"How many days has it been?"
"It's been...it's been six days already. Master, if he doesn't eat soon, he might starve to death."
"Keep watching him, give him some water, and tell me when he's about to die."
"yes!"
The footsteps faded into the distance, and a bowl of water was brought over and placed in front of Xiang Wan.
"Drink it, this water is laced with drugs. As long as you don't die, your master won't let you go. Why bother?"
After saying that, the owner of the voice gave a soft shout, opened the cell door and walked out, locking the door tightly behind him.
Xiang Wan opened her eyes, leaned against the corner of the wall, and looked at the chains on her wrists, ankles and neck with a bitter smile.
This was her sixth day here, imprisoned in this dark, sunless dungeon. Every day, someone brought her food and drink, but she dared not eat. Just as the servant had said, all the food was laced with drugs, meant to force her to submit.
Having studied medicine, how could she not know what was inside?
How could an ordinary human like her resist such an extreme aphrodisiac that could drive even vampires mad?
From the day he captured her, Xiang Wan knew it wouldn't end well, because the original owner of this body had brought about her own downfall, causing her, the transmigrator, endless suffering.
Hunger was nothing to her; it wasn't that terrible. She needed to find a way to escape and couldn't fall into the servant's trap.
Xiang Wan closed her eyes again and began to absorb the cold energy with all her might, circulating the Frostbite Technique.
The system stayed obediently in her mind, not daring to utter a single word, silently watching over Xiang Wan.
The host called it a liar once or twice, but it didn't take it seriously, just thinking that Xiang Wan was making fun of it. But after experiencing the previous world and the current situation in this world, it couldn't help but wonder if it really was a liar.
In its previous life, Xiang Wan was forced to forget everything by the Siren, and it dared not utter a word to remind it, fearing that its host would explode and refuse to obediently complete the assigned task. But this time, the timing of their arrival was incredibly unlucky. They were on the verge of being killed the moment they opened their eyes, but fortunately, their host reacted quickly and saved their lives in time.
However, thinking this way is one thing, and getting it to obediently admit its mischievous nature is quite another. In short, its choice was absolutely correct; the host's increasing shrewdness was all thanks to this system. Therefore, it would never tarnish its wise and powerful image in the host's mind; at worst, it would just speak less and act mysterious.
Xiang Wan focused on running the Frostbite Technique and had no time to deal with this unreliable system.
From the moment she entered this body, nothing went smoothly for Xiang Wan.
This was a body so useless that it couldn't even perform the most basic vampire hunter techniques. It was quite lucky that the original owner of this body was able to survive long enough to attract the attention of this prince.
The original owner was a member of a vampire hunter family named Kod. He studied at the vampire hunter academy until he came of age. The headmaster didn't know what to do with him, so he granted him a special permission to graduate and sent him out to gain experience.
On his first adventure, the original owner was full of confidence. Carrying a bag of silver powder and a silver dagger, he went to the mountains alone to find vampires to practice his skills.
Unfortunately, he ran into Sophia, a vampire who was taking a break in a tree.
Sofia was probably tired from running. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind her, she wanted to take a short rest. Unexpectedly, she ran into the hotheaded Cod, who sprinkled silver powder on her without saying a word.
After being embraced, Sophia was quite powerful, but having just survived a chase, she was caught off guard and hit squarely by the silver dust. Just as she was getting angry, the pursuers arrived.
Those were a group of powerful vampire nobles who didn't take Kord seriously at all. They wanted to capture Sophia and take her back to confess her crimes. Sophia couldn't resist in time, and in her attempt to dodge, she stumbled and, unfortunately, Kord's dagger pierced her heart.
Upon seeing that Sophia was dead, the group of vampires ignored the original owner of the body and simply vanished.
Before long, other vampires arrived and surrounded Codd. Moments later, a powerful vampire appeared, and with a single glance, the surrounding vampires instantly killed the original owner of the body.
In other words, the original owner was a cannon fodder character who couldn't be more so, yet he had a powerful desire to save the world.
This character, who dies within minutes of appearing on screen and has no abilities or highlights, is barely even shown on screen in the TV series, yet she becomes the object of Xiang Wan's time travel.
It would be truly outrageous if the system didn't cheat us.
So the system silently provided a plot point and then disappeared. Xiang Wan didn't want to talk to it, and it wisely didn't come out to bother her again.
The one who captured him was Prince Audra, the Eastern Lord, one of the four lords of the four directions.
While Audra's strength wasn't top-tier among the four lords, it wasn't the weakest either. Furthermore, given his good relationship with Prince Arthur, the lord of the south, the other two lords didn't dare to do anything to him.
However, since Blood Emperor Lofit disappeared for hundreds of years without a trace, the princes began to stir, wanting to seize the sacred artifact and become the new Blood Emperor.
The so-called sacred artifact is not only a symbol of the Blood Emperor's status, but also a source of power. With it, a prince can instantly become someone who can crush all other princes, elders, and vampires of all ranks.
However, none of them had ever seen the artifact, only heard that it was a sacred object capable of unleashing the potential of vampires. Therefore, for so long, Prince Audra, the lord of the East, Prince Philoc, the lord of the West, Prince Arthur, the lord of the South, and Prince Kendroth, the lord of the North, had been searching for the artifact openly and secretly, even sending spies to gather intelligence on each other.
Prince Audra and Prince Arthur were on good terms, forming a natural alliance, while Prince Philocne and Prince Kendroth were closer. The two factions maintained a facade of harmony while secretly engaging in open and covert struggles.
Sophia, who was killed by the original owner of this body, was a spy sent by Prince Audra to the west to gather information. She died by mistake from a silver dagger. Regardless of whether the original owner did it intentionally or not, Prince Audra had no choice but to eliminate her, even for the sake of his reputation.
Unfortunately for Xiang Wan, she transmigrated just as they were about to make their move. Before she could even process the plot, the system alerted her to the existence of a sacred artifact. To save her life, Xiang Wan had no choice but to lie, claiming that she had seen the sacred artifact. As a result, she was imprisoned in a secret cell by Audra and guarded by special servants.
The servant guarding her didn't seem to be on Odra's side. To prevent her from starving, the servant poisoned her food daily, hoping to expose her true colors and have her killed as a fraud.
The original owner was just that unlucky, what could Xiang Wan do?
Fortunately, the servant wasn't watching her all the time, so Xiang Wan had time to practice the Frost Technique, just waiting for the day she could leave the prison.
Another day passed, and Xiang Wan still hadn't touched the food and water placed in the cell. The servant began to neglect her, and when he took the food tray out, he even spat at Xiang Wan.
There's no point in keeping such a two-faced servant. Xiang Wan swiftly released the ice needles from her fingertips, piercing his heart through his back.
With a clatter, the plate fell to the ground, and Xiang Wan closed her eyes and slid down the corner of the wall to the ground.
A moment later, they heard someone walk over, walk past the fallen servant, and reach out to check her breath.
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