Soul echo

Chapter 387 Return to Schaffhausen
"There are quite a few water monsters in that lake, and one of them is called the 'King of Lake Constance' by us..."

The tavern owner brought Lilian and the others the best food in the tavern, and the portion was also very large, but even so, the value of this food was not worth one-tenth of that gold coin.

The silver coin as a reward was temporarily placed on the table and was not handed over to the narrator, but they also ordered a glass of wine for the narrator so that he could talk more.

"Most of them live in the depths of the lake and rarely come to the lake, but about one day last autumn, our king of the lake suddenly came to the lake for some reason, and at that time there happened to be a boat passing by, because Offended the majesty of the king and was overturned by it, but our king disdain to eat low-level food like human beings, so they were not eaten. The king of the lake watched them drown and then left. "

After finishing speaking, the narrator looked at Lily eagerly, or at the silver coin on the table.

Lily smiled, picked up the silver coin, and flicked it out.

She didn't have the control power of Zhong Ye, so the silver coin was flipped crookedly. The narrator hurriedly stood up from the chair, clapped his hands upwards, grabbed the silver coin, and then relaxed, showing a smile.

This silver coin might give him and his family a good life for a while...

Thinking of this, Lily couldn't help but restrain her smile.

A silver coin she tossed casually, a silver coin that was insignificant to her, was very precious to others.

"...Did we make a mistake?"

After listening to the story, Lilian had an idea and went to the game forum to check the Swiss map uploaded by other players on the forum.

She checked it carefully, and then felt a little puzzled.

She didn't know where she was now, but it was clear that she was far enough away from Montreux on the shore of Lake Constance.

If she guessed right, the boat might have come from upstream, and in that case, the existence of the boat might have nothing to do with the group of traffickers they were looking for.

Their current location is far enough away from Montreux. If it is the upper reaches of Lake Constance, wouldn't it be farther?

It is impossible for traffickers to sail from the upper reaches of Lake Constance to the vicinity of Constantia, and then turn to Montreux.

"Actually, we should go south and west instead of east..." Lilian whispered in Lily's ear.

Lily thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

The reason why they came to this town was because Constantia was very close to Schaffhausen, so they thought of stopping by to have a look, and then they encountered the outbreak of the plague of living corpses in Constantia.

After killing the mastermind behind the scenes, they followed the 'clues' given by the two fishermen and came here by boat...

Thinking of this, Lily suddenly realized that they left Schaffhausen this morning.

"Then...after we get up tomorrow morning, we will go back the same way and meet Zhong Zhong?"

"I think so too..."

In a few words, Lilian and the others made a decision.

After dinner, the two asked the tavern owner to take them to the room.

After unlocking the door lock of the room, the tavern owner gave them both the lock and the key, so that they could lock the door inside.

The room had two beds and looked like it had just been cleaned, but it wasn't very clean and the air had a musty smell.

But Lilian and the others didn't struggle so much. As usual, they took turns to rest to avoid accidents.

After all, they have already revealed their financial resources before, if no thieves came to the door, it would be a strange thing!
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hmm~
Lily stretched, sat up from the bed, looked at Lilian who was sitting on the other bed, and asked with a smile, "I heard some movement last night, what happened?"

Lilian raised her chin slightly, "Hmph, it's a piece of cake!"

In the second half of the night, a thief really wanted to break in through the window, but he never thought that the reason why Lilian and the others didn't close the window was to have some fun.

As soon as the thief pushed the window open, Lilian rushed out of the house with a light sword in hand and beat him up.

Although it was already managed by the system at that time, her game character was used. Since this is the case, it can be regarded as her doing these things.

Lily smiled, got up and tidied her clothes, and began to put on the armor.

They had breakfast in the tavern, bought some dry food and fresh water from the tavern owner, and then returned along the lakeshore.

After walking for about half an hour, they 'as promised' met Zhong Ye.

But Zhong Ye's image at this time also shocked them - his body was covered with blood, his sleeves and pants were all soaked in blood.

--what happened?
"It's okay, I ran into a group of plague believers who were throwing viruses into the lake." Zhong Ye explained and asked, "What about you? Do you have any clues?"

"There is no clue, but I just heard a story." Lily shook her head, and then told Zhong Ye the story they heard.

"Water monster?"

Hearing this address, Zhong Ye frowned slightly, and turned to look at the lake next to him.

On the surface of the lake, the waves were gently swaying, but it was peaceful, and there was no sign of water monsters in the slightest.

Because the water monster stays in the depths of the lake most of the time, ships that come and go naturally need to avoid that area and try to sail as close to the lake as possible.

The 'King of Water Monsters' was uncharacteristically attacking a ship last fall, and it didn't look like it was eating, but it looked like 'revenge'.

The crew of that ship must have struggled, but they were all drowned, which was suspicious by any means.

This incident may have nothing to do with the incident that Zhong Ye and the others are investigating, but after knowing that there are a lot of water monsters in Lake Constance, Zhong Ye also understands why the group of plague believers he met threw viruses into the lake.

As long as the virus is put into the water, it will be diluted quickly, let alone fish, I am afraid that even small shrimps cannot be infected.

Besides, the virus that can infect humans may not necessarily be able to infect fish. If it could be done, how could he not be attacked by fish before he swam ashore yesterday?If it is really possible to be infected, the water source of Constantia has been polluted for so long, and those who can be infected have been infected long ago.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ye couldn't help but wonder if the knowledge level of the plague believers was low, and they didn't even understand these things.

Or, in fact, the plague of living corpses cannot infect fish, but it can allow them to carry viruses and eventually infect the water monsters in Lake Constance?
Zhong Ye has many doubts, but these are not things he needs to think about now. Regarding this plague, he has done everything within his power, and there is no way to do more.

After hearing Lilian and the others' proposal, Zhong Ye thought for a moment, then decided to go back the same way and head west or south.

They still don't know where the group of human traffickers will pass by, which is why they need to investigate.

If it is assumed that the big ship owned by the lord of Wenningen is a tool used by traffickers to transport people, and assuming that the 'resting point' investigated by the Montreux Commercial Church near Montreux is true, then on the map put Montreux and Shiwen Ningen make a connection...

Considering that the team transporting the population needs to be resupplied, the towns along the way can be marked. Afterwards, Zhong Ye and the others saw two routes.

Starting from Montreux, to Freiburg, and then to Bern, at this point, two lines branch, one leads to Biel, Basel, and then enters the Kingdom of the Rhine, and the other passes through Lucerne, Turica, and Schaff Howson enters the Rhine Kingdom.

Looking at these two lines, Zhong Ye frowned slightly.

If you want to enter the Rhineland Kingdom from Basel, you need to go through a section of Black Forest if you want to go to Schwenningen. With their frequency of action twice a year, unless someone maintains this road every day, just after a year, this road The road may be blocked by woods or even monsters.

So, the most likely route is still 'Schaffhausen'?
"...What do you think?" Zhong Ye took a deep breath and looked up at Lilian and the others.

"I think...we should go back and have a look." Lily suggested.

Lilian nodded in agreement, "Maybe we missed something."

That being the case...

"Let's go." Zhong Ye put away the map, turned and returned.

"Return to Schaffhausen."

(End of this chapter)