What has happened within the Witcher Group in the past period of time can be described as crazy and chaotic - for a well-organized battle group, a change in the collective temperament at the top is not enough to cause chaos on this scale, but it would be a disaster if all the elite warbands at the top followed suit, and they still controlled the Witcher's foundation lifeline, which was enough to draw everyone into the maelstrom. Bai Huo had experienced all of this herself, but she still found it difficult to explain the matter to Hao Ren: there were too many terms to explain, too many organizational secrets to consider, and many other things that she hadn't figured out herself. So she could only explain the matter in general terms first, so that Hao Ren could have a general understanding of the whole incident.

As she said, the first thing that went wrong was after Hasselblad returned to the Witcher's headquarters from Ancatero territory. The supreme commanders of the witchers were normal at first, and took the information brought back by Hasselblad seriously, but in just a few days, the highest-ranking witchers, known as the "saints", changed their temperament one by one, and without warning, they captured Hasselblad, who was a high-ranking cadre of the organization, and then began a deranged internal purge campaign. They initially seemed to target witcher warriors who were suspicious of their "hunting instincts" like Hasselblad, but soon the target expanded to an illogical point, and eventually the situation turned into a scuffle between the entire "Order of Elders" and the lower demon hunters.

After Bai Huo had made things clear, Hao Ren began to ask those obscure terms: "What is the difference between 'saint' and 'order of elders'?" ”

Bai Huo's tone was solemn: "The 'Saints' are the highest rank of the Demon Hunters, and they are the supreme commanders who single-handedly founded the Demon Hunter Organization......"

"Founded the Witcher Order?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows. "Are you saying they're all old guys who have survived from the early days of the Age of Mythology?"

Bai Huo nodded: "That's right. Each of the saints was one of the earliest ancients, almost the same age as the Countess of the Red Moon. ”

"What kind of people are they?" Lily asked with curiosity on her face. "Sounds like a lot more?"

"There are thirteen saints, and each one is very powerful. And with all the mystical knowledge that has been handed down from ancient times to the present, it can be said that it is the most powerful and knowledgeable existence on this planet. But in fact, not many witchers have seen the true bodies of the saints - they are very mysterious, usually living in seclusion on the upper floors of the Spirit Clock Tower, and they have not been out in person since the end of the Age of Mythology," Bai Huo couldn't help but have a fearful expression on his face when talking about the "saint", as if he was talking about some unspeakable existence beyond his knowledge, "Except for the leaders of the Elder Order, only elder-level witchers can see saints, but even in that case. The saints also wore masks and communicated with people through means other than language. So for the vast majority of witchers, 'saints' are almost a legendary concept, and although everyone knows that they are their leaders, almost no one has access to them, and most of the time it is the council of the Presbyterian Order that relays the will of the saints on their behalf, and we are only responsible for carrying out the orders. ”

Hao Ren couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this: "...... I'm going, so god-talking, wearing a mask or something when I meet my own people...... My boss is a god, and he doesn't even drag it like this. Is there something wrong with them? ”

Bai Huo hurriedly shook his head: "No." There's a reason for that. It is said that the saints have all been exposed to too much forbidden knowledge during the long mythological war, and the mysteries from outside the mortal world have distorted them, leaving their faces strange, and their voices carrying negative forces that can pull people into the abyss. That's why they're like this. It is also said that the first of the saints, the 'Nameless One', was the most distorted, and he locked himself in a secret room on the top floor of the Spirit Clock Tower. He didn't communicate with the outside world at all, and no one had even seen him for thousands of years. The other twelve saints rarely mention him either. Some witchers even speculated if the Nameless One had fallen......"

These creepy secrets are all things that are only known within the witcher, and half-witted people like Nangong Invincible and Nangong Sanba are not clear. Hao Ren's first reaction when he heard it for the first time was that there was a vague and goosebump-inducing feeling permeating from the bottom of his heart, and this kind of inhuman contact was really unsettling: "I see...... Listen to Maomao. That 'nameless' is the original founder of the Witcher Organization, right? It sounds like I'm not sure he's still alive. What does the Presbyterian Order do? ”

"They are the most elite of the Witchers, directly under the command of the Saints, and are usually based in Colpers, which is the headquarters of the Witchers. The Order of the Elders is all powerful warriors who have survived from the Age of Mythology to the present day, and the leaders of each team are at least 'Elder' level witchers, and 'master' level hunters like me can only be regarded as a squad leader in their war group," Bai Huo said, shaking his head, "From the Middle Ages to the present, the Order of Elders has never fought large-scale battles, but I didn't expect them to take up arms again against our own people. ”

"Are the saints and the Order of Elders crazy?" Vivien asked very seriously, "What are the 'symptoms' of their madness?" Does it have anything to do with the Shadow of Chaos phenomenon we encountered before? ”

This kind of collective madness and indiscriminate attack was somewhat similar to the chaos caused by the Shadow of Chaos in the first place, and after hearing Bai Huo's description, Vivien and Hao Ren both thought of this. However, Bai Huo shook his head: "I have doubted it too, but it is obviously different from the mania caused by the Shadow of Chaos. The Saints and the Order of Elders did not lose their minds - according to the few high-ranking captives we had managed to capture, they were all sane and logical, and knew very well what they were doing, but their ...... In other words, it seems that the whole worldview has been completely changed. Their way of judging right and wrong is extremely extreme, and they are able to proclaim their new worldview in a very clear and meticulous way, and this is more evident among the higher levels of the witchers. The 'rebels' at the bottom have some symptoms of delirium, but they are still different from the madness caused by the Shadow of Chaos. ”

That is to say...... Isn't it like the effect of the 'Original Sin of God's Blood,'" Vivien whispered thoughtfully, "It's something else that affects their thinking." Do you have eyebrows? ”

"No," Bai Huo shook her head, reaching out to reach for something from her bosom, and finally she pulled out a delicate white gold locket and handed it to Vivien, "but before it happened, a saint seemed to have a premonition that he left such a thing and told him to give it to the 'Countess who summoned the Red Moon'. ”

Vivien was taken aback: "Huh?! Give me? ”

Bai Huo nodded vigorously: "It's for you." ”

"Uh," Vivien muttered as she took the platinum locket, "to be honest, a Demon Hunter Commander asked you to give something to a Bloodline, and I think he was already nervous at that time...... Well? It's not ......"

The white gold locket was opened, and a crystal clear blood-red crystal lay quietly inside, like a drop of blood, and like a gem, glowing with charming brilliance.

Hao Ren and Lily leaned their necks to look over, and exclaimed at the same time, "Blood Crystal?!" ”

"Is this really what 'saint' of yours gave you?" Hao Ren suddenly turned his head to look at Bai Huo's eyes, "Didn't you say that only elder-level demon hunters can meet saints?" ”

"It was given to my mentor by the Bedolius sage, after their first meeting. Soon after, the Mentor was arrested, and it was in my hands," Bai Huo explained, "and I don't know why he had such a thing. ”

Bai Huo had a curious look on her face that didn't seem to be fake, obviously she couldn't imagine how a demon hunter commander could be in contact with a blood ancestor, but Hao Ren suddenly thought of the era when Vivien lived: she had been running around even before the witcher declared war on the alien gods, and with this qualification, it seemed that anything that happened could be explained......

And what's more, the Blood Crystal is right in front of you: the usefulness of this crystal is already known, and if she really wants to figure out what is going on, Vivien only needs to do one thing.

She pinched this piece of blood crystal and slowly brought it to her mouth, and Hao Ren dragged her when she saw this: "Are you sure you really want to absorb this?" ”

"It's confirmed that it's the blood crystal I left behind," Vivien nodded slightly, "Since it's a memory I left behind, it must be ready to be used to wake up one day, no problem." ”

Hao Ren frowned and ordered the data terminal to activate a medical chamber in case of an accident, while at the same time, Vivien had already put the blood-colored crystal in her mouth.

Bai Huo looked at this scene in a daze and blinked: "...... So this is for food? (To be continued.) )