Chapter 307 (2/2)

Hasse shook his head, trying to get rid of the thought, which sent chills down his spine. He had been alive for too long and something was deeply rooted in him—kind of like a truth. However, he chose not to believe it, even ignoring the possibility that this truth may just collapse on himself one day. Nonetheless, he wanted to test out his theory. With his authority as an elder, he took a tremendous risk and entered into a deal with the evil otherworldlings of the city. He wanted to know if the new generation of otherworldlings had also experienced the same phenomenon. He was disappointed, but he took comfort in knowing that at least the shadelings had not changed: like their ancestors, the new generation of shadelings were just as greedy and cunning, extremely cruel to other beings outside of their own kind.

Sure enough, the demon hunters and otherworldlings were fundamentally different. Although the new generation of demon hunters had the anomaly, it proved the purity of their bloodline.

As one of the oldest demon hunters, Hasse chose to believe in this explanation. Once the city of sin burned down and the sacred item was retrieved, the absurd farce and ridiculous “test” of his would be put to rest.

“Elder”—all of a sudden, the guy known as Master Teuton interrupted Hasse’ train of thought— “do you think the shadelings are sincere?”

“No”—Hasse shook his head indifferently—”they’re not sincere. But, they’re useful. We should make use of those who are useful—I speak from experience after going through the toughest time of my life. Sometimes—”

Suddenly, the coarse voice of a woman interrupted Hesse. “Useful? You will be useless soon…”

Before her voice trailed off, a searing light flashed in the air. A big mace appeared out from the light and headed straight for Hasse’ head.

Boom

The impact left the hill covered in scorching light and billowing smoke. Rock, even soil and sand had turned into smoldering lava as the hill’s vegetation were vaporised. The silhouette of the three demon hunters in the air were covered in a bright light-shield, which had insulated them from the scorching heat. White Flame appeared shocked. Hasse frowned when he spotted the silhouette of a woman emerging from the smoke. “Hesperides, I knew you were still alive.

“But you’ll be dead today!”

An earth-shattering battle erupted. White Flame and Teuton came up to them, trying to help their elder against the crazy woman, who had popped out of nowhere. However, they were quickly stopped by the ancient ones who had also seemingly appeared from nowhere.

The battle between the ancient goddesses and demon hunters was ignited for the first time since the Mythological Era.

Meanwhile, Hao Ren and Hessiana had arrived in a strange place.

In theory, they should have arrived in the same ruins in the other dimension. The energy storm had subsided but the structure and scene in the dimension looked totally different.

It seemed that Bethanos may have triggered something when he fled into the ruins. Perhaps the tunnel beneath the Fortress of the Shadows, which led to the ruins was also a passage to some deeper part of the dimension. What appeared in front of them was not a sea of clouds and the cloud temple, instead…

It was a desert.

Lily squatted on a sand dune and howled. “Awooo—which way next?”