Soul echo

Chapter 318 Hard Break

Zhong Ye and Lilian followed the stalker far away. In order to avoid being discovered by the stalker, Zhong Ye did not even look at the back of that person.

Even if the stalker is more than 200 meters away from them now, Zhong Ye can still follow closely behind him through hearing, smell and the footprints left by that person, and the person has not been able to get rid of his perception.

The stalker was quite vigilant, even after running so far, he did not let down his vigilance.

Many of the footprints left along the way lead to traps, but before Zhong Ye got close, he could distinguish those traps, and the traps could not harm them at all.

It is naturally impossible to set up traps in this wilderness. As long as they are not close, they will not be triggered.

After wandering around for more than half an hour, the stalker seemed to stop.

Most of the time is spent guiding 'possible trackers'. If the straight-line distance is really counted, the position of the trackers is only ten minutes away from the position of Zhong Ye and his carriage, and this is still in the In the mountains.

so close?
Sensing that the distance between himself and the stalker was getting closer, Zhong Ye remained calm and led Lilian forward.

Soon, they came to a mountain.

Around here, Zhong Ye didn't find any signs of human activities, but the last 'trace' left by the stalker was indeed here.

"Is it in the mountains?" Lilian asked in a low voice.

Zhong Ye also thought so, and nodded in agreement with Lilian's opinion.

The corners of the girl's mouth turned up slightly, her chin raised slightly, and she hummed a few brisk syllables from her nose.

But the question is, where did the stalker enter the 'mountain'?

If there is only one passage, will they be noticed by those people if they enter it?
If the other party has a channel, who knows if there is a second channel?

If they broke in directly, they might startle the enemy and let the other party run away.

Zhong Ye thought about it, and told Lilian what he was thinking. Of course, he didn't expect his student to come up with any good ideas, but wanted to cultivate her thinking ability.

——Now she is still too immature and needs to grow up.

After listening to Zhong Ye's words, Lilian also fell into thinking, but after a while, she began to mutter and began to communicate with the barrage.

Now they have reached a stalemate, and it may be difficult to solve it with ordinary methods.

"...if only there were spells."

After communicating with the audience, Lilian expressed such emotion.

If they have spells, they can become invisible, pass through walls, or command animals to help them see what's going on inside.

It's a pity that the three of them are melee professions, and the little 'psychic spells' that Zhong Ye knows are of no help to the current situation.

It took them a day to come here from Bourges, and if they ran back, it would take a long time. It would take almost two days to go back and forth. If those cultists wanted to do something, it would take two days Enough they did.

When they left Bourges, they did not prepare the means of communication with many churches in Bourges. It was a mistake!

Zhong Ye frowned slightly, he didn't expect that there would be such a big flaw in his plan, and he didn't find it a few days ago.

...Don't worry about it, just break in!

After hearing Zhong Ye's action plan, Lilian opened her mouth slightly.

However, this may be the only way to break the situation now.

You can't rely on the enemy, and it's an enemy hidden in the dark.

After confirming that the equipment on his body was complete, Zhong Ye took Lilian up the mountain and chased after the last trace left by the stalker.

Sure enough, Zhong Ye and the others found a cave on the side of the mountain.

The cave looks quite hidden from the outside, and the entrance of the cave is covered by snow. If it wasn't for Zhong Ye's amazing perception, he really wouldn't be able to find it.

After smashing the thin snow covering the entrance of the cave, a deep cave appeared in front of Zhong Ye and Lilian.

A row of footprints extended from the entrance to the depths of the cave, disappearing into the darkness in the distance.

Zhong Ye noticed that the cave floor is actually 'sloped' with a certain angle.

This proved their previous conjecture—that group of cultists were indeed hidden in the mountain.

However, in this way, another doubt followed.

If the cultists were hidden in the mountain, how did the cultists find them when they raised the smoke?
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Zhong Ye took a deep breath. He didn't feel any strange smell in the cave, nor did he feel dull.

There is air in the mountain, either there is a ventilation hole, or there is another passage.

Lilian grabbed the corner of Zhong Ye's clothes, followed his footsteps, and stepped into the darkness.

The depths of the cave were dark, with no light at all. Lilian couldn't see anything in such an environment, but she trusted Zhong Ye extremely, and believed that Zhong Ye would protect her well.

"Lift your feet."

"Take a step to the left."

"Look down."

Lilian didn't know what was in the cave, anyway, she would do what Zhong Ye said, because it was impossible for Zhong Ye to hurt her.

"...stop."

Suddenly, I heard this sentence.

Lilian then stopped in her tracks. She didn't know what Zhong Ye had discovered, maybe she had seen the hiding place of the cultists?

"Did you hear that?"

Hearing Zhong Ye's question, Lilian blinked.

Perhaps because her eyes were temporarily unable to see, her hearing became a little more sensitive.

Lilian settled down and listened carefully to the voice.

Not long after, she took a light breath.

"Is it... the sound of the wind?" Lilian wasn't sure if the sound she heard was real or not.

"We've been going down just now."

Zhong Ye stared at the darkness in front of him, and said in a low voice: "I suspect that we have already reached the 'underground'."

Lilian's eyes widened in disbelief, and she looked in the direction of Zhong Ye's voice.

She heard from Zhong Ye that before Zhong Ye met her, she once discovered an underground world in a certain area.

Later, the "Chapter Trailer" officially released by "Echo of Soul" proved Zhong Ye's statement that there is indeed an underground world, not only there are many strange underground creatures, but also a kingdom of goblins.

But isn't that underground world in Yitrul?
If there is an underground cavity like the underground of Yitrul in the underground of the Gaul Kingdom, wouldn't the surface of the Westland be very fragile?
There was no exit ahead, and Zhong Ye didn't feel the existence of a ventilation port or a ventilation channel. He could only feel the wind coming from the front.

Is there an 'underworld' ahead too?Are the cultists hiding in it?

Zhong Ye didn't know, so he decided to move on.

After talking to Lilian, Zhong Ye stepped forward.

At that distance just now, Lilian could hear the wind, and Zhong Ye could hear it very clearly.

Not only could he hear clearly, but he could also feel the surge of air.

Not long after walking, Zhong Ye stopped again.

"Someone."

In the surging air, he smelled some peculiar smells and heard some strange sounds.

If nothing else, it should be the sound of breathing—breathing made in conjunction with the sound of the wind.

Lilian kept her mouth shut in a sensible manner. She couldn't make an 'inaudible' voice like Zhong Ye, so she simply didn't speak, so as not to startle the snake.

What should they do now?
Zhong Ye closed his eyes and thought silently.

After thinking for a while, he grabbed Lilian's wrist and led her forward.

After a while, Zhong Ye let go of Lilian's wrist again, but at this time Lilian already knew what Zhong Ye wanted to do.

—they broke right in!

Although those cultists were hiding underground, they were able to notice what happened on Kingdom Avenue and knew that someone was passing by.

That being the case, were the two of them discovered by those cultists when they entered the cave?
If you don't do anything, just deal with those cultists directly - even if you accidentally let some go, as long as you can leave a few alive, they will be worth the trip!
(End of this chapter)