When the dazzling white light gradually dissipated, there was still a hollow echo in the air, which lasted for a few minutes before it gradually subsided. A warm aura, or maybe it was just an illusion, hovered over the family hall. All the Shades of Chaos seemed to have disappeared under the white light. Hasse asked the demon hunters to maintain the Sacred Flame barrier while he led White Flame to the front to check out the situation. Finally, he sent a signal that the crisis was over.
"Phew …" Lily breathed a long sigh of relief, and the fluff on her tail slowly calmed down. "I'm exhausted."
Hao Ren looked at the husky with a strange expression. "You were just watching the show from the beginning to the end, right?"
Lily was basically useless during the fight with the Shades of Chaos. She knew nothing about magic, and her claws seemed to be useless except for bolstering her courage. So, the only thing she could do was to cheer for Hao Ren. When Hesperides and Vivian went to deal with the out-of-control demon hunter, she wanted to help. But before she could do anything, everything was over.
But the husky maiden, on the other hand, looked proud. "I just gave you a buff with my War Roar!"
Hao Ren thought for a moment. If Lily's cheering could be considered a War Roar, then he would have at least three rows of buffs on his head when he came back from a large dog breeding base.
"Is this the end?" Hao Ren looked up at the direction of the family hall. The black shadows that kept pouring out from the door had completely disappeared, and the darkness that once shrouded the hall had vanished. The exorcism ritual had cleared all the negative energy inside and outside the building. Now, the whole building even faintly exuded a sense of sanctity: a faint milky white halo slowly floated on its dome. "Your ritual is pretty good," Hao Ren said.
"This is the method of the demon hunters." The flames on White Flame's body gradually extinguished. She looked a little tired, but other than that, she was fine. "Now it seems that our exorcism is more reliable than your shadowy power. Oh, of course, that gun of yours is quite powerful. "
At this time, Hesperides dragged a black demon hunter over. She threw the demon hunter in front of Hasse and said, "Here you go. Your men are intact. This kid is lucky. If he did not recover, I would have killed him."
It was the demon hunter who was controlled by the Shades of Chaos. He had been bombarded by Vivian's True Hundred Thousand Volts Scatter Bat Demon. His body was so black that it looked like he had just been fished out of a boiler. He would convulse from time to time, and electricity would flow through the seams of his clothes. Hasse immediately bent down to check the soldier's condition and found that except for the visible injuries, his spirit had fully recovered.
"Completely recovered?" White Flame exclaimed in surprise. "How did you do it?"
"What do you mean how?" Hesperides did not intend to talk to Hasse and his apprentice, but when White Flame asked, she could not help but ask. "He recovered naturally after a good beating," she said.
Hao Ren found that Hasse kept checking the demon hunter's condition with a serious face and even used a variety of testing magic. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong. "What's wrong? Shouldn't he recover? "
"This has never happened before. The madness caused by the erosion of the Shades of Chaos requires a very complicated ritual to recover, "Hasse said without looking up." Since a month ago, some demon hunters have been attacked by these shadows. We have roughly figured out a way to cure the madness based on the ancient materials, but those methods are all very troublesome. I have never heard of a recovery after a good beating. "
Lily chimed in. "But I saw on TV that those who were controlled by the Shades of Chaos woke up after a good beating."
Hao Ren glanced at her and said, "You also know that it's a TV show. Isn't it just for the convenience of the plot?"
At this time, the MDT came out and muttered, "In fact, there is a big boss who can wake up anyone who has lost his mind with a slap. Err, but he is not here."
Hasse did not care about what the MDT said. He focused his attention on Hesperides and Vivian. "What did you do?"
Hesperides thought for a moment and realized that all she had done was to hit the demon hunter with the mace, and she did not hit him many times. She raised her hand and pointed at Vivian. "She did the last blow."
"It's an electric shock," Vivian replied frankly. "It's the discharge of a swarm of bats. It's a very common trick for me. And this trick has no effect on exorcism or soul control. "
"Electric shock? Can electric shock cure madness? "White Flame muttered incredulously." I have never heard of electric shock curing this. "
At this time, the demon hunter who was lying on the ground struggled to get up. He opened his mouth and spat out a puff of black smoke. "No … more than two …"
After saying this, he lay back down and continued to tremble.
While Hasse and White Flame were seriously considering whether electric shock could dispel the mental damage of the Shade of Chaos, Hao Ren suddenly thought of something else. After learning a lot about Vivian, of course, he associated it with the special life of this bat demon. "I'm afraid it has nothing to do with electric shock. Maybe Vivian herself has dispelled the influence of the Shade of Chaos," he said.
Hasse did not understand what he meant. Vivian was stunned for a moment and then had a strange look on her face. "You mean … why do these strange things always have something to do with me?"
Before Hao Ren said anything, Lily rolled her eyes and said, "You are the weirdest guy in the family."
"What are you talking about?" White Flame looked at Hao Ren in confusion. "Countess Vivian's power can restrain the Shade of Chaos?"
"Oh, no, nothing. It's just a guess." Hao Ren felt that this question could not be explained in a short time, so he waved his hand perfunctorily. "In fact, Vivian was one of the ancient gods who sealed the Shade of Chaos thousands of years ago. So I wonder if she still has the talent to restrain the shadows."
Hasse looked at Vivian in surprise. "Really? Are you really one of the people who built the seal? "
Vivian nodded awkwardly. "I think so, but I don't remember."
Hao Ren told him about the origin of the seal and then shifted the topic to the Shade of Chaos. "How did those shadows appear just now? Do you have any clue? "
White Flame recalled the situation at that time and frowned slightly. "They appeared suddenly, and I didn't notice them at all. Wasn't it your … assistant who first ran out to call the police?"
"If these Shades of Chaos suddenly appeared in the hall like this a month ago, then it's understandable what happened to the Ancattero family and the demon hunters," Hasse said in a deep voice. "They didn't have time to react, and as soon as someone fell into madness, the situation would immediately get out of control."
Everyone at the scene knew that the situation was actually very dangerous. If the MDT had not warned them in advance, even the experienced demon hunters would have been killed by the Shades of Chaos due to the density of the people in the hall and the limited terrain. The maddening nature of the shadows was the biggest threat. The more crowded the place, the more effective it was. So it was not difficult to imagine that a month ago, when Amatura led a large number of demon hunters and the members of the Ancattero family met in this hall, the sudden appearance of the Shades of Chaos would cause a devastating chain reaction.
"What did everyone do at that time? What did they do? Did they see any unusual phenomenon or feel a special atmosphere? " Y 'zaks asked in a low, powerful voice, with a sense of calmness and reassurance. "We have to figure out if something' summoned 'those shadows."
Everyone immediately began to recall the situation in the hall and their actions. The MDT also provided a very clear video recording: the images it took using its own function were more accurate and direct than anyone's description.
After everyone recalled the situation, Hao Ren and Y 'zaks found that there was nothing particularly noteworthy. It seemed that the Shades of Chaos really appeared out of thin air for no reason.
But when everyone was confused, White Flame suddenly said thoughtfully, "If I have to say, those shadows appeared when I was completely relaxed."
Hasse looked at his disciple. "Your hunter's instinct points to this clue?"
"Well, there should be some connection," White Flame nodded slightly and explained her feeling in detail. "When I completely let down my guard around Hesperides, those shadows appeared."
With White Flame's reminder, the other demon hunters seemed to have noticed the anomaly. Even Hasse and Hesperides recalled their moment of relaxation. Hesperides even confessed, "I seemed to have forgotten that Hasse was my enemy for a few minutes at that time."
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