High School of Demon Hunting
Chapter 443 - 112: Placing Bets_1

Chapter 443: Chapter 112: Placing Bets_1

As the opening ceremony was nearing its end, the atmosphere in the hunting ground began to relax a lot.

On the podium, the three wizards in the front row leaned slightly aside, whispering about something. Their demeanor gave the wizards seated behind a lot of courage, especially the guests seated in the back row, with some even standing up and waving their arms to greet the hunters below.

Around the stands, audiences were exchanging whispers, discussing loudly about the possibilities of this year’s hunting game; the members of the student unions from the four academies were also directing the new members who just joined this year to cheer for their respective teams; only the guest from outside the school seemed relatively indifferent as the hunting game has not officially begun yet.

On the hunting ground.

Without anyone noticing, fog has once again enveloped most of the field.

The fog was the thickest around the ’Eye of Vortex’, almost solidifying; the further away from the center, the thinner the fog.

By the time it stretched to the edge of the hunting ground, under the stand, the fog had thinned to the point of almost transparent, leaving only a faint mist, as if draped over a translucent shawl.

Once the oath was completed, the hunting teams, in the order of arrival, began to proceed towards the ’Eye of Vortex’ in the center of the hunting ground.

Initially, the fog was thin, their figures were very clear, they could clearly see their expressions, behaviors, and even the talisman and decorations on their capes through the telescope.

Gradually, as they got closer to the ’Eye of Vortex’, the surrounding fog became thicker and their figures began to slowly disappear into the fog, eventually being completely swallowed by the dense fog in the center of the hunting ground.

Whenever a figure completely disappears into the fog, the fog near the ’Eye of Vortex’ that seems solidified would slightly quiver, as if letting out a full burp.

One burp, and then another.

Over a hundred members of the hunting team quickly vanished into the dense fog.

"Using fog to veil the space magic portal is a common trick among wizards..." Half-Face pointed in the direction where the hunters disappeared, explaining:

"The fog serves as a ’lubricant’ within the space magic, preventing any lag in connections between different spaces; on the other hand, this cold mist can also effectively suppress the vitality of life and reduce the consumption of magic power... Of course, some wizards simply use fog to veil their unique space magic skills."

Zheng Qing suddenly remembered that many years ago when he first went with his mentor to Hui Zi Ji, they left on a foggy early morning.

Back then, his mentor just took him for a few rounds in the park of the residential area and they arrived at the tiny marketplace.

It was at that marketplace, he first came into contact with this extraordinary world, seeing long insects with horns, big dogs with three heads, naughty kids flying around on wooden swords, mermaids blowing bubbles in a fishbowl-- so many curious stuff and novelties occupied his mind that he always overlooked the dense fog of the early morning.

Today, with Half-Face’s explanation, the fog in the hunting ground immediately triggered Zheng Qing’s memories, filling him with a mixture of emotions.

When he came back to himself, the explanation of Half-Face about ’Heavenly Eye’ was reaching its end.

"......The ’Heavenly Eye’ incorporates many spells to expand the field of vision and help observing. The most core complex spell is ’Sky is clear, thus the king appears. Sky dawns, thus the king wanders’."

"By standing here, we are the sky of that miniature world."

"Through this Heavenly Eye, we follow the hunting team back and forth, traveling in that miniature world along with them."

"If you just want to better appreciate the hunting game, then focusing on the ’Heavenly Eye’ won’t be a mistake." At the end, the man selling betting tickets was half advertising and half boasting: "Of course, you can also get the most complete hunting game view seed through me... We have people on duty around the Heavenly Eye 24/7, the news is absolutely reliable!"

"Seed?" Zheng Qing opened his eyes wide: "You sell seeds here too?! Video-watching seeds?"

Half-Face looked at him in surprise.

"Although I don’t know why you are so surprised, I think you might have made a mistake." Half-Face stroked his chin with a feather pen, then patiently explained: "Our team has registered wizard-level cultivators who can provide carefully cultivated view seeds of top-notch image quality without any loss... If you are willing to spend an extra Silver Horn, we can also provide speaker flower seeds for dubbing."

Zheng Qing let out a dry laugh, feeling not the slightest bit embarrassed about his misdirection of thoughts.

Anyway, nobody else knew what he was astonished about, he comforted himself.

"That is all I know about the Heavenly Eye." Half-Face finally ended his lecture, he stretched his arms, yawned, then lifted his chin to look at the several young wizards, urging them silently.

"I remember you said that these tickets are white deeds?" Xiao Xiao didn’t forget her promise, after putting away her notebook, she immediately diverted the topic towards ’hunting game betting’.

The mood of Half-Face immediately brightened.

"Unregistered! Unaddressed!" This businessman waved the blank piece of paper in his left hand, repeating their features: "Any bet can find the original stub in The Wandering Bar... We can courier a crane on the spot, to cross check with the staffs of Wandering Bar."

"How to bet?" Zhang Ji Xin on the side was rubbing his hands together, eager to try.

"Depends on your wishes." Sensing the loosening posture of the freshmen, Half-Face became more enthusiastic:

"You can bet on the games. For instance, new student hunting game, circuit game and finally the ’Battle for Academy Cup’... You can choose your preferred hunting team in these games, guess the final ranking of the ’circuit game’, guess which hunting team can make it to the final, or guess who can eventually lift the ’Academy Cup’..."

"Of course, you can also bet on people. For instance, this year’s MVP, or the best primary hunter, the best auxiliary hunter, the best wandering hunter, the best tracking hunter, even including the best hunting team manager... All of these can be bet on... of course, the odds for the last honor is really low, because eight out of ten times, the best hunting team manager nomination goes to a school hunting team, the remaining two times would be taken by the hosting school hunting team."

"So, it’s 20% possibility being Jiuyou Academy’s team, 80% being the Number one University school team?" Zheng Qing nodded: "It seems that betting on Jiuyou Academy would yield a slightly higher rate..."

"Absolutely!" Without stinginess, Half-Face thumbs up: "Grasped it in one go, worthy of being a full scholarship student from Jiuyou Academy."

"It’s basic logical thinking ability." Zheng Qing glared, and murmured.

"Who needs logic for a wizard?!" Xin Fat Man gave Zheng Qing a sideway glance, shaking his head repeatedly: "Real magic doesn’t abide by logic."

The young wizard shrugged, not continuing the argument with his comrades on this topic