High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 634: Chapter 303 Black-Cloaked ’Ghost’ _1

In the wild, leaves fluttered, flowers bloomed with fragrance, the sunlight was pleasant, and the air was moist.

In the wild, a figure clad in a black robe languidly walked ahead with drooping shoulders, followed by a black-skinned Bengal tiger that stood two meters at the shoulder.

At first glance, it looked like the figure in front was taking the tiger for a walk.

Upon further scrutiny, it seemed as though the tiger was the one taking the human for a stroll.

However, noticing the man had no baggage while the tiger was loaded with piles of fur, the judgment was overturned yet again, leading to renewed confusion.

In essence, the scene was baffling and perplexing for any distant observer.

In reality, even those involved in the scene were not any clearer than the bystanders.

Just like Zheng Qing who, since regaining consciousness in the ’slaughterhouse’, experienced a constant dizziness.

It was not because of lack of energy or fatigue. He just couldn’t figure out why he was still alive, and what exactly was the Tiger Demon’s plan.

If the demon was keeping him alive for a day he might crave some human flesh, its attitude towards food was overly tolerant. Not only did it give Zheng Qing unrestricted freedom, but it also allowed him to burden it with bundles of fur.

Presumably, if Zheng’s domestic pigs were so unrestrained, they would have been tied up and sent to the butcher a long time ago.

If the Tiger Demon had other designs, it was even more bewildering — given Zheng Qing’s identity as a minor wizard, he wasn’t able to help the Tiger Demon mix into the premier institution or smuggle through the Wizards’ Alliance to this New World. He pondered until his head ached, yet the deep mysteries remained elusive.

A mystery one can’t solve shouldn’t be pondered over forever.

This place was a hunting ground. Although he seemed safe with this Tiger Demon, Zheng couldn’t live here forever.

”Why not join me in finding the ’Great Treasure’ of that puppet?” Zheng asked the Tiger Demon tentatively. He hadn’t given up on leaving this hunting ground.

The Tiger Demon stared at him expressionlessly, without even a quiver of the whiskers by his lips.

”As you wish...” defeated, Zheng Qing grabbed his grey cloth bag, looked once more in the direction he had come from, and set off in another direction.

Although the demon hoard that was hunting him had vanished, a more terrifying time bomb now lingered at his side. Naturally, Zheng Qin couldn’t return the way he’d come and attract this new trouble to his teammates.

”If you intend to find other hunters through me, that’s wishful thinking...”

”Actually, my name is Wang, second in my family, and I particularly like to trick demons like you...”

”Are you still following me?”

”...”

”I genuinely won’t lead you to the other wizards...”

”Even if you forced me, threatened me with a tiger stool, I still won’t yield...”

”You’re a tiger, so you should know what a tiger stool is...”

The young wizard babbled incoherently, blurting out witty remarks that no one could understand, while occasionally adjusting his ill-fitting black robe.

This so-called robe was just a large piece of black cloth. Originally, Zheng Qing had bought it to make a flag and uniform for his hunting team, but due to an overly tight schedule of the novice competition, all these plans got postponed until the school’s hunting party.

After the previous ordeal, Zheng Qing’s red hunting uniform was in tatters, so he had pulled out this black cloth from his pocket, folded it, wrapped it around himself, and made do.

Although there were no other people around, he still hailed from a civilized society and couldn’t run around in the wild bare-bottomed—especially with an unpredictable and intimidating tiger by his side.

After taking a few steps, Zheng Qing paused and reached inside his grey cloth bag.

Walking around in this ill-fitting black robe was too much hassle, but he was, after all, a wizard — his spirit and magical power had somewhat recovered after this period of adjustment — and he didn’t need to be as helpless as a regular human.

So he took out a ’Cloud Climbing Talisman’, hung it outside his black robe, and chanted an incantation.

A slight breeze blew, and instantly his legs below the knees transformed into whiffs of white smoke. With a low ’putt-putt-putt’ sound, the young wizard’s figure began to float forward at a leisurely pace.

The speed was a bit slow and noisy, but at least he didn’t need to walk on his own, saving a good deal of effort.

The young wizard squinted and nodded approvingly.

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”Where’s that tiger?”

”About eight hundred meters away, behind that small hill...”

”Are all traces around the trap erased?”

”Checked three times, there’s absolutely no problem!”

”Did we fix the tiger demon’s strength?”

”The demon energy readings are a bit strange, the value isn’t very stable, it swings between 5-10,” Nanjian, who was responsible for determining the strength of the Tiger Demon, added softly while nibbling on Diao’er’s ear, ”but it’s only one... I think our hunting team can deal with it.”

”Are we sure it’s only one Tiger Demon?” Matthew asked anxiously.

”It should be just one Tiger Demon,” Nanjian hesitated and let go of Diao’er’s round ear, adding uncertainly, ”but this Tiger Demon seems to have captured a ghoul... that is, the kind of ghost that becomes a servile helper of a tiger demon after being eaten by a tiger. It’s a very troublesome thing.”

”I know what a Ghoul is!” Matthew immediately raised his eyebrows and asked steadfastly: ”But... a Ghoul? Are you sure? How can there be a Ghoul here? Why didn’t you mention it earlier?”

”There’s a shadow ahead of the Tiger Demon, clad in black from head to toe, bending over. If it’s not a Ghoul, could it be a living wizard?” Nankai interjected.

Seemingly dissatisfied with Matthew’s questioning, Nankai explained his thoughts in detail and said: ”The trap we set up only works on ’living entities’. For ghosts, etc., we can offer one Sun Talisman... it shouldn’t have any impact on our plan.”

”Even if it’s just a Ghoul, we can’t take it lightly.” Matthew found some sense in Nankai’s statement, but he insisted on interjecting his input: ”Once the trap is activated, we’ll first throw in the Sun Talisman and get rid of the Ghoul... We can’t afford a slip-up!”

Members of the hunting team nodded in agreement.

Only Elena furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze directed towards the Tiger Demon approached, filled with doubt and surprise.

”Anything else you’d like to add?” Matthew encouragingly looked towards his Gypsy witch.

He believed she had some ideas of her own.

At this juncture, he felt the need to show more generosity, be receptive to criticisms, and give others a broad mind. This would help maintain the team’s unity and foster a positive attitude towards work.

”No, there’s nothing else.” After hesitating for a moment, Elena finally shook her head and smiled warmly: ”We are all prepared very well... Perhaps it was just my imagination.”