Caesars.

After the transaction.

"Everyone should be more careful during this period, especially the two of you, Chique and Heiyu... Something big may happen in Shenqiu Town and even the entire Ot City."

Jilan finally warned.

Everyone looked serious and nodded in agreement.