Zurich, one of the most famous cities in Switzerland, has a population of only 350,000 and welcomes a large number of tourists every day.

About 200 meters east of the Lima River in the city center, New Market Road, is an old street. Old brick houses with a strong European style, gravel roads, baroque spire towers... This makes it a favorite place for tourists to stay.

No. 23 New Market Road, a tool bookstore specializing in science and engineering books, is owned by a chubby old lady with gray hair, wearing heart-shaped hanging gold chain glasses, sitting listlessly behind the counter every day with velvet thread. Because they are no different from the other houses on this street, and because they sell something uncharacteristic, few people will set foot on it.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that what was hidden inside this ordinary shop was the location of the Elders of the Inhuman Alliance, which the Hunter Organization could not find.

After millennia of fighting with humans, the non-humans have learned a whole set of ways to hide themselves. Perhaps in most people's imagination, even if there are monsters in this world, they will only stay in the deep mountains and old forests to kill passers-by, and a few people know that in fact, most non-human races live around us.

Maybe your neighbors, hawkers at roadside newsstands, food delivery employees, police patrolling the streets, or even your boss... These ordinary people, who usually attract no attention, may not be human. Today, when human beings are increasingly encroaching on the space of this planet, the non-human race has to adapt and integrate into human society under the oppression of survival, and only in those secret occasions that no one knows, they will reveal their true nature.

This point is not only obscure for non-human races, but even human beings themselves try their best to hide it. With the exception of hunter organizations that specialize in purging the non-human race, as well as a few high-ranking governments in various governments, non-humans are nothing more than book beings for all ordinary people. After all, no matter who you are, if you find out that your relatives and friends are actually youkai one day, you can't keep calm.

Today, there were three people in the store, and they were Zhang Lie, Annie and Blatter, who had killed the medulla-sucking demon card in New York. Walking straight to the counter, Zhang Lie knocked on the wooden board: "Hi, Lola, are you okay?" ”

The fat old lady glanced up at him when she heard the sound, and lazily pointed to a delicate broken gold enamel plate on the table: "Verify your identity." ”

"This old water demon is still so boring." Zhang Lie muttered, so he had to put his hand on the plate.

The five fingers curled slightly, and from his palm, a ball of crystal white light lit up, and at the same time, the eyes of the Virgin in the enamel plate opened as if the closed eyes had come to life, inhaling all the white light in Zhang Lie's palm.

"Demon Qi confirmed, the Alliance's Fourth Special Operations Group, Zhang Lie." Soon, a voice came from behind the disc.

Lola nodded, pointed her hand behind the shop, and then looked up at Anne and Blatter.

Knowing what she meant, Blatter and Anne followed up to verify their identities. At this moment, I suddenly heard a heroic and lazy voice from the door: "Ah, yes, you have also been summoned." ”

Zhang Lie turned his head and saw that at some point, there were two men and a woman standing at the door. One of them, a 2-meter-tall and surprisingly muscular white man, was leaning against the door and smiling lazily at them.

He had a typical Nordic face, with dark curls that fell down to his shoulders, an iron-blue chin covered with thick stubble, and sparkling eyes. This man is extremely strong, and his body under the canvas hunting suit is like a bomb that will explode at any time, no matter how it moves, it gives people a feeling of being full of energy. Apparently he was talking just now.

The man next to him was up to his shoulder. With brown skin, a flat nose and forehead, dark hair and eyes, and a typical South American face. Dressed in a checkered carpet typical of Peru and Bolivia, he was looking around the bookstore.

Standing behind the two men was an oriental beauty. She is about 25 or 6 years old, with white skin and beautiful eyebrows, apricot eyes and beautiful eyebrows, and a row of small shellfish teeth in her slightly open red lips, as if she is confiding ambiguous information at any time, making her whole person like a ripe peach, exuding amazing allure.

This woman is quite tall, wearing a cheongsam that is slit to the base of her legs, and her fiery figure is exposed. The most striking thing is the undisguised wildness in her eyes, full of conquest and hope.

seemed to recognize each other, Zhang Lie showed a surprised look: "Mark, why is your second group also here?" ”

Ignoring Zhang Lie's inquiry, the man who called Mark walked quickly to Anne and shook her hand, and said in an almost numb tone of admiration: "Anne, I finally see you again." You know, I've been missing you all the time for more than a year, as Shakespeare said......"

However, before he could finish his words, he heard Anne burst out coldly from between her teeth: "Get out!" ”

As if he had long been accustomed to her words and deeds, Mark showed a wry smile, and his eyes turned to Zhang Lie.

"What are you doing, what are you doing..."Seeing the strange look in Mark's eyes, Zhang Lie was surprised.

"Xiaoyu, tell Xiaoyu to come out!" Suddenly, Mark had already pounced in front of Zhang Lie, grabbed his shoulders and shook him repeatedly: "My good Xiaoyu, where are you?" ”

"Uh-ah, give me a tap... Xiaoyu, come out quickly, I'll shake him up! Zhang Lie was caught by Mark and shouted, and shouted helplessly.

"Hee-hee-hee." With a coquettish smile, the delicate Xiaoyu had already appeared from the shadow behind Zhang Lie.

She leaned on Zhang Lie's shoulder and said playfully to Mark: "Brother Mark, do you really miss me so much?" ”

Looking at Mark's appearance, it seemed that he couldn't wait to swallow her in one bite: "I really envy this kid, with a beauty like you by my side forever, I am really willing to die." ”

Zhang Lie smiled helplessly and said: "Don't be so exaggerated, you can take it, I'm thankful." It's chirping in my ears all day long, and I'm annoyed to death. ”

Hearing his words, Xiaoyu couldn't help but knock on Zhang Lie's head and said angrily: "Brother Zhang Lie! ”

At this time, I only heard Lola impatiently say to a few people: "Hurry up and verify your identity, the elder group is waiting for you." ”

Mark stopped laughing with Xiaoyu and hurriedly walked to the counter, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Aha, beautiful Lola, I haven't seen you for so long, you are really getting more and more beautiful." ”

But I don't know whether it was intentional or not, when he passed by Blatter's side, his eyes flashed, and in an instant, a strong murderous aura was revealed. And Blatter also changed his absent-minded look, with a look of vigilance in his eyes.

Zhang Lie rubbed the bridge of his nose with a smile: "This **** werewolf who is excessive...", followed him to turn to the oriental beauty: "Ha, Liuli, speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

It seems that there is something to do with him, and the woman named Liuli didn't buy Zhang Lie's initiative to show goodwill, snorted from her nostrils, don't look over, and ignore him again.

Zhang Lie sighed softly, looked at Mark and pointed at the South American man: "He's?" ”

Mark screamed, stepped up and put his arm around the man's shoulder, "I almost forgot to introduce him, he is Karas, the best master of the young generation of the Inca Quetzalcoatl. Since the last time Pirov was surrounded and suppressed by the hunter organization, we have left me and Ruri in our group, damn it, the mission has at least doubled its work, but this time it's finally done. Karas, this is the fourth group. Mark said to Karas.

Callas smiled shyly at Zhang Lie, but he really looked like the simple indigenous people of the Andes. However, Zhang Lie knew that this Callas's demonic power had definitely reached the first-class level, otherwise he would not have been able to join the alliance's four major special operations groups. You know, these four groups are the elite of all the non-human races in the world.

"By the way, how's it going?" Mark asked Zhang Lie casually.

"What else, work for the Alliance." Zhang Lie shrugged: "I just killed a traitor in New York, and recently there are members of all races who can't resist the temptation to choose to cooperate with humans and deal with their own compatriots. ”

"Hmph, bunch of idiots. They also don't want to think that when one day they lose their usefulness, humans will not hesitate to kill them. Anne grimaced.

Zhang Lie spread his hands: "Those who can see through it will not die for human beings." ”

Then he looked at Mark: "What about you?" ”

Mark was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "It's nothing, go to the Romanian dragon clan." Those giant reptiles haven't had a good time lately, and the hunter organization has been sending people into the dragons' habitat under the pretext that their members are missing..."

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "Recently, there have been rumors that the hunter organization is secretly stealing dragon eggs..."

"What!?" As soon as these words came out, even Blatter, who had always been calm, changed slightly.

Dragons are an ancient race that has existed since ancient times, with an extremely long lifespan and high intelligence. All along, they have pursued a policy of self-reliance, not easily engaging in the struggle between humans and non-humans. For thousands of years, the dragons have ceded their own chassis in the face of greedy humans who coveted their treasures, and even changed their habits from solitude to social living, and now they have been reduced to a small area in the heart of the Romanian mountains.

"Are those guys crazy? Dare to steal dragon eggs! Zhang Lie said incredulously.

The fertility rate of the dragon clan is very low, and each dragon egg is related to the continuation of their race, if the news is true, the human race is simply killing itself. You must know that once you anger these ancient creatures, the consequences are not ordinary and serious at all.

Liuli said disdainfully: "Who knows what those people are thinking, probably because they are interested in the treasures that have accumulated in the dragon clan for thousands of years." With the desire for profit, they don't care about the consequences at all. ”

Anne said without the slightest expression: "It doesn't matter what, it's better to all die." ”

Looking at the different reactions of several people, Zhang Lie couldn't help but smile bitterly. How can it be so simple?,It's really strange how humans have been moving lately.,Isn't it... Has the delicate balance between the two sides been shattered?

As they spoke, the six of them had verified their identities separately and walked to the back of the bookstore together. Walking up the stairs to the second floor, the entire second floor is unexpectedly connected into a single space, which is extremely spacious as far as the eye can see.

In the center of the second layer is a circle with a diameter of three meters. It's all painted in dark blue paint, covered with dazzling runes, and has a peculiar beauty, like a work of art.

On the other hand, there are seven rocks carved into different shapes, and between these rocks, they are implicated by red ropes, which seems to be chaotic, but when you look closely, they are very regular. If there is an expert here, you can naturally recognize that this is a high-level enchantment that isolates demonic energy.

The six of them walked into the formation, and at the same time as they all entered, the magic circle, which had been dead and silent, immediately burst into a blue flash, and then as if they came to life, all the runes lit up.

As if this had long been commonplace, Zhang Lie turned his head and asked Mark, "By the way, you haven't told me yet, why did your second group come to the Council of Elders?" ”

Mark touched his nose: "Tell you, it's not just us, if the news I got is correct, this time our four special operations teams have all been called." ”

"What?" Zhang Lie couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. As one of them, he is well aware of the weight of the Einsatzgruppen within the alliance. In addition to the escort team of the Elder Corps and the pro-guard groups within several major families, the Special Operations Group can be said to be the trump card of the entire alliance's external operations.

And some of the members are quite hostile due to the long-standing hostility of their respective races, such as Mark, who is the first warrior of the werewolf clan, and Blat, who is the vampire clan, are extremely wary of each other because of the war between the vampire and the werewolf clan that has lasted for thousands of years. If it weren't for the rules of the alliance with each other, they might have fought to the death.

Because of this, the four action groups will try to avoid contact on weekdays, and if they really fight each other, it will definitely be a disaster for the alliance. If there was anything that required the summoning of all four groups, it would be a major event that could affect the entire alliance.

Zhang Lie was guessing that the strong light in the magic circle under the feet of the six people suddenly flashed, and when they fell silent again, they were gone.

At the same moment, six people had appeared in a dark cavern. Judging by the strong humidity in the air and the condition of the surrounding rocks, it is possible to see that this is a place deep underground.