After Lu Cheng reached an agreement with the princess, he wanted to invite her to the research base on Earth for detailed discussions.
As a result, when Elena mustered up the courage to pass through the portal, as soon as she stepped through, Lu Cheng felt the magic power in her body rapidly decreasing.
This made Lu Cheng quickly pull her out of the portal.
"It will cost twice as much mana for a Saint Crystal holder to pass through the portal?"
Lu Cheng pondered the golden crystal on the back of his hand. The previous attempt had consumed a lot of Lu Cheng's magic power.
To be precise, the magic power that Elena needs to consume alone is equivalent to that of five to six people, which is almost a quarter of the magic power currently possessed by Lucheng.
"You shouldn't be that heavy."
Lu Cheng initially thought that the magic power consumed was calculated according to the weight of the object, but it seems that the calculation of this consumption is not as simple as Lu Cheng thought.
It takes more magic power for humans to enter the portal than for objects, and the same holy crystal holder needs to consume five or six times more magic power than an ordinary human to enter the portal.
As for resources such as food and equipment, the energy required is very small.
"Heavy? Should I take my armor off?"
As Elena was speaking, she was about to take off her armor, but the armor was too cumbersome. When Elena wanted to take it off, she felt like a tortoise lying on its back, trying to turn over again.
"No need. I have already informed the other side of the portal of your situation. It just takes a little time to make a decision."
Lu Cheng fiddled with the handheld camera he had used for the pictorial. All the recorded content in the camera was in the SD card.
This included the entire content of Lu Cheng's conversation with the princess, after which Lu Cheng recorded a detailed explanatory video.
The description included the current status of the Skare Kingdom, the blood crystal beast disaster and its characteristics, the plan to expand the energy of the portal in the future, and the princess' request for assistance.
After recording these, Lu Cheng directly sent the SD card back to the research institute through the portal.
"Captain, is it enough to rely solely on video footage?" Tiehuan next to Lu Cheng asked.
Although Tiehuan didn't understand what Lu Cheng and Elena were talking about, it seemed that Lu Cheng was not going to let Elena go to the research base on Earth.
"Of course, the research base on Earth has already begun discussing how to deal with the blood crystal beasts, but there is insufficient battlefield intelligence. I will need to send some more things back to discuss it later." Lu Cheng said.
"That Lucheng, the food we need..."
Elena listened quietly to the discussion between Tiehuan and Lucheng. She didn't understand what they were talking about, but Elena was still thinking about Lucheng's promise of 'providing food but not accommodation'.
"Wait another ten minutes. My regular contact time with them is in two hours."
Lu Cheng glanced at the watch on his hand. The time on Earth was seven o'clock in the evening.
"Ten...minutes?" Elena was a little confused when she heard this unit of time calculation.
When Lu Cheng communicated with her, he would translate the language into something she could understand, but she still couldn't understand some of the Earth's unique terms.
"Just wait a little longer." Lu Cheng said it in a way that Elena could understand.
After hearing the answer, she did not ask any further questions, but just looked towards the place where her soldiers were resting.
Illustrated and Kite in the Lucheng team were checking the health of the soldiers under her command, while General Hubert followed behind them to calm the troops.
"And Lu Cheng, I would like to ask the priest of the God of Souls behind you to heal the injuries of our soldiers."
When Elena looked at Lu Cheng again, her gaze turned to Nuoyi who had been hiding behind Lu Cheng.
She noticed Noi's presence when she was talking with Lucheng's team. The young priest was either hiding behind Lucheng or behind the pictorial.
In short, I just refused to communicate with her.
"The priest of the God of Souls? Noi?"
Lu Cheng turned around and looked at Nuoyi. She had been in a sleepy state just now, but the arrival of the Kingdom Army forced Nuoyi to fight off her sleepiness and keep following Lu Cheng.
It was as if she was afraid that Lu Cheng would sell her to the Kingdom Army while she was sleeping.
"Do you know any healing magic?"
Lu Cheng half-knelt down and looked at Nuoyi and asked.
"The priests of the God of Souls are proficient in healing magic. They can cure any injury. The original order we received was to find the priests of the God of Souls." Elena said immediately.
Can any disease be cured? This is unscientific.
But there are too many unknowns in the magic of this world, and Lu Cheng cannot be sure whether there is any exaggeration in her statement.
"Is it true?" Lu Cheng asked again.
Under Lu Cheng's questioning, Nuoyi immediately wrote down a passage in his notebook.
'The God of Souls has given me the power to heal everything, but this power comes at a price. The more injuries you heal, the more you have to pay. But if you want me to heal those soldiers, I am willing to perform these magics.'
Price? Lu Cheng suddenly looked at the aging skin on Nuoyi's left hand, which looked like some kind of curse.
"This is what we call a side effect. You've used it a few times before, right?"
Lu Cheng put his hand on Nuoyi's shoulder and looked at her with a calm gaze.
Nuoyi pursed her lips and did not answer. Her right hand touched the scar on her left hand... Her left hand was shaking all the time.
Lu Cheng could guess that this price would be accompanied by severe pain.
She was scared...very scared.
"Miss Elena, please don't use this kind of magic treatment that has side effects. Please believe in science at this time." Lu Cheng turned to Elena and said.
"Science...science?" Elena read out the Chinese word again.
"The healer in my team is already checking the condition of your soldiers. Her treatment methods are no less effective than using magic."
Lu Cheng pointed to the picture magazine not far away. While he was talking to Elena, the picture magazine was checking the condition of the wounded soldiers.
"Ten minutes have passed. Can you step back for a moment? I need to 'summon' the food."
Lu Cheng used this method to divert the princess' attention.
"Is the time up? Is it okay for me to...stand here?"
Elena had no choice but to compromise temporarily in the face of food. Hunger, like injuries, was torturing her soldiers.
So Elena retreated a long distance to leave enough space for Lu Cheng.
"no problem."
Lu Cheng used his meat bun summoning technique on the ground.
After waiting for less than a minute, under Elena's incredible gaze, a large bag of meat buns, white porridge and a small pot of eggs slowly emerged from the portal.