High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 477: Chapter 146 Training Plan_1

Erwin Hoffman did not seriously listen to Zheng Qing’s subsequent chatter.

Since the student on scholarship had reported Dylan’s name, the Jurisdiction Hunting Team Leader was taken aback and seemed to be somewhat stunned; his expression also became somewhat strange.

It seemed as if he only returned to his senses after a long time after Zheng Qing had finished his introduction, and he laughed a couple of times.

”Ah, the renowned Tabbot...I was just wondering why I could sense a familiar aura from you,” the Jurisdiction Hunting Team Leader’s gaze passed over Dylan’s black curly hair, fair skin, and finally landed on his green eyes.

His smile was somewhat strange: ”Well, well, I didn’t expect the rumor to be true...O’Brien really did marry into the Tabbot family...”

Dylan’s face immediately darkened.

Zheng Qing was inwardly yelling, this was bad. Dylan has always disliked people commenting about his bloodline, everyone in the dorm usually tiptoed around this subject, but here it was unexpectedly thrown out for discussion today, in front of an outsider.

Upon further thought, he came to an understanding.

Hoffman was said to be a half-blood werewolf and his surname was hidden, therefore he was heavily ostracized in the werewolf circles. In other words, he basically had no opportunity to attend werewolf gatherings - even if he was one of the strongest hunters in the first academy, he would not be able to break through certain inherent impressions of the full-blooded creatures of the moon.

This also happened to be one of the reasons why he didn’t choose to join Alpha, but joined Jiuyou Academy instead.

Thinking of this, Zheng Qing moved a small step back toward the space between the two, giving a dry chuckle. He endeavored to break the subtle atmosphere between the two half-blood werewolves by asking loudly, ”All the hunters of Absolution are here...So what’s your training plan?”

In the end, Hoffman glanced at the vampire behind Zheng Qing once more, shrugged his shoulders, turned around, waved his hand, and motioned for Deng Xiaojian to come over.

Perhaps realizing that the atmosphere on the scene was not suitable, Xin Fat Man ultimately did not approach the Jurisdiction Hunting Team Leader to continue his interview.

”This is a very interesting hunting team, filled with very interesting hunters.” Hoffman looked around the crowd, squinting laughingly at everyone in Absolution. His gaze briefly passed over Zhang Ji Xin, then turned back to Zheng Qing: ”You are the leader of the hunting team, and he is the main hunter of the team... a dual-leader system in the Crimson Hunting Team?”

Zheng Qing nodded his head immediately, pointed to Zhang Ji Xin, and said, ”He’s more familiar with hunting or hunting team related matters...I guess I’m only able to mediate and coordinate the team.”

”Being able to pull together a team is already very good in itself,” the Jurisdiction Hunting Team Leader nodded: ”While a dual-leader system could easily lead to disagreements within a hunting team, in light of your current situation, it’s definitely a wise choice.”

”As for now, I’ll let Deng Zi clarify your training plan...Lan Zi, let’s continue training.”

After saying that, Hoffman gave a slight nod to the few young wizards before turning into a green smoke and returning into the depths of the hunting ground.

”Good luck!” Qi Qinglan stepped forward, patting Deng Xiaojian’s shoulder, then looked at those in Absolution and waved energetically. ”Hang in there...I am rooting for you guys!”

Then he too, followed the green smoke and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Zheng Qing let out a sigh of relief, envy spreading across his face as he watched the two clouds of smoke disappearing into the distance.

”If I were you, I’d be ready to jot down every word I’m about to say,” Deng Xiaojian’s slightly irritated voice resounded from behind Zheng Qing. ”If I knew it was going to this troublesome, I would have pretended not to know you...”

The young scholarship student couldn’t help but turn his head back, looking askance at the skinny tall wizard, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, ”Excuse me...I’m still standing here, is it okay for you to say that?”

Deng Xiaojian sighed, raised a finger, and spoke in a loud voice.

”Today is our first meeting, so you can introduce yourselves with your real names.”

”But the next time we enter the hunting ground, I hope every one of you would have your own ’codename’.”

”This codename can be your nickname, your milk name, the name of a singer you like, a certain animal, or even any item that you randomly spot.”

”However, a hunter must have a codename of their own.”

”For example, my codename in the Jurisdiction Hunting Team is Deng Zi; Qi Qinglan’s codename is Lan Zi; the team leader’s codename is Lang Zi...”

”Pft...” Zheng Qing couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

He hadn’t expected that the Jurisdiction Hunting Team Leader, who appeared to be somewhat taciturn, to have such a flirtatious codename.

”I need to make something clear,” Deng Xiaojian glared at him fiercely, raising his voice and saying with a serious tone, ”Once you enter the hunting ground, you absolutely cannot reveal your real name. This is extremely dangerous...Who knows what dangerous abilities demons can possess? We need to prevent problems before they arise...This is the bloody lesson we have learned after a long history of demon hunting.”

As he spoke the last words, his tone became extremely stern.

Zheng Qing bowed his head, focusing his energy, clutched his notebook, and feverishly jotted down every word the coach said.

After a pause, Deng Xiaojian’s tone softened a bit, but he began to speak much faster:

”As you are all freshmen and don’t have much hunting experience, I have a rough idea regarding your training plan.”

”Firstly, you all need to strengthen your understanding of the prey.”

”You have to learn how to differentiate demons from ordinary spiritual beasts, especially remember this sentence - all demons have blood-red eyes, but not all creatures with red eyes are demons!”

Upon saying this, he stole a glance at the young scholarship student.

Zheng Qing touched his own right eye, sighing heavily.

”...As a modern hunter, you absolutely mustn’t repeat the mistakes that European wizards made in the 13th century—they tried to burn alive every creature with red eyes using hellfire. You also mustn’t repeat the mistake of a certain freshman hunting team from the 1901 annual school hunting party —they spent an entire day busily capturing white bunnies with red eyes on the hunting grounds! This has become the biggest disgrace in First Academy’s history for nearly a century.”

Laughter rose from the hillside.

Even Dylan couldn’t help but laugh.

Zheng Qing shook his head again and again, sympathizing with the misfortune of the freshman hunting team from a century ago. Being able to hunt rabbits for an entire day is a challenging task that requires perseverance and patience.

”If you can complete this part of the training before the freshman hunting competition, then I will give you further training...assigning different types and characteristics of demons for you to practice on.”

”Really?” Zhang Ji Xin cried out: ”Real demons? Alive ones?”

”Can dead ones be used for practice?” Deng Xiaojian glanced sidelong at Red Face, speaking in a rather proud tone: ”Although they are all processed, tamed demons with repeatedly weakened demonic energy...they are already enough for training newbies.”

”It is only us ’Holy Will’, a society with a long heritage and possessing our own secret garden, that have such capacity to do so.”