Soul Echo

Although the guess should be realistic and bold, Zhong Ye's guess is a bit too bold.

Lilian and the three of them all showed surprised expressions, and the eyes looking towards Zhong Ye were full of disbelief.

——This is not like what Zhong Ye, who has always been calm and rational, would say, is he telling a bad joke?

Instead of guessing that the vampires climbed out of the top of the cave, I would guess that they all suddenly gained the ability to fly because they flew too high and scratched to the top of the cave!

But looking at Zhong Ye's serious and solemn appearance, it doesn't look like he's telling a bad joke.

Lily and Lillian looked at each other, Mayer didn't know much about Zhong Ye, didn't they know about Zhong Ye?

——Zhong Ye is serious, he is not telling a bad joke, he really thinks so!

Not long after the voice fell, Zhong Ye took action. He really went to check the branches of the trees growing around the cave.

Perhaps because of the shaking caused by the cave's collapse, the snow and ice on the branches were shaken off, and several branches were broken and fell to the ground.

It doesn't matter if you don't check, Zhong Ye really found some traces of this check.

"Look here!"

The three of them looked in the direction of Zhong Ye's finger and saw a break in a branch.

"Is...is there anything strange about it?" Mayer asked suspiciously.

Lilian took a few more glances, and then reacted, "It's the length! Most of the other branches are broken at the midpoint, but this one broke very close to the trunk!"

It's winter, and most of the time, the branches are much stiffer than they used to be, but at the same time, they're also more prone to breakage.

The closer the branch is to the trunk, the thicker it is. Once the midpoint is passed, it becomes more difficult to break a branch.

It can be inferred from the degree of breakage of other branches that most of these branches are affected by shocks, the ice hanging under the branches swaying, and the heavy snow accumulated on the branches, the branches will break. fall.

However, the fracture of the branch pointed out by Zhong Ye is different. It can be seen from the cross-section that the original state of the branch is quite healthy, without decay, and the probability of natural fracture is extremely low.

After listening to Lillian's explanation, Mayer and Lily came up with an idea that they thought was extremely absurd - could it be that Zhong Ye really guessed it? Did those vampires really climb out of the top of the cave?

They couldn't help but think of that wonderful picture, and hurriedly shook their heads, threw away that terrifying fantasy from their minds.

Found a suspicious clue, Zhong Ye continued to search along this line of thought.

Lilian, who had some doubts about Zhong Ye just now, also followed in his footsteps, and before the night fell, they helped to find them together.

As a result, they really found more clues!

Looking at the branches on the ground, Zhong Ye couldn't help but shake.

Could it be that he guessed the truth by mistake?

Of course he knew that vampire was impossible to climb out of the cave. Even if he could climb, it would leave only a few scratches, and there should be other marks, but these branches seemed to confirm his statement.

He just wanted to distract Lillian and the others from the 'trace found by the Northwest' for the time being, and stop them from thinking along that line of thinking.

I didn't think about it, it seemed that he really found the escape route of the vampires - the order of these branches breaking, pointing straight to the northeast.

As the saying goes, if you are bitten by a snake for ten years, you are afraid of the rope. After Zhong Ye was plotted against once, she became vigilant about similar things.

If those vampires really escaped this route, breaking a branch would be a hassle for them, even more how.

Under the tree with unnaturally broken branches, Zhong Ye found no signs of heavy objects falling, only some branches and ice embedded in snow and even the ground.

Is this a coincidence? Is it a conspiracy? Or are there other factors?

Glancing at Lillian behind him, and realizing that she might have gone offline for dinner, Zhong Ye turned to Lily and Mayer and said, "It's getting late, let's investigate tomorrow."

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The darkness that originally only occupied a corner of the sky has covered the dome, Lily also felt stomach rumbling with hunger, nodded, and remembered this place and returned to the carriage with Zhong Ye.

Zhong Ye had piled up feed for the two draught horses before leaving. When they came back, the two draught horses were lying on the hides leisurely, turning their heads from time to time to take a bite, Appears very comfortable.

Although there is no fire to warm up, it is naturally much more comfortable to stay inside the canopy, where the cold wind cannot blow in.

Even if Zhong Ye didn't tie them to the tree, they didn't run away.

The fire was lit, and after the fish soup was cooked, Mayer was served a bowl.

When Mayer took the soup bowl, Zhong Ye suddenly asked, "Mr. Endridge, in which direction do you think the vampires are most likely to escape?"

hearing this, Mayer frowned and put the bowl down.

"To be honest, Your Excellency Zhong Ye, your previous guesses were really a bit bold, and even frightened me, but then various signs showed that what you said was right-I am very I suspect that the traces in Northwest were deliberately created by the vampires to mislead us."

Zhong Ye knew what he wanted to say, and the implication was that the vampires knew that someone would follow up come over.

If they didn't know that someone would track them down, they wouldn't need to make those traces at all, and there was still a bit of wet soil at the end of the cave, indicating that they had only recently abandoned this place.

It has been half a month since Cyril escaped, and it is a coincidence that this group of vampires gave up this stronghold only recently.

He killed the vampires who were chasing Cyril four days ago, and set off from Bourges two days ago, and the vampires destroyed the stronghold and ran away at about the same time, if they were to prepare If so, the time to decide to escape may be before that.

"Does vampire have the ability to perceive the death of its 'blood relative'?" Zhong Ye asked.

"This... does!" Mayer nodded.

In other words, did those vampires decide to run away immediately after confirming that all the vampires who were chasing Cyril were dead? How did they determine that Cyril was in their hands?

Sure enough, there are still logical loopholes——

In the middle of these things, there is still a crucial part missing!

"These news are circulated within the church and demonhunter, how does vampire know that we have decided to deal with them?" Zhong Ye seemed to murmur and said this.

Mayer fell into contemplation with him, and after a while, Zhong Ye turned around and opened the curtain of Mayer's tent and walked out.

"Oh, by the way, I suggest you drink the fish soup as soon as possible. The weather is cold, and the fish soup cools down quickly."

Hearing Zhong Ye's reminder, Mayer then reacted, and hurriedly took a sip of the soup from the bowl.

—so salty! And it's still cold!

Looking at the fish soup, Mayer began to doubt life.

When walking back into the shed, Zhong Ye had cleared his mind and locked on the 'suspect' who caused the current situation - Cyril.

Of course, this may not be what Cyril did subjectively, but what means the vampire used to know their actions.

Cyril's 'blood relative' has died, and vampire is a creature that pays attention to 'my vassal's vassal is not my vassal', it is impossible to perceive whether Cyril is alive or not.

So, if nothing else, it's very likely that the group of 'painted skin' monsters did it.

They've partnered with vampire, and in a way, they have an interest, and it's not impossible if they're helping vampire.

The problem lies with Cyril, or more precisely, the black mist that vampire poured into his body...

That should be 'painted skin' It's just that the black mist poured into Cyril's body has self-awareness. After all, the people who participated in the experiment with him are 'crazy'.

Zhong Ye's brain was running fast, and at the same time, the movements of his hands did not stop, he kept putting food into his mouth, and his stomach worked hard to digest the food to provide nutrition for the brain.

It didn't take long for him to stop thinking.

Conjectures are just conjectures after all, and they can't be proven without evidence, but he can tell those conjectures to the clergy in Bourges and let them observe Cyril's movements secretly.