Soul echo

Chapter 457 Tomb Raiders
Early in the morning, when the villagers came out of the village, opened the door and saw a carriage lying in front of the door, they were almost taken aback.

Fortunately, two of the villagers were one of the villagers who talked with Zhong Ye before, and they quickly thought of Zhong Ye as an adventurer.

"Yes, is there a result?" One person asked with joy, stammering.

Zhong Ye, who was covered in frost and dew, nodded slightly, and said, "Actually, I came back here last night, so I also heard the 'crying' you mentioned."

After hearing Zhong Ye's answer, the villagers became excited.

They all agreed that this incident was caused by the undead, but the nearest town with priests was [-] to [-] kilometers away, and it was not easy to find a priest to come back.

And that 'undead' doesn't hurt anyone, it's just that the crying makes people a little irritated.

After evading each other in the first few days, they suddenly discovered this, and the matter was delayed like this.

But the 'undead' were not removed, and they were still restless.

After entrusting Zhong Ye to investigate this matter yesterday, the villagers are determined to invite a clergyman back to exorcise this damned undead!

"Yes, is it an undead?" Someone shouted.

"I don't know if it's the undead, but the cry did come from inside the village." Zhong Ye shook his head and told the villagers present what he found last night.

By the way, he also told them the characteristics of the undead.

Hearing this, several villagers couldn't help changing their expressions, but except for them, the others still looked confused after hearing Zhong Ye's words.

——They couldn't understand what Zhong Ye said at all, even though Zhong Ye had already explained it plainly and straightforwardly.

Seeing their appearance, Zhong Ye sighed in his heart, and explained: "In other words, if there were really undead hiding in your village, your village would have started dying long ago, and it would never be like this."

After Zhong Ye explained this, the villagers realized how dangerous this was, and there was an uproar.

"Then hurry up and ask a priest to come over!"

"Yes, yes, we paid for it!"

"But, didn't he mean that there are no undead in the village? What's the matter with that cry?"

The villagers were clamoring and making a mess.

Hearing those villagers' words, Zhong Ye pursed his lips tightly, suppressed the desire to refute, and explained to them softly that there were no undead in the village, but he still didn't know what the 'crying' was about, so he needed to continue. investigation.

Under his reassurance, the villagers gradually calmed down and stopped making noise.

But at this moment, someone said coldly again: "After talking so much, don't you just want money?"

Seeing that the villagers were about to start arguing again, Zhong Ye glanced at that person, took a light breath, "I don't need money, I just came to tell you, so that you don't have to worry so much for the time being."

After explaining, he pulled the reins directly and drove away from the eyes of the villagers.

Zhong Ye had communicated with many farmers and hunters before, but none of them were as ignorant as the villagers here.

They have been living in this slightly closed small village, and have formed a relatively closed world view. Some things that Zhong Ye has long been accustomed to are unprecedented for them.

They are not smart enough, but they want to explain everything with their own world view. This is one of the reasons why Zhong Ye almost had a conflict with them.

This may be why nobles always act arrogant and full of superiority when facing the villagers.

Zhong Ye didn't feel any sense of superiority, but it was really troublesome to communicate with them, and in the end he could only drive away in a hurry as if fleeing.

Looking at the vast forest ahead, Zhong Ye grabbed the rein and fell into deep thought.

Without any clues, how to find the source of that 'cry'?

It was basically confirmed that the cry did not come from the undead, nor was it the sound of the wind blowing through the gap between the two houses.

So where did that cry come from?

Zhong Ye was thinking silently, and Lily sitting in the carriage was also thinking silently.

At this time, Lilian was online.

"Hi, good morning everyone!"

Lilian greeted the people waiting in the live broadcast room, and then found that the carriage was extremely quiet.

Not only did Zhong Ye not speak, but Lily who was sitting on the side also seemed to be thinking about something.

She opened the hosting log curiously, but she didn't see anything from the log that could make them all fall silent.

"strangeness……"

After muttering, Lilian asked Zhong Ye softly, "Teacher, we don't have a clue now, where can we find the source of that crying sound?"

"...To be honest, I don't know either." Zhong Ye sighed.

Lily was awakened by Lilian's words, pondered for a moment, and suggested: "If it's not from the undead, let's first assume why that cry appeared and what it is."

Glancing at the barrage, Lilian asked, "Do you think it might be a spell?"

"Spell?" Zhong Ye and Lily said in unison.

"Yes, spells." Lilian nodded vigorously, "Although I rarely encounter them, I remember illusions are also a type of spells, right?"

Illusion is not only a type of magic, but also a school of magic that has derived quite a lot.

If the crying that appeared in the village was an illusion, then it should be classified as an illusion that confuses the five senses. This kind of illusion is very low-level and not complicated.

Zhong Ye recalled the books he had read before, nodded slightly, "It is indeed possible."

Immediately, he changed the topic again: "But if that cry is really an illusion, why did the illusion appear in that village? What is the motive of the person who launched the illusion?"

"Hmm..." Lilian frowned slightly, lost in thought.

"Threat?" Lily put forward an idea, but then vetoed it herself.

In such a small village with no village in front and no shops in the back, who would have nothing to intimidate the people here?

"Intimidation is not impossible..."

Zhong Ye paused, and said again: "Do you know what that village does for a living?"

Lily thought carefully, and then suddenly realized.

"There are not many fields outside the village, which means that they don't use farming as their main method of production. They may be hunting or logging, both of which may make the druids furious.

"—So, the person who did this was a druid?"

"No, I didn't say that." Zhong Ye's intuition told him that things were not that simple.

He seems to have failed to extract some important information, so he hasn't thought of other possibilities yet, but his intuition has already given him an answer in the first place.

But if it's not a druid, what is it?

Zhong Ye pondered for a moment: "... Putting aside the possibility of 'intimidation', the villagers are still worried, but the situation is much better than before. If the black hand behind the scenes really wants to do something, it may happen next. Further action."

"Then are we wandering around now?" Lily glanced at the trees that had sprouted outside the window.

As soon as the voice fell, the carriage stopped.

"what happened?"

Lily frowned. Although she didn't stand up, her muscles had entered the recovery process and she was ready to fight at any time.

Lilian also looked out the window nervously, raising her vigilance.

"There is sound...but very small."

Zhong Ye who was sitting outside had already closed his eyes and listened attentively.

"Someone is... shoveling the soil?" He frowned slightly as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)