Soul echo

Chapter 19
Keng!
Ding!
when!
Emil's arms holding the sword were raised high, the excitement on his face hadn't subsided, the breeze from the long sword brushed his throat, and the coldness from the blade made his skin crawl.

"Stop, stop!" The officer hurriedly backed away, raising his hand to caress his neck, the cold metal feeling still seemed to stay there.

Zhong Ye returned the long sword to the stunned mercenary at the side. The mercenary looked at the sword in his hand, and at Zhong Ye's back with a dazed expression.

Not two seconds after the officer had a whim and proposed to see Zhong Ye's 'true strength', the officer hastily blocked and was defeated inexplicably following a flash of swords and swords.

"Compared to monsters, I'm better at dealing with humans." Zhong Ye waved his hand, "If I do anything, I can kill everyone here within half an hour."

Hearing this, Emil shuddered and couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Because he knew what Zhong Ye said was the truth. The human body is a tough yet fragile thing. If the method is right, even a child can kill an adult.

But soon, Emil put a smile on his face again, and put his sword back into its sheath.

"Although the fortress has a curfew, we can arrive at the fortress before tomorrow afternoon. Want to have a drink together?"

Zhong Ye glanced at it, then shook his head, "I don't like wine very much."

"Then what do you like?" Emil asked curiously.

Zhong Ye thought about this question seriously, he really didn't realize what he liked before.

Now that I think about it, since he was a child, his life has been very simple and pure. At the age of five, because he wanted to be different from other children, he worshiped the second uncle next door as his teacher. He was so tired the next day that he didn't want to continue I continued to practice, but was dragged out of bed by my parents.

When he was eight years old, the second uncle next door had already taught him everything, but he didn't give up because of this, going around and around, and it has been eighteen years now.

"I like 'Wu'." Zhong Ye said seriously.

If he doesn't really like it, what kind of inertia can make him persevere for 18 years?
Of course, it could also be because martial arts allow him to vent the violence in his bones, but either way, he has been fascinated by it for so many years.

Hearing this word, Emil couldn't help touching his neck again. Until now, he still felt a little scary.

To be able to cultivate a "battle maniac" like Zhong Ye, is Dongtu such a terrifying place?
Thinking of the Eastern natives who had come into contact with before, who were elegant and generous in their words and sentences, and treated people warmly, Emil couldn't help but wonder if there was a whole body of lean and strong muscles hidden under the big sleeves of their strange toga robes.

As the night deepened, the bonfire in the center of the camp gradually became smaller, and finally maintained at an appropriate level, so that the night watchmen could see the situation around the camp clearly without consuming too much firewood.

Many people had been busy all day and had already fallen asleep, but Zhong Ye couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

He thought of the past, and couldn't help but miss everything about Earth.

There are many similarities between Dan’s world and the earth, and the moon looks similar, the same roundness and brightness—unknowingly, the time has come to the middle of the moon again.

It has been more than a month since he came to this world. I don't know how the situation on the earth is now, how sad my parents will be...

He turned over, lowered his eyes, and sighed softly.

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A grand fortress rises from the horizon, first watchtowers, then walls.

As the team moved forward, the Crotor Fortress was constantly enlarged in their eyes.

As the saying goes, looking at the mountains runs dead horses. Although the Clotho Fortress is not as huge as the mountains, and the outline cannot be seen from a distance, the reason is the same.

The team slowed down a bit, and the leaders of the various caravans walked among the carriages with their servants, checked and counted the goods, and then got together to discuss.

Three days was enough time for the merchants to form a loose alliance. Since the second half of the trade route was the same, there was also a large overlap in the types of goods they carried.

Although they stayed in Reef Town for a few days, leaving a vacancy in the market, they carried too much goods this time, and these goods rushed into the market at one time, which would greatly lower the price of the goods, which they did not want to see .

At the same time, there are other merchants coming behind them, so they have to sell the goods as soon as possible.

After hearing Zhong Ye's explanation, Emil nodded with a half understanding.

"How do you know so much? Are any of your elders businessmen?"

On Earth, this is something that middle school students know.

Zhong Ye shook his head, "No..."

Immediately, he fell silent again.

The officer felt that since last night, the Dongtu man seemed to have become more and more silent, and seemed to be thinking about something.

In such a noisy and silent atmosphere, Clotho Fortress appeared in front of the team. Amir asked one of his soldiers to ride a horse to report the news, and the closed side door slowly opened.

Zhong Ye drove the scooter and separated from the merchant team. The soldiers stationed at the watchtower noticed the movement immediately, looked over with their heads, and slowly opened their eyes wide.

At this time, an orderly ran up panting, "Let it go, let it go! That adventurer is going to bypass the fortress, so don't worry about him."

As he said that, he leaned over to the edge of the table, looked down, and said in amazement: "So the troll looks like this, it's so ugly!"

"...I seem to have seen that guy before." The sentinel frowned and muttered in a low voice.

"Who? The adventurer?"

The sentry pointed to the pale monster on the cart, "About seven or eight days ago, I was on the night shift that day, wouldn't a telescope be distributed at night? It happened that the moonlight was good that night, and I seemed to have seen it that night. Standing in the woods on the opposite hill."

"Ah?" The messenger was startled, "It turns out that someone was sent out to search a few days ago because of this?"

"Probably..." The sentinel looked at the troll lying on the cart, and suddenly felt that it didn't look like it again.

Zhong Ye didn't know what happened on the watchtower. He was using his poor driving skills to let two horses pull a cart around the fortress. Fortunately, the horses were still docile and wouldn't let the cart go crookedly.

As the distance from Constantinople got closer, Zhong Ye's mood also changed.

He noticed that there seemed to be a little anxiety and irritability in his heart.

What if everything turns out to be different from what I thought it would be?What if this is really a different world, and there really is another Zhong Ye, but because that Zhong Ye died unexpectedly, what should he do if he happened to cross over?
Although it was at least ten days and a half months away from Constantinople, Zhong Ye couldn't calm down.

With mixed thoughts in his heart, Zhong Ye absently drove the cart to the outside of the satellite town of the fortress, and set up a tent there.

The army did not allow merchant teams to stay in the fortress. After the soldiers bought what they needed from the caravan, the caravan was no longer allowed to stay in the fortress and had to leave the fortress before nightfall.

The merchants who left the fortress naturally also saw Zhong Ye, and some of them ran over to ask if they needed help, but Zhong Ye rejected their offers one by one.

There are only soldiers in the Clotho Fortress, but they also have needs. It just so happens that the fortress is located at one end of the 'Kroto Avenue', and there will always be caravans passing by here. From time to time, they will also take a break in that market, and as time goes by, the market is getting bigger and bigger.

Some soldiers have stayed in the fort all their lives, and they will marry and have children near the fort. There is no better place to live near the fort than the market.

Up to now, the bazaar has developed into a satellite town. The worried army will put the caravan into the fortress, concentrate in one area, and conduct transactions under surveillance and defense. Firstly, it is more convenient, and secondly, it is easier to find out the merchants. Whether there are spies among them - this is also a no-brainer. Nowadays, many soldiers in the fortress are from satellite towns.

When it was approaching night, someone ran out of the town. He was a servant of Emil's family caravan. He came to inform Zhong Ye that their team could leave tomorrow, and the commission would be negotiated before departure.

"Okay." Zhong Ye nodded in agreement.

Even if his heart is full of anxiety and irritability, he will not be timid.

If you don't face it, the problem will always exist.

(End of this chapter)