Chapter 883 Shadow of Chaos
The moment Hesiana's voice sounded, Vivian shivered, and then she was ready to disintegrate into a bat on the spot and hide in nooks and crannies - this was completely a conditioned reflex. But fortunately, Hesiana finally remembered that this seemed like an inappropriate occasion to pounce on prpr. The naughty kid just jumped up from the conference table and stood still in place, and then greeted Hao Ren and the others in the normal way with a stiff expression.
Vivian breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Hesiana wouldn't suddenly pounce on her, hugging her and gnawing at her, and then she had time to look around at the dozen or so people in the meeting hall.
Everyone sitting next to the gorgeous wooden conference table had an unusual aura. More than a dozen people, men, women, old and young, were looking at Vivian and Hao Ren in unison. Some of them were familiar faces - apart from Hesiana, there were also Sanctuary family patriarchs like Gene Lucas, while the rest looked very strange. Hao Ren guessed that they should be Hess. The big shots from other sanctuaries that Perris mentioned.
The large conference hall seemed too empty with only a dozen people sitting there, and these dozen people were obviously divided into several groups. They were scattered in twos and threes in all directions of the conference round table, keeping a distant distance from each other. distance. There is no doubt that this is because they come from different races. The most distant ones are undoubtedly vampires and werewolves, and the rest don't seem to get along well.
Having maintained a hostile relationship with aliens for tens of thousands of years, Hao Ren has completely adapted to it.
After looking around, Vivian found that she could only recognize less than half of the people, so she decisively gave up recalling the names of the remaining few people in her mind. She led Hao Ren and Yizhaks to find a few seats at the round table to sit down, without any embarrassment or restraint of suddenly bursting into the venue: "Hello everyone, long time no see, does anyone know me? ?I’m Vivian Ancesta.”
Vivian's attitude seemed calm and even a little strong. This was a trait she rarely showed at home, but Hao Ren was not surprised at all at this time: she always behaved like this when facing other aliens. This is the aura that the oldest vampire has unconsciously when facing "juniors". If she does not appear stronger, she will be ostracized in a heterogeneous society that respects seniority and seniority.
As expected, no one in the venue showed any dissatisfaction with Vivian, and an elegant middle-aged man in a black suit across the round table stood up with a smile and bowed to Vivian in an elegant and respectful manner: " Please forgive my slowness, Countess Ansesta, I was in shock just now - I didn't expect you to suddenly appear in this place, you have been silent in the world for more than a century."
This middle-aged man's move seemed to have sent a signal, and everyone around the round table immediately stood up. Even though they came from different races and forces, and even came from the camp opposing vampires, these people still paid tribute to Vivian one after another. greeting. The vampires bowed respectfully, while the werewolves nodded slightly to give the lowest greetings. Even the family patriarchs who had been familiar with each other in the Athens Sanctuary also joined in the greetings at this time: the whole process was as serious as a ritual. . Hao Ren even saw Hesperus, who came in last, bowing slightly.
There was a clatter of chairs in the conference hall, which startled Vivian, and even Hao Ren and Lily next to her were stunned. The husky girl stared at Vivian: "Wow, Bat, you are so proud!"
"Okay, okay, what age are we in, and you still care about this..." Vivian quickly waved her hand for the group of people to sit down, and looked curiously at the middle-aged man who stood up first, "Speaking of which ...Who are you?"
The middle-aged man was sitting back and almost sat on the ground without taking aim after hearing Vivian's words. He coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment: "Ahem, Countess Ansesta really loves to joke... Oh yes, I remembered it. You may have forgotten."
The middle-aged man seemed to suddenly remember Vivian's memory problem. He straightened his clothes and introduced himself seriously: "Wayne Walter, the vampire elder from the North American Sanctuary, my father was saved by you, and I was also saved by you when I was young. I had the honor to meet you several times, and you often communicated with our family at that time, but later the Walter family fell into decline, and we rarely saw you after we moved to North America. After the family was revitalized, my father always wanted to reconnect with you. You, but never got what you wanted.”
Hao Ren didn't understand the other words. He only understood the words "frequent visits" and "family fortunes were in decline". He immediately looked at Vivian with a strange look in his eyes and thought to himself that the woman next to him was really a sinful woman. ah……
Vivian was also a little embarrassed. She looked at several other suspected old acquaintances next to her who were also preparing to introduce themselves. She almost broke out in a cold sweat. She didn't know how many blood feuds this must have cost everyone. By the time the circle of people finished introducing her, He estimated that he would have to bear hundreds of millions of foreign debts, so he quickly interrupted: "Ahem, please introduce yourself slowly. I may not be able to remember it - I'm here for that kind of shadow monster, which is said to be called the Shadow of Chaos. ?”
Hesperius added: "The Countess's sanctuary was also attacked by the Shadow of Chaos. Two people were attacked, but they have eliminated that thing on their own."
The family patriarchs and ancients at the scene immediately became commotion. Hao Ren heard someone whispering to each other: "It is said that the countess is currently living in Asia. I didn't expect those monsters to have leaked there." "I'm afraid the spatial coordinates leaked by the seal are different from reality. The coordinates are different." "I was in South America three days ago..."
Hao Ren coughed twice and interrupted the conversation between these people: "Ahem, what on earth is that kind of shadow?"
Some people at the scene seemed to have noticed Hao Ren's existence only at this time. When they saw Hao Ren for the first time, they probably thought he was the follower brought by Vivian, but they didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask questions. When Gene Lucas and several Sanctuary family patriarchs saw this, they briefly introduced Hao Ren's identity to the people around him, and then Wayne Walter stood up: "It seems that Countess Ansesta has forgotten about Shadow. That’s it, let me explain. Our family was somewhat of an ally of the Ancatero family hundreds of years ago.
"The Shadow of Chaos is a strange creature that appeared in ancient times, that is, in the early mythological era. In fact, there is debate as to whether it is a living thing, but its way of moving is very similar to that of living things. As for the shape of this shadow, everyone Everyone should already know: it lives in shadows, moves on the surface of objects, looks like a 'picture', does not need to eat or rest, and is extremely dangerous.
"Shadows of Chaos will attack supernatural races, including demon hunters, indiscriminately. They are good at lurking and their attacks are impossible to guard against. Their attacks are invisible and qualityless, and can use magic to destroy the tissues in the target's body and cause severe mental illness. Trauma. This kind of shadow can hide in the shadows, and can also move quickly on the surface of various objects. It is almost impossible to destroy them with ordinary attacks.
"The only effective way to fight against the shadows of Chaos at present is to bind them with powerful shadow spells and banish them to the pure shadow space. In the pure shadow space, they will slowly merge into the space itself, and will eventually be unable to reorganize. It dissipates by itself. In addition, I heard that the demon hunter’s holy flame can also fight against that kind of shadow, but there is no way to confirm it yet.”
Wayne paused for a moment when he said this, leaving Vivian and the others time to ask questions and think. Hao Ren immediately seized the opportunity and asked: "You just said that the Shadow of Chaos only attacks supernatural races?"
"That's right," Wayne nodded slightly, "including the demon hunter and us."
The "we" he refers to here obviously refers to all aliens, including werewolves and vampires. Hao Ren was immediately extremely concerned about this information: "Humans will not be attacked?"
"I haven't heard of the Shadow of Chaos attacking humans yet."
Hao Ren was just about to say that he was a human but was also attacked. Then he thought about it and realized that he was now blessed with alien technology and divine magic. He was embarrassed to say that he was of human descent, so he swallowed his words. He went back, but he was thinking quickly in his mind:
Just attacking supernatural races? In other words, they only attack those races that have traveled from the Dream Plane. Could it be said that that "shadow" is also affected by innate hostility?
Vivian nodded to Wayne and motioned for him to continue.
"There is one more thing that needs to be explained about the power of the Shadow of Chaos: The most dangerous thing about those shadows is not their lethality, but their maddening ability. After being attacked by the Shadow of Chaos, your mind will be affected, and Quickly descending into madness..."