High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 408: Chapter 77: Demon Hunting and Hunting Party_1

The war between wizards and demons has a long history.

It’s been so long that the majority of wizards have forgotten when this war started, why it was waged, and other forms of coexistence between wizards and demons.

It’s been so long that the fighting between wizards and demons has become an instinct, a habit.

And this habit, manifested in the wizards’ daily lives, has given rise to various customs, habits, and cultural practices related to demons.

Such as the Hunting Dance, the Hunting Song, and the Hunting Art.

Such as the Bedouin’s penchant for taming wild demons, the craft of the Inuit in curing demon skin, the Aryan nobility’s practice of raising high-level demons, and the Huaxia people’s custom of avoiding demons during the Ghost Festival.

Then there are demon hunting competitions and hunting parties.

Demon hunting, as the name implies, is the hunting of demons.

And hunting parties are one form of organized demon hunting activity.

The strife between wizards and demons has continued from the savage era in ancient times until the present, and into the foreseeable distant future, it seems like it will never cease.

In the long passage of time, countless dazzling and fascinating legends have been handed down by wizards from their battles with demons, as well as abundant knowledge about demon hunting.

To fully pass down this knowledge, wizards have come up with all kinds of methods.

Hunting parties are one of the most traditional and reliable methods among them.

Learning to hunt demons through competition.

This is the only reason why demon hunting parties continue to exist and develop.

Every spring and autumn are the traditional demon hunting seasons. At these times, every corner of the wizard world holds grand demon hunting parties.

Both the cross-galaxy, cross-world ’Super Hunting Grounds’ organized by the Wizard Alliance, and the ’World Cup’ and ’Zeus Cup’ intercontinental hunting competitions organized by the Wizard Council or the Council Under the Moon exist. Of course, there are also many regional hunting competitions organized by local wizard groups, such as Yingzhou’s ’Unrestricted Hunting’ or the Romans’ ’Colosseum’.

As one of the three major components of the Wizard Alliance, the First University is no exception.

Every autumn, a month after the new students enter the school, the First University organizes an annual ’school hunting party’. The wizard world outside the school usually refers to this ’school hunting party’ as the ’College Cup’.

”As one of the ’Three Cup Hunting Games’, the professionalism of the school hunting party is beyond doubt. Even without the qualifications to participate in the official hunting competition, being able to participate in the peripheral competitions of the school hunting party is an excellent opportunity for each of us to gain experience.”

Xiao Xiao sat at his desk, holding his notebook, patiently explaining to Zheng Qing various general knowledge about hunting.

”Three Cup Hunting Games?” Zheng Qing, who was already somewhat dizzy from listening, suddenly heard a new name and couldn’t help but exclaim, ”Isn’t it the school hunting party? When did the Three Cup Hunting Games come up!”

”The ’World Cup’ hosted by the Wizard Council, the ’Zeus Cup’ hosted by the Council Under the Moon, and the ’College Cup’ hosted by the First University. These are the annual hunting competitions held by the three major organizations that make up the Wizard Alliance, second only to the ’Super Hunting Grounds’ held by the entire alliance every five years...the professor just mentioned it.” Lin Guo did not hesitate to take a jab at his own team leader.

Heat radiated from Zheng Qing’s face, and he couldn’t resist draining the cup of cold tea on his desk.

The tiny sprites darting around the room quickly detected the empty cup. With a flutter of their wings, they swooped over to Zheng Qing and refilled his tea.

In the process, they also brought a plate of vibrant, freshly washed cherry tomatoes for Lin Guo.

”Thank you.” The little wizard greeted these alchemic creatures with great courtesy. The sprite that served him the fruit joyfully looped in the air — a distinct contrast to their own leader.

Lin Guo arrived at Dorm 403 around 8 pm to attend the full meeting of the Absolution Knights.

Barring Monk Shi Yuan, who was reciting sutras, and Dylan, who had gone out to take classes, all members of the Knight Group had arrived.

There was only one topic for tonight’s meeting.

How to establish their own hunting team.

But before the official deliberation began, the other members of the Absolution Knights had an additional task: to offer their leader a comprehensive magic education. After all, when the hunting team is established, Zheng Qing would be the only one facing the Club Union and the school labor committee’s queries.

”So the school’s hunting competition is actually quite significant,” Zheng Qing realized, ”I always thought it was just like a sports meet... But I remember Old Yao said at the routine meeting that ’outstanding hunters from the freshmen competition have a chance to join one of the school’s five hunting teams’... Does the school hunting competition only have five teams? I seem to recall someone mentioned that the school has dozens of hunting teams...”

”Twenty-seven hunting teams.” This time Zhang Ji Xin explained, ”There are a total of twenty-seven official hunting teams at the First University. However, only five belong to the school, including one school hunting team and four college hunting teams. The remaining twenty-two hunting teams belong to various clubs or other organizations.”

”You can think of these five teams as official hunting teams. Compared to other club hunting teams, these five teams have a very strong membership and receive generous treatment. It’s no exaggeration to say that they are among the most potent hunting teams at the First University.” Xin Fat Man added, ”Professor Yao probably meant that we have the opportunity to join these teams, so we must strive... ”

”So, if our club’s hunting team application is successful, we will become the twenty-eighth hunting team of the First University?” Zheng Qing ignored everything else Xin Fat Man had said; instead, he focused entirely on the number of hunting teams.

”Although you’re not good-looking, you have quite a wishful thinking,” Zhang Ji Xin retorted, ”The twenty-seven hunting teams I mentioned are ’official’ hunting teams... Do you understand what ’official’ means? It means any of these teams can casually stay in the Silent Forest for ten days or half a month, then slaughter seventy to eighty Wild Demons, string them together, and bring them back to school.”

”After our hunting team’s application is successful, we will become a ’preliminary hunting team,’ often referred to as an ’unqualified hunting team.’” Xiao Xiao, adjusting his glasses, added: ”Only by constantly participating in hunting competitions — including beginner-level competitions like the Newcomer Hunting Competition — can we gradually accumulate experience and points, and gradually upgrade the hunting team’s level. If our team still exists next year...”

”It definitely exists!” Zhang Ji Xin hollered from the side.

”...Right, what I mean is, if our team participates in the school hunting competition next year, we will have the opportunity to enter the official hunting round. As long as we achieve the tasks set by the hunting competition committee in the official hunting round, we should be able to formally advance.”

”It’s very difficult.” Xin Fat Man, hugging Tuan Tuan, made a somber comment, ”According to the historical reports of the school hunting competition that I recently flipped through, only about 20% of the hundreds of teams participating in the hunting competition each year can reach the final target... Even the official hunting teams recognized by the school may be defeated.”

”At this point, their points will also be deducted... When the points fall below the lower limit set by the World Demon Hunting Association, their status will be stripped, and they will once again become a ’unqualified’ hunting team.” Zhang Ji Xin did not miss the opportunity to display his knowledge in this area.

”Such a hassle.” Zheng Qing dropped his head onto the desk, groaning, ”Why don’t we give up developing the hunting team... I think just helping others with errands, setting up furniture, distributing leaflets are already enough...”

Of course, it was just the wishful thinking of this funded student.

In the dormitory, the other members of the Knight Group ignored their leader’s lament, seriously starting to discuss other issues related to the building of the hunting team.