High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2875: Chapter 1096: Chaos Turned Upside Down

The depths of the Silent Forest.

One o’clock in the morning.

Amidst the cracks of the fallen trees, a Blue Moonstone unknowingly grew at some point, already blooming splendidly. As a relatively rare type of monthly flower on Buji Island, this Blue Moonstone grows alone in this decayed, dark corner, appearing exceptionally out of place.

Past midnight, the moonlight should have been at its fullest.

But tonight, the moonlight is particularly sparse.

The Blue Moonstone blossoms as much as possible, trying to catch as much of the sparse moonlight falling through the canopy’s gaps. Because of this, when a gust of wind blows by, its petals are swept away without resistance.

Only a bare flower stalk is left, swaying solitarily in the lingering wind.

The next second.

A huge shadow descends from the sky, bringing with it an even stronger gust of wind, crushing the deadwood she was resting on and grinding the remnants of the Blue Moonstone into the forest litter.

Crunch.

Zheng Qing felt something hard under number seven’s foot, instinctively looked down, only to see a decayed piece of wood it had stepped on and shattered.

”—Any discoveries?”

The voice of Korma came from a distance unknown to him.

Zheng Qing looked around, number seven’s tall figure made him taller than most trees in the forest, providing a particularly broad view. Under the light moonlight, the Silent Forest looked like a rolling sea of dark green, exuding wisps of misty air.

Two hunting teams spread their formation, flanking his path.

The black-robed wizards, usually around Zheng Qing’s height, now appeared to him as small black snakes—that was the magical shadow trails left behind by the hunters as they moved swiftly—as he watched them weaving through this sea of green, Zheng Qing inexplicably thought of the earth dragons rolling between the ridges in the Hundred Herb Gardens.

Unlike the solitary and reclusive nature of earth dragons, the magical shadow trails behind the hunters connected, forming an illusory web centered around Zheng Qing.

”Haven’t found anything.”

The fruitless large-scale search made the young wizard’s tone carry a hint of restlessness, inevitably leading to suspicion: ”—Senior sister, be honest with me, are we really looking for some monster today, or did the school just find an excuse for a night exercise?”

Even through the void, Zheng Qing could almost see Korma rolling her eyes.

”How would I know!”

The impatient voice of the North District Grand-Wizard crashed into number seven’s control hub, echoing in Zheng Qing’s conscious sea: ”I’m just like you, dragged here temporarily... If it was just training, they wouldn’t need to bring me along.”

”But this aimless searching...”

”How can you call it aimless? The command Old Yao just issued sounded as if there was no clear target, but it was very certain, something has entered the Silent Forest. That something is our target.”

Zheng Qing was left speechless by her flawless logic.

After a while, he muttered, ”—If we’re really searching for something, we should do it swiftly and decisively. Letting us waste half an hour over at the project group doesn’t seem like searching for something!”

Korma was silent for a long moment.

Then she slowly reopened, ”Have you considered, although your consciousness is wandering in the Silent Forest, where is your true body?”

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing was momentarily stunned.

His true body should currently be at the Giant God Soldier Project Team’s position, which means still at school.

”—Even Old Yao considers the monster troublesome; it must be very dangerous.”

Korma continued to analyze unhurriedly: ”Right now at First University, there is no place safer than the Giant God Soldier Project Team’s location—not only because there are many great wizard-level researchers there, but also due to those two special configurations, the school has to be extra cautious. I have an unconfirmed reliable source, saying that several of the school’s legends, including Professor Emma, always ensure at least one legend is stationed at the project group. You thought being taken to the project was a waste of time, but I think they simply wanted to settle you in a safer place. Maybe, even your current task is just ’in name’, and there are others who are truly busy searching for that thing. You and I drifting around here only prevent us from causing trouble for others.”

This explanation.

Completely quieted down Zheng Qing.

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In the morning.

Xiao Xiao brought the Black Gem Cat to the classroom, only to be surprised to find Zheng Qing already sitting inside.

More accurately, he was slumped over the desk, asleep.

”When did you get here?”

The short warlock nudged his deskmate awake, his tone couldn’t hide his surprise: ”I thought your mission would last a long time... Look, your Stone Cat, I brought it for you.”

”Gem Cat! Not Stone Cat!” the Black Gem Cat indignantly corrected.

Zheng Qing drowsily eyed the person and the cat for a long moment before muttering, ”—Where’s Fatty? Breakfast? You cover for me in class later, I’ll take a nap.”

The last sentence, he spoke to the Black Gem Cat.

Last night’s large-scale search in the Silent Forest lasted nearly eight hours, right until the first class was about to begin when Zheng Qing and the others suddenly received the order to pull out. The entire night’s rush had left him utterly exhausted, having intended to return to his dormitory, he somehow ended up at the classroom instead.

Simply slumping over the desk, he fell asleep.

Xiao Xiao looked at his companion who had nod off, shook his head slightly, casually sent out a paper crane to let Xin Fat Man bring an extra breakfast, then turned to the Black Gem Cat.

”Aren’t you the ’natural energy potion’? Why isn’t he using you?” Doctor Xiao was very interested in this unusual behavior.

The Black Gem Cat flicked its ears.

”Normally, when he’s busy, I rest and sleep, so I can save enough energy for him.” It looked troubled, clearly unhappy with its current lifestyle: ”But recently, when he sleeps at night, I’m under the Cat Fruit Tree, studying with that Big Fox... How can I have spare energy for him? And now he’s given up attending regular classes, leaving it all to me! He’s gone to sleep instead! This is just turning the world upside down!”

The Black Gem Cat was getting angrier as it talked.

It finally couldn’t contain itself, pouncing up, swatted the sleeping warlock’s face with a paw, then spat fiercely on the side.

A tender flower bloomed on Zheng Qing’s face.

After a while.

Looking at the still unmoving, deeply sleeping boy, the Black Gem Cat and Xiao Xiao exchanged glances.

”Looks like you have to attend this class,” the Diviner of Absolution shrugged, helplessly lending it an automatically recording feather pen: ”—Just don’t mess up when copying notes.”

The Black Gem Cat also sneered: ”Don’t gloat... Your breakfast just went to waste as well.”