High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 752: Chapter 100: Sudden Change_1

All in all, despite the rumors about Lake Heart Island being incessant, they remained merely rumors. No explanation could get an affirmative response from the school, nor was there any tangible evidence.

As for Zheng Qing, aside from his initial warnings as a new student guide from Nicholas, cautioning the young wizards who had just started school about the dangerous magic and mysterious curses on the island, the young state-funded student had no more understanding of the island.

Whether it was the library, Doctor Xiao, or other veterans and school workers in the school, no one could tell him more about the island. All information stopped at the word ’Forbidden Territory’, and nothing more.

Of course, to deem the ’Forbidden’ territory just from this limited information is not completely justified, the first university is filled with young people with the spirit of adventure, especially those addicted to fighting at the Starry Sky Academy, who often sneak into the Silent Forest to play in groups.

The main reason why even these ’madmen’ trembled at the mention of the island was due to the nature of the island itself.

Zheng Qing had tried more than once that if he stopped looking at the island, within a minute, he would forget the image of the island in his mind—or even if he just glanced at it, casually overlooking the lake, he would often overlook the existence of the island.

This almost eerie magic effect, which is strikingly similar to many curses in legends, makes the young wizards hesitate.

In addition to this, the boats always automatically bypass the island whenever they pass by; the Fishmen in Bell Lake drew the waters around the island as a ’No Entry’ zone, and any wizard who crossed the red line would be knocked unconscious with a coral rod and stone axe and dragged into the water, hence until now, the Forbidden Territory remains a silent one, only being mentioned amongst the young wizards.

Now, under everyone’s gaze, several red boats are brazenly sailing towards the island, instantly arousing the great interest of the young state-funded students.

Of course, saying that everyone was watching wasn’t exactly right.

Because of the snowfall, there were not many wizards in the campus to begin with. Many wizards who liked the snow were mostly concentrated in the hunting grounds, wild gardens, and other such places. The lakeside of Bell lake, with its lack of snow and ice rink, apart from the thin snow marginally stained by mud and turned slightly black, even the lawns and shrubs were withered, naturally lacking popularity.

Therefore, as far as Zheng Qing could see, apart from him and Elena, only a cobra and a half frog—oh right, the flower-skinned frog that was swallowed by the cobra at some point had struggled out of the snake’s mouth, revealing half a body of bloody flesh, which greatly amazed the young state-funded student.

Sure enough, the will to survive of all creatures was an instinct branded deep in their souls. Those who could struggle for a while longer won’t just give up easily. As what’s always been said, ’every second counts’.

”Do you think I should send a paper crane to notify the School Workers Commission?” After hesitating for a moment, Zheng Qing ultimately asked Elena in a consultative tone.

Originally, an old schoolworker named Ferna lived in the lakeside cabin, but because of a mistake some days ago, the old man was sent to other places by the school, and the cabin was left vacant.

Upon hearing the state-funded student’s inquiry, the Gypsy witch shook her head without any hesitation: ”We have no idea what has happened now, what are you planning to write on the paper crane? Moreover, there is a forbidden area drawn by the Fishmen... If the Fishmen didn’t stop those boats, the school probably won’t have too many opinions either.”

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing nodded repeatedly, and immediately withdrew his hand plunging into the grey cloth bag, putting the talisman paper that was already held between his fingers back in.

”I thought so too.” The young state-funded student clumsily expressed his firm stance to the witch.

The Gypsy witch glanced at him with a smile that wasn’t a smile, and did not say a word.

Zheng Qing immediately felt a slight heat on his face.

By the time they were talking, those red boats had zoomed past the forbidden area outlined by the Fishmen and docked at the edge of Lake Heart Island. The Fishmen who usually considered their territory more important than their lives did not only stop those boats, but there was not even one who splashed the water to peek, which was very strange.

On the shore, the young state-funded student glanced at the witch beside him cautiously, intending to speak but hesitating, however, after pondering for a while, he ultimately did not say anything, deciding to wait and see what happens.

But soon, he found that the development of the incident was beyond his imagination.

The moment those boats docked on Lake Heart Island, the seven-story white tower that had been standing quietly on the island suddenly changed its color from white to red, then to yellow, then to green, and then the green deepened, turning all the way to black—in the blink of an eye, the stone tower turned into a neon light, flashing various colors insistently on the tower.

Along with those colors, there were horrifying magic fluctuations—Zheng Qing swore that since he came into contact with the magical world, he had never felt such terrifying magic fluctuations. Even the magic used by the high-level wizards to hunt the giant dragon during the hunting competition could not compare, it was like comparing a firefly to the sun—It seemed as if under those fluctuations, the world was collapsing, deforming.

For some reason, the school’s protective array, which could even detect the death of a small cat, had no reaction to this terrifying magic fluctuation. So much so, that the first thought that popped into Zheng Qing’s mind was the rumor that had been circulating for a long time: Lake Heart Island is the crucial point of the school’s protective array.

Of course, he didn’t have the luxury to examine the authenticity of those rumors right now.

Due to the horrifying magic fluctuations that erupted from Lake Heart Island, the two young wizards standing on the shore were the first to bear the brunt and were suppressed right on the spot. Zheng Qing felt as if he had run headlong into a category-18 typhoon, as if his entire being was about to be torn into shreds, let alone having difficulty in breathing, even moving his fingers seemed like a luxury.

Compared to him, the Gypsy witch was even worse off, she had already collapsed on the ground, apparently unconscious.

Not far away, the cobra that was wrestling with the half frog suddenly opened its mouth and spat the flower-skinned frog into the lake. Then it coiled up its tail and formed itself into a ball, and rolled in the direction of the two young wizards.

The flower-skinned frog was rolling its eyes and spitting bubbles, sinking slowly to the bottom of the lake like a stone, one could only wonder whether it could survive this winter with half its body missing.