Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 186 Dimensional Portal
What does a primordial vampire need to eat when hungry?

The answer is obvious.

Before Jiaxiu could say anything, the enthusiastic Bubu opened its little bundle and took out its favorite magic crystal.

Knights should know how to share.

"Here you go! Orange flavored."

Elizabeth looked at the magic crystal in front of her. Although she didn't understand what Bubu was saying, she roughly understood what it meant.

This is meant to be given to her to eat.

The very old vampire, who slept most of the time, stared in astonishment.

Has the food changed to this extent while she has been asleep?
What happened in this world?
But since they've already given it to me, wouldn't it be impolite not to eat some?

So, the very polite Elizabeth was torn between whether or not to take a bite and try it.

"No, Bubu, what you eat is indigestible for others."

Jia Xiu stopped the situation from developing in an even stranger direction in time.

However, he noticed that Elizabeth's mouth was slightly open.

This unlucky vampire probably wants to try taking a bite, doesn't he?

Was she starved to death, or was she just not smart to begin with?

Bubu said very seriously, "She is not human."

"That can't be digested either."

"What a pity, the orange flavor is so delicious."

Elizabeth looked at Bubu's pitiful appearance, which showed a strong desire to share but was "disliked," and thought that she might as well take a bite. After all, it wouldn't kill her.

Jia Xiu turned to look at her and wrote on the paper, "What do you need?"

Elizabeth's answer was as expected.

"Blood, to be precise, the blood of humanoid creatures."

Although the answer was as expected, Jia Xiu was still very curious.

What is so special about the blood of humanoids?

Why do vampires have to drink this kind of blood, and can't they just drink animal blood?

The derivatives used in the experiments at the bathhouse also failed to provide a reasonable explanation.

“In this way, you open the Gate of Anka, and I will give you the blood of a humanoid creature.”

Jia Xiu's attitude was clear: work first, then eat.

"If you don't give me some blood first, I can't activate the Gate of Anka in my current state; it consumes a lot of magic power."

Elizabeth's attitude was also very clear: she would neither eat nor work.

"I don't need much blood. I'm very restrained and won't be turned into a vampire."

Whether the bitten person becomes a vampire is controllable for the biting party.

Seeing that Jia Xiu hesitated a little, she added, "Don't worry, even if I drink your blood, I still can't beat you. Besides, I need to activate the Gate of Anka to check its status. As long as you don't intend to destroy it, our goals are the same."

This vampire was quite outgoing; after knowing each other for less than twenty minutes, he was already talking about "us".

After thinking for a moment, Jia Xiu felt that what was said made some sense. With an item that could cast a ninth-level spell and open a dimensional gate in front of him, it would be a disservice to his thirst for knowledge not to activate it. And the person most familiar with this thing was definitely Elizabeth. Their goals were indeed the same.

However, there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed.

Jia Xiu guided the use of ultraviolet light therapy.

The ultraviolet rays, though not strong, not extensive, and invisible, quietly shone on Elizabeth's arm.

The spot the beam aimed at immediately burned and rotted.

As soon as Jia Xiu stopped, his wound healed at an extremely rapid pace, several times faster than those priests who had been transformed through evil blessings.

It happened so fast that even Elizabeth, the vampire involved, didn't realize what Jash was doing.

You become sluggish when you're too hungry.

Meanwhile, Jia Xiu also got a satisfactory result. No matter how fast he recovered, he was still afraid of sunlight.

Even the original vampires were not immune to the fatal weakness of the vampire race.

That makes things easier. Even if Elizabeth is just pretending to be a bit simple-minded and planning to do something after drinking blood, they are not without ways to counter it.

I can't say about other things, but we have plenty of flashbangs.

Even if you can't kill him with a flash, you can still control him with hard crowd control, and then let the Radiant Knight finish him off.

Now that safety is assured, the next question is where to get some blood for Elizabeth.

Jia Xiu looked back at Ram and felt that such a big guy wouldn't have much of a problem bleeding a little.

When Ram noticed that Jaxiu was looking over, she took a step back.

"Boss, I'm scared."

Jassi then looked at Mia.

"Don't look at me, I'm not in good health. What if I lose a little blood and something bad happens?"

As for the rest, Bubu has no blood, Gillianis has a grudge against vampires, and Justina is a demigod who, although used to having holes made in her body, would not tolerate being sucked by vampires.

It seemed like he was the only one there.

Jia Xiu didn't mince words, "Where are you going to bite?"

After saying that, he realized something was wrong. The vampire's teeth were enchanted. If that was the case with ordinary derivative teeth, then the original vampire's version must be incredibly powerful.

He wanted to bite directly; Jia Xiu had no intention of getting aroused in front of everyone.

"Let's take a little, how much?"

"Just a small cup will do."

As Elizabeth wrote, she made an ice cup the size of a wine glass.

Jia Xiu took the ice cup and saw that it didn't have much capacity; it would be enough to fill it up after a nosebleed. Just as she said, she was very restrained. Even though the temperature was so low, she wasn't afraid that it would freeze when she put it in her mouth.

"It tastes better at low temperatures."

Seeing Jasmine curiously examining the ice glass, Elizabeth explained.

It tastes good. Jia Xiu never expected that vampires would also like to drink cold drinks, and they were quite particular about them.

Do you have a knife?

He stretched out his arm and asked.

“Trust me,” Justina drew her sword, “I’m very accurate.”

He seemed eager to chop it up, which suggested there was some underlying grudge.

"I believe you can make a precise cut, but I don't believe you intend to make a precise cut."

Instead of troubling the Radiant Knight, Jaxiu used Bubu's Judgment Scissors to make a small incision for himself.

As she made the cut, Elizabeth hurriedly held up a piece of paper that read, "Don't let me see this. If you lose control, call me when you're done." She also tightly closed her eyes, afraid that she might lose control.

Even with his eyes closed, he made his face turn bright red.

It turns out that vampires can also have blood-colored skin; this is a new discovery, and I've never seen it on any of their previous offspring.

But then again, why is she blushing?
The small ice cup was quickly filled with fresh blood, and Jia Xiu used healing magic to stop the bleeding and heal.

He rarely used the most basic, common, and expected application of healing techniques.

Treating external wounds.

He handed Elizabeth the ice glass filled with blood and patted her on the shoulder to indicate that everything was ready.

She opened her eyes again, her gaze different from when she left the castle, half-asleep and dazed.

Elizabeth's eyes were now bloodshot, staring intently at the blood.

His body was trembling uncontrollably, perhaps due to excitement.

He shakily took the ice glass, and despite the trembling, not a single drop spilled—that takes skill.

She greedily absorbed the blood, and as she took in more blood, her trembling gradually stopped.

A satisfied smile appeared on her face, and she swayed and twisted involuntarily.

However, the satisfaction did not last long before a huge emptiness and hunger struck again. Elizabeth's forehead was sweating and her muscles were tense as she fought against her irresistible instincts.

He was muttering incomprehensible words.

Although Jia Xiu couldn't understand it, he roughly guessed that it sounded like something like, "Give me just one more drop of blood, just one drop, I'll do anything for you..." That's how it's portrayed in movies and TV dramas.

You can't blame him for thinking that way; it does indeed look similar to withdrawal symptoms.

At this moment, Jasmine finally understood just how much restraint Elizabeth meant when she said she was very restrained.

Their behavior doesn't seem to reflect the legends that blood is the source of vampire power. Instead, it appears to be a heavy burden, making it almost impossible for them to coexist peacefully with other races.

At least that's how it's manifested in the original vampires.

Elizabeth, who had consumed blood, showed no signs of increased magical power.

It seems to be just an instinctive reaction to relieve prolonged hunger.

Although there is no evidence yet, Jia Xiu intuitively believes that the various races' understanding of vampires may have been skewed all along.

The tug-of-war against the bloodlust lasted for nearly ten minutes.

Elizabeth, having just calmed down, slowly wrote, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh. Thank you for the blood. Now, let's go check on the Gate of Anka."

After finishing writing, he struggled to get up.

For a vampire, this performance looks rather pathetic.

Even Gillianice, who had a strong opinion against vampires due to emotional issues, changed her mind somewhat.

If there's only one pitiful unlucky soul among the vampires, it's probably her.

Fortunately, vampires have incredible regenerative abilities, and Elizabeth's listless state didn't last long before she returned to her energetic self.

Before activating the Gate of Anka, she thoughtfully explained to Jia Xiu and his group what it was.

"Once fully activated, it will form a portal connecting this place to our peaceful home plane. Activation will take about ten minutes. As a very powerful item, it also requires a lot of magic power to maintain, so I will enter a state of slumber after I have infused it with enough magic power."

Jia Xiu understood.

Elizabeth's job is actually that of a "gatekeeper" and a "human dry cell battery," and her identity can be switched depending on whether she is asleep or awake.

Looking at it this way, she seems even more pitiful.

With her actions, the Gate of Anka began to operate, and the elements, following the patterns, gathered on the central base. A gate of light began to be created layer by layer, like a 3D printer.

Contrary to Jia Xiu's expectations, the dimensional traversal spell had a surprisingly simple and unadorned visual effect.

He didn't sit idle while waiting.

I picked up Bubu and showed it the marks left by the vampires on its body.

"Do you know what this is?"

Elizabeth stared at it for a few seconds, then quickly gave her answer.

“The tracking mark imposed by my own kind.”

"Can you find your kind? They should be in another dimension now, but I don't know how to get there."

Due to the turbulence in the dimensional portals, the era of exploring and discovering new dimensions suddenly came to an end, and many previously discovered dimensions lost their stable means of travel.

Currently, neither the Spellcasters' Guild nor the Adventurers' Guild has the resources or energy to restart plane exploration and resolve the turbulence issue.

The spells and adventures involving different planes are among the highest-risk and consume enormous amounts of resources. With the demons still lurking in the northern wastelands, it is indeed not suitable to embark on a new grand adventure.

So Jasmine could only hope that Elizabeth could provide some reliable information.

"Theoretically speaking, yes, the Primal Blood Clan can determine each other's location, but I need to restore it some more. As for how to get there, the Gate of Anka should be able to travel to other planes, but I'm not sure. There are some functions that I don't understand either. I'm not the creator of the item."

The information Elizabeth provided, while not very comprehensive, still offered considerable hope.

At least we know the research objective now.

"What about the function of creating vampires?"

Jia Xiu was referring to the Moon Mother Cult's practice of using blood sacrifices to create vampire offspring.

A way to create derivatives without a vampire's bite—I've never heard of such a thing before.

Elizabeth shook her head.

As a competent "security guard" and "dry cell battery," she really only knows how to charge and the functions she needs to know.

"Who created the Gate of Anka? People from your 'Peaceful Home Plane'?"

Jia Xiu asked helplessly.

"Yes."

Judging from Elizabeth's expression, this dimension must be extremely important to her, like a spiritual pillar for her long life.

Moreover, the level of magic in this plane is very high.

"Then what is your mission? Isn't it said that you can only go to that dimension after completing your mission?"

Elizabeth's expression turned awkward when this was mentioned.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally wrote on the paper, "We don't actually know either."

"what?"

This wasn't written down; Jia Xiu simply exclaimed in surprise.

The rising tone and slightly questioning "ha" seems to express the same emotion in most languages.

Elizabeth forced herself to explain, "Actually, we just know that we have a mission, like it's engraved in our minds, but something is missing from the engraving, so we don't know exactly what it is."

"Didn't you try to go directly to that dimension?"

"The idea that you can only get there by completing your mission is etched in your mind. Even if you activate the portal and get there, you won't be able to take another step. It's harder to overcome than the thirst for blood."

"..."

This completely messed up Jia Xiu's thinking; he's lost all sense of purpose now.

It turns out that the original vampires were really a bunch of unlucky guys. The others had created vampires and done some bad things, but Elizabeth seemed to be just pure bad luck.

The only cult that she fostered wasn't even something she wanted to create; it was entirely due to the "amazing" comprehension abilities of the townspeople back then.

In the end, the construction of the dimensional portal was completed, breaking the awkward and miserable atmosphere.

The portal was very simple and unadorned; it was just a rectangle with a pure white light screen, and you couldn't see what was on the other side.

However, Jia Xiu's detection skills revealed that this teleportation portal was not ordinary.

The notifications, which are of extremely high research value, keep popping up, almost like I've been infected with a virus.

The detection techniques that have undergone ring upgrades also provide suggested research methods.

The method is as simple and straightforward as the design of this portal.

Go in!

Just one word.

However, Jia Xiu wasn't reckless enough to directly step into an unknown dimension.

"Sister Gillianis, do we have any spells that can help us explore the other dimension?"

Before Gillianice could speak, Justina spoke first.

"Actually, I can just go directly there."

"So confident, huh? No wonder you're called the Radiant Knight."

"I'm not that confident. The main thing is that I was appointed as a demigod in this plane. If I die in another plane, I will be resurrected here, so it's not a big problem. At most, I'll just die and come back."

"Awesome!" Jia Xiu exclaimed sincerely.

Say something wonderful in a relaxed tone.

Justina walked to the portal. "Wait for my message."

After saying that, he muttered to himself, "Wait for me, believers of the new dimension."

Then it disappeared into the light curtain.

Jasmine thought he would have to wait a while, but it wasn't long before Justina appeared outside the portal, about twenty minutes later.

Her current appearance really startled everyone.

His face was purplish-blue, his armor was reddish, seemingly burned by high temperatures, and appeared to be somewhat deformed. Sparks were stuck in his hair, and several wounds could be seen on his face, which were healing themselves. A pungent smell emanated from his body.

"Still, cough cough cough!"

Just as Justina opened her mouth, she burst into a violent cough.

"It's quite safe."

"Your description of safety in this grotesque state is completely unconvincing!"

(End of this chapter)