Chapter 1276 Clues to the Ancient Times

While Hao Ren was chatting with La Nina, he suddenly saw the door of the temple not far away open, and a familiar figure walked out – Hasse.

"Better now than later..." Hao Ren muttered to himself, "Let's just settle this matter today."

Hasse had been exhausted from running around dealing with Corpus's terrible situation these days, barely having a moment to breathe.

And he also had to deal with his own messy, muddled brain.

Although the dark power of the Godslayer Sword had dissipated, its whispers had affected all the demon hunters who had been trapped in the space-time rift. Hasse was naturally no exception. Moreover, the space-time distortion caused by the Spirit Realm Clock Tower's mutation had also damaged the minds of those trapped. Hasse and the other demon hunters who came out of the Spirit Realm Clock Tower were still troubled by a sequela called "Soul Separation Syndrome."

But compared to the recently ended Corpus Rebellion, this sequela was nothing.

Hao Ren and La Nina left the high platform to greet Hasse. They called out to him several times before the old hunter finally woke up from his thoughts. Hao Ren could only helplessly twitch his mouth when he saw this: "Hasse, is the Soul Separation Syndrome still very serious?"

Hasse quickly composed the expression on his face and regained some of his usual composure. An awkward smile appeared in his single eye: "It has improved. Hallucinations and auditory hallucinations almost no longer occur. I was just thinking about something."

Hao Ren rubbed his chin, feeling that even a demon hunter of Hasse's level was troubled by Soul Separation Syndrome to this extent, so the situation of other demon hunters who were weaker than him could be imagined. It was really not easy for these guys to persevere in completing the reconstruction work with such muddled heads.

Soul Separation Syndrome was a common sequela of those demon hunters who had been trapped in the tower. Perhaps it was because they had been trapped in the space-time rift for a long time, their senses had degenerated to varying degrees, and they were often mentally exhausted. In addition, there were various troublesome symptoms such as the perception of the passage of time being out of sync with reality and short-term memory impairment. Fortunately, Izhaks's examination showed that these symptoms were temporary. Depending on the individual's physique, they would completely recover in a few days to a month, and Hasse was the one whose symptoms improved the fastest.

"Originally, I wanted to wait until your Soul Separation Syndrome had completely recovered before formally discussing this matter, but I still have a lot of things to be busy with," Hao Ren rubbed his chin, "And it seems that your Soul Separation Syndrome is not so serious as to affect your personal judgment, so it's about time..."

Hasse heard the seriousness in Hao Ren's tone, and his expression immediately became serious as well. His voice was low, even a little nervous: "Is there anything important?"

Hao Ren gave Hasse a strange look: "Why are you suddenly so nervous?"

Hasse continued with a tense and serious expression: "The last time you spoke to me in this tone was when you told me the truth about the 'Divine Blood Original Sin,' and then Corpus had a civil war a few days after I came back – later, I heard from the Countess that your mouth has a magical power. So what do you want to say this time?"

Hao Ren: "..."

Even La Nina, who had always been calm, almost couldn't hold back. The succubus sister's face was almost deformed from holding back, her slender tail twisted back and forth in the air, and the demon wings on her back twitched as if they were cramping. Hao Ren felt that he couldn't bear to watch it anymore: "...Laugh if you want to, Old Wang isn't here."

La Nina's tail was almost twisted into a twist: "Pfft... no... I am Our King's strategist pfft... I don't show my emotions on my face pfft..."

Hao Ren: "...Okay, okay, you don't show your emotions on your face. Hurry up and report to Old Wang, and tell him that I'm going to announce that big thing. Also, don't forget to find Lily. That idiot is probably not with the others. Go to the kitchen and you should be able to find her."

After Hao Ren finished his instructions, the succubus La Nina, who claimed that she didn't show her emotions on her face, flapped her wings and flew away into the distance with a twisted, suppressed smile on her face. Hao Ren looked at her back with a tangled expression: "How come I didn't know this sister's sense of humor was so low before... La Nina! You're flying in the wrong direction! The officers' quarters are on the left!"

After La Nina finally flew towards the officers' quarters, Hao Ren turned to Hasse: "I have something to announce, which concerns the historical inheritance of the demon hunters and the truth about the Order of the Saints. This matter may subvert your world view and have a huge impact on the middle and lower-level demon hunters – so it cannot be told to everyone directly."

Hasse immediately reacted: "Summon the current 'New Council of Elders'?"

After the original ruling structure collapsed, Hasse and the respected elders among the demon hunters urgently organized a new leadership team. This temporarily pieced-together leadership team included the surviving high-ranking priests of the Elder Order and elder-class demon hunters outside the Order, as well as some qualified demon hunter masters who had shown outstanding leadership and organizational skills in this civil war. Bai Huo and Tutank were also among them.

The Saints were all wiped out, and the Elders were almost all dead, and more than half of the original council members died, resulting in even young people like Bai Huo becoming leaders.

"...Just summon the elder class, and the group of people you trust who are the most mature, stable, and rational," Hao Ren thought for a while, "Call Bai Huo and Tutank too. They already know about this."

Hasse's expression changed slightly, and his brows furrowed involuntarily: "Could it be... that matter about the First Saint..."

"Bai Huo already told you?" Hao Ren raised an eyebrow, "Well, I expected her to reveal something to you. That's right, it's that matter."

Hasse took a deep breath: "She didn't tell me too much, but I found some changes when I was researching ancient books... Okay, I know the nature of this matter. I'll go gather everyone."

An hour later, Hasse gathered those who were qualified to participate in the meeting, and La Nina also gathered the few people on Hao Ren's side who were running around everywhere. Everyone came to a spacious room inside the Great Temple, ready to face a truth that was about to subvert the three views of all demon hunters.

The huge room was as spacious as a hall. Dozens of demon hunters with serious, tired, or confused expressions sat around the long table in the center of the room – this was all the elder-level leaders that Hasse could find.

The few people on Hao Ren's side were sitting at the end of the long table. Vivian was seriously sorting out the materials at hand, while the Nangong family of four sat upright and served as the background. Izhaks and La Nina were talking in low voices about the recent situation of the Demon King's City. Even little Elizabeth, who usually had endless questions, sat obediently aside: she had a small radio that was half-disassembled in her hand, which was enough for her to play with for an hour or two.

However, one of the main characters of this meeting – Lily – was lying on the table, dozing off, with saliva drooling all over the place...

"What's wrong with this idiot again?" Hao Ren frowned and asked Vivian in a low voice.

Vivian sighed: "She ate too much barbecue last night and couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she ran around everywhere. She's sleeping like a dead dog today."

Hao Ren: "..."

"Ahem, everyone is here," Hasse stood up and coughed lightly, breaking the silence, "Then we can begin."

Hao Ren glanced at Lily, putting this completely hopeless husky aside for now, and then stood up and scanned everyone present: "...Then, everyone here is the current highest leader of the demon hunters. There's no need for us to introduce ourselves or be polite to each other, and I believe Hasse has given everyone a heads-up in advance. The things we are going to say today are of great importance – I hope everyone present can look at everything in a calm, objective, and far-sighted manner."

If it were the demon hunter group before the Corpus civil war, they would probably scoff at such a warning from a foreign race, or even confront it head-on, but after the Corpus Rebellion, these surviving demon hunter elders had undergone great changes. They became serious one by one, showing great attention to Hao Ren's words.

Hao Ren waved his hand to the side, and several Legion demon guards immediately stepped forward and placed many large boxes on the long conference table.

After the boxes were opened, the elders found that they were all their own things – ancient scrolls, documents, holy objects, although each one was quite old and obviously not used in modern times, they all had the demon hunters' logo.

The Nangong father and son, Claude, Bai Huo, and Tutank took the initiative to get up, divided these things into several piles, and sent them to the elders, and let the latter circulate them themselves.

"These..." Elder Grigowin was one of the most knowledgeable and senior elders present. He quickly judged the value of these things from some of the characteristics on these antiques and the remaining aura on them, "These are the early information of the Order! Where did you find these things?"

"Take a look first," Hao Ren motioned the elders not to pursue the origin of these things for now, "This is just a part, the most representative part. I think, there are probably a few people present who have vaguely heard the rumors, about your Order of the Saints, about the early society of the demon hunters, and about the curse of that dark sword... What you want to know is all in these ancient documents."