Chapter 31

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Late at night, a group of sneaky figures was approaching the school’s South Gate. One of them had golden hair, which was quite eye-catching at night.

There were other halves in the batch of freshmen, but there was only one with pure blonde hair, and that was Fulde.

However, he was not the leader of this operation. On the contrary, he was at the end of the small group of about ten people.

The one leading the way was an ordinary-looking boy.

“Chang Jiantao, are you sure the news is correct?” A girl in the group asked him in a low voice.

“Don’t worry, my brother is a second-year student in the school. He’s the one who told me the news,” The leading boy turned around. Although it was too dark to see his expression, his tone was very certain.

Their purpose in heading to the South Forest this time was a small carrion-type magical beast called the Luminous Spider.

Although it was only at the F-grade, due to its luminous nature, it had a value that ordinary F-grade magical beasts didn’t have.

This kind of magical beast only appeared at night and was most active when it was close to midnight when they hunted for food.

At other times, even if they were right under someone’s nose, they might not be discovered because their concealment abilities were very strong.

The goal of this small group was to capture some Luminous Spiders.

It didn’t matter whether the spider was captured dead or alive, though, of course, it would be better if the target was captured alive.

Capturing the Luminous Spider was naturally not for the sake of selling it. If it was really for the money, there was no way that Fulde would’ve participated.

The reason for capturing the magical beast was for a course after school started, called “Material Collection”.

It was said that this was the course with the highest failure rate this semester. Students often failed the course and take it again because they couldn’t complete the material collection task for the final exam.

The actions of Chang Jiantao and the others tonight were simply a plan for the future. This was because the course allowed a high degree of freedom. As long as one was capable enough, even if one collected materials of sufficient value before the course even started, one’s results would be recognized.

The so-called “sufficient value” would usually take into account many factors.

For example, in the area of magical beast materials, the strength of the magical beast, the function of the materials, whether the materials were rare, whether they could be collected independently, and so on would all affect the final score.

If they could reach the standard in advance, it would be equivalent to getting a medallion that allowed them to not sit for the exam, and they wouldn’t have to worry about it for the entire semester.

The Luminous Spider was one of the approved materials in this course. Only one living Lumisou Spider or three complete corpses of the magical beast were needed to reach the standards.

Of course, the average new student would not know about this in advance.

However, Chang Jiantao’s older brother was a second-year student here who had failed this course last year due to being accidentally injured.

Logically speaking, the operation tonight should have been led by his brother, a senior. Yet, Chang Jiantao couldn’t find his brother since yesterday. The other party’s phone was turned off no matter how many times he tried to call.

In the end, they could only choose to organize the operation themselves.

“But I heard that new students are not allowed to go out as they please.”

“That’s right, there must be a senior leading the team, or a note from the teacher.”

At this time, other people on the team expressed their uneasiness.

“Don’t worry, I’ve already asked around. That’s why I told you to prepare in advance,” Chang Jiantao said as he lifted his foot.

Before they left the dormitory, each of them had tied sponges to their soles.

“Is the guard at the South Gate really as amazing as you said?”

Although everyone did as they were told, some people were still skeptical.

“Wrong, he’s not the one who’s powerful,” Chang Jiantao wagged his finger, his expression solemn, “What’s more powerful is his summoned beast, the Earth-hearing Beast. I heard that the movements of magical beasts within a five-mile radius can’t escape the ears of the Earth-hearing Beast. At Western Capital University, one can’t be a guard without some abilities. Rather, his strength and status are higher than that of an ordinary teacher.”

Even though he heard all this from his brother, Chang Jiantao knew that the information was all true.

“Since that Earth-hearing Beast is so powerful, will our preparations be of any use?” At this time, someone questioned again.

“What do you know? Of course, it’s useless,” However, just as Chang Jiantao was about to reply with confidence, a guard seemed to have suddenly appeared out of nowhere and interrupted him.

“…” xN

The crowd fell silent. It was so quiet that it was as if the night was supposed to be quiet. Some of them wanted to escape, but they found that they couldn’t move at all.

“A bunch of little rascals, you’re quite bold,” The guard’s face darkened, and he turned to leave with his hands behind his back, “Since you don’t feel like sleeping at this hour, then don’t sleep. All of you, come to my guardhouse,”

It was obvious that none of the freshmen were willing to listen to his instructions, but they were horrified to find that their feet were uncontrollably following him.

Five minutes later, in front of the South Gate guard room, the dozen or so freshmen who tried to leave the school without permission stood in a row.

“I see that you’ve all put sponges under your feet. It seems like you’re prepared. However, aren’t you underestimating my Earth-hearing Beast?” The guard stood in front of them, his expression calm yet cold.

An old Shar-Pei dog was lying behind him. The dog wasn’t actually old. It just looked like that. Other than being slightly larger, it looked no different from an ordinary Shar-Pei.

The only difference was that its ears were large and long, and half of them were drooped on the ground.

This was the Earth-hearing Beast that Chang Jiantao had mentioned before.

“You should reflect on your actions. You’ll be punished to stand here until dawn,” After scanning the crowd, the guard turned around and prepared to enter the house.

The leader, Chang Jiantao, lowered his head, showing a look of regret and pain. He had been punished to reflect on his actions since he was a child, so he had a lot of experience. He knew that at this time, the more sincere and remorseful he seemed, the lighter the punishment.

As for Fulde, who was standing next to him, he wanted to kill this guy with his gaze. If he was given a demerit or something like that as punishment, then wouldn’t his academic career be tainted?

“I won’t tell you about the dangers of leaving school without permission. Someone will naturally tell you about it tomorrow,” Looking at the new students in front of him, the guard thought of another person.

It was the crippled teenager who had been allowed to leave the school at noon today. It’s been half a day, so why hasn’t the boy returned yet? That new teacher called Li Fan should at least have sent his summoned beast to protect the boy in secret, right?

“Eh? What’s the dots of light over there?” At this moment, a girl’s voice interrupted the guard’s thoughts.

For a moment, everyone looked in the direction she was pointing.

Outside the South Gate, a bunch of small white lights, like pentagrams, were slowly approaching.

“Hmm?!” Chang Jiantao looked at the strange light and couldn’t help but be stunned, “Why are there so many Luminous Spiders?”

“Wait, there seems to be someone else!”