Timothy couldn't ignore the sensation he was feeling, he couldn’t turn a blind eye to it. He felt capable of summoning a portal that would lead him to the needle universe of Purpureus Mundi, and moments later, he decided that this was exactly what he wanted to do!
Arvena was close to him, slicing through the boar meat, so he had to step away from her, for the sake of not compromising their meat supply with a random portal. It was best to be safe.
“Let’s hope that the gods aren't playing tricks on me,” He mumbled.
The following steps were purely instinctive, they were natural, and he felt as if he had lived with this ability for a hundred years now! It was a weird feeling. First he put his arms in front of his stomach, and then he got his hands very close to each other, but he didn’t lock his fingers together, he kept them an inch apart.
“Purposes Mundi Aqus,” He whispered, partially against his own will.
As a result, a tiny, black cloud appeared in between his hands! Its shade was as dark as the night, he couldn’t see through it despite it being a mere cloud.
Tim then held the cloud in his right hand, raised it up in front of him to have a look, and watched it shape up into a tiny version of a portal. Though a tiny version, this was exactly the kind of portal he saw when he was dealing with those Demon Beetles! It was identical.
“Well then, there you go…” He muttered, and then with a flick of his hand, he threw the portal on the ground, and had it expand!
The portal exploded in size, and stretched out to be eight feet tall and wide! It was definitely a bit bigger than the portal he was used to.
“Wow, I actually did it!” He celebrated, “I can finally summon portals, and it didn’t cost me a single mana point, haha! The guys will be so happy, we can ascend to level eight today if we wanted to.”
Arvena heard that he was mumbling about something, however, when she turned around and saw an open portal, she shrieked in joy! Her enthusiasm matches his!
“Will that take us to the bug world!?” She asked.
“Yes!” Timothy answered, but then he realized. “We have to kill those centipedes, though, because we can't have them and their one-hundred legs running around while we level up. They could eat us whole, and we wouldn’t know.”
“You’re right,” She nodded, “It's best if we bring the dragons with us too, they can protect us, fight with us. We also can't leave them here for weeks, because time passes quickly on Valporovus when we're in Purpureus Mundi. A day there is probably like five months here, I'm yet to do the math.”
The two of them turned their enthusiasm into light mathematics. They wanted to be very thorough before they entered this universe, and with that said, it was best not to rush and jump in there. They had to be prepared.
They had a bunch of boar meat to prepare, and fry first. They needed the energy to face the dangers of the other side, so they also had to pack up a bunch of meat with them, as they planned to stay overnight, in that castle.
Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.
In simple words, he had to get rid of this portal first. They couldn't go through it yet anyway, so they couldn’t risk having giant bugs coming out of there, as the portal was quite wide, after all. Timothy simply tore the portal out of its place, as he had done the first time around.
After that, he wanted to go and inform the rest of his friends that they'll be going to the needle universe of Purpureus Mundi soon, likely tonight, and he was excited about it!
Anyway, later on, he kept thinking about the few little words he spoke before he summoned the portal. It was not a spoken-word spell, but he just mentioned the universe’s name instinctively, before he summoned its portal. This was all fine and well, but he couldn’t nearly figure out why he included the word ‘Aqus’ into the summoning! It was against his will.
Tim had said, ‘Purpureus Mundi Aqus’ - But he couldn’t recall seeing any body of water in that universe, be it big or small. Sure there may be a natural stream of water there, but that didn’t excuse the use of the word ‘Aqus’. He was perplexed, but just decided to play along with it, because he was happy that he could summon a portal to begin with. This was a rare power!
Tim spent the rest of the afternoon helping prepare all the boar meat, and a couple of hours before dusk, they started cooking the haul. The cold air up in the mountain had prevented the meat from spoiling, so it was still edible.
Collectively, they got a huge fire going, because it wasn’t easy to cook four whole boars! They could put a stick through a boar’s butt and hope for the best, but no one wanted to spend their night rolling the boar around, no, they avoided this from the beginning, as they dissected a couple of boars very thoroughly.
They laid a bunch of chops on a wide, flat stone, close to the fire, and watched it sizzle as its impurities were forever destroyed by the heat of the fire. Thin slices were easier to fry on a large stone, it didn’t take much time, so they cut a bunch of those first, so they could have some lunch!
It wasn't ideal to have lunch at 5pm, but they spent a great deal of time preparing the boar meat. Everyone had lent a hand earlier on, it wasn’t an easy job.
Once they felt content after eating a few thin slices, they started cooking these fat steaks afterwards as well! The smell of the sizzling steak could wake a bear out of hibernation, it smelled delicious, so they were hoping that this wouldn't bring them any trouble.
The dragons were pretty hungry too, and although they didn't seem to prefer cooked meat, Arvena insisted nonetheless. She threw almost two whole boars on the huge fire they've lit, and flipped them a couple of times, until she was sure that she destroyed at least some of the live bacteria, worms, and other extremities within the boar's body.
“I can't have you guys getting sick,” She said, and then threw a boar leg at Georgie the dragon. He was fairly happy. “Worms can kill you, and it won't be a quick death either.”
“Good call,” Skendus nodded, but now he felt less than enthusiastic to eat the steak in front of him. He imagined worms sizzling within the steak, and felt sick. “Look at me, huh? A picky rat, that would get the humans cackling.”
Anyway, they cooked a bunch of steaks up until after dusk, and ate half of them. They put the other half of the well-cooked steaks in their separate bags, and hoped that they wouldn't spoil at least until tomorrow.
The dragons ate what remained of the boar meat, and since eight dragons were rather difficult to feed, it wasn’t a surprise how they didn't leave any scraps at the end. Georgie was even strong enough to chew through a few bones, his belly was like a bottomless pit, as he was a twenty foot long dragon.
After this, they felt ready to be on the move. Timothy had blabbered about a portal earlier on, so it was about time to summon it once more.
Timothy focused, put his arms in front of his chest, and then he gently whispered. “Purpureus Mundi Aqus...”
The tiny portal appeared between his palms once more, so he flicked it towards the ground. The portal then expanded into its great, eight foot size, and was ready to accept visitors!