Soul Echo

On the day Zhong Ye and the others arrived in Bourges, it snowed heavily in the sky. Fortunately, Zhong Ye sensed the change in the weather early and made the two horses quicken their pace. Arrive around Bourges before the snow starts to blow.

However, when the carriage arrived, Zhong Ye saw from a distance that the city gate was already closed, so he could only rent a farmhouse in a village around the city and live there for the time being.

The smell in the farmhouse is hard to describe, let the room be ventilated for a long time, and those odors will be dissipated.

It took another half a day to clean up the farmhouse. By the time I was free, it was completely dark outside.

The wind was howling outside the window, and the cold air blew in through the holes in the house.

If it weren't for the wind and snow, they would rather live in the carriage than in the farmhouse.

Lily and Lilian were wrapped in sleeping bags and curled up on the only one bed in the room, while Zhong Ye was sitting in the corner, eyes closed.

Now his physical fitness is different from the past, even if he stays overnight for a few days, he won't feel tired as long as the [Breathing Technique] is still running and he doesn't do mentally consuming things.

Sleep is still necessary, but not so necessary.

Zhong Ye didn't fall asleep, he listened to the wind outside the house and thought about things silently.

They have reached Bourges, and both the clues of Nemo's paintings and the cult clues left to him by the 'cheater' disguised as Viscount Barnes point to the city.

The family Church of Goddess has also learned of the news, and as expected, the local church in Bourges has begun investigating the matter.

It's just that I don't know yet how much they have investigated and whether they can find enough clues before the cultists react.

After specifying the area where the cultists operate, the 'liar' also revealed that the cultists may be running 'human trafficking'.

This reminds Zhong Ye of his actions when he was in Montreux. The cult who committed suicide also operated 'human trafficking'.

However, after reading that notebook, Zhong Ye began to wonder if the things described in this notebook were false.

After all, if what is written in the notes is true, how can one explain that the real Viscount Barnes had contact with those cultists before his death?

You know, even the family Church of Goddess did not find out that there were 'human trafficking' incidents in the Valence-Bourges area, and how did the Viscount Barnes discover them and get in touch with them?

——In the notes, it was recorded that Viscount Barnes wanted to sell those paintings to those cultists before he committed suicide, that is to say, it was the original Viscount Barnes who dismissed those cultists .

If all this is true, what role does the 'liar' play in this?

But then again, if the things described in the notes are false, then why did the 'liar' make up this information?

Messy thoughts were mixed up in Zhong Ye's mind, like some threads were tangled in a mess, making him unable to distinguish which were true and which were false.

At that time, he had these doubts, but because he didn't know any other clues, and he didn't know where the escaped 'liar' took the son of Viscount Barnes, he had no choice but to follow up. The matter was left to the Church of Goddess, the family of Valençe, and he himself set out for Bourges.

When he was on the road, he had temporarily suppressed these doubts. Now that he arrived in Bourges, the doubts could no longer be held back and rose from the seabed of his brain.

Bourges is located in the 'centre' of the Gaul kingdom map, a considerable distance from Hallstatt.

And the last time he met those cultists who were operating 'human trafficking' was in Montreux, which was even more distant from Bourges.

If these two cultists are a group, does it mean that the Evil God behind them is so powerful that it can affect two countries?

There are even more than two countries, but these two countries are the areas they have discovered and affected.

That Evil God may have affected other countries, but they haven't been able to find it yet.

However, if these cultists are so powerful, have many churches in the Western Land really not noticed their actions?

This doubt, wait until Bourges opens the city gates, and after they enter the city, they can go to the local church to confirm.

Provided, of course, that the cultists in these two regions are a 'gang'.

Then, the question returned to the original point - did Viscount Barnes know that these cultists were operating 'human trafficking'? If he knew, why at first would he buy Nemo's paintings and want to sell them to those cultists?

There must be a reason for it!

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Second day, the snow was still falling, but the city gate of Bourges was opened.

Zhong Ye and the others took the opportunity to enter the city, and they also caught up with a few villagers who wanted to go into the city to sell charcoal.

After entering the city, put the villagers down, and they ran all the way to the adventurer's house - when entering the city, Zhong Ye had already learned about the adventurer's house from the villagers. 's location.

It took two wrong turns before Zhong Ye found the adventurer's home.

After all, this is their first time to come to this city. They are unfamiliar, and it is inevitable to go the wrong way.

After setting up the carriage and luggage, their three people rushed to the church in Bourges non-stop despite the wind and snow.

Zhong Ye has a letter of introduction from the house church in Valenzae. With the letter of introduction, he doesn't need to explain who he is.

The main belief in Bourges is the god of commerce, however, there are other churches stationed in the city, so Bourges also has a 'church district'.

Without much thought, Zhong Ye and the others went directly to the business church, because he was more familiar with the business church than other churches and had a good relationship with this church.

After entering the business church's church, Zhong Ye saw a group of solemn-looking clergy gathered here.

As you can tell from their clothing, they are not all clergy members of the Merchant Church.

What happened?

Zhong Ye had some bad premonitions in his heart, but instead of disturbing them, he followed a clergyman and went to the bishop's office.

The clergy said "wait a moment" to them outside the office door and walked into the office with Zhong Ye's letter of introduction.

And indeed a moment later, the clergy opened the door.

"Your Excellency, Lord Bishop, please come in."

It seems that something really happened!

Zhong Ye and Lilian exchanged glances and walked into the office.

"Your Excellency Zhong Ye, you are so timely!"

As soon as he entered the office, bishop, who was sitting in the chair, stood up, expressing such emotion.

'In time'?

Zhong Ye caught another subtle word, took off the weapon and put it aside, "Your Excellency, why did you say this?"

bishop walked out from behind the desk , invited Zhong Ye and the others to sit down, and then sat opposite Zhong Ye himself.

After hesitating for a moment and organizing his words, Bishop said: "After the parishioners in Valençe informed us of the situation, our church in Bourges all took action - you know , to find those cultists.

"We thought they were hiding deep, but didn't expect, they were actually hiding in our front of one's eyes! "

Zhong Ye expression congeals, "Where? "

What he is best at is actually 'where to go? How much to kill?', not reasoning and tracking.

bishop took a deep breath and said seriously: "At a distance There is a group of bandits around the Kingdom Avenue leading to the east of the kingdom in the city of Bourges. In fact, they are cultists!

"With the cover of the identity of the bandit, we used to regard the people who disappeared due to looting on that road as 'dead', but in fact those who disappeared did not die, It was sold out."