High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2636: Chapter 857: Out of the Box

The Little Green Snake is a lingering obsession left after the former Sea Demon King Xiangliu devoured a Cthulhu of the same rank. It can be seen as the embodiment of the obsession that the newly promoted Ancient ’R’lyeh’ attempts to erase, carrying a faint aura belonging to the Ancients.

Therefore, when it unabashedly started hunting, the entire Beta Town, and even all of Buji Island, was instantly shrouded in its heart-quickening pressure.

On the leaves of the Crataegus, the golden silkworms, the Azure Phoenix in the treetops of parasols, the Giants in rock caves, the Earth Dragons rolling in the soil, the Fire Dragons frolicking in the magma, the mermaids playing at the seashore, and all the living things on and around Buji Island felt the fear of life being controlled by destiny, cowering, shivering, and quieting down.

The school’s legal formation instantly bloomed with thousands of rainbow lights, directly activating the highest defense mode.

Feeling this aura, the wizards who could stay clear-headed under this pressure, without any further ado, ignored that today was the Forbidden Magic Festival, and uniformly unfolded various guarding spells and barriers—no one thought they could resist the owner of this aura, but the instinct to struggle within the aftermath of the surging waves was still there.

For many people, as long as they weren’t injured by the debris falling from the street or didn’t break their noses when they fell stiffly to the ground, the guardian curse held its meaning.

As for the assistant team investigating the trails of black wizards deep in the Silent Forest, the school works committee, and the wizards of the Trident Sword, after the kaleidoscope of rainbow lights bloomed over the school, like being bitten on the butt by Houdou, they immediately dropped everything and hurried back.

Fortunately, this process was extremely short.

So short that many people thought the aura was just their illusion.

But the guardian curse lights flashing like neon lights in the streets and alleys and the thousands of rainbow lights across the sky of the First University told them that the feeling at that moment was indeed real.

The festival atmosphere was completely disrupted at this moment.

Everyone forgot the rules of forbidden magic, put on their hoods, hugged their law books, and quickly hurried home or back to school, while Beta Town visibly declined in real-time.

Except for Korma.

Korma had nowhere to retreat; under her feet was the North District, and she was the only reliance there.

After swallowing a crow comparable to a Big Wizard, the green giant snake flicked its tongue, glanced around for a moment, finally ”tsk”-ed in disappointment, and re-transformed into a stream of light to disappear back into the Sandbox Mini World entrance.

However, before leaving, it took one more look at the ’Little Witch’ standing on the street— to it, this glance might have been considered a greeting since it had lived in Zheng Qing’s ear for so long; it felt that it was somewhat acquainted with the little girl, so it was somewhat apologetic for causing a mess in her territory.

But in Korma’s eyes, that glance was a glaring threat and warning.

For quite a while, Fei Rui’s slightly sharp voice rang in her ears, ”Is this Sandbox Mini World connected to some high-tier big world? How could such a monster emerge!”

The witch swallowed, feeling her body was finally not as rigid.

”Old Yao never made me feel so scared... This one might have already surpassed Legend, right?” She carefully exhaled a breath, glanced at the bright and clear stone slab, with lingering fear.

”Hard to say,” the fat Hamster bit its nails, clutching the witch’s hair, and peered around from her shoulder, ”You haven’t felt Old Yao at full power, right?... Weren’t we talking about full power... the rainbow symbolizing the school’s legal formation is actually quite nice; we haven’t seen it in years.”

Its voice carried a hint of nostalgia.

Then it noticed the witch under it trembling while approaching the green stone slab.

”What are you doing?”

”Why did I open this Sandbox?”

”...That little brat has probably already kicked the bucket, don’t worry about him, leave the remaining trouble to the school! You’re just a little Big Wizard, getting involved in bigshots’ messes, you’d be left with not even scraps!”

Korma paused, silently for a few seconds before again gritting her teeth and walking toward that green stone slab, a determined tone, ”He may or may not be dead, but I should at least take a look. If it’s because I didn’t warn him beforehand...”

Her voice gradually faded away.

Ah ah ah!!

A string of screams interrupted the just-burgeoning sense of guilt of the witch.

With the screams, three figures sprawled out and rolled out of the Sandbox Mini World like balls, bouncing a few times on the ground before finally stopping.

Almost simultaneously with their exit, the green stone slab hiding the Sandbox shattered with a bang, crumbling into a grayish-white light sand. A breeze swept by, and the dust scattered, soon leaving only a neat pit on the street.

The witch’s face showed a hint of surprise.

Before she could speak, Fei Rui leaped from her shoulder with a ”whoosh” and skipped to one of the young wizards, crossing its paws, pointing at the young wizard’s nose, and scolded, ”During this festival, why didn’t you stay obediently at school, running around recklessly? See? So many houses in the North District got destroyed because of you... You need to take responsibility for this!”

Zheng Qing, dazed and confused, snapped back to his senses, seeing the fat mouse standing in front of him, blinked, and revealed a nostalgic smile, ”Uh... long time no see, Shuta!”

After so long, he no longer had the sensitivity he had as a freshman. It was rare to see an old acquaintance mouse, and he felt good.

”That’s not my name!”

The fat Hamster roared, jumped up, and punched Zheng Qing on the nose, bringing tears to his eyes, but Zheng Qing felt a wave of coolness accompanying the moments of sourness sweeping through his body, immediately rejuvenating him.

Meanwhile, Korma had already pulled Xiao Xiao and Xin Fat Man up from the ground.

”Did you see that giant snake?” the witch inquired directly.

The three young people exchanged glances, eventually, Zheng Qing, covering up a cough, rubbing his ears, avoiding the witch’s eyes, and answering in a tiny voice, ”No, didn’t see... We went in and passed out soon; woke up and were already out...”

His description was somewhat vague, but Korma didn’t doubt much.

After all, even when she faced the huge creature directly, she was stiff all over, not to mention the few unregistered on-campus students. However, just as she wanted to ask a few more questions, a cluster of azure flames suddenly appeared not far from Zheng Qing. Amidst the curling tongues of fire, a palm-sized image of a Green Bird was outlined—

”Emergency gathering notice! Emergency gathering notice! All teaching assistants, upon receiving this message, must immediately convene at the First Square within a quarter of an hour. That is all!”

The Green Bird repeated the above message three times in a clear voice, then folded its wings, its head tucked into its wings, the entire bird once again transformed into a cluster of azure flames, and in an instant, disappeared without a trace.