High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 613: Chapter 282: Blue Giant_1

Cooperation or competition, that’s a question worth considering.

If according to the curse of the Puppet Masters and the Secret Garden Elves, only one hunting team out of all those entering the hunting ground can survive, then from this perspective, each team is an opponent—opponents to the death.

However, if guided by the principle of ’rightness’, all hunting teams should unite and resist the tyranny of the Puppet Masters, striving for everyone to escape from the hunting ground in unity. From this principle, each hunting team is a potential ally.

Whether they are opponents or allies depends on the choice of each hunting team.

Given the understanding of the continuous disputes between the four academies since the beginning of the school year, and the recent fight between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy in the hunting ground, where they threw curses at each other; considering the countless stories about betrayal, conspiracy, deception, and coercion brought from the Second Dimension, cases of human nature sinking and twisting under darkness and oppression.

Zheng Qing could not entrust his own safety, or the safety of the Absolution Hunting team, to any other stranger.

Even if it’s Tang Dun, even if it’s Elena.

So, he eventually chose to give up contact with the hunting team from the West and continue to survive independently in the hunting ground — this means more hardships and difficulties, means the Absolution needs to guard against every creature that appears in their field of vision, and also means they need to deal with the troublesome Wolf Demon Group from the Southwest as soon as possible.

For Zheng Qing’s decision, Zhang Ji Xin and Xin Fat Man just shrugged and didn’t say anything. Even Xiao Xiao hesitated for a while and then continued to be silent, without raising any doubts — this was originally a dilemma.

”We’re going to fight that group of Wolf Demons, right?”

Xin Fat Man put away his snack bag, wiped his mouth, and took off his watch and multi-colored Peach Charms and other little things on himself, and gave them all to Zheng Qing: ”Then I’d better summon the big guy first.”

The big guy he referred to was his transformed form of the Blue Giant.

As a peculiar wizard bloodline, the Blue Giant not only possesses strong ice magic ability but also impressive melee combat strength, and his magic power will continue to grow with his mental ’completeness’ - theoretically, human spirit tends to be complete endlessly, which means that the Blue Giant’s magic power has unlimited room for growth.

Like most wizards with unique bloodline traditions like to link their bloodlines to a charismatic origin, Xin Fat Man has claimed more than once in dorm room 403, that his bloodline is descended from Ymir, a descendant created by Mimir using wisdom spring water and earth.

Of course, such boasting filled with self-aggrandizing and bragging doesn’t have any effect except letting everyone know a lot of ’mashed’ mythological tales.

Just as some of the Blood Race believe that they are descended from Cain, the descendants of God; some zombies believe they are descended from the Drought Demon, belonging to the heir apparent of Emperor Huang; and some wizard families dig out musty old pedigrees, proving that they are ancestors to Merlin’s second neighbor’s third son’s son-in-law- just as in the mundane world, this kind of death-grip behavior is not uncommon in the wizarding world.

”It sounds like we are all just clay people made by Nüwa Mother,” Xiao Xiao once commented on the Fat Man’s boast.

Even though he said that, it doesn’t mean that the ’Blue Giant’ transformed by Xin Fat Man is just a name without substance.

On the contrary, for the first-year freshmen, the Blue Giant can be considered as a formidable existence. Zheng Qing believes that if it wasn’t for Xin Fat Man’s inability to effectively control his transformation, and that his transformation time is limited, the Club Union would never have approved him to join the Absolution Hunting Team.

”By the way, don’t forget to give me back my robe after I recover.” Xin Fat Man folded his robe neatly, stuffed it into a small bundle, handed it to Zheng Qing, and declared solemnly, ”No one, I mean anyone present here, is allowed to take photos, keep as mementos... and engage in such behavior.”

Zhang Ji Xin nodded seriously - Zheng Qing was very skeptical about his sincerity, because not long ago, he heard Red Face and Duan Xiao Jian discussing finding some ’mighty male wizard battle scene’ images to submit for a small hunting image exhibition held by the female wizards.

What could be more impactful than a picture of a Blue Giant killing wildly in the hunting ground?

Of course, under these circumstances, Zheng Qing wouldn’t question his lead Hunter because of these insignificant speculations, so he wisely chose to remain silent.

As if sensing the malicious intent in the air, the bare-chested Fat Man shuddered, crossed his arms over his chest, and quickly rubbed his arms.

”Do you need a Calm Heart Talisman? I still have some in stock.” Zheng Qing took the Fat Man’s bundle and casually stuffed it into his grey cloth bag, while pulling out a few light blue talismans to demonstrate.

”Not for now.” The Fat Man lifted a water cup in his hand and boasted in mid-air: ”An ancestral prescription, focuses the mind, just need one dose, and you’ll reach a state of enlightenment...”

”You need to enter your own heart to find real tranquility, rather than relying on drugs every time to clear your mind.” Xiao Xiao couldn’t help but admonish: ”Taking too much medicine harms the spirit.”

”Relax, relax,” Fat Man waved dismissively: ”Always nagging like an old scholar, how can a person like this find a girlfriend, the God must be blind... If inner peace is so easy to achieve, who needs to clear mind.”

His statement caught Xiao Xiao completely off guard.

After watching Fat Man gulp down two mouthfuls of the potion, Zheng Qing took the bottle from him and took a sniff at the opening.

”You made this yourself, right?” He looked up, skeptical: ”Who else would use so much southern belladonna in their ancestral concoction? Are you sure you won’t just fall asleep straight away?”

The Fat Man’s face was already turning a little blue.

But this didn’t stop him from scratching his head and showing off a foolishly proud smile: ”Ah, haha, you found it... Apart from belladonna, I also added powdered valerian root, rosemary essence, and then blended it with daisy water that had been soaked overnight...Oh, and a little milk and honey.”

”Sounds like a cocktail for a sedative.” Xiao Xiao twitched the corner of her mouth.

”Have you used it before?” Zhang Ji Xin raised his eyebrows: ”Now is not the time for experiments!”

”All good!” The Fat Man waved his hand and, with a twist of his neck, his head swelled up several sizes.

”Hiss.” Zheng Qing grimaced and finally moved his gaze away from the Fat Man.

Although it wasn’t his first time seeing the Fat Man transform into a Blue Giant, and he had memories of many similar scenes, watching this kind of ’transfiguration spell’ that forcefully changes the human body state was always extremely discomforting.

Just like how some people can’t stand the sound of nails sliding over a blackboard or a wire scratching glass, even the mere suggestion of it sends chills down their spine, covering them in goosebumps.