As September gradually faded away and October arrived at last, the drums of Hunting Month began to beat softly, and an anxious atmosphere started to spread through every corner of First University.
The freshmen who had just enrolled desperately needed some major ceremony to anchor their existence in this new environment, while the upperclassmen needed an unrestrained revelry to fully release the academic pressure piled upon them.
This anticipation for the School Hunt Competition had almost solidified into something tangible, like a vast spiderweb spread across all of Puji Island, allowing every individual moving upon it to feel the tremors sent out by the others.
For the hunters of the Youzui Hunting Team, it meant they needed to further intensify their pre-competition training.
Monday night's training session ended peacefully.
There was no mutated Gaiterasi charging the hunting team, nor was there a crazed Two-headed Ogre rushing out of the darkness while brandishing a thick wooden club—Zheng Qing had reason to believe someone was less than pleased with this safe outcome.
For instance, when Assistant Hilda saw Zheng Qing again a day later, her expression was awful. When Zheng Qing greeted her, she could not even be bothered to raise a hand. She merely pursed her lips perfunctorily and sighed.
It was unclear whether she had slept poorly the night before last or felt unlucky because her plan had failed.
"Using us as bait—I have no idea how they came up with such a stupid plan." After turning away, Zheng Qing quietly complained to Doctor. "...Even if there really were Dark Wizards causing trouble, they would not dare defy public outrage by targeting the same hunting team in the same hunting ground at the same time period over and over."
He stressed the three instances of "same" particularly hard, emphasizing just