"There are no humans or elementalists in the vampire realm. It would be better if only me and the black knight go there. You guys wait here and prevent the lowly vampires from coming out of their world."
Zephyr decided not to close the portal as it would be a hassle to reopen it again. Besides, there was no way the Elementalist knight could survive once they stepped into the vampire realm. Therefore he advised the three to stay to guard the portal in case some rogue vampires would invade the mortal realm.
The three Elementalist Knights nodded in understanding while Kazuto walked over to Zephyr to get ready to pass through the connecting circle between the mortal realm and the vampire realm.
As soon as the two of them crossed the circle of the portal door, Kazuto could feel a weighty atmosphere as if this place was uninhabited.
They could smell the blood very unpleasantly and see carcasses everywhere. They even found the bones of a Cerberus!
How do vampires bring Cerberus into their world?
Feeling the gripping air and the dark magic energy pressure made Kazuto worry about Niken even more.
Now he understood why Zephyr didn't want to bring along the other three Elementalist Knights. They wouldn't last long in breathing the eerie air in this place.
Ordinary humans would die in an instant once they inhaled the air here, while Elementalists would collapse and become sick. Even though Elementalist knights were the strongest Elementalists among Elementalists, their bodies would still not be able to survive.
It was like walking amidst a poisonous mist and inhaling the toxic gas. The poison slowly gnawed at their organs and destroyed them until they were lifeless.
The only ones who could survive were a wizard who could activate barrier magic and a beast shapeshifter. That's why Kazuto, despite the fact that he was an Elementalist knight, he is a beast shapeshifter, so he
could survive in this place.
On the other hand, Hokuto, who came from a beast clan, was not a shapeshifter. Maybe if only Hokuto were a shapeshifter, Zephyr would bring him along to save Niken.
Zephyr admitted the golden knight had more advanced lightning technique than him. It would be useful to burn the vampire in one strike.
"Kazuto, can you feel her now?"
Even before Zephyr asked, Kazuto was already trying to track down Niken's whereabouts through the inamorata mark on the girl's neck. Unfortunately, his inamorata mark on the girl's neck had started to weaken, and now he could not smell her scent at all.
No. That's not it. Kazuto felt like Niken didn't exist in this world.
Does that mean, Niken is in a different era?
"I can't." came the short answer from the black knight. "Currently, she is
not in this world."
"Is she time traveling?"
Kazuto was a little bit taken aback hearing the question.
"You know?"
"Yeah. I know that little girl is the Great Time Master. I felt her cultivation's flow when I visited you in the northern areas."
"…"
"I also know that you already have a Supreme Alpha white cub. I can even see him upfront."
Kazuto's brow frowned as he glanced at the white cub who helped him sniff to track down Niken's smell.
How strange...
How could Zephyr see the cub? No matter how strong and great a wizard's magic cultivation energy was, they would never be able to see one's familiar spirits.
Unless…
Kazuto glanced at Zephyr, who was still walking casually. He could never read the man's expression because Zephyr was wearing his white mask.
In the end, he decided not to think too much about this person because right now, his priority was to save Niken.
After walking for a few minutes, Kazuto felt an intense smell of blood coming from the front.
The environment was getting darker, and they saw a high tower.
"What place is this?"
"This world is not much different from ours. This place has a leader and a vampire king living in that tower." Zephyr explained. "If we want to find your inamorata quickly, then asking the vampire king's aid is the best way."
"He will help us?"
"No. We will force him to help us."
An enthusiastic evil smirk printed on Kazuto's face. Forcing a vampire king to do what he wants? He will enjoy this.
Before this, Kazuto was planning on returning anyone who dared to touch his inamorata. The inner beast inside him was craving to torment, mince, chop up without giving a quick death.
He believed he would not be able to control his inner beast once he found the main culprit who kidnapped Niken. When that time came, he sincerely hoped that Niken would not get hurt or suffer because he did not want to frighten her by seeing him went a rampage.
Flap!
Flap!
The closer they walked towards the tower, the more sound like flapping wings near them. There were so many pairs of golden and red eyes surrounding them, but neither Zephyr nor Kazuto cared.
If only the two of them were human, no doubt the two of them would be the vampire's dinner.
But they were not ordinary humans. One is a wizard, while the other is a beast shapeshifter.
Vampires would never be able to drink the beast shapeshifter's blood because that means they were drinking poison that will kill them.
They could drink a wizard's blood, but they doubted they could live another day when they realized how sharp the invisible barrier surrounded the wizard.
In the end, no vampire dared to approach the two of them and could only gawk at them as they walked toward the front gate of the tower.