In the past period of time, what happened within the Demon Hunter Group can be described as crazy and chaotic—for a well-organized fighting group, a big change in the collective temperament of the high-level group is not enough to cause chaos of this scale. But it would be a disaster if all the elite wargroups on the upper floor also lost their nerves, and they still control the basic lifeline of the demon hunters, which is enough to drag everyone into 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 technical terms to explain, too many organizational secrets to consider, and there are many other things she has to deal with. I don't even know it now. So she could only talk about what happened in general first, so that Hao Ren could have a general understanding of the whole incident.
As she said, things first went awry after Hasselblad returned to Witcher HQ from Ancatello. The top commanders of the demon hunters were normal at the beginning, and they treated the information brought back by Hasselblad seriously, but in just a few days, those top demon hunters called "sages" turned up one after another. The ground's temperament changed drastically, and Hasselblad, who was a high-level cadre of the organization, was arrested without warning, and then an internal purge of insanity began. Their initial targets seemed to be just witcher warriors like Hasselblad who had doubts about the "hunting instinct", but soon the target expanded to the point of no logic, and finally the situation evolved into the entire "presbyterian church". Regiment" to the melee of the lower class witchers.
After Baihuo explained the matter clearly, Hao Ren began to ask those uncommon terms: "What is the difference between 'saint' and 'Elder Church'?"
Bai Huo's tone was serious: "'Saints' are the highest class of demon hunters, and they are the supreme commanders who founded the demon hunter organization..."
"The one who founded the Demon Hunters?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows. "Do you think they are all old guys who have lived from the early days of mythology?"
Bai Huo nodded: "That's right. Every saint is one of the earliest ancients, almost at the same age as the Red Moon Countess."
"What kind of people are they?" Lily asked curiously, "It sounds like there are many more?"
"There are a total of thirteen saints, each of whom is very powerful, and has mastered all the mysterious knowledge passed down from ancient times to the present. It can be said that he is the most powerful and knowledgeable existence on this planet. But in fact, not many demon hunters have seen it. The real body of the saints—they are very mysterious, and they usually live in seclusion on the upper floor of the clock tower in the spirit world. Since the end of the age of mythology, they have never been out in person," Bai Huo couldn't help it when talking about "sages" Live with a fearful expression. As if talking about some indescribable existences that have gone beyond cognition, "Except for the leaders of the Presbyterian Church, only elder-level demon hunters can see the saint, but even in that case, the saint People also wear masks and communicate with people through ways other than language. So for most demon hunters, 'saints' are almost a concept equivalent to legends. Although 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, and we are only responsible for carrying out the orders."
Hao Ren couldn't help being a little dazed when he heard this: "...I'm going, so talkative, wearing a mask when I meet my own people... My boss is a god and he doesn't bother me like that. Is there something wrong with them? "
Bai Huo quickly shook his head: "No, there is a reason for this. It is said that the saints have been exposed to too much forbidden knowledge in the long mythological war, and the mysteries from outside the mortal world have distorted them, making their faces weird. The voice They also carry negative forces that can pull people into the abyss, so they are like this. And it is said that the first among the saints, the 'nameless' is the most distorted. He shut himself at the top of the clock tower of the spirit world 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. There are even demon hunters who speculate whether the 'nameless one' has fallen …”
These creepy secrets are only known inside the demon hunters, and half-baked people like Nangong Wudi and Nangong Sanba don't know about them. Hao Ren's first reaction when he heard it for the first time was that it was vague and evocative. The feeling of goosebumps permeated from the bottom of my heart, and this kind of inhuman contact was really disturbing: "So it's like this... It sounds like Maomao. By the way, that 'nameless man' is the original founder of the Demon Hunter Organization? It sounds true Not sure if he's still alive. What's the 'Order of Elders' for?"
"They are the most elite group of demon hunters. They are directly under the command of the saints. They are usually guarded in Corpus—Corpus is the headquarters of the demon hunters. The elders are all powerful that have survived from the age of mythology to the present. Warriors, and the leader of every brigade is at least an 'elder' level demon hunter, a 'master' level hunter like me can only be regarded as a small leader in their battle group." Bai Huo said , shook his head. "From the Middle Ages to the present, the Presbyterian Church has never conducted a large-scale battle. I didn't expect them to take up arms again but against our own people."
"Have the Saints and the Presbyterian Order gone mad?" Vivienne asked seriously, "What are the 'symptoms' of their madness? Is it related to the Shadow of Chaos phenomenon we encountered before?"
This kind of collective madness and random attacks is a bit similar to the chaos caused by the Shadow of Chaos back then. Vivienne and Hao Ren thought of this after hearing Bai Huo's description. But Baihuo shook his head: "I suspected it too, but it was obviously different from the mania caused by the Shadow of Chaos. The Saint and the Presbyterian Church did not lose their minds—according to the situation of the few high-level prisoners we managed to capture, they They are all sane, logical, and understand what they are doing, but their... how to put it, the entire worldview seems to have been completely changed. Their way of judging good and evil is extremely extreme, and they can preach it in a very clear and meticulous way Their new world view, and this situation is more obvious among the higher-level demon hunters. Those 'rebels' at the bottom have some symptoms of deliriousness, but they are still comparable to the madness caused by the shadow of chaos. different."
"That is to say... it doesn't seem like the influence of 'Original Sin of Blood'," Vivienne said softly thoughtfully, "that is, something else has affected their thinking. Do you have any clues?"
"No," Bai Huo shook her head, and reached out to touch something from her bosom, and finally she took out an exquisite platinum locket and handed it to Vivienne, "but before it happened, a saint seemed to have a premonition , he left such a thing, and told him to hand it over to the 'countess who brought the red moon'."
Vivienne was taken aback immediately: "Huh?! Give it to me?"
Bai Huo nodded vigorously: "It's for you."
"Uh," Vivienne muttered with twitching corners of her mouth as she took the small platinum box, "To be honest, the commander of a demon hunter actually asked you to send something to a blood race. I think he might have lost his nerve at that time... um ?this is not… "
The platinum small box was opened, and a crystal clear blood-red crystal lay quietly inside, like a drop of blood, and like a gemstone, glowing with charming brilliance.
Hao Ren and Lily poked their necks to look over, and exclaimed at the same time: "Blood spar?!"
"Did you really give this to you by some 'sage'?" Hao Ren suddenly turned his head to look into Bai Huo's eyes, "Didn't you say that only elder-level demon hunters can meet saints?"
"It was given to my mentor by the sage Bedoris, after they met for the first time. The mentor was arrested shortly thereafter, and this thing was transferred to my hands," Bai Huo explained, "I don't know either Why would he have something like this."
Bai Huo had a curious look on her face that didn't seem to be fake. Obviously, she couldn't think of how a commander of a demon hunter could contact a blood ancestor. He was already running around before declaring war on alien gods, and because of this qualification, it seems that everything that happens can be explained...
And more importantly, the blood spar is right in front of your eyes: everyone already knows the usefulness of this crystal, and if you really want to understand what's going on, Vivian only needs to do one thing.
She held the blood crystal and slowly brought it to her mouth. Hao Ren tugged at her: "Are you sure you really want to absorb this?"
"It's been confirmed that it's the blood spar I left behind." Vivian nodded slightly. "Since it's my own memory, it must be used to wake it up one day. There's no problem."
Hao Ren frowned, and ordered the data terminal to activate a medical cabin in case of an accident. At the same time, Vivienne had already put the bloody crystal into her mouth.
Bai Huo stared blankly at this scene, and blinked: "... so this is for food?" (To be continued~^~)