High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 736: Chapter 84 A Streak of White in the Night_1

After calming the restless Poseidon, Zheng Qing refocused his attention on Lin Guo.

”If you’re really curious, then next time we have night training with the hunting team, we can check that pavilion along the way.” The young cost student paused, suggesting, ”I think the other members of the hunting team would also be interested in this idea.”

Upon hearing Zheng Qing’s words, the young wizard, who was originally entirely wrapped in a cloak, immediately perked up, popping his head out enthusiastically and asking, ”When’s the hunting team’s night training?”

”Next week, I guess. Today is already Saturday, so it won’t be this week for sure,” Zheng Qing was caught off guard by the small wizard’s overly enthusiastic attitude and responded vaguely, his eyes drifting into the distance, ”Maybe Wednesday or Thursday?”

”Today is Saturday, tomorrow night we have a class meeting, Monday night I will definitely have to do homework, and Tuesday night I have to follow Professor Yi for a special tutoring session, so the earliest is next Wednesday... Eh? What’s that?!”

The young wizard’s gaze towards the distance suddenly fixed on a particular direction.

His eyes were originally wandering just to avoid making eye contact with Lin Guo, not wanting the little wizard to see the unease in his own eyes. However, during this random wandering, he unexpectedly noticed a ’strange situation’, a happy accident indeed.

Sitting on the Black Mountain Goat, the little wizard followed the cost student’s gaze, and in the distance, at the end of the two’s patrol route, on a wooden bench in the corridor, a vague white shadow was faintly appearing.

It looked like a ghost light, or a floating ghost.

”Is it a gentleman or a lady ghost taking a walk?” Lin Guo wondered, his hands not slacking off as he followed Zheng Qing’s actions, taking out his law book and talisman. His tone became a bit tense again, ”We wouldn’t happen to run into a wild demon again, right?”

”This is the First University! Where are there so many wild demons for you to come across!” Commented Zheng Qing, he couldn’t help but retort, ”As for ghosts... normally, ghosts wouldn’t roam around. They always like to hover around a fixed area.”

While saying this, the cost student wedged his long wand under his armpit, rubbed his slightly stiff fingers from the cold, then took out his law book and set a few spells in it to a ’pre-excitation’ state.

After finishing his preparation, he suddenly remembered something, hesitated a little and then reached into his grey cloth bag and pulled out the Colt Python—since receiving this gift, he hadn’t had a real chance to use it. A while back in the hunting team training, he had fired a few rounds—although his shooting wasn’t the greatest, he was extremely satisfied with the power of the charm gun.

The bullet chamber was full, the gun was loaded, and safety was off.

Zheng Qing tucked the Colt Python at his waist. Holding the law book in one hand and the wooden wand in the other, once he was prepared, he instantly felt a sense of security, as if he could easily handle a wild demon even if it were to suddenly appear in front of him.

”...Makes sense.” Lin Guo spread his law book on the head of the Black Mountain Goat—his goat was quite smart, and stable while walking, pinning the book between the two goat’s horns couldn’t be more perfect —then he took out a few inferior talisman papers, and patted several pieces onto himself.

These inferior talisman papers were the outcomes of Zheng Qing’s daily practice, which fell into the category of ’too tasteless to eat, too wasteful to throw away,’ so he generously gave them all to his teammates in the hunting team as a benefit.

Because these inferior talismans had a very short shelf life, when there was an opportunity to use them, everyone did so to maximize their use. Otherwise, the loss would be even greater once the talismans expired.

While preparing, the two patrollers carefully approached the white shadow, simultaneously closing their mouths and holding their breaths.

”It’s gone!” Lin Guo exclaimed abruptly, halting the goat from going any further.

”Quiet!” Zheng Qing reprimanded in a low voice as he swiftly tucked the law book back into the gray cloth bag. Having too many options could actually make it more difficult to act, and compared to the law book, which required chanting spells, the enchanted wooden wand provided by the patrol was a lot more convenient. He held the patrol’s wooden wand in both hands and attentively looked around, saying to the small wizard, ”Stay alert... let’s go check over there first.” ”

He pointed out the place where the white shadow had just appeared.

Whether the shadow was scared by the noise and had run away, or had hidden itself, there would definitely be some trace it left behind where it had lingered.

Lin Guo immediately understood Zheng Qing’s intention, nodded, kicked his legs lightly and commanded the Black Mountain Goat move forward.

”Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.”

The monotone click-clack of the Black Mountain Goat’s hooves echoed through the corridor, enhancing the tense atmosphere under the pitch-black night. However, both of their attention was on trying to find the white shadow and for a moment, they didn’t think about instructing the goat on how to move.

”Boo!”

An abrupt noise sounded from the outer side of the goat, startling Lin Guo, compelling him to scatter the prepared talisman paper in his hand.

”Ah!” The little wizard screamed, flinging several fiery talisman papers towards the source of the noise, while trying to make the goat move away from the sound.

In contrast to its jittery owner, Lin Guo’s Black Mountain Goat actually remained relatively calm—even when the jump-scare sound had appeared, it hadn’t shown any signs of panic and continued to move along, as if it were walking down a runway.

The flickering sparks, sudden halo, and crackling sound disrupted the tranquility of the night, accompanying the inferior talisman that Lin Guo had dispersed.

Along with it, there was also the frantic cry of the young cost student: ”Stop!”

Zheng Qing discarded the wooden wand in his hand, waved his arms forcefully and shouted at the small wizard, who had just extracted the law book and was about to recite a spell: ”Wait...No need! Don’t use magic! It’s not a threat!”

Although his words were spoken in a disorganized, confusing manner, his intentions were clear.

The small wizard, who had completely lost his wits, finally came to his senses at the cost student’s insistent intervention. He put down the law book, which had already begun to glow.

When he turned around and looked in the direction pointed out by Zheng Qing, he was stunned.

Not far from where he had tossed the talisman papers, a white kitten of about a foot high was glaring at the two ’culprits’ with its big, bright eyes.

The dims tinges of smoke billowed from the few remaining lit pieces of inferior talisman paper, which continued to emit a pale glow in the darkness, strikingly catching the eye.

Lin Guo couldn’t help but cough quietly a couple of times, then lifting his hand, rubbed his nose.

Unless unexpectedly, the white shadow the two had seen previously was this little white cat.