Siegfried's Apprehension

"Think carefully about what you were doing before, and try to distinguish between dreams and reality."

With one hand pressing down on Kiana's hands to calm her down, Gwen looked at Mei, whose pretty face also showed a hint of confusion but was still relatively Mei, and gently reminded her,

"Mei, this is Gwen. This is the tunnel leading out of Changkong City. We are trying to escape Cocolia's control."

"..."

Upon hearing Gwen's words, the two girls, Kiki, who had just woken up, frowned slightly, clearly needing some time to distinguish between reality and dreams.

"The situation is urgent. Please calm down. I will continue to clear the blocked road. We must leave here as soon as possible."

Sensing that the two were gradually calming down, Gwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, reassured them once more, and then, instead of returning to the front of the passage to clear a path, rushed towards the back.

In a few breaths, Gwen met those of the figure hidden in the darkness, who was quietly retreating.

"Aren't you going to say hello, Natasha?"

Based on the other person's facial features, Gwen quickly identified him and asked with a low laugh.

"It's getting late, you should hurry up and leave."

After a moment's thought, whether it was recalling his initial purpose or the godlike and demonic power of Gwen in the illusion, Raven gently shook his head, reminding Gwen...

"If we continue to linger here, Cocolia's pursuers will be here soon."

With that, Raven took off his wristwatch and handed it to Gwen.

"..."

Surprisingly, Gwen didn't detect any malice from Raven, which surprised him, but he no longer had any intention of making things difficult for Raven. He took the watch.

"Thank you for your kind words—"

I also wish you a safe escape.

After face-to-face contact, Gwen was certain that while Raven was quite strong, she was not as powerful as him and was definitely not the Flame-Chaser Raven from the story.

Faced with such Raven, Gwen still had some leeway.

But...

Gwen, who was about to leave, stepped to Raven's side, gently patted her shoulder, leaving behind a scorching heat that Raven could clearly feel, before turning and leaving amidst Raven's stiff expression.

While willing to believe that the Raven still retains some humanity, Gwen also needs to leave some necessary safeguards.

Even if Raven leaks the information, it might be difficult for him to harm Gwen, but Kiana and Mei are different. Gwen needs to take responsibility for the two girls who chose to believe in him.

Of course, if everything goes smoothly in the end, that energy will not harm the Raven; instead, it will quietly become part of her power.

"Heh, what a vigilant fellow."

After a moment, Raven chuckled softly. Although her good intentions had been met with suspicion, Raven, knowing her role, held no grudge.

"But the fact that they didn't just kill this suspicious guy... what a naive young man..."

As the words fell, the figure with the stuffed teeth disappeared completely into the darkness.

Meanwhile, Gwen, back at the end of the passage, was met with Kiana and Mei, who had regained consciousness, and their questions were piqued.

"Chisey, what exactly happened before?"

"Gwen, what just happened?"

The two girls, who had called out different names, exchanged a glance, then both looked at Gwen with puzzled expressions.

"Trust me, we will have plenty of time to learn everything later."

But now... let's hurry and get out of here.

Gwen spoke, he flashed his wristwatch, allowing the two to see the current time.

"5:50!"

Looking at the time on her wristwatch, Kiana's eyes widened in surprise, and she exclaimed.

"Um..."

Gwen nodded, his voice somewhat heavy.

"The previous dream... wasn't entirely a dream; we wasted too much time there."

The plan has deviated from the intended course; our originally scheduled flight has already taken off.

To successfully escape the Far East, we need to make further plans, but before that, we need to break out of Changkong City, the core area of Cocolia's control.

"Is there anything we can do to help?"

Mei mind was instantly cleared by Gwen's words, remembered that Gwen had been the only one dealing with the blocked road ahead, and wanted to offer some help.

However, perhaps Mei herself didn't notice that her tone and expression had undergone a subtle change compared to before...

On the other side of the traffic jam, which stretched for more than ten meters, Siegfried, his face weathered and worn, slowly opened his eyes; his beard was already wet with tears...

Meanwhile, at the secret base in the Far East, Cocolia, who had discovered the disappearance of Gwen and his companions, was in a rage...

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Chapter 224 Siegfried's Fear

"Big eater!

A bunch of useless trash!

She smashed her personal communicator to pieces with a slap, Cocolia's voice echoed throughout the entire dormitory building, waking up many people who were still resting.

However, Cocolia had no time to feel sorry for her subordinates; her mind was completely occupied with the news she had just received—

Raiden Mei, Yuzuru (Gwen), and that white-haired guy all disappeared!

The starting point of her grand undertaking, the key to saving Seele, has simply vanished?

He disappeared under the close surveillance of nearly a hundred professionals?

Cocolia felt the veins on her forehead throbbing so hard they were about to burst, and all she wanted to do was grab all those scumbags and mow them down with a machine gun.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Cocolia, whose vision was turning black, was panting like a wounded beast, her eyes filled with barely suppressed rage.

"Lord Cocolia..."

Hearing the commotion inside, the security guards standing guard at the door rushed in, but were too intimidated by Cocolia's piercing gaze to say anything...

"..."

Cocolia, now only wanting to destroy something to vent her anger, looked at the two guards she had carefully selected and forcibly suppressed the urge to draw her gun and kill a few people to vent her anger. She quickly gave the order:

"Issue the order to convene a top-level military meeting immediately. Everyone must be in the meeting room within ten minutes—"

Go!"

"Yes!"

The two, who had been trembling with fear, felt as if they had been granted a pardon and quickly left, leaving Cocolia alone in the room.

"Snort!"

Seemingly, the conversation with her subordinates helped Cocolia regain some composure. With a face full of resentment, Cocolia pulled out her spare communicator, logged into her account, and immediately opened the first contact in her address book.

A moment later, the communication was connected, and the girl's inorganic voice came through:

"Mother Cocolia, this is Bronya. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Bronya ..."

Hearing Bronya's emotionless voice, Cocolia calmed down a bit, took a deep breath, and tried to suppress the anger in her words.

"According to the surveillance personnel's report, the key to rescuing Seele, Raiden Mei, has escaped our surveillance."

Now I am handing over command of everyone in Changkong City to you. At all costs, even if it means digging three feet into the ground, you must find these three people!

Did you hear me?!

However, even though Cocolia tried her best to suppress her anger, she finally let out a roar.

"Bronya understands."

Bronya's silver-gray eyes flickered slightly as she accepted the order and hung up the communication.

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Bronya looked out at the dark night and couldn't help but wonder why Gwen and his group would be exposed at this time.

However, judging from Cocolia's words, Gwen and his group should not have been discovered yet.

Hopefully they can escape successfully...

Bronya had received a tiny bit of help from Gwen and his companions in their escape the previous day, thought to herself that she delayed for a moment before slowly and leisurely contacting people she could use and pretending to start searching.

As for Cocolia?

Bronya had long since realized the difference between the current Cocolia and the former Mother Cocolia, and no longer held high expectations for her.

While Bronya was dragging her feet on starting the search, Siegfried, rubbing his temples, finally managed to figure out what had happened on the other side of the tunnel, not far from Gwen and the others.

"This is unbelievable! To encounter such an illusion here... what kind of monsters are around here?"

Having experienced an incredibly realistic illusion more than a decade ago, Siegfried couldn't help but recall those unpleasant memories when he experienced it again.

However, being a mature middle-aged man, Siegfried frowned and pondered for a long time. Confirming that the Kiana in the environment was still the same silly daughter he knew, he temporarily put aside some of his worries.

At least, in this dream, the Second Herrscher within Kiana did not reappear.

And...

Recalling the moment when the guy kicked him away, stole the Heavenly Fire Judgment, and immediately threatened to use Cecilia to attack him, only to have the Void Sword God annihilate that strange brat, Hiyori, Siegfried felt a phantom pain in his abdomen—

"Tsk, I was fooled by that brat before..."

Even if the version of me in the illusion has limited strength, I won't be easily kicked over.

Moreover, that mantra... I seem to recall Cheng Lixue reciting it during her cultivation...

She possesses strength surpassing my current level, and also knows Cheng Lixue's martial arts... and that appearance..."

Instantly, Siegfried was reminded of a certain damn blond guy.

However, Siegfried frowned and pondered for a moment, recalling his encounter with Gwen, before shaking his head again.

"No, it shouldn't be that Otto guy..."

Although he knew that Otto was a good actor and a good liar, Siegfried, who had personally spoken with Gwen, was certain that the other party was not that bastard Otto.

"So...

"Is it that kid from the intelligence report?"

Siegfried's expression became somewhat complicated as he quickly recalled the document he had seen a few months ago.

"The younger generation is truly formidable..."

However, if it really is him... I'm afraid this is just another of Otto's old tricks...

Are you planning to capture Kiana and take her back?

But..."

While pondering, Siegfried, who had fallen outside the collapsed mud, stood up, glanced at the mud in front of him, and turned to leave.

Regardless of how he would face Gwen later, Siegfried, having witnessed Gwyn's strength in the illusion, had no intention of directly confronting him.

After all, in his current state, he might not be able to reliably defeat Gwen, especially now that Gwyn has Kiana as leverage.

As Siegfried turned to leave the passage and prepare to lie in ambush, Gwen had already resumed clearing the blockage at the other end of the road.

Thanks to Eden's previous maintenance of the energy flow, Gwen's remaining workload is not much, and he may still have a chance to escape Cocolia's control before being captured by Cocolia's people.