Soul echo

Chapter 337 Arriving at Troyes

Zhong Ye and the others followed all the way and came to a town named 'Troyes'.

This town is larger than Auxerre, not only the size of the urban area, but also the number of surrounding villages is much larger.

After arriving in Troyes, the first thing Zhong Ye and the others did was to go to the local church to see if there was any new news.

As a result, they did receive news from Bourges.

The information revealed in the news made them quite surprised. No one expected that those altars were actually used to transform human souls into that cloud of black mist.

That is to say, besides self-reproduction, the 'painted skin' monsters in Xilu may have come through transformation.

If those altars are used for transformation, then what are the words used on those altars?
Thinking of this, Zhong Ye couldn't help frowning.

Words represent civilization, that is to say, the group of 'painted-skinned' monsters may have once owned a civilization, and they were not naturally produced, but transformed through those altars.

And the most primitive gods have been watching this world since before the concept of "human beings" appeared, but they should not have self-awareness at that time, and they were just the embodiment of the natural environment.

The real birth of the gods can only be traced back to more than 1 years ago. In the past 1 years, if any strange civilizations really appeared on this land, they should know something about it... What are you waiting for? When you have time, just ask them directly.

But then again, if the group of 'painted skins' in Xilu were transformed through altars and rituals, what about the 'painted skins' in Dongtu?Are they also transformed through rituals?

Since they can transform other people through rituals, why do they reproduce naturally?
If it was for the purpose of gaining power, why did they not directly parasitize the count himself, but chose to parasitize the second son of the count of Blois?
There were so many new doubts that quickly filled my mind.

Zhong Ye shook his head, looked up at the head of the church sitting beside him, "Your Excellency Charlie, regarding the group of vampires, what have you found here?"

"There are no towns. After all, it is winter now, and no one will go out for a stroll." The priest of the Luna Church in Troyes shook his head and sighed, "As for the surrounding villages, we don't know."

There are many villages around Troyes, even if they are, it is impossible to check all the villages in one day.

Many times, if someone in the village goes missing, they will first find a solution by themselves, and only contact the church if they cannot solve it.

Because things that 'cause people to disappear' often represent benefits, whether it is undead, monsters, or thieves, they can all bring benefits to them.

The leftovers of the undead can be sold to mages or churches. Monsters are valuable in themselves, and bandits may hide treasures. It's profitable, and they don't mind a cameo role as a bandit.

They dare not resist the nobles because the nobles hold the army in their hands, and they themselves have the inertia of thinking. Once the nobles are alone, they break through the inertia of thinking and become evil, and even the nobles will be killed.

And this is also one of the main causes of death of nobles in this era.

Therefore, it is impossible to find out in a short time whether there are any missing people in the villages around Troyes, and whether the missing people have encountered vampires.

Sure enough, at this time, it is still necessary to mobilize the power of the masses.

Zhong Ye turned his gaze to Lilian, then turned away as if nothing had happened, and asked Mayer, "Mr. Endrich, have any other witchers contacted you?"

"of course."

Mayer woke up from her thoughts. After hearing Zhong Ye's question, she was stunned for a few seconds before answering: "A demon hunter contacted me. He was active in the countryside of Troyes before. When I was notified, I was preparing to fight a wraith spirit. I originally planned to meet with us after finishing the wraith spirit, but after receiving the message from me, I decided to wait for us here in Troyes. He should know the countryside of Troyes Have there been incidents of vampire predation?"

After a pause, he added: "By the way, there is a witch beside him—witches are those who help us transform our bodies. Because the methods are relatively... barbaric, they are reprimanded by other mages as 'playing with witchcraft. savages', 'Only a savage fool would trust you'."

"Mayer, if you really want to say that, I won't be very happy!"

At this time, a voice sounded outside the door, and the door was pushed open without the priest's permission.

Zhong Ye and the others turned their heads and saw a man and a woman walking into the room, followed by a priest with a helpless face.

One of the women played with the end of her light-colored long hair with her hands, and said dissatisfiedly: "It stands to reason that our technology is more advanced. Not only can we install heterogeneous organs on you, but we can also prevent you from trying to reject them." Reaction—what mage south of the Noji Kingdom can do this until now?"

"I'm just relaying." Mayer shrugged, turned to introduce Zhong Ye and the others, "These two are my companions, the witcher Wade Eric, and the witch Ingrid Cary."

The demon hunter on the opposite side nodded silently, while the witch said "Hello" with a smile.

"This is the famous Mr. Zhong Ye, this lady's name is Lily de Liber, and this is Lilian, the student of Mr. Zhong Ye."

Zhong Ye and Lilian clasped their fists in return, and Lili nodded slightly.

After both parties were introduced, Mayer turned to look at the priest and asked with a smile, "Your Excellency, you don't mind if we borrow this room?"

The priest shook his head slightly, "Of course I don't mind, on the contrary, I also want to find out what happened in the countryside of Troyes recently."

After receiving the instructions from the priest, the priest left the room and closed the door behind him.

The new witcher and the witch sat down. The witch's slender legs were crossed, and she leaned her back on the back of the chair, moaning comfortably.

"...Let me explain. If Wade comes, I can't finish talking for a long time." The witch sighed, curling her hair with her fingers, "First of all, I want to explain that there may be real There have been vampires, but this news was only known when Wade and I were about to enter the city, and we did not confirm it.

"The news itself is speculation, because according to the farmer who mentioned it to us, several people in the surrounding villages seem to have disappeared. They are all adult men. It is said that they are looking for food, but they have not returned. Two days have passed. , there may not even be any bones left."

Even if the witch's tone is frivolous when telling the story, it still cannot escape the heaviness of the content.

"Isn't it the same village?" Zhong Ye asked.

"No, people from a few villages met when they went to the city to sell things, and after talking with each other, they realized that they were not the only ones who had trouble."

What monsters, if not vampires, roam around the few villages, hunting those who go out?
Mayer sighed, "And then?"

The witch spread her hands, "No more, that's all."

Zhong Ye pondered for a moment, "I'm going to investigate."

With that said, he stood up.

At his speed, it would take at most half a day to walk between several villages. If he was faster, the investigation could be completed before nightfall.

"I'll go too." Mayer slapped his thigh, stood up, and suggested, "Still as before, separate your actions, discuss in advance where each of you will investigate, and return to the town to sort out the information after the investigation, so that you can be more thorough. Hurry up."

"Then let's go together." Lilian and the others followed suit.

Afterwards, Wade Eric also stood up, leaving only the witch sitting on the chair in a daze.

Mayer glanced at her, "You're not physically strong, forget it."

"I didn't say I was going!" The witch stared.

The priest of Luna Church opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhong Ye: "Your Excellency, these people are already enough, please search again in the city, especially hotels, underground casinos and other places, in order to suck blood, Vampires are not stingy with selling their bodies, maybe in places you haven't noticed, vampires have already visited.

"For example, the lord's castle."

(End of this chapter)