Chapter 992 Token?

In the past period of time, what happened within the Demon Hunter Group can simply be described as crazy and chaotic - for a well-organized fighting group, a sudden change in the collective temperament of the top management is not enough to cause chaos on this scale. , but it would be a disaster if all the elite battle groups on the upper level also got crazy, and they also controlled the basic lifeline of the demon hunters, which was enough to involve everyone in the whirlpool. Bai Huo has experienced all this personally, but she still finds it difficult to explain the whole story to Hao Ren and the others: there are too many special terms that need to be explained, too many organizational secrets that need to be considered, and besides that, there are many other things that she has to deal with. I don't even know it yet. So she could only tell what happened in general first, so that Hao Ren could have a general understanding of the whole incident.

As she said, the situation first became abnormal after Hasselblad returned to the Demon Hunter headquarters from the Ancatero territory. The top commanders of the demon hunters were normal at first, and seriously treated the information brought back by Hasselblad. However, in just a few days, the top demon hunters known as "saints" began to appear one after another. The land's temperament changed drastically, and Hasselblad, a senior cadre of the organization, was arrested without warning, and then began a lunatic internal purge campaign. Their initial targets seemed to be just demon hunter warriors who had doubts about the "hunting instinct" like Hasselblad, but soon the targets of their attacks expanded to illogical points, and finally the situation evolved into the entire "Presbyterian Church" Regiment" melee against lower-level witchers.

After Bai Huo explained the matter roughly, Hao Ren began to ask about those unfamiliar terms: "What are the 'saints' and the 'presbyterian order'?"

Bai Huo's tone was solemn: "'Saints' are the highest class of demon hunters, the supreme commanders who single-handedly founded the demon hunter organization..."

"The one who founded the Demon Hunter Organization?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, "Do you think they are all old guys who have lived since the early mythological era?"

Bai Huo nodded: "That's right. Every saint is one of the earliest ancients, almost the same age as Countess Red Moon."

"Who are they?" Lily asked curiously, "It sounds like there are many more?"

"There are thirteen saints in total. Each one is very powerful and possesses all the arcane knowledge passed down from ancient times to the present. They can be said to be the most powerful and knowledgeable beings on this planet. But in fact, not many demon hunters see them. The true form of the saint - they are very mysterious and usually live in seclusion on the upper floor of the clock tower in the spiritual world. They have never been out in person since the end of the mythical age," Bai Huo said with a stern face when talking about the "saint". He couldn't help but have a fearful expression, as if he was talking about some indescribable existence that was beyond recognition, "Except for the leaders of the Elder Order, only the elder-level demon hunters can see the saint, but Even in that case, saints all wear masks and communicate with people in ways other than language. Therefore, for most demon hunters, 'saint' is almost a concept equivalent to legend, although everyone Everyone knows that they are their leaders, but almost no one has the opportunity to contact them. In most cases, the council of the Presbyterian Church relays the will of the saints on their behalf, and we are only responsible for executing the orders."

Hao Ren couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this: "...I'll go, you're so talkative, wearing a mask when meeting your own people... My boss is a god and he's not so cool. Do they have any question?"

Bai Huo quickly shook his head: "No, there is a reason. It is said that the saints were exposed to too much forbidden knowledge during the long mythical war. The mysteries from outside the mortal world distorted them, making their faces and voices strange. Chuuya also brought with him the negative power that can pull people into the abyss, that's why they are like this. And it is said that the first among the saints, the 'Nameless One' was the most twisted, and he locked himself on the top floor of the spiritual world clock tower In a secret room, there is no communication with the outside world at all. No one has even seen him for thousands of years, and the other twelve saints rarely mention him. Some demon hunters even speculated whether the 'Unknown One' has fallen. …”

These creepy secrets are only known to the inside of the demon hunters, and even dabblers like Nangong Wudi and Nangong Sanba don't know about them. When Hao Ren heard about it for the first time, his first reaction was that it was mysterious and arousing. The feeling of goosebumps spread from the bottom of my heart. This kind of inhuman contact is really unsettling: "So it's like this... It sounds silly. Is that the 'unnamed man' the original founder of the Demon Hunter organization? It sounds like I'm really not sure if he's still alive. So what does the 'Presbyterian Order' do?"

"They are the most elite group of demon hunters. They directly accept the command of the saints and usually guard Corpus - Corpus is the headquarters of the demon hunters. The Order of Elders have all survived from the mythical era to the present day. Powerful warriors, and the leader of each brigade is at least an 'elder' level demon hunter. A 'master' level hunter like me can only be regarded as a squad leader in their war group," Bai Huo said. Then he shook his head, "Since the Middle Ages, the Presbyterian Order has never conducted a large-scale battle. I didn't expect that they would take up arms again to deal with our own people."

"Are the Saints and the Elder Order crazy?" Vivian asked seriously, "What are the 'symptoms' of their madness? Is it related to the Shadow of Chaos phenomenon we encountered before?"

This situation of collective madness and random attacks is somewhat similar to the chaos caused by the Shadow of Chaos. After hearing Bai Huo's description, both Vivian and Hao Ren thought of this aspect. But Bai Huo shook his head: "I have doubted it, but it is obviously different from the mania caused by the Shadow of Chaos. The Saints and the Presbyterian Order have not lost their minds - according to the situation of several high-level prisoners we finally captured, They are all conscious, logical, and understand what they are doing, but their... How should I put it, the entire worldview seems to have been completely changed. Their way of judging good and evil is extremely extreme, and they can use very clear and meticulous methods Ways to promote their new world view, and this situation is more obvious among the higher-level demon hunters. The 'rebels' at the lowest level do have some symptoms of confusion, but they are different from the madness caused by the Shadow of Chaos. It’s still different.”

"In other words...it doesn't seem to be the influence of the 'Original Sin of Divine Blood'," Vivian said softly, thoughtfully, "That means something else has affected their thinking. Do you have any clues?"

"No," Bai Huo shook her head and reached for something from her arms. Finally she took out a delicate platinum box and handed it to Vivian, "But before it happened, a saint seemed to have a premonition of something. , he left something like this and told him to give it to the 'countess who summoned the red moon'."

Vivian was immediately shocked: "Ah?! Give it to me?"

Bai Huo nodded vigorously: "It's just for you."

"Uh," Vivian muttered with her mouth twitching as she took the platinum locket, "To be honest, a demon hunter commander actually asked you to carry something to a vampire. I think his nerves may have been out of whack at that time... Huh? This is not..."

The small platinum box was opened, and a crystal clear blood-red crystal lay quietly inside, like a drop of blood or a gem, glowing with a charming brilliance.

Hao Ren and Lily stretched their necks to look over and exclaimed at the same time: "Blood spar?!"

"Is this really given to you by your 'saint'?" Hao Ren suddenly turned his head and looked into Bai Huo's eyes, "Didn't you say that only elder-level demon hunters can meet the saint?"

"Sage Bedolis gave it to my mentor after they first met. The mentor was arrested soon afterwards, and this thing was transferred to me," Bai Huo explained, "I don't know. Why would he have something like this?"

There was a look of curiosity on Bai Huo's face that didn't seem to be fake. Obviously she couldn't imagine how a demon hunter commander could get in touch with a vampire ancestor, but Hao Ren suddenly thought of the era when Vivian lived: she was even a demon hunter. He was already running around before declaring war on alien gods. Just because of his qualifications, he seemed to be able to explain everything that happened...

And more importantly, the blood crystal is right in front of you: everyone already knows the use of this crystal. If you really want to figure out what's going on, Vivian only needs to do one thing.

She pinched the blood crystal and slowly brought it to her mouth. Hao Ren saw this and pulled her: "Are you sure you really want to absorb this?"

"It has been confirmed that it is the blood crystal stone left by me," Vivian nodded lightly, "Since it is a memory left by me, it must be prepared to be awakened one day. There is no problem."

Hao Ren frowned and ordered the data terminal to activate a medical warehouse in case of an accident. At the same time, Vivian had already put the bloody crystal into her mouth.

Bai Huo stared at this scene blankly and blinked: "...So this is food?"