High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 539: Chapter 208 Commander_1

”Oh, I know that guy.”

Outside the hunting ground, up in the stands.

Zheng Qing was adjusting the knob on his brass telescope, bringing the focus closer.

A familiar face showed up in the frame.

”The guy in the white robe to the right of that big rock, the tall and skinny wizard,” the young scholarship student snaps his fingers, trying to recall the familiar name. ”What’s his name again? The guy we fought with on the pedestrian street...”

”Arthur·Ness.” Xiao Xiao answered in a low voice.

”Oh my God!” Lin Guo exclaimed: ”Right right right, that’s the jerk who stole my book! Can he take part in the hunting party too?”

”Why can’t he take part in the hunting party.” Xin Fat Man was quite helpless towards the logic of the young wizard: ”Who said only the good guys can take part in the hunting party.”

”This is really bad. It’s just too bad.” Lin Guo grumbled, angrily panning his lens to the other side. ”From now on, I’m a staunch supporter of the Queen of Hearts Q hunting team!”

”I mean, I always thought he was a hunter for the Hemophilia or 3A hunting teams.” Zheng Qing smacked his lips, ”But it seems that he didn’t even get a good gig in this ’straggler’ hunting team... Isn’t he supposed to have a good relationship with Sir Friedman?”

”He’s just sticking to him himself.” Zhang Ji Xin’s disdainful voice came from behind the scholarship student, ”The Ness family wasn’t anything big to begin with, how could they possibly have a good relationship with Friedman... I heard from my brother that he initially had a chance to be a substitute for the Hemophilia hunting team, but because of the incident at the beginning of the school year, his impression in the hearts of the big shots at Alpha Academy plummeted... He not only failed to join the Hemophilia hunting team, he even lost his hunter status in the original 3A hunting team.”

”So now he can only struggle in this whatever hunting team for a slot in the round-robin competition?” Zheng Qing couldn’t help but laugh, ”What a desperate situation...”

”Clover.” Xiao Xiao reminded from the side.

”What?” Zheng Qing cocked his head.

”Clover Hunting Team!” Doctor Xiao sighed, slightly raising his voice: ”That’s the name of the hunting team Arthur·Ness is currently in... The main hunter and team leader is that wizard sitting on the big rock, his name is Commander; Arthur·Ness is the Left Auxiliary, Sima Yi is the Right Aide; the skinny wizard next to Arthur is Kitano Gen, who’s a Wandering Hunter; the guy with green hair next to Sima Yi, Nicholas Dunnigan, is the Seeker... He’s the only non-Alpha Academy student in this hunting team, coming from Atlas, he’s a Druid, a very rare inheritance.”

Zheng Qing’s lens moved rapidly following Xiao Xiao’s explanation, quickly figuring out the structure of this unfamiliar hunting team.

”Is Queen of Hearts Q much stronger than them?!” Lin Guo shouted from the side.

Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly, denying: ”On the contrary... According to my calculations, Queen of Hearts Q’s chances of beating Clover are not high...”

”But you said before that the chances of Queen of Hearts Q winning this round-robin competition are very high, didn’t you?” Zheng Qing raised an eyebrow, surprised.

”If it’s simply about hunting abilities, then Queen of Hearts Q does have a slight advantage... Because most demon animals are basically no match for Queen Qiong’s speed. As long as her Auxiliary Hunters are not too incompetent, they can always bag the most game.”

Xiao Xiao put down the telescope, turned his head back, and patiently explained: ”On the other hand, the main hunter of the Clover Hunting Team, Commander, is not as adept at speed... A lot of game that he can’t beat would be able to escape from him. Take that group of wild, sheep-like demons for example - faced with Queen Qiong, they would screw up their courage, lower their heads and charge. But if they were against Commander, they would probably tuck tail and flee the moment they smelt something amiss on top of the mountain.”

”That’s so boss!” Zheng Qing exclaimed, unable to resist shifting his lens back to the white-robed wizard on the stone.

”One could tell just by looking at the expression of those monkeys in the baobab tree.” Xin Fat Man interjected from the side, ”It’s obvious, those monkeys can discern who poses a bigger threat to them...”

”Then why don’t they run away?” Lin Guo asked.

”Maybe because monkeys can’t run fast on the ground?” The fat man hesitated, giving two vague answers, ”And that guy named Commander seems quite listless... Maybe the monkeys sensed that, so even though they felt a threat, they were reluctant to immediately abandon their old haunts.”

Zheng Qing maximized the magnification of the telescope, trying hard to discern the young wizard on the large stone, and said with doubt: ”Why do I feel like this Commander guy is about to fall asleep? Isn’t this a lack of interest in the game?”

”The sunlight is a bit too dazzling right now.” Dylan’s lazy voice echoed in their ears, ”Even though that zombie has a good pedigree, it’s an undead creature after all... It’s no surprise it would act like this under the sun.”

”Zo...Zombie!” Lin Guo jumped up in surprise.

He quickly moved his telescope to focus on the young wizard on the large stone, exclaiming, ”I’ve always heard that there’s a senior in our school who’s a zombie, but no one ever told me who it was... so it’s him! I remember he also has a position in the Alpha Students Union. He even went on stage to speak on behalf of the Club Union at the Alpha Welcoming night!”

”Are you really an Alpha Academy student?” Zheng Qing jokingly laughed, ”How can you not know about this.”

”Because it’s very private!” The young wizard blushed, ”Just like you wouldn’t go asking those foreign exchange students if they have alien blood... Unless they voluntarily disclose it, we never ask about this kind of thing.”

”All right, all right, it’s just a joke, don’t take it so seriously.” Zheng Qing raised both hands in a surrender gesture. But he soon turned his head to look at Dylan:

”Even though you say that, I still think he’s showing a lack of interest in the game... If he dislikes the sunlight so much, he could completely wipe out those monkeys first, then sit in the tree and doze off!”

”He’s not being uninterested... he just doesn’t want to hunt for others’ entertainment.” Xiao Xiao glanced at the scene in the hunting grounds, his eyebrows tightly furrowed, with the notebook in his hand flipping continuously.

”They’ve already entered the hunting grounds, why are they still acting so pretentious!” Zheng Qing retorted, ”If they are truly unwilling to hunt in front of others, then they should simply not participate in the competition!”

”This is not something he can decide.” Zhang Ji Xin stood behind him, arms folded, and hummed gloomily, ”Every hunting team has one or several clubs backing it... Looking at the composition of this hunting team, it’s obvious that it’s Sir Friedman’s doing. He does not yet have the ability to refuse Sir’s requests.”

”Indeed.” Xin Fat Man chimed in with agreement: ”Just like the two hunting teams down there... Clover isn’t Clover, and Queen of Hearts Q isn’t Queen of Hearts Q.”

”This is why I’m currently most curious.” Xiao Xiao rubbed his temple, taking a deep breath, ”I’ve always thought that Lei Zhe and Augustus had an unspoken agreement... not to publicly air their conflicts at school hunting parties.”

”But it’s apparent, the people down there do not share the same sentiment.”