Chapter 1 Besemos?!

"Besemos?!" Heathera's eyes widened as soon as she heard the name. "He dares to steal the key?!"

Nangong Wuyue, breathing slightly, quickly crawled to the vampire's side to check his injuries, preparing to use her Siren talent to heal him. However, she soon strangely discovered that the vampire had no wounds at all: "Where are you hurt?"

The male vampire, leaning against the pillar and feigning weakness, froze and awkwardly turned his head away: "Internal injuries, internal injuries... I'll take care of it myself."

Heathera went up and kicked him in the stomach: "You're playing dead again, aren't you? Still pretending in front of me?! Get up and explain what happened!"

The male vampire was kicked down by Heathera, this time almost getting real internal injuries. He grimaced as he got up, not even blushing: "I was playing dead so I could report back to you when you returned..."

Hao Ren had no idea how to evaluate Heathera's bizarre subordinates, but this was obviously not the time to complain. Beside him, Gene quickly checked the fatal wounds on several of his closest subordinates, nodding solemnly to Heathera: "The wounds were caused by high-level Shadow Blades."

Heathera looked angrily at the chaotic scene: "Is Besemos crazy?! Is he openly declaring war on both families?"

"Could the energy storm in the other dimension just now be the reason?" Hao Ren suddenly realized many things. When Gene and Heathera heard his words, they also showed a realization, gnashing their teeth. Heathera kicked the only surviving subordinate on the scene: "Go back and tell everyone to get their weapons ready to smash Besemos' place! Prepare the holy water and everything else. The Heathera family hasn't fought anyone in three years, and everyone thinks we're easy to bully, right?!"

"Calm down. You probably won't gain any advantage by rushing over there rashly," Gene quickly grabbed Heathera. "Besemos knows even more about the ruins than we do, and he dares to openly steal the key and try to trap you and me in the other dimension. This means he's been preparing for a long time!"

Heathera glared at Gene: "Old fogey, what do you suggest? Wait for that grandson to continue making things worse?"

Gene frowned and pondered slightly, turning his head and shouting at the corpses on the ground: "Andrea! Stop playing dead! Go back and tell everyone to prepare for war with the Besemos family. Also, have William scout out the news to see what the Shadow Demons are up to. Act after finding out what's going on."

A glamorous woman immediately jumped up from the corpses on the ground, nodded to Gene, and spread her bat wings, flying towards the dark city.

Heathera glanced silently at Gene: "...Turns out you're not having an easy time either."

"Shut up."

Hao Ren: "..." He felt that he couldn't adapt to the atmosphere of this place. Whether it was the corpses on the ground or the aliens who treated matters of life and death as jokes, they had a huge impact on his human values. He felt that he should find a place to be quiet and think about whether there was something wrong with these guys' brains.

Soon, the sound of huge wings flapping came from the dark night sky. A group of vampires from the Heathera family arrived on the hill. They had received the news and came to deal with the scene. Heathera grabbed one of them and asked anxiously, "What are those Shadow Demons doing?"

"The Shadow Demons in the city are all gone," the grabbed low-level vampire replied quickly. "We just received the news and found that the Besemos family has gathered everyone back in their lair. The area occupied by the Shadow Demons has been sealed off, and the little bats sent to scout have been shot down."

"Any other movements?"

"Not for now."

Heathera let him go: "Quickly clean up here, then go home and get your weapons. We're going to have a big fight today."

Then she turned her head and nodded to Hao Ren and the others: "Are you helping or not? If you're not helping, you can leave now. If you're helping, come back with me."

Once this girl became decisive, it was as if she had changed into a different person. Hao Ren finally saw the momentum of Vivian from back when she nearly destroyed half the city in this smaller, childish version of her. Without saying a word, he nodded: "Of course we'll help – the few of us were almost roasted by the energy storm just now!"

The group quickly returned to the Heathera family's residence in the city. Even Gene followed along: The Heathera family's residence was closest to the hill where the Parthenon was located, while the Lucas family was still on the other side of the city. Gene simply went to Heathera's house first to discuss the next steps and prepare to return to his side later to sit in command.

On the way, Hao Ren also figured out what the Besemos family was all about, as well as the information he had gathered about the incident so far:

Shadow Demons are creatures between humans and demons. Some speculate that they are the descendants of demons and humans, while others speculate that their ancestors were once fanatical human wizards who were cursed and corrupted into new creatures because they were obsessed with studying the power of demons. Like most aliens, Shadow Demons can transform into human form, but they also have a half-demon battle form. They are extremely proficient in shadow power and various curse spells, and have a vitality second only to werewolves, making them a very difficult opponent.

But the most famous thing about Shadow Demons is their greed – greed for energy, greed for power, greed for forbidden knowledge. Shadow Demons are creatures who will do anything for power and cannot resist the temptation of shadow power and various forbidden knowledge. They have launched countless wars with other aliens and even their own kind in history, most of which were to seize power or knowledge. Their thirst for power is reminiscent of pure-blooded demons, and their enthusiasm for forbidden knowledge inevitably reminds people of those mad human wizards. No wonder some people suspect that their ancestors were a group of humans who signed a contract with demons.

However, after the collapse of the mythological era, the Shadow Demons, like other aliens, went into hibernation. After all, they are not fools, and they know how to bow their heads in the face of the world situation. The Shadow Demons, who were forced to hide in shelters, became slightly more peaceful and began to coexist with other races. But no matter what, they are always a dangerous bunch.

It's just that alien races are basically not very safe. Whether it is the blood-thirsty vampires or the easily violent werewolves, or a few free demons, these races are like powder kegs that explode at the slightest touch. Sometimes they explode on their own to relieve themselves and others, so since everyone is not very peaceful, no one will say much about the Shadow Demons mixing in various shelters. It's just that, given their notorious capriciousness and greedy nature in history, other races are more vigilant about these guys.

The Besemos family is the only Shadow Demon force in Shadow Athens – usually, this race will not allow other Shadow Demon forces to exist around them, so there is usually only one Shadow Demon family in each shelter. At the same time, they are an old force like the Lucas family. Their leader, Besemos, has been alive since the establishment of Shadow Athens. In Heathera's words, he is an old stubborn and monster even more annoying than Gene Lucas.

After the news of the Heathera family's discovery of the ruins spread, Besemos coveted this treasure trove and had repeatedly tried to get involved in this matter for various reasons. However, Heathera cleverly shared the secret of the ruins with the Lucas family from the beginning. Although this made her unhappy, the two vampire families united could completely occupy the ruins, which was better than letting Besemos get involved. Everyone knows the nature of the Shadow Demons. If they are allowed to enter the ruins, then there is no hope of this place being preserved intact.

However, they still underestimated Besemos's mobility and courage. Even Gene Lucas did not expect that old guy Besemos would dare to openly seize the key, and even planned to trap the two Blood Clan chiefs in another dimension.

Seizing the key is easy, but then what? Heathera and Gene's forces are still there, and they will not collapse because the two leaders are missing. Even if they fall into chaos for a while, the Besemos family alone cannot resist them. Moreover, the ancient guardians of this city will not sit idly by and watch this situation. The Shadow Demon family in the city will immediately be strangled by the crowd. Or does Besemos want to hide in the ruins with a small number of confidants after seizing the key? Does he think he can gain unprecedented power in the ruins and sweep everything after coming out? This lucky-like idea is a bit far-fetched. Besemos is an old fox, and being able to live to this day certainly cannot be explained by luck.

Moreover, more importantly, Heathera and Gene have set up enough guards at the opening ceremony site to guard against emergencies – but Besemos seems to have brought all the top experts of his entire family to seize the key. This seizure is simply a gamble with the lives of the whole family. What exactly is in the ruins that is worth Besemos taking such a do-or-die path?

The Shadow Demon family's actions... are extremely abnormal.