He only needs to trace the mark and find her location.
Kazuto concentrated while closing his eyes to track down Niken's whereabouts. Even though it was very thin and almost imperceptible, Kazuto still felt Niken's energy in this world.
A relieved smile crossed his face as he will meet the girl soon enough.
"Kazuto?"
Kazuto turned his head to see Hokuto, who was walking towards him.
"How do you feel now?"
"Much better, thanks."
"Is Niken back?" Hokuto felt amazed at how quickly Kazuto's condition recovered. The only reason for this drastic recovery was meeting the black knight's inamorata, so Hokuto felt sure Niken had returned.
"Not yet. But I know where she is now. "
"Where?"
"Do you know the position of the portal to the vampire realm?"
Hokuto's forehead frowned at this and looked at Kazuto with a strange look like saying that Kazuto had gone mad.
"Vampires have been extinct since thousands of years ago. How could there be a vampire realm, let alone a portal to that place?"
"Niken told me. A vampire kidnapped her and locked her in the vampire world. "
"If Niken was kidnapped, how could she tell you about the abductor?" Hokuto increasingly did not understand why they had to look for the realm portal that didn't necessarily exist when Niken had returned.
"Niken from the future came to me and told me. So, Niken from this period still hasn't returned. "
Hokuto rubbed his forehead, felt overwhelmed by a sense of fatigue.
Throughout his memory, he had never heard of or met a time master. But now he met one of the legendary time masters, and it turns out that this girl also has the ability to traverse different dimensions of time.
As if the new ridiculous reality was not satisfied yet to attack him, Kazuto dropped a huge bomb by saying a vampire kidnapped Niken, and they had to find the location of the portal to the vampire realm.
If vampires indeed exist and live in a vampire realm, doesn't that mean they will be dealing with hundreds or maybe thousands of vampires when they arrive in that world?
"Kazuto, if what you say is true, you realize we have to enter the vampire lair? That means we will enter the base area of the vampires who are always ready to suck our blood out. It's too risky."
Kazuto looked at Hokuto sarcastically. "I never asked you to come with me. I want to know where I can find the portal so I can meet my inamorata."
Hokuto exhaled a heavy sigh before answering, "I don't know, but maybe the beastmaster might. We should go to the floating island to meet him."
Kazuto had never intended to enhance his magic cultivation as he did not want to get involved with any familiar spirit or other masters. Hence, he tried to avoid using his secret ability as best as he could and not encounter the beastmaster.
But it seemed like fate loved to play a prank on him because he had to meet the beastmaster, whether he was willing or not.
In order to meet Niken again, in order to save the girl from the clutches of the vampire, Kazuto had to meet the beastmaster.
"Looks like I have to meet him," muttered Kazuto to himself. Then, he turned around and walked towards the inner side gate to meet the beastmaster who lived on the floating island.
"Wait a minute. I'll take you there."
"No need."
"You want to postpone meeting your inamorata? My teleport ability can take you twice as fast as walking."
Kazuto paused for a moment to consider the golden knight's suggestion, then agreed to his offer.
In only one snap in the finger, Kazuto and Hokuto have moved and are now on a floating island.
Fortunately, the sun was still shining above the sky, so the winged creatures did not react aggressively when they sensed the two intruders entering their territory.
Even though they were not aggressive, it did not mean that their entire sense of hearing appeared not to pay attention to the presence of the two intruders.
The sun would soon set, and this newly arrived intruder could pose a threat if the two of them did not leave this place immediately.
It's not a secret anymore that some hunter or wizard liked to hunt magical beast to make them companion beast. Moreover, they could feel magic inside the intruders' astral.
Kazuto walked casually while trying to track the beastmaster's energy while Hokuto followed behind him.
Hokuto was a member of the dragon clan, so he was used to being surrounded by winged beasts. It's just that the winged creature that lives on the floating island with the beast that lives on the mountain where he lives was far different.
Their size, energy cultivation level, and the fighting skill of the winged beasts in this place were twice as strong and fast compared to the creatures living in the mountains of the dragon clan.
Even though Hokuto often took dangerous missions and often faced various kinds of enemies with unique powers, Hokuto still felt uncomfortable being surrounded by beasts.
He rarely chose the mission to face the beast because their movements were difficult to read. He felt more comfortable facing humans, no matter if that human was even the most potent wizard.
According to him, even the strongest wizards had weaknesses, and their movements when attacking had a gap or two. Hokuto could look for these gaps and weaknesses and think of strategies to out wicked the opponent.
On the contrary, he could not inquire about weakness or attack magical beasts carelessly. Sometimes, magical creatures have unexpected emotions, and their wild movements were quite challenging to predict.
Plus, most average magical beasts have stealth techniques so that the human eye could not find their position.
He wouldn't have a chance one the strong beast activated its stealth mode and make a sneaky attack. He was not like Kazuto, who could shapeshift even though he was from the dragon clan.
Only the chief and his descendant could shapeshift into a dragon. Alas, he was not the one.