Chapter 1 Vivian's Request

Vivian cut to the chase, expressing her desire to see the ruins. Gene Lucas seemed surprised by this: "Are you also interested in this matter?"

"You mean the Day of Return?" Vivian raised an eyebrow. "I'm not interested in the Day of Return, I'm interested in the ruins themselves—after all, I'm from that era. Now I'm curious which old fogey's grave you guys dug up. Maybe I'll see something familiar."

Vivian was quite reliable when she got down to business. Naturally, she couldn't mention the real reason why everyone was interested in the ruins, but she could always find a bunch of legitimate reasons to demand that Gene Lucas open the ruins. The other party had no doubts: "Of course, you are a Blood Clan elder, the most ancient one alive since the age of myths. No one is more qualified to enter those ruins than you. In fact, we have also invited other qualified ancient ones, such as Hesperus, the legitimate heir of the Greek peninsula, and Gunnr, the guardian from the age of myths, but they refused. I hope you can understand that this is not due to our lack of courtesy."

"Oh, that's all minor stuff. That cunning old Hesperus is waiting for you to explore the path. Gunnr is only interested in raising birds on herself," Vivian said, pointing to Hao Ren and the others beside her. "What I want to say is—these people are going in with me. They are not all Blood Clan."

Sure enough, Gene's expression became subtle when he heard this. His previously agreeable demeanor froze awkwardly on his face.

"Are these people your friends?" Gene looked curiously at Wang Yizaks Daquan, who had the highest presence among the group. "May I ask what races these people are?"

"Race isn't important, they're all kinds anyway," Vivian glanced at Lily with a grin, scaring the latter into a shiver before continuing, "I'm just asking if you have any objections. Anyway, these people are all reliable, and they're not very interested in your power or treasures, just like me. They're here to watch the fun."

Gene's expression quickly turned serious, and he sat up straight. "Your Excellency, I hope you can understand: the ruins discovered this time are of great significance. They should first belong to their discoverers, that is, the Blood Clan. And even if we don't discuss the issue of ownership, the current situation is too sensitive. We must ensure that it remains absolutely confidential before we excavate most of the value of the ruins, and we must not leak the news and let the Demon Hunters get wind of it..."

Vivian frowned. "Are you suspecting that my friends have unclear origins? Hesperus isn't even as troublesome as you."

Hao Ren looked at Lucas strangely, feeling that the other party's uncooperative attitude was a bit inexplicable. Indeed, it was normal for an orthodox vampire to be somewhat repelled by other races, but now that Vivian, this ultimate old senior, had come forward as a guarantor, Gene's attitude was a bit worthy of scrutiny. His refusal had no justifiable basis. However, Gene's next sentence made Hao Ren suddenly understand: "Your Excellency, I am not doubting your judgment. It's just that... your consistent style is quite unique. I really don't dare to let the people you bring enter such an important place so casually at such a sensitive time."

Hao Ren sighed: Vivian's bizarre style of getting along with everyone except the Demon Hunters was indeed famous far and wide.

"This is a demon," Vivian pointed awkwardly at the people around her. "This is a siren, this is a landlord, this is a husky, this on the table is a fish... when did Dou Dou pop out?"

Hao Ren coughed twice. "She popped out a long time ago, but she seems a little shy. She was hiding in my sleeve just now."

Dou Dou looked up timidly at the circle of strangers around her, raised her hand and quickly greeted the air before scurrying back to Hao Ren. But this time, she didn't crawl back into his sleeve, but grabbed Hao Ren's collar and rubbed against him, probably asking for a hug. The surrounding vampires were stunned by this unprecedented little creature, but after all, they were heterogeneous creatures who had seen all kinds of strange phenomena, and their curiosity about Dou Dou was still able to be suppressed. Only Hesperiana stretched out her claws to scratch the little guy's tail but was swatted back by Vivian. Gene was stunned for a moment before he realized that Vivian's introduction was equivalent to not explaining anything at all. "I can see that it's a fish, but what do you mean by landlord? What is a husky?"

For the first time in her life, Lily was very grateful that she was a husky, so that at least when surrounded by vampires, she could euphemistically express that she was actually another species. But in the end, she couldn't muddle through to the end, because Vivian thought for a moment and told the truth: "The landlord is a human wizard, and the husky is a werewolf."

Gene and a group of vampires behind him were immediately shocked. One of the vampires even pointed at Vivian and exclaimed, disregarding the rules: "Your Excellency, are you joking?!"

Vivian sighed. "There's no way, she really is a werewolf, but she's very reliable."

"It has nothing to do with being reliable or not!" Gene waved his hand, appearing unusually stubborn. "How can the Blood Clan's property be tainted by werewolves—we discovered the ruins, there's no place for werewolves in there!"

When Lily heard this, even if she was timid before, she couldn't help it at this time. Her ears popped out with a "poof", and she slammed the table and shouted at the person opposite her: "What's wrong with werewolves! Werewolves have more dignity than you! More courage! More unity! Bigger tails than you—you don't even have tails! You just got lucky and found a feng shui treasure land, who said it belongs to you? And what kind of situation is this, and you're still so stubborn. The vampires on Hesperiana's side are smarter than you!"

Hao Ren admired Lily's integrity, but he really didn't understand where the glory of having a big tail came from...

The Lucas family's vampires were stimulated by Lily's sudden action and made defensive gestures. One of the less stable vampires even subconsciously showed his fangs. When Lily saw this situation, she didn't flinch at all, bravely stood behind Hao Ren and pushed the latter forward: "You want to fight? Who's afraid of who! Which one of you dares to stand up and fight us one-on-one first? Just line up, I'm not afraid of anyone—right, Landlord? Right, Big Guy? Right, Vivian? Right, Dou Dou..."

Nangong Wuyue felt very dissatisfied that her combat power was ranked behind Dou Dou, but she didn't say anything: who told her not to fight at all.

Vivian felt that if she didn't speak, this meeting would be completely ruined, and she had to stand up. "Everyone be quiet, Lily, you sit down too. You're the first werewolf who's still so arrogant when surrounded by a room full of vampires. I'll count you as brave, okay? Gene, I'll just ask you one question: does my face not work?"

Gene seemed quite stubborn, even stubborn to the point that Hao Ren, a human, couldn't understand his thinking. "This is a matter of principle. I can tolerate living in the same city with werewolves, but I can't let them touch the ruins—you don't understand the situation of the ruins, please don't mistakenly think that the younger generation is blindly stubborn. It's really that the ruins are too special. It contains primeval power that has never been recorded even in the age of myths, and it may even be the 'Ancient Kingdom' in the Day of Return prophecy... In short, I can't accept a werewolf being involved. Senior Vivian, your style is too unconventional, I can't criticize a senior, but I hope you can understand that not everyone can accept your actions."

"Let me say a few words," Hao Ren, who hadn't said anything, couldn't help but voice his doubts. "Are racial concepts that important? The Demon Hunters are about to wipe out all the aliens on Earth, and you're going to bite each other until the last moment of the end of the world? I think it's simply stupid."

Yizaks crossed his arms and smiled. "If there's really no other way, I'll tell him about world peace later..."

Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat and quickly rejected Yizaks's idea: they were currently guests in someone else's city, not there to slaughter the city.

When the topic of Demon Hunters and the current situation was mentioned, Gene's expression seemed to soften a little, but he still shook his head. "What you said makes sense, so as the master of this city, I have already accepted the small werewolf families in the city, but that doesn't mean I can sacrifice the interests of the Blood Clan to benefit them."

Vivian coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention. "Ahem, let me remind you, Gene, those ruins are not yours, and in principle, they don't even belong to the Blood Clan."

Gene and Hesperiana were stunned at the same time.

"This is the Greek peninsula, the place where Zeus and his family lived back then. The entrance to the ruins you discovered is in the Parthenon. Although the thing about interdimensional spaces may not be accurately linked to the original landmarks, it most likely won't deviate too far, so I can now be sure—that's actually part of the Olympus Temple, right?"

Gene's expression was unnatural. "...That's right. But we can't determine which temple it is yet. The things inside the ruins are severely distorted."

"So you guys are occupying someone else's house, changing the locks for them, making two keys yourselves, and then standing at the door and announcing that you are the owners of the house?" Vivian looked at Gene Lucas very seriously. "And while you're moving things out of the house, you're righteously announcing that other people who want to enter the house are thieves—hehe, kid, where's your face?"