Soul echo

Chapter 173 Sunset and Dusk

The priest who came belatedly stepped up the simple and old stairs in the evening light, and several priests with different thoughts followed him to the third floor of the castle.

Through the long corridors, shadows and evening light came and went over them.

When they followed the deacon to the room with the open door, they couldn't help squinting their eyes.

The afterglow of the setting sun that was about to sink into Lake Lemonus shone through their eyes through the glass windows, and only Priest Langston was unmoved.

——He had already realized what had happened when he was invited by the deacon of the Aumu family to be a notary, so the first time he came to the door of the room, he cast his eyes on the figures in the room.

The tall figure came into view as promised, and he took a light breath.

The young man sitting behind the table lit a cigarette again. This kind of 'new thing' gradually becoming popular in the upper class of the Gaul Kingdom could effectively relieve his psychological pressure.

During the time waiting for the church personnel to arrive, he had lit three fires, and now this was the fourth fire.

If it was in the past, he would definitely not allow himself to do such a physical damage, but as time passed, his mood gradually became irritable.

The two people on the opposite side didn't do anything, didn't communicate, didn't make a sound, just sat there quietly, like two puppets, but their eyes were not empty and dull, but on the contrary, they were shining—especially The guy who called himself a 'demon hunter' seemed to have two flames burning in his eyes, which made his skin ache.

Laratoure sat behind a heavy old wooden table, not minding ash falling on it.

It's not a good feeling to be stared at by a transcendent with high-strength perception. Fortunately, people from the church have already arrived.

Even though he has always hated this group of philistines, but now that they have arrived, he can breathe a sigh of relief and not be so nervous.

For a moment, Laritue's mood was a little complicated.

"Priest Langston, you are welcome."

The young man stood up, walked around the table with a smile, and faced the priests in robes.

Lilian's eyes blinked. In order not to miss the following plot, she took advantage of the confrontation between the two parties to go offline for dinner, and happened to log in at this time.

She glanced at Zhong Ye, then got up, and together with him, she looked back at the clergy of the Church of the God of Commerce.

Priest Langston shook his head and sighed softly: "Lord Laritue, you don't want to see us come to your castle, do you? This means you are in trouble."

Laritue narrowed his eyes slightly and flicked a cigarette, "Indeed."

"In fact, Your Excellency Zhong Ye had contacted us before."

After speaking, Priest Langston and Zhong Ye looked at each other, and Zhong Ye nodded slightly to him as a greeting.

"He wants us to help him check the business records of 'Xiyong's Lake', not only on the surface, but also in the dark. Although it may not be possible to find out directly, but slowly search from other directions, if If they really did, then they must be able to find out..."

The priest did not go on, because what he said later would hurt Laritue's face.

Even as a high-ranking clergyman who is second only to the bishop in the Montreux church and can handle all affairs except for promotion, Priest Langston seemed a little "tactful" when facing the new lord of Laraitue.

If it was the clergy of other churches, they would definitely be outspoken and would not take care of the face of nobles like Priest Langston.

Numerous churches and upper-class nobles signed the contract of 'no human trafficking' hundreds of years ago. Even if the nobles participated in this matter, they would be deprived of their inheritance rights at least, and at worst would be executed directly——in the "Holy Alliance" 'In the contract, it is clearly written that all churches have this right.

Priest Langston was trying to persuade Laritue to hand over the ledger. Every family would have such a ledger, which always recorded things that were not visible.

However, the priest also knew that it was impossible to ask Laritue to hand over all the books, so he hinted through gestures that he only needed to hand over the part related to the 'trafficking of human beings'.

The young man took a puff of the cigarette, and the acrid smoke was injected into the lungs along the trachea, penetrated into the blood vessels through the alveoli, and as the blood flowed, the secret medicine wrapped in the shredded tobacco took effect, and the slight irritation from It came from all over the body, rushing to the brain through the nerves, bringing him an unusual sense of pleasure.

His brain turned, and his extra sober mind allowed him to gain wisdom far beyond his previous experience, even if it was only temporary.

Fu——

Breathing out a long stream of smoke, Laritue nodded, "I can give you the account book of the 'Lake of Chillon', but I hope you can be careful, I just inherited the position of lord, so it is not easy to let the common people know these things."

The only outsiders in this room were the clerics of the Church of the God of Commerce, the demon hunter and his apprentice. Besides, his protector, Balmer, was entitled to hear this matter.

"Just the ledger is not enough, that is the task of their church."

At this moment, Zhong Ye interrupted: "And my task is to search this castle!"

Laritue suddenly turned his head and stared at him. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, half of his face was hidden in the shadow, and the eyeball hidden in the shadow reflected the flickering fireworks, allowing him to see It looks a little weird.

"Priest Langston, he says he's a 'witcher'. Is that true?"

Even though Zhong Ye's identity as a "demon hunter" had already been confirmed in the priest's words, Laritue still wanted to get a definite answer.

Priest Langston glanced at Zhong Ye in surprise, then hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't know whether His Excellency Zhong Ye is a witcher...but I know that he has saved several cities."

Saved several cities...

Laruitue couldn't help taking another puff of cigarette. At this moment, he could finally confirm that the guy who called himself 'Zhong Ye' was not an idiot—how could an idiot accomplish the feat of saving several cities?
Everything he showed before was just to deceive his perception and make him despise it.

——It really looks like it!

Laritue went behind the wooden table, sat back, and put out the few remaining cigarettes in the ashtray, "Go! But you only have tonight—one night should be enough, right?"

"enough."

Zhong Ye smiled slightly, and led Lilian and a group of priests out of the room.

Balmer also followed behind them. He was instructed by Laruitue to monitor Zhong Ye and prevent him from doing anything wrong.

The deacon naturally hated this demon hunter who ruined his peaceful life, and his gloomy eyes were fixed on Zhong Ye.

"The sun is about to set..."

Looking at the twilight outside the window, Zhong Ye couldn't help sighing.

People didn't know why he sighed so suddenly, Zhong Ye didn't say much, but just led them back to the first floor.

The soldiers who hadn't participated in the battle before were taking turns with the soldiers who had patrolled and searched for a day. The two knights who led the team frowned obviously when they saw Zhong Ye and his group.

It was the tall 'demon hunter' who had seriously provoked the honor of the Omu family. If they hadn't been patrolling outside during the day and didn't know about it until they returned to the castle, they would definitely have fought that guy desperately.

No, it's not impossible now...

"Your Mightiness!"

A knight attendant in leather armor suddenly ran out from the team and shouted loudly: "In the underground, they brought a little girl underground!"

— Evidence, isn’t that here?

"Dylan!" a knight yelled angrily, and the man who ran out of the line was his squire.

Players have been able to participate in the process of the game, and their every move may trigger a butterfly effect and reverse the fate of others.

And at this time, it was dusk!
Through observing Lilian, Zhong Ye already knew that the time in West China was roughly the same as the time in Europe, and that dusk was the time to leave work and school.

If his previous speculation is correct, then there should be a player lurking in Fort Chillon, and the evening and night are the time periods when they can be contacted.

Of course, besides this plan, he has other plans, but now that this plan has been completed, naturally there is no need for other plans!

"Priest Langston, do you hear that?"

Zhong Ye took a deep breath, letting the breath rush along with the blood in his body.

"—Under the castle!"

(End of this chapter)