High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 564: Chapter 233 Minotaur_1

It’s well-known that the Minotaur was one of the totems the ancient Cretans revered, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull, known for its incredible strength and volatile ferocity. Even to the ancient wizards, this creature was considered a monster.

As the civilization of wizards continued to develop, the territories of the monsters were gradually suppressed and diminished, and even became extinct.

Many creatures of the ancient times, possessing various special abilities, are now nothing more than shadows in books, stories passed down from generation to generation by the elderly, and items like a piece of bone, an eyeball, or a roughly treated, strangely smelling tough hide collected in the treasuries of ancient wizard families.

However, the more advanced the civilization, the more wizards can glimpse the nature of these monsters from the fragments of history.

For example, the ferocious goddess Echidna, half woman and half snake, lived far away from gods and mortals in the abyss, and gave birth to a host of famous monsters — such as the three-headed dog Cerberus, the hundred-headed dragon Ladon, the lion-headed, sheep-bodied, snake-tailed fire monster Chimera, and the Sphinx, very famous in Lower Egypt, among others. It is difficult for any wizard to understand how creatures with different life traits could cooperatively cohabitate. The only explanation is that these monsters were the leftovers from Echidna’s attempts to break through to higher realms.

Yes, in the formal history of wizards, Echidna was a powerful wizard from ancient times.

And the improvement of life is the only sign of grand wizards advancing to higher realms.

Just as it’s described in the prologue of the ”Road of the Eternal Wizard”, ”...when a wizard creates a life, he sees the threshold of the grand wizard...”

”...and this threshold varies from person to person: wizards who create unintelligent beasts are naturally inferior to those who create intelligent creatures; wizards who create short-lived kinds are trumped by those who create long-lived kinds; there are even wizards who create mythical creatures, even gods — what kind of existence is a wizard who can create gods at will?”

And then there’s the Minotaur.

In ancient times, the Cretans, who possessed unique alchemy skills, gave birth to a legendary grand wizard who conquered death, Minos I. His only ’legacy’, before finally embarking on the star road, was the ’Taurus’ that lived in the labyrinth. Hence, this ’Taurus’ was also called the Minotaur.

As the legacy of Minos I, the appearance of the Minotaur created a fragile path between life and death - it’s not difficult to imagine that later wizards would desperately pursue it.

This is the misfortune of the Minotaur, but also its luck.

Its misfortune lies in the fact that after its protector left this world, it was quickly killed under the onslaught of many covetous creatures.

Its luck, on the other hand, is that, while the other legendary monsters gradually disappeared in the long river of history, the Minotaur, due to the wizards’ persistent interest in it, left many bloodlines.

The Minotaur is a secondary generation creature bred by wizards based on the legendary creature.

In other words, the Minotaur is a low-grade imitation of the Minotaur.

”...and the double-headed Minoan is a freak produced by accident in some ’regular’ laboratories during breeding.” Zheng Qing emphasized the words ’regular laboratory’ when explaining to his companions.

That was also the part the official from the Wizard Alliance had stressed when explaining to him.

”So, your summoned beast is a freak?” The fat guy’s focus was always distinctive.

”Is Cerberus a freak? Is the Siren a freak? Are the Fish Wives freaks?” Zheng Qing became somewhat dissatisfied and threw a series of questions at the fat guy, ”How do you know my double-headed Minoan is a freak? A mutant is not a freak!!”

”Right, it’s just a freakish mutant.” The fat guy quickly corrected his words in a good-natured manner.

Zheng Qing took a deep breath, giving up his impulse to argue with the fat guy.

He turned to the others and continued, ”Anyway, although I don’t like that medal very much, I have to admit that the permanent summoning spell on the medal is a great idea.”

”Does it have any abilities?” Xiao Xiao was clearly more interested in its capabilities than what the double-headed Minotaur looked like.

”A lot.” Zheng Qing thought about it for a moment before he slowly said, ”Firstly it’s very robust! And it loves to use a large totem stick...”

”Without a doubt,” the fat guy immediately scoffed, ”compared to a robust Minotaur, finding a weak one would be the real challenge.”

Zheng Qing felt a little embarrassed.

He cleared his throat imperceptibly, continuing, ”Also, unlike other Minotaurs who only know how to swing their stick, my double-headed Minotaur can use magic — probably achieved through the resonance and coordination of two voices — they’re very interesting and practical auxiliary auras.”

”Stop talking about useless things, just summon it out for a walk, and everyone will get familiar with it, right?” The main hunter of the Absolution Hunting Team waved his arm frantically, clamoring anxiously.

”Here?” Zheng Qing looked up at the ceiling, then looked around.

His meaning was very clear, this was just an ordinary classroom in the school building. If he casually summoned some bizarre creature in such a place, not to mention whether the patrol team might deduct his school points, but just the narrow space and the crowded crowd, clearly wasn’t a good idea.

”Of course not here.” Zhang Ji Xin’s red face flashed a purplish hint.

He turned his neck and added hoarsely, ”I mean during training tonight... during training tonight, find some time to call it out and let everyone meet it.”

”If you plan to use this summoning spell in the Freshman Tournament, then it’s really necessary to meet it.” Xiao Xiao put away his notebook, agreeing with the main hunter’s view.

Zhang Ji Xin’s face immediately softened significantly.

”Well then,” seeing that everyone seemed very interested, Zheng Qing was forced to nod reluctantly, ”If there’s an opportunity, I’ll let you meet it.”

As it turned out, these young people were too young.

In life, there are times when certain things absolutely must not be said.

Such as ’once the battle is over, I’m going back to my hometown to get married’, or ’wait for me, I’ll definitely come back’, and ’if there’s an opportunity...’

’If there’s an opportunity’ meant that there was never a chance.

Such as the young wizards of the Absolution Hunting Team, who planned to meet the summoned beast in the Merlin Medal when they had some time, but unexpectedly, were busy from Thursday to Saturday, and even until the start of the ’College Cup’ dance, they never saw the Minotaur.

It was indeed quite a sorrow.