High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 549: Chapter 218: Deeper Reason_1

”Commander’s actions seem downright brutal!”

”He held Joan by the throat and lifted her up... seemingly trying to coerce her into giving up resistance.”

”There is fresh blood spilling from the corner of Joan’s mouth, indicating how severe Commander’s string of hits were... her injuries are extremely severe, so much so that she can barely hold onto her long knife!”

”Emergency rescue therapists and nurses are on standby, ready to rush in and provide aid... all it needs is for the Hearts Q Hunting Team to signal their surrender...”

”Oh, no!”

A flustered commentator’s voice emitted from the Speaker Flowers:

”Commander forcefully smashed Joan against a large tree...apparently because Joan just rejected his demand!”

”This is utterly unnecessary!”

”After all, anyone can judge that Joan has completely lost her ability to fight!”

”We are not sure whether the actions of the Clover Hunting Team are in violation of the Hunting Competition Management Regulations or the related provisions of the ’Campus Cup’ hunting rules... but we must admit that the behaviors of the Clover Hunting Team, or Commander specifically, are extremely ungentlemanly, going against the general moral code.”

The Speaker Flowers trembled as they repeatedly relaid the organizer’s opinions on what was happening on the grassland.

The surrounding stands were in an uproar.

Almost everyone gave up watching other hunting teams and focused their attention on the battle between the Clover Team and Hearts Q. The gleaming lenses of telescopes were neatly aligned like sunflower seeds, all pointed towards the Heavenly Eye in the center of the ’flower disc’.

Zheng Qing couldn’t help but glance at the chairperson’s booth.

The black-cloaked wizards sitting behind the referee’s table had serious expressions and were whispering to each other, but the signal to stop the game was never issued.

”This is too much!” Lin Guo’s shocked voice came from beside Zheng Qing.

Even though they were from the same school as Alpha Academy, he couldn’t tolerate the Clover Hunting Team’s brutality anymore, and began to criticize harshly:

”This is excessive! Even if the senior refused to surrender, they could have just tied her to the tree, suppressed her with a Suppression Symbol, and waited until the end of the match, they would still be the winners... ”

”This is a competition! What are they doing? Do they want to kill someone?”

The young wizard’s face flushed red, shaking the law book intensively and heatedly. He seemed eager to rush into the hunting ground and cast a bunch of curses on the blue-faced zombie.

On the contrary, Zhang Ji Xin, who easily loses his temper on a normal day, seemed to be much calmer now.

”As you said, this is a competition, a hunting competition,” Zhang Ji Xin patted Lin Guo’s shoulder, looked serious, and added in a low voice:

”In other words, this is a simulation exercise for hunting demons... Do you expect that when you meet ’enemies’ outside, they can be very gentlemanly, very polite, have a friendly chat with you, and cordially shake hands? Wake up... We are facing the world’s most evil creatures, and we are participating in the cruelest event in the wizarding world.”

”Don’t be naive.”

”This is not naivety!” Zheng Qing retorted after hearing this: ”Just like you said, this is ultimately a competition... shouldn’t it be a bit milder, more acceptable?”

”The competition is already very mild.” Xiao Xiao interjected and explained: ”At least, no one died in today’s competition... The ’Demon Hunting Competition Management Regulations’ passed by the Great Wizards’ Conference fifty years ago explicitly banned blood hunts, death hunts, and more than 20 other types of hunting that cause a high death rate among participants. Therefore, the hunting competition we are witnessing today is already in a very ’civilized’ form.”

”Civilization?!” Listening to these words, Zheng Qing felt a distinct sense of irony.

”If you have a chance, I can take you to the ’Underground Hunting Competition’, you may change your mind,” Zhang Ji Xin looked at Zheng Qing, shrugged then said:

”Many obsessive wizards also call it the ’True Hunting Competition’... In that kind of hunting ground, there are no rules, no mercy or warmth, only cold objectives and winning or losing. The wild demons they use are real wild demons that have just been captured, not a neutered version bred in labs for countless generations.”

”Is the underground hunting illegal?” Lin Guo was shocked looking at Zhang Ji Xin, stunned: ”If you’re caught by the Trident Sword people, you’ll be sent to Danghag!”

Danghag is home to the highest court of the wizards, where the largest ’secure prison’ for wizards resides — unlike the Black Prison on Buji Island, Danghag’s prison solely holds wizards with minor wrongdoing.

Zheng Qing silently held the telescope, continuing to stare at the Clover Hunting Team in the hunting ground.

Queen of Hearts still didn’t give up.

”I think that zombie deserves to go to Danghag even more.” The young scholar student snorted, looking at the Clover hunters, their white robes splattered with bits of blood, feeling increasingly annoyed.

”She’s fighting so hard... Perhaps, it’s her way to gain more acceptance.” The melancholic voice of Dylan suddenly sounded, causing the surrounding atmosphere to immediately become heavy.

Although there was no clear subject in his statement, everyone knew he was talking about Joan, the half-blooded vampire.

Even though a long time ago, the Wizards Alliance officially recognized the Under the Moon Council as ’fellow wizards with special status’, to the vast majority of wizards, these creatures that inhabit the dark, are seen as ’different’, ghostly creatures who mix with demons.

As a result, wizards who possess half of the Under Moon creature’s bloodline are always subtly discriminated against in the wizard world.

In contrast, these half-blood wizards are labeled as ’hybrids’ and ’scum’ among Under the Moon creatures, and often suffer exclusion and persecution.

In the First University, although professors and staff members do not regard them any differently, young wizards still unavoidably carry their own prejudices influenced by their families and society. According to a popular caste classification in Alpha Castle, half-blooded wizards are only slightly above tricksters, on the same level as Sirens, Fishmans, and other low-level magical creatures, and significantly below Ninfus, Horse-Men, and other extraterrestrial lifeforms with some form of magical civilization. Even at Jiuyou Academy, known for its principles of equality and justice, one can still hear occasional alienating remarks directed at these half-blooded wizards.

It’s a sad fact indeed.

”I remember the Commander is a very extreme supporter of the bloodline theory...perhaps that’s why he’s being particularly hard on the Queen of Hearts.” Dylan added his own analysis: ”Among many half-blood wizards, Joan is often seen as their beacon... Being able to strike down their beacon is definitely a cause for celebration for many stubborn wizards.”

”Or it could be his last chance to clear his name.” Xiao Xiao neither agreed nor disagreed with Dylan’s statement: ”After all, everyone knows he’s a bloodline theory wizard, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing in the wizard world... There are traditional lawyers ready to defend him. Have you heard of ’Affluenza’? Perhaps they will invent a ’Blfluenza’ to defend wizards who support the bloodline theory.”

”It’s not entirely for that reason.” Zhang Ji Xin had different opinions: ”I remember that the Commander is Friedman’s man, and that Friedman is currently contending with Sepulano for the next Augustus role... And what could be better for propelling Friedman’s popularity than massively damaging Lei Zhe’s reputation in the hunting ground? Perhaps this was Friedman’s idea!”

Seeing how the topics was sliding towards a more bizarre direction, Zheng Qing finally couldn’t hold back any longer, and tried to divert everyone’s attention: ”What you guys said are all speculations. But what I can say for certain is that the way that zombie is so brutally treating girls... He can forget about ever getting a girlfriend in his life.”

Surrounding them, a few chuckles could be heard.

The tense atmosphere finally eased a bit.

”The dead don’t have needs in that department anyway,” Xin Fat Man chimed in: ”On this point, I believe many female wizards from Alpha Academy can testify... Maybe I should write a manuscript on this topic, I believe it would have a high viewership.”

”Don’t cause trouble,” Xiao Xiao interrupted Fat Man’s grand plan, pointed towards the mini world in the hunting ground: ”Today already is chaotic enough... I just hope the competition ends smoothly and there won’t be any disorder because of what’s happening down there.”

As if to confirm his speculation,

Small commotions suddenly arose in the stands surrounding Hunting Ground One.