Soul echo

Chapter 14 Seaside Town
Riding on horseback, with the map spread out in front of him, Zhong Ye held the compass in his hand, feeling a bit embarrassed.

It stands to reason that he could reach Constantinople by walking northwest all the way, and the various territories and regions are marked on the map, but he still seems to have gone astray...

Maybe it's because the map is not real-time, and every road is not marked...it shouldn't be my problem!

But he obviously walked along the main road, how could he go wrong?

After looking at the map for a while, Zhong Ye sighed and looked up.

The undulating mountains are like a giant dragon crawling on the ground, and the towering trees are its scales. Zhong Ye rode a horse and walked on the 'ant road' beside the dragon. This silky thread-like path It twists and turns along the direction of the mountains.

This road formed by rolling vehicles and trampling horseshoes is the 'line of life' connecting the southeastern and northeastern provinces of Yitrul, or in other words, the Lower Eastern Province and the Upper Eastern Province.

The two mountain ranges cut off the land communication between the two eastern provinces of Yitrul, and there are only three land roads connecting the two provinces. These three roads are called the "line of life" by the Yitrul people, which means to maintain the thread of life in this kingdom.

It is precisely because of these three land routes that it is difficult for foreign enemies to invade Yitrur. Once someone chooses to invade one of the two provinces, as long as the three roads are blocked, even if they can capture that province, they cannot continue to attack. On the contrary, Yitruul can send troops from three land routes, and can also transport troops from the Mediterranean Sea.

If you want to capture Yitrul from the east, you need to capture two eastern provinces at the same time, but no country has such power, whether in the past or now.

Logically speaking, Zhong Ye should have taken the road named 'Lachesis' in the middle of the map, but now he has come to 'Kroto'.

This road is closer to the Mediterranean Sea. In the past, when Yitrul was invaded, it would be here to reorganize the army and hoard supplies, and then defeat the enemy and win the victory.

It is a long way from here to Constantinople, and it will take more time to turn back.

The eastern province of Yitrul has not been invaded for more than 100 years, because the situation in West Asia has been corrupted and chaotic for more than 60 years.

Therefore, there are several more towns along the three 'lines of life'.

The map shows that there is a seaside town named 'Reef' in front of you. When you arrive there, you will not be far from the exit of 'Kroto'.

The pack horse's pace was not fast, and they stopped to rest for a while at noon, so that Zhong Ye arrived at Jiaoshi Town in the afternoon.

It's just that the town is a bit strange, there seems to be a cloud of sadness covering the sky of the town, and many people have sorrow on their faces.

Zhong Ye's newly acquired traits played a very strong role here, even if people seemed to have no energy, they were willing to answer when he asked about taverns and hotels in small towns.

The town is very small, with only one hotel, which is located on the edge of the pier.

Therefore, the first thing the men in the town do after they return from fishing is often not to go home, but to have a drink in this hotel that doubles as a tavern.

However, when Zhong Ye led his horse to the front of this hotel, he found that it was already full of people.

The backyard of the hotel has long been filled with goods, so that the goods of latecomers have been piled up in carriages, parked on the street, and need to be guarded at night.

Next to the hotel is the pier. There are a lot of fishing boats moored in the pier. It seems that no one goes fishing.

Before he got close to the hotel, Zhong Ye smelled a smell of horse dung, even with the sea breeze blowing, this strong smell could not be blown away.

Zhong Ye frowned. It seemed that 'Kroto' was blocked, otherwise there wouldn't be so many merchants stuck here, but he didn't know why.

Landslide?Or a monster blocking the way?But it seems that it should be something that can hopefully be resolved in a short time.

Seeing someone approaching with a horse, a person sitting outside the hotel stood up, but was quickly pulled back by the people around him, and his companion raised his chin, motioning him to look over.

"Sir, do you want to find a place to live?"

A young woman with bright make-up came up to her and grabbed Zhong Ye's arm, "The hotel is full. If you don't mind, you can stay at my house. You just need to pay some money."

Zhong Ye glanced at the woman, and then at the people sitting in front of the hotel.

They looked like residents of this town, but they had no intention of stealing this woman's 'business', because he looked good?Or is it because of this woman's extraordinary means?
Zhong Ye thought for a while, and took out a silver coin under the hopeful eyes of the woman, "Stay for one night, help me prepare the food for tonight and tomorrow morning, as long as I can eat it, and by the way, I want to know what happened to 'Cloteau' whats the matter."

The woman's eyes lit up, she hesitated for a moment, and reached out to grab the silver coin, "Thank you, thank you!"

She put the silver coins close to her body, and pulled Zhong Ye towards her home.

While walking on the road, the woman talked with Zhong Ye about what happened in front of 'Kroto'.

"I heard from them that a white ogre appeared in front of them. A caravan went there. Only a few people came back alive. The mercenaries hired by the caravan were no match for the ogre."

Sure enough, it was a monster blocking the way...

"Where's the army?" Zhong Ye asked, "Even if your town only has the power to protect itself, didn't your town mayor contact the army at Clotho Fortress?"

Reef Town is not far from Clotho Fortress in Upper Eastern Province. Even if you take a fishing boat, you can go to the fortress along the coastline to ask for help.

"There should be..."

The woman thought for a while, but said uncertainly: "A month ago, Little Kuito and Old Kuito left the town for a while, and I heard from other people in the town that they were there to ask for help."

At this time, the woman suddenly remembered something, "That's right! The army did come, they didn't enter the town, they just sent someone to tell the mayor, 'Cloteau has opened up', but for some reason, they are blocked again gone."

Zhong Ye nodded thoughtfully, it seems that he still has to go to that hotel tonight.

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Ding!
A silver coin bounced from Zhong Ye's hand, shining under the light.

"Can someone tell me what's going on in front of Reef Town?"

The flash of silver coins attracted the attention of many people, including the innkeeper.

"The ogre, it's the white ogre." The innkeeper smoked a pipe and let out a sulky breath, "It was driven away by the army before, but now it's back... It seems to have a lot of wisdom, and the army doesn't have it at all." You can fight it, and before you meet it, it's gone."

Zhong Ye flicked the silver coin towards the boss, and the old-looking middle-aged man caught it casually.

"Is that white troll powerful?"

The boss shook his head, "I haven't seen it, but you can ask them," pointing to the corner of the hotel, "They formed a team to investigate a few days ago, maybe they know something."

After a pause, the boss held up the silver coin and asked, "Do you need wine? The price of the wine is included in it."

Zhong Ye was surprised, and nodded with a smile, "Have a few drinks."

Afterwards, Zhong Ye carried a plate with several glasses of wine on it, and walked towards the corner.

Walking to the table where those people were sitting, Zhong Ye hooked a chair with his legs and put the wine on the table, "I want to know about that white troll."

Before the adventurers could speak, he saw him pressing a silver coin under his fingers and pushing it to the center of the wine table.

"Whoever can tell me, it belongs to."

The adventurers were not in a hurry. They looked at each other, and one of them looked at Zhong Ye and asked, "What do you want to do? Kill that monster?"

The adventurers didn't touch the wine that Zhong Ye brought over, but just looked at him, waiting for his answer.

"If possible, I would like to try."

In order to obtain better attributes when leveling up, Zhong Ye must hunt and kill all kinds of powerful monsters.

And when he became the beta player of "Echo of Soul", it was also to sharpen himself and make himself stronger.

"If you can persist after listening to our story..." the talking adventurer sighed and recounted what he had seen and heard a few days ago.

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When Zhong Ye returned to the temporary residence, he found that the woman was leaning against the door frame, with her head nodding.

Hearing footsteps, she hurriedly got up and said hello in a low voice: "Sir, you are back..."

Zhong Ye nodded, walked around her and pushed the door into the room, but he didn't expect her to follow in.

Looking back in doubt, "What are you doing here?"

"Ah?" The woman turned pale with shock, her hands clenched the white dress she was wearing, "Sir, don't you need..."

Zhong Ye was slightly taken aback, sighed and shook his head, "No need, go to rest early, I may wake up very early tomorrow."

After saying that, he let the woman out, and then closed the door.

...the damn times.

(End of this chapter)