Chapter 2231: Demon Descendant Community

As the space shifted, a cacophony of noise unique to a bustling downtown area reached Poson's ears, which took him by surprise; generally speaking, while portals were not necessarily built in downtown areas, the surrounding regions were usually subject to strict control.

The portal in Hermisi seemed to be built in a public area of the downtown district; listening carefully, Poson heard not only the sounds of merchants hawking their wares and children playing, but also the unfamiliar languages of other races.

Just as Poson felt puzzled, Yinsiluoda had already made contact with a strange Gold Elf on the street outside the portal; they exchanged a few brief words, and then called Poson out.

"This is Elder Pading, who is responsible for outreach for the local community and is also a member of the Hermisi Family; he will be the one taking us on a tour of the local community shortly."

Before arriving, Yinsiluoda had already communicated with Poson that the so-called local community was actually a Demon Descendant community, it just wasn't convenient to mention the word "Demon Descendant" directly in public.

Poson nodded and bowed to Elder Pading; Elder Pading was not a man of many words, merely glancing at Poson briefly before nodding as well, then turning and walking away.

Seeing this, Yinsiluoda gave Poson a gentle nudge and reminded him: "Keep up!"

"Mm."

Soon, Poson's party officially entered the Hermisi urban area; one side of the bustling street they emerged onto from the portal was lined with small shops, while the other side featured landscaped gardens with neatly trimmed trees in elegant shapes.

Pedestrians came and went on the street, while children played in the garden on the other side; seeing this scene, Poson, who had originally been unable to understand why a portal would be built in a downtown area, felt his mood become calm.

This atmosphere of daily life reminded him of his own childhood; the small town where he had lived was just as lively yet incredibly peaceful, but unfortunately, the city that gave birth to and raised him had since been destroyed by the flames of war, and later became part of the Elan Kingdom.

Perhaps he would never see his hometown as it once was for the rest of his life.

While sighing in his heart, Poson also had his own conjectures as to why Yinsiluoda chose Hermisi as the first stop of the tour; when Elder Pading stopped to buy things along the way, Poson also bought a few toys filled with childhood memories.

Walking and stopping like this, it took Poson's party several times longer than usual to walk out of this neighborhood; just as Poson was wondering in his heart how much further the Demon Descendant community could be, Elder Pading suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Actually, we just passed through the destination of this trip."

"We just passed through it?"

Yinsiluoda's expression was calm, clearly having known this all along, but Poson's heart was not so tranquil; he had originally thought that no matter how the Demon Descendant community was built within the city, given that they were hunted by the various nations of the Northland, there would always be something special about it.

Not just in terms of concealment and protective measures, but also in terms of mindset.

But what did he see? It was no different from an ordinary Elf community; the concealment and protective measures might have been due to more exquisite techniques that he couldn't detect, after all, he was only an ordinary Elite Mage himself.

But the mindset of the Demon Descendant residents was so peaceful, which left him very confused; if it were him, knowing that the whole world was hunting him, he could never enjoy life so relaxedly.

Thus, he couldn't help but ask his first question upon arriving in Hermisi: "Are those—are the community residents performing?"

This was a very reasonable suspicion, but his words could also be interpreted as an insult to the local community; Yinsiluoda hurriedly apologized to Elder Pading.

At this moment, Poson also knew he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly tried to remedy it: "It is just that the atmosphere of daily life in the local community is so rich that I found it hard to believe."

Elder Pading frowned, but did not explain too much, only saying: "You can stay and live in the local area for a period of time to see if they are performing."

"Of course they are not performing; what kind of performance could make an entire community cooperate so tacitly? Only the most real life would be this 'tacit'!"

Yinsiluoda's words served as a period to this not-so-pleasant conversation; Poson had no objections to this, and recalling the experience just now, he didn't think he was worthy of a performance from an entire community; it was indeed his own misunderstanding.

And after accepting the fact that the place just now was the Demon Descendant community, Poson's understanding of Demon Descendants changed once again; as he said, the atmosphere of life here was so rich that it really didn't look like a settlement of a race that was constantly being hunted.

And this also reflected another fact, which was—Demon Descendants were actually not essentially different from normal Elves, and both sides could coexist peacefully.

In the subsequent tour, Elder Pading's words became more frequent, and Poson also learned more information about this Demon Descendant community through this.

For example, although the residents here were all Demon Descendants, the vast majority of their Demon Bloodline was inherited from their parents or ancestors, rather than acquired later in life.

First-generation Demon Descendants were mostly highly skilled Spellcasters who did not lack the means to control their bloodline, but their descendants were not necessarily able to control the bloodline, and thus needed someone to help them cover it up.

Furthermore, due to the instability of demonic power, Demon Descendant children would mostly seal their Bloodline Power before their minds matured, only gradually unsealing it and attempting to control this powerful force after their minds had matured.

Thus, various settlements were formed, but settlements built directly in cities like Hermisi were still very, very rare; at least, this was the only one Poson knew of at the moment.

Poson stayed in Hermisi for a total of two days, during which time he also met two new Demon Descendant friends, but when those two new friends didn't display their power, he couldn't tell at all whether the other party was a Demon Descendant.

Just like the friends who grew up with him, they were the most normal Elves!

After leaving Hermisi, Poson and Yinsiluoda returned to Evereska via a transfer from Taiweimansa, and then re-entered Yierlan after changing their appearances.

"This time we are going to a temporary stronghold of the Midian, where some new friends will undergo the Transformation Ritual, and you will see the power of the Demon Descendant strength with your own eyes."

On the way, Yinsiluoda did not forget to instill his own concepts into Poson: "Possessing a Demon Bloodline does not mean one is born evil; power has no distinction between good and evil, only the user's own will does.

"I also participated in the Drow War four years ago, and even went deep into the Underdark to hunt down demons; we possess a Demon Bloodline, but that does not mean we are demons.

"We are still Elves, just ones who have mastered more powerful demonic strength. We can understand the concerns of the outside world, but if it evolves into targeting and persecution, then that is completely unnecessary."