Soul echo

Chapter 31
There were more than 400 civilians who finally arrived at the church. Many of them were killed at home before they could escape, and dozens of people fell on the way. went.

The city's resident and floating population is about two to three thousand. Excluding those who live or hide in the castle, there are at least nearly a thousand people living outside the civilian area.

——The people who lived near the church realized what might have happened after hearing Zhong Ye's roar, and immediately left the house to hide in the church.

Among the hundreds of people living outside, I don’t know how many fled to the castle, I don’t know how many will die on the road, I don’t know how many can find the right way to the church, and I don’t know how many are still hiding at home, hoping for the protection of the moon god .

What is going on?What happened?
The priest got up exhausted, and asked the mercenaries and the fleeing people, but they had different opinions, and everyone had different opinions. The few who were more unified were that the enemies were also undead, and some of them looked like skeletons. same structure.

Hearing this, the priest felt uneasy and couldn't help turning his head to look outside.

An army of undead... I don't know if the adventurer from the east can find useful information.

The priest hoped that Zhong Ye could find some useful information, and Zhong Ye himself thought so.

You can only see far away when you climb high. Standing on the roof, watching the army of undead marching on the street in the distance, Zhong Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.

There were more than a hundred people, and he didn't know how many undeads there were in this legion, but it looked like at least a thousand.

——And, the number is still increasing!
Zhong Ye stood in front of the undead army. On the street behind him, many mercenaries who wanted to earn extra money ran back and forth, calling out the civilians who were still hiding in the house, and then sent them all to the church.

Feisal looked up and saw the figure leaning against the blood moon. He raised his scimitar and pointed at it. After thinking for a while, he felt that the smell was not right, so he issued the order himself: "Raise the spear and shoot!"

The undead in the front row immediately stopped and raised their arms. They opened their palms, and the sand and dust swirled and solidified in their palms, condensing into the shape of throwing spears.

The bone claws closed, grabbed the spear, looked up at the figure, and then threw it out.

Zhong Ye just leaned back and turned over, and escaped the spear attacks. The spears fell on the top of the house, smashing through the roof in an instant, and a house with a poor structure even collapsed in half.

Fortunately, the owner of that house had already evacuated, otherwise he would have been killed or injured.

After taking a deep look at the ruins, Zhong Ye turned and left.

Maybe he can still kill those undead soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, but he can't avoid being hurt by them.

He is not an iron man, and his physical strength has been greatly weakened. Even with holy water, there is no way to restore his exhausted body in a short time.

The army of undead is so numerous that he can be killed by piles.

"Let's run..." Feisal looked at the night sky, as if he had found happiness again.

"Where can you run to?"

Zhong Ye summoned the mercenaries to protect the civilians and leave. As for those who were still hiding at home and didn't come out, or those who didn't hear the call, he couldn't control them anymore.

Those people may be timid, or they may be devout believers of the Moon God. They place all their hopes on the God, and believe that the Moon God will protect them...but the mercenaries are also risking their lives to save people.

Even though they may be doing it for the money, they did save a bunch of people.

Not to mention that Zhong Ye has no right to order them, even if he had, he would not let these people stay here to die.

Their team operates around the church, and the area around the castle is too far away from the church, so far they have not been able to spread the news.

Zhong Ye weighed in his heart for a moment, then suddenly stopped.

"You should be able to protect these people and return to the church. I'll go over there and have a look."

People looked in the direction of his finger and saw the castle.

A mercenary wanted to say something, but was stopped by the person beside him. An experienced mercenary nodded, "Be careful in everything."

Slightly nodding his head, Zhong Ye unplugged the pouch while striding forward.

The veteran mercenary withdrew his gaze and clenched his weapon, "Let's go, we don't have much time."

The mercenary who was about to speak couldn't help complaining to his companion: "Why let him go? Time is running out, how many people can be awakened if he goes? If those undead rushed there before he took the people away , wouldn't he still die there? What's more, even without those undead, can he really protect a group of people back to the church alone under the harassment of spirit bodies?"

His companion listened silently, and at the moment the voice fell, he said, "I think he might really be able to do it... I don't know why, but I just believe it."

It may be that the Eastern native has shown too many abilities far beyond ordinary people, or it may be that he desperately hopes to have a hero.

And Zhong Ye is the one closest to the 'hero'.

…………

After separating from the big team, Zhong Ye would choose to avoid those spirit bodies unless he happened to bump into them.

Before the army of undead appeared, the mercenaries had already cleared out many resuscitated souls, and the number of spirits wandering the streets is not too many.

Zhong Ye saw some corpses lying on the side of the road, they were all civilians, maybe some of them were separated from the large army before.

While advancing, Zhong Ye called out with all his heart, intending to tell everyone that an army of undead had entered the city.

Gradually approaching the castle, the sound of crying and shouting also reached his ears.

——Many people gathered in front of the castle gate crying, begging the nobles to open the city gate and let them in. There were many undead wandering around the crowd, but there were some people standing outside with holy relics or magic tools to exorcise evil spirits, so they didn’t suffer. harm.

There were many soldiers standing on the city wall. They put down the hanging baskets and picked up the people gathered at the bottom of the city wall one by one.

The ruler of this city or his aides are not stupid enough to think that the title of "nobility" can make the soldiers obediently obedient. Soldiers are also human beings, and they all have relatives. They show their integrity by helping some civilians in time. Kindness can better appease the soldiers.

As for whether there are relatives of the soldiers among the civilians gathered in front of the castle, that is beyond their control. If the relatives of the soldiers are unfortunately killed, they can only blame their bad lives, not their fault.

Zhong Ye could tell with just one glance that time was too late—there were at least two hundred people gathered under the city wall, and there were only a few hanging baskets for them to enter the castle, and they could only pick up and drop off two adults or four at a time. children.

Moreover, as time goes by, the strength of the soldiers will be consumed a lot, and the pick-up speed will only become slower and slower.

With a flash of thought in his mind, Zhong Ye quickly made up his mind, and ran to the back of the crowd like a shadow, enduring the soreness, and brandished the sword in his hand.

With the flash of swords, lights and swords, a large area of ​​the crowded dead souls was instantly emptied.

"Go and tell your lord!"

After taking a few breaths, Zhong Ye shouted loudly: "An army of undead has entered the city, and they are transforming the living into undead. Now that they are coming here, you should understand the character of your lord, It is impossible for him to open the city gate and let you in, follow me, and I will take you to the Luna Church!"

The former sentence was addressed to the soldiers, the latter to the crowd gathered under the castle.

He first showed his strength with actions, and then shattered their hopes with cruel words, ensuring that at least some people would choose to leave with him in a panic.

The city gate and the church where the undead army entered the city happened to be at the two ends of the city. If you make a big circle, you may be able to return to the church before the undead army surrounds the church.

Raising the knife in his hand and slashing with the sword in his arm, Zhong Ye erupted with a powerful force, clearing away all the dead souls surrounding the crowd, then turned around and walked to the side.

"Those who are willing to follow me, hurry up, there is not much time left!"

Zhong Ye scanned the crowd, guessing that some people should still be hiding in his house, but he has no time to help them.

A young man was the first to outrun the crowd and ran to Zhong Ye's side.

His actions were like flipping a switch, and soon many people left the crowd and followed their pace.

At this time, there was a movement not far away, which made some people startled and ran towards Zhong Ye's team.

Before leaving, Zhong Ye frowned and looked at those people who were still gathered below the castle, and couldn't help but sigh softly, feeling powerless and tired from the bottom of his heart.

If they go with him, maybe he can't protect so many people...

If he could be stronger, this kind of thing wouldn't happen!
(End of this chapter)