Except for a few people on Hao Ren's side who have no innate hostile attributes at all, the other demon hunters and Hesperis exchanged information, and finally found one thing: when they were in the family hall just now, everyone was Losing vigilance towards other people at the same time.
Or to put it more bluntly, just now everyone completely lost their innate hostile instincts at the same time.
The younger generation of witchers and aliens had the innate hostile response dissipated a few months ago, but the ancients like Hasselblad and Hesperis were hardly affected by this fading due to their bloodlines , but just now, without their own noticing, this innate hostile reaction completely disappeared, and it was at that moment that the Shadow of Chaos suddenly appeared.
It makes it hard not to connect the two things.
Hao Ren rubbed his chin: "Which of the two things is the cause? Is everyone's vigilance gone and the Shadow of Chaos takes advantage of it, or is it the Shadow of Chaos' activities that cause you to lose your innate hostility?"
"The nature of the shadow of chaos is to cause fights and frenzy, and it is impossible to suppress everyone's fighting spirit in turn, so the second possibility is not high." Vivienne shook her head immediately, "The first one... although there is no obvious contradiction, But why did everyone's innate hostility suddenly disappear?"
Hesperis glanced at Hasselblad and asked seriously, "Do you still want to do something now that you look at me?"
Hasselblad had no expression on his face: "There is no reaction at the moment."
"I still want to kill you a little bit," Hesperis crossed his arms, "but it has nothing to do with innate hostility, it's just to see you unhappy."
"It seems that everyone's hostile instinct is indeed gone," Vivienne's eyes fell on the other demon hunters. Those fighters were also at a loss and uneasy, even though the disappearance of hostile instinct made them face Hess. Perris and Vivienne were no longer so nervous when they were together, but this kind of thing that accompanied them all their lives, almost like breathing, suddenly disappeared, and no one felt a little strange. Can shake his head, "Tsk. It's just at this juncture. But anyway, I think the disappearance of the hostile instinct is related to the activities of the Shadow of Chaos. Those shadows are things aimed at people's hearts, maybe they are really specially selected Let's do it when our defenses are weakest."
There is no contradiction in these guesses, but it is really impossible to explain why everyone's hostile instincts disappeared at the same time just now. The only reason that could come to mind was—there might be something in the hall.
"Go back and investigate again." Hasselblad really thought of this, "There may be something in the hall that can eliminate the hostile instinct."
Everyone immediately turned back to the family hall, and Hasselblad held Bai Huo: "You use secret techniques to contact Tutanin, confirm their situation, and tell him what happened here. Tell him to pay attention to the shadow of chaos. Raid."
The situation in the family hall was no different from before. The large-scale exorcism ritual had no material impact, and those shadows of chaos were nothing more than images on the surface of objects. When all the dust settled, only the scattered furniture, objects and personnel remains remained here, as well as a faint white light lingering in the air with a holy atmosphere. The investigators began to search around for any objects or ritual remnants with magical reactions, while Hasselblad stood in the center of the family hall, looking up at the big hole that had been broken directly above, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Hao Ren walked over and asked, "What did you find?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I'm not used to it all of a sudden." Hasselblad sighed with a little emotion, "You know, the hunting instinct has been with me for thousands of years. It's like when a person is hungry, he will have an appetite when he sees food, and he is cut by a knife. It's a natural thing to feel pain. But now it's gone..."
When Lily heard what Hasselblad said when she passed by, she gritted her teeth: "It's hypocritical, I don't feel much, it's better if that instinct is gone."
If Lily hadn't reminded Hao Ren, he would have forgotten that this husky spirit also has a certain degree of hostility towards other races just like normal aliens. When eating.
Hasselblad laughed when he heard the words, and he didn't smile much: "Perhaps, the younger generation like you is probably really lucky, at least you can control your thoughts more easily. And at this time, it's easier than old guys like us Easier to adapt."
The impression that this old hunter left on Hao Ren was actually not very good. The latter always felt that he was a rigid and indifferent diehard. And he has a deep-rooted prejudice against heterogeneity, but at this time he suddenly felt that this Hasselblad seemed to have a little humanity. He didn't believe that this was an instant reversal just after he lost his hunting instinct, but he didn't have the hobby of listening to other people's thoughts, so he just casually made a few perfunctory remarks.
"Based on our experience just now, we can deduce what happened a month ago," Lily muttered as she looked at the situation in the hall, "Look at these banquet tables, the demon hunter and Ankat brought by Amtura The atmosphere of the Luo family must have been very good at the time, so they probably lost their hostile instincts all of a sudden, just like us, and then called out the shadow of chaos because of this."
Lily's words made Hasselblad nodded, and at this moment, Hesperis suddenly seemed to have discovered something: "Come and see this!"
Hao Ren and the others hurried over, only to see Hesperis standing in front of a banquet table at the top of the hall, holding a gorgeous golden cup in her hand, which was surprisingly big.
"Is there something wrong with this cup?" Hao Ren asked curiously. Just now everyone was busy investigating the state of the remains and the traces of the battle in the hall, but not many people really paid attention to these banquet tableware scattered everywhere.
"Do you think normal people drink with such a big thing?" Hesperis turned the cup over, and a large number of complicated runes and lines can be seen on its round base, "It seems It's a ritual item."
Then she pointed to some traces beside the banquet table and other strange items scattered on the ground: "It seems that a small-scale ceremony was held here. These cups and candlesticks are different from those on other tables, and they are not like the banquet itself. necessary."
Vivienne took the golden cup and noticed that there were still some red traces in it: the red wine in the cup had already dried up, but there were still some remnants. She smelled something suspicious from it: "It smells like the blood of a witcher, and the red wine was once mixed with blood."
Then she found another cup under the table: "... Sure enough, this one smells like blood from members of the Ancatero family."
Lily's first reaction was: "Are they asking for help here?"
Vivian stared at the husky: "Although I think what you said is quite reasonable, can you shut up?"
"The ceremony of exchanging blood, unfortunately the scene of the ceremony has been destroyed," Hasselblad bent down to check the banquet table that fell to the ground because of two broken legs. He found some subtle traces of runes on the table, but The rest of the table has been scorched, "Otherwise, we can understand the meaning of this ritual..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Bai Huo came in hurriedly: "Teacher, Master Tutan and the others are back, and..."
Hasselblad looked up and saw that Bai Huo had a different expression: "What's wrong?"
"They found the elder Andahel, but the elder's situation is a bit strange."
Hasselblad immediately let them in, and Hao Ren saw Tutan and the other two demon hunters walking into the hall, with Wayne following at the end. And in the middle of the three demon hunters, surrounded by a short figure covered in a dark purple cloak.
Wayne nodded to Vivienne, and was pulled aside by Hesperis to inquire about the situation in detail, while Hasselblad came to the side of the short figure and carefully lifted the other's hood: "Master Andahel By?"
After the hood was lifted, the face of the elder Andahel was revealed. Hao Ren saw that it was a woman in her thirties with long light gray hair and an oriental face. An ancient being of the same period as Hesperis, but just like other long-lived species, the years did not leave too many marks on her face. It's just that the situation of this Andaher elder is indeed abnormal as Bai Huo said.
She had a dazed look on her face and didn't respond to the surrounding environment. Even if Hasselblad greeted her, she just looked up blankly and couldn't even speak.
Looks silly. (to be continued~^~)