Soul Echo

With more than 30 corpses, the human team set off on their return journey and left the blood-dyed red mountain road behind.

On the way home, everyone was silent, and there was no interest in talking.

The most casualties were the soldiers borrowed from the lords, followed by the adventurers, and again the 'Justices' Chapter - who paid a lot for the war.

Although they accomplished their original goal and succeeded in destroying the vampire clan, the three Legendaries who appeared in that war also made their hearts extremely heavy.

The appearance of the Legendary troll and the Legendary vampire did not surprise them, however, when the goblin shaman appeared, it did shock many people.

--they'd never heard of a goblin giving birth to a 'Legendary', there are so many goblins that it's not uncommon to have a transcender or two every now and then, but what about a 'Legendary'?

Before this, they had more or less heard that a goblin kingdom had appeared under Etrull, but they didn't care.

Legendary of the goblins, when the army of goblins appeared in front of their eyes, they realized that something was going on.

Zhong Ye and the others returned to the village where they stayed shortly after dark. The villagers were so frightened when they saw the bloody warriors that they almost dared not open the door. Still shiver coldly to them too.

However, the commercial church paid for all the surplus firewood and charcoal in the village, and the villagers who were originally scared witless immediately beamed with laughter. camp.

The bonfire was lit again, and the iron pot was set up.

Many people couldn't make it until the water boiled, so they fell asleep because of exhaustion and didn't even eat dinner.

Fortunately, the injuries on their bodies have been treated.

Zhong Ye washed the blood on his face and hands with freshly boiled hot water. The clothes on his body seemed to have been soaked in blood and water, and he could no longer wear them. Completely changed this outfit.

But until then, he could only endure the dirt for a night.

Sitting on a chair and washing his hair, which was also soaked in blood, he washed and washed, and seeing the water in the basin was dyed red, Zhong Ye couldn't help but close his eyes, sighed.

He once again realized the abnormality of this world. The goblins and trolls, who had no wisdom before, had wisdom and united.

And the group of 'painted skins'... Now he doesn't know if they can still be called 'painted skins'.

The group of 'painted skins' in Xilu and Easterland seem to be a little different. They only appeared in Xilu in recent years, and Easterland's 'painted skins' have never heard that they can be transformed through ceremony. Only natural reproduction.

If the group of 'painted skins' really represent a civilization, why is there such a huge gap between Easterland and the 'painted skins' of Xilu? What caused this gap to emerge?

And the last one to appear, Spiritual God who received an attack from the God of Commerce, also made Zhong Ye very concerned.

The black mist that wraps the vampire's body gathers together to form a Spiritual God, which seems to confirm the speculation of the Chief-In-Charge of the Church of Bourges from the side.

- All 'painted skins' may be part of their Spiritual God!

Miscellaneous thoughts fill the brain, even if the body is quite tired, Zhong Ye can't stop thinking.

The things that happened today are too much and too complicated, and he couldn't put them aside and just fell asleep.

"Can you do me a favor?" A soft voice rang in his ears, and Zhong Ye turned his head to look over.

Lily Lieber sat next to Zhong Ye with a pot of warm water at a moderate temperature, and pointed to her hair, "My hair is a bit long, I think I might not be able to wash it properly, I want to I want you to wash for me."

"It stands to reason that I should reject you." Zhong Ye sighed, "I have never thought about marrying you, and I have no intention of dating you, I should not Giving you the hope you didn't deserve..."

hearing this, Lily's mouth was slightly raised, her eyes became softer, and her pink lips were lightly parted: "You know what? I like that you respect others very much— —This is a choice I made by my own will, no matter what happens next, even if this relationship ends without a cause, it’s just because I made the wrong choice.”

Zhong Ye sighed softly, shock the head , crouch across from Lily.

"If I choose someone else in the end, what would you do?"

Lily bowed her head obediently and let Zhong Ye untie her hair tie.

The long hair poured down, and the ends of the hair fell into the basin, splashing a few drops of water.

Ripple ripples in the water basin. With the help of the fire next to her, Lily saw her slightly tired, delicious and pretty face, her lips slightly pursed.

"I will be miserable, but it's all because of me having only oneself to blame, I won't blame you, nor will I blame your spouse." She closed her eyes and seemed to murmur Said, "I don't regret meeting you, though...you were like a hero, breaking into a palace besieged by thugs and saving me.

"Your deeds gave me strength , so that I can summon the courage to deceive myself with the lie of 'pursuit of love' and escape from the filthy place that I have long wanted to stay away from. ”

Zhong Ye right hand picked up the hot water and poured it on. The other hand kept rubbing Lily's hair, washing away the blood stains that had been mixed and adhered to her hair, silently.

"...can't you just react a little bit? "

Hearing Lily's coquettish anger, Zhong Ye laughed and shook her head slightly.

Although she knew that Zhong Ye would not respond to her feelings, Lily still felt a little bit when she really faced it. Angry.

“Today, seeing your chest pierced while you were fighting that Legendary vampire, I realized that my feelings for you were never false, maybe it was just an excuse , a lie, but in these days spent with you, this feeling has been turned into reality.

"Your bluntness, your sense of justice, your kindness, your thoughtfulness, your rationality, your wisdom... these things have caught my attention, and I don't know since when, My feeling for you has changed from a friend who can make deep friends to a lover who wants to be in a relationship, to fall in love, and to accompany you for a lifetime."

"So, Zhong Ye." Lily lifts the head, He pulled his hair out of Zhong Ye's hands and draped it wetly on his shoulders.

She pulled her wet hair back, revealing her rosy and delicious smile, and asked again in a soft voice, "Can you marry me?"

"Sorry, no." Zhong Ye replied as always.

Looking at the slightly disappointed Lily, he sighed again: "To be honest, I can empathize with your confession. It would be impossible to say that there is no heart."

"But?" Lily looked at Zhong Ye puzzled, and didn't understand why he was moved, but he didn't accept her love, he obviously didn't have a sweetheart.

"Because that moment's heartbeat came from your beauty, from the secret joy in my heart." Zhong Ye closed his eyes and looked the head, "When I close my eyes, no more Go back and think about your appearance, discard all external factors and look at your heart, and I will find that I have no similar feeling for you."

Listening to Zhong Ye's explanation, Lily didn't know what was going on in her heart. a feeling.

I am happy that Zhong Ye admits that he will be happy because of his confession, and I am disappointed that Zhong Ye has no love for her...

The two contradictory feelings are entangled in Together, it made her feel a little depressed.

"Hold your head down, I haven't finished washing yet."

Lily bowed her head obediently, silently feeling the touch of Zhong Ye's rough fingertips rubbing her scalp, her skin felt like an electric shock , slightly tense.

"...You're such a hard-hearted person." Lily suddenly whispered, "How did you dodge that Legendary vampire attack? I saw its dagger pierce your chest, could it be? Do you really have a heart of stone?"

"I don't have a heart of stone." Zhong Ye shook his head and chuckled, "I just predicted the attack trajectory of the dagger, and used 'qi' and psychic energy to destroy the internal organs. I just moved away from the blood vessels... that's it."

He helped Lily wash her hair and dry her hair, Zhong Ye patted her head hard, "Go back and rest, it's already It's very late."

Glancing at Zhong Ye resentfully, Lily lightly snorted, picked up her water basin and walked away.

After she left, Zhong Ye smiled and looked up at the dark night sky.

Soon, he let out another sigh and wiped his long wet hair.