As Hessiana reluctantly bid them farewell (mainly to Vivian), the group left the sanctuary. The real Athens was still sunny, prosperous and peaceful. No one would have thought that a thrilling battle had taken place in the shadows of this seemingly peaceful city. The demon hunters had not completely evacuated the city. After the Ancients had driven them out of the sanctuary, some of the demon hunters had built new strongholds in the city. These strongholds would probably last for more than a hundred years to monitor and suppress the development of the Shadow Sanctuary. However, the demon hunters could not fight their way in for the time being. The Shadowy Divide had been reactivated, and the demon hunters had suffered a lot of casualties in this operation. It was no longer possible for them to pull together a mighty army of churches and exorcists to sweep a certain area like they did in the Mythological Era. In addition, they had to monitor the activities of otherworldlings in other parts of the world. It was not easy to organize a large-scale battle like today.
As Hessiana said, everything would go on as usual, but there would be a new group of souls.
Fearing that they would be discovered by the demon hunters in the city of Athens, they did not stay for long. Instead, they went straight through the formalities and took the plane back. But this time, there was one more person in the group: Hesperides.
"Are you sure you have a way to dispel the power of the demon hunters?" Hesperides was still a little skeptical about Hao Ren's promise. She left Athens with the group because of Vivian's guarantee. But when she thought about the hole in her head that had been tossed about for thousands of years, she felt that it was not very reliable.
Hao Ren looked at the gorgeous ribbon on Hesperides's head and smiled confidently. "Don't worry, we have professional equipment here."
Offering to heal Hesperides was not a spur of the moment idea on Hao Ren's part. In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to study something.
All along, Hao Ren was very interested in the power of the demon hunters. He had heard some things about the training of the demon hunters from Wuyue and Nangong Sanba, and he found a lot of doubts. The training of the demon hunters was more about cultivating the mind and knowledge of the 'monsters'. Most of their various skills and magic were not acquired through training. These powers came from their innate talent. A newborn demon hunter was born with these things. Whether it was the power of exorcism, teleportation, or even those complex spells, these things that should be acquired through learning were actually the result of heredity. It was for this reason that the demon hunters were a race that valued 'innate talent'. A newborn demon hunter with excellent bloodline and talent would receive very special care. As long as they grew up healthy, they could possess power far beyond those with mediocre aptitudes. It sounded unfair, but it was the unchanging characteristic of the demon hunters for thousands of years.
This fact made Hao Ren have a lot of doubts about the demon hunters. He wanted to study it. Now that Hesperides had a thousand-year-old hole in her head, which was a sample of the power left behind by a pure, talented, early demon hunter, there was nothing more suitable for research than this.
Of course, Hao Ren also took a lot of other research specimens from the Shadow Sanctuary: some demon hunter blood, hair, and tissue samples, weapons, and the body-strengthening potions commonly used by the demon hunters. These things could take up at least two layers of bookshelves in the Dimensional Pocket. Before leaving, Hessiana muttered that Hao Ren had finally done something related to the human wizards — he had begun to be interested in corpses.
Hao Ren did not think this was something to be happy about. With so many creepy things stuffed in the Dimensional Pocket, he felt nervous walking. Lil Pea was also in the Dimensional Pocket. There was a pile of junk next to her fish tank. The little guy felt that her sea view room was seriously threatened, so much so that Hao Ren had to put up a circle of SpongeBob SquarePants pictorial around Lil Pea's fish tank...
The journey was basically spent in Lily's balabala. Finally, they landed at a remote small airport, took the airport bus to the city, and then another shabby bus to the south of the city, and then another shabby bus to the southern suburbs. The bus broke down in the middle, and they had to trudge home for 20 minutes on the desolate old street. Only Hesperides, who had been through a lot, was able to keep her composure. Any normal girl would have begun to suspect that Hao Ren was a human trafficker who specialized in selling women to the mountainous areas and planned to call the police. Finally, when Hao Ren's old house finally appeared in front of them, Hesperides breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately... I thought we were going to live in a cave..."
Hao Ren's eyebrows were raised. "What do you think my house is?"
Hesperides did not look like she was joking at all. "Don't mind me, I'm not being sarcastic. I know a lot of human wizards who live in caves. They are eccentric and like to do some very dangerous research. They don't want to stay in crowded places. But there are fewer and fewer wizards these days... "
"Is it because the demon hunters are too strong?"
Vivian spread out her hands and said, "Because of the booming tourism industry, the quarrying in the mountains has become more and more ferocious. These days, it is no longer possible to stay in the mountains. Last year, a wizard in Zhejiang was doing an experiment in a cave and was almost killed by an explosion. Now he is suing the owner of the quarry."
Hesperides sighed. "Those who can't hide themselves are basically dead these days."
Hao Ren thought for a long time and felt that the main reason why the wizards could not survive was that their minds were not active enough. If they had spent their time on magic and studied how to make money, they could have gone to Shanxi and become a coal boss. That way, they would have no shortage of caves. Worse come to worst, they could have gone to Shennongjia to challenge the limits of the human body!
Of course, what happened to the wizard had nothing to do with them. Hao Ren quickly put the matter behind him and led them back to the big house that he had been away from for a long time. As expected, the house was covered in dust again. But it was much better than the last time when they went to the otherworld for more than half a month. Vivian was busy cleaning up the house. Even Becky went up to help. Hesperides looked at Vivian in surprise and asked, "Is this where you live?"
"How is it? Not bad, right? " Vivian had just found a rag and was about to clean the table. She proudly showed off to Hesperides. "My living conditions are much better than before!"
Hesperides did not know what was on her mind. She just looked at Vivian with a strange expression. "… It's not what I imagined, but it's much better than I thought. It seems that you're satisfied with your life now?"
"Of course I'm satisfied. It's very peaceful and lively. I don't have to worry about food and clothes, and there are often fun things happening. It's much better than running around aimlessly," Vivian replied while she was busy cleaning. Then, she yelled in the water room, "Hey... why is the water cut off?"
"Maybe the pipes are frozen," Wuyue said as she ran to the water room. "Don't worry, I'm here to help! What kind of water do you want? Is it pure or mineral? Weak alkaline is fine too... "
Hao Ren quickly reminded her, "Keep it down! You almost flooded the kitchen last time! By the way, give Lil Pea a bath... "
Hesperides looked at the daily life of the family in amazement. The daily scene of this small "sanctuary" was obviously different from what she had imagined. There was no intrigue like the Fortress of Shadows, no layers of traps, and a large group of otherworldlings mingled together without fighting. This place did not feel like a sanctuary at all, but more like an ordinary... civilian home.
Hao Ren's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Are you tired? If you're not tired, let's go to the basement for a scan first. I'll come up with a treatment plan for you. "
As soon as Hesperides nodded, she heard Lily say with a serious face, "Basement physical examination.avi?"
Hao Ren slapped the husky on the head and said, "Can't you read something positive? By the way, you come and help too. You seem to have nothing to do anyway. "
Hesperides followed him to the basement in a daze, but when she saw the scene inside, she was dumbfounded.
"Are you... sure you're a wizard?" She stared at Hao Ren. "You'd better tell me the treatment plan first so I can be mentally prepared."
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