Hunting High School

Facts have proved that, just like the old man Verne said, both Zheng Qing and Lingo had thought too much before.

As one of the most powerful centers in the wizarding world, the safety of First University is beyond doubt.

Not to mention the core area of ​​Shushan Pavilion and Linzhong Lake.

Along the way, except for a tree sperm that fell from a branch because of a deep sleep, the patrol team didn't even see two kappa, let alone dragon beasts or other monsters in their dreams.

It was the old hound named May, who dragged along in the team, sneaking into the grass from time to time, and dragged back a few gleaming red chain snakes silently.

This made Zheng Qing look at this old hound with more wrinkles than hairs with admiration.

Elder Verne asked a few senior students to put the red chain snake into the bamboo basket, and then continued to urge the team to move forward.

Zheng Qing also gradually realized that the so-called patrols may be more of a physical and psychological punishment, rather than really expecting these students to do something earth-shattering, or counting on them to save the world.

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Just like a patrol member complained when he was bored, if monsters appeared in the depths of the First University, what chaos would the entire wizarding world look like!

The wooden stick in his hand was flailing wildly in the grass on both sides of the path, Zheng Qing tried to open his eyes wide, trying to find some fun in this boring patrol.

His wish soon came true.

After the team turned around a rockery carved with sand and stones, there was a sudden commotion among the crowd.

Several tall boys pointed at the distance, looking very excited.

"There seems to be a kappa climbing up there!" Soon, other people in the team exclaimed in a low voice.

Zheng Qing ran a few steps closely with the team and looked intently. On the lake beach not far away, there was indeed a thin and small black shadow prostrate on the shore.

In the moonlight, one can vaguely distinguish its beak, round head, pointed ears, turtle back, and the green jade plate on top of its head, which is shrinking like water and moonlight.

There is a cloud in ancient books: There are spirits in the water, like three or four-year-old children, with scales and armor like carp, which cannot be shot. In mid-July-August, fortunately, I exposed myself on the moraine. The knees are like a tiger, and the palms and claws are often submerged in the water, protruding from the knees; picking off its gauze can make it.

Of course, things are impermanent, water is impermanent, and people are impermanent.

The kappa recorded in ancient books has evolved to modern times, and many changes have taken place.

Such as turtle back, such as jade plate.

The back of the kappa is similar to that of a tortoise, with a rounded scutellum, a flat carapace, and three longitudinal ribs.

In ancient times, the kappa carapace was similar to the scutes on other parts of the body, and they were all jagged ctenoid scales. However, with the increasing variety of aquatic elves and the continuous evolution of the murloc race, in order to enhance defense and resist risks, the ctenoid scales on the Kappa's back gradually evolved into thick shield scales, and then slowly evolved into the current turtle shell form.

The origin of the jade dish is even more peculiar.

It is rumored that in ancient times, there was a great wizard named Hu Gong who watched the aquatic elves absorb the moonlight, so he caught thirteen kappa and made organs for them to absorb the moonlight. Or a mirror on the back, or a stone inlaid on the forehead, or a jade plate on the head. In the past nine years, there are only two kappa with jade plates on their heads that can really absorb the moonlight for their own use.

Therefore, in ancient times, only the water monsters with fangs and claws, which looked like beasts, could cast spells and became real aquatic elves, which did not disappear with the passage of time.

It is said that the kappa surviving today are all descendants of those two reformers.

Maybe it's because of Hugong's teaching and transformation, maybe because he opened up his spiritual wisdom and knew how to advance and retreat. Although the modern Kappa is still cunning and cruel, they mostly target water ghosts or murlocs, and rarely dare to attack wizards. Most of the time, they live on aquatic plants and melons and fruits on the shore; occasionally they eat meat, and they prefer to dig clams in the mud or catch longworms in the grass.

The patrol team chased away the kappa who climbed ashore, precisely because they often damage the melons and fruits cultivated by the school and steal the spiritual eggs of the lantern bug and tree sperm, which caused the bug king and the tree elf to complain to the school many times.

However, the kappa that the patrol team saw on the shore today was very strange.

It didn't kill the insect eggs in the tree hole, and it didn't hold melons and fruits to eat with relish under the moonlight.

It is crying.

The moonlight is like water, and the moonlight is like smoke.

The cold spiritual light is like a waterfall falling from the sky, slowly pouring into the jade plate on the kappa's head, slowly forming a clear spiritual spring.

This is where the kappa's wealth and life lie.

The magic hidden in their blood depends on this spiritual spring to cast, and their whole body energy is also absorbed by this spiritual spring. If the spiritual spring dries up, the kappa will lose all energy and be dying.

If you can enjoy the blessing of the huge bright moon above your head during the weekdays, the Kappa boys will definitely sing and dance and cheer.

But now, the Kappa crawling on the shore shrugged his shoulders, and with teary eyes, he was crying loudly under the moon.

"Is it moved by today's moon?" Someone in the team asked in a low voice.

"Impossible," someone immediately retorted: "Although kappa are intelligent, they don't know how to be grateful... To say that they are moved by the moon is better to say that they are crying with joy."

"Although they don't know how to be grateful, the kappa is also a social creature." An old student from Jiuyou College with two black borders on the red robe looked at the crying kappa and said slowly: "Look at its sad appearance, It seems that the companion has encountered something unknown."

Companion encountered unknown? Zheng Qing was startled and looked around quickly.

Linzhong Lake is the base camp of these kappa from Jiuyou Academy.

Even the murlocs who regard this place as their territory will not kill these water elves at will. After all, the cruelty of kappa is well known, and no creature in the lake is willing to provoke these difficult guys.

Leaning on a wooden stick, old man Verne walked slowly to the weeping kappa, lowered his head, and moved his lips slightly, as if he was asking why.

The kappa raised his head, letting the spiritual fluid in the jade plate above his head drop little by little, he just opened his sharp mouth and said something quickly. Its voice was like a baby's cry, but shorter, sharper, and disturbing to listen to, much of the pity was for nothing.

"Poor, hateful." Zheng Qing muttered.

Not far away, after the old man Verne finished his questioning, he stretched out his wooden stick, pushed slowly and flatly, and pushed the crying Kappa into the lake.

The kappa's head floated on the water for a moment, and finally disappeared slowly under the old man's stern gaze.

There were several extremely shallow ripples on the surface of the water.

After a while, all traces disappeared.

When the old man Verne returned to the middle of the team, everyone looked at him eagerly, hoping to know the whole story.

"It's the same as I guessed before." The old man didn't tell the truth, but his description was very concise and vague: "The little guy went ashore to play with his companion, but unexpectedly his companion was dragged to the depths of the forest by a group of insects. It didn't dare Too far away from the lake, I can only cry and cry, I hope the patrol team can help."

As for the appearance, type, and quantity of the insects, the old man did not say anything clearly.

But I don't know if it's because I have scruples in my heart and it's inconvenient to speak clearly, or the ignorant kappa is vague.

"These guys always use the patrol team as nannies." A black-faced boy in the team complained angrily.

As the masters of the school, the wizards of First University have an obligation to ensure the safety of Life's other creatures on the campus. But no one is willing to visit relatives and friends in the depths of the woods for a Kappa in the middle of the night.

The old man glanced at him, and simply ordered the others:

"Grab the stick in your hand, turn into the woods, and search for the missing Kappa... Be careful not to fall behind, and report any abnormal phenomena in time."