High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 205: Chapter 129: Practice Session in Progress_1

”One academic credit!”

”God, too much! It was only two spells demonstrated.”

”Academic credits are too easy to come by!”

”Does that hunchbacked red-robe bookworm have relatives among the teachers?”

”I doubt it, their hair colours are different.”

The discussion on the lawn was far from orderly.

When Hilda confirmed rewarding Duan Xiao Jian one academic credit, everyone was unable to remain calm.

It wasn’t a bronze coin or a gold bean, it was an academic credit!

A credit that can be used to buy anything in any shop in Beta Town, or spend anywhere on Buji Island!

The practice partner didn’t make a contribution that everybody praised undeniably. For instance, displaying profound knowledge like Xiao Xiao, being able to recite entries from the ”Wizard World Encyclopedia” flawlessly, or like Jiang Yu, mastering the spells the professor taught them at the fastest pace.

He didn’t even have the slightest resistance to the professor’s two spells — so much for being a practice partner?

Just tasted two harmless spells, and got an academic credit?

Could anything be easier than this!

No student can ignore the role of academic credits at the top university.

Keep in mind, the promotion from freshman to sophomore requires only less than a hundred academic credits. Not to mention across all of Buji Island, academic credits are a more solid currency than jade coins — many materials exclusive to the top university only allow students to purchase with academic credits, and those traders outside the university who are full of jade coins won’t mind giving these materials a high valuation at a high exchange rate.

In the team of the Astronomy Class 08-1, perhaps only Zheng Qing, who had made a fortune from an invitation letter, could look at the academic credit Duan Xiao Jian received with a more neutral perspective.

”I must admit, it is a very risky mission to be a practice partner in the practice class.” Zheng Qing clearly stated his position: ”This is a very challenging task.”

Of course, his views influenced only a few friends around him — even their influence on their friends is questionable, as Xin Fat Man has been grumbling under his breath since a while ago.

Many more freshmen, especially those from Alpha Academy, expressed their doubts about Duan Xiao Jian obtaining an academic credit so easily.

”Sir, I can also be a practice partner!” Andrew Taylor shouted in the Alpha team, waving his muscular arm vigorously: ”I can do better than him!”

”Shut up, coward!” Xin Fat Man’s dissatisfaction instantly found an outlet, he immediately changed his position and mocked loudly beside Duan Xiao Jian: ”Perhaps you would wet your trousers out of fear even before the teacher chants ’I Ma Hui Tui’... And then you won’t be able to demonstrate the power of the spell correctly to us.”

The freshmen of Jiuyou burst into laughter, it was clear that the fat man was mocking the young werewolf’s previous timidity.

Although many students from Alpha also showed dissatisfaction towards Andrew’s earlier retreat, no one could remain silent after the red-robed bookworms mocked indiscriminately.

However, these agitated freshmen ignored the teaching assistant still standing in the centre of the lawn.

”Quiet down!”

As the discussion in the crowd grew louder and louder, Hilda had to yell, forcefully tapping his law book.

A series of crackling explosion sounds like burnt bamboo, or like a string of short firecrackers, thundered in everyone’s ears.

Many people were shocked and covered their ears.

The situation was immediately brought under control.

The professor of the practice class looked at the two teams with a puzzled expression.

Regardless of the freshmen from Alpha or Jiuyou Academy, they were all lightly watching each other.

”Did something I don’t know happened earlier?” As a young teaching assistant who has not been away from the student status for a long time, Hilda soon guessed some facts, so he tried to ask: ”Who can tell me?”

Sure enough, everyone was shaking their heads hastily.

Students and teachers have always been in two different worlds, so you can’t expect them to say something under the eyes of everyone. The young teaching assistant pursed his lips.

Suppressing the doubt in his heart, he continued with the next step of the lesson according to the teaching plan.

”Now!”

”Group up in pairs, according to the allocation from the last class, start practicing these two spells together.”

”The area, this lawn.”

”Time, currently set for one hour.”

”Remember the two elements mentioned earlier—” he held one ear, turning sideways to the students.

”Safety distance is three meters...”

”Keep focusing on the prey...”

The students’ elongated, uneven responses came from the lawn.

”Very correct,” Hilda happily repeated: ”Three meters of distance, a concentrated gaze!”

”You must remember clearly!”

After hastily assigning tasks, Hilda couldn’t wait to return the remaining time of the practice class to the students.

Because of the failed opening remarks just a short moment ago, he developed deep doubts about his original teaching plan.

So, he quickly excused himself from the scene, fearing that some restless thoughts would resurface in his heart.

”And, safety first!”

Before the crowd dispersed, the cautious assistant professor emphasized one last time: ”No use of spells outside of the learning objectives is allowed!”

Perhaps because they were about to start practicing spells, some vitality was finally restored in the crowd.

After all, for young wizards, the allure of mastering an unfamiliar spell is much greater.

If this was Zheng Qing a few hours ago, he couldn’t agree more to this thought.

For him, who hasn’t been in the wizarding world for long, every usage of a spell is like opening the door to a new world, a sense of satisfaction that cannot be described in words.

But now, until his opponent stood in front of him, this young scholarship student still looked somewhat absent-minded, as if pondering about something.

”If you were facing a demon right now, you’d be dead.” Xiao Xiao warned with a serious expression.

Zheng Qing’s opponent in the practice class was Xiao Xiao.

When grouping in the last practice class, Hilda first allowed students to sign up freely, and only then did he allocate the remaining students.

If it was up to Zheng Qing’s deepest desires, he would of course want to be in the same group with Elena.

But when he saw five successive boys walk away from the Gypsy witches downcast, he decisively admitted his softness, and with Xiao Xiao, signed his name on Hilda’s class roster.

Of course, such words admitting his softness cannot be said in front of his friends.

”As Nicholas said, it’s safer to have a familiar partner in practice class.” Zheng Qing emphasized his thought, glanced at Nicholas, then immediately looked away.

Nicholas sat quietly in a corner of the class, silently writing something in his law book.

”Very wise,” Zhang Ji Xin said with composure: ”My brother says there are countless cases of people being sabotaged in this class while practicing magic.”