Hao Ren froze when he heard Vivian's words. "You know what this is?"
Vivian wore a puzzled expression as she rubbed her temple in frustration. "I... I feel like I saw something like this a very, very long time ago, but I can't remember when. I only vaguely recall that it appeared in the early Mythical Era, and that it caused a great deal of trouble back then."
"Something from the Mythical Era?" Hao Ren had never given the matter much thought. He had assumed that he'd been ambushed by some rare alien creature or magic, but he hadn't expected it to lead straight back to the Mythical Era. "Was this... a creature from back then, or a magical effect?"
"Sorry, I can't really remember." Vivian tapped her head. "But I'm certain it caused major problems. I still remember dealing with incidents caused by these shadows alongside a bunch of old-timers. Anything that could make us Ancients act as a group was definitely no simple matter."
Hao Ren recalled the shadow's strange properties. Its attacks didn't seem lethal to him, but its special attributes were extremely troublesome. Without the Data Terminal's help, capturing a shadow like this by other means would have been incredibly difficult. However, judging from Vivian's words, these shadows had only been active during the early Mythical Era. Did that mean they had disappeared entirely sometime after the Mythical Era?
"Of course these things disappeared after the Mythical Era ended. Otherwise, I'd definitely remember them." Vivian nodded as expected. "Although I can't remember how we dealt with them in the end, they should've been driven away by a group of us Ancients to... Where was it again? Anyway, they were sealed away. I also remember that some family was specifically responsible for managing the place where they