From Prisoner to Si Chen

Dawn calendar, AD.

At the end of March 1927.

The third Bu-Au war entered a white-hot stage.

The Imperial Army and the Federal Army fought a seesaw battle in the mountains and forests on the eastern border of Bremen, and at the same time, a second battlefield was opened in the north.

As the battle line lengthened, the consumption of both sides gradually increased. Countries around the world were moved and paid close attention.

People from all walks of life in Bremen also kept an eye on newspapers or radio news, hoping to hear good news about the war.

Bosvia, a northern city of the Empire that was originally razed to the ground by the Federation's "final explosion", has now become the main area of ​​the second battlefield between the two sides.

This place is located on the plain at the bottom of the mountain, and it is also a pass city where the source of two rivers is located, connecting Bremen and Aoweina.

Both sides tacitly chose this place to engage in large-scale exchanges of fire... There is also a hint of deep meaning in this.

The first two battles between Bu and Ao were caused by Bosvia.

This time, Bosvia was bombed and destroyed. The head of state, Caesar Jide, deliberately chose this ruin as the battlefield. He probably intended to arouse his own morale and express his attitude of revenge against the Federation.

This war was uniformly called "Ruins War" or "Scorched Earth Revenge War" by major newspapers.

In recent days, newspapers that print twice a day convey the dynamics of the front line to the public at the fastest speed.

A tense atmosphere permeated the streets and alleys.

On the evening of March 31, the Imperial Foreign Minister Gillan Ilos went upstairs to his room after dinner as usual.

He sat on a chair by the window, looking at the bright crescent moon rising outside the window, and chose to fall asleep again.

"It's the last day of the 'Gladiator' month..."

Gillan sighed and closed his eyes.

After 12 o'clock tonight, it will enter the "Miss Elegy" month of April.

At that time, if he visits the Land of God again, he will definitely be targeted. The "Three Artistic Chens" will not indulge him. Just because of his strong "mottled aura", the inspectors will always be on the lookout for him.

For now, facing the "lower-level inspectors" of level 6, Jilan is no match.

So he also hopes to gain something tonight.

Otherwise, there will be no chance to be promoted for the next month, thus wasting precious time.

He controlled his consciousness to sink and fall into the kingdom of the mind. Then he did not go to the open-air stone palace, but went straight to the shore, summoned the spiritual boat, and sailed towards the God's Hometown, Toyalan.

After a long time of drifting, Jilan landed again on the shore of the "lower level" of the God's Hometown.

And this time, after he stepped onto the salt sand beach, his face was filled with joy.

Because in the spiritual perception, the hot, shining waves were clearly coming from the northeast, guiding him there!

'The gathering place of fire elements has appeared! '

Jilan said secretly, and then took a step and followed the guidance.

He didn't dare to waste time, lest the situation like last time happened, thus missing the opportunity.

'When this last "footprint" is formed, all the requirements for promotion will be completed, and you can climb to level 5 in one fell swoop. '

…

…

Dream Sea.

An area that cannot be measured by time and space dimensions, the sea reflects a continent.

God's Hometown - Toyalan.

Endless corridors located on the "mountainside".

A beautiful woman in a white evening dress, revealing her white shoulders and collarbones, is walking barefoot in the woods.

The mountainside is filled with mist, connecting the clouds.

The environment presents a dreamlike scenery.

Like a fairy in the legend, she took lazy steps, shuttled through it, stepped on the clouds, and walked towards the empty mid-air.

When she left the ground and walked to the sky, she raised her hand to clear the mist in front of her.

A ray of golden sunlight projected from afar.

"...The first hour, the 'midday dawn' symbolizing July, has lost its trace and disappeared from the world, but the sunshine in the God's Land remains."

Sasha looked at the sun in the distance and murmured.

She continued to walk deeper into the clouds, but the road under her feet was made of white fog.

An ancient palace made of yellow-brown stone bricks was located in front, shining in the sun.

Sasha came to the door of the palace.

Here, there was a huge stone round table, and there was a throne in each of the four directions of east, south, west and north.

Behind the throne, there were patterns of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, which symbolized swords, holy grails, star coins and scepters.

The rest of the table was equally spaced with slightly smaller high-backed chairs.

These seats were filled with men and women.

And each of them was mysterious and exuded a terrifying atmosphere.

"After three years and two months, the 'Tiangong Dawn' finally held a long-awaited gathering again... Come and take a seat, the honorable 'Queen of Diamonds'."

At this time, the man sitting on the "Spade" throne smiled.

This man's gray hair was combed back and tied into a ponytail. He wore a black and white tuxedo, white gloves, and his back was straight.

Hearing this, Sasha nodded and smiled at everyone, and sat down on the "Diamond" throne silently.

On her left and right were seats 1-10 belonging to the "Diamond" camp, and the "Knight" seat on the right.

"Miss Peyton, you are finally here, everyone has been waiting for a long time."

The "Diamond Knight" sitting next to Sasha was a simple-looking strong man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing mottled leather armor, revealing a muscular bronze right arm.

This person is an 8th-level transmutation person under the command of March Apostle "Fortress" Taunus. He is an ascendant named "Camel's Shield" and is famous for being good at fighting.

"Hetto, long time no see."

Sasha smiled and said hello to the strong man.

"But remember to call me Sasha next time."

"Huh?" Hutto was startled. Although he was confused, he apologized and said hello again: "Miss Sasha."

Sasha nodded with satisfaction and asked:

"Do you know what's important about this gathering?"

"It's not clear yet, but it should be related to the war in the world... After all, the struggle involving those two people is too involved, and we can't stay out of it."

Hutto scratched the back of his head and smiled.

Sasha nodded in understanding.

At this time, the "King of Spades" who had invited him to sit down spoke again:

"It has been more than a thousand years since the creation of 'Tiangong Dawn'. We ascended ones all have our own destiny and self-pursuit... Everything in the world follows the twelve laws, and the goal we strive for throughout our lives can also be called ours. of the law.”

"The 'Plum Blossom Hermit', the 'Princess of Hearts', the 'Queen of Diamonds'... I and the four apostles are hosting the gathering together today and summoning all the ascendants of the Esoteric Cult to come here for one thing."

The man in the tuxedo stood up and looked around.

He looked solemn and said in a deep voice:

"In the world, the dispute between Bremen and Owena involves the game of many forces, but I think this will lead to the situation becoming unpredictable and extreme chaos, which will cause the death of countless human beings and intensify the suffering."

"After experiencing the dark ages in the past, human beings can no longer afford such troubles... Therefore, I suggest that we, 'Dawn of the Heavenly Palace', take the lead and contact the major secret societies in the world to have a gambling battle!"

"Betting?"

At this time, a blond girl sitting on the "Red Heart" throne looked confused.

She is cute and looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, like the girl next door, wearing a white dress.

But there was a pair of arm-length white wings on her back, and a golden halo above her head, which made her look quite holy.

The girl's true identity is Angel "Twilight", the apostle of July.

It was once known as the Fourth of July Angel together with "Chen Zhou" (Santa Claus), "Pole Star" (Windmill Cat) and "Arc Dan".

"Not bad." The man in the tuxedo nodded. "'Tiangong Dawn' has always adhered to an absolutely neutral attitude and has credibility to other secret societies."

"We will host the gambling battle and let the six major secret societies, the Hermitage of the Stars, the Midnight Rose, the Spiritual Society, the Choir, the Ascetic Sect, and the White Dove Tower, participate. The winner or loser will decide whether to intervene in the Unastronomical War."

The old man in black robe sitting on the "Plum Blossom" throne lowered his head and said slowly:

“Do your will, the perfection of the law.”

"If it can reduce unnecessary chaos and keep the situation in the world under control, then this can be regarded as my wish... Therefore, I agree with this decision, Mr. Gago."

The identity of the old man is Ryan Pandra, the September Apostle "Salt Spring Old Man".

His words certainly have corresponding power.

All the ascendants present felt confident, and one after another some people spoke up to express their support.

Angel and Sasha, two women representing the two camps of the Esoteric Cult, the "Heart" and the "Diamond" camps, agreed to the decision after some thought.

"Since everyone has no objections, let's send a member to come forward to contact... As the April Apostle, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go to avoid misunderstandings."

The man in a tuxedo named Gago smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"So this task should be left to everyone here for discussion."

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Miss Elegy" is one of the "Three Artists" and is a god who clearly stands in the "Blind General" camp.

As the April apostle "Mr. Qin", Gago is naturally inconvenient to show up... and he is indeed an anomaly, otherwise it would be impossible for him to serve as the "King of Spades" in "Dawn of Heaven".

"How about I go?"

At this time, a woman with short blond hair sitting on the "Knight of Hearts" seat asked.

She was wearing a knight's armor, her bright red cloak was embroidered with rose patterns, and she had an exquisite cross sword slung around her waist.

"Miss Joan of Arc, you... don't seem to be able to come forward."

Angel played with her golden hair and pouted.

"As a transmutation person under the command of the December Apostle 'King Douluo', you are more or less involved, and you will be misunderstood."

"That's right." Jeanne sighed. "It seems that several knights like me are involved in issues related to their respective camps, and it is difficult to come forward..."

"I'll go."

A gentle voice sounded.

Everyone turned their attention and saw Sasha standing up in a white evening dress with a smile on her face.

"I'm sure no one will have any objections to me coming forward as me... It just so happens that I also plan to go to the mortal world."

"Miss Bi Shu is willing to come forward, which is great."

Gago raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Then this matter will trouble you."

After saying that, he took off the white glove on his right hand, touched his chest and saluted the white-haired woman.

The other two apostles present, the girl Angel and the old man Ryan, also nodded.

The ascended ones present all bowed accordingly.

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At the same time.

The "lower" area of ​​the Land of Gods.

Through the guidance, Gilan came to a plain area covered with obsidian and fire.

There are endless flames burning here, the air is twisted and fluctuated by it, and it is filled with a pungent and unpleasant smell.

He covered his mouth with a wet handkerchief, frowned, and stood on a huge obsidian rock, looking around quietly.

It has been a while since Jilan came here.

He did not find any traces of the residents of the God's Land. There was silence all around, only the whirring sound of the burning flames.

But this was not a bad thing for him.

After all, Jilan only needed to stay in this fire element gathering place for a certain period of time to automatically form a "footprint", thus completing the last condition required for promotion.

Standing quietly on the black big stone for a while, Jilan noticed something strange.

He suddenly smelled a faint smell of sulfur.

"Huh?" Jilan jumped down and hid behind the stone.

Almost in the next second.

A ball of fire suddenly ignited in the open space in front. The flame gradually formed an irregular crack, and then two red-skinned devils fell out of it.

They had horns on their heads and bat wings on their backs, each holding a trident and a broadsword. After falling out of the "flame rift", he quickly stood up and looked around.

Jilan hid behind the stone and used his spiritual vision to scan and confirmed that these were two devil nobles, both of whom were at the level of 4th-level Jiushi.

"What's going on?" The devil holding the trident said in ancient Hiru language. "How did we get here directly from the border..."

"Unlucky, we ran into the environmental changes in the 'lower' area."

Another devil holding a big knife said.

"Don't worry about these, the order of Lord 'Dog Uncle' is important, take the things sent from above and go to the mortal world, the army behind is still waiting!"

"This time, Lord 'Spirit King' Loserxiu sent the ascenders to convey the instructions to the 'Eclipse Society'... Only by listening to them, Lord Pal will have more time to recover."

"Damn humans, damn Bremen Empire, this time they will pay for their blood debts..."

Hearing this, Jilan frowned.

The conversation between the two devils seemed to reveal very important information.

Among them, "Dog Uncle" should be the "old acquaintance" Schnauzer, and the "Eclipse Society" seems to have received an order from a big man in hell to take some action against the Bremen Empire.

'"Spirit King" Loserxiu...'

Gilan secretly said this name.

He always felt that it sounded familiar.

Soon, Gilan thought of something and narrowed his eyes.

'Could that Loserxiu Ouija board come from this so-called "Spirit King"? The one who can drive the Ascendant must also be an apostle! '

Just as he was thinking.

The two demons who had already walked far away suddenly stopped and looked up.

They seemed to have received some invisible instructions, and they all turned their heads and looked at the obsidian stone where Gilan was.

"Wait..."

The demon holding the trident showed a ferocious expression.

"Abdu, you have also received the warning of the will of the God's Hometown... There are human visitors hiding here!"

"Kill him!"