The moment Heatherana's voice sounded, Vivienne trembled, and then she was about to disintegrate into a bat on the spot and hide in a corner of the corner—this has completely developed a conditioned reflex. But fortunately, Hesiana finally remembered that this occasion seemed inappropriate to fly over to prpr. The bear boy just jumped up from the conference table and then stiffly stayed where he was, and then greeted Hao Ren and the others in the normal way with a stiff expression.
Vivienne was slightly relieved after confirming that Heatherana would not suddenly pounce on her and hug her fiercely, and only then did she have the time to look around at the dozen or so people in the meeting hall.
Everyone sitting beside the gorgeous wooden conference table had an unusual aura. A dozen people, men, women, young and old, were all looking at Vivienne and Hao Ren in unison. Several of them are familiar faces - apart from Hessiana, there are shelter family patriarchs like Gene Lucas, while the rest of them look very strange, Hao Ren guessed that they should be Hess The greats that Perris mentioned from the other shelters.
There are only a dozen people sitting in the huge conference hall, which seems too empty in itself, and these dozen people are obviously divided into several groups. They are scattered in twos and threes in all directions of the conference round table, keeping a distance from each other. distance. No doubt this was because they came from different races, the furthest apart being vampires and werewolves, and the rest didn't seem to get along very well.
Hao Ren has fully adapted to the tens of thousands of years of hostile relationship with aliens.
After looking around, Vivian realized that she could only recognize less than half of the people, so she resolutely gave up recalling the names of the remaining people from her mind. She led Hao Ren and Yizaks to find a few seats at the round table and sat down without any embarrassment or restraint of suddenly breaking into the venue: "Hi everyone, long time no see, do you know me?" I'm Vivienne Ansesta."
Vivienne's attitude seemed calm and even a bit strong, which was a trait she rarely showed at home, but Hao Ren wasn't surprised at all at this time: she would always show this when facing other aliens. This is the unconscious aura of the oldest vampire when facing the "junior". If she doesn't appear a little stronger, she will be rejected in a heterogeneous society that respects seniority and seniority.
The people in the venue did not show any dissatisfaction with Vivienne. Moreover, an elegant middle-aged man in a black suit stood up with a smile on the opposite side of the round table, and bowed to Vivienne in an elegant and respectful manner: "Please forgive my slowness. Countess Ansesta, I just now Caught in shock—didn't expect you to suddenly appear in this place, you have been silent in the world for over a century."
The behavior of this middle-aged man seemed to be a signal, and immediately everyone around the round table stood up. Although they came from different races and forces, and even came from the camp that was opposed to vampires, these people still paid tribute to Vivian. greeting. The vampires bowed respectfully. The werewolf nodded slightly to pay the minimum level of greeting, and even the family patriarchs who had been familiar with in the Athens sanctuary also greeted together at this time: the whole process was as solemn as a ceremony. Hao Ren even saw Hesperis, who came in last, bow slightly to this side.
There was a clatter of chairs in the conference hall, which startled Vivienne, and even Hao Ren and Lily who were beside her were stunned. The husky girl stared at Vivienne: "Wow, Bat, you're so proud of yourself!"
"Okay, okay, what age is this, you still pay attention to this..." Vivienne quickly waved her hand to let the group of people sit down, and looked curiously at the middle-aged man who stood up first, "Speaking of... Who are you from?"
The middle-aged man is sitting back down. After hearing Vivienne's words, she almost sat down on the ground without aiming. He coughed violently twice to hide his embarrassment: "Ahem, Countess Ansesta really likes to play... Oh yes, I remembered. You may have forgotten."
The middle-aged man seemed to suddenly recall Vivian's memory problem. He adjusted his clothes and introduced himself solemnly: "Wayne Walter, the elder of the blood clan from the North American shelter, my father was rescued by you. I also had the honor to meet you several times when I was young. At that time, you and our family We communicated frequently, but later the Walt family fell into disrepair, and we rarely saw you after we moved to North America. After the family rejuvenated, my father always wanted to contact you again, but he never did."
Hao Ren didn't understand anything else, he just understood the words "frequent contacts" and "family fortune". He immediately looked at Vivienne with a strange look, and thought that the woman next to him was really a sinful woman. ah…
Vivienne was also a little embarrassed. Seeing that the other suspected old acquaintances were about to introduce themselves, she was in a cold sweat. I don't know how many blood and blood feuds that have ruined the family. After the introduction of this circle of people, she is estimated to have to bear several hundred million in foreign debts. So he quickly interrupted: "Ahem, let's introduce myself slowly, I may not be able to remember—I came here for that kind of shadow monster, it is said to be called the shadow of chaos?"
Hesperis added: "The shelter where the Countess is staying was also attacked by the Shadow of Chaos. Two people were attacked, but they have already eliminated that thing by themselves."
The family patriarchs and elders at the scene immediately became agitated, and Hao Ren heard someone whispering: "It is said that the countess is currently living in Asia temporarily, but I didn't expect those monsters to have leaked there." The coordinates are different." "I was in South America three days ago..."
Hao Ren interrupted the conversation of these people with a dry cough: "Ahem, what exactly is that shadow?"
Some people at the scene seemed to have only noticed Hao Ren's existence at this time. When they saw Hao Ren for the first time, they probably thought it was a follower brought by Vivian, but they didn't expect him to ask questions on their own initiative. Seeing this, Gene Lucas and several Sanctuary family patriarchs briefly introduced Hao Ren's identity to the people around him, and then that Wayne Walter stood up: "It seems that the Countess of Ansesta I have forgotten about the shadow, so let me explain it for you. Our family was more or less an ally of the Ancatero family hundreds of years ago.
"The Shadow of Chaos is a strange creature that appeared in ancient times, that is, the early age of mythology. In fact, there are debates about whether it is a creature, but its mode of action is very similar to that of a creature. Regarding the form of this shadow, everyone Everyone should already know: it lives in the shadows, moves on the surface of objects, looks like a 'picture', it does not need to eat or rest, and it is extremely dangerous.
"Shadows of Chaos will indiscriminately attack supernatural races including demon hunters. They are good at lurking, and they are hard to defend against. Their attacks are invisible and substanceless. They can use magic to destroy the tissues in the target's body and cause serious mental damage. Trauma. This kind of shadow can hide in the shadows, and can also use the surface of various objects to move quickly, and it is almost impossible to destroy them with ordinary attacks.
"At present, the only effective way to fight against the shadow of chaos is to bind them with powerful shadow spells and exile them into the pure shadow space. They will slowly merge into the space itself in the pure shadow space. It dissipates by itself. It is also heard that the holy flame of the demon hunter can also fight against that kind of shadow, but there is no way to confirm it yet."
Wayne paused a bit when he said this, leaving time for Vivian and the others to ask questions and think. Hao Ren immediately seized the opportunity to ask, "Just now you said that the Shadow of Chaos only attacks supernatural races?"
"That's right," Wayne nodded slightly, "including the witcher and us."
By "we" he obviously means all kinds of aliens, including werewolves and vampires. Hao Ren immediately paid great attention to this information: "Human beings will not be attacked?"
"I haven't heard that the shadow of chaos will attack humans."
Hao Ren just wanted to say that he was a human being but he was also attacked. Then he thought about it and felt that he was now covered with alien technology and magical powers. He was really embarrassed to say that he was of human blood, so he swallowed the words Going back, but he thought quickly in his mind:
Only attack supernatural races? In other words, it only attacks those races that have crossed over from the dream plane. Could it be said that that kind of "shadow" is also affected by innate hostility
Vivian nodded to Wayne, motioning for him to continue talking.
"There is one more thing to explain about the power of the shadow of chaos: the most dangerous thing about that kind of shadow is not their lethality, but their maddening ability. After being attacked by the shadow of chaos, your mind will be affected, and your mind will be affected. Falling into madness quickly..." (to be continued~^~)