Soul Echo

When Zhong Ye stepped onto the surface, the battle in the castle was over.

The cultists of the Raymond family were not strong, or even weak. After being eliminated by Zhong Ye, the remaining cultists were quickly eliminated.

Several clerics found the stairs leading to the underground, but they didn't enter it rashly.

The sound response that appeared just now should have come from below, but until now, there have been no more accidents, maybe Zhong Ye has solved the following problems.

——When Zhong Ye visited the church yesterday, he showed his identity.

Now is there any other church in the western land where the priests don't know 'Zhong Ye'? That is the hero who has solved several abyss invasion incidents!

With the strength that Zhong Ye has shown before, it should be able to solve the problem below...

So, the clergy did not enter the stairs, worrying that they would hinder Zhong Ye's action.

After leaving the underground, Zhong Ye did not leave immediately, but waited for the church's support with the priest.

The cultists of the Raymond family have been eliminated, but as the local lord, there are still many servants in the castle, and the merchants and nobles who normally have contacts with the Raymond family are also suspected and need to be carried out. review.

While waiting, Zhong Ye asked the priest: "Your Excellency, have you investigated the fire that destroyed the mansion of Viscount Barnes?"

The one who was cleaning the weapons The priest looked up at Zhong Ye, nodded, "The fire happened last night. According to the situation at the fire scene, the fire started not long after you left the church.

" We suspect There are multiple fire points, otherwise, the burning speed is impossible - after hearing the news from you, we sent people to the mansion of Viscount Barnes, and wanted to find out from him about the group of cultists as soon as possible. The news was that by the time we arrived, the mansion of Viscount Barnes had been engulfed in flames.

"Later, we also organized people to put out the fire. It took a few hours to put out all the flames, but everything inside was turned to ashes."

How many hours?

Hearing this time, Zhong Ye raised his eyebrows.

If it had been in the past, he might not have felt that there was anything wrong with this time, but in Chartres, not long ago, he personally participated in a fire fighting operation.

In that warehouse alone, the fire burned for nearly a day.

Even though the Viscount Barnes' family is surrounded by four walls and a lot of goods are piled up in that warehouse, if the flames can be put out so quickly, the fires are unlikely to spread to the entire mansion in a short period of time.

"Arson." Zhong Ye said.

They had guessed before that the fire might have been set by Viscount Barnes himself, in order to get away with suspended animation, and now, there is a strong evidence to prove it.

If it wasn't for arson, the fire could have spread so quickly and could have been extinguished so quickly.

However, why did Viscount Barnes choose to feign death to escape?

Zhong Ye was puzzled by this, and felt a little bit of inexplicable meaning from it...

They didn't wait long before the church's support came to Valensay Castle , and also brought a note.

——A note left by Viscount Barnes to Zhong Ye!

"This notebook was found under the bed when we searched Viscount Barnes' room."

In Zhong Ye they set out to clear the Raymond family of cultists At that time, the search of Viscount Barnes' mansion was also continuing.

According to the investigators, there was a dark compartment under the bed where the only corpse was lying on the scene of the fire. In the dark compartment were a notebook and a note, which read: This notebook must be handed over to Zhong Ye. Only he can open the notebook. If anyone else wants to open the notebook, the notebook will be destroyed.

According to the note, the notes contain the whereabouts of the cultists.

Therefore, the searchers immediately sent the notes back to the church, and asked the team that set out to support the castle to bring the notes to Zhong Ye.

Others did try to open the notebook when they were on the road, but they couldn't open it. If they used brute force, they were afraid of destroying the notebook, so they brought it with them. come over.

The note was handed over to Zhong Ye. Zhong Ye brows slightly wrinkle and opened the note without much effort.

The surrounding clergy held their breath subconsciously, as if the situation was as written on the note, and only Zhong Ye could open the note.

【Thank you for your kindness to me, knowing that I may be converted into a cultist, you are still willing to pay me to cure my disease-although after that, you informed me on Your message has been told to the church, but I don't hold you against it for it. ]

Zhong Ye frowned, continue to read: [There is one thing I need to tell you - I am not the real Viscount Barnes, the real Viscount Barnes is dead, being rejected by those cultists After that, he committed suicide. I was just a 'liar' who accepted his favor and chose to help him fulfill his last wish. As for my name... I won't say it here, that kind of humble thing should not be used to stain your eyes . ]

[When you saw this note, I had already fled with the son of Viscount Barnes, please don't look for us, this is the humblest request of a powerless person, I am only I want to repay the favor, so that the benefactor's child can grow up, apart from this, I don't want to do anything, and I'm not a cultist, the Lord of Pleasure and the King of Conspiracy have invited me, but I refused— -If you were a cult, you would not dare to say such 'blasphemous' words. 】

Seeing here, Zhong Ye eyebrow raised.

If that person is really just a 'mortal' as the note says, then how tenacious is a mortal who can refuse the invitation of the Lord of Pleasure and the Lord of Conspiracy?

[The reason why there are cults in the Raymond family is because of my plot against , I know that Viscount Raymond is old, but he wants to live longer and enjoy more, since In this way, the Lord of Pleasure should welcome him very much. Those three paintings were deliberately sent by me, and the other things used to pay off debts were all gifts. ]

[If nothing else, these three 'most valuable' things will definitely be checked by him personally, as long as he has contact with those three paintings, then he will definitely be transformed into Cultist - even I almost didn't hold on. ]

[Although Viscount Barnes didn't tell me personally, according to the diaries he left behind, it was one of Viscount Barnes' last wish to destroy the Raymond family. Even though other people will be implicated, I am also very sorry, but this is the last wish of Lord Barnes Viscount, and I have no choice...]

[The corpse you saw at the fire scene is the Viscount Barnes himself, I also hope that you can properly dispose of his body. After all, he did nothing wrong... At least he didn't have time to do it. He is just a pitiful person who is not going well. ]

[If you don't believe me, you can check the corpse, such as the ring on his hand and the necklace on his neck, which are the souvenirs of him and his deceased wife. Let them be buried with Viscount Barnes. ]

Seeing this, Zhong Ye's confusion was finally resolved.

That's true!

The cultists of the Raymond family are not strong, it must be because they are not compatible enough with the Evil God beliefs.

However, why are there so many cultists despite not having enough affinity?

This is plot against the unknown 'liar', who wants to use those drawings to murder a person with a borrowed knife - a church knife, to destroy the Raymond family.

Zhong Ye believes that even if he hadn't come to Valensay, the 'liar' would have found an opportunity to spread the word to the family Church of Goddess.

He came to Valensay just to give the 'liar' a chance to present at the right time!

Zhong Ye sighed, continue to read.

[As for those cultists, I can tell you where they are. ]

[—in Bourges! ]