Monster Hunting High School

Early spring is not originally an active season for spiders.

The other insects that serve as their food have not yet fully recovered from the depths of the soil, so most of the spiders should have stayed quietly in rock crevices and tree holes, hiding in thick spider webs, waiting for the weather to become warmer after their hibernation. Come out again.

But First University is different from the outside world after all.

The abundant magic power allowed the campus to maintain sufficient vitality even in the cold winter. Therefore, when Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu were walking in the woods and were bothered by the strands of spider silk hanging from the branches, they did not feel anything wrong. .

At best, Zheng Qing has to walk a little further forward, waving a slender branch in his hand to break up the light white floc above his head at any time, ensuring that the witch behind him will not be disturbed in any way - of course, for As far as wizards are concerned, there are originally easier ways, but at this moment, there is no way that is more sincere than 'doing it yourself'.

Until Jiang Yu suddenly heard the crisp sound of jade colliding against each other.

Ding! Ding!

The girl who was walking at the side and behind grabbed the wizard.

"etc!"

There was a hint of caution in her tone, without any explanation. The two just looked at each other, and Zheng Qing immediately understood the meaning in her eyes. He dropped the branch in his hand and took off the Dharma book hanging from his waist with his backhand.

Just in case, he also pulled out the Colt from the gray cloth bag - even though he thought there would be no chance of using the rune gun in the academy.

"There are four directions in danger, and everything is clear!"

The fluctuations of the detection magic spread in all directions with the two young wizards as the center. The active magic made the spider threads hanging between the branches flutter. However, according to the magic feedback, the surroundings were calm and there was nothing abnormal.

The gentle wind in early spring shuttles through the willow forest, stirring the twigs. The birds hidden in the canopy sing softly, and the insects hidden under the shrubs rustle and crawl slowly. Looks frightened.

Zheng Qing pushed aside a few strands of falling spider silk and looked at the witch.

Facing the confused look in the boy's eyes, the witch just silently pointed to the forbidden steps hanging on her belt - she saw that the jade beads on the jade ornaments were moving automatically without wind, colliding with each other and making crisp sounds.

"Is this a forbidden step?"

Zheng Qing looked at the witch carefully, suspecting that it was because she walked faster.

"Yes, and no. I don't like the ban on walking, so I asked someone to help me change it into a warning jade ornament." The witch seemed to have guessed the implication of the boy's words, and emphasized slightly: "If there is danger in front of me, it will do something like this." A certain reminder...although I don’t know exactly what the danger is.”

Snapped!

Several shriveled pine nuts fell from the sky and hit Zheng Qing's feet.

Although the movement was small, at this time, it caused the two young wizards to take a step back. The magic book in their hands bloomed with a thin curse light, and the spells were ready to go.

But when he looked up, Zheng Qing only saw a two-tailed squirrel with shiny fur squatting among the branches of a tree. It was staring at the young wizards passing by under the tree with its small dark eyes. There is a dried pine cone on its head, and half of the pine nuts have been dug out of the cone, leaving behind rows of dark, winding holes, like a hive that has lost its colony.

A croaking crow seemed to fly through the air, mocking the roar of the wind in the forest.

"Could it be that your warning magic is too sensitive?"

Zheng Qing pointed at the withered pine nuts and laughed dryly. The witch's suspicious eyes also lingered between the squirrels and the forbidden steps on her belt, and she also showed a little unconfidence on her face.

After walking for more than ten steps, it was still safe and sound, but the spider silk hanging from the tree became more dense, making people begin to wonder if there were any dangerous poisonous spiders hidden nearby.

call!

Zheng Qing habitually waved the newly picked twigs in his hand to push aside the spider silk in front of him. Only this time, he didn't feel the sluggishness after the branches were wrapped in spider silk. Instead, he felt a light touch on his hand. Before he could react, he heard the witch scream in his ears, and then a huge force came from his waist. The force of the tug forcefully dragged him backward from where he was.

"It's the Qinling guzheng!"

Jiang Yu's slightly urgent voice sounded in Zheng Qing's ears: "A very rare kind of spider. The silk it spins will change according to the intensity of the magic power in the surrounding environment. The richer the magic power, the tougher and sharper the silk... a very, very dangerous one. Such a creature! Why is there such a thing in the school?”

There was no need for her to emphasize 'very' twice.

Zheng Qing looked at the smooth fracture on the half-remaining branch in his hand, as well as the broken branches lying on the ground, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Not far ahead, a dozen crystal clear spider silks hung down from the branches, undulating slowly with the wind. It seemed that if he exhaled a little louder, they would be blown off, but only after he actually came into contact did he understand their danger. .

"Ge Zhitanxi."

Zheng Qing summoned a slender vine and carefully stretched it forward.

One, two, three, the first few spider silks are all spewed out by ordinary spiders, and can be easily torn by vines. When we got to the fourth one, the vine had just caught on the spider silk. With a little effort, it broke into several sections and fell to the ground with a crackle.

The two young wizards took a deep breath in unison.

"It's time for the elders of the school working committee to curse again."

Zheng Qing swallowed a small sip of saliva, touched the thick vines tied around his waist, turned to look at Jiang Yu, and showed a hint of joy: "If you hadn't pulled me from behind just now..."

"Even if I don't notice, you shouldn't have any problem."

Jiang Yu also came back to her senses at this moment, patted the Dharma book, put away the vines that had been tied around Zheng Qing's waist, breathed a sigh of relief, and said half-jokingly: "You have forgotten that you are thicker and thicker now. I doubt that the spider silk from Qinling Guzheng can cut off a few of your hairs or scratch your itch..."

"To a wizard, every hair is important... What should we do now, should we inform the school?" Zheng Qing did not thank the witch casually, but discussed the follow-up plan with her.

"Of course I'll notify the school first."

Jiang Yu looked up at the sky, turned her hand over, and a vivid blue bird appeared in her palm. After she whispered a few words to it, the blue bird spread its wings and disappeared from their sight with a whooshing sound.

"I just realized," Zheng Qing turned the twig in his hand and looked at the direction where the blue bird disappeared: "Do you think communication methods like paper cranes and blue birds... are they considered a kind of activation technique?"

"Forget it." Jiang Yu tied up the hair on the back of her head, and her tone returned to its original lightness: "But just like the kobolds have dragon blood, the paper cranes, blue birds or the portraits hanging on the wall embody the ' Activity' and the avatar we need are completely two levels."

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