High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 606: Chapter 275: Two Hunting Teams_1

Just outside the rampant forest fire, there was a small hill.

The hill was gently sloping, and not very steep from the foot to the top. The top was covered with dense yellow thatch, and occasionally there were a few small clumps of carmaker fruit, growing wantonly amidst the clusters of grass, unfolding their small, beautiful flower clusters.

At the foot of the hill, on the edge of the dense forest, a few Soharu trees were scattered around. Due to the lack of competition, these ancient ferns grow as tall as six to seven meters. Their umbrella-like canopies were almost as tall as the nearby small hill.

On normal days, the birds that pass by here always liked to hop around the hill, looking for some tasty grass seeds, then leap a long distance and rest on the branches of the nearby Soharu trees.

But today, the birds that fled from the forest didn’t even dare to lower their heads to look at the place where they usually frolick in, and only focused on flying aimlessly into the distance.

Shortly after the birds left, a breeze rushed out of the fire-enclosed forest, bringing with it a stream of sparks, circulating around the vicinity for a few turns, ultimately landing on the open ground on top of the hill.

As the wind died down, five unfamiliar figures appeared out of thin air.

It was the Absolution hunting team.

”Immediately report your respective physical condition, the level of magic power consumption, and the number of remaining spells in your books,” Zheng Qing urgently commanded as soon as they landed. ”Swordsman, you should also explain the situation from the previous search investigation.”

At the same time, he tossed out fifteen talismans of the Five Elements Bagua Formation.

This formation hadn’t been fully consumed before and could still hold up for a while, making good use of wasted material now.

”Doctor, no injuries, excellent physical condition, slight dizzy symptoms after using ’Transfer Spell,’ magic power consumed about one-third, seven spells remain in the law book,” Xiao Xiao was the first to complete his reporting task and provided Zheng Qing with the detailed information of his remaining spells.

”Rest on the spot and be vigilant.” Zheng Qing nodded, hesitated for a moment, and added, ”If your body allows, you can try to detect the positions of the other teams...you do have the mediums, don’t you?”

Xiao Xiao nodded silently: ”Tang Dun’s hair, the handkerchief Karen discarded, Taylor’s used quill.”

”What about the others?!” Zheng Qing turned to look at the others in the team.

”Elder, in good health, magic power consumed ten percent, eight spells remain in law book.” Zhang Ji Xin patted his chest, boasting, ”I am in very good condition... I feel like I can kill a cow with one punch right now!”

”Fat man, very weak, half of my magic power sucked away by that damn vine monster.” Xin Fat Man sat guardedly on the grass, complaining, ”I haven’t used the spells in the law book, but my snack consumption has exceeded the estimate... I feel that in another two hours, the snacks in my watch will be finished.”

Zheng Qing twitched the corner of his eye and glanced at the sighing fat man. He whispered, ”When all the food is eaten, go find some herbs...our consumption of potions might be more severe than expected.”

”As I scanned earlier, I saw yellow cortinarius, firehemp, shrimp flowers...the types of medicinal herbs here are very rich.” Xiao Xiao added from the side, ”When you’re pulling the weeds, also look for dried leaves with intact veins, I want to try Professor Yi’s simple divination method.”

”Roger that!” The fat man agreed weakly.

”Good condition, magic power abundant.” After summarizing her condition, Blue Bird immediately supplemented her report with information of the demon to the north: ”Bull Demon, solitary, heavily armored, divination intensity seven, but actual combat power would be high, comprehensive assessment intensity between 7.5 to 9.8. However, it moves slowly, and it is estimated that it will only possibly meet us in three minutes.”

”A minute and a half.” Xiao Xiao loudly corrected from the side, he was using a magic flame to burn a piece of a beast bone, carefully discerning the delicate cracks on it: ”That bull demon has ignored the burning forest and is rushing straight towards us!”

Hearing Xiao Xiao’s words, Zheng Qing couldn’t help but look back at the burning forest.

”What a pity.” He sighed slightly.

If it weren’t for a demon lurking nearby that was almost as powerful as a registered wizard, he would certainly not give up the hard-won trophy from just before—that vine monster’s body. Even if it had been burnt to black coal, it could still be traded for quite a number of gold beans in the Wandering Bar. After all, it was a mature demon body, whether used for making ink blocks or mixing ink, it should be terrific material.

Of course, now is not the time to obsess over a few gold beans.

”I have a plan...” Zheng Qing raised a talisman paper, looking at his hunters, he spoke softly about the arrangements to come.

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More than ten kilometers to the west of the Absolution hunting team, another team had just finished their hunt.

”If we could pack this spoils of war and take it back, my old man would make an absolutely fantastic dish!” The skinny male wizard, dressed in a silver-grey dragon leather jacket, was gazing eagerly at the giant snake demon corpse in front of him. There was a tinge of regret in his voice, ”My old man’s technique in removing the demon’s poison is unrivalled, he wouldn’t leave a trace of demonic energy behind!”

”The demon meat hotpot from the Yota restaurant is indeed famous.” Julian agreed, glanced at Omega and then reminded, ”But we don’t have that much time...”

”Hurry up and collect the spoils!” Andrew waved his short, stout arms around, yelling in a choleric tone: ”Although I have no idea about that elf’s arbitrating rules, I definitely do not want to be chewed and swallowed by that big mouth Gulu! Amber, how many more minutes do we have? In which direction?”

”Captain, aren’t we supposed to call each other by code names when we’re on the hunting ground?” Omega widened his eyes in surprise, looking at his own captain.

”Code names?” Andrew scoffed at this question: ”Did Puppet Highness not get our list of nicknames, or did the acquaintances participating in the new recruit game not recognize our old faces? Do you think we are participating in ’Super Hunting Field’?”

Omega blinked, feeling that his coarse and short, fat captain surprisingly made sense.

When he regained his senses, Amber was staring at a crystal ball, murmuring: ”Fire rushes gold, great fortune to the west... We are so lucky, there must be a big fire happening in the east.”

This often overlooked fortune teller in the hunting team analysed in a low voice, ”So, after one minute, head east...it’s our only chance of survival.”

”Gibberish,” Andrew shook his head, turning to look at the most unique member of their team: ”Iseni? Is it safe to go to the edge of the fire?”

The fishman of Lin Zhong Lake glowered with a gloomy face but didn’t voice any objections with a low growl.

”In that case, hurry up and gather the spoils!” Andrew waved his arm, and called back to the fishman, ”Let your frog scout the route ahead first and see what has happened to the east...”

Iseni stared with two ghastly eyes, hesitated for a while, and then quivered his back fins.

”Ribbit!”

A round, flower-skinned frog rolled down from his back fins.

”Ribbit...east...ribbit...scout!” The fishman stretched out a hand and pointed to the south, instructing his pet.

”East is in that direction!” Andrew quickly stretched out his hand, pulled on the fishman’s elbow fin and redirected his hand to the east, while warning the flower-skinned frog with a stern look, ”Remember, hop high when you’re scouting. Never fall into a puddle on the ground. This is not Lin Zhong Lake... Be careful not to get caught by the young snakes related to our spoils of war!”

Saying this, he gave a thumbs up, pointing at the tens of meters long snake demon lying behind him.

”Ribbit!”

The painted frog nodded repeatedly, then jumped up and began to move nimbly through the air, disappearing from the view of the tail-snake hunting team in the blink of an eye.

”I also want a little green frog that can fly as a pet.” Omega looked enviously at Iseni, but then became despondent, ”But no matter what I raise, they always end up as gruel the next day by my old man...”

”That’s the taste of love.” Julian, who had been working hard on skinning the snake, stood up, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and sighed deeply, ”My father never makes soups for my brothers and I.”

”Love? No, no, you’re overthinking it.” Omega was taken aback, then he shook his head vehemently and denied, ”My old man just wants to make a little more money from selling an extra bowl of meat soup.”