Chapter 1041 Making Trouble
Hesperius never imagined that one day he would be frightened by a simple sentence.
The hunt will end.
Only six simple words, six words that are meaningless to ordinary people, are enough to make Hesperus, an ancient god who has survived from the mythical era to this day, feel dizzy. She even couldn't understand it for a while. The deep meaning of these words, so she looked at Hao Ren intently for a while, and asked him to repeat himself before she spoke tremblingly: "Did...all the demon hunters really disappear?"
"No," Hao Ren hesitated and did not directly tell the other party that the demon hunter was now seriously injured. "They had some internal problems, but it is over. But from now on, the hunting war will end, and they ...Well, as long as you can maintain the balance, the demon hunters will no longer actively hunt aliens."
Hesperius sensitively heard the deep meaning behind the words "maintaining balance" and "active hunting", but she didn't say much, just frowned and looked at Vivian curiously: "Are you really Went to the witcher's lair? And... came back unscathed? What on earth did you do there?"
"Would you believe me if I said I would help?" Vivian looked at her old friend with a half-smile.
Hesperius's face changed. Apparently in her worldview, it was a bit unbelievable for a group of aliens to come to the witcher's house to help. Although Hao Ren once mentioned to her that his group was an "absolutely neutral force", Hesperius still subconsciously regarded these people as belonging to a different camp.
"Are you going to help the witcher?" The "Twilight Goddess" eyebrows trembled a little, "Vivian, Countess, are you sleepy again?"
"The witcher is an important part of the balance," Vivian said deliberately inscrutably, which is very consistent with her status as an ancient, and can make Hesperus realize that there is an intricate truth behind the whole incident. "We are going to help them so that everyone in the shelter can be safe - the demon hunters have powerful ancient power in their hands, and they will bring greater danger after they are finished. Let's not talk about this for now, we are going to the shelter Look at the situation, it is said that the most noisy guys are here in Athens?"
Hesperius shook his head helplessly: "Yes, who makes this place one of the largest shelters, and it is also the one with more convenient transportation to the outside world. The younger family forces are all here. But don't worry , the Hesiana family that is usually the most trouble-making is the most stable this time. Your cheap daughter has a high prestige among the younger generation. She can actually calm down the situation better than us old guys. Tsk tsk, now Young people don’t know how to respect..."
Before Hesperus finished speaking, Vivian slapped the table: "How many times do I have to say it! That bastard girl is not my daughter! She is just a little bat I dropped..."
Hesperius looked at Vivian's slap on the table expressionlessly: "Six hundred thousand - euros. You just smashed Octavian's forehead bone."
Vivian raised her eyebrows: "Stop talking nonsense, I took pictures of Octavian when he was alive! They are all foxes on the mountain. What are you talking about with me?"
The quarrel between the two ancients was probably like this.
Hesperius opened the confusing path leading to the sanctuary with a troubled expression, and soon everyone arrived near the "City Hall" of the sanctuary.
The city in the shadows has not yet been rebuilt, and some traces of the last war can still be seen. But apart from these traces, Hao Ren's biggest feeling is that the atmosphere in the city is completely different from the last time he came here. .
A depressing and gloomy atmosphere enveloped the city streets, and there was an air of approaching storm everywhere.
Although the City of Shadows originally had a depressing and murderous atmosphere, that was mostly due to the fact that the city was located in the shadow layer and the subtle relationships between the various races in the city. The depressive atmosphere would never be obvious enough to make people uncomfortable, but now The streets and alleys here are obviously different from usual days. Hao Ren could hardly see many people walking outside. Even if there were a few figures on the street, they were mostly in a hurry. Moreover, these people walking outside were all wearing clothes with obvious family logos - which meant that they Not just hanging out, but people sent by certain large families to do activities.
"A few little guys from the Shadow District and the Burning Light Tower in the west are having a quarrel." Hesperius walked beside him while explaining the current situation in the city. "They are all new families that have become active in the past few hundred years. They don't know the heights of the world, and they are easy to be whimsical. Authoritative traditions and so on are hardly a deterrent to them. Especially after we sent several groups of investigators, the situation got worse: the investigators found the unmanned person left behind by the witcher. The strongholds were successfully destroyed, and there has been no retaliation from the witchers so far. Those destroyed strongholds have naturally dissipated in the turbulence of time and space, so many people think that the witchers will never come back."
"Emerging small families..." Hao Ren was a little curious about the inheritance of the aliens, "How did this kind of small family appear? Based on the current living conditions of your aliens, most of them should be survivors of the ancient families. Why? Will there be so many small families born?"
Hesperius's voice was a little lazy, but he still explained patiently: "Split, exile, deviants, various reasons. The Hesana family is composed of exiles, and there are also some new families. Split from a big family, or reorganize the remaining forces after a fierce battle between several big families. Although we are hiding in shelters, it does not mean that our social structure is solidified - most aliens can live for a long time and become adults. Hundreds and thousands of years are enough for us to produce many new groups."
Nangong Wuyue muttered casually: "It sounds like these small families should be very weak."
"Not necessarily." It was not Hesperius who spoke out this time, but Vivian. "Not all families get stronger as they get older. Look at Hessiana—sometimes the one with the bigger brains The stronger. And many things about the aliens were eradicated during the Ragnarok period, and the historical background and so on...actually have little impact. Of course, the old families are generally stronger, but the gap between the young forces and the old forces is The difference is not as big as you think."
Just as Vivian was saying this, a burst of noise suddenly came from the front.
Hao Ren looked around and saw a red light suddenly lighting up in the direction of the city council hall. This red light contained huge ferocious power. Just by looking at it, you could feel a burning aura rising from the bottom of your heart, and in the A large number of people gathered in the place where the red light rose. Waves of shouts and strange roars like a canyon hurricane rang out from the crowd, constantly impacting the eardrums.
After seeing this scene from a distance, Hesperus just shrugged expressionlessly: "So I came out to hide for a while."
"Today's young people..." Vivian covered her forehead and sighed. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up around her, and then it carried large lightning and dark clouds and rushed towards the direction of the crowd's commotion.
Hao Ren's reaction was a little slow, but he still followed immediately.
The group of troublemakers gathered in front of the city council hall has almost occupied the entire square. They are very powerful, and they do not seem to be limited to one race, nor are they limited to one family. They are probably a group of forces that have united to force the palace after deliberation. Activists from various young families gathered in the Chamber Square, occupying roads and checkpoints, constantly pushing and attacking the city council's defense line. The red light just now should be the work of a certain person in charge: showing off his power and causing greater chaos, but not carrying out any real violent impact.
In front of the chamber, the guards of the "parliament" were maintaining the final order. This city of sanctuary does not have a "government" in the true sense. Several large families, including the Hesiana family, and several ancient people who sit here are the ruling class here, and the Parliamentary Guards are these families. and soldiers of the Ancient One. These not-so-professional security guards formed a line of defense in front of the hall and had a tense confrontation with the troublemakers for an unknown amount of time.
When Hao Ren and the others arrived, the scene was in such a tense and chaotic situation that both sides of the confrontation did not notice the sudden drop from the sky because they were so nervous (the road outside was blocked, so Hao Ren and his party directly asked the data terminal to carry the teleported in) small team. I saw a young vampire rushing to the front of the crowd, shouting in the direction of the meeting hall: "This city is corrupted! We want to find the traitors in the hall!"
As soon as Hao Ren stepped out of the teleportation light, he heard such a powerful shout.