Aside from Hao Ren and the others, who had no innate hostility to begin with, the other Demon Hunters and Hesperis exchanged information and eventually discovered something: when they had been in the Family Hall earlier, everyone had lost their wariness toward the others at the exact same time.
Or, to put it more bluntly, everyone had simultaneously lost their innate hostility altogether.
The younger generation of Demon Hunters and nonhumans had already shown signs of their innate hostility fading several months ago. But ancient beings like Hassu and Hesperis had barely been affected by this decline because of their bloodlines. Yet just now, without even realizing it themselves, their innate hostility had completely vanished—and the Chaos Shadow had suddenly appeared at that exact moment.
It was hard not to connect the two events.
Hao Ren rubbed his chin. "Which of the two was the trigger? Did everyone losing their wariness give the Chaos Shadow an opening, or did the Chaos Shadow's activity cause you to lose your innate hostility?"
"The nature of the Chaos Shadow is to incite conflict and madness. It's impossible for it to suppress everyone's combative nature instead, so the second possibility is unlikely." Vivian immediately shook her head. "As for the first... although there's no obvious contradiction, why did everyone's innate hostility suddenly disappear?"
Hesperis glanced at Hassu and asked seriously, "When you look at me now, do you still feel like attacking?"
Hassu showed little expression. "Nothing at the moment."
"I still feel a little like killing you." Hesperis folded her arms. "But that has nothing to do with innate hostility. I simply find you irritating."
"Looks like everyone's hostile instincts really are gone." Vivian's gaze fell on the other Demon Hunters. The warriors were also wearing bewildered and uneasy expressions. Although the disappearance