Except for those on Hao Ren's side who did not have innate hostility, the other demon hunters exchanged information with Hesperides and finally found one thing: when they were in the family hall, everyone had lost their vigilance toward each other at the same time.
Or to put it more bluntly, everyone had lost their innate hostility at the same time.
The younger generation of demon hunters and otherworldlings had lost their innate hostility a few months ago, but the Ancients like Hasse and Hesperides were not affected because of their bloodline. But just now, without them noticing, the innate hostility had completely disappeared, and the Shades of Chaos suddenly emerged at that moment.
It was hard not to link the two events together.
Hao Ren scratched his chin. "Which one is the trigger? Is it that everyone's vigilance has gone down, and the Shades of Chaos have taken advantage of the situation, or the Shades of Chaos have caused you to lose your innate hostility? "
"The nature of the Shades of Chaos is to cause strife and chaos. It is impossible for them to suppress the strife, so the second possibility is unlikely." Vivian immediately shook her head. "If it's the first possibility … although there is no obvious contradiction, why did everyone's innate hostility suddenly disappear?"
Hesperides glanced at Hasse and asked seriously, "Do you still want to fight me when you look at me?"
Hasse's face was expressionless. "Nothing at the moment."
"I do want to kill you," Hesperides said with her arms crossed. "But it has nothing to do with the innate hostility. I just don't like you."
"It seems that everyone's innate hostility is gone." Vivian's eyes fell on the other demon hunters. The warriors were also at a loss and uneasy. Although the disappearance of the innate hostility made them less nervous when facing Hesperides and Vivian, it was a little strange that the innate hostility had suddenly disappeared. Vivian could only shake her head. "Tsk, it happened at this critical moment. But anyway, I think the disappearance of the innate hostility has something to do with the activities of the Shades of Chaos. Those shadows are things that target people's hearts. Maybe they really picked the moment when everyone was at their weakest. "
These speculations were not contradictory, but they really could not explain why everyone's hostile instincts disappeared at the same time just now. The only possibility was that there was something in the hall.
"Go back and investigate again." Hasse thought of this. "There may be something in the hall that can eliminate the hostile instinct."
Everyone immediately returned to the family hall. Hasse grabbed White Flame and said, "Contact Teuton with a secret spell and confirm their situation. Also, tell him what happened here and ask him to pay attention to the attack of the Shades of Chaos."
The situation in the family hall was no different from before. The large-scale exorcism ritual did not affect the physical plane, and the Shades of Chaos were just images on the surface. When all the dust had settled, only the scattered furniture and corpses were left, as well as a faint white light lingering in the air with a holy aura. The investigators began to search for any magical objects or ritual remnants. Hasse stood in the center of the family hall, looking up at the big hole above him thoughtfully.
Hao Ren walked over and asked, "What did you find?"
"Nothing, I'm just not used to it," he said with a sigh. "You know, the killing instinct has been with me for thousands of years. It's like when people see food when they are hungry and feel pain when they are cut by a knife. It's a natural thing, but now it's gone."
Lily passed by and heard what he said. She gritted her teeth and said, "Pretentious, I don't feel anything. It's better that the instinct is gone."
If Lily did not remind Hao Ren, he would have forgotten that the husky, like normal otherworldlings, also had a certain degree of hostility toward other races. Although this hostility was very weak, it would occasionally show up, such as when she snatched food from Vivian.
Hasse smiled, but he did not smile often. "Maybe. The younger generation like you are probably lucky. At least you can control your thoughts more easily, and it's easier for you to adapt than the old guys like me."
The old demon hunter had left a bad impression on Hao Ren. Hao Ren always felt that the old demon hunter was a rigid, indifferent, and deep-rooted prejudice against the otherworldlings. But at this time, he suddenly felt that the old demon hunter seemed to have a little bit of humanity. He did not believe that this was a sudden change of heart after losing the killing instinct. But he did not like to pry into other people's minds, so he just gave a perfunctory reply.
"Based on what we have just experienced, we can infer what the situation was like a month ago," Lily muttered as she looked at the situation in the hall. "Look at these banquet tables. The demon hunters brought by Amatura and the Ancattero family must have been in a good mood at that time. They probably lost their hostility just like us, and that's why the Shades of Chaos came out."
Hasse nodded as if he understood Lily's words. At this moment, Hesperides suddenly seemed to have found something. "Look at this!"
Hao Ren and the others rushed over and saw Hesperides standing in front of a banquet table at the head of the hall, holding a gorgeous golden cup in her hand. The cup was surprisingly large.
"Is there something wrong with this cup?" Hao Ren asked curiously. Everyone was busy investigating the state of the bodies and the traces of fighting in the hall. Not many people had noticed the banquet tableware scattered everywhere.
"Do you think normal people would drink with such a big thing in their hands?" Hesperides turned the cup over, and there were a lot of complex runes and lines on its round base. "This seems to be a ritual item," she said.
She then pointed to some marks next to the banquet table and other strange items scattered on the ground. "There seems to be a small-scale ritual here. These cups and candlesticks are different from those on the other tables, and they don't look like they are necessary for the banquet."
Vivian took the golden cup and noticed that there were still some red marks in it. The red wine had long dried up, but there were still some residue. She smelled something suspicious. "It smells like the blood of the demon hunters. The red wine was mixed with blood."
She then found another cup under the table. "Sure enough, it smells like the blood of the Ancattero family members."
Lily's first reaction was, "Did they become sworn brothers here?"
Vivian stared at the husky. "I think what you said makes sense, but can you shut up?"
"The blood exchange ritual. Unfortunately, the ritual site has been destroyed." Hasse bent down to check the banquet table that had fallen to the ground because of two broken legs. He found some subtle traces of runes on the table, but the rest of the table had been charred. "Otherwise, I could have figured out the ritual's …"
Before he could finish, White Flame suddenly rushed in. "Teacher, Master Teuton and the others are back, and —"
Hasse looked up and saw White Flame's expression. "What's wrong?"
"They have found Elder Andaherr, but the elder's condition is a little strange," White Flame said.
Hasse immediately let them in, and Hao Ren saw Teuton and the other two demon hunters walking into the hall. Wayne was the last to follow. In the middle of the three Demon Hunters, there was a short figure shrouded in a dark purple cloak.
Wayne nodded to Vivian, and then Hesperides pulled him aside to ask about the situation. Hasse came to the small figure and carefully lifted her hood. "Elder Andaherr?"
Elder Andaherr's face was revealed. Hao Ren saw that it was a woman in her thirties, with long, light gray hair and an Oriental face. Although she was an ancient of the same period as Hesperides, like other immortals, time did not leave many traces on her face. But Elder Andaherr's condition was not normal, as White Flame had said.
She had a dull look on her face and did not respond to her surroundings. Even when Hasse greeted her, she only raised her head and looked at him blankly. She could not even speak.
She seemed to be in a daze.
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