Soul Echo

The city is called 'Charles' and it sits on a hill by a babbling river.

The center of the city is not the lord's mansion, but a church.

At first, this was the pioneering territory of the god of art and beauty, but later for the development of the church, the church of art and beauty sold all the land outside the church to the current lord family of Chartres, although now It seemed, without a doubt, a failure, but at the outset, many in the Church of Art and Beauty supported the move.

Because that was when North Africa was invaded by the abyss and the world portal opened wide, as a group of Spiritual Gods who were not good at fighting, the gods of art and beauty did not go to the battlefield, but stood behind , together with the god of knowledge to preserve the sanity of mortals.

Since Spiritual God is not good at fighting, the church under his command will naturally not have many believers who are good at fighting.

During that period, every church was obliged to send some clergymen to the front to stop them. The believers of the god of art and beauty were one of the exceptions, because their battle strength was weak and easy If you are tempted by the Lord of Pleasure, once you can't resist it, you will transform into a demon.

Even so, the 'artists' in the rear were still affected, and many of them couldn't bear the temptation, causing great trouble for the Western Land at that time.

Therefore, the Church of Art and Beauty is widely criticized by the world. Even in the current church alliance, there are still some people who will repeat the old things when they meet the believers of the God of Art and Beauty.

Charter was also sold to the current lord family under this background, and all the money in exchange was used by the Art and Beauty Church to hire adventurers to purge the believers who had turned into demons within the church.

During the period, fanatic followers of the god of art and beauty also created many battle songs and propaganda slogans, but with the end of the war, these things were sealed together with the information of the abyss, and only a few isolated copies remained. In the Royal Library in Paris.

During the more than 20 days in Paris, Zhong Ye didn't use it all for browsing forums and exercising. In addition to pondering psychic abilities, he also sneaked into the library through relationships. This is how the hidden history is known.

"It turns out that the ancestor of Lord Chartres was a merchant?"

Zhong Ye The three of them gathered in Lillian's room and listened to Zhong Ye's narration, Lily Lieber Er said indignantly: "No wonder he would do these things!"

"It is not yet certain that he intercepted the information. Maybe he did report the information, but there were some accidents." Zhong Ye Looking at her seriously, he reminded, "Until no evidence is found, all guesses are just guesses. Although you can guess what kind of maliciousness he has, you shouldn't let these guesses affect your judgment."

Lily's face turned red, she stared at Zhong Ye, but couldn't say anything, because her reason told her that what Zhong Ye said was right, she couldn't let some guesses affect her judgment.

"Let's sort out what happened!"

hearing this, Lily took it easy and spread out the map on the table, "Our current location is Chartres, according to the receptionist And some adventurer descriptions, in addition to the forest where we encountered the undead, there are several places around Chartres where undead also appeared, but they were either destroyed by the adventurer or by the clergy of the church, no right. Cities and villages pose a threat.”

There are several places around Chartres on the map that Lillian has marked with charcoal, and now she points to them and narrates in a crisp voice: “On the Avenue of the Kingdom , mountain forests and river banks, these places where the undead haunt have not yet found common ground, but the teacher found an altar where we encountered the undead before. Therefore, it is basically certain that someone is transforming the undead, but it is not known to be used. The 'material' to transform is a living person or a corpse."

"Does it make any difference?" Lily asked.

“Living people can walk by themselves, but corpses must be transported, and the people who transport the living people eat horse chews and consume far more than the dead people.” Zhong Ye answered her doubts, then looked towards himself The dísciple, "continue."

Lilian nodded, continued: "At the moment there are no excessive disappearances or mass deaths around Chartres, everything is at a normal level, And according to the receptionist and adventurer, the priests of the Church of Art and Beauty have determined that all the dead are not in recent months, and there have been no accidents in the cemetery recently.

“The earliest This kind of situation happened before half a month, that is to say, in the short half a month, including the one we experienced, there have been at least five incidents of encountering the undead around Chartres, no matter what. The frequency or intensity is not normal. "

After finishing speaking, Lilian relieved, and then fluttered her eyes and looked towards Zhong Ye, waiting for the teacher's evaluation.

"This time analysis is in place." "Zhong Ye nodded with satisfaction," You did good in intelligence gathering. It can be said that nothing was missed. Even if it were me, I could only sort out so many things in a short period of time. ”

Hearing the compliment, Lillian puffed out her chest with a proud smile on her face.

Lily, who was sitting beside her, was in a very complicated mood, she thought that there was no Lillian. So comprehensive, I thought that I was smart enough to act as a commander and advisor in the army, and I could help a little in this matter, didn't expect, even Lillian, who doesn't seem to be very smart, is better than her.

Zhong Ye glanced at the two of them calmly, "If you were asked to formulate an action plan, what would you do? "

"Action plan? "

Lily and Lillian looked at each other, then both lowered their heads and thought.

Lillian did not prepare an action plan, she did everything in a single thread, and in her While thinking about it, another Lily, Lily Lieber, spoke up.

"First of all, we should go to the places where the undead haunt and see if we can find something like the one next to the Kingdom Avenue. The altar in the woods, and then go to contact the god of art and beauty, and tell them about the monster you met, and at the same time, confirm with them whether they have informed other churches about what happened in Chartres, and whether other places Something similar happened. "

Lily Lieber's thinking is quick and clear, while telling the story, while sorting out the intelligence information she just learned.

After a pause, she insisted: "...Finally, if If possible, I think, we still need to find a chance to test the lord of Chartres. "

"Why? "Zhong Ye neither affirmed nor rejected.

"I have seen the ugliest side of many nobles, don't be afraid to speculate on their behavior with the worst malice, because what they do is far more Worse than you can imagine! "

Speaking of this, Lily took a deep breath, "In the previous disaster when Evil God came, almost half of a duke family from top to bottom became cultists, two The count who inherited the title also changed in front of everyone's eyes, and then there were countless small aristocrats... After that day, Paris lost two-fifths of the aristocracy, whether it was a real power aristocrat or a court aristocrat, there were people Transformed into cultists, at least thirty-four families lost their heirs, and nine families were exterminated. "

These things made Lily herself have one's hair stand on end, and she couldn't help rubbing her arms, her face full of disgust.

Lilian was dumbfounded, she never knew , it turns out that the situation in Paris at that time was so dire.

"So, I think it is necessary to investigate the lord of Chartres! "

hearing this, Zhong Ye didn't answer immediately, he quietly looked at Lily Lieber.

Perhaps he had lived in the palace since he was a child and had seen a lot Dark things, so that she harbors deep malice towards nobles, and this prejudice affects her judgment.

However, Zhong Ye cannot guarantee that she is absolutely objective and neutral, according to education, living environment and normally According to the information obtained here, as long as a person grows the Great Accomplishment years, he must have a certain position.

Therefore, he will not object to Lily Lieber's proposal, and forcing a reason is itself a A position, a prejudice.

“Lillian, what about your plan? "Zhong Ye turned his head and looked towards his student.

Lilian froze for a moment, then lowered her head in disappointment, "teacher, I can't think of any other way..."

Zhong Ye nodded. , did not blame her, turned to look around, and said, "Is there nothing to add? If not, go with Miss Lieber's plan. ”

Neither had any objections, so tomorrow’s action plan was finalized.