Chapter 246: Magic Academy and Portal

Although Luke is a werewolf, his strength isn't considered very strong, and the status of his werewolf lineage in the dark world isn't very high either, because in the dark world, power is what truly speaks.

The strength of an ordinary werewolf is only at the level of a super soldier, and even the most powerful cannot compare to animal warriors. Perhaps the werewolves developed from the monkey talisman research are stronger than all of Luke's lineage combined...

Thus, Luke doesn't know why there are more demons on Earth, nor has he ever cared, let alone knowing that the root cause is standing right in front of him.

Of course, if Luke really knew, his current mindset would probably be affected. He only knows that Robert is very powerful, but he doesn't truly understand how powerful Robert is.

"Afterwards, as you know, Valentin sent people to deal with Jocelyn and us..." Luke glanced at the three people and continued, "When I saw them, I didn't know Jocelyn had been captured, so I planned to play along with them to see if I could get some useful information, and then you guys came!"

Luke claimed innocence, asserting that he really didn't have any schemes or tricks, and even if he did, they weren't directed at Claire, Robert, and Constantine. Could their plans against assassins and demons even be considered schemes?

"Is that so? Well, let's go find this Valentin first, hoping there's a more powerful figure behind him. Otherwise, a hybrid of angel and demon blood won't be impressive!" Robert, seeing Claire believe Luke, didn't bother to question the sincerity of Luke's words. He glanced at Constantine and spoke.

From Luke's description, Robert inferred that Valentin's strength was decent, but having seen both demon and angel blood, Robert found their strength to be just so-so, with angel blood being slightly stronger. Demon blood, however, really wasn't much unless it reached the level of a Demon Lord's blood.

And since Valentin wanted to become the Demon King of Earth, it seems he hasn't reached the level of a Demon Lord, so Robert was looking forward to the presence of a more powerful figure behind Valentin.

After all, a half-demon, half-angel without the strength of a Demon Lord would hardly attract the attention of someone with angel blood, unless Claire, who seems weak but hasn't awakened her abilities yet, actually has the potential to attract the attention of angel blood.

Under Robert's leadership, the group followed him to Valentin's location based on the information obtained from the assassins. However, since Luke is a werewolf who cannot fly, and Claire, who hasn't awakened, is just a normal human, they had to walk to the address Robert got from the assassins.

"By the way, how do you werewolves transform?" On the way, Robert, out of curiosity, asked Luke, "Do you have to see the full moon?"

Robert's curiosity about werewolves wasn't just because he had seen werewolves in the Dragon Ball world, but more importantly, if transformation required seeing the full moon, maybe there's something to be discovered from the connection between werewolves and the full moon, to see if he could absorb moonlight into his body, similar to how sunlight automatically strengthens Clark's body.

"It's not like that; our transformation is controllable. What you've seen is probably the depiction of werewolves in movies and TV shows..." Luke, with a hint of confusion in his eyes, gently explained, "Of course, the full moon does affect us, making our strength significantly greater, as if receiving a power boost!"

"How much is the boost from transforming? And what about during the full moon? Is it continuous or temporary?" Robert's eyes lit up as he eagerly asked Luke.

"...?" Luke was a bit baffled by Robert's questions. Who seriously studies this stuff?

Regarding the boost from transforming, no one really cares about the specifics; isn't it just that before transforming, if you can't beat someone, you transform and start biting? As for the effects of the full moon's enhancement, Luke had no idea. Although they do receive a power boost under the full moon, it's not like werewolves howl at the moonlight each time...

"You're quite valuable. We can study these questions when we have time!" Robert, seeing Luke's bewildered expression, knew he probably hadn't researched it, but he could help him look into it a bit.

"Okay... sure!" Luke wanted to refuse Robert, but remembering how Robert dealt with the assassins and demons, he reluctantly nodded and agreed.

He had no choice, given the circumstances. Besides, agreeing now doesn't necessarily mean he'll have to study these questions with Robert later. Once this is over, Luke could just find a place to hide; could Robert really find him then? If needed, he could just avoid coming back to find Jocelyn and Claire for a while. Luke was willing to accept this condition to avoid Robert.

However, what Luke didn't know was that if it were before, Robert's various sensing abilities might have indeed found it difficult to locate someone intentionally hiding. But now, Robert had learned tracking magic from Constantine.

Though just a simple spell, the effect of this magic is excellent. As long as you can remember the target's appearance, the tracking magic can locate them, even transformation spells can't block this tracking effect! Thus, for Luke to think he could escape from under Robert's watchful eye was merely wishful thinking, unless he could escape to outer space...

"Do you know vampires well?" After Luke agreed, Robert, recalling vampires often appear alongside werewolves, also curiously asked.

To be honest, Robert had traveled many places and met many extraordinary people, but until today, he hadn't encountered either werewolves or vampires, possibly because Robert's strength had surpassed these levels.

After all, Constantine's attitude towards Luke also shows that werewolves aren't considered powerful, and vampires, having a similar reputation to werewolves, are probably not much different.

What Robert didn't know was that he hadn't encountered vampires, but Clark had encountered them several times because, compared to werewolves, vampires pose a greater threat to humans. They often lurk in human bars, either scavenging or luring, treating innocent humans as their blood food.

For this, Clark even killed some vampires. Of course, initially, Clark didn't have such a strong intent to kill; it was just that after leaking some of his aura, the vampires sensed the strong sunlight aura and vaporized instantly, even more miserably than the Hell Demon Lord...

"Vampires!" Upon hearing Robert mention vampires, Luke's eyes flashed with a cold light, indicating that in this world, the relationship between werewolves and vampires wasn't good, probably due to being archenemies.

"Do vampires really fear crosses and garlic?" Seeing Luke's reaction, before he could speak, Claire curiously asked Luke.

Although it was her first day encountering supernatural powers, Claire felt she might also step into the supernatural world, so she wanted to understand some of this supernatural knowledge.

"Yes, both crosses and garlic can affect vampires, but perhaps not as severely as you might think. It's difficult to kill them with just these two methods!" Luke took a deep breath and softly said to Claire.

"But if you have these two

 things on you, it can make them temporarily retreat. Although I don't have a good impression of heaven, you can wear a cross, especially since you're still just a normal human."

"Really afraid of crosses, huh?" Robert thought of the vampires in the Dragon Ball world, even afraid of human-imitated crosses, and found it somewhat amusing. He didn't quite understand how these racial weaknesses came about. Suddenly, Robert frowned and looked to the side, sternly shouting, "Come out!"

"Huh? What's wrong?" Constantine looked at Robert with some confusion. As a hidden expert, he hadn't detected any signs of someone hiding nearby.

"Sniff! Sniff!" Luke also subconsciously sniffed a couple of times but didn't detect anything, then looked at Robert with the same confusion, thinking Robert might be a bit too alert.

"Hmph!" Robert's face darkened, and he waved his hand to the side. The qi in his hand condensed and became tangible, directly grabbing towards an empty spot.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a hand appeared out of nowhere, followed by an entire body being dragged out by Robert's qi!

"Ah?!" A shocked voice sounded, and the next moment, a blond man fell to the ground, staring at Robert in horror, unable to believe he had been pulled out so directly.

The man, named Jess, is a shadow hunter who had noticed something unusual about Claire and subconsciously wanted to use the magic academy's portal to spy a bit.

Jess's magic academy, unlike Kamar-Taj, only accepts shadow hunters with half-human, half-angel bloodlines. Over time, their lineage's strength weakened, and their numbers dwindled.

The magic academy teaches how to use the power of shadow hunters. As for the academy's portal, it's different from Kamar-Taj's ring portal. It's more like a door made of water curtains, allowing the user to pass through space with any part of their body.

Robert had detected Jess using the portal to spy on him, so he decisively acted, pulling Jess through from the other side of the portal. To Jess, this was inconceivable.

"It's you?! The murderer from that day!" At this moment, Claire also recognized Jess's identity. He wasn't just anyone but the murderer she saw in the bar that day, who killed someone without anyone else noticing!

"That day was a misunderstanding, and the spying just now was also a misunderstanding!" Seeing the unfavorable situation for himself, Jess quickly spread his hands to show he wasn't a threat and explained, "What she saw me kill that day wasn't a human, but a demon. And the reason I spied on you is because I sensed her abnormality. I suspected she has the same bloodline as me..."

"So you spied on me?" Claire glared at Jess, deducing from the available information that Jess might also be a shadow hunter, but that didn't mean Jess could spy on her like this. Claire questioned Jess, "When did you start spying on me?"

"Just now, when you were talking about vampires..." Jess avoided Claire's gaze, fearfully glancing at Robert.

Jess was wary of Robert, who could pull him through the portal. Jess wasn't sure how strong Robert was, but he felt even the guardian of the magic academy might not be as strong as Robert, because the guardian couldn't affect the portal...

"Shadow hunter lineage?" Constantine quickly identified Jess's identity. As a loner in the magical world, Constantine understood various magical paths and had even visited the shadow hunters' magic academy, "So you were using that portal to spy, no wonder I didn't notice before!"

"You..." Hearing Constantine's words, Jess's pupils shrank slightly. Although he had heard of Constantine's reputation as a young man, he couldn't connect Constantine's name and appearance.

"Portal?" Robert's eyes brightened, asking Jess, "Is your magic academy far?"

Robert hadn't visited Kamar-Taj before, but a new magic academy, especially one with a portal, interested him. This might help save time for Robert and his companions if the distance was short.

After all, Jess spied on them, so he had to pay a price, right?

"Not far, very close..." Jess hesitated, but thinking of Robert's strength, he dared not oppose and nodded, agreeing.

Jess had thought about lying, but with Constantine exposing his identity, if he was caught lying, Claire wouldn't let him go.

Moreover, Jess had his own thoughts. He wanted to know who Robert, Constantine, and Luke were and why they were mingling with an unawakened shadow hunter...

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