The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 248 Hunting Skills Lesson
As for Moran, this ruthless fighter who ended the battle in just a few minutes, the little witches declared, "You're no longer within our scope of comparison!"

No comparison, not even a little bit!

Moran also felt that while she might enjoy winning, the training wasn't achieving its intended effect.

Winning or losing is secondary; the most important thing is to achieve training results.

Moran thought for a moment and said, "I won't need to move at super speed next time we train."

"No need to move at super speed? Are you serious?" Vasita suddenly perked up. Wouldn't that mean she could wear Moran down just by running?

Moran knew exactly what she was thinking: "As long as you don't use it either."

Since no one uses it, the speed difference is not significant, making it more difficult for Moran to win.

It shouldn't be a training program where speed is the deciding factor.

There's not much to train for super-speed movement; it can be improved by fusing blood, essentially a kind of acquired talent.

“Isn’t that still a loss? Just a slower one,” Vasida said.

She felt it was unlikely she could beat Moran.

“That’s not necessarily true…” Cheryl suddenly said.

"What's your idea?" Vasita asked hastily.

Cheryl looked at Moran.

Moran wisely said, "Fine, fine, I won't listen! I'm going to practice magic at another training ground first."

What else could they possibly be plotting? At most, they could only plan to work together to deal with her during training next week.

It was a small challenge for her, but that was all.

That's what makes it interesting!

Speaking of which, we're about to have our last magic practice class of the semester.

After Moran used up half of his magic power for the day, he went back and started looking at the textbook for his hunting skills class.

"How to Prepare a Wild Beast?" Moran read the title, somewhat puzzled. "Why does it sound more like a book on butchering than a hunting technique book?"

After she finished reading the book, she realized that her initial doubts about the title were not unfounded at all. Moran would call it a witch's version of the Butcher's Skill!

This book discusses how to hunt prey in a way that preserves its maximum value, from the perspective of its ultimate purpose.

This course teaches how to hunt prey with valuable fur without damaging its pelt, and how to skin and process the fur after the hunt.

The course covers hunting prey with high blood and flesh value, teaching how to kill prey with minimal damage to its flesh, and the subsequent preservation of the prey.

This lesson also touches on a special type of magic that shares the same principles as cooking magic and sewing magic—slaughter magic.

It involves contaminating a set of ordinary slaughtering tools and then using those tools to process the prey.

Of course, this is on the premise that you yourself are skilled at handling the prey, so that the slaughtering tools can do it for you.

The learning method is similar to cooking magic; you first learn how to process prey yourself.

The book only mentions magic briefly in the last chapter, so it's not a major focus of the course.

"If I had known there was such a thing as slaughter magic, I wouldn't have used the knives from the {Mobile Kitchen Card} to practice sharpening and throwing techniques."

Moran consulted with Lilith, a senior student, about the design of slaughtering tools. Combining this with hunting tools from Blue Star, he created a {Slaughtering Tool Card} and began the process of infecting it ahead of time.

She also didn't forget to inform the other little witches in the second grade.

The hunting skills class was still held in the magic training ground.

The No. 114 open-air training ground is 80% grassland and 20% woodland, and is home to dozens of animals that often appear on the witch's table, such as the Dudu bird, the green sheep, the black pig, and the Benben cow.

Most of the meat supplies at the academy's food distribution center come from here. It's usually shrouded in a magic circle and not open to the public; Moran and the others have only ever seen what's inside from the sky.

As soon as class started, Ms. Amisha assigned a task: "Today, everyone must deal with at least five Dodo birds!"

In front of each of Moran and the others was a cage containing a Dudu bird.

"For feathered prey like the dodo bird, where only the meat and eggs are needed, cleaning the feathers is crucial. Usually, the first step is to scald them with hot water..."

Moran thought to himself, "Isn't this just like killing a chicken?"

But is it necessary to cut the throat and bleed the patient?
After Ms. Amisa finished speaking, Moran asked this question.

“No need. The blood of the Dodo bird doesn’t smell fishy, ​​and the meat of the Dodo bird with blood is actually more tender. So when you kill the Dodo bird later, it’s best to let it bleed as little as possible,” Amisha said.

Moran nodded, indicating that he understood.

After Ms. Amisa finished explaining her plucking tips, she let them do it.

The other little witches took out their slaughtering tool cards and started using bird-killing tools.

Only Moran drew his wand.

A large clump of water engulfed the five quails in the cage, whose feet were bound.

This is a drowning spell. Cover your mouth, nose, or any other opening with this magic, and water elements will seep in and quickly enter your heart and lungs.

Before long, all the Dudu birds were drowned by the Water Drowning spell.

Moran did not stop casting the spell, but maintained the drowning spell. The bird floated out of the cage wrapped in water, followed by a large ball of fire.

It started as a small cluster, but quickly spread and enveloped the water sphere, causing the water temperature to gradually rise.

After silently counting to about twenty seconds, Moran withdrew the magic, and five scalded Dudu birds fell into the bucket.

While the other little witches were still debating whether to knock the dodo bird's head off first or cut its neck, Moran had already started plucking its feathers with her bare hands.

The five Dudu birds were dealt with in less than an hour; it was quick and efficient, and magic was a great help.

“You’re not going to tell me that you learned butchering in your past life, are you?” Amisha asked.

"I've learned a tiny bit," Moran said with a smile.

Amisha wasn't surprised at all by the answer: "Have you read the textbook?"

“I’ve finished reading it,” Moran said.

“Then go and try to handle the other animals in the training field! Handle one of each kind. If you can do it all, this lesson will be considered over early.” Amisha told her to do it herself, and she would only check the results at the end.

Moran, of course, had no objection.

Even if other prey weren't tied up and caged like the Dudu bird, requiring her to catch them herself, Moran, who had already mastered the eight elemental magics of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice, had nothing to fear.

"This is a great opportunity to practice magic! We must make the most of it!"

Moran planned to use all the magic available.

I'm not afraid of using my talents for something that's not worthwhile, since some magic spells don't get used very often.

This time, at least there's a living, moving object to practice on.

After using a lucky charm on herself, she flew up on a broomstick to hunt for prey.

The little witches watched her fly away with envy.

That's what hunting is all about!

They... sigh! Bird feathers are so hard to pluck!