Soul echo

Chapter 9 Praise and joy!

Considering the issue of consumption, Zhong Ye asked someone to exchange a gold coin into a copper coin when receiving the bounty. Although under the supervision of the Church of the Sun, no one would dare to shove a second-best one into a good one and be careful, but the price of the copper coin and the gold coin are not the same. Not exactly the same, it is easy to exchange gold coins for copper coins, but not the other way around.

Zhong Ye bought an apple on the long trading street and handed it to Jihayi. He could tell that the child seemed to be afraid of him.

Jihayi took the apple, looked at it silently, and pressed his lips tightly.

Zhong Ye was not in a hurry, and waited silently. After a while, he said: "Recently... a lot of strange things have happened in the town. Sir, you should know that there are several murder cases in the town, and one of them happened near my house. Yeah, it hasn't been cleaned up yet, my brother said he was dizzy and nauseous when he saw the blood, but I...feel those things, beautiful...

"Also, every night, I can smell a faint fishy smell floating on the street, sometimes it appears, sometimes it disappears..."

Hearing this, Zhong Ye suddenly remembered the 'smell of blood' he smelled last night, and when he thought of the mission introduction, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Do you have anything to do? Or contact your family or something."

Jihayi raised his head in doubt, saw the serious expression of the man, and immediately became nervous.

"First, sir, do you need me to do anything?" The little boy shrank his head and asked timidly.

"If what you said is true..." Zhong Ye thought for a while, and gave up the idea of ​​letting the little boy know about those things, "I need you to go with me to the church of the Church of the Sun and tell Father Piero about these things .”

Hearing this sentence, Jihayi was taken aback, his lips trembled slightly, and his hands and feet felt a little weak.

He swallowed, and asked in a trembling voice, "Can, can you not go?"

Seeing Jihayi's frightened look, Zhong Ye sighed and shook his head, then patted his shoulder, "If you don't want to go..."

After saying that, Zhong Ye turned around and left. If things really went as he guessed, then the situation would be even more serious than predicted before.

Holding the apple, Jihayi stared at Zhong Ye's leaving back, thought for a while, and chased after Zhong Ye before he walked into the crowd.

"Sir, did something bad happen in town?"

Zhong Ye turned his head to look in surprise, and saw a pair of eyes full of hope.

He laughed, put his arms around Jihayi's thin shoulders, and avoided the collision.

"Don't worry, it will be resolved."

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When Zhong Ye brought Jihai back to the church, he didn't see Amos, maybe he was still collecting information.

After listening to Jihayi's stumbling narration, Priest Piero frowned gradually.

The believers of the God of Plague may have spread the plague in Resta, but he has not been aware of it, which is his negligence.

The priest clenched his fists in frustration, thought for a while, stood up, called Zhong Ye, and walked out the door.

"If things are really as the child said, the plague may have spread, not only Resta, but other territories may also suffer disasters."

Sighing, Priest Piero said in a low tone, "Mr. Zhong, maybe it's a bit late to say it now, but I'm really sorry for involving you in such a dangerous incident. Resta is very small, and I'm the oldest in this territory. Strong people, the lord's army is a group of guys who can only eat what they want, you can't count on them..." The priest took a deep breath and bent down to Zhong Ye, "So, I beg you now, I hope you help us get through this crisis."

From the first time he saw Father Piero, Zhong Ye thought that he was a tough guy who was as solemn and tough as a rock, but looking at it now, it turned out to be true.

Facing the priest's sincere request, Zhong Ye only nodded and said seriously: "Okay!"

The priest straightened up and nodded gratefully, "Mr. Zhong, thank you!"

Turning around and opening the door, he handed the only silver coin left on his body to Jihai, telling him to hide it and take it home.

"Jihayi, you are a brave boy. After this matter is resolved, you can come to the church and I will accept you as a disciple."

The tough guy who was as tough as a rock showed a bright smile like sunshine, and left the room under Jihayi's sluggish gaze, and his shout came from outside the door.

"Wilder, Waller, come and put on armor for me, the time to test us has come!"

Zhong Ye walked into the room and led Jihayi out of the church, "Go home, the matter will be over soon."

The little boy raised his head in a daze. He was keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere inside the church. The tense and urgent atmosphere made him feel uneasy. When he saw the still peaceful town outside the church, this feeling became stronger.

Jihayi unconsciously grabbed the corner of Zhong Ye's clothes, obviously he was terrified of this man before.

Zhong Ye lowered his head and heard him ask a difficult question: "...Sir, brother, mother, Uncle Harken, Aunt Maria... Will we die?"

Hearing this, the warrior was silent for a moment.

After a while, he said firmly: "At least not this time!"

Jihayi left, Zhong Ye stood at the door of the church for a while, and saw an apprentice running out with a scepter in his hand, and he didn't know where he went.

A carriage drove out from the back of the church, and the already somewhat old-fashioned draft horse walked towards the city gate of Resta West with heavy steps.

Another larger carriage came out, and before entering the street, Zhong Ye saw someone outside suddenly twitching, waving his hands and feet... No, it wasn't a twitch!
- It's dancing!

"parking!"

A muffled shout came from the carriage, the window opened, the priest poked his head out, and his eyes fell on the street.

As the man danced, the people around him were also affected by him, dancing, dancing and singing.

- 'Dancing' is spreading like a plague!
Even though Zhong Ye was well-informed, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene.

"...Two months ago, a bard came to this town."

Zhong Ye heard that Priest Piero's voice was trembling, but it didn't look like fear, but anger.

"He brought the etiquette from afar - singing and dancing, I don't know how he persuaded the nobles and merchants to let them meet and sing, and sing and dance happily all day and night.

"The bard stayed in Resta for a month and a half, and then left. At that time, the nobles had long been used to singing and dancing to greet each other, thinking that civilization..."

At this point, the priest's anger was beyond words.

He slammed the car window shut and roared, "Go to the North City Gate!"

The carriage started to run in small steps. In order to avoid the dancing people on the street, the driver tensed his nerves.

Resta has two city gates, one in the west and one in the north. The west gate is located in the civilian area, while the north gate is closer to the area where nobles and merchants live.

The plague may have spread, but because of this, it is even more necessary to seal off the town to prevent more sources of the plague from flowing out and affecting other territories.

Looking at the dancing people, Zhong Ye suddenly remembered that he had not confirmed with Amos how the other party tracked down the cultist stronghold.

'The smell that fills the street', what Jihai said might be the bloody smell he smelled, so what about Amos?

The place where he killed the vampire was about 20 meters away from the cultist stronghold. How could he track down that stronghold from such a long distance?
Zhong Ye fell into thinking, but after a while, he suddenly woke up again.

No, he should act now!
Immediately afterwards, he was keenly aware that there was something blocking his thought of 'taking action', and it was still taking effect now, even this thought itself was...

Zhong Ye turned around abruptly, punched the wall of the church, and poured his strength into it, several cracks opened on the wall in an instant.

The force is mutual, and his fist is naturally ripped apart, bleeding profusely, but the pain also makes him calm down completely.

Time to act!Time to act!time to act...

Zhong Ye strode forward with difficulty, walked to the street step by step, and then his mind seemed to explode, becoming blank.

In this chaos, he seemed to hear a voice...

——Sincere bliss, praise and joy!

"...Zhong Ye!"

Hearing the cry of shock and anger, feeling the collision of his body, his consciousness fell back to his body, Zhong Ye's back and the back of his head hurt, and he saw the clear sky in the blink of an eye.

Getting up from the ground, he looked at Amos who was standing aside breathing heavily, and then looked back, only to find that he had fallen back in front of the church door.

(End of this chapter)