Soul Echo

Picking up a few rubble as evidence, Zhong Ye took Lillian through the cave and into another cave, trying to track down the fleeing leader.

But unlike the caves outside, the deeper caves twisted and turned, and within a few minutes, Zhong Ye decided to turn back and stop tracking.

He has lost the guy's whereabouts - so to speak, he suspects that the guy didn't pass through here at all, didn't escape from here.

Before returning to the carriage, Zhong Ye and the others also returned to the cave where the cultists lived, tied up the cultists who were still alive, collected some food from the house, and brought the cultists with them. away from the cave.

There is no vampire here, just a bunch of cultists.

Although they are cursing Zhong Ye and the others, these cultists are actually still afraid of death.

After they were driven out of the cave by Zhong Ye and Lilian, they closed their mouths and stopped cursing.

--perhaps because Zhong Ye and Lillian didn't intend to kill them after finding out.

When walking towards the carriage, Zhong Ye looked up at the sky, silently sensed the humidity and wind speed of the air, observed the clouds and mists in the sky, and then determined that it will not snow in the last few days.

That being the case, they could travel overnight to return to Bourges with the remaining cultists.

After returning to the carriage, seeing Zhong Ye and the others coming back with a group of people, Lily's heart tightened, and then she relaxed.

The arms of the group were tied with ropes. Although Zhong Ye and Lilian were covered in blood, they could tell from their relaxed appearance that this time was a big victory.

Lily in light armor greeted her, "How's the situation?"

"We found this at the cult's quarters."

Zhong Ye opened the backpack and showed Lily the black stone inside.

Lily grabbed one at random, glanced at it, and then frowned.

"This is that?" Lily gestured, "Hey, is that the one on the altar?"

Zhong Ye nods, "It looks very similar."

"You found something like the altar around Chartres at the cult's quarters, but that thing was damaged... Are these cultists related to those monsters from Easterland? Are they Abyssalists? "

The information was enough, and Lily quickly deduced the actual situation.

She was keenly aware of what Zhong Ye called these people: 'Cultists'!

"They are not abyss believers. Rather, they have a very complex perception of the abyss, which is both disgusting and awe."

Glancing at the cultists, Zhong Ye analyzed: "In their words, the Evil God they believe in is an ultimate existence that can shelter them and survive when the abyss descends, while the 'unbelievers' will fall into the abyss, and their god will Expel the unbelievers from their shelter.

“They have a certain knowledge of the abyss, but not enough knowledge, and have a considerable rejection and hatred of other beliefs.

"Like these people, the dozens of cultists I killed were also mad believers, but their beliefs were not firm enough to commit suicide for keeping the Spiritual God's secret. ."

Zhong Ye is not surprised by this, he can be sure that these people have certain doubts about their beliefs, but they can only deceive themselves because of what they have done before. Make mistakes, keep making mistakes.

But knowing is knowing, understanding is understanding, but Zhong Ye doesn't want to give them a chance to reform - if just giving up the crime can give him a way to live, then the businessman who was killed by them before And what about adventurer?

Isn't there a happy family behind those travelers? Don't they have a relative?

It is even possible that they are the backbone of the family, and once they die, their family is cut off from financial resources, and in these sad times, their wives, sisters, and daughters can only be prostitutes. Ask for a meal for the family.

Zhong Ye believes that he is not the only one who thinks so, but the priests of many churches also think so.

These cultists look a little pitiful, but the people they killed are even more pitiful, and their relatives are even more pitiful!

In Bourges, there may be family members of those victims, so Zhong Ye intends to bring these cultists back to Bourges and let the church extract the information it wants to know from them, Judge them in public.

As the sun sets, Zhong Ye drives the carriage and embarks on the road back to Bourges.

Behind the carriage, a rope stretches out, connecting all the cultists.

carriage wasn't going fast enough for the cultists to keep up.

If there is no accident, Zhong Ye and the others will drive all night, and the carriage will basically not stop except to feed the draught horse.

At this rate, they might be able to make it back to Bourges by noon tomorrow.

…………

Zhong Ye When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not stop them, because an 'adventurer' who 'just happened' passed the city gate and explained to them The identity of the person driving the carriage.

As soon as he heard that it was the rumored hero, even the slack veterans couldn't help but look at him, wanting to see what the 'hero' looked like.

The soldiers were amazed when they saw that Zhong Ye's appearance and figure really fit the image of a 'hero'.

—everyone knows that the poems sung by bards are often exaggerated, but how can it not be surprising that the hero who appears before them is almost the same as the image in the poem.

The cultists are tied in a string, staggering behind the carriage, shiver coldly.

They walked for one night and were starved twice - because of the lack of food, they had two meals there, which means that they have had everything from yesterday morning until now. Did not eat.

The cultists felt their stomachs twitch, their muscles knotted, and they were exposed to the cold wind all night.

Even if they keep exercising all the time, they are just ordinary people. They have been blown by the cold wind all night and starved all day long. They have already lost their minds and their bodies are hot.

Now, these cultists have frostbite on their faces and feet, and their bodies are so numb that they can't even feel their skin and legs.

When the people who went out saw the group of people pulling behind the carriage, they all showed a look of shock and were dumbfounded.

Under the watchful eyes of the people in the city, Zhong Ye drove the carriage to the doors of several churches and let Lily and Lilian enter a church to inform the clergy of that church.

And he himself took action to break the news to the business church.

Not long after, the clergy of various churches gathered solemnly on the square in front of the church.

The homeless people they had kept in the church stood behind the doors and windows and looked out to see a tall man standing in front of the clergy.

When leaving the cave, Zhong Ye took some of the weapons they used as he could not find anything that could prove the identity of these cultists.

Looking at the weapons, as well as the stones in the backpack, after listening to Zhong Ye's description, the clergy believed by eight points.

However, they will still send people to the cave to investigate. Because Zhong Ye was in a hurry, the search was not thorough enough. Even the homes of ordinary cultists might have some clues.

The clergy had a conversation, and quickly formed a team. If you start preparing immediately, you can leave tonight.

Walk overnight and arrive tomorrow morning.

According to Zhong Ye, the leader of the group of cultists seems to have escaped, and they have to find the clues before they are cut off, and then follow the clues.

——It's hard to find the whereabouts of a group of cultists, but they can't just escape!

After handing over the cultists to several churches, Zhong Ye also had a problem.

He didn't plan to rest, because there were still suspected vampires raging in the Bourges area.

However, Lily and Lillian seem to need a break for a while, so he plans to have a long-lost solo action.