Light flowed across the surface of the black metal box. The runes activated by Hathaway formed a path, and the power of Hesperides's blood became the energy source of the device. The faint light flowed quickly along the ridges on the box, leaving obvious traces. These straight lines divided the box into a dozen pieces. After these lines emerged, Hao Ren could see how to open it.
But he did not have to open the box himself. After the seal was lifted, the continuous mechanical friction inside the box became more and more obvious. Finally, with a few soft clicks, the ancient container disassembled along the glowing lines and became an open structure in a clever way. Surrounded by more than a dozen components, there were four light yellow scrolls that looked almost brand new.
That was all there was to it.
Hao Ren did not expect that the Olympian heritage that he had spent so much effort to find was only four scrolls. The amount of information was much less than he had expected. But he knew that these things were undoubtedly precious. In the eyes of Zeus, these things were probably as important as the divine scepter. Otherwise, Zeus would not have asked Hercules to bring them out of Mount Olympus.
Hesperides looked at the scrolls and said softly, "Hercules brought these things all the way out of the demon hunters' encirclement. How important are these things?"
Hao Ren took out a scroll from the container. After the MDT confirmed that it was safe to open, he slowly unfolded it.
The scroll was full of symbols, but the structure of these symbols was very strange, including not only Letta runes, but also ancient Greek characters and several letters that had been completely lost. The grammar of each paragraph was not normal. Obviously, this thing was written using some kind of encryption, but Hao Ren felt that the ciphertext was a little unnecessary.
The scroll had been sealed in a very tight way. If the previous sealing methods were all right, then only the descendants of the Olympian family could open it. In this case, what was the point of encryption? If the previous sealing methods were not effective, and the scroll fell into the hands of a powerful foreign enemy, the ciphertext would only delay the enemy's decryption. Most of the supernatural races had a long life, and the ciphertext was not encrypted very well in Hao Ren's view. Any otherworldling family or demon hunter could probably decipher what was written on it with a little time.
Hao Ren did not even need to decrypt it. He had the MDT, a super-fast computing assistant, which could almost read the contents of the scroll directly.
"… When he first came to this world, the universe was chaotic, and the power of disorder was turbulent among the stars. Everything was ruled by an ancient evil existence. It was called the 'King of the Ancients', also known as the 'Mad Lord'. This ancient tyrant used the universe as food. It greedily absorbed the primordial energy and put everything under its cruel rules. The Mad Lord is a chaotic and illogical existence. As its name suggests, madness is the only thing around this tyrant … "
Hao Ren's fingers moved on the scroll, analyzing it in his mind while softly reading out the content.
The light around him gradually distorted, and the surrounding jungle gradually fell into darkness. The sky seemed to lose its balance and tilted toward the west. The sun hanging on the horizon was stretched into an oval sphere. The sunlight zigzagged and tore the sky into countless horrible pieces, and between the pieces, a thick dark atmosphere permeated as if the end of the world was coming.
Lily was the first to notice that something was wrong. The energetic husky maiden could not focus on one thing for a long time like others, so her attention was always running around. She immediately noticed the abnormality in the sky and exclaimed, "Ah! Mr. Landlord, look at the sky! "
Hao Ren was instantly interrupted, and the distortion around him also returned to normal in the blink of an eye. But at the same time, he subconsciously noticed the situation around him: the last scene of the abnormal phenomenon fell into his eyes.
An indescribable chill came to his heart. He immediately turned to the MDT and asked, "What happened just now?"
The MDT had also recorded the last scene just now. "It seems that it happened when you began to read the scroll. There were signs of chaos in the nearby space. But the chaos was only maintained in a very small area. I just called the data of several satellites that flew by here a few minutes ago, and there was no obvious atmospheric anomaly from space. "
Hao Ren suddenly felt that the scroll in his hand was full of evil energy. He quickly threw it back into the container. At the same time, he could not help but think of the short sentence that he had just read: the ancient king, the Mad Lord, the violent and violent laws of the universe, and the 'He' in the beginning of the text. These records obviously had nothing to do with the worship ceremony of the Olympian gods to Vivian. If he had to say, it seemed to be describing something more advanced.
Hao Ren could not help but have some thoughts, but he did not think about it for the time being.
Because he felt that the nature of the matter had greatly deviated from his initial expectations. The divine artifacts, the scrolls, these things seemed to be not suitable for this lack of equipment to carry out research in the wild forest. It was better for him to go to the safety of his own laboratory to play with these dangerous things, or even better, to go to Raven 12345's house to play with them.
Anyway, the goddess would self-destruct every few days, and heaven would not lack him to demolish the house.
He put everything into the dimensional pocket (which already contained the divine scepter that he found earlier), patted the dust off his body and stood up. "I have to deal with these things when I get back."
"Oh, oh." Lily suddenly came back to her senses. She swayed around Hao Ren with her feet crossed. "Then what are we going to do next? Is it time for lunch? "
Hao Ren suddenly choked. He really did not know how the canine was thinking.
"Let's get out of here," Vivian sighed. "But before we go home, we have to go to Coldpath to send Hathaway over and tell White Flame what we have found here."
Hao Ren nodded. "The fate of the 12 demon hunters who disappeared 300 years ago has been revealed, and the matter of the Olympian heritage has also been declared closed. We have basically solved an unsolved case for the demon hunters."
Lily nodded, her eyes glowing. "Oh, yes, yes, so the demon hunters will treat us to lunch?"
Everyone was speechless.
They said goodbye to Pierre and the other three at the edge of the forest. At the same time, Hesperides also set off for Athens. Finally, in addition to Vivian and Lily, Hao Ren also had Hathaway, who was in her ghostly state. After confirming that they had not missed anything, the MDT teleported them directly to Coldfrost Citadel at the top of the Arctic.
Now, in the eyes of the demon hunters, Hao Ren and his team had become frequent visitors and distinguished guests. They could come and go freely in Coldpath and Coldfrost Citadel without any notice. After greeting a few familiar demon hunters, they went directly through the frost-covered streets of the Coldfrost Citadel and came to the Frost Sanctum where White Flame and Hasse lived.
Along the way, Hathaway followed behind Hao Ren. Although she could change her appearance, she still maintained the image of a noble lady. It seemed that she was very nervous and did not know if it was appropriate for her to appear here as a ghost in the clothes of a demon hunter. So, she did not change her attire at all.
A ghost could not hide here. The most elite and most experienced demon hunters gathered in this place, and they could recognize the breath of the ghost through hundreds of layers of camouflage. So, Hathaway attracted the attention of many demon hunters when she entered the city. Some of the more experienced demon hunters could tell from Hathaway's undead aura that she was one of their kind. They could not help but look at her curiously.
But after seeing Hao Ren and his team walking in front, these demon hunters put away their curiosity and just watched the strange ghost step into the sacred Frost Sanctum.
Hathaway looked around at the familiar scenery. After three centuries, she had returned to her hometown, but she was already an undead. Coupled with the series of events that she had experienced, all of these made her sigh at everything she saw, and it was hard for her to say a word.
She really didn't look the same as she did when she was chattering away in the old house.
White Flame had received the news. This time, she did not show her decadent otaku image. Instead, she was waiting for Hao Ren and his team in the reception hall of the Sanctum with her mentor, Hasse.
After the two groups met, they exchanged a few casual words. Then, Hao Ren pushed Hathaway forward and forced the hesitant and timid female ghost to stand in front of him. He decided to settle the matter with the ghost lady before they got down to business. Otherwise, he would be worried if she looked like she was ready to run away at any time.
"This is Hathaway. Among the twelve demon hunters who disappeared three hundred years ago, she is the only one … Well, not exactly alive, I should say dead …"
White Flame and Hasse were dumbfounded.
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