In the dark dungeon, it was damp and cold, and the air was filled with the stench of decay and human body odor, which smelled disgusting.
On the walls of the dungeon covered with moss and moss, there are oiled torches stuck every few meters. The torches were “crackling” burning, because of the lack of air circulation and low oxygen content, they were exuding black gas from incomplete combustion, casting figures on the ground, looking distorted and terrified.
“Tick tock, tick tock”, the condensed water droplets on the top of the dungeon kept falling, dripping on the head of a dungeon guard soldier, wetting his hair and cheeks little by little, and finally flowing into his neck, it was extremely cold. But the guarding soldiers who were standing did not dare to move, the muscles of the whole body tensed together, like a dragoon’s javelin stuck in the ground. He tried his best to maintain a steady breathing, but the peripheral vision of his eyes drifted involuntarily to the entrance of the dungeon.
At the entrance, a teenager, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, dressed in somewhat too simple aristocratic costumes, walked in with no expression on his face. Behind the boy, the captain of the dungeon guard obediently accompanied him, his face was full of smiles, but his eyes were anxious and frightened.
The guard captain couldn’t help but not be afraid. The boy is the youngest son of the king, and besides the eldest prince, he is the second heir to the next generation of kings. As long as the other party is a little unhappy, he may be decapitated at any time.
Thinking of this, the guard captain’s heart became even tighter, and the expression on his face was a little stiff.
However, Li Cha didn’t pay much attention to the guard captain’s demeanor. It has been fifteen years since he came to this world similar to the Middle Ages. His extraordinary psychology allows him to fully adapt to his identity and know how to do it to accomplish his goals more efficiently, and then solve one of his ultimate doubts.
“Da da da”, Li Cha stepped on the ground and walked into the dungeon, and at the same time said to the guard captain: “Before I asked you to lead a team to arrest wizards, or it might have something to do with spells or abnormal supernatural phenomena. The person who gave me the research, you have implemented it twice, and you have not succeeded once, and you have caught a group of ugly farmers to make up the number. Now, it is the third time, are you sure you really caught it? My patience But limited.”
“Your Highness, this time… this time…” The guard captain’s head was sweating instantly, his Adam’s apple trembled a few times, and a stiff voice came out of his throat, “This time… this time I will definitely Guaranteed to catch the real one.”
“Then tell me, what did you catch this time?” Richard said.
“Yes, Your Royal Highness.” The captain of the guard took a deep breath and replied, “This time we caught four in total, one white-faced devil, one halfling, one vampire, and one…”
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“Da da… da!”
After a while, Li Cha stopped in front of a certain cell deep in the dungeon, squinting at a figure in the cell. The complexion on the opponent’s face was an abnormal snow-white without any blood color, which looked extremely terrifying. Sitting on the floor of the prison cell, his eyes looked anxiously.
The guard captain’s voice sounded, lest Li Cha didn’t see it and said: “Your Highness, this is the white-faced demon caught, look…”
Li Cha just glanced at it and walked forward.
The guard captain was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why Li Cha had no interest, but he still shrank his neck and followed.
Soon, Li Cha stopped for the second time, and in a nearby cell, a somewhat weird figure was curled up in a corner. The other party’s face was full of wrinkles, and he looked more than fifty years old, but his height was less than one meter, like a child, which made people feel weird.
The guard captain explained: “Your Highness, this is a halfling…”
Before he finished speaking, Li Cha shook his head, walked forward again, and then stopped.
In the third cell was a monster-like human being, with a pale appearance, and the exposed skin on the face, neck, and back of the hands was covered with red spots, and some places had even rotted away. The mouth is slightly opened, and one can see that the other party’s teeth seem to be surprisingly long, showing a strange blood red color, which makes people shudder.
“His Royal Highness… Your Highness.” The captain of the guard pointed to the person in the third cell, obviously a little nervous, and said, “This is a vampire. Be careful not to be hurt by him.”
“Heh.” Li Cha said, his tone a bit cold.
“Your Highness, you…”
Li Cha said: “An albino, a dwarf, and a porphyria patient are the white-faced devils, halflings, and vampires you caught?”
“This…”
“Do you have biological knowledge?! Well, I forgot, there is no biological knowledge at all in the Middle Ages, but this is not a reason at all! You should think about it with your brain, if they are really white-faced demons , halflings and vampires, can you catch them so easily?”
“Ah, this…”
“Don’t say anything else, let’s just talk about vampires. Did you see him as a bat incarnate in legend? Or can he fly?”
The captain of the guard trembled, but the next moment he was brave: “Your Highness, I did not see that this evil vampire would turn into a bat and fly, but the skin on his body really cannot see the sun. It will rot when exposed to the sun, you can see that his current appearance is because of the sun shining on the road. When I led someone to arrest him, he was also drinking blood, and he also hated garlic…”
“Have you ever heard of porphyria?”
“Huh?” The captain of the guard looked stunned, “Porphyrin…”
“Porphyria.” Li Cha repeated, with a blank expression on his face, “The blood in the human body is composed of many parts, one of which is called heme. Generally speaking, the human body uses ‘iron’ and ‘Porphyrin’ can generate heme under the catalysis of specific enzymes.
However, due to the lack of this specific enzyme, some people will have obstacles in the production of hemoglobin, resulting in extremely high levels of the substance ‘porphyrin’ in the body. The substance ‘porphyrin’ is very sensitive to light and is harmless in the dark. Once exposed to light and activated by ultraviolet rays, it will be transformed into a “carnivorous” toxin, causing large areas of erythema, herpes and even Ulceration~IndoMTL.com~The oral cavity will also be affected. The gums are ulcerated and the roots of the teeth are exposed, making the teeth appear particularly long, and they will gradually turn purple-brown due to the deposition of porphyrin.
At the same time, because they cannot synthesize hemoglobin and cannot produce normal blood, patients with porphyria will suffer from severe anemia and must supplement blood from the outside to survive. Intravenous delivery is a good way, but considering the current level of technology in this world, they can’t operate it at all, so they can only choose another way—drinking—the blood red vitality is extremely tenacious, can resist various digestive juices, and can enter the digestive system Systemic absorption through the small intestine.
The reason why they hate garlic is also very simple, because there will be allicin in garlic, which has a strong bactericidal effect. Because of their special conditions, eating garlic can induce and aggravate their symptoms. In fact, if you stab them with silver objects, they will hate them, because silver also has a strong bactericidal effect.
You have to understand that a vampire is a vampire and a porphyria is a porphyria. Maybe the performance of the two is somewhat the same, but not exactly the same! What I want you to find is the real vampire-like, witches, and magic-related things, not individual patients, understand?
When you were arresting them, what you received was not resistance and killing, but begging and crying, so you should know something about it, right? It was like this twice before, and it’s still like this the third time, my patience is really limited…”
“Your Highness, I…” The captain of the guard was speechless, and his heart was filled with great fear. He has heard many cruel methods of His Royal Highness, if the prince is really angry…
However, Li Cha did not continue to entangle with the captain of the guard, walked towards the deepest part of the dungeon, and said: “You said that you caught four in total this time, and the last one is a real wizard? Well, then let me see, Is it true or false.”