Monster Hunting High School

The principle of the 'sacrifice magic' created by Korma - or 'sacrifice magic' or 'life magic' - is to sacrifice life to convert vitality into magic power, thereby improving the magician's spellcasting ability.

A long time ago, when the moral level of wizards was not that high, similar crude sacrificial magic appeared. But as the outer gods were forced into the depths of the stars, wizards abandoned this bloody and cruel magic after finding more effective ways to cast spells.

To this day, even in the depths of the First University Library, there is no such banned material.

Perhaps only ancient beings like Tsathoggua still retain the concept of magical rituals related to sacrifice and feedback.

Zheng Qing listened to Kolma's introduction of 'Sacrificial Magic', and for some reason, he suddenly remembered the feeling he had when he walked into the North District of Beta Town - whenever he walked into this neighborhood where magicians gathered, he felt... It feels like walking from the sun into the shadows, and one can't help but wrap up the cloak tightly.

Even when the midday sun is at its harshest, the neighborhood has an eerie feel.

Even if they have a way to perform real magic, this method is still unsettling. As if this world is not worthy of the bright sunshine, anything precious and beautiful will be distorted and deformed after entering this neighborhood.

"This is indeed a problem." Jiang Yu's echoing voice interrupted the young public student's thoughts. He paid attention for a moment and then caught up with the rhythm of the chat in the tavern - two witches were discussing the legal risks of sacrificing the use of magic. .

Because Korma's 'sacrificial magic' requires the consumption of the lives of innocent animals when used, this behavior forms a very obvious conflict with the relevant protection regulations for animals in the "Wizard's Code".

For example, in some emergency situations, if the wizard in the North District needs to use magic, and there happens to be no frogs around, only a rabbit or a mouse, then it will be difficult to avoid the wizard from affecting these small animals when using magic. life.

"The Wizarding Code stipulates that 'malicious' killing of small animals is a crime." Colma has obviously studied the relevant regulations and was comfortable talking about this issue: "And the most severe penalty is only second-degree murder... in this case When the time comes, the law is no more binding than morality, and they have the right to sacrifice animals to save themselves."

This is like the famous train moral paradox, whether to pull the rails and sacrifice one person to save a group of people, or to sit back and watch the train run over a group of people. If the rails are pulled, does the person pulling the rails count as murder? Did he act maliciously?

Zheng Qing never wanted to bother with such issues.

He preferred to imagine that he had the courage and strength of Hercules, and when the train rushed over, he lifted it over his shoulders and placed it firmly on the roadside.

Everyone is happy.

Of course, reality does not allow such a romantic thing to happen.

"There are many kinds of malice." Jiang Yu was playing the role of a harsh prosecutor Dan Hager, racking his brains to find errors in Kolma's logic: "For example, 'subjective malice', 'objective malice', 'real malice', etc." Wait... the moment the North District wizard chose to sacrifice magic, he was naturally marked with 'real malice', which cannot be gotten rid of with simple excuses or legitimate defense."

"Killing a rabbit may be classified as second-degree murder in the code, but the code does not cover all cases. Sir Braxton, a wizard born in Britain in the 18th century, once quoted in the "Explanation of the Wizarding Code" that "malicious complements" Principles', including 'malicious supplementation of age', 'malicious supplementation of soul', 'malicious supplementation of contract', etc... As long as the judge determines that your maliciousness is sufficient during the trial, it is entirely possible to exceed the limit of second-degree murder at trial. "

Zheng Qing sat blankly on the small cowhide chair, listening blankly to the two witches arguing about various incomprehensible terms. Although more than half a year of wizarding career has given him a lot of knowledge about the world, it is not enough for him to truly integrate into this world.

This has nothing to do with stupidity.

After all, completing the homework assigned by professors every day and familiarizing themselves with the new content introduced in textbooks has already wasted most of the time of young public-funded students. When he has a little free time, he still has a lot of troubles to solve, such as the off-campus shop and the cat colony on campus.

Even if he is tired of studying and pulls out one or two books in the library, he will choose popular books that are close to exotic, such as "Werewolves and Vampires in the Parliament under the Moon", "Days of Dancing with Dragons", "Textual Research on the History of Dwarves", etc. To pass the time, you will never waste your precious rest time on a professional tome like the "Wizard's Code" that is full of awkward sentences and awkward vocabulary.

You know, he has never taken courses such as 'Wizard Jurisprudence', 'British Legal History' or 'Denhage Criminal Procedure'.

Maybe he should bring Dr. Xiao to the store today. Zheng Qingku was sitting on a stool, listening to the two witches chatting, and suddenly came up with this idea - this is a natural thing, and he has reason to believe that he can recite the entire " Xiao Xiao from "Wizard Code" can more easily integrate into the conversation in front of him in this situation.

When he drank the fifth cup of Green Hornet and felt his cheeks swollen, the witches' discussion finally came to an end.

"After I go back, I will consult my family's lawyer and hear his opinion on this matter." Jiang Yu raised her hand to tuck her long hanging hair behind her ears and said softly: "And grandma... I will also ask Ask her for her opinion."

"I also need to re-study the provisions of the Wizarding Code." Korma stretched out and suddenly smiled to himself: "Originally, I went downstairs because I wanted to be lazy and take a rest, but... Unexpectedly, the energy consumed downstairs is not much less than that upstairs... It’s such a hard life.”

"I can lend you my doctorate." Zheng Qing finally had room to interrupt and immediately suggested diligently. Completely forgetting that he had no right to 'lend' a wizard with a complete personality. Even if the wizard is a member of his hunting team.

"Doctor?" Korma didn't immediately think of the name of the wizard corresponding to this noun - at First University, the most common title held by wizards is doctor. Someone once said with a smile, "I met all the wizards while walking in the university." If people start counting, one of them must be a doctor within ten.

"Oh, that's classmate Xiao Xiao." Jiang Yu explained with a smile: "The special admissions student in our class has probably memorized the entire "Wizard Code" and "Encyclopedia of the Wizarding World"... He is in the class His nickname is 'Doctor'."

"That's great." Kolma accepted the young public-funded student's kindness with a smile, and winked at him: "If Dr. Xiao can help this time, you can come to the store during the winter vacation, and the one I mentioned" The magic ritual' still works."

Zheng Qing was stunned for a moment, then sweated profusely.

Jiang Yu glanced at the boy curiously, not knowing what he was embarrassed about.