High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 410: Chapter 79 Who is the Suitable Hunter_1

Unlike the majority of students in the university who operate on a day schedule, Dylan, as a creature of the night, usually began his classes in the evening, and spent most of the daylight hours in his pitch-black coffin.

On one hand, it reflected the school administration’s considerate management; on the other hand, it was a choice made out of necessity for non-pureblood night creatures: compared to their pure-blooded relatives, they were obviously more susceptible to sunlight.

Of course, this did not mean that they could not walk in the sun. Dylan could also run and jump under the scorching sun, and use magic. It’s just that sunlight made him feel exhausted quicker and made it difficult for him to concentrate. For students who deal with tasks requiring a lot of brainpower every day, this state was clearly not conducive to learning.

In contrast, the pure-blooded nocturnal creatures - mainly the descendants of the ancient nocturnal clans - preferred to take regular classes and have rest, using the normal daily timetable, along with other young wizards.

For instance, Matthew Karen from Astronomy Class 08-1 and Thomas Taylor from Alpha Academy. Sunlight barely affected them negatively. In their minds, they are but nobility wizards with rarer bloodlines and more respectable statuses.

Dormitory 403.

As soon as Blue Bird recommended Dylan as a scavenger to everyone, it instantly sparked a widespread resonance.

With sharp senses, flexible movements, and remarkable insight - is there a more suitable candidate for demon-hunting?

”The only problem is whether he will accept this appointment... and train with us,” Xin Fat Man said, nervously stroking his cat.

”That’s the team leader’s task,” Xiao Xiao hummed softly.

Zheng Qing glanced at the others in amazement.

”Dylan is indeed a suitable scavenger. After all, whether it’s vampires or werewolves, they are nocturnal creatures with sharp senses and good at tracking... Plus, hasn’t he frequently claimed to have lived for over a thousand years? He must have seen much and experienced much.” Zhang Ji Xin praised, then added, ”But since he has lived long, he might not be interested in joining in our childish games... So we must prepare several substitutes for our scavenger.”

”He just claims to have lived long,” Zheng Qing retorted, ”In my opinion, considering his infantile way of speaking, he can’t be more than twenty years old...”

”You’re calling someone else childish!” Xin Fat Man looked at the scholarship student in shock, and his previously stroking hand involuntarily stopped.

Tuan Tuan’s purring abruptly stopped.

It flicked its tail dissatisfiedly, opened its mouth wide and threateningly showed its sharp teeth.

Zheng Qing pretended not to hear Fat Man’s question, and went on to say, ”...However, I also think that it’s very necessary to choose an additional scavenger. After all, Dylan’s schedule differs from ours, and we can’t always ask him to compromise.”

”I second that,” Lin Guo’s arm shot up as he looked excitedly at everyone, ”Can I nominate myself? How about me? I’m familiar with many types of demons, and can use alchemy to create tools suitable for different environments...”

As he spoke, he opened his small backpack, constantly pulling out little gadgets.

”...This ’Heavenly Eye’ is a combination of an armillary sphere and a crystal ball using alchemy, it can actively scan everything within a ten-mile radius... And this one, I call it ’Buzzer’, any minor fluctuations of demonic aura would trigger its strong response.”

As he spoke, Lin Guo held up something looking like a wrench, and pressed hard on it.

The speaker flower originally curled up at the head of the wrench suddenly stretched out, inflated, and emitted a sharp noise.

”Uh oh...” Lin Guo’s originally excited expression suddenly crumbled, ”Stop!”

He smashed the wrench onto the desk several times.

But not only did the speaker flower not stop buzzing, it made an even louder noise.

”It’s just a minor malfunction...” The young wizard nervously looked at the others, continuously explaining, ”This was just recently made using alchemy, so it hasn’t undergone system testing yet, so it might have some misjudgments...”

Zheng Qing watched Lin Guo bustling at the desk, helplessly looking towards the others for help.

Xiao Xiao was engrossed watching the young wizard fiddling with the ’buzzer’, completely ignoring the fee student’s gaze; while Xin Fat Man and Zhang Ji Xin started discussing the training plans for the Absolution hunting team.

Only Blue Bird, with a furrowed brow, stepped up to Lin Guo, placing a hand on his head, once no one started talking.

”You’re still young.” This wizard from Starry Sky Academy was never good with words.

Lin Guo finally stopped tinkering with the little gadget in his hand, tearing up as he looked at Blue Bird: ”I didn’t mean to... I just wanted to see if I’d still pass out...”

”There’s still plenty of time, no need to rush.” Zheng Qing spoke, comforting: ”....How about this: Blue Bird can be the substitute Seeker, and you can be his assistant... you can train with him regularly.”

Blue Bird furrowed his brow slightly, seemingly contemplating something.

Lin Guo pouted, disheartened as he tidied up the little alchemy gimmicks on the desk.

”You need to choose another Seeker.” Blue Bird suddenly began speaking, saying more than usual: ”My situation is similar to Dylan’s... due to certain reasons, I can’t guarantee my attendance rate. If my absence causes a mistake in the hunting team, it would be unforgivable.”

Zheng Qing lifted his head, sweeping a look around the room, and ultimately nodded helplessly.

”In that case, I’ll be the second substitute for the Seeker.” Sensing the surprise in the gazes around him, Zheng Qing spread his hands: ”I have the Armour Horse Charm, I can move quickly... I should barely qualify for the position.”

”No way.” Zhang Ji Xin and Xiao Xiao immediately disagreed in unison.

”Okay...eh?” Zheng Qing looked confused.

When asking for volunteers, no one spoke; but now when he volunteered, he was shot down.

This wasn’t fair on him!

Xiao Xiao glanced at Zhang Ji Xin, then buried her head back into her notebook.

”Hmm, let me explain.” Zhang Ji Xin rolled up his sleeves, posing seriously, announcing: ”A hunting team generally consists of five members.”

”A main Hunter, two auxiliary hunters, a Left Auxiliary and a Right Aide; a Wandering Hunter, and a Seeker.” Zheng Qing repeated with a straight face.

”Correct.” Zhang Ji Xin nodded, continuing: ”The goal of a hunting team is to hunt demons. Hence, we need to locate and capture or kill the target, then collect the spoils.”

”Therefore, we have three goals: Locate, Defeat, Collect.”

”Among these three, the first is to locate the target— this is the task of the Seeker. We need the Seeker to have strong scouting abilities and quick movement.”

”I have both these qualifications though.” Zheng Qing was somewhat unconvinced: ”For quick movement, I have the Armour Horse Charm, I can’t teleport, but I can move at high speed... and for communicating, apart from the Flying Crane, Prophetic Flyers, I also have a group of elves... I remember alchemical items can be brought into hunting grounds right. They can help me find those demons.”

Upon hearing Zheng Qing mentioning them, the elves, who were originally resting on the drapes, flew up, floating with their arms crossed behind the fee student, cheering him on.

”It’s not that your Armour Horse Charm or little elves are unsuitable.” Zhang Ji Xin gave a bitter smile, waving at the little elves, turning back to Zheng Qing: ”These techniques can at most provide you with decent mobility and communication. But a Seeker has a much more important requirement, that is, they must know the types, behaviors and features of demons like the back of their hand, only then can the hunting team in the rear prepare adequately... how much do you know about demons?”

”Eh?” Zheng Qing was immediately taken aback.