Soul echo

Chapter 201 'God'

This is 'Lyon', the largest and most prosperous city in the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Gaul.

Although it cannot be compared with Milan before the invasion of the abyss, in the Kingdom of Gaul, Lyon can be regarded as the top few big cities.

Because there are so many residents and rich people, even in winter, the outside of the city is still very lively.

The caravans were still coming and going, and it looked no different from summer and autumn except that the road was covered with snow.

The villagers who entered the city to sell firewood gathered in a group outside the city gate, avoiding the merchants driving the herbivorous dragon beasts far away. Although this was not the first time they saw these dragon beasts, their extremely intimidating The appearance still makes them daunting.

These dragon beasts are not allowed to enter the city, because once they are frightened and go mad, the destructive power they cause is far greater than that of cattle and horses.

There is a settlement outside the city of Lyon that is specially used to house dragon beasts. Since most of the dragon beasts are used by caravans, over time, a market has developed around that settlement, and there are commodities from all over the world in that market.

But this has nothing to do with Zhong Ye and the others. The carriage is in the middle of the long line, unlike other draft horses that tremble in the face of dragons and beasts, the horses pulling Zhong Ye and the others seem to know how powerful their master is. Yes, I didn't show any fear at all.

Chewing the concentrate that Zhong Ye fed, he impatiently kicked the ground a few times.

At this moment, Lilian pushed open the car door, hooked her hands to the edge of the roof, rolled over and sat on the roof.

She hooked her heels and closed the car door, and she squinted her eyes with the cold wind blowing.

beep beep beep beep beep beep
Perhaps it was because the waiting time was too long, a businessman took out his wind instrument from the carriage, and played the hardships and ups and downs along the way, and played the frosty and cold sky.

The music sounded far away, and Lilian looked in the direction where the music was flying, and saw a blue and white meadow.

The melting ice and snow can no longer completely cover the grassland, and the tenacious weeds poke out from under the snow, and the bright sunlight shines on them, as if admiring the greatness of life.

The beginning is difficult, and the end is joyful. The caravan enters the city gate accompanied by music, and the merchants who play the instruments put away the instruments.

Not long after, Zhong Ye's carriage also slowly drove into the city gate.

Lilian, who was sitting on the roof of the car, sniffed, and the bustling winter scene suddenly appeared in front of her eyes after the shadow of the door faded.

The melodious music overflowed from the street taverns and slowly flowed on the street. The villagers who had just entered the city dispersed and peddled along the street.

Those seemingly huge caravans diverted at one fork in the road, and on the side of the street, an apprentice baker came out of the stuffy bakery and shouted loudly on the street.

A few rooms away, the owner of a clothing store is yawning, waiting for the next customer.

Farther away, there are fishermen and passers-by pulling a cart of salted fish to sell their salted products. Many people, including the adventurers who are about to travel, have expressed interest in those salted fish. Look at the fisherman's face With a bright smile on his face, he thinks he will have a good time this winter.

The carriage continued on and passed a square. There was a bronze statue in the center of the square. People talked about love and watched performances in this square, and some vendors set up stalls around the square to sell.

The performer who had learned a few tricks wove a flying bird out of thin air, raised his arm, and let it fly high, receiving a series of applause and amazement.

Lilian also felt a little interesting, took out a copper coin from the purse, flicked it out with her fingers, and happened to fall into the performer's hat.

"yeah!"

Lilian cheered softly, and then smiled even more when she saw the performer looking up in doubt.

Under Lilian's strange gaze and cheerful laughter, they came to a crowded street. Taking advantage of the traffic jam, Zhong Ye turned around and asked other passers-by, confirmed the location of the Adventurer's House, and stayed until The road is cleared, and the horses are driven forward.

Although the cities in the Middle Ages were relatively monotonous, the homogenization was not as severe as in the later generations. Each city has its own characteristics, and each city can give Lilian a sense of novelty.

——In reality, she can only see these things from the Internet, but here, she can experience them personally.

After setting up the carriages and horses at the Adventurer's House, Zhong Ye took Lilian out of the Adventurer's House.

"Teacher, why did we come to Lyon first?" Lilian asked curiously, "The governor of Lyon has relatively strict control, and the problem of hallucinogens flooding here is not that serious. Wouldn't it be better to go to other cities to find clues first?"

This is the information they learned from the Church of the Earth Mother before they left Bourg—compared to several other cities, the Lord of Lyon's attitude towards hallucinogens is extremely radical, and he does not allow any poisonous drugs in his city. Hallucinogens.

The current flood of hallucinogens is entirely due to the legacy of history. After all, Lyon is a big city. When the previous lord was in power, hallucinogens were popular in the upper class for a while, although it was later cracked down by the "Holy White Priory" , the hallucinogens had to be switched from light to dark, but the problem remained.

——The successive lords of Lyon were all selected from the 'Holy White Order'. After all, all the members of the 'Holy White Order' practiced asceticism and had no wives or children.

Precisely because they were born in the 'Holy White Priory', the lords of Lyon are all people with firm beliefs, they will not be easily bewitched, and they have always had a tough attitude towards things like hallucinogens.

The hallucinogen epidemic is more serious in other cities than in Lyon, and clues are easier to find.

"Actually, I've been thinking about it before."

Zhong Ye stopped and looked back at Lilian, "If there is a huge interest group behind the hallucinogen dealers, why would they form this group? Hallucinogens are dirty stuff, if those people can form An interest group, wouldn't it be more convenient to fight for power and profit without using hallucinogens? More profitable?"

Hearing this, Lilian was stunned.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with saying this... They originally thought that behind the hallucinogen dealers were cultists, but the cultists formed such an interest group, isn't it to show their existence and jump repeatedly in front of the gods?
However, they have been able to form such a large interest group, why do they still look at the "small profits" of hallucinogens?
She hadn't thought about this problem before, and now it seems that there are still many loopholes in their original idea.

"Then... Teacher, do you have any idea?" Lilian asked with her head raised.

"I have some ideas, but it's not clear yet." Zhong Ye shook his head slightly, and took another step.

Lilian followed, walking beside Zhong Ye, using her little brain, trying to analyze what Zhong Ye thought of and what she was going to do now.

"Input regardless of cost..."

While muttering, Lilian suddenly thought of a word: "Diffusion! They want to spread the hallucinogens, and want everyone to be infected with hallucinogens?"

Zhong Ye was a little surprised that she could think of this so quickly.

"Think again?" Zhong Ye pursed his lips slightly.

Hearing what he said, Lilian knew that her thinking might be right, she was overjoyed, and continued to think hard.

However, Lilian couldn't think of the next point until they arrived at the gate of the Temple of the Church of the Sun.

She sighed, reluctantly giving up.

Seeing Lilian's appearance, Zhong Ye decided to give her a hint: "Looking at them, what did you think of?"

He pointed to the Sun Temple in front of him with his chin, and Lilian immediately fell into a daze.

She watched the people with lowered eyebrows, walking up the steps with piousness, and watched the people leaving the temple full of carefree and joyful brows, and a thought slowly emerged in her heart.

If hallucinogen users are believers, hallucinogen dealers are priests, and ringleaders are bishops...

In an instant, Lilian's expression was distorted.

That absurd thought made her mind churn, but she couldn't forget it.

"……god?"

(End of this chapter)