Blood Hunt

The two people from Beizhou Academy in the room fixed their gazes on Su Ran, their faces clearly showing disbelief.

No superhuman would be foolish enough to refuse an invitation from an academy.

“Su Ran, perhaps because you’ve just become a superhuman, you don’t yet understand what an academy represents.”

Bai Yun patiently explained to Su Ran what Beizhou Academy signified.

“In the Human Federation, superhuman academies represent the most professional, systematic education and the most abundant resources. Enrolling in Beizhou Academy will allow you to avoid many detours on the path of the superhuman sequences.”

The conveniences brought by the academy were not just these overt ones; there were many more hidden benefits and advantages within the system that Bai Yun did not mention.

“Teacher Bai, if I enroll in Beizhou Academy normally, when would I be able to graduate?”

Su Ran’s question made Bai Yun pause for a moment, but she still answered honestly, “Each school is different. At Beizhou Academy, the condition is reaching Sequence Three. Meeting that qualifies you for graduation. Sequence Four and above is considered excellent.”

“That is why I am unwilling to enter Beizhou Academy. If I were to enroll, I would be unable to deal with vampires for a period of time.”

Su Ran gritted her teeth as she mentioned the vampires.

If Eve were still alive, Su Ran would have gladly accepted the invitation to Beizhou Academy; she would have been happy to enter the academy with Eve.

But now, when she opened her eyes again, the whole world had changed.

Eve’s death had made her understand… ‘Henning,’ reality is not a game, no one who is killed will die.

If she were to follow the conventional path and study at Beizhou Academy, setting aside the matter of avenging Eve for a moment, the day-to-day interactions with classmates might make it impossible to conceal the existence of the Witch Game.

Su Ran’s decision regarding Beizhou Academy was not made rashly or impulsively, but after careful consideration.

Right now, apart from money, Su Ran wasn’t really lacking in much.

With the existence of the Witch Game, she could find general resources in Isa’s world. As for the meditation technique, she could draw it today after she got back.

Under these circumstances, rather than spending time studying at Beizhou Academy, it was better to choose a path more suited to herself.

“In any case, as Eve’s next of kin, I don’t want to see you walk down a dangerous path again. Studying peacefully in the academy, and then, with the help of the relevant departments, finding a position that doesn’t involve deep dealings with vampires and living a good life, that is what’s important.”

Since Su Ran had shown her reluctance to enter the academy, Bai Yun had a faint guess as to her intentions.

Besides the normal academy studies, there was another path for those superhumans who did not have the opportunity to study in an academy.

Blood Hunters!

By completing missions issued by the Blood Hunter Association, they could earn more points to exchange for meditation techniques and various resources.

In Bai Yun’s eyes, Blood Hunters were a group of bloodthirsty lunatics. They knew no fear and would even actively infiltrate vampire territory to assassinate targets for mission rewards.

Unlike the normal academy-trained superhumans who would join the military for unified deployment after graduation, Blood Hunters had never enjoyed the resources provided by the Human Federation for free.

They lived a life on the edge of a knife, desperately completing missions for a few points.

Therefore, Blood Hunters were generally lone wolves who preferred to act alone. One could even say they were mercenaries who did things entirely based on their own preferences.

As long as the price was right, they would take on any mission, whether it was assassinating a vampire or acting as a student’s bodyguard.

Bai Yun did not want the girl in front of her to walk down such a path. As Eve’s former teacher, she would rather Su Ran’s life be a little easier.

“Thank you for your kind intentions, Teacher Bai, but I have still decided to become a Blood Hunter.”

Su Ran’s resolute attitude was laid bare before Bai Yun and Feng Wei, and the two looked at each other helplessly.

They had never imagined that someone would be unwilling to study at an academy and instead choose to become a Blood Hunter.

If this opportunity were presented to those Blood Hunters, it was believed that most would resolutely choose to enter an academy.

Since this was Su Ran’s choice, Bai Yun and Feng Wei could only choose to respect it.

“Well then, since this is your choice, I won’t try to persuade you further.”

Bai Yun sighed helplessly.

“Since we’re all here, let’s just do a routine aptitude test first.”

After Bai Yun finished speaking, Feng Wei, who was beside her, took a crystal ball out of his bag and placed it in front of Su Ran.

Since Su Ran had not shown any talent during the awakening ceremony, now that she had become a superhuman again, an authorized person could update her information.

Thus, testing her superhuman talent became the first step in updating that information.

Originally, Feng Wei had thought that if Su Ran could join the academy, he could test her talent on the spot. Now, it had turned into helping her update her information file.

“Just concentrate and inject the magic essence you sense into the crystal ball.”

Su Ran stared at the surface of the crystal ball with a troubled expression. Only then did Feng Wei remember to explain how to use it.

Placing both hands on the surface of the crystal ball, Su Ran followed Feng Wei’s instructions, injecting what she could sense into the crystal ball, little by little.

A faint light emanated from within the crystal ball. Feng Wei felt a strange fluctuation coming from Su Ran’s body. He stared, mouth agape, at the crystal ball on the table that Su Ran was touching.

Within the originally near-transparent crystal, a cloud of almost substantial mist appeared. It gradually changed shape, finally becoming an ice crystal that occupied the entire space within the sphere.

“This… this… a near-substantial manifestation of magic essence?”

Seeing the change Su Ran had wrought on the crystal ball, Feng Wei sucked in a cold breath.

The crystal ball he had taken out was able to convert the tester’s injected magic essence into a concrete standard for measurement.
A change like Su Ran’s, where the magic essence was nearly transformed into a solid state, was something he, Feng Wei, had never encountered since he started conducting aptitude tests.

“What in the world is going on?”

Bai Yun had never encountered such a situation before, and Su Ran also wanted to know from Feng Wei just how good her talent was.

Both of them stared at Feng Wei, waiting for his explanation.

“Under normal circumstances, when most people inject magic essence into the crystal ball, it will appear in a gaseous state. For those with better aptitude, it will appear in a liquid state. As for a situation like Su Ran’s, which is almost a solid state, I have never encountered it before.”

Feng Wei explained as he spoke, “Miss Su Ran, if you decide later that you still want to join Beizhou Academy, you can come find me. The doors of Beizhou Academy will always be open for you.”

With the kind of talent Su Ran possessed, no matter who was sitting here now, they would make the same choice as Feng Wei.