High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2913: Chapter 1132: Use Your Imagination

Stop Montelio?

Driving the ’Primordial’ Montelio?

Montelio with legendary combat power?

Zheng Qing’s little head was topped with a big exclamation mark, feeling that his slender neck was overwhelmed—although he never underestimated himself, he knew his own limits. Not to mention a legendary-level being, even trying to stop a Big Wizard might require a hefty price.

Vice Principal Ruoyu’s meaning was very clear, letting Zheng Qing skip the ’testing’ phase and directly drive ’Taiyi’ to confront Professor Montreya’s ’Primordial’.

There are many problems with this.

For example, clearly Ruoyu, a proper legend, is right before me, why doesn’t he take action.

”—I have to stop another guy.”

The Elder Wizard turned, looking at the round moon with intertwined red and blue hues above his head, gently sighed: ”Your Professor Yao has fallen into the trap set by a Black Snail and is now tangled with Nicolas... and that Black Snail will descend upon this World in less than half an hour. Although half an hour would allow me to severely wound Montelio, it’s not enough to erase him, so you need to stall him as much as possible within the remaining time. In this half hour, I’ll help you understand as much as possible some concepts related to legends, more profound ones. The time left for us... or rather, for you is not much.”

Zheng Qing suddenly felt a rush of urgency inside his heart, wishing that in the next moment, he could stand at the center of ’Taiyi’s altar. But he also knew the notion of haste makes waste.

”But Professor, isn’t Taiyi still incomplete?”

He examined the colossal being sitting amid the Cloud Sea, whose exterior looked similar to the Primordial, but Zheng Qing clearly remembered that not long ago, also in this Cloud Sea, Elder Ruoyu had very definitively told the two qualifiers—at that time Montelio’s identity hadn’t been exposed—that ’Taiyi’ was only about seventy-five percent complete, many functional parts hadn’t been installed. It only has the legendary body and magic power, starting it now, other than foolishly taking a few steps, not even a single legendary-level spell could be cast.

What is such a ’Taiyi’ going to use to block the one-hundred-percent complete ’Primordial’?

”Make use of your imagination as much as possible.”

Professor Montreya’s gaze glanced over the little green dragon hanging by the boy’s ear, with a gentle attitude: ”—With your current rank, this is all I can tell you. The biggest difference between low-level wizards and high-level wizards lies in the more unrestrained imagination. If you dare not even think, how can it be achieved? Of course, using imagination doesn’t mean letting your mind wander ignorantly... Do you know Fosca?”

Zheng Qing quickly retrieved this name from his memory.

”Hmm, seems I’ve heard, is it the Fosca from Italy Calmona?” The Young Wizard, while internally thanking Doctor Xiao, scraped together his meager accumulation: ”—He’s reportedly one of the few in the Wizard World to achieve longevity as a registered wizard by being a low-level mage... but apparently, the Alliance does not promote his approach.”

”Because he exhibits longevity lacking imagination.”

Elder Ruoyu leaned on his cane, his voice neither hurried nor slow, like that Black Snail about to descend really was just a snail: ”...Every wizard’s life quality should match his rank. A long, enriched, and exciting life does not increase a wizard’s life quality or make him love life more. On the contrary, over-indulging in life only dissipates your essence of existence continuously, just like Fosca, until in the end he became weary, fearful, and even despaired of his long life... yet had no way to escape.”

Zheng Qing gazed at the colossal being amidst the Cloud Sea, somewhat absent-minded, failing to perceive how this case taught him anything about mastering ’Taiyi’.

This caused Ruoyu to feel a bit defeated.

Wondering if dealing with high-level wizards too much had made it hard for him to understand young people.

”In summary, to a Legend, the meaning of a matter is more important than its process or result.”

Ruoyu finally explained quite straightforwardly, ironically making the related concept seem harder to grasp: ”To put it in a less appropriate way, the future is already restrained for legends, the outcome is doomed, the process is limited... Therefore, the meaning of a matter surpasses both the result and the process. To borrow Miss Simone’s words—you drift away from this world, leaving no trace under the sky, on the water’s surface, on the earth, nor in anyone’s heart; no emptiness anywhere, no one’s absence either, it’s fully filled everywhere. Identical splashes, yet each one different, not a single water droplet is missing. Time ravages time, your hands always remain empty. You step through the doorway, without a shred of hope.”

How worthy of a Legend.

Talking in such a sophisticated manner.

Zheng Qing internally criticized, finally giving up struggling, not trying to comprehend Elder Ruoyu’s lecture, planning to personally give it a try directly, success would be cheerful, failure... failure is expected.

Except before entering Taiyi, he must confirm one thing.

This question is somewhat impolite.

Thus, before speaking, the Young Wizard went through repeated psychological construction, finally mustered the courage: ”—Professor, does the school know about Professor Montreya’s matters?”

Ultimately, he dared not bluntly inquire if this Elder Wizard was abusing his power, otherwise with his legendary identity, even if Professor Montreya hid him away, there should not be any slip-ups.

Unexpectedly.

Elder Ruoyu unexpectedly revealed a trace of a satisfied smile.

”You’ve grasped the essence I just talked about.”

The Elder Wizard approvingly nodded, praising: ”Just as I said earlier, the meaning of a matter surpasses both the result and the process. Whether I or the school discovered Montelio’s matters is not important. What’s crucial is what this meant for the school... As for Montelio, no one falls into depravity for the sake of falling; they merely mistake temporary pleasure, joy, and harvest at the wrong time point as eternal, mistakenly believing it to be a lifelong pursuit... This is the opportune use for wandering paths. They think they are for ’greater goals,’ yet know not that in this process, they ultimately lose some of humans’ most cherished things.

I suggest that later on, you might ask Professor Montreya yourself and chat with him a bit more... When you cannot defeat your enemy, chatting is a good defensive tactic.”

Heaven have mercy.

Zheng Qing truly was just purely curious, never even thought about any tactic-like matters.