High School of Demon Hunting
Chapter 676 - 24 Missing Figure_1

Chapter 676: Chapter 24 Missing Figure_1

The sky was high and the clouds were light, with an atmosphere as powerfully majestic as a tiger.

Each hunting team, holding their banners high, marched forward in line, circled the hunting ground once, and finally stopped in front of the main stage.

The main stage was arranged and seated as it was on the opening ceremony. only that the single colored red curtains that were originally there for the opening ceremony were replaced with four-colored curtains representing the four academies due to the closing ceremony. The round and square emblem of Jiuyou Academy, the silver α emblem of Alpha Academy, the iron triangle of Atlas, and the hexagram of Starry Sky Academy, all surrounded the left and right of the cuboid of the first university’s emblem, neatly arranged, hanging in mid-air above the curtain, sparkling in the sunlight.

Strong waves of magic meandered slowly between the curtains.

The principal of Jiuyou Academy of the first university, the retired principals, honorary professors, the current senior professors, chief lecturers, senior workers of the school committee and representatives of some of the research institutes all sat in sequence on the left of the centerline, just as they did at the opening ceremony.

The outsiders who had come to attend the opening ceremony, including representatives from many renowned wizard families like Karen, O’Brien, the Jiang family, the Zhang family, and representatives from other wizard groups like The Gypsy Witch Coven, Teutonic Knight Group, Trinity Brotherhood, Dragon and Tiger Mountain, Baiyun View, representatives from some renowned hunting teams, and diplomats from extraterrestrial civilizations, all sat on the right side of the centerline according to their time of arrival.

The stands surrounding the area were filled with cheers, one louder than the last. Even the Speaker Flowers behind everyone’s chairs, despite their vines bulging and turning purple, couldn’t suppress the enthusiasm of the students, their voices growing weaker and weaker.

Especially when they found out that Su Shijun was sitting in the stands.

Especially when they heard that these renowned hunting teams would sign contracts on the spot with many of the school’s outstanding hunters after the closing ceremony.

Standing at the very front of all hunting teams was the Judgment Hunting Team.

Hoffman was dragging a huge demon snake in front of the hunting team. A pair of scales from the Judgment Hunting Team’s balance banner was inserted on the snake’s head. Behind him, other hunters from the Judgment Hunting Team led several demons like jackals, wolves, and tiger beasts with thin glowing ropes. Looking further back, the other hunting teams standing behind the Judgment Hunting Team also had their own "live catch".

The demons in the hunting grounds were more often captured by the hunting teams and brought outside the hunting field rather than being killed. This is because compared with dead demons, live ones are more profitable - for example, a dead demon can only provide three to five liters of blood, and there’s a chance this demon blood could be contaminated. A live demon can provide a continuous supply of demon blood. This doesn’t even consider the huge demand for live demons in laboratories involving magical plants, potions, talismans, the training fields of major hunting teams, and so on.

As for the food sources for raising demons, wizards learned long ago to use alchemy to synthesize ’feed’ with magical power.

Of course, no matter what, raising demons is a very dangerous and controversial topic. Only a few institutions, such as the First University and the Under the Moon Council, have obtained relevant permits from the Wizard Alliance.

The hunting teams can exchange these transactions for various resources that hunters urgently need, which can help them go further on the path of wizards. Therefore, usually, the stronger the hunting team, the more they like to capture live demons in the hunting grounds - these captured animals belong to the hunting team themselves whether they are dead or alive, and the organizers of the hunting party only take a small commission from it.

On the one hand, this is to encourage young wizards to form their own hunting teams and obtain the resources they need to advance as wizards; on the other hand, this is a tradition that has been formed in the wizarding world for a long time. Including other famous events like the ’World Cup’ ’Zeus Cup’ ’Super Hunting Ground’, the same principle is always followed.

Of course, compared to the ’Super Hunting Ground’ across the worlds or the transcontinental ’Zeus Cup’, the ’Academy Cup’ is not large in scale and not high in intensity, but it is the most concentrated gathering of the world’s best young hunters. With a big name, the organizers of the hunting party tend to be more generous. By extension, derivative competitions of the hunting party, like the rookie competition that Zheng Qing participated in, also receive such benefits.

When all the hunting teams participating in the competition lined up one after another in front of the stage, the atmosphere in the surrounding stands calmed down a bit. Old Yao, leaning on a tall magic wand, stood up and took two steps forward.

He raised his hand and pressed it in the air.

A heavy pressure instantly enveloped everyone. The noisy hunting ground was instantly quiet. Everyone’s attention was focused on Old Yao standing in front of the main stage.

"I have already forgotten how many times I have attended the ’Academy Cup’ hunting party."

"But I’m still very happy to see that our hunting ground continuously fills with one new, young face after another."

"This is the luck of the First University."

"The goal of the First University is to cultivate young wizards who are knowledgeable, can fully exert their talents, have something they stick to and believe in their hearts, and are able to protect this starry sky when they are outside. Wizards with dreams."

"Fortunately, all four of our academies are striving to practice their mission and tradition..."

As Zheng Qing was concentrating on Old Yao’s speech, his arm was suddenly poked by someone.

He turned his head back.

"Did you notice, on the platform, he’s the only dean in office." Xiao Xiao lowered his voice and whispered, "It looks like the school knew they couldn’t hide something, so they boldly revealed it... Anyway, no one would dare target the school."

Zheng Qing adjusted the telescope in his hand and swept it over the seats behind the main stage.

Sure enough, as Xiao Xiao said, except for Old Yao, the other three principals and the other three deans were nowhere to be seen. Although there were still a few old wizards with white hair sitting behind Old Yao, whose cards in front of them read ’Honorary Vice Principal’ and ’Honorary Dean’, they seemed more like some kind of mascot, drowsy and in a daze.

"What is the something?" As he swiveled his telescope, Zheng Qing asked softly. He had heard people speculating more than once that the school seemed to be brewing a big event - it seemed that even the early return of Silent Forest this year was due to this reason - many of the school’s senior wizards were engaged in this event.

"How would I know!" Xiao Xiao’s tone revealed obvious discontent, "If I knew, I probably wouldn’t be sitting here watching the competition."

"Well, yeah." Zheng Qing smacked his lips, suddenly realizing, "But, we still had normal classes last week for courses related to magic literature and divination..."

"Just relatively. They wouldn’t waste their precious time on such closing ceremonies. And I doubt they can teach us for much longer..." At this point, Xiao Xiao suddenly became silent then shouted in a weird voice, "Hey, that’s Su Shijun, isn’t it! Is she waving at me?!!"

Zheng Qing’s hairs stood on end, and he felt a chill face him all over.