Chapter 489 Half Moon
Wearing a white hospital gown, Ji Lan stood by the window and moved her body to stretch her muscles.
Crackling.
Crack it.
The joints in various parts of his body made snapping sounds.
"Huh..."
Jilan squinted her eyes and groaned comfortably.
He reached out and pushed open the window again, facing the morning light and breeze outside the window, taking a deep breath and smiling.
This feeling of being reborn made him close his eyes and silently feel the interaction between his body and the outside world.
After a while.
Ji Lan sighed secretly.
He felt that the energy flowing in his body had shrunk significantly. It was obvious that the "Philosopher's Stone" had been over-consumed after several times of overload use. At this time, only less than one-fifth of its full strength was left. of volume.
‘It seems that a new one needs to be refined. ’
Gilan couldn’t help but think to himself.
‘It just so happened that during this operation, there was a mass killing in Cockburn and Limbo, where many demons were decomposed and reconstructed, and a considerable amount of soul energy was accumulated. ’
‘This is the core material for refining the “Philosopher’s Stone”. ’
‘It’s just a pity that there are not tens of thousands but thousands of devils who died on the border. All that energy was wasted... Moreover, there are still three patrols who failed to be corrupted in time. ’
But Jilan also knew very well that due to the critical situation at the time and his seriously injured state, there was no chance to clean up the battlefield.
So I just thought about it in my heart.
I'm just a little sorry.
Jilan retracted his thoughts, sat back on the hospital bed, and counted the number of glass beads stored in the "ether bubble" of the crystal ball.
In a short while.
He sat cross-legged, with a large number of dazzling glass beads placed on the white and soft sheets in front of him. As you pick it up with your hand, it makes a crackling sound.
"There are 880 pieces in total, 7 of them were made by the chief of the 'Solar Eclipse Society', and 1 was made by the April Patroller, which contains the most energy."
Gilan took inventory. Finished, murmuring.
He held eight particularly gorgeous glass balls in his hand and felt the extremely rich soul energy inside.
It is more than enough to refine a new "Philosopher's Stone".
'If all these soul energies were corrupted into points, I'm afraid there would be nearly ten thousand...'
Jilan estimated, feeling excited.
‘Use it properly. It should be no problem to further improve the secret sword technique "World Sword" and even deduce the sixth level of essence. ’
Just as he was thinking about it, his gnosis was suddenly touched, so with a flick of his hand, he put all the glass beads on the bed sheet into the crystal ball.
A few seconds passed.
A faint sound of footsteps came from behind the door and stopped immediately. The spherical door handle twisted slowly, as if the person outside the door did not want to make noise and disturb Gilan's rest.
The door opened slowly.
The blond woman who opened the door looked at Jilan who was sitting on the bed, and was immediately startled.
The man and woman behind her were also stunned.
"Mr. Gillan!"
Aurora looked surprised.
She quickly held up her skirt, strode over, and then excitedly threw herself into Gilan's arms, hugging him tightly.
“You finally woke up!”
"I just woke up not long ago, so I worried you, Aurora."
Gilan said softly and patted Aurora's delicate back comfortingly. Then he raised his head and nodded with Maiev and Franco who came with him.
The two of them had sincere smiles on their faces, seeming to be happy for Gilan's awakening.
Aurora was a little excited and hugged Gilan and refused to let go. It was as if she was worried that the man in front of her would leave her if she let go.
It took a while.
Only then did she pull away from Jilan's arms, with an expression of tears of joy on her face, her cheeks were red, and her beautiful eyes were moist.
Aurora did not wear a nun's uniform today, but an orange pleated leg-of-mutton sleeve dress, a high collar with flying edges, and a basque with long sleeves and a red lace shawl.
Gilan recognized that this was the gift he had bought for Aurora when he first arrived in the capital, Muse City.
At that time, in order to cover up the burn scars on her body, she deliberately bought such an extremely conservative outfit. It also comes with a small hat and veil, but Aurora has no use for them at the moment.
Unexpectedly, she still kept it.
"Mr. Gillan, I'm sorry, I...I lost my temper a little, I was just too happy."
Aurora straightened her slightly messy hair and showed a bright smile.
The fair and beautiful facial features, combined with the morning light outside the window, make Jilan feel like he has returned to the moment when he first met this "sparrow" a year ago.
"It doesn't matter." Jilan smiled.
"By the way, how is Mr. Gillan feeling? Is there anything else that feels uncomfortable?"
Aurora leaned over, took one of Gillan's hands, and asked with concern.
"No, I have basically recovered."
Gilan shook his head and asked:
"Aurora, how long have I been in a coma?"
"It's been more than two weeks..."
The blonde replied quietly.
“Today is May 16th.”
“It’s been so long!”
Jilan was startled.
He remembered that the devil's disaster broke out at the end of April.
Maiev said jokingly:
"During this period, Miss Aurora has been taking good care of you, Chief Gillan. Originally, I was responsible for these things, but she has a very tough attitude. , indicating that the matter can only be left to her..."
Hearing this, Jilan was startled.
When he woke up, he found that he was clean and tidy. Apparently Aurora changed his clothes and wiped his body every day.
At the same time, he also understood.
Aurora was very cautious.
After all, Gilan fell into a coma and was unconscious, and anyone who came close to him threatened his abilities.
"Thank you, Aurora."
Gilan smiled softly and said softly.
Aurora blushed and said nothing, just shook her head, as if she had done an insignificant thing.
But Maiev continued:
"Miss Aurora stays in the ward almost twenty-four hours a day, massaging and wiping you, changing your clothes, telling you..."
"Don't... Stop talking, Miss Maiev!" Aurora's ears turned red and she quickly interrupted.
Mavie raised her eyebrows and closed her mouth.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Gillan changed the subject at the right time and asked Cang Yu: "Mr. Franco, how is the situation in Cockburn now?"
" The situation there has been brought under control by the empire, and the committee and various forces have subsequently sent additional support. Most of the trapped people have been rescued and relocated and properly resettled."
The man in suit and leather shoes said solemnly.
“Thanks to you for closing the ‘Dream Door’ and cutting off the passage between hell and the world, so that the number of devils has not increased dramatically... But there are still many devils flowing to Cobo. In the surrounding areas, the committee is embarking on a hunt."
"That's it."
Gilan nodded.
"How are the casualties?"
"..."
Franco fell into silence, and Maiev's face became even more solemn.
At this time, Aurora pursed her lips and whispered:
"According to incomplete statistics, more than 200,000 residents of Cockburn died, and more than 500,000 people were permanently disabled or even mentally ill. There is a serious problem.”
Hearing this, Jilan said nothing.
Although he had no friendship with ordinary people in Cockburn, he knew what it meant when he heard this huge number.
This is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
There are countless tragedies and tragedies.
It is simply not comparable to the news produced by ordinary cult secret societies.
And this is just part of the plan of the "Spirit King" who wants to ascend to the seventh moon and achieve the "wave".
He needs these layers of bones as steps to ascend to the high seat. It also needs wailing to achieve joy and accompaniment for its gorgeous footsteps.
Jilan suddenly realized deeply the good intentions of the "Crippled King".
When he was promoting the "Gear Plan", his alter ego, the head of state Caesar, made an impassioned speech at a secret meeting:
"When humans were begging for mercy, how could they pay attention to that abominable and cunning person?" Behind the gods, there are shadows."
"The old gods are vicious, and the new gods are complicit!"
"The shadows in the seats are mostly accomplices!"
"There are no walls in the dream. A scam!”
"Give up your illusions and fight now!"
"In this case, I will create my own god! This is the unyielding human will, which converges into a torrent, declares war on the gods, and lives for mankind!"
No wonder the "Remnant King" wanted to create a peaceful and prosperous age and dragged those new gods off the altar!
Jilan took a deep breath.
The topic seemed a bit heavy. Aurora silently took out an alchemy leather bag and took out a cylindrical tin bucket half a person's height.
"Mr. Gillan, this is our trophy."
It seemed that Maiev, an outsider, was present, and she didn't explain much.
But Jilan understood it as soon as he heard it.
This is the massive amount of "Sand of Evil" obtained by Aurora, Franco, Weiner and Alavia, who destroyed the group of demons in the spiritual kingdom of Rodland.
Gilan nodded.
He stretched out his hand and put his palm against the tin bucket.
Alchemy was immediately activated.
Crackling!
Silver arc flashes.
The half-human-high tin bucket and the "sand of evil" almost full of it were all decomposed instantly.
Gillan clasped his hands together.
“Refining!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a large piece of hundreds of glass beads appeared with a snap.
Jilan waved his hand, and all the glass beads were piled on the bed sheets.
“Although the ‘Sand of Evil’ is a mysterious material, it is even more valuable after it is decomposed into this pure soul energy.”
He explained to Aurora.
“Since it is your trophy, I will not take away half of it... Moreover, if it were not for your help, my actions would only be more difficult.”
“But, Mr. Gillan ..."
When Aurora heard this, she quickly spoke.
Unexpectedly, Jilan raised his hand to signal and shook his head.
"You are all long-term people. You will need a lot of resources to continue trekking the 'Road of the Fire Sword'. These are exactly what you need, whether they are traded or used for other purposes."
Seeing this, Franco patted Aurora on the shoulder.
The two looked at each other and understood what Jilan meant. So I stopped refusing and accepted silently.
Aurora is going to find time to divide it into four equal parts, and then give them the shares of the white gull and the black snipe during the gathering in the dream.
At this time.
There were footsteps outside the ward again.
Everyone turned to look.
I saw a rickety old man with white hair and wrinkles standing at the door holding a white cane.
“Chairman!”
Maev looked solemn and saluted quickly.
Aurora and Franco also saluted and respectfully called:
"Mr. Pala."
"No need to be polite."
Old gentleman He chuckled and waved his hand.
He walked in, and the three of them had a tacit understanding. They said hello to Gilan and left the ward, closing the door smoothly.
"Gilan, my good student."
Para came closer, with a smile of relief on her wrinkled face, and patted him on the shoulder.
He pulled out another chair and sat beside the bed.
He was silent for a moment and said slowly:
"The 'Spirit King' Lorethio Horn has fallen..."
"Huh?!"
Jilan was startled.
(End of this chapter)