From Prisoner to Si Chen

Jilan did not let go of the mysterious energy contained in the bodies of these cultists. He shuttled through the bloody square and patiently corrupted all the corpses into points.

Soon, the mysterious points on the panel showed:

"4567."

Ding!

At this time, the "Golden Sigh" sounded.

"Mission completed: rescue."

"Select reward: slight improvement in spiritual knowledge, spirituality, and physical body (choose one of three)."

'Physical body. '

Jilan said secretly.

His whole body began to heat up slightly, but the heat did not stay for too long and soon disappeared.

'It's probably only improved by less than half...'

He was a little disappointed.

But when he saw that the three-dimensional attributes of his physique on the panel had increased by 1 point, he felt that he was greedy.

This improvement is actually not small!

The corners of Jilan's mouth curled up.

He looked up at the sky.

The battle just now came and ended quickly, but the momentum caused by the machine gun was not small, attracting many demons to come.

At this time, forty or fifty red-skinned devils were hovering in the sky above the square, each with a fierce look in their eyes and a malicious grin.

These devils flapped their bat wings and whispered to communicate. Sometimes they looked at Jilan, sometimes at the cathedral, as if they were ready to move.

Jilan did not tolerate these bastards, so he called out his cane and shook it gently.

Dingling!

"Come here!" He sneered.

The devils screamed and struggled continuously, but they were still dragged into Jilan's spiritual kingdom under the influence of the terrible bell.

After a while.

Jilan's pocket had a large number of glass beads.

He counted all the "marbles" he had accumulated, and there were nearly 200 of them, including a particularly gorgeous one from the "Dog Uncle" Schnauzer.

Jilan stored them all in the "ether bubble", that is, the crystal ball.

In the palm-sized crystal ball, light dots made of marbles suddenly floated. A gentle shake made it shine brightly.

"Now I understand why Mr. Pala likes to decompose and reconstruct enemies into miniatures for collection."

Gilan murmured as he looked at the crystal ball in his hand.

…

…

Eastern District of Coburn City.

On the messy and silent street, there was no one to be seen, except for the red-skinned devils that occasionally passed by, accompanied by sharp laughter.

After a while, a thin man with a travel bag carefully poked his head out of the alley and quickly jumped out when he confirmed that there were no devils nearby.

He moved quickly and ran along the street with his back bent.

Soon, the man stopped in front of an inconspicuous small bookstore on the roadside and raised his hand to knock on the door.

The bookstore had a red-bottomed gold sign with "Moran's Bookstore" written in gorgeous fonts.

Knock, knock, knock.

The rhythm of two short, one long, and then two short sounds was like some kind of agreed code.

After a few seconds, the wooden glass door of the bookstore opened a gap as long as a palm from the inside to the outside. There was no sound during the whole process because the bell above the threshold had been removed in advance.

"Come in quickly." A mature woman with short blond hair urged from inside the door.

The man glanced around and then slipped in.

Entering the bookstore, the lights on the wall were not turned on. There was only a kerosene lamp lit on the table, emitting a dim orange light.

But this was also a necessary measure to avoid attracting the attention of the devil.

Several bookshelves near the door were moved elsewhere, freeing up a small area, and a carpet was casually laid on the ground.

In addition to the female owner who opened the door, there were two men and two women sitting on the carpet. One of them was a young couple hugging each other, and the other was an elderly middle-aged woman, smoking a cigarette with a frown on her face.

There was also an old man who was meditating with his eyes closed, and he didn't even look at the man even when he came in.

Click.

The door of the bookstore was carefully closed.

The female shopkeeper led the backpack man back and handed him a glass of water, asking:

"Mr. Langer, did you find anything this time?"

The man took the glass and took a gulp.

Gulp...

He took a long breath, glanced at everyone, but shook his head:

"The situation is not good. The roads leading to other blocks are basically blocked, not to mention the train station and the port. There are corpses everywhere and demons gather there. Going there is basically like committing suicide."

"Ah?" The young woman in the couple exclaimed. "The train station and the port are paralyzed, so how can we escape from Coburn... If we go directly through the city and leave from the suburbs, we will definitely be discovered by the demons outside along the way, and we can't escape at all!"

"Don't worry, Amy."

Her boyfriend, who was hugging her, comforted her in a deep voice.

"Manager Moran is a 4th-level long-lived person, Mr. Langer, Ms. Brando, and Mr. Ugo are all 3rd-level spiritualists, plus the two of us who are 2nd-level, it shouldn't be a problem for us to stay in the bookstore for the time being."

Her boyfriend is called Bogado, a tall and strong man with strong muscles.

Bogado's words calmed the woman down a little, biting her lip and nodded.

"This is not a solution."

The short-haired manager named Moran said.

"Food and water are not a problem. We take turns going out and can find some supplies nearby... But the number of demons is increasing, and they will find this place sooner or later."

"Once we are discovered, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Manager Moran, do you have any plans?"

The middle-aged woman who smoked exhaled a puff of smoke, raised her head and asked.

Moran thought for a while.

"Let's hold on for a while longer and see if the empire will send a rescue... If nothing can be done, we can set off together to the Atonement Church in the next block."

"Presumably they will not refuse our joining. After all, we will have more strength and more protection."

After hearing this, everyone felt depressed.

"It can only be like this..."

But at this moment.

There were bursts of devilish screams outside the bookstore.

There is also a faint crisp sound unique to bells.

"What's going on?"

Everyone in the bookstore was shocked.

Moran and Rangel rushed to the window first, opened a gap in the curtains, and peeked out.

Both of them were startled.

I saw a team of more than a dozen people coming from one end of the road. This group of people didn't hide anything and just walked through the road unscrupulously.

The leader, a young man in a suit and leather shoes, held a black cane with a pair of bells attached to the handle. As he rang the bell, all the demons hovering in the air screamed and were sucked in until they disappeared.

"Who are they?!"

The couple, the middle-aged woman and the old man also came over.

Shopkeeper Moran's eyes swept over the group of people, and finally fell on the young man who was leading them.

"They are all level 3 mystics, and there is also a level 4 Kusei... The leading young man is very strong, very strong!"

she said in surprise.

Soon, the shop owner’s beautiful eyes narrowed again.

"Wait, that's Mr. Guillan Iros, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire?!"

"Ghilan Yiros..."

Rangel was stunned, as if he remembered something, his mouth gradually opened wide.

"The Crazy King?!"

The rest of the people were shocked.

They may not have heard of "Crazy King", but they know the name "Gilan".

The famous foreign minister of the empire is also a high-ranking member of the mysterious investigation committee, a real big shot!

"We are saved!"

Among the couple, the young woman named Amy looked happy.

She was about to open the door, but was immediately pulled back by her boyfriend and store manager Moran.

"Amy, what are you doing?!"

Her boyfriend Bogado's face changed slightly and he asked eagerly.

Amy was a little innocent and said:

"Since he is Foreign Minister Guillen Yiros, he will not leave us alone, right?"

"But don't forget, we are all mysterious people who cannot see the light..."

Store manager Moran's eyes flashed with worry.

"You also know the empire's attitude towards the mysterious man, not to mention that he is a high-ranking member of the Investigation Committee. If he discovers us, who can guarantee that we will be saved safely or be captured and imprisoned in the committee's prison?"

Just finished speaking.

The ringing of the bell outside the door suddenly stopped.

No one dared to speak anymore, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.

The next second.

Tuk Tuk!

There was a knock on the bookstore door!

Everyone's heartbeats stopped.

After the scene was quiet for a few seconds, a young man's plain voice came from outside the door:

"My lord, Gilan Iros, I have no ill intentions towards everyone in the bookstore."

Everyone looked at each other.

Moran knew that it would be useless even if he didn't open the door, because the other party had obviously discovered them.

She took a deep breath and put her hand on the doorknob.

Click.

The door of the bookstore opened slowly.

Everyone looked nervously when they saw the upright young man with purple eyes standing at the door.

Ji Lan glanced at them, stamped his cane on the ground, took off his hat and nodded:

"I think you should be the lone mysterious person who failed to escape from Cockburn in time."

"Yes, Mr. Gillan."

Moran cast an awe-inspiring look and said in a deep voice.

Ji Lan looked at the female shopkeeper, with a hint of surprise and doubt in her eyes.

Because the other person looked exactly like the "Ms. Moran" he had seen before, but his spirituality was completely different.

They are not the same person.

Based on the name of this bookstore, Gillan had a guess. So, he couldn't help but ask:

"Don't you know this lady's name?"

"Sir, my name is Moran Yazi, and I am the owner of this bookstore."

The woman with short blond hair answered honestly.

Hearing this, Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

"There is also a 'Molan Bookstore' in Muse City, the capital. The shop owner there is named Moran Cecilia. What is your relationship?"

"That's my sister."

Moran was also surprised.

She seemed to be aware of Ji Lan's doubts, so she explained in a low voice:

"There are nine sisters in our family, and we have opened bookstores all over the empire... However, we exchanged our first and last names, so everyone is called 'Molan'."

"I see."

Only then did Ji Lan realize.

When he first met Cecilia Moran, his strength was still weak and he failed to discover the identity of the mysterious person.

But now, he saw through Yaz Moran's strength at a glance.

The Spiral of the Furnace Wand, the Way of September's "Snow Lady", and the Level 4 "Judge".

Nine mystical sisters opened a bookstore in the empire with the common name "Molan"...

Ji Lan had new doubts about this and asked in a deep voice:

"Are you related to the 'Condensation Bookstore'?"