Soul echo

Chapter 167 Contact

Zhong Ye and the others didn't have to wait long, when the priest of the God of Commerce Church wiped his sweat, opened the door and walked in.

"His Excellency Zhong Ye?"

After pushing open the door and entering the reception room, the priest immediately saw Zhong Ye sitting on the sofa beside him. His presence was so strong that just sitting there seemed to fill the entire room.

——Perhaps only this hero who saved several cities from the abyss can possess such an aura!
The priest wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck with a handkerchief, sat across from Zhong Ye, and asked respectfully: "Your Excellency Zhong Ye, I wonder if you are here... for something? Just tell us, we will do our best to help you." I will do my best to help you."

Others may not be clear about it, but the Church of the God of Commerce is probably the most well-informed organization in the entire Western Continent. After all, the gods they believe in hold the priesthood of 'messenger'. Among the low-level divine arts they can learn, there is [Communication skills], if the distance is too far apart, letters can also be delivered through the air, so their church communicates most frequently among all churches.

What's more, the superiors also released Zhong Ye's information early, letting them know the existence of this 'hero' who seemed to bring disaster.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that almost every place Zhong Ye went to had events happen. Now that he has come to Montreux, does it mean that some events will happen or are happening in Montreux?
After receiving the news of 'Zhong Ye's visit', the priest only had time to say sorry to the wealthy businessman who received him, and rushed over immediately.

Until now, his heartbeat seems to be still accelerating.

Zhong Ye was a little surprised that the priest cooperated so well.

He thought it would take some more words to convince the priest in front of him, but he didn't expect the priest to pat his chest and express that he would do his best before he made a request.

...Is his name so easy to use now?
These thoughts only circulated in Zhong Ye's mind for a few seconds before he put them aside, and immediately said: "I want to know the whole story of the old lord's assassination."

"This..." The priest froze for a moment, then frowned.

Could it be that the death of the old lord has something to do with the ongoing events?
Seeing the priest's uncertain face, Zhong Ye thought for a while, and added: "I think the old lord may have something to do with cultists—of course, it's just a possibility."

"Cultists!!!"

The priest jumped up from the sofa as if he had been stung by something, screaming.

If it weren't for the good sound insulation in the reception room, his voice would have attracted the church guards.

Lilian slowly put down her hands covering her ears, and looked at the priest with a strange expression. She never expected that this thin-looking man would have such a powerful explosive power. Even if she covered her ears in time, her voice would almost pierced her eardrum.

"...Sorry, I lost my temper."

After staring blankly at Zhong Ye for a few seconds, the priest slowly came back to his senses, and after apologizing, he sat back in panic.

What to do, what to do, Montreux seems to have an abyss invasion incident... No matter how bad it is, it is the level of cultists holding sacrifice ceremonies, it cannot be lower!

The disaster "brought" by Zhong Ye seems to be calculated according to the size of the town, but with the scale of Montreux, the possibility of "Abyss Invasion" is extremely high...

no!Must be calm!

Although Zhong Ye will bring disasters, but at the same time, he is also doing his best to save mankind. Most of the incidents existed, but they happened to be broken by him. Therefore, Montreux can still be saved—as long as he cooperates fully!

Zhong Ye watched the priest's face change several times after he sat down, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he was a little puzzled.

Could it be that the death of the old lord was not that simple, and there was something deeper hidden behind it?
"Cultists, cultists... Hmm! Speaking of which, this matter is indeed a bit strange."

The priest calmed down and carefully recalled what happened three days ago. Although it didn't take long, it was still difficult to recall every detail of the whole incident.

"That day, the old lord and the bishop made an appointment to go to the construction site of the Adventurer's House, but when the old lord was assassinated, it was not yet the time agreed with the bishop—the time they agreed on was in the afternoon, but in the morning, the old lord Surrounded by a group of guards, we went to the construction site."

As he narrated, the memory was slowly becoming clearer, and the priest remembered more things, "That's right! Sometimes the old lord would take a team of guards and go out of the city, although he said he was going hunting or Fishing, but according to our speculation, he may have an illegitimate son somewhere, and he went out of the city to visit his illegitimate son. Based on the previous battle, it may be to go out of the city to find his illegitimate son.

"As for why he went to the Adventurer's House first... I don't know, but he had already made an appointment with the bishop that day, so it shouldn't be possible for him to go out for too long—usually every time he goes out of the city, he will stay outside for a whole day .”

There is actually an illegitimate child?

Zhong Ye frowned slightly, this matter became more and more complicated.

"When the assassination happened, no one in our church witnessed it, but according to other witnesses, a person in the crowd suddenly shot a crossbow arrow at the old lord, was blocked by a spell prop, and then took advantage of other people not paying attention. , ran over and assassinated the old lord."

As he said that, the priest gestured with his hand on the neck, "This is the position, I stabbed it in, and then the killer ran away somehow, and even the superhuman who protected the old lord couldn't catch or kill him.

"That afternoon, the eldest son of the old lord announced his succession after collecting his father's body. You should also know the situation in Hallstatt. Each city-state is relatively independent, and there is no division of nobility or title. The eldest son is the first in line of succession, as long as he announces his succession, the city will be his."

After listening to the priest's narration, my doubts have not diminished, but have actually increased.

Zhong Ye frowned even more because of this, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he suddenly asked: "You should have had a lot of contact with the 'Lake of Xiyong', right? Do you know what kind of business they are doing secretly?"

"Ah, this, this..." the priest opened his mouth slightly, a lot of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead, and then his voice lowered, "Well, you see, we are the Church of the God of Commerce, there are some things...some things We're not going to ask..."

"You know?" Zhong Ye suddenly folded his arms, "Still don't know?"

"Uh, I know a little..." the priest hesitated for a while, then whispered, "But I don't know much, after all, we are the Church of the Orthodox God, and we don't do these things..."

Not doing these things does not mean 'opposition', the attitude of the God of Commerce and His church is tacit approval, as the protector of business, if he opposes even these things, He will lose some believers.

——Compared to the primitive gods with natural power, these personal gods born of faith and sustained by faith will also use some careful thinking to expand their beliefs when fighting against the abyss and protecting the world.

And this also gave the abyss an opportunity!

"Before, I used a map of resources and dangerous roads in the Alps, exchanged some benefits with that caravan, and got some secret information from them. They said that they did everything except arms sales, such as Contraband, like human trafficking — do you know what that means?"

The priest broke out in cold sweat when he heard this, and kept wiping his sweat with a wet handkerchief.

The reason why contraband is 'contraband' is because those things may be made by demons and used to corrupt humans, including but not limited to life potions that increase lifespan, secret medicines that bring impotence back to life, cursed arms.

As for human trafficking, let alone, there have been several incidents in history where cultists bought slaves and used them for blood sacrifices.

Now that human trafficking has been completely banned, even the god of commerce resists human trafficking. Once it is discovered, not only the person who is involved in human trafficking, but even the local priests and nobles will be punished—this is the original sign signed by the gods and the nobles. one of the contracts.

The gods and the church can not interfere with the rule of the nobles, but at the same time, they must restrain themselves and their subordinates.

But now-

The priest took a deep breath, pursed his dry lips, and asked seriously, "Your Excellency Zhong Ye, are you sure what you said is true?"

"I'm sure."

Zhong Ye answered firmly, and at the same time took out a contract from his backpack.

Without careful examination, the priest recognized at first glance that this contract was a formal contract protected by the god of commerce.

"I hope you can cooperate with me when I act." Zhong Ye said softly, "It's not yet time, cultists are very good at hiding their identities, and I still need some evidence.

"But you can rest assured that this 'evidence' probably won't take long before I can find it."

(End of this chapter)