Hesperides had never thought that one day she would be frightened by such a simple sentence.
The hunt will end.
It was just six simple words that meant nothing to ordinary people, but it was enough to make Hesperides, an ancient god who had lived since the Mythological Era, feel dizzy. She could not even understand the deeper meaning of those words. She stared at Hao Ren for a while and asked him to repeat it before she said with a trembling voice, "Have the demon hunters … all disappeared?"
"No." Hao Ren hesitated for a moment. He did not directly tell Hesperides about the demon hunters' current situation. "They have some internal problems, but it's over. But from now on, the hunting war will end. They … Well, as long as you can maintain the balance, the demon hunters will not actively hunt the otherworldlings anymore. "
Hesperides sensitively heard the deeper meaning behind the words' maintain the balance 'and' actively hunt ', but she did not say much. She just frowned and looked at Vivian curiously. "Did you really go to the lair of the demon hunters? And … came back unscathed? What did you do there? "
"Would you believe me if I said I went to help?" Vivian looked at her old friend with a faint smile.
Hesperides's expression changed. Apparently, in her worldview, a group of otherworldlings going to the home of the demon hunters to help was a little strange. Although Hao Ren had mentioned to her that they were 'absolutely neutral forces', Hesperides still subconsciously regarded them as part of the otherworldling camp.
"You went to help the demon hunters?" The eyebrows of the nymph of the evening twitched a little. "Countess Vivian, have you slept too much again?"
"The demon hunters are an important part of the balance," Vivian deliberately said in an inscrutable manner. This was very in line with her identity as an Ancient, and it allowed Hesperides to realize the hidden truth behind the whole incident. "We went to help them to ensure the safety of everyone in the sanctuary. The demon hunters have a powerful ancient power in their hands. If they are defeated, it will bring more danger. Let's not talk about that for now. We need to go to the shelter to check out the situation. I heard that the most troublesome guys are in Athens? "
Hesperides shook her head helplessly and said, "Yes, this is one of the largest shelters, and it's convenient to travel to the outside world. The younger families are all here. But don't worry, the Hessianite Family, which is usually the most troublesome, is the most stable this time. Your cheap daughter has a high prestige among the younger generation, and she can control the situation better than us old guys. Tsk tsk, youngsters nowadays don't even know how to respect … "
Before Hesperides could finish, Vivian slammed her hand on the table. "How many times do I have to tell you? That damned girl is not my daughter! She's just a small fly that I dropped out … "
Hesperides looked at Vivian's slap on the table. "Six hundred thousand euros. You just shattered Octavian's frontal bone. "
Vivian raised her eyebrows and said, "Cut the crap. I've slapped Octavian when he was alive! We're both foxes from the same mountain, why are you talking to me about strange stories from a Chinese studio? "
That was probably how the two Ancients bickered.
Hesperides opened the maze leading to the sanctuary with an annoyed expression. Soon, they came to the 'city hall' of the sanctuary.
The city in the shadow had not yet completed its reconstruction. Some traces of the last war could still be seen. But apart from these traces, the biggest feeling that Hao Ren had was that the atmosphere in the city was completely different from the last time he came here.
A depressing and gloomy atmosphere enveloped the city streets, and everywhere was filled with the smell of a storm.
Although the City of Shadows had a kind of depressing and murderous atmosphere, it was mostly due to the city's location in the Shadowy Divide and the subtle relationship between the various races in the city. The depressing atmosphere would never be so obvious that it would make people uncomfortable. But now, the streets and alleys here were obviously different from usual. Hao Ren hardly saw many people walking outside. Even if there were a few figures on the street, most of them were in a hurry, and these people walking outside were wearing clothes with obvious family logos. This meant that they were not out for a stroll, but some large families had sent people out for activities.
"A few little guys from the Shadowy Street and the Radiant Platform in the west made a scene," Hesperides walked next to him and explained the current situation in the city. "They are all new families that have been active in the last few hundred years. They don't know the immensity of heaven and earth, and they are very whimsical. Authority and tradition are hardly a deterrent to them. Especially after we sent a few groups of investigators, the situation got worse: the investigators found the uninhabited strongholds left by the demon hunters and successfully destroyed them. The demon hunters have not retaliated so far. The destroyed strongholds naturally dissipated in the turbulence of space and time. So many people think that the demon hunters will never come back. "
"New small families …" Hao Ren was a little curious about the inheritance of the otherworldlings. "How did these small families come about? Based on the current living conditions of the otherworldlings, most of them should be the survivors of the ancient families. How can there be so many small families born? "
Hesperides's voice was a little lazy, but she still explained patiently, "Splits, exiles, deviants, all kinds of reasons. The Hessianite Family is formed by the exiles, and some new families are splits from the big families, or the remnants of several big families after a fight. Although we hide in the sanctuary, it does not mean that our social structure is fixed. Most otherworldlings can live for a long time, hundreds of thousands of years, enough for us to have many new groups. "
Nangong Wuyue mumbled casually, "Sounds like these small families are very weak."
"Not necessarily." This time it was not Hesperides who spoke, but Vivian. "Not all families are stronger the older they are. Look at the Hessianite Family. Sometimes, the more imaginative they are, the stronger they are. Also, many things of the otherworldlings were lost during the Twilight of the Gods. History and so on … it doesn't matter much. Of course, generally speaking, the old families are stronger, but the difference between the young and the old is not as big as you think. "
Just as Vivian said this, a sudden noise came from the front.
Hao Ren looked in the direction of the noise and saw a red light suddenly lit up in the direction of the city's council hall. The red light carried a huge amount of violent power. Just by looking at it, one could feel a burning sensation spreading from the bottom of one's heart. At the place where the red light rose, a large number of people had gathered. A burst of strange, strange, like a canyon hurricane whistled from the crowd, constantly hitting the eardrums.
Hesperides saw the scene from afar and just shrugged, her face expressionless. "That's why I came out for some peace and quiet."
"Young people nowadays …" Vivian covered her forehead and sighed. Suddenly, a gust of wind rolled up around her, and then wrapped in a large swath of lightning and dark clouds, she rushed in the direction of the crowd.
Hao Ren's reaction was half a beat slower, but he immediately followed.
The group of troublemakers gathered in front of the city's council hall had almost occupied the entire square. They were loud and powerful, and it seemed that they were not limited to one race or one family. It was probably a group of forces that had come together after a discussion. The young families of action had gathered in the square of the council hall, occupying the roads and checkpoints, constantly pushing and shoving at the city council's line of defense. The red light just now was probably the work of one of the people in charge: showing off their power, causing more chaos, but not really attacking with violence.
In front of the council hall, the guards of the council were maintaining the last bit of order. There was no real 'government' in this city of sanctuary. Several big families, including the Hessianite Family, and a few Ancients were the ruling class here. The guards of the council were the bodyguards of these families and the Ancients. These unprofessional security guards had formed a line of defense in front of the hall and had been in a tense standoff with the troublemakers for a long time.
When Hao Ren and his team arrived, the scene was so tense and chaotic that even the two sides did not notice the small team that had descended from the sky (the road outside was blocked, so Hao Ren and his team directly teleported in through the MDT). A young vampire rushed to the front of the crowd and shouted in the direction of the council hall, "This city has been corrupted! We want to find the traitor in the hall! "
As soon as Hao Ren came out of the teleportation light, he heard such a loud shout.
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