At the end of the waxing crescent, half the Full Moon faced west.
The cool moonlight draped the heavy night in a hazy veil of silver, lending the whole world a hint of life and making it feel less desolate.
Outside the university, deep within a half-abandoned hunting ground near the Silent River, a mass of ocher flame-like membrane pulsed slowly like a heart.
This was still the hunting ground the You Zui Hunting Team had used during their previous training session. Although the mutated Gaiterasi incident had occurred here, it had not truly caused any disaster. Moreover, the school was very curious about who was stirring up trouble. Not only had it not closed the hunting ground, but it had repeatedly reminded the You Zui Hunting Team to train there on schedule and not waste the school's resources.
In other words, Zheng Qing and his hunting team had become a group of tempting bait. That was why he felt uneasy about Poseidon and those little wizards following them to the hunting ground.
Then again, the young publicly funded student also doubted whether a wizard bold enough to cause trouble at First University could be foolish enough to show up at this hunting ground a second time. From that perspective, this half-abandoned hunting ground actually seemed safer than the school's other corners.
Back to the matter at hand.
The number of hunters participating in training today had reached its highest point since the intensive training began. Nearly everyone was present. For a standard five-person hunting team, that meant two hunters would always be on the bench.
Jiang Yu stepped forward first and took responsibility for watching over the Little Witches and Poseidon. Right afterward, Lan Que, who was usually quiet and reserved, also stepped forward and volunteered to sit on