High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 1689: Chapter 433 Conversation

Ruoyu.

Vice Principal of First University, responsible for most of the administrative affairs on campus and leading the School Works Committee.

Theoretically, Xiao Xiao, who works in the library and Hundred Herb Gardens, Xin, who works in the campus newspaper editing room, and Zheng Qing, who has participated in night patrols at Lin Zhong Lake multiple times, have all been subordinates of this elder.

After hearing Jiang Yu’s words, the young warlock finally realized where that damn sense of familiarity he felt earlier came from.

As a cost student of the school, he had seen this elder wizard on several occasions, though they hadn’t interacted much. However, the image of Vice Principal Ruoyu wrapped in his cloak was hard to forget. It’s just that too many things had been stuffed into his mind in a short time, causing Zheng Qing’s brain to overload a bit, and the elder was draped in a wide cloak today, which made him not realize the elder’s identity for a moment.

Upon hearing the witch’s words, the elder wizard finally lifted his eyelids and glanced at the several uninvited guests suddenly appearing on the city wall.

”Explain what?”

”Explain how you used a legendary scroll to tear a rift in the inner castle’s defensive array, allowing the Dark Council’s Six Fingers to seize the opportunity for a surprise attack?”

”Or explain how you violated First University’s Campus Management Regulations by leaving campus without authorization and entering prohibited areas?”

”Or perhaps explain how firing a gun this time within the school’s jurisdiction was an act of emergency defense that shouldn’t result in expulsion?”

The warlock then remembered that he still had a school probation disciplinary action for seriously injuring Sepulano with a shot last time, and in front of him was the largest boss in charge of school discipline, his face turned ashen, and he was at a loss for words, unsure how to start.

But Elder Ruoyu had already shifted his gaze, looking at the black cat and Zhu Si beside him with a somewhat stern expression:

”This is a battlefield... a battlefield has only life and death, no need for explanations.”

Zhu Si seemed a bit afraid of the elder wizard’s gaze and shrank behind the black cat, revealing only half her head.

The black cat, on the other hand, held its head high, shaking its ears with a forceful demeanor: ”In-service consultant for relevant departments, on a secret mission, other institutions are not to inquire!”

Elder Ruoyu silently stared at those bright red eyes, saying nothing.

The black cat irritably flicked its tail, its entire body inflated a bit, growling in a low voice, ”I’m not a demon! Just have a pair of red eyes!”

The elder withdrew his gaze, looking out toward the outside of the city, casually saying, ”No one said you are a demon.”

In the midst of speaking, two teams of wizards in uniform were quickly approaching the area. One team swiftly set up detection instruments to monitor the specific damage the spatial rift had caused to the inner castle’s defense system, while the other hunting team, holding a law book, stayed behind the few uninvited guests; though they didn’t utter a word, the magical fluctuations rippling through the law book clearly indicated their stance.

Do not make any rash moves.

The black cat flicked its tail angrily, glancing back several times, seemingly considering clawing a few wizards’ heads off to make an escape.

Jiang Yu gently took a breath, stepped forward a few steps, and made a slight bow: ”Professor, that scroll...”

Elder Ruoyu raised the hand resting on the silver wolf head cane, stopping the witch from speaking: ”No rush... let’s hear what the others have to say... you may leave, these children will stay with me.”

The wizards monitoring Zheng Qing and the others immediately put away their law books upon hearing this, bowed slightly to the elder, and then quietly retreated, the entire process carried out without anyone speaking or making a sound.

”Come here.”

The elder’s hand was raised in mid-air, signaling.

The black cat and Jiang Yu both looked at Zheng Qing.

The young cost student took a deep breath and slowly walked to the elder’s side—Zhu Si’s small legs were tapping, running even faster than him, but unfortunately, her height limited her view, and standing at the edge of the city wall, she couldn’t see beyond the parapet, just kicking the blue bricks on the wall in frustration.

After Zheng Qing stopped, the black cat made a light leap, landing on a parapet and looking out. Meanwhile, Jiang Yu quietly stayed behind the warlock, comforting the pouting Zhu Si in a soft voice.

Standing by Elder Ruoyu’s side, so close, Zheng Qing could clearly feel the vast magic power within the elder, restrained tightly by his dry, frail body. Just sensing that hint of energy was suffocating, causing all the magic within him to lose vitality.

It seemed to sense the host’s life was in danger.

Deep within Zheng Qing’s soul, the small tree that had sprouted two or three branches gently swayed, the scattered leaves colliding and rustling in his perception space.

Zheng Qing gritted his teeth, slowly exhaling the stagnant air in his chest, finally feeling the magic within him come alive and lively again.

Elder Ruoyu tilted his head, casting a glance at the young wizard.

From the first moment Zheng Qing rolled out of that small door, he recognized the identity of this ’notorious cost student’ who had been causing trouble at school, but immediately, the young wizard fired that shot which even he found impressive.

Zheng Qing’s Fu Bullet had immense power, reports on it he had read early on, so he wasn’t surprised; even the shot that repelled the sneaking Six Fingers merely caught him slightly off guard, far from astonishing.

What truly intrigued the elder was that the young cost student had fired that shot without hesitation, and the Fu Bullet grazed past his own ear — as a seasoned legendary great wizard, the elder was well aware of the ’deterrence’ he posed to ordinary wizards, a kind of high-dimensional suppression over the low-dimensional.

Around him, ordinary wizards wouldn’t even dare to fire at him; just standing by him with a raised gun was already an accomplishment worth noting.

So, after habitually reprimanding the young wizard for breaking school rules, the elder gestured for the boy to come closer.

He then slightly released a wisp of energy, letting it fall on the boy.

Sure enough, after a moment’s daze, the boy broke free from the legendary great wizard’s suppression, his magic coming back to life. This natural resistance to oppression almost made the elder chuckle.

It’s just that long-lived habits made it difficult for the elder to express such emotions.

So he simply raised his arm, using his withered hand to pat the young wizard’s hair, offering a word of praise: ”Very good... very good.”

Zheng Qing had just shaken off that suffocating energy and was catching his breath when he abruptly received this unexpected pat, feeling flattered and instinctively shrinking his neck, thinking he had misheard.

But the elder’s next words quickly reassured him that he wasn’t imagining things.

”Do you know why only a legend can counteract a legend?” Elder Ruoyu withdrew his hand, resting it back on the wolf head cane, and gazing outside the city, lightly asked.

Without waiting for the boy to answer, the elder proceeded with the answer: ”Because legends need to look up at...if you look up for too long, ordinary people will lose the ability to stand as equals with legends.”