Soul Echo

Before the night came, Zhong Ye came to the fourth village, which was also the last goal of his trip.

All four villages are within ten kilometers of Bourges, but the fourth village, unlike the first three, was entrusted to a Knight by the lord of Bourges.

However, this It shouldn't be the reason why the humans in this village were attacked and the other villages didn't.

With such doubts, Zhong Ye knocked on the door of the village.

The voice woke the sentry who was curled up on the sentry tower.

"You...what are you here for?" the sentinel asked loudly.

The man had two weapons on his back, and at a glance he knew that he was not someone to be with.

Maybe thinking of something terrifying, the sentinel gripped the rough short bow nervously, sweat dripping from his palms.

"I'm an adventurer hired by the business church. I came to check the situation in your village." Zhong Ye replied calmly.

In theory, he was indeed hired by several churches in Bourges, but those churches did not hire him to investigate the situation in these villages.

Looking at the sentinel's expression, he should not believe what he said, Zhong Ye immediately added: "I have the certificate issued by the business church, I threw the certificate over, you take the certificate and go to the owner of the village , he can prove my identity."

Speaking, Zhong Ye took out the proof from the backpack and threw it over the wall.

The sentry glanced at him suspiciously, but because of the influence of 【Affinity physique】, he chose to believe him.

"Wait a while!"

With a cry, the sentry withdrew his head from outside the sentry tower, climbed down the sentry tower along the stairs, and picked it up behind the village gate That 'proof', ran inside the village.

Zhong Ye waited outside the door for a long time, until the sky was completely plunged into darkness, and then there was a sound from the village.

"Hey! Are you still there?" the sentry shouted across the gate.

Zhong Ye opened his eyes, looked up at the gate in front of him, bent his legs slightly, jumped directly over the wall and jumped into the village.

The sentry holding the torch only saw a dark shadow fall beside him, and he was stunned in place. When the silhouette stood up, he realized that this person seemed to be the adventurer who had shouted to him before. ...So this adventurer can jump in?

It wasn't until Zhong Ye appeared in front of him that the sentry noticed how tall this adventurer was - more than a head taller than him.

Gasting nervously, the sentinel subconsciously took a half step back, "You, you..."

Perhaps because he was too surprised, he didn't even finish a sentence.

Zhong Ye sighed: "Where's my 'proof'?"

On hearing Zhong Ye's mention, the sentinel remembered what he was here for, and hurriedly took it out of his pocket He took out the holy emblem of the Commercial Church, stretched out his hand and handed it to Zhong Ye.

"Here, give you."

"Thank you." Zhong Ye took back the holy emblem and asked, "Where's the lord's answer?"

The sentry quickly retracted his arms, "Oh! Lord Grant said, you are welcome..."

Zhong Ye nodded slightly and asked again, "Can you tell me where the lord's residence is?"

"Over there." The sentry turned and pointed to the north of the village.

"Thank you."

Looking at the back of Zhong Ye leaving, the sentry was stunned for a long time before he realized it, sighed, shrank his neck, and climbed back to the top of the sentry tower.

He needs to stay on the tower until late at night to complete the mission.

Zhong Ye stepped on the snow and walked quickly towards the village lord's residence.

It was dark in the village, and the sound of making a man was heard from most of the houses. Only one room was still brightly lit.

This village is very poor. Even the lord's house, except that it is bigger and has a second floor, doesn't look much different from the houses of other villagers. Even the windows are wooden.

Zhong Ye knocked on the door of the house. After a while, a fat woman opened the door. Seeing the weapon behind him, she couldn't help covering her mouth and let out a slight exclamation.

There is no such person in the village, that is to say, he is a mercenary sent by that church?

"Aunt Maria, who is that?" A crisp voice came from the room.

A deep voice followed: "Is that the mercenary?"

"Yes, sir, it should be the mercenary." The fat woman looked at Zhong Ye With a glance, "...should!"

Zhong Ye said at the right time: "If only one mercenary offered to 'visit' at this time, then the mercenary you mentioned should be me."

"Then, let him in, Maria."

hearing this, Zhong Ye shook his boots on the front steps, shaking off the mud and snow stuck to the soles Falling, then bowed his head and walked into the house.

The first thing he did after walking into the house was to take off the weapon and put it aside.

As he saw outside, the room was not very big, the living room was the dining room, and the lord's family was sitting around the dining table, 'enjoying' dinner.

Even for the lord of this village, dinner is not very rich.

A bowl of stewed fish soup with mushrooms, a plate of roasted fruit, a bowl of stewed beans, and a steak, these foods that are full of prejudice and stereotypes in the eyes of many people constitute the small lord of the Gallic kingdom family dinner.

Even so, this dinner is already out of reach in the eyes of the ordinary commoner.

Although I haven't eaten dinner today, Zhong Ye has no appetite and doesn't feel hungry at all looking at the food.

A single candle stands on the dining table, and the flickering dim candle is the only light source in the room. Fortunately, Zhong Ye has long adapted to the dark night of this era.

The fat woman walked quickly to the dining table, picked up the half-eaten bread, and looked towards Zhong Ye vigilantly, but when Zhong Ye walked out of the darkness, the light and shadow carved a clear and vivid expression on his face. After facial features, she couldn't help but mouth opened wide.

——When she was at the door just now, she could only see Zhong Ye's height and vague outline.

The three members of the lord's family also turned their heads and looked towards Zhong Ye, stunned.

"Wow! You are so tall!" It was the daughter of the lord's family who exclaimed, breaking the eerie silence.

Zhong Ye glanced at her, smiled slightly, gained a pair of bright eyes, and a little admirer.

Then, he turned his eyes to the lord again, said resolutely: "Excuse me, fief lord, do you have time? I want to ask you about the 'vampire whereabouts' of this village."

After hesitating for a while, the lord turned around and picked up the oil lamp that was put aside. The candle on the dining table cautiously lit the wick, and there was another light source in the room.

"Follow me." With that, the lord got up and walked towards the stairs.

Zhong Ye followed the lord up to the second floor, entered a room, and watched him pull the latch.

The lord hung up the oil lamp and sat down on a chair covered with wolf skins, while Zhong Ye sat down opposite him.

"Praise the stern lady." The lord first made a prayer to the Spiritual God he believed in, to express that his next words were spoken under the witness of the family Goddess, and there was no lie.

Zhong Ye didn't say anything, just put one hand on his chest to show respect.

Unbelievers...

Looking at Zhong Ye's actions, the lord thought about it.

"Unlike the other three villages, the one who appeared here is the real vampire!" As soon as he opened his mouth, the lord said a shocking sentence.

He mused as he recounted: "Just last night, a vampire broke into my home - yes, you heard that right, a 'break-in' into my home.

"He told me that he was forced to transform into a vampire, that he did not kill anyone, that he escaped from the clan when his superior blood relatives died.

"Now, his clan is hunting him down, so I hope I can give him shelter."

"And then?" Zhong Ye brows tightly knit.

Under the protection of the family Goddess, a vampire can actually break into other people's homes. Does this mean that something unexpected happened?

"Now he's hiding in the cellar."

The lord took a deep breath, "I don't know what he said true or false, but my child and wife are at home , I couldn't beat him, so I had to follow his wishes and keep him.

"I originally planned to tell the clergymen in the city today, but he said that he I feel that my clansman is approaching, and now other vampires have no way to determine his location, if I let someone tip off, his location will be revealed at once, when the time comes, not just me and my family, just Even entire villages are killed. "

Zhong Ye frowned, "That is to say, the whereabouts you reported before..."

"Yes, he had escaped at that time, and his clansman was chasing him." Kill him, the villager who died should have unfortunately met a vampire who happened to be hungry. "

Under the candlelight, the shadows rose and fell, making the expressions of the lord and Zhong Ye look a little gloomy and uncertain.

"...I want to meet that'" Don't kill' the vampire. "

The lord nodded, walked to the bookshelf and took out a key.

"This is the key to the cellar. After he lives in, I will give it to the cellar door." lock.

"However, I won't go in with you, I want to protect my family."

It sounds like the lord doesn't trust him very much, so the reason why he handed him the key, I'm afraid it's still for the sake of the holy emblem.

Zhong Ye picked up the key, got up and walked out of the room.

——he wanted to see how that vampire could 'break into' someone's house!