Hesperius never thought that one day he would be frightened by a simple sentence.△↗,
The hunt will end.
Only six simple words, six words that are meaningless to ordinary people, are enough to make Hesperus, an ancient god who has survived from the mythical era to this day, feel dizzy. She even couldn't understand it for a while.
The deep meaning of these words, so she looked at Hao Ren intently for a while, and asked him to repeat himself before she spoke tremblingly: "Have the demon hunters...really all disappeared?"
"No," Hao Ren hesitated and did not directly tell the other party that the demon hunter was now seriously injured. "They had some internal problems, but it is over. But from now on, the hunting war will end, and they
...Well, as long as you can maintain the balance, the demon hunters will no longer actively hunt aliens."
Hesperius sensitively heard the deep meaning behind the words "maintaining balance" and "active hunting", but she didn't say much, just frowned and looked at Vivian curiously: "Are you really
Went to the witcher's lair? And... came back unscathed? What on earth did you do there?"
"Would you believe me if I said I would help?" Vivian looked at her old friend with a half-smile.
Hesperius's expression changed. Obviously, in her world view, it was a bit unbelievable for a group of aliens to come to help the demon hunter's house. Although Hao Ren once mentioned to her that his group was an "absolutely neutral force", Hesperus
Perris still subconsciously regarded this group of people as belonging to a different camp.
"Are you going to help the witcher?" The "Twilight Goddess" eyebrows trembled a little, "Vivian, Countess. Are you sleepy again?"
"The witcher is an important part of the balance," Vivian said deliberately enigmatically. This is very consistent with her status as an ancient, and it can make Hesperus realize that there are intricate truths hidden behind the whole incident.
"We go to help them so that everyone in the shelter can be safe. The demon hunters have powerful ancient power in their hands. After they are finished, they will bring greater danger. Let's not talk about this for now. We are going to the shelter to take a look.
Situation, it is said that the most noisy guys are here in Athens?"
Hesperius shook his head helplessly: "Yes, who makes this place one of the largest shelters, and it is also the one with more convenient transportation to the outside world. The younger family forces are all here. But don't worry.
, the Hesiana family, which is usually the most trouble-making, is the most stable this time. Your cheap daughter has a high prestige among the younger generation. She can actually control the situation better than us old guys. Tsk, tsk, now
Young people don’t know how to respect..."
Before Hesperus finished speaking, Vivian slapped the table: "How many times do I have to say it! That bastard girl is not my daughter! She is just a little bat I dropped..."
Hesperius looked at Vivian's slap on the table expressionlessly: "Six hundred thousand euros. You just smashed Octavian's forehead bone."
Vivian raised her eyebrows: "Stop talking nonsense, I took pictures of Octavian when he was alive! They are all foxes on the mountain. What are you talking about with me?"
The bickering between the two ancients was probably like this.
Hesperus opened the confusing path leading to the sanctuary with a troubled expression, and soon everyone arrived near the "City Hall" of the sanctuary.
The city in the shadow has not yet been rebuilt, and some traces of the last war can still be seen, but apart from these traces, Hao Ren's biggest feeling is that the atmosphere in the city is completely different from the last time he came here.
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A depressing and gloomy atmosphere enveloped the city streets, and everywhere was filled with the smell of an approaching storm.
Although the City of Shadows originally had a depressing and murderous atmosphere, that was mostly due to the fact that the city was located in the shadow layer and the subtle relationships between the various races in the city. The depressive atmosphere would never be obvious enough to make people uncomfortable. But now,
The streets and alleys here were obviously different from usual ones. Hao Ren could hardly see many people walking around outside. Even if there were a few figures on the streets, they were mostly in a hurry, and these people walking around were all wearing clothes with obvious family characteristics.
The clothing with the logo means that they are not just hanging out. They are people sent by some large families to carry out activities.
"A few kids from the Shadow District and the Burning Light Tower in the west are having a quarrel," Hesperius walked beside him while explaining the current situation in the city, "They are all new families that have become active in the past few hundred years.
They don't know the heights of the world, and they are prone to whims. Authoritative traditions and the like are hardly a deterrent to them. Especially after we sent out several groups of investigators, the situation got worse: the investigators discovered the unmanned person left behind by the witcher.
The strongholds were successfully destroyed, and they have not been retaliated by the witchers so far. Those destroyed strongholds have naturally dissipated in the turbulence of time and space, so many people think that the witchers will never come back."
"Emerging small families..." Hao Ren was a little curious about the inheritance of the aliens, "How did this kind of small family appear? Based on the current living conditions of your aliens, most of them should be survivors of the ancient families. Why?
Will there be so many small families born?"
Hesperius's voice was a little lazy, but he still explained patiently: "Split, exile, deviants, various reasons. The Hesana family is composed of exiles, and there are also some new families.
Split from a big family, or reorganize the remaining forces after a fierce battle between several big families. Although we are hiding in shelters, it does not mean that our social structure is solidified. Most aliens can live for a long time, hundreds of them.
Thousands of years are enough for us to produce many new groups."
Nangong Wuyue muttered casually: "It sounds like these small families should be very weak."
"Not necessarily." It was not Hesperius who spoke this time, but Vivian. "Not all families get stronger as they get older. You see, Hessiana sometimes gets stronger with bigger brains."
.And many of the alien things were dated back to the Ragnarok period, and the historical background and so on...actually have little impact. Of course, the old families are generally stronger, but the difference between the young forces and the old forces is not the same.
It’s not as big as you think.”
Just as Vivian was saying this, a burst of noise suddenly came from the front.
Hao Ren looked around and saw a red light suddenly lighting up in the direction of the city council hall. This red light contained huge ferocious power. Just by looking at it, you could feel a burning aura rising from the bottom of your heart. And in the
A large number of people gathered in the place where the red light rose. Waves of shouts and strange roars like a canyon hurricane rang out from the crowd, constantly impacting the eardrums.
After seeing this scene from a distance, Hesperus just shrugged expressionlessly: "So I came out to hide for a while."
"Today's young people..." Vivian covered her forehead and sighed. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up around her, and then carried large swaths of lightning and dark clouds towards the direction of the crowd's commotion.
Hao Ren's reaction was a little slow, but he followed immediately.
The group of troublemakers gathered in front of the city meeting hall has almost occupied the entire square. They are very powerful, and they do not seem to be limited to only one race, nor are they limited to one family. They are probably a group of forces that have united after discussion to force the palace.
Activists from various young families gathered in the Chamber Square, occupying roads and checkpoints, constantly pushing and pushing against the city council's defense line. And the red light just now should be the handiwork of a certain person in charge: showing off his own
power, causing greater chaos without any real violent impact.
In front of the meeting hall are the guards of the "Parliament" maintaining the final order. This city of sanctuary does not have a "government" in the true sense. Several large families, including the Hesiana family, and several
The Ancient Ones who sit here are the ruling class here, and the Parliament Guards are the personal soldiers of these families and Ancient Ones. These less professional security guards formed a defense line in front of the hall, and they have been in a tense confrontation with the troublemakers for who knows how long.
time.
When Hao Ren and the others arrived, the scene was in such a tense and chaotic situation that both sides of the confrontation did not even notice the sudden drop from the sky because they were so nervous. (The road outside was blocked, so Hao Ren and his party directly asked the data terminal to carry
The small team teleported in. I saw a young vampire rushing to the front of the crowd, shouting in the direction of the meeting hall: "This city is corrupted! We want to find the traitors in the hall!"
As soon as Hao Ren stepped out of the teleportation light, he heard such a powerful shout. (To be continued.)