Soul echo

Chapter 15 Preparation
Molly woke up in a daze, reached out to touch it, but found nothing, and hurriedly sat up.

"Marcelo?"

Her son is gone!
Molly got out of bed in a hurry, pulled her shoes and ran out of the room, and finally saw her son in the yard.

Marcelo stood beside Zhong Ye, doing morning exercises with Zhong Ye.

"Pay attention to the breathing rhythm. Only by mastering the breathing rhythm can you master the correct force."

As if demonstrating to Marcelo, the slow movements suddenly sped up, the fists were tightened, the air vibrated violently, but the long breathing remained unchanged.

Marcelo stared blankly, his little head seemed to be down. He never knew that human physical strength could reach this level.

"No matter what you do, as long as you master the rhythm, you can exert great power just like what I just demonstrated to you."

Zhong Ye probably understood the extent of his current physical limit. In the past, he would not have been able to do it so easily.

According to the digital calculation, his current strength is fifteen points, then, using skills, he can burst out an attack with about seventeen points of strength in an instant.

Seeing that her son was studying with Zhong Ye, and for some reason, Molly felt relieved, smiled gratefully at Zhong Ye, and turned back to the room to prepare breakfast.

Zhong Ye naturally noticed, but he didn't care, and continued to explain: "This set of boxing looks slow, but it actually has a good exercise effect on the body. I will stay here for three days. Three days should be enough for you to learn these things. It's a trick."

Marcelo nodded vigorously, "I will definitely learn!"

"Breathing is messed up again."

Marcelo hastily adjusted.

The shadow of the fence gradually shortened, Zhong Ye glanced at the sky, and slowly retreated, "Let's go here first today."

Although he was already very tired, Marcelo still imitated Zhong Ye's movements and put away his posture.

The sweaty boy looked up and saw that the adventurer had only a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, he couldn't help being surprised and sighed.

"The adventurers in the tavern are not as powerful as you."

In his little world, the bragging adventurer in the small town inn is already the most powerful person in the world.

Zhong Ye just smiled and didn't speak.

At this time, Molly came out with two bowls of fish soup. After all, apart from bread and fish soup, Jiaoshi Town had nothing else to eat, but Zhong Ye didn't mind.

After breakfast, Zhong Ye set off for the blacksmith shop.

Originally, he planned to stay only one night before leaving, but the information provided by several adventurers made him decide to stay for two more days. During this period, he would forge some weapons to deal with the monster.

The front of the blacksmith's shop was deserted. As soon as Zhong Ye walked in, he heard a voice from inside: "Only repair, not build."

Zhong Ye paused, "Why?"

The blacksmith sitting on the low stool shook his head and sighed, "There is no iron, and I can't make it even if I want to..."

The blockade of 'Kroto' is a disaster for Reef Town.

The town relies on this road to survive. Apart from the Crotor Fortress, there are no other villages or towns near Reef Town. There are no villages or shops behind. Resources such as steel can only rely on the Crotor Fortress.

Zhong Ye thought about it. Without those things, it might be difficult to kill the troll.

"...If I provide iron, can you help me build something?" Zhong Ye took out the money bag and shook it, "I will pay the money, and I will provide the iron."

The blacksmith was taken aback, "Of course, but what do you want to build?"

"Six pieces of uniformly thick iron with blades, the size of half a palm." Zhong Ye gestured with his hand, "I can give you a long sword with a length of 1.2 meters. Can you make it?"

"Maybe it's just enough..." The blacksmith frowned, calculated silently, and then picked up a wooden board to make gestures.

"However, what are you trying to do with this thing?" The blacksmith raised his head suspiciously and knocked on the board, "This thing is not considered a weapon."

The warrior nodded slightly, and said: "The troll blocked my way, I'm going to kill it."

The blacksmith blinked, looked down at the wooden board in his hand, and let out a bad breath, "... If you want to kill that monster, I can build it for you for free, but you have to bring the iron. There's really no iron left."

"it is good."

Zhong Ye and the blacksmith agreed to deliver the iron in the afternoon, because the blacksmith still needed to light the stove and heat it up in advance.

After leaving the blacksmith's shop, Zhong Ye went to the town's tailor again. Unlike the blacksmith, the tailor showed an infinite welcome to Zhong Ye's arrival with an extremely enthusiastic attitude.

In addition to tailoring, he also took care of the fur purchases in Reef Town, but Cloto was blocked, and all the furs he bought could only be hoarded, and he almost had no money to eat now.

Zhong Ye has been busy running around Jiaoshi Town for most of the day, and gradually, he also understands the current situation of the town.

Reef Town is completely attached to the Clotho Fortress. This time, 'Croto' was blocked for eight days, but the economy seemed to be on the verge of collapse. Many people even had problems with their lives.

The merchants from the Lower Eastern Province are still coming, and the merchants from the Upper Eastern Province should have discovered what happened to 'Clotto' - when the old Kuito and the young Kuito went to ask for help, the army had already left the fortress up.

It's just that the army needs to prepare supplies for departure, and it often takes a long time to prepare.

It is also impossible for the merchants to return the same way. They consumed too much supplies along the way, such as dry food and horse rations. It is impossible for the current Jiaoshi Town to replenish them with water. It is possible.

However, more and more merchants are coming, and they are also constantly consuming the small amount of water in Jiaoshi Town. The sum of people eating horse chews is a big number every day.

If this continues, Reef Town will collapse.

Townspeople and merchants have also discussed this, but the results of each discussion are not ideal.

The merchants hope to get more food, but no matter how much they pay, the townspeople are unwilling to sell them more water.

The townspeople wanted to unite with the merchants to form a hunting team to kill the white troll, but the merchants kept pushing back because there were different voices among them and they couldn't unify their opinions.

The discussion has reached a stalemate, because the merchants are still hoping that the army from Clotho Fortress will arrive in time to drive away the ogre, and the townspeople are more inclined to gather teams to kill the ogre, otherwise the ogre may be killed. Will come back and block 'Clotto' again.

"Thanks a lot."

Zhong Ye put three silver coins on the table, which surprised Molly.

A silver coin a day is already quite expensive. Originally, she thought that this adventurer, whose appearance and characteristics were completely different from theirs, wanted to have a good night, but she didn't expect him to have that idea at all.

—he really just wanted a place to live and three meals a day.

Molly twisted the hem of her clothes tangledly, unable to take her eyes off the three silver coins, "This...too many."

She didn't want to give up, but the money was too much, and she couldn't go against her conscience...

"Just take it as my temporary kindness..." Zhong Ye shook his head.

Molly breathed a sigh of relief and put the money in her closet.

Suddenly, she had an inexplicable impulse in her heart, and said: "Marcelo's father is dead, and I have no choice but to do that kind of thing..."

Before she finished speaking, the young mother tightened her lips, and her quietly raised back bent down again.

Zhong Ye also felt embarrassed, didn't say anything, got up and went back to his room to rest.

From this time on, there was no more conversation between them.

Zhong Ye stayed in Jiaoshi Town for another two nights. On the third day, he got the equipment from the blacksmith and tailor, and was about to leave the town.

In the yard, Marcelo watched Zhong Ye pack up his equipment, and asked excitedly: "Teacher, I heard that, are you going to kill that ogre?"

The adventurers in the town did not dare to provoke the ogre, but his "teacher" dared to fight alone. Marcelo was so proud that his heart was filled with pride.

Zhong Ye put six iron blocks into his belt, with the small half exposed outside for easy extraction, and hung an ax on his back waist.

Hearing the boy's inquiry, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go."

Then he put on his gloves and led the horse out of the courtyard.

On the street, many people are watching.

The news that "an adventurer from the East is going to challenge the troll" has spread throughout this small town in three days. Because of this news, the negotiations between the townspeople and the merchants have also come to a standstill, and both sides are waiting for the bell. Ye action.

Marcelo followed Zhong Ye with his head held high, as if he was the one who was about to challenge the troll.

The townspeople and merchants stood in two rows along the street, mixed with mercenaries and caravan guards, they all wanted to see what the rumored 'Eastern native' looked like.

Molly was keenly aware of some malicious gazes, and wanted to pull her son back, but she didn't dare to act. Standing in the crowd, she watched Zhong Ye and Marcelo disappear into the corner of the street.

At the exit of the town, Zhong Ye touched Marcelo's head, "Go back."

The little boy nodded vigorously, moved his footsteps reluctantly, then turned around quickly, and waved to Zhong Ye, "Goodbye, teacher!"

Zhong Ye smiled and nodded. Just as he pulled the reins and was about to leave the town, his expression suddenly changed.

A javelin arrives in an instant, and the tip of the spear is close at hand!
hum-

Zhong Ye's pupils suddenly dilated, staring at the rough javelin that suddenly appeared in front of him, time seemed to stand still.

(End of this chapter)