With a tall and muscular figure, a rigid face, and that iconic one-eyed eye, the elder demon hunter who just arrived here has an appearance that Hao Ren is very familiar with—it is none other than Hao Ren's outfit. Original owner, Hasselblad!
Of course, it was Hasselblad six hundred years ago.
The moment Hao Ren saw this old hunter appear, he almost jumped up, and his first reaction was to hide all his witcher disguises as much as possible—however, the sword and hand crossbow could still be put away, and his clothes and Badges that must be used to mark one's identity cannot be hidden, especially clothes. He can't run in front of the public, can he
At this moment, he regretted so much why he had to change into this suit before...
But no matter how regretful he is, he can only think about it. Hao Ren also knows that in order to increase the success rate of being tricked in, he had to wear a full set of clothes on himself, even though he knew in advance that there was an elder demon hunter. Nearby he would do the same.
But who the hell knew that the elder witcher was Hasselblad!
Hasselblad also saw Hao Ren, the only demon hunter with an unfamiliar face at the scene. Hao Ren's oriental face was not a problem, because the demon hunters themselves were a race that did not have the tendency of blood in appearance. The appearance of the people around him will change into the local standard appearance within a period of time (of course they can also actively stop this process), and this process does not require any external force such as deformation and camouflage. Hao Ren has an oriental face. It can only show that he may have been active in Asia for a long time. What Hasselblad is really interested in is the clothes on this safari...
Why does it look so familiar
"Are you the safari?" Although Hasselblad was a little puzzled in his heart, he still didn't show it on his face out of politeness.
"I salute you, elder," Hao Ren also tried his best to suppress the suddenness in his heart, trying to greet the elder with the attitude that a safari should have after seeing the elder from Corpus under normal circumstances. Although lone wolf hunters live in isolation and are not easy to get along with, they are still members of the big group of demon hunters. They still have to show enough respect after meeting high-level demon hunters, "I think your hunting group and I There were some conflicts between them."
After he finished speaking, he stopped talking, for fear that he would make Hasselblad six hundred years ago suspicious by saying one more nonsense. At the same time, he also winked at Lockheed next to him, signaling the other party to open up and explain the matter clearly. .
Lockheed really cooperated. This single-minded demon hunter probably really felt that his reckless actions tonight had spoiled the big deal, so he simply told the story and tried to take all the responsibility on himself. What's even more commendable is that some details that Hao Ren didn't know how to arrange to be perfect, let this Lockheed fill in his own brain supply. I can't bear the thick skin, I feel that it's a bit too unkind to fool such an honest and honest person...
Hasselblad understood the whole story after listening to Lockheed's narration, his one-eyed lingering on Lockheed for a moment, his tone serious: "Inadvertent mistake is also a fault, I will record your mistake this time."
Then he looked at Hao Ren again: "Wanderer, I apologize for the damage caused by this reckless action, but I don't think it's time to go into the details, and the top priority is to make up for the loss. Those witches have escaped from our encirclement , I just learned that there is not only a werewolf among them, but also a suspected vampire. Although it is not clear how the werewolf and vampire co-exist forcibly, such a combination is obviously quite tricky. We need to cooperate to complete this hunt. "
Hao Ren had been waiting for the other party's words for a long time, and immediately nodded without talking nonsense: "I agree with your judgment."
"Now the moon has risen," Hasselblad looked up at the night sky. After the fog had completely dissipated, a round of near-full moon was hanging high above his head. "Under the moonlight, both werewolves and vampires will become more difficult to deal with. I'm afraid they won't be able to catch up with them, but they can't run too far overnight—and according to your information, their goal is the sleeping place of the ancient vampires, so unless they give up this goal, they won't go far either."
"They may go to that sleeping place next," Hao Ren nodded, "but I don't know the exact location of that sleeping place."
But I didn't expect Hasselblad to smile slightly when he heard this: "Don't worry, I have roughly investigated the location of the sleeping place. If it is correct, it is in the ruins of an old castle, and in this area...abandoned There are not many castles."
Hao Ren was startled in his heart: These demon hunters have already investigated this far? !
He forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, but only showed some appropriate expressions of surprise: "Oh? You have already investigated this? Then the next action will be much easier."
Hasselblad nodded, and at the same time sighed softly: "To be honest, I didn't expect that a group of aliens were also trying to get that ancient vampire's idea, and they still have a way to open the seal... If they knew about your existence earlier, they would cooperate with you. It would save us a lot of trouble."
Hao Ren felt quite subtle in his heart, as if he had filled up the entire chain of clues with some nonsense, and then he was going to believe that nonsense...
The witches had already fled, and the hunt tonight was destined to end without a problem. Under Hasselblad's order, the witchers rested on the spot and settled down in this cemetery that was abandoned by the witches and whose magic power gradually dissipated, waiting for the attack at dawn. The gloomy cemetery is by no means a good place for ordinary people to camp, but for the witchers who have been dealing with dark forces all year round, any piece of flat ground can be used as an excellent camp. Broken and toppled tombstones were little more than decoration in the camp.
The size of a hunting group is not large. After a rough observation, Hao Ren judged that the number of this group of demon hunters was only fifty or sixty people. Compared with the crusaders in the age of mythology, this can only be regarded as a small team.
However, for the witches led by Mrs. Mary, it was a catastrophe.
A bonfire was lit in the cemetery, and the power of the Leta rune was infused into several sculptures that were still intact, turning them into stone statue guards who watched the night, wandering around the cemetery together with the night hunters.
Hao Ren and several demon hunters were sitting at a long table in the middle of the cemetery, discussing the hunt. There were still food and drinks on the long table that the witches had no time to take away, but every witcher just gnawed on the dry food he brought, and had no interest in these sumptuous banquets: in their eyes, these foods were full of black The smell of magic is simply unbearable.
Hao Ren's evaluation of this was hypocritical—but he had to be hypocritical at this time, anyway, he was really not interested in the things on the table.
A witcher sneered when he saw a large pile of plates that were once used to hold meat that had been swept away on the table: "These witches have quite a lot of food."
Hao Ren: "..."
Lily ate it all by herself...
Suppressing the embarrassment in his heart, Hao Ren looked at Hasu who was sitting next to him: "If possible, can you tell me who is that ancient vampire you are tracking?"
Hasselblad's one-eyed flashed a trace of solemnity: "You should have heard of a name, the oldest vampire, Vivienne Ansesta."
really!
Hao Ren suppressed the impulse in his heart, and made a look of surprise: "The poorest one?"
"Yes, the poorest one."
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
Even Hasselblad subconsciously picked up on this weird remark...
"Ahem, the countess who brought in Red Moon, I'm afraid there are not many demon hunters who don't know her reputation," Hao Ren quickly broke the deadlock with a dry cough, "Are you planning to hunt her this time? Demon hunters don't always treat her well." Did she stay away from it?"
Hasselblad adjusted his sitting posture, with a more serious expression on his face than usual. His one eye was fixed on Hao Ren until the latter thought that the old hunter saw something: "We are not here to hunt. Killed her."
This time Hao Ren's surprise was genuine: "It's not for hunting? Then what are you doing here?"
"You should know that she is an ancient who often falls into a deep sleep," Hasu said looking at Hao Ren, "and also an ancient who occasionally falls into extreme rage and is unpredictable. She is already sleeping in this place For two centuries, it was a long slumber even for her—it was unusual."
"unusual?"
"Corpus has been keeping an eye on this maverick countess, and after two centuries of absence from the world, we realized something was wrong and launched an investigation. Not long ago, we confirmed that she is not dead , but a long sleep in one place, in the follow-up investigation, we discovered this area, and detected a very strong fluctuation of negative power around here... "
Hao Ren suddenly felt a sense of vigilance: "Negative power?"
"An old hunter like you should have heard of this kind of negative power." Hasu glanced at Hao Ren, "The countess will go crazy occasionally, and when she goes crazy, this kind of negative power will dominate the entire area... "
"That is to say..."
"There may be something wrong with the countess's dormancy. She is going berserk in her sleep, and now... she is about to wake up. According to my inference, there is a 80% or 90% chance that she will wake up with a frenzy."
Hasselblad was talking about his investigation and speculation, but Hao Ren had already thought of another answer that might be closer to the truth:
Vivienne's evil body is taking shape! The violent Vivian that Hasselblad said was not the real Vivian, but an evil thought body!
Hao Ren is quite sure about this, because he has letters to testify: Vivienne will go berserk only before falling into a deep sleep, and she must be awake after waking up (it is not the case that someone wakes up early and gets up angry). count), so there is only one possibility for the negative force emerging at this moment: a new body of evil thoughts.
No wonder the demon hunters would take the initiative to trouble Vivienne, no wonder Hasselblad, an old hunter who had been taught by Vivienne several times, would take such a big risk to lead the hunting group here—they were here to stop Vivienne Ann's evil thoughts!
"Do you think you can beat her?" Hao Ren frowned. Demon hunters probably don't know the existence of the evil thought body, but even if they don't know the evil thought body, they should know how terrifying Vivian is. In this era, the crusaders directly organized by Corpus have never won against Vivian."
"Of course we can't win. Once the red moon comes, the gap between the countess and ordinary creatures is no longer measurable. So far, no one has any way to fight against the power of the moonlight," Hasselblad admits frankly After pointing this out, but then changed the subject, "We don't expect to win her, our plan is to stall for time - first lead her to a place far away from human habitation, and then try to last as long as possible in her moonlight , because the madness of the countess will not last for too long, especially when she just woke up, this kind of madness only lasts for a moment, as long as she can survive this moment, the task will be completed."