Soul echo

Chapter 18 The Origin of the Extraordinary
The team of merchants gathered at the entrance of the town. The mercenaries were maintaining their weapons. Their eyes glanced at the middle of the team from time to time. A cart pulled by two horses was parked there. Only live trolls.

The troll's wounds had scabbed over, and the restoration force gave in to the iron lumps lodged in its body, instead of squeezing it out.

Zhong Ye took out the iron block from the troll's throat, inserted it into the cervical spine in a different direction, cut off the connection between the troll's brain and body, and guaranteed its life.

He intends to take this thing to Constantinople. There are several mage territories around that city. Someone should be interested in it. A troll with human-like intelligence has never been seen before. In this world It can be said to be unique.

If possible, Zhong Ye would prefer to use this troll to connect with Victor's Mage Tower, because he remembered that a European beta player mentioned that he was studying in that Mage Tower.

And he was also a little puzzled, why the troll would attack himself first - not because he thought it was a good thing for the troll to attack other people, but he also had a trait of [Affinity Physique], logically speaking, any creature in the world would be right His favorability will not be too low, and he will not immediately become hostile after seeing him.

Is it possible that the information displayed by the system is wrong?

The people in the caravan began to be busy before the sun rose, and did not solve all the problems that needed to be dealt with until the sun was high.

Although the mercenaries and the merchants had some unpleasant incidents before, for the sake of safety, the merchants could only hold their noses and continue to cooperate with the mercenaries.

Even if Zhong Ye was willing to go with them, they didn't dare to treat Zhong Ye as a mercenary who could be called around.

In fact, such a large team walked together, not to mention beasts, and even some powerful monsters had to be avoided.

Reef Town is about three days away from the 'Kroto' exit, if it is on foot, it will take longer.

Clotho Fortress is not close to the sea. If you take a fishing boat to go to the fortress to ask for help, it will take at least three days. Compared with the land route that can carry a lot of supplies, this road is equivalent to suffering. The townspeople who went to the fortress to ask for help also spent a lot Big determination.

Zhong Ye sat on the cart, his body swayed with the ups and downs of the wheels, with a pouch full of field equipment and weapons in his hand.

After catching the troll alive yesterday, he dragged the stinky monster to the seaside to wash it, bought some spices and sprinkled it on it, otherwise, he might not be able to sit next to the troll.

That ferocious head is now lying beside Zhong Ye, and through a backpack, Zhong Ye can also feel the angry gaze from the troll.

But he ignored it, sitting cross-legged, breathing slowly.

[Tuna method: With your strong perception, you sense the power in your body, and realize how to mobilize this power with your breath. At the same time, you also learn how to use your breath to strengthen yourself - internal and external breathing Combination is for 'breathing']

[Qi: Everyone has such a power in their body. The difference between you and others is that you can use and control this power flexibly——During battle, you can use 'Qi' to strengthen your body and recover from injuries. Normally, You can consume 'Qi' to slowly strengthen yourself]

[Tuna method] is the skill that Zhong Ye obtained when he comprehended the 'source of extraordinaryness'. This is also the difference between the system and the game in the description of the same thing.

There is no [breathing method] in the game, and the description of 'Qi' is also 'supernatural ability' rather than 'supernatural source', and the breathing pattern is completely figured out by Zhong Ye himself.

Through these things, Zhong Ye had some guesses, but he had no way to prove his guesses were correct.

But after acquiring these two skills, Zhong Ye began to think that the soul fragments were no longer so important.

There was a commotion in front of the team, which called Zhong Ye's attention back and stood up to watch.

——The army of Clotho Fortress is coming!
The temporary leader went to the front of the team to negotiate with the army. After a while, the team was able to move on, and the army came from the outside to the middle of the team.

A team of 12 people are all wearing light armor, riding horses, carrying strong crossbows on their backs, and they are full of vigor.

The leading officer with a feather on his helmet led the team to the cart, looked at it curiously, and said with emotion: "It's really alive...how did you do it?"

Zhong Ye pulled up the troll's head and let the officer see the iron block on the back of the neck, "Besides this, there are also on the limbs."

"Hiss!" The officer took a breath.

His eyes couldn't stay on Zhong Ye's face and the back of the troll's neck, and after a while, he couldn't help but ask, "How did you do it?"

When he was asked such a question, Zhong Ye also froze for a moment, and opened his mouth to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he himself fell into deep thought.

Years of training, strong physical fitness, rich combat experience, flexible mind, and a little bit of luck—but can he say such words?

Seeing Zhong Ye frowning in confusion, the officer opened his mouth slightly, "...Sorry, if you don't want to say it, you don't have to say it."

Zhong Ye sighed, shook his head and said, "I just don't know how to explain it. Except for me, probably no one can use this method to catch trolls."

Hearing this, the officer couldn't help looking at the troll again, and nodded in agreement, "Indeed."

Although it was a waste of time, at least the matter has been resolved, and there is no need to rush around this matter in the future.

At noon, due to the strong sunlight, the team had to stop to rest.

The officer ignored the compliments from the merchants, walked up to Zhong Ye and sat down, took out a portion of dry food and threw it to him, "Try this."

As the soldiers of Clotho Fortress, no one dared to withhold their supplies, and the dry rations carried by the officers were obviously much better than those prepared by Zhong Ye himself.

Zhong Ye put away the bread that was almost as hard as a stone, picked up the dry food that looked like naan and took a bite, "Thank you."

The officer took off his helmet and smiled slightly, "My name is Emir, are you from the East?"

"Correct."

"Why did you come to the West?" Emil asked curiously, "I have met other people from the East, and I feel that they don't like to stay away from the East, and there are even fewer people who are willing to settle in the West. Most of them just can't stay in the East. Only then will I come to the Western Continent."

Zhong Ye chewed and was silent for a moment, "...to see more martial arts, to become stronger."

Although this reason was put on him by the Sun God, it somehow fit his thinking.

Wasn't it precisely for this reason that he joined the closed beta of "Echo of Soul"?

"Wow..." Emil sighed, and then didn't know what to say.

At this time, he saw the trolley on the opposite side, and his eyes lit up, "By the way, what are you going to do with that troll? It is alive after all. Although it has been controlled, it cannot be brought into the fortress. If you If you don't mind, I hope you can sell it to me, my younger brother wants to learn magic, and if there is a troll as a gift, he may be focused on training."

"Sorry, I'm planning to go to Constantinople and sell this troll to some mage—I have some questions, and I hope to get answers from them."

Despite being rejected by Zhong Ye, Emil did not feel embarrassed, but was in high spirits, "Are you going to Constantinople? My home is in Constantinople, and after this mission is over, my vacation can probably be approved." Come down, just right, if possible, we can go together. My family has a caravan that just came back from the lower eastern provinces and is still resting in the fortress. I can let them hire you for a lot of money. After all, you are a native of the East, sure. If you are not familiar with the route, if you want to go to Constantinople, it is better to have a guide who is familiar with the route!"

Hearing the phrase 'familiar with the route', the corners of Zhong Ye's eyes twitched slightly, and he remembered the map he put in his backpack.

"Good proposal."

"Then it's settled!" Emil laughed happily. If Zhong Ye can be hired, the safety along the way will be guaranteed.

Since he can deal with trolls, there will be no danger on the road unless he encounters a dragon or a demon.

(End of this chapter)