Gravity Mage with Level-Up System

Chapter 1633: Blood meal?

I was waiting for the old man to come, but there was no sign of him. I was sure that he would come at night.

Meanwhile,

The old man got the meal for his magic book. The meal was not an ordinary thing, but the blood of a wizard.

His magic book consumed the meal. Now, it wasn’t disturbing him. The old man then returned to his inn. His team members were waiting for him.

“Old Matt, where have you been?” another old man asked. He was sitting at a circular table where four of them were already seated.

Matt saw them before sitting in the empty seat.

“I went to roam around the city,” Matt lied to them.

Hearing that, the four of them didn’t doubt him. They were used to Matt’s actions. All five of them were Level-9 old men from a medium-sized force from another independent city.

They were regular customers of the city auction house here. They came to participate this time as well. But they didn’t expect it to be such a special event this time.

The auction house was planning something big. They didn’t have enough top-grade mana stones to buy tickets for five people.

“Let’s leave the city tomorrow morning. Many big figures are coming right now. It’s a nightmare for medium-sized forces,” the straight-nosed old man said.

Hearing that, the others agreed as well. Only Old Man Matt remained silent. The outer ring of the city was the perfect place for him to hunt.

Before leaving, he needed to find another target so that his magic book wouldn’t cause problems on the return journey.

He didn’t tell the others about it. Everyone had their own secrets. His magic book was powerful, but at the same time, the drawback was real.

He needed to find wizard blood everywhere he went, which made him nothing but a rogue. After the talk, everyone went back to their rooms.

Old Man Matt was waiting for night to come.

Time went by.

That midnight, Old Man Matt walked out of the building. Because of the auction the next morning, the city was quite awake at this time.

It was good news for Old Man Matt. He could find his prey tonight. He left the inn and went toward the outer ring.

It didn’t take long for him to find another weak old man. He knocked him out and dragged him toward the old run-down house.

It was the same place where he had captured and imprisoned the old woman earlier. But he didn’t know someone else was waiting for him there.

From MC’s Perspective

I was in the room resting. Suddenly, the system voice sounded in my mind. Hearing that, I opened my eyes and appeared inside the Gregor Mansion.

I went to the control mirror. I stood in front of the mirror and saw the same weird old man bringing someone inside the room.

This time, the abducted person was another old man. That person was handcuffed. I continued to watch the situation.

I had no intention of saving that person. Since I wanted to subdue the weird old man, I wanted to know about his magic power before confronting him face-to-face.

The system showed me his details, but I still wanted to watch his magic in real time. Then, I saw the weird old man doing something.

A black book came out of his chest. Black tentacles pierced the body of the handcuffed old man and started sucking his blood.

Seeing that, my eyes turned cold. I had this doubt, but I never expected it to be true. I had thought the book would devour the vitality of that old woman earlier.

Now, I understood that the old woman was right. The book was indeed demanding blood. My opinion of the old man changed.

The old man was a Level-9 Wizard. So he must have killed many wizards to reach this level. Is it necessary to hire him? I don’t care about good or bad character.

Because once subdued, they would be controlled by the red scroll.

The handcuffed old man died due to blood loss.

The weird black book continued to absorb the blood until the last drop. The dried corpse of the old man fell down.

The weird old man then tried to take back the black book. But the black book continued to hover in the air.

“Come back!”

“You had your meal.”

“I’ll give you another one after leaving the city.”

The old man started pleading with the book.

[Ding! Warning]

[The wizard is being controlled by the magic book]

The system voice sounded in my mind. My eyes glinted with understanding. No wonder he was killing people. He had been completely taken over by the magic book.

Killing intent appeared in my eyes. I had thought of subduing him, but I changed the plan right now.

I took the Mana Core Eating Artifact from the system. The Artifact could kill Supreme Wizards. It was a bit overkill to use it against a Level-9 Wizard.

But I didn’t want to take any chances against the weird black book.

Swoosh!

The next second, I appeared outside. The weird old man was startled. He tried to grab the black magic book.

On the other hand, I poured mana into the mirror artifact. The mirror consumed more mana in the blink of an eye.

“Who are you?”

“What are you doing?”

The old man started shouting questions. Without the black book, he couldn’t cast magic spells. The old man saw the mirror artifact.

He felt a sense of crisis.

Buzz!

The evil Mana Core Eating Artifact activated.

At the same time, the black magic book stopped hovering. The next second, it shot toward the old man’s chest.

The old man was dumbfounded. He didn’t expect the book to come back voluntarily. Then he felt overwhelming fear.

The crisis of death covered his heart.

Buzz!

The next second, the mirror artifact shot a black beam at the old man. The beam reached him and struck his mana core.