Soul echo

Chapter 171 Closed Loop

Lilian couldn't help being dumbfounded by this extraordinary conjecture, and she didn't know how big Zhong Ye's brain was to associate 'guard' with 'hostage'.

However, speaking this way, it seems to make a little sense...

It is said that every time the old lord travels with great fanfare, he has to bring a large group of guards. Although the excuse is 'hunting', it sounds like it is a little bit reluctant.

"However, this is just my guess."

As he said that, Zhong Ye rushed out of the stairs step by step, exposing himself to the shooting range of the soldiers.

"Raise the gun!"

The low shout of orders came from the end of the corridor, and the commander standing behind the soldiers opened his eyes wide and caught Zhong Ye's figure.

"--shooting!"

The soles of his feet kicked the floor, pushing his body to rotate. Zhong Ye took advantage of the momentum of the rotation to pull out the big sword on his back at the narrow staircase, and then inserted it into the ground to block it in front of him.

Just as he was stepping back, he saw five flames emanating from the muzzle of the gun held flat.

The explosive gunpowder ejected the pellets from the barrel, and the swirling bullets pressed the air in front of it into a thin layer of folds.

They moved forward against the resistance, and the atmosphere sprinkled nets on them from all directions, and then they were penetrated layer by layer.

In the eyes of others, this was just a momentary event. They only heard the sound of gunfire, caught the burst of gunfire from the corner of their eyes, and then saw another bullet hit the big sword and bounced to the side. One flew directly past the enemy, and the remaining two were accurate, but failed to hit the enemy, and were split open by the sudden flash of saber light.

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, how could anyone in this world be able to split a bullet with a melee weapon?

The commander stared, but he reacted quickly. Seeing that the enemy standing at the top of the stairs had drawn his sword from the ground and was walking towards them, he hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing in a daze? Change row, change row!"

The soldiers woke up like a dream. The soldiers who fired hurriedly leaned back, and the soldiers in the back row squeezed sideways to the front row, raising their muskets.

Their hands holding the muskets were covered with sweat, and there was a little more panic in the eyes they looked at Zhong Ye.

They tried hard to breathe the air, trying to calm down, but the more they breathed, the faster their hearts beat.

"Lilian!"

Zhong Ye called out and stepped forward.

Lilian, who was hiding in the stairwell, jumped out immediately when she heard the call, raised her hand crossbow, and fired towards the other side of the corridor without aiming.

Seeing Zhong Ye striding forward, the soldiers could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, they didn't even take aim, and directly pulled the bullets at Zhong Ye.

When they were about to pull the trigger, Zhong Ye had already analyzed their next second's activities from their muscle movements, breathing rate and periosteum sound. He took a deep breath and tensed his muscles instantly.

Arms, shoulders, chest, back, and even legs, the muscles of the whole body are linked together to exert extraordinary strength and wield the sword in hand.

A more splendid sword, light and sword shadow unfolded in front of Zhong Ye, smashing every flying bullet with speed and strength that ordinary people could not reach, but he ignored the crossbow arrows that flew past him from behind.

The arrow rode the wind and pierced a soldier's shoulder, making him scream out.

"Raise the gun and shoot—"

The commander let out a hysterical yell.

Even if Zhong Ye didn't run, but just strode forward, he was getting closer and closer to their position.

He can split bullets with the weapon in his hand, so is it difficult to split their bodies?
Fear finally came out of a bunch of emotions, and began to erode the hearts of the commander and the soldiers. It was as if facing the oppression and fear of a giant dragon, they raised their muskets in despair and panic, and picked up the only thing that could protect them. own weapon.

The survival instinct of human beings has overcome the results of years of training, and all soldiers have raised their guns.

Mounted on the shoulders of the comrades in front, protruding from the armpits, driven by fear, the soldiers forgot to fire alternately and line up, and pointed the muzzles of ten muskets at Zhong Ye.

"Lilian, hide back!"

Without the slightest hesitation, after hearing Zhong Ye's voice, Lilian, who was still drawing an arrow, jumped back into the stairs.

The gunpowder is excited, and the bullets fly!

Among the ten muskets, only one musket failed to fire, and the remaining nine bullets all rushed out of the muzzle.

One will fly over the head, three will not land on the body, and only five can hit the body, but Zhong Ye has already seen through the trajectory of the bullet!

The blackjack perception can make him feel like a god in this square inch of his body, even if it is as small as dust, he can also capture it by sensing the direction of the wind and the movement of the air, let alone a few bullets?
Ding!clang!Keng!boom!Clang!
The metal collided, the bullet collided with the sharp edge, and in just half a second, Zhong Ye met five bullets with his sword—all of them were split by him without exception!

Hearing the sound, Lilian, who had already loaded the arrow, jumped out of the stairs again, knelt down on one knee, held the crossbow steady, and pulled the trigger.

This crossbow arrow shot into a soldier's knee, causing him to scream, fall backwards, and hit other people, and the entire formation was thrown into chaos in an instant.

Even if the formation is not chaotic, they have no ability to resist, because all their bullets have been fired, but Zhong Ye has already come to them.

However, when Zhong Ye swept across with his sword, he still praised the girl: "Lilian, you did a good job!"

Lilian blushed slightly. Although she was very happy to be praised by Zhong Ye, it can be said that she didn't do anything this time, and she didn't reach the level where she could be praised.

The heavy sword slammed on the soldiers, knocking them to the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander turned around and ran away.

Zhong Ye only glanced at it, but ignored it, because this is the end of the corridor, and apart from the room next to it, there was only one window left.

The two breaths in the room are still there. If this guy is also a cultist, he will definitely not run away.

Sure enough, the commander who turned and fled pushed open the door of the room and ran in.

At this time, Zhong Ye's ears moved, "Lilian, come here quickly, the guards at the city gate are chasing you."

Hearing this, Lilian ran over with her beloved crossbow in her arms, and when she ran to Zhong Ye's side, she couldn't help but look back at the stairs.

The soldiers on duty had guns in their hands, and she didn't want to waste her first death here.

Stretching his legs, he stepped over a group of soldiers who fell to the ground and cried out in pain. Zhong Ye walked to the door of the room at the end and kicked them away.

——What came oncoming was an arrow inspired by a strong crossbow!

Ya Feng cut through the air, slammed the edge of the door panel that was being opened to both sides, and pointed at Zhong Ye without losing his strength.

Zhong Ye didn't bother to pull the straight knife out of the scabbard, turned his body sideways, and let the long and thick crossbow bolts be nailed into the wall behind him.

The tail of the arrow kept vibrating and buzzing.

With a touch of his left hand on his waist, the cold light flew away.

After waiting for a long time, the Transcendent who was about to attack Zhong Ye felt his heart tighten when he saw his action. He immediately jumped to the path of the flying knife, raised his sword to block it, and blocked the flying knife for the young man behind him.

Glancing in the direction of the stairs, Zhong Ye led Lilian into the room.

"Yo, isn't this a quick response?"

With a smile on the corner of Zhong Ye's mouth, he looked at the three people in the room, and fixed his gaze on the Transcendent, "Why was he so slow when he was protecting the old lord? Not only did he fail to block the crossbow arrow, but he also let a weaker assassin kill him." The attacker ran to the old lord and assassinated him.

"Were the large group of guards and you vegetarians at that time? Even such a clumsy assassination could not be stopped. Why did the old lord hire you?"

The event reached a 'closed loop' at this time——

Why was the old lord able to be assassinated by a weak killer under the protection of many guards and even an extraordinary person;

Why did the eldest son of the old lord announce his succession to the lord on the same day;
Valais, who was pointed at by many suspicions, the disappearance of Paul's daughter, the caravan suspected of human trafficking...all of these are connected at this moment.

Although there are still many details that have not been answered, it doesn't matter, the reason why he came to Montreux is to track down the cultists.

Paul's daughter needs to be saved, and the 'Lake of Chillon' needs to be eradicated, but these are not urgent tasks, or they cannot be done at all now.

Because now these things have reached a closed loop, but there is still a lack of substantive evidence to let the truth surface!

This is also the reason why Zhong Ye forced his way into Xiyong Fort—the cultists are good at hiding themselves, but what if they are facing the threat of death?
There is no doubt that this is a gamble.

——Zhong Ye was betting that his speculation and the information given to him by the black market in Turin were correct!
(End of this chapter)