Wise men prefer to be nobles in Paradise than kings in swamps and radiation pits.
And there are those who are not interested in the life of pleasure and modern society. There will always be a few extremists out of 10,000 people who want to rebuild their glory no matter what. extremely.
But they are a minority.
The Shadow Council is an organization that maintains the interests of the majority. Those in power who want to continue to enjoy, continue to live in peace, and continue to have wealth form this council in order to make the future run in a direction that is more in line with their expectations, while constantly eliminating Those minorities who try to challenge them.
But Hao Ren knows that all order and rules in the mortal world are temporary, and this shadow council system is also temporary, just like the era of mythology will come to an end, and the high-pressure peace maintained by the demon hunters for thousands of years has also come to an end here It will end within a few days, and the Shadow Council, the time it can last may be shorter.
But at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about turmoil.
Discussions about the Shadow Council and the future direction of development have been discussed into the second day. As the largest shelter in Europe, not only local family representatives from the Athens shelter gathered here, but also speakers from other shelters in Europe in recent days. These people gathered here to discuss various issues after the demon hunter disappeared, and they gathered just right, so this meeting was directly upgraded to a level similar to the "Congress of Representatives of Supernatural Creatures in the European Region". Moreover, it is said that the heads of alien families from other regions of the world are also gathering here, and they all responded to the call of the Athens Sanctuary—strictly speaking, they responded to the call of the most experienced ancients, so the process of forming the Shadow Council has not yet begun. Faster than expected.
However, Hao Ren was not interested in participating in this. He led a large family to withdraw from the direct meeting and discussion procedures the next day, and wandered around in the city of shadows instead. He is not worried about things getting out of his monitoring, because Heather Anna is still at the meeting site, and as the clone creation of the "Oldest One", that little bat spirit is making great strides towards the top of the Shadow Council. The leaders of the long-established great families are divided into battles.
Although the little bat spirit is a bear child, she is quite reliable in her own field. Under Vivienne's strong orders. The bear boy listened to Hao Ren's words honestly, and reported the formation of the Shadow Council while attending the meeting. At the same time, according to Vivian and Hao Ren's instructions, he played his own role in the meeting.
Now Hao Ren and the others strolled to a high platform in the southwest corner of the city. This high platform was the entrance when everyone visited the Shadow Fortress for the first time. Behind it was the antique shop of Hesperis. A clone tree of the ancient tree Gangrudar swayed in the corner of the high platform, shaking its branches and leaves idly, and watched the movement of the hostess Vivienne with a pair of dim eyes on the trunk from time to time. The old treant was one of the most respected elders in the city, but he wasn't at the meeting either: about forming the Shadow Council. It's "Damn Me Eggs Pie".
"Mistress, look at this city, there are tens of thousands of supernatural creatures. In the past few thousand years, less than one tenth of the supernatural creatures here dare to act in this world, and they must be very low-key, They move very stealthily, because once they show up, witchers will flock to them," the old treant felt a little bored. So I started talking to Vivienne, "I heard about the end of the Shadow Council and the hunt—this means that tens of thousands of supernatural creatures will enter human society openly, to be honest. The old tree is a little disturbed."
Gang Rudal is an ancient magic tree, it has the nature of its own race. That is, it doesn't like change very much. It is not sure whether the future is good or bad, so it can't help but express its own thoughts.
"It's not 'open and aboveboard'. There is one item in the agreement, that is, you can't interfere with the social order at will, because the chaos of the social order will affect the human interests of many big families," Vivienne patiently corrected, "and there are tens of thousands of people. ? Not to mention that not everyone can pass the assessment of leaving the shelter, even if they really pass... Do you know how many people there are in the human world?"
"Of course. There will still be a little change, such as a lot of urban ghost stories or supernatural legends popping up out of nowhere." Hao Ren chuckled. But he doesn't take it seriously. The censor should pay attention to the "orderly development" of civilization, but orderly development is not static. Without shaking the foundation, any changes are normal. He doesn't care about it, and he doesn't bother to care about it.
As the Shadow Council gradually matures, there are more and more aliens among humans, and more and more humans have access to the mysterious realm. Some subtle changes will occur naturally, and this peaceful interpenetration does not seem to be bad.
Just when Hao Ren was thinking about a lot of messy prospects, a shadow suddenly appeared on the platform, and a puff of smoke rose from the shadow, and the smoke quickly condensed to form a woman's figure.
This is a woman with a cold temperament, none other than Hela, who has been frequently seen recently, one of the only survivors in the Nordic pantheon. Because she was low-key and indifferent, and hardly communicated with outsiders, Hao Ren had never been familiar with her, but after the last "Shadow of Chaos" incident, he knew this "Goddess of Death".
"Are you looking for me?" Hela walked straight to Vivienne, "Hesperis said to let me see you after the meeting."
Although Hela is also an old "god" who survived from the age of mythology, she is not yet an ancient. Not all aliens who have experienced the age of mythology are considered ancient, only those old guys who were born in the glorious age of the gods and have a certain influence are counted. Hesperis just met the standard because of his age, and Hela just fell short, so he could only be classified as "Middle Ancient". So even though she has a withdrawn personality and bad temper, she still has to show enough awe to Vivienne.
According to gossip, Hella was robbed of candy by Vivienne when she was a child—or maybe her father Loki was robbed of candy once.
"I didn't look for you," Vivian pointed to Hao Ren, "The head of the family is looking for you."
Maybe it was to emphasize Hao Ren's status as a "team leader" among the rigid and stubborn heterogeneous groups, so that he could have a more say in the shelter. After Vivian came to the Shadow Fortress, she would get used to calling Hao Ren "the head of the family." In this way, she publicly acknowledged Hao Ren's leadership status in front of other aliens, and also transferred her authority to Hao Ren. As it turns out, it works well—except for stimulating that neurotic and imaginative little bat-spirit.
Haila glanced at Hao Ren expressionlessly, with some searching in her eyes. Hao Ren was also not polite, and said directly: "You are a survivor of the Nordic gods."
Hella continued to be expressionless and nodded.
"You were there when the space chain of Ugudora Hill exploded, and you escaped from the big bang?"
Hella continued to nod.
"Do you know where the remaining space debris is after the 'Nine Kingdoms' exploded? Any clues are welcome."
The expression on Hela's face finally changed: "Are you looking for the whereabouts of the Nine Kingdoms?"
As soon as Hao Ren heard her answer, his heart moved immediately: the other party did not deny those space fragments, but asked him if he was looking for them. The implication was that the remains of the Nine Kingdoms really existed? !
Originally, he just called this Nordic survivor over to ask casually, and didn't hold out much hope, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of surprise!
"Those nine spaces really still exist?!" Hao Ren's eyes were burning, "Do you know the situation of Walter Alheim and Jotunheim?"
Hela looked suspiciously at Hao Ren, but when it came to the historical relics that had been completely reduced to ruins, she didn't intend to hide it: "Even the relatively simple 'God Realm' like Mount Olympus can survive the explosion. The next few fragments, not to mention the space chain of Ugudora Hill. At the beginning, the demon hunters only destroyed the branches of the world tree connecting the nine kingdoms and the main material world, so that these different spaces were separated from the main material world, but they did not These different spaces themselves were not destroyed."
Destroying a kingdom is a completely different concept from destroying the space in which the kingdom resides. Just as human weapons can easily destroy human civilization itself, but cannot shake the foundation of the earth, demon hunters can only destroy Warner and Asa gods , but it is impossible to completely destroy the nine different spaces, which is consistent with Hao Ren's guess!
"The different spaces of the Nine Kingdoms should still exist, and Walter Alheim and Jotunheim are no exception," Hela continued, "but their link with the main material world has been broken. If you want to find them ... difficult."
Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "Hearing your tone, what do you think you can do?"
Hela hesitated for a moment, and Vivian put her hands on her shoulders: "No matter what you have, it's best to let us try. Maybe those things won't work in your hands, but they will work in our hands." It's different."
Hela frowned, and there was no change in expression on her cold face, but she obviously weighed it. Finally, she lifted her hands out of thin air, and a metal object quickly emerged from the air with a hissing current.
"This is the tip of Gungnir's spear." (To be continued~^~)