The alien world is as complex as human society, and they share intrigues and factional rivalries, if not more. Even in today's precarious situation, many heterogeneous families have not been able to cooperate openly and honestly: this may be related to the too long history of most of their families. The history of most heterogeneous families has continued from the age of mythology to the present, and many frictions and feuds have accumulated over thousands of years, and even if there is no gap between the two families, they are bound by thousands of years of ancient traditions. As for not being able to fully cooperate. This is also why such powerful aliens are defeated by the demon hunters and the Church of Humanity one by one - they have too many races, and there are really many factions, no matter what, they are all in a state of disunity.
In this ancient and mysterious European city, there are several relatively powerful heterogeneous families and a dozen weak families living together. From the overall situation, they are a mutual support partnership, but this is only limited to facing the demon hunter. In such a common threat, in addition to this premise, the heterogeneous families in the city of Athens have always had various forms of open and secret struggles. Of course, they are not too stupid, so the patriarch of each family will control these battles within a certain range. They usually compete for some territory or leadership in the city, and when there are special major discoveries—such as When the relics discovered this time—they compete for the greatest distribution of benefits.
"Who is the most powerful person here now?" Vivienne frowned and looked at Heather Anna. She hadn't been to this city for a long time, and even if she came here hundreds of years ago, she was passing by in a hurry. The strange vampire who comes and goes alone has never paid attention to the power struggle of the aliens at all, and she is at a loss about the situation here.
Heather Anna broke her fingers and introduced: "Of course the most powerful is the Lucas family. After all, the old blood family, then the shadow demon Bethemos and the others, and then my family, but I and Besemo There is actually not much difference between the Sri Lankan forces. It’s just that they are a bit older than me. Then there are some guys who are not very popular, and even if they have any ideas about the ruins discovered this time, we can only wait for us to divide the things.”
"Is that old ghost of Bethemos still alive..." Vivian grinned, "Now the ruins are under the control of you and the Lucas family? Behemoth won't make trouble?"
"I found the ruins, but when I opened the door, I asked Lucas's family to help. So the entrance was divided equally between our two families. Of course, Bethemos wanted to take advantage of it, but the nature of Shadow Demon... Hehe, you can also I know, if they want to intervene, it will definitely not be as simple as taking a 'point', so the old stubborn Lucas family and I will suppress those guys for the time being, but it will not last long, even if they use strong They will also forcibly break into the ruins."
"How is your relationship with the Lucas family?" Vivian asked curiously. "Haven't you already cooperated? Why did you just say that they are non-violent and non-cooperative..."
When Heatherana mentioned this, she became angry: "This is what I want to say! They bully people because of their seniority! Now they control the entrance of the ruins with me, but their attitude is obviously that they have already regarded themselves as The owner of the ruins! And with the Lucas family's creed of "blood race first", they will definitely not allow anyone who is not a blood race to enter the ruins. They are willing to share it with me for the time being. I was also the one who entered—they can’t just take credit for it with a thick face.”
At the end of Hessiana's speech, she glanced at Hao Ren and the others, and the meaning was obvious: These people are not blood clans, and the Lucas family will not allow these people to get involved in the ruins.
"They invited me." Hesperis smiled subtly, "I'm not a blood clan, but the current patriarch of the Lucas family will respectfully salute me as a junior when he sees me. Moreover, the entrance to the ruins is near the temple of Athena, which is strictly speaking my family's territory... Although the Olympus family has dissipated, as long as my heir is still in the Greek peninsula, they will have to follow up on the ruins. I say hello. People in the Lucas family are like this: stubborn, self-respecting, arrogant, but inappropriate in this day and age, sticking to the gentlemanly demeanor and etiquette of many years ago. If you really want to go to the ruins, you should be able to start from this aspect : Vivian's qualifications carry great weight in front of the patriarch of the Lucas family. If you ask, they should consider it."
Vivienne nodded thoughtfully, and Hao Ren got a general understanding of the situation of the main forces in the city and what kind of people the Lucas family was. He felt that the Lucas family should be the so-called "rooted and young" vampires, and they were arrogant enough. Indifferent enough, disgusting enough. But at the same time, it maintains enough gentlemanly demeanor and strict etiquette in a very subtle place-it can't be liked, but it can always feel good about itself. Although such a group of "people" is quite troublesome for Hao Ren, he has to admit that they fit the image of vampires in Hao Ren's original impression. Vivienne and Heather Anna are two living treasures that make him unbelievable that they belong to the vampire race. normal guy...
"If you want to find the stubborn Lucas family, I'll arrange it for you," Heatherana said.
Vivienne and Hao Ren exchanged glances and nodded, then Hessiana immediately snapped her fingers, and layers of black phantoms appeared in the air. After the phantoms dispersed, a tall and thin man in a black windbreaker Appearing in front of everyone, this pale vampire should be Heather Anna's servant. He quickly glanced at everyone silently, then pressed his right hand on his left chest and bowed deeply to his mistress: "What's wrong with mistress?" orders?"
"Go and tell the stubborn Lucas family that the 'Countess who brought the Red Moon' wants to see him. Remember, be tougher and higher, you are sending a message for the most senior old man in the world. From the very beginning, calm down those guys who are used to looking at people with their nostrils. Well, don't say 'ask for an interview', just say 'acceptance', it is Vivienne who wants to 'interview' him, understand?"
The male vampire bowed again, with a gentle and calm voice: "Mistress, what if they get upset and want to kill me?"
Hesiana thought for a while: "Then you run quickly, usually they won't bother chasing you under such circumstances."
The male vampire nodded with a serious expression, and turned into a large group of bats and flew out from the open glass window not far away. Hao Ren stared at it for a moment: "Is this okay too?"
Heather Anna proudly raised her chest: "My Heather Anna family is the most famous flexible faction among blood clans!"
Lily poked Vivian's arm: "... It's really the meat that fell from your body."
"If you say this again, I will really bite you!"
"Just bite, you still compare your teeth to me? I'm afraid of you because you eat by your teeth!"
Hao Ren said, "Can't you be quiet at a time like this? It's serious business, okay?"
At this moment, a strange sound of bells came from nowhere, it was not very loud but seemed to ring directly in everyone's minds, giving people the feeling that the soul-stirring bells sounded from the other side of the River Styx, Hao Ren couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but feel that the layers of mist dissipated in the ringing of the bell. Hesperis stood up: "You continue to chat, there are guests coming, I will entertain them."
As she said that, her figure gradually faded, and finally turned into a vague phantom whose outline could hardly be seen without looking carefully. At the same time, the door of the antique shop was pushed open. The same is such an extremely blurry and transparent phantom. Hao Ren looked more curiously, and found that the person who walked in seemed to be a man dressed in modern clothes—suits and leather shoes, which was incompatible with the weird atmosphere of the antique shop and the shadowy scenery outside.
The figure seemed completely unaware that there was a group of people in the store, and he went straight to the counter, talking with the image of Hesperis.
"That's the scene of the real world," Heatherana noticed the curious look on Hao Ren's face and explained, "This is actually the intersection of the shadow intermediary and the real world. The shop of Senior Hesperis exists at the same time." In the shadow interlayer and the real world, when the bell rings, she can directly shuttle between the real world and the shadow world without being affected by the shadow interlayer. In addition, this is also one of the entrances to the deeper shadow world. If you If you want to go deeper, you must get her consent here, so she is also called the 'Fortress Gatekeeper' by us-but she doesn't seem to like this title very much."
"Uh... Anyway, it's amazing." Hao Ren was convinced.
The world of magic and the occult...it's just amazing.
(Let me think about it... Well, the double monthly pass is still in progress, and there is still a monthly pass to hurry up and clear the warehouse!) (To be continued~^~)