Lily's strength should be her only advantage, no matter where the door opens, she can push it open anyway. After the heavy door of the family hall was violently demolished by her, Vivienne summoned a gust of wind to blow away the dust mist and the thick bloody smell that blocked everyone's eyes, and the situation in the hall could be seen at a glance.
Hao Ren was not surprised to see the same tragic situation as outside, and he finally found the main members of the missing demon hunters.
The hall was in a mess, and the dead Ancatero family members and demon hunter corpses were piled up chaotically. The dark yellow and black red blood had long since dried up, turning into large, disgusting stains on the floor and walls. Among these corpses, a large number of fragments of tables and chairs and broken dishes were scattered on the ground, and traces of a certain banquet could still be seen on the broken long table.
The vaulted dome of the hall was blasted out by some kind of powerful magic, and the chaotic sky light poured into the hall from the hole, casting an ominous dim light on everything in the hall.
"These should be the demon hunters brought by the elder Amtura. It seems that there are no survivors," Lily walked in the Shura field holding her nose, her tail raised up unconsciously, for fear of getting on the hair. Stained with blood, "many of them were killed by our own people."
Hao Ren and Vivian inspected the nearest corpses together. He found traces of burns by high-heat weapons on a middle-aged demon hunter, and found something like shrapnel from the wound of the deceased, but the direct cause of death of this demon hunter was a hole in his forehead. Judging by the magic power, this was caused by the piercing of the holy silver crossbow.
Vivien put her hand over the demon hunter's body, and a thin blood-red mist slowly floated on the corpse: "Seventeen wounds, seven of which are from the weapons of the demon hunter, and the other ten wounds should be Inflicted by the heat guns and radiation weapons of the Tana people, the fatal injuries came from one of our own people. There was no sign of shadows remaining. In addition, according to the conditions of the other dead around, the order of their death should be... "
Vivian professionally restored the battle that took place here a month ago. Hao Ren looked at her with some surprise: "I didn't expect you to be quite experienced in autopsy and case analysis?"
"After all, I've seen it a lot," Vivian said flatly. "Besides, I also deal with blood, and the secrets of the dead will be hidden in the blood."
At this time, a warm and gentle light suddenly rose from the side. As if turning into a light source, Hesperis summoned warm light to dispel the lingering cold atmosphere in the hall, and at the same time her eyes fell on the broken cups, plates, tables and chairs in the hall: "They should be on the way to the banquet All of a sudden."
Not only were there scenes of the melee between the demon hunters and the Tana people, but also banquet tables and a lot of rotten food. Although it is hard for ordinary people to believe that demon hunters and aliens will hold a banquet together, the evidence here is undeniable. Hao Ren remembered the information he got from Bai Huo: "It seems that it is just like what Bai Huo said, the Elder Amtura brought the demon hunter here for a peaceful visit."
"And the Ancattero family even set up a feast for these demon hunters," Wayne looked at the long broken tables. "The accident should have happened in the middle of the banquet. It should be that the seal of the family's suppression suddenly failed, and the shadow of chaos came out and attacked the people in the secret realm, leading to this big melee."
"Do you think this is a coincidence or someone did it on purpose?" Y'zaks asked in a deep voice. "In my opinion, if this is a coincidence, the timing is simply outrageous. The Ancatro family has guarded the seal for thousands of years. There was no accident, why did it get out of control when the demon hunter came to visit and the banquet between the two parties was in the middle? It seems to be waiting for everyone to be present before doing it."
Hesperis nodded slightly: "I think so too, the seal must have been destroyed by human factors."
"But could it be them?" Vivienne pointed at the demon hunters who died all over the place. "All the demon hunters died here too. I'm afraid there will be no survivors in the entire secret realm. If it was a man-made accident, the person who did it Probably died here too."
Wayne, like most orthodox aliens, has a huge prejudice and hostile attitude towards demon hunters, so he subconsciously wants to shift the responsibility to the latter: "Maybe this is what they planned. In order to eliminate the aliens, They will pay any price. Suicide attacks also…”
"Let the three elders bring a group of masters to carry out a suicide attack? Just to destroy a family that has nothing to do with the world?" Vivienne glanced at Wayne lightly, "Use your brains, what did you say about the Athens Sanctuary? Even if there are only two elders involved in the attack, it is still a frontal war."
Wayne was a bit at a loss for words, but he still tried to find a suitable reason for this accusation: "Maybe it's an extremist among the demon hunters, and it probably wasn't their plan."
"Could an extremist be able to break the seal while people aren't paying attention..." Vivienne didn't quite agree with this statement, "The seal is too unreliable."
"The key now is to find the original location of the seal," Hesperis interrupted Vivienne and Wayne, "to figure out where the Shadow of Chaos first emerged from."
"Just find where is the original battlefield." Vivian nodded, "This hall looks very suspicious—if the chaos first came from somewhere else. The elders and leaders in this hall They should run out to control the situation immediately, but now it seems that all the high-ranking demon hunters and family elders died in the hall, so the initial melee should be here, and then spread to other places in the secret realm."
Yi'zaks raised his eyebrows: "The original location of the seal may be in this hall... or underground?"
Hesperis mentioned a sentence from the sidelines: "A certain 'action' that may also lead to the destruction of the seal took place in the hall, so it became a catharsis for the Shadow of Chaos."
In any case, this hall should hide the biggest clue that cannot escape. Hao Ren and the others were very careful and continued to check every dead person and every trace of battle in the hall, hoping to restore the scene of the accident just a month ago from the chaotic situation.
Hao Ren noticed that Wayne was not far from him, so he asked casually, "By the way, do you know what the patriarch of the Ancatello family looks like?"
Wayne didn't seem to hear Hao Ren's words, but he frowned and looked puzzled: "Strange..."
Hao Ren raised his voice: "What's so strange? About Patriarch Ancatero?"
Only then did Wayne notice the people around him, and quickly explained: "It seems that there is no patriarch's body here."
"You said the patriarch of the Ancatero family is not here?" Hao Ren couldn't hide his surprise, "Are you sure?"
"His body hasn't been found yet," Wayne frowned. "It stands to reason that he must be here. The patriarch must appear at this kind of banquet."
Hao Ren rubbed his brows, guessed the whereabouts of the patriarch, and asked, "Did anyone find the bodies of the three elder demon hunters?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Elizabeth shouting not far away: "Uncle Ren, Uncle Ren, there's one here! It's Amtura!"
The crowd was greeted by the little devil, and found a strong gray-haired witcher dead under a golden pillar. He sat with his back against the pillar, staring at the hole in the ceiling with half-closed eyes. The blood had dried up, and the old hunter held a silver dagger tightly in his hand, but it was strange that there was no blood on the dagger: he did not seem to use this weapon to kill an enemy in the last moment of his life.
"This is Amtura?" Hao Ren felt that the old hunter did not look like an ordinary witcher in terms of clothes and manner, but he didn't know how little Elizabeth recognized him. "How are you sure?"
The little devil pointed to the dagger in the old hunter's hand: "His name is engraved on it!"
Hao Ren snorted, and lowered his head to check if Amtura had left any clues, but suddenly found something strange on the pillar behind him: "Wait a minute, there seems to be something hidden behind him."
As he spoke, he pushed the old hunter's body aside, and as expected, there was a line of scrawled words on the pillar:
"They were right, we were wrong."
The writing was engraved on it, no doubt left by the bloodless dagger in Amtura's hand. (to be continued~^~)