Capítulo 2202: Chapter 423: A Twist of Fate
The Winter Hunting Area’s outermost hunting zone forms a strip encircling the entire First University.
For the sake of caution, the hunting teams are arranged by strength in order. For instance, the strongest school hunting team is allotted Zone No. 1 (A Alpha One), with the Judgent Hunting Team (Zone No. A Alpha Two) on its left, and the last-ranked Atonent Hunting Team (Zone No. A Oga Three) on its right; the team on the right of Atonent is the second-to-last Fringe Hunting Team (Zone No. A Oga Two); to the right of the Fringe is the third-to-last Absolution Hunting Team (Zone No. A Oga One), and to the right of the Absolution Hunting Party is the Xiangqi Hunting Team (Zone No. A Ren Three), and so forth.
In clearer terms, the distribution of this outermost hunting area is as follows: Judgent (Erwin Hoffman), School Hunting Team (Uncle Zhang Zhi), Atonent Hunting Team (Andrew Taylor), Fringe Hunting Team (Nicholas Green), Absolution Hunting Team (Zheng Qing), Xiangqi Hunting Team (Mike Gold Cypress Plano).
This arrangent is not only neat and orderly but also enables the strongest teams to look after the weakest ones.
At least, this is how it was initially planned by the Hunting Committee.
However, on the afternoon of the third day of the Winter Hunt, after more than twenty wild dragons unexpectedly invaded the outskirts of the Hunting Ground, the situation slowly slipped from the committee’s control.
The wild dragons’ harassnt attracted the patrol team outside the Hunting Ground, which initially wouldn’t disturb the Winter Hunting teams at all.
But when Linda Barnes threw out that scroll, awakening the School Guardian Array, even the slowest hunting team would realize that the golden curtain slowly falling was a signal that things were not going well.
Banding together for warmth and mutual support with other hunting teams beca the optimal choice for all ‘normal’ teams.
The School Hunting Team is the most normal among all teams.
Once the School Guardian Array was activated, Uncle Zhang Zhi, as the school hunting team leader, imdiately received inquiries from almost all outside hunting teams—the term ‘almost’ is used because so teams, for well-known reasons, did not intend to communicate with ‘Lei Zhe’ students from a weaker position.
“Stay cautious, hide and wait.”
This was Uncle Zhang’s answer to most hunting teams, but as the school hunting team leader, besides giving advice, he also had to take on more responsibility.
To the school hunting team’s left is Judgent, and to the right is Atonent.
Choosing whether to help the left or right-side team was originally not a question. According to the committee’s initial plan, in ergencies, the school hunting team was also supposed to prioritize helping the weakest Atonent Hunting Team.
This choice unexpectedly stalled at the first step.
“Can’t get in touch with the Atonent Hunting Team?”
Uncle Zhang Zhi frowned; his tall figure almost rged with the equally tall trees behind him, exuding a steady and reliable aura: “Can we divine their position?”
He had already prepared for the worst.
Once again, the outco was unexpected.
“They didn’t hide their tracks.”
Responding to him was the school hunting team diviner ‘Alpha’—apart from the leader, the other four hunters in the school team each co from the four school academies, using their respective academies as their code nas—her words were very cautious: “The divination results show the Atonent Hunting Team has all retreated into the School Guardian Array…Their part of the hunting zone lies at the edge of Beta Town, providing them ample justification.”
“Really a clever little wolf pup.”
Speaking casually yet appreciatively, the wandering hunter ‘Starry Sky’ looked at Uncle Zhang Zhi: “…Then, are we going to aid the Fringe Hunting Team next?”
To the right of Atonent is the Fringe Hunting Team, ranked second to last among thirty teams.
“I’d rather suggest going to help the Judgent Hunting Team first.”
The hunter coded ‘Jiuyou’ suddenly spoke, with very compelling reasons: “Generally, facing such dangerous situations, lower-ranked teams would typically choose conservative and cautious responses, like that Taylor family’s little wolf, who imdiately retreated under the School Guardian Array. The Fringe Hunting Team likely wouldn’t be an exception. I’ve seen their performance in the Campus Cup; their leader was once in the sa grade as you…”
He cast a glance at ‘Starry Sky’, adding, “So, you should know that he’s a very prudent and thorough warlock. In such circumstances, he would seriously listen to and follow the school hunting team’s advice, hiding carefully.”
The wandering hunter ‘Starry Sky’ nodded slightly, agreeing with this assessnt.
“On the contrary, the Judgent Hunting Team won’t be so ‘obedient’. ”
The hunter turned his focus, continuing his analysis: “Everyone knows their leader, Erwin; does anyone think he would be a wizard who obediently follows orders? In this situation, it’s likely he would be more excited than most hunters in Starry Sky Academy… Only the team leader going over could slightly rein him in, preventing him from running around recklessly.”
A low laughter of agreent arose imdiately.
Uncle Zhang Zhi hesitated a mont.
Theoretically, the overall second-to-last ranked Fringe Hunting Team indeed needed more help, but the hunter’s analysis was not without reason. Besides, he had his own considerations.
To the right of Fringe Hunting Team lies the Absolution Hunting Team.
As the elder brother of Jiuyou Academy’s Lei Zhe and Zhang Ji Xin, he knows the Absolution Hunting Team better than anyone present and privately believes this young team deserves a higher rank.
Moreover, both the Fringe Hunting Team and Absolution Hunting Team hail from Jiuyou Academy—and further, most of their mbers are even classmates—this ans if an incident occurs with the Fringe Hunting Team, even if the School Hunting Team is not nearby, the Absolution Hunting Team would be a very proactive and potent assistance.
The diviner ‘Alpha’s next words helped Uncle Zhang finally make up his mind: “Incidentally, the Fringe Hunting Team’s ntor is Ms. Zhu Si; considering her father, who would be foolish enough to provoke both the school and a newly promoted legend wizard simultaneously?”
“Then let us gather the other teams in a counterclockwise direction.” Uncle Zhang Zhi shook his cloak, stepped forward, and drew out his law book: “Let’s first find the Judgent Hunting Team!”
From any perspective, the School Hunting Team’s decision wasn’t wrong.
On the contrary, throughout the judgnt process, they considered various possibilities, evaluating each team’s strength and even their nature thoroughly.
The only misstep was failing to recognize the true target of the attackers.
When Atonent Hunting Team retreated beneath the guardian array, whereas School Hunting Team turned left to assist the Judgent Hunting Team, Absolution Hunting Team and Xiangqi Hunting Team simultaneously ventured deep into the Silent Forest; in this long and winding part of the Winter Hunting Area, amidst confusion and coincidences, a huge and abrupt gap opened.
And within this gap, only one Fringe Hunting Team remained.
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