Chapter 1145 Another Prisoner

Hearing the news from the front lines that they had captured an enemy commander, no one on the scene reacted much. Even Bai Huo's tone was lazy: "Another prisoner?"

Izhaks crossed his arms and chuckled, "Heh, probably no different from the ones we caught before."

Everyone seemed very indifferent to the capture of the Order's demon hunter, and there was a reason for this reaction.

In the beginning, Lanina had spent a great deal of effort to capture a master-level Order demon hunter alive. At that time, everyone had been quite excited about the captured prisoner, hoping to get some valuable information from him—but soon this enthusiasm faded, because they found that the Order demon hunters captured from the battlefield were in a strange state and couldn't be asked anything meaningful.

The demon hunter warrior who came to report obviously knew this, and the expression on his face was also a bit subtle, but he still emphasized: "This time, a high-ranking commander was captured. Master Fenny believes it is necessary for the Elder and several leaders to personally intervene."

Bai Huo frowned, while Elder Grigori gently nodded: "Then bring him up and see which 'old friend' it is."

The messenger acknowledged the order and retreated. After a while, a tall, thin male prisoner was escorted up by several elven magisters.

This tall, thin male demon hunter was wearing the Elder Order's iconic battle robe, the clothes already tattered from battle. His face was resolute and masculine, his sharply defined features full of anger, and a head of dark brown curly hair was stuck to his forehead in strands with blood and sweat, making him look a bit disheveled. A circle of elven runes was wrapped around the prisoner's body, constantly drawing energy from the subject to strengthen the shackles, but even under this level of spell restraint, the tall, thin man still showed no sign of weakness, and even continued to survey the surroundings with full hostility.

This Order warrior was obviously extraordinary in strength. This could be seen from the guards around him: the elven magisters were Izhaks' super-advanced troops, the kind that were treasures wherever they were thrown, and it pained him to lose even one for half a night. After a battle, he couldn't wait to throw them in the refrigerator to freeze them and prevent them from getting bumped or scratched. But this time, there were actually three magisters just to guard one prisoner. This treatment was extraordinary.

Bai Huo was stunned when she saw the tall, thin man, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Claude?"

"You know this person?" Hao Ren asked in a low voice.

Bai Huo nodded gently, her tone a little low: "Claude was in my class. You know I'm known as the top genius of the younger generation of demon hunters, right?"

When she said the second half of the sentence, there was no hint of pride on her face, just a flat statement of fact. As the best of her race and peers, she didn't regard her talent as a source of pride, but she also didn't shy away from mentioning her excellence in front of others.

Hao Ren nodded, and Bai Huo continued, "Actually, there should be two people in our generation who can be called geniuses, and the other is him. Claude is older than me. His understanding of runes and affinity is stronger than any ordinary demon hunter. Later, I left Ice Fortress with my mentor, and Claude took over his father's position in the Elder Order. Since the Order is a reclusive group, Claude almost never moves outside, and the alien families probably don't know there is such a person. He was originally a very peaceful guy. I didn't expect... to see him again in this situation."

The demon hunter called Claude immediately turned his head when he heard Bai Huo's voice, his face full of anger and hostility: "Bai Huo! I should have known that you are just a heretic!"

"Claude, you..." Bai Huo frowned, "Do you really know what you're doing? How could the Elder Order become like this?"

"The duty of the Elder Order is to purify heretics!" Claude said righteously, his eyes burning. Like the Order demon hunters captured before, there was no trace of confusion in his eyes, nor any sign of being influenced in mind. It was just that his words and deeds were extremely biased and unreasonable. "You guys who are active outside the Holy Land... are all filthy and should be purified!"

"Since when have people outside the Elder Order become heretics?" Elder Grigori asked with a calm expression, his voice sounding unusually peaceful. "What exactly do you want to do?"

Facing an Elder's questioning, Claude's attitude still didn't change at all, and his answers were always just those few sentences, nothing more than "heretic," "purification," and "monster." However, no matter what, his mind was always clear, and his words and deeds seemed to come from the bottom of his heart, as if his worldview from childhood to adulthood had been like this.

In fact, the other captured Order hunters were in the same situation.

This was why everyone seemed so indifferent when they heard that a Order commander had been captured alive. The reason wasn't that the other party was too tight-lipped or had lost their minds and couldn't communicate, but because of their strange state: all the thoughts of these Order demon hunters had been reduced to nothing but purifying heretics and killing aliens. They were very clear-headed, so clear-headed that they knew nothing else except these two things. The Data Terminal had also used technical means to check the mental state of those prisoners captured before, but ultimately determined that their minds were normal—how could you "wake up" a group of people who hadn't lost their minds?

After asking a few questions, Elder Grigori shook his head in disappointment, indicating that this capture was no different from the previous ones. Vivian stepped forward with the mentality of giving it one last try. She looked into Claude's eyes: "Do you know who I am?"

Claude was a little confused when he heard Vivian's voice. Then he stared at the latter for a moment, and suddenly did something that surprised everyone: this demon hunter, who had just seemed calm and rational, suddenly became furious, his eyes bloodshot as if he had seen the enemy who killed his father, and he screamed and pounced on Vivian: "Heretic! Heretic! Kill her! Kill her, ahhhh!!"

Claude's sudden outburst surprised everyone, even Vivian herself was almost caught off guard. Fortunately, Hao Ren had been guarding against this strange Order hunter from the beginning. He immediately stood between the two of them and kicked the other party back. The three elven magisters beside Claude also instantly activated the sanction runes, and those rune chains burst out with a crackling electric light, suppressing him to the ground so that he couldn't move.

However, even in this situation, Claude was still furious and roared at Vivian: "Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!"

This Order demon hunter was now like a madman, his eyes almost dripping with blood, his face full of bulging veins, which looked frightening. When Lily saw this situation, she immediately turned her head and asked Bai Huo: "What was your relationship like before?"

Bai Huo was stunned: "We just knew each other. Because we weren't in the same battle group, we didn't have much contact. Why are you asking this..."

"Oh, that's good." Lily nodded sharply before Bai Huo finished speaking, then she didn't know where she got a brick, swung it around and smashed it down on Claude's head, "That way I'll feel less pressure when I strike!"

With a loud bang, Claude was knocked unconscious by Lily without saying a word.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after this inexplicable guy passed out. Vivian patted her chest: "Did I provoke him?"

"Strictly speaking, every demon hunter has been provoked by you. After all, you've beaten up most of the ancestors of the people present, but I'm thinking that's not the reason." Hao Ren rubbed his chin, and looked at Claude with a thoughtful expression, "I'm afraid... the reason for the Elder Order's drastic change in temperament has something to do with you."

"Me?" Vivian pointed at herself. "Didn't you catch other Order demon hunters before? They didn't react so strongly when I stood in front of them, did they?"

Hao Ren was puzzled, and he looked at Grigori: "Elder, do you know what's different about this Claude compared to the others?"

Elder Grigori had already guessed that Hao Ren was going to ask this, and his expression was very solemn: "He is the attendant and messenger of the First Saint."

"The First Saint? The saint who has been holed up in the house for thousands of years and doesn't even know if he's alive or dead?" Hao Ren widened his eyes. "Speaking of which, is he really still alive?"

"There are always all kinds of rumors," Elder Grigori spread his hands helplessly, "But we have never thought that any saint would leave us. The First Saint has indeed not shown his face for many years, but he still often gives us some instructions—through his messenger."

"In other words, this Claude knows the real situation of the First Saint." Izhaks, who had been silent all along, suddenly broke the silence in a deep voice. He glanced solemnly at the young demon hunter lying unconscious on the ground, and nodded to the three elven magisters, "Take him back and guard him strictly. As soon as he says any information, report it immediately."