Chapter 1

It was obvious that the demon hunter elder Amutera had briefly broken free from the madness caused by the Shadow of Chaos before his death and left these last words. Judging by his posture before death, he had deliberately used his body to block the writing. His situation at the time must have been so bad that he could only leave these few words in a hurry, and these words were crucial.

"'They were right, we were wrong'..." Vivian thoughtfully repeated the words left on the pillar. "What does this mean?"

"The 'they' here should refer to the Ancataro family," Hao Ren said, recalling the things Bai Huo had told him, trying to connect the cause and effect of the demon hunters' visit to the Golden Estate. "The reason the demon hunters came to the Golden Estate was that they wanted to solve the problem of 'innate hostility,' so does 'wrong' here mean that the three elders' conjecture about the phenomenon of innate hostility was wrong?"

"So the Ancataro family being 'right' means that the Ancataro family found out the real reason for the innate hostility phenomenon?" Hesperus followed Hao Ren's train of thought. "Then, according to this sentence, can we infer that Amutera's demon hunter battalion and the Ancataro family were both studying the innate hostility phenomenon, and then both made great progress, but their respective research conclusions were different, so they decided to meet for a joint discussion. Then, it is likely that this research caused the Shadow of Chaos to run out of the seal, and the main fault was on the demon hunter's side—so Amutera's last words were 'they were right, we were wrong.'"

Hesperus's guess was reasonable, but Hao Ren somehow felt that the problem should not be so simple. He stroked his chin, looking at Amutera's body, and said slowly, "You mean, the demon hunters' and Ancataro family's research on the 'innate hostility' phenomenon ultimately led to the loss of control of the seal?"

"Didn't these demon hunters come to the Golden Estate for this matter?" Hesperus said with her arms folded. "And according to Amutera's last words, it is obvious that something went wrong with this matter."

"If that's the case, what is the connection between the Shadow of Chaos and the innate hostility phenomenon?" Vivian's expression became serious. "And what exactly did the people here do that they shouldn't have, which led to the destruction of the seal? Judging from the situation, the Shadow of Chaos ran out during the banquet. They wouldn't have been doing experiments while eating, would they?"

Wayne listened to Hao Ren and the others discussing these questions with a bit of confusion, and when he saw that even Hesperus, the "Goddess of Twilight" who was always known for her low profile and conservatism, could follow this topic, he was immediately confused: "You seem to know a lot about the innate hostility phenomenon?"

Vivian glanced at Wayne: "Don't you know?"

"Of course I know. All alien races are affected by this situation, and the innate hostility between the younger generation has been rapidly weakening recently, which is already a big topic," Wayne said as he looked at the demon hunters. "I just don't know what they want to do in this regard."

Hao Ren stared at Wayne for a while, and suddenly wanted to know what this traditional vampire thought about the chaotic situation among the various supernatural races today: "What do you think of the innate hostility phenomenon? Haven't you ever wondered why the supernatural races in the world have to fight and kill each other for no reason?"

Wayne opened his mouth and was about to say something when the data terminal suddenly jumped out of Hao Ren's arms: "Spatial periphery oscillation detected, a new gate has opened!"

"What is this thing?" Wayne stared blankly at the thing that ran out of Hao Ren's pocket, and immediately forgot what he wanted to say.

"This machine is high-tech, you wouldn't understand even if I told you," the data terminal swished twice in front of Wayne, and then opened a holographic projection of the radar view. Hao Ren saw that there were several small red dots moving towards here at the edge of the radar sensing range. "It seems that Bai Huo and the others have also found a way to open the gate."

"They are faster than expected," Vivian's expression did not change at all. The appearance of the demon hunters was expected. "Maybe we weakened the spatial blockade here when we opened the secret realm. Those demon hunters are best at this kind of tracking and cracking."

Wayne's curiosity about the data terminal was immediately replaced by the urgency of the impending battle. His eyes were instantly covered with blood, and two sharp fangs protruded slightly under his lips: "What do we do? Ambush them? Or set a trap?"

Vivian glanced at this junior lightly: "Who said we were going to fight? Have you forgotten what I told you before?"

"We'll wait at the door. There's no need to conceal our aura. We'll meet them openly," Hesperus said in a cold voice. "This place is too strange. Those shadows are still lurking somewhere. It's not good for anyone to fight in this situation—I hope those demon hunters can understand this."

Vivian nodded, turned and walked towards the door, but Wayne followed behind with a belly full of unease: "Is this okay?"

"If she says it's okay, then it's okay. If she can't do it, you can't do it either," Hao Ren patted Wayne on the shoulder carelessly. "Anyway, we're not afraid of a real fight."

Wayne was probably being patted on the shoulder and spoken to in this tone for the first time in his life, and he was a little unaccustomed to it. By the time he came to his senses, Hao Ren and his party had already reached the door. He smacked his lips as he looked at Hao Ren's back: "A bunch of weirdos."

Hesperus touched the scar on her forehead, and in some ways, she agreed with Wayne's feeling: "They are indeed quite strange."

At the same moment, Bai Huo and her mentor and companions were stepping into this golden world. It was their first time seeing the scenery of the Golden Estate, and this incredible place made the experienced hunters couldn't help but be a little stunned.

A bald man with a long windbreaker and dark skin walked at the front of the team, and the thick fog dissipated on its own dozens of meters away from him. He looked at the surrounding scenery with interest and said casually: "Although I have heard of the name of the Golden Estate for a long time, I didn't expect it to be really made of gold. Where did this Ancataro family get so much gold?"

Another demon hunter master heard this and replied casually: "It is said that they have the magic to turn sunlight into gold."

"That must be the layman's nonsense," the bald man chuckled. "That doesn't conform to the laws of physics."

This small team of demon hunters were all elite groups that had been working together for many years. They were experienced and good at dealing with various complex situations. The bold ones among them still seemed very relaxed in this strange environment. Bai Huo was also in the core of this elite force. She walked silently at the back of the team, seemingly indifferent to everything around her, only constantly vigilant about the movement in the thick fog, but her eyes seemed to be searching for something.

"Are there any traces left by them?" Hasu noticed his disciple's movements and slowed down, whispering beside Bai Huo.

Bai Huo shook her head slightly: "No. They may have entered from another entrance."

"According to the magical fluctuations we sensed before, they must be one step ahead of us," Hasu said in a deep voice, with a glimmer of light in his one eye. "That countess is personally involved in this matter. She wasn't such a high-profile person before, but now she is becoming more and more active."

"She seems to be just following that human named Hao Ren," Bai Huo said with a serious face, and then looked around with a little unease. "But is it really okay for us to hurry on so ostentatiously? Will there be an ambush?"

Bai Huo had contacted Hao Ren many times, and she had no grudges against the latter personally, but as a demon hunter, she was still worried about being ambushed at this time. On the contrary, her mentor seemed more at ease about this: "Don't worry, if it's that countess, she should be waiting for us in front, openly."

Indeed, just as Hasu said, Hao Ren and his party were standing openly in front of the Ancataro family's family hall, "welcoming" the arrival of this group of demon hunters with unprecedented candor.

The two teams encountered as scheduled in the small square in front of the family hall.

Izhaks stood extremely conspicuously at the entrance of the family hall, with Elizabeth on his shoulders. The resulting combination was as eye-catching as a road sign. On the demon hunter's side, the one walking in the front was the one-eyed dragon Hasu, and Bai Huo, who had striking silver hair.

Hao Ren's side was prepared, but the demon hunter's side was more or less surprised: Hasu had thought that Vivian would appear openly, but he didn't expect that she would also have someone next to her holding a sign that said "hello!"

That sign was something that Lily had made up her own mind to make. Hao Ren had kept a few meters away from this mentally ill husky, but he still felt that he was being illuminated by Lily's radiance like an idiot...

Get close to vermilion, and you'll turn red; get close to a husky, and you'll turn idiotic. When you encounter someone like Lily, you'll be idiotic even if you don't get close.