Soul echo

Chapter 359 After the War
With more than 30 corpses, the human team embarked on the return journey, leaving the blood-stained mountain road behind.

On the way home, everyone was silent and had no interest in talking.

Among them, the most casualties were soldiers borrowed from the lord, followed by adventurers, and then the 'Punishers' war group-they paid a lot for this war.

Although they accomplished their original goal and successfully wiped out that vampire clan, the three legends that appeared in that war also made them feel extremely heavy.

The appearance of legendary trolls and legendary vampires did not surprise them. However, when the goblin shaman appeared, it did shock many people.

——They have never heard of goblins giving birth to 'legends'. There are so many goblins, it's not uncommon for one or two extraordinary people to be born occasionally, but what's the matter with 'legends'?

Before that, they had more or less heard of a goblin kingdom appearing underground in Etrull, but they didn't care.

Goblin legends, when the goblin army appeared before their eyes, they realized that something big happened.

Zhong Ye and the others returned to the village where they stayed before not long after dark. When the villagers saw this group of soldiers who smelled of blood, they were so frightened that they almost dared not open the door. Even after opening the door, they still trembled in front of them.

However, the Commercial Church paid for all the surplus firewood and charcoal in the village. The villagers who were still terrified suddenly burst into laughter, and laughed and moved the firewood and charcoal from their homes to the camp that had not yet been dismantled.

The bonfire was lit again, and the iron pot was set up.

Many people failed to keep the water boiling, fell asleep because of exhaustion, and didn't even eat dinner.

Fortunately, the injuries on their bodies have been treated, otherwise, if they fall asleep this time, they will have to talk about whether they can wake up.

Zhong Ye washed off the blood stains on his face and hands with freshly boiled hot water. The clothes on his body seemed to have been soaked in blood, and he could no longer wear them. After returning this time, he would completely change out the clothes.

But until then, he'll just have to live with the grime for a night.

Sitting on a chair, he washed his hair that was also soaked in blood. As he washed and washed, seeing the water in the basin was stained red, Zhong Ye couldn't help closing his eyes and sighed.

He once again realized the abnormality of this world. The goblins and trolls who had no wisdom before had wisdom and united.

And the group of 'Painted Skins'... Now he doesn't know if he can still call them 'Painted Skins'.

The group of 'painted skins' in the west land seem to be a little different from those in the east land. They only appeared in the west land in recent years, and the 'painted skins' in the east land have never been heard of being able to transform through rituals, they can only reproduce naturally.

If those 'painted skins' really represent a civilization, why is there such a huge gap between the 'painted skins' of the East and West?What caused this gap to appear?
Moreover, the god who appeared last, the god who received an attack from the God of Commerce, also made Zhong Ye quite concerned.

The fact that the black mist surrounding the vampire's body gathered together to form a god seems to confirm the speculation of the head of the Bourges Church from the side.

- All 'painted skins' may be part of their gods!

Miscellaneous thoughts filled his brain, even though his body was quite exhausted, Zhong Ye couldn't stop thinking.

What happened today was too much and too complicated, and he couldn't put these problems behind him at all, just fell asleep like that.

"Can you do me a favor?" A soft voice sounded in his ears, and Zhong Ye turned his head to look over.

Lily Lieber sat next to Zhong Ye with a basin of hot water at a moderate temperature, and pointed to her hair, "It's a bit long, and I think I might not be able to wash it clean, so I want you to wash it for me. "

"Accordingly, I should reject you." Zhong Ye sighed, "I have never thought about marrying you, nor have I planned to date you, so I shouldn't give you undeserved hopes..."

Hearing this, the corners of Lily's mouth turned up slightly, her eyes became softer, and her pink lips parted slightly: "You know what? I really like that you respect others-this is a choice I made on my own will, no matter what happens later What, even if this relationship ends without a problem, it's only because I made a wrong choice."

Zhong Ye sighed softly, shook his head, and squatted opposite Lily.

"What would you do if I chose someone else in the end?"

Lily lowered her head obediently and asked Zhong Ye to untie her hair tie.

A full head of long hair poured down, and the tips of the hair fell into the basin, splashing a few drops of water.

Ripples in the water basin, with the help of the nearby fire, Lily saw her slightly tired and delicate face, her lips were slightly pursed.

"I will be in pain, but I will bring it all on my own, and I won't blame you, nor your spouse." She closed her eyes and whispered, "However, I won't regret being with you Meet... You are like a hero, breaking into a palace besieged by layers of villains and saving me.

"Your deeds gave me the strength to muster up the courage to deceive myself with the lie of 'pursuing love' and escape from the dirty place I wanted to stay away from for a long time."

Zhong Ye picked up the hot water with his right hand and poured it down. With the other hand, he kept rubbing Lily's hair to wash away the blood that was mixed and stuck to her hair, and kept silent.

"...Can't you react a little bit?"

Hearing Lily's coquettishness, Zhong Ye smiled and shook his head slightly.

Although she knew that Zhong Ye would not reciprocate her feelings, Lily still felt a little angry when confronted.

"Today, when you were fighting that legendary vampire, and saw your chest being pierced, I realized that my feelings for you were not fake, maybe it was just an excuse, a lie, but with you Over the past few days, this feeling has turned into reality.

"Your straightforwardness, your sense of justice, your kindness, your thoughtfulness, your rationality, your wisdom...these things have attracted my attention. I don't know when it started, but my feelings for you have changed from A friend who can make a deep friendship becomes a lover who wants to date, wants to be in love, and wants to be with him for a lifetime."

"So, Zhong Ye." Lily raised her head, pulled her hair out of Zhong Ye's hands, and draped it wetly on her shoulders.

She pulled her wet hair back, showing her rosy and delicious smile, and asked again in a soft and slow voice: "Can you marry me?"

"Sorry, I can't." Zhong Ye replied as usual.

Looking at the slightly disappointed Lily, he sighed again: "To be honest, I can empathize with your confession, it's impossible to say that I don't feel moved."

"But?" Lily looked at Zhong Ye in bewilderment, not understanding why he didn't accept her love when he was moved. He obviously didn't have a sweetheart.

"Because the heartbeat at that moment came from your beauty, from my inner joy." Zhong Ye closed his eyes and shook his head, "When I close my eyes, I won't think about your appearance any more Looking at my own heart after all the external factors, I found that I have no similar feelings towards you."

Listening to Zhong Ye's explanation, Lily didn't know how she felt in her heart.

Happy because Zhong Ye admitted that he would be secretly happy because of his confession, but disappointed because Zhong Ye has no love for her...

The two contradictory feelings were tangled together, which made her feel a little depressed.

"Keep your head down, you haven't finished washing yet."

Lily lowered her head obediently, silently feeling the touch of Zhong Ye's rough fingertips rubbing against her scalp, her skin tensed slightly as if being shocked by an electric shock.

"...You really have a heart of stone." Lily whispered suddenly, "How did you escape the attack of that legendary vampire? I saw its dagger piercing your chest. Could it be that you really have a heart of stone? ?”

"I don't have a heart of stone." Zhong Ye shook his head and smiled lowly, "I just predicted the attack trajectory of the dagger, and used 'qi' and spiritual energy to remove the internal organs and blood vessels... that's it."

After helping Lily wash her hair, and then helped her dry it, Zhong Ye patted her on the head vigorously, "Go back and rest, it's already late."

You Yuan glanced at Zhong Ye, Lily snorted softly, picked up her basin and walked away.

After she left, Zhong Ye withdrew his smile and looked up at the gloomy night sky.

Soon, he sighed again and wiped his long wet hair.

(End of this chapter)