Soul echo

Chapter 431 The Power of the Church

At this point, the clues seem to be broken again. Are they really going to look for the traces of the traffickers along the previously speculated route?

But even if they wanted to track it down, they could probably only track it down to the vicinity of Montreux, where the suspected traffickers were first discovered.

What makes people a little puzzled is that since they have passed through Montreux, why not go directly to the Kingdom of Gaul, but make a big circle and go north to the Kingdom of Rhine?

Is there anything special in the Rhine Kingdom?Or, is it the 'route' that matters?
And what evidence does the Montreux Commercial Church possess to lock the buyer in the Rhine Kingdom? .look for him

Thinking of these things, Zhong Ye thought it necessary for them to have a talk with the Commercial Church.

Tuk Tuk Tuk!
Zhong Ye looked up at the door, "Please come in."

A young apprentice opened the door and walked in. After saluting respectfully, he said to Zhong Ye, "Your Excellency Zhong Ye, the teacher invites you to come over."

Zhong Ye was a little surprised. He glanced at the sky outside and found that it was indeed dark.

It's so late, why is Pastor Igor looking for him?

Although he was puzzled, Zhong Ye stood up and smiled at the little apprentice: "Lead the way."

"Yes."

Led by the apprentice, Zhong Ye came to the door of a former utility room and knocked on the door.

After getting a response from Pastor Igor in the room, Zhong Ye opened the door and walked in.

Because they need to temporarily live in the castle these days, the priests took up several empty rooms and transformed them into prayer rooms.

This room, which was once used as a utility room, has now been transformed into the prayer room of the Dimu Church, and the debris that originally accumulated here has also been cleared into the garden.

"Pastor Igor, why do you still call me over so late?" Zhong Ye asked straight to the point.

"Your Excellency Zhong Ye, please come here."

Pastor Igor did not answer directly, and led him to the mud that was offered on the table.

Zhong Ye respectfully saluted the soil, and the benevolence and kindness shown by the Earth Mother was worthy of this gift.

But after finishing the salute, he frowned and looked at Pastor Igor again, "Priest Igor, you didn't ask me to come here because you want me to give a salute to the Earth Mother, right?"

Pastor Igor shook his head, "They are members of the commercial church. They want to use the channel of our church to convey something to you, but I think it is better for you to communicate by yourself."

"What a coincidence..."

He just wanted to contact the Commercial Church, but unexpectedly, the Commercial Church just contacted him?Is this really a coincidence?

"Please take that sign."

Looking in the direction of Pastor Igor's finger, Zhong Ye saw a square sign on the wooden table, which was placed next to the "God Statue" of the Earth Mother.

The moment his finger touched the sign, he felt 'another consciousness'.

[Is it... Your Excellency Zhong Ye? 】

This feeling is very strange. If Zhong Ye described it, it would probably be 'like communicating with a god'.

"I am." Zhong Ye said, "What's the matter?"

【Your Excellency Zhong Ye, do you still remember the group of human traffickers that our Montreux branch church mentioned to you earlier?We heard you're after them, we've found the 'buyer', a nobleman, we've captured. 】

Zhong Ye opened his mouth slightly, "Already captured?"

【Yes, and we found the Eastern Earth monster you mentioned earlier in him—it looks like a cloud of black mist, right? 】

[According to their habits and abilities, we decided to name them 'Mind Eater'. 】

"They do look like a cloud of black mist, and they can erode human bodies, but how did you find that guy?" Zhong Ye asked suspiciously.

[Hehe, Your Excellency Zhong Ye, we are more than a dozen churches and hundreds of priests working together to investigate. Although your tracking ability is very strong, you have found out the helpers and transporters of the group of traffickers so quickly. route, but we're not vegetarian either. 】

[We have so many churches, although it is a bit difficult to coordinate, but if we really want to investigate a matter, there is nothing that can stump us. 】

Zhong Ye's mind was stuck for two seconds, and then he came to his senses - he had encountered emergencies before, and compared to him who was fighting alone, the church's reaction speed and action speed were naturally not so fast.

However, the church is still the same church. Once these behemoths are in operation, the benefits will be astonishing.

As now, they seized the buyers of the slaves who were being transported there.

"...Only one buyer?" Zhong Ye frowned deeply.

[Yes, there is only one buyer. 】

The clergyman of the commercial church on the other side obviously knew what Zhong Ye was worried about, and sighed: [In that nobleman's house, we also found a few humans who were like him, whose bodies were full of black mist, and, in his An altar was found in the basement of the home. 】

[That altar is probably used by them to worship evil gods on weekdays. We didn't find any corpses under or around the altar. Maybe their sacrifices don't need living things? 】

Obviously, the priests of this commercial church also knew about those altars.

Originally, Zhong Ye and the others thought that after transforming human beings into 'painted skins', their bodies would remain, that's why there were so many corpses around those altars.

But it was later proved that they were transformed together with their bodies at all, and there would be no corpses left behind. If so, why are there so many corpses around those altars?
Because of the existence of those corpses, they thought that the evil god needed a living sacrifice, and the sacrifice had to be human.

"Perhaps they sent the body out?"

【No!We have asked all the servants of that nobleman, and they have not seen anything similar, so we think that the evil god may not need a living sacrifice. 】

If you don't need a living sacrifice, how can you explain the things about the altars you discovered back then?

Thinking of this, Zhong Ye couldn't help gasping.

"Besides that, is there anything else?"

[Yes, there are indeed other things that need your help, Your Excellency Zhong Ye. 】

"Tell me?"

[According to the information we have investigated, there are only three to five buyers each time, and there are only five at most. 】

Hearing this, Zhong Ye's eyelids jumped suddenly.

five?This is not right!
Because according to their previous estimates, the human-trafficking team must transport a lot of people, otherwise, there would be no need to consume so much food and cloth, and Paulino Baum would not need to buy a few horses every year.

... No, it's also possible that he was thinking about it, maybe 'until' Schaffhausen, the team was still huge, but after entering the Rhine Kingdom, the team size gradually shrunk.

[So, we suspect that when they are on the road, they will traffic some people along the road. 】

Zhong Ye pondered for a while, and told about the Schaffhausen matter, especially what happened in the basement of the castle and the lord.

The human-trafficking team did indeed traffic people along the road, but the number of people they transported may not have plummeted until they entered the Rhine Kingdom.

From Montreux to Schaffhausen, that team can maintain a relatively large population, so why did the number drop sharply after entering the Rhine Kingdom?
【...Your Excellency Zhong Ye, your information is too timely, we will send someone to investigate it. 】

[Oh, by the way, we also want to ask you to help us investigate Schwenningen. That town does not have our influence. If we want to investigate, we need to mobilize priests from surrounding towns. Your current location is relatively close to that town. , if you can, we'd like you to help us investigate. 】

"I have investigated Schwenningen before." Zhong Ye exhaled, "However, I have no evidence to prove that the lord's family is an 'accomplice'."

【is that so?That's great, if that's the case, you don't need to continue the investigation, because we have found some evidence, and then we just need to confront them with that evidence. 】

Hearing this, Zhong Ye's heart skipped a beat, "Confrontation? Can I go?"

[Of course, but...why? 】

Zhong Ye took a deep breath and clenched his other fist, "I have some doubts, and I need their help to answer them."

(End of this chapter)