Hao Ren was utterly stunned. He had considered every possibility, but he had never imagined that the "noble family" that had once lived in this mansion was actually a group of Demon Hunters!
And not just any Demon Hunters, but ones who had broken with the Demon Hunter Order and allied themselves with an outsider!
Hesperis's face was full of disbelief. "That's impossible! If the notebook and the voice we just heard were real, then did these Demon Hunters defect from their Order? That has never happened, from ancient times until now!"
"Demon Hunters are extremely united and infinitely loyal to their Order. Even the greatest internal conflicts never develop into defections," Vivian said, gently shaking her head. "At least until we broke the shackles of their innate enmity, they had never produced an example of anyone defecting from the organization... much less a group that ran off to help Hercules, that 'remnant of an outsider.'"
Hao Ren suddenly recalled a detail he had heard in the echoes of the past. "Wait a second. Didn't we hear a Demon Hunter say that Hercules drew power from the divine artifact and freed them from their restraints? Could those restraints have been the innate enmity?"
Vivian let out an "Ah," as if she had suddenly understood. "So that's what that sentence meant... What in the world is that divine artifact?"
"It has the power of bats, somehow lifted the innate-enmity curse from a group of Demon Hunters, and even has a great villain sealed inside it," Lily said, scratching her hair as her tail swished restlessly. "Why does it have so many bizarre properties?"
Hao Ren said nothing. He merely looked up at the towering structure behind the main house. In this ancient mansion located in an alternate space, the tower remained