Soul echo

Chapter 168 Contact

"Things are getting more and more complicated..." Lilian muttered in a low voice.

During the exchange between the priest and Zhong Ye, she failed to interrupt, but she listened to the whole process and learned a lot of new information.

There is not much difference between the priest's words and the information given by the intelligence personnel of the Thieves Guild before, except for the addition of a suspected 'old lord's illegitimate son'.

The intelligence personnel of the Thieves Guild did not give them a detailed description of the assassination process, but the priest told them the cause of the old lord's death.

——[But it's so strange!Isn't the player unable to actively attack the aborigines? 】

——[Could it be that the player received some mission?I remember that if you are attacked or receive a mission, the player can attack the aborigines, right? 】

——【It's possible!Is anyone in the studio in Montreux?Can anyone tell me what the old lord of Montreux was like? 】

In addition to those who play tricks and repeat, there are still a small number of viewers who are seriously watching and discussing the plot.

The plot of "Echo of Soul" is calculated in real time. Even without the participation of players, the system will promote the development of the plot according to the actions of the aborigines, further deepening the authenticity of the game.

This kind of real-time calculation plot system has already been realized in other games, but the degree of completion is not as high as "Echo of Soul".

So some "plot parties" like to host game characters when there is no plot happening to them, go to other players' live broadcast rooms to watch the live broadcast and make suggestions, which is equivalent to participating in other people's plots, which can give They bring a sense of pleasure.

And because Lilian's live broadcast time is during the day, it happens to be most people's working hours, when they can't play the game, watching the live broadcast and participating in the plot while fishing can effectively relax - of course, their boss doesn't like it Saw them do it.

After watching the barrage for a while, Lilian suddenly found that Zhong Ye was taking her away from the church, and then asked in confusion, "Teacher, where are we going?"

Since arriving in Montreux, they have been moving non-stop, with little rest.

Although Lilian was used to traveling, she didn't feel tired because of it. After all, it was Zhong Ye who did the real work, and she just kept studying by his side.

But not only herself, but even the audience did not analyze any effective information from the new information given by the priest. Logically speaking, the clue should be broken here, and even if you start from other directions, there is no way to find these few. connections between things.

Even if it is the director of the Adventurer's House, it is probably impossible to give any new information-even if the incident happened, he was at the scene!
If it was a player, he could use an unconventional method - to find the players who carried out the assassination - to understand this matter, but as an aborigine, what can Zhong Ye do?
"In the whole incident, there is still a missing link."

Walking in front, Zhong Ye said slowly: "As long as you complete that link, you can basically determine whether Lord Montreux is a cultist or not."

……Um?

Hearing this sentence, Lilian was taken aback for a moment.

Is there any information that I have missed?How can you be sure if the Lord of Montreux is a cultist?Weren't those things all conjectured before?In case any information is not true, the final deduced result should also be wrong.

Then, when she saw Zhong Ye take out a familiar notebook from her backpack, she changed her mind, and then remembered that it was the small notebook that recorded the traces of suspected cult members that was given to Zhong Ye by the daughter of the head of the black market in Turin.

She has also read the information in that little book, and the first page is about Valais...

Speaking of which, they seem to have arrived here from Vallecha!
Thinking of this, Lilian was stunned again.

Why would the intelligence officers of Turin's black market think that there are traces of cultists in Valais?
It is because they found out that there are several caravans suspected of secretly trafficking in human beings that are connected with Valais, or the Alps.

As for which caravans they were, they couldn't find out, but they could only find out the local and along-the-way food and fresh water sales.

That's why when he was in Valais back then, Zhong Ye wondered how the people in Turin's black market found Valais.

There were hardly any outsiders in and out of that city, and later learned from Savage that there was only one caravan in contact with Valais.

At that time, Zhong Ye was still wondering if the lord of Valais had something to do with the cultists, or if he was a cultist himself.

Until, they came to Montreux...

Zhong Ye opened the small book, looked at the content on the first page, and said softly: "'The Lake of Xiyong' has mastered the road to Valais, but is it necessary for them to do so?"

"...Indeed, it's not necessary." Lilian took a deep breath.

There are no other towns along the trade route leading to Valais. That is to say, the 'Lake of Chiyon' cannot sell and buy at the same time. All the goods they carry are prepared for Valais.

They spent two days in Valais, and saw nothing of value in that city.

All the output of that city is not much different from an ordinary medieval agricultural town, which she should have thought of after finding out that the 'Lake of Chillon' had something to do with the Montreux lord!
The 'evidence' has actually been there long ago, but it's not enough, and she hasn't realized it yet.

But this was already half a month ago, and she didn't pay much attention to it back then, so it's not surprising that she couldn't remember it.

But anyway, she slacked off.

There may not be cultists in Valais, but there are Montreux—the "Lake of Chillon" used the trade route with Valais to cover up the human trafficking, and this caravan cannot be full of evil people. Christians, so they will also secretly carry out some unknown human trafficking.

Using this layer of 'business' can cover up the behavior of cultists secretly collecting lives or souls.

Whether this is the case is unknown, but now Zhong Ye just wants to make up for the missing part of this 'closed loop'!

Thinking of this, Lilian only felt her scalp go numb.

As for where the last part of this 'closed loop' is, Zhong Ye doesn't need to explain, they have already arrived at that place.

Standing at one end of the bridge, Lilian looked into the distance and saw a quaint castle at the other end.

The castle was built on the blue lake, the edge almost touching the water.

It is called 'Chillon', the property of the lords of Montreux and the residence of successive lords.

Zhong Ye only stopped at the edge of the bridge for a moment, then took a step forward, leading Lilian towards the castle.

The two stepped onto the stone bridge and were quickly spotted by soldiers on duty at the other end of the bridge.

Several soldiers clenched their weapons tightly at the same time, held their heads high, and watched Zhong Ye approach slowly.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The palms holding the weapons involuntarily relaxed, and even they themselves didn't feel that their gazes tilted down a little, sliding from Zhong Ye's face to his torso, and then from his torso to his feet.

For some reason, they did not dare to look directly at Zhong Ye's face.

Walking to the gate of the castle, Zhong Ye looked up at the heavy door in front of him, then turned to look at the soldiers beside him, "Excuse me, can you inform your lord? Please tell him that 'Zhong Ye' is visiting .”

Several soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. This man looked like an adventurer, but he had a kind of...'temperament' that he had only seen in the master?
This kind of temperament made it difficult for them to make a decision for a while, and they didn't dare to make a decision easily.

An older soldier tried to slow down his voice as much as possible, and said with lowered eyebrows: "Please, uh, wait here for a while, and I will notify Deacon Kevin."

Because they were not sure about Zhong Ye's identity and whether he was qualified to meet their lord, they simply did not make the decision themselves and let the deacon make the decision.

In this way, they are not the ones who offend people in the end.

(End of this chapter)