Chapter 489: Blood Sample
After his students left, Adam sat alone in the room, deep in thought. The faint sound of Valerian sleeping on his lap continued to echo in rhythms.
Magus Stratford was unable to kill Morven the Malevolent, he thought. So in the end, he could only seal him in the heart of the Weeping Woods.
The patriarch of the Howlett Family happened to come across a secret inheritance left behind by Morven and thus became corrupt.
He then killed his family before he was ultimately killed by Mayor Hobbs and the four town council members...
Adam went through the relevant points in his head, trying to connect the dots and make sense of it all.
But for some strange reason, he felt there was something amiss. He just couldn't put a finger on it.
Blood, he thought. That is the key to everything!
Earlier during the day when he had put the old mayor under the effects of the spell, Suggestion, he wasn't able to find out anything conclusive.
During the last wolf tide, he had noticed that the blood of the townsfolk was seeping in through the ground and being absorbed in a very inconspicuous manner.
If it wasn't for his senses that were significantly boosted within his Sphere of Resonance, he might have never even found out about this.
So when he had asked the mayor about what lay underneath the town, the latter said that he didn't know.
And this was the truth!
After all, under the effects of Adam's spell which had been strengthened by the white lotus, it was highly unlikely that the mayor would lie to him.
This truly came as a great surprise to him. He had a lingering suspicion that the mayor was aware of everything that happened inside the town-even the blood that was mysteriously being absorbed into the ground.
However, much to Adam's disappointment, it turned out that that wasn't the case.
To confirm this matter, he had asked the mayor that question several times. Alas, he received the same answer.
Mayor Wyndham Hobbs truly didn't know what was happening!
Unable to fully come to terms with it, Adam wanted to press the old mayor further but he feared that forcefully overusing Suggestion over the same thing would have a drastic impact on the man.
Hence, he could only proceed with the next question he had in mind.
The most suspicious thing about this town, according to him, was the refusal of its people to abandon it and migrate to another place despite knowing the great dangers they faced every month.
So when Adam asked the mayor about this, the answer he received left him speechless for a long time.
Despite several generations having passed already, I can't believe that the townsfolks' loyalty to Magus Stratford is so great that they are willing to guard the place where Morven the Malevolent had been sealed by him.
Adam thought to himself with a deep frown on his face, Such a sense of duty is... very admirable. From the mayor, he learned that in every generation, a chosen Magus-usually the strongest one-of this town would be given the duty to reinforce the seal.
The last person to be given this responsibility was the patriarch of the Howlett Family.
Thinking of this, Adam couldn't help but sigh and begin massaging his temples.
But that bastard instead found the secret inheritance of Morven and got corrupted. He killed his family and was then slain by the mayor and the council members.
To make matters worse, that bastard went ahead and summoned half a dozen werewolves from within the seal.
Haa, this is so troublesome...
The seal that was holding down the weakened Morven was situated in the depths of the Weeping Woods, and the entrance to that place was situated right underneath the Howlett Estate. This was something that the mayor had divulged to him earlier.
Forget it, I'll do what I have to to complete this mission. It is imperative that I get my hands on rune magic.
A flash of resolve gleamed in Adam's jet-black pupils.
To finish this mission, he had already set things into motion. He had just bewitched the mayor into calling a Mana Liquefaction Magus to town.
With this person acting as bait and luring all the werewolves hidden inside the abandoned Howlett Estate, Adam would be able to sneak inside and make his way toward the seal.
Then, all he had to do was kill Morven the Malevolent, who according to the mayor has been in an extremely weakened state for centuries now.
Sounds easy enough, thought the youth with a confident smile on his face.
But just a moment later, his lips twitched and he cursed inwardly, Something tells me it isn't...
Damn it! Damn you, Elrick! Why couldn't you just give me a simple mission?!
He then got up from his chair, causing Valerian, who was sleeping on his lap, to miserably fall
to the ground.
"MYU!!" The little guy hissed at him.
"Haha, sorry about that," Adam laughed awkwardly. "Get back in now. I know you've been dying to go there."
The next moment, a gray light flashed, and the young dragon dove into the youth's spirit sea without speaking a word.
Adam then waved his hand and two crystal vials appeared on the table. There was a strange purple liquid inside these vials, and if one looked closely, they'd be able to hear the primal howls of wolves originating from them!
This was the mysterious venom that Adam was able to extract from the werewolves.
He grabbed the liquid and brought it closer to his face. "Hmm, I wonder what will happen if I inject this venom into my bloodstream... Would I then become a werewolf?"
The following moment he scoffed, "But who the hell wants to become a werewolf? Heh, I'd rather become a giant or something..."
He paused for a moment before chuckling, "Hmm, no, I'd rather just remain the way I am. I quite like being human."
Adam intently looked at the purple venom and mumbled, "Although, I can experiment more on this toxin and perhaps even create an antidote for it. Hmm, that seems to be the better
option."
Then, he took out two more crystal vials. These, however, contained crimson liquid. One contained the blood that he had collected from the ground on the night of the previous wolf
tide.
The other one contained the mayor's blood that he had just extracted.
"Blood... the key to everything," he muttered under his breath.
When he noticed that the blood was being absorbed into the ground in the wolf tide, he knew
that this blood was somehow special.
That's why he even secretly retrieved the mayor's blood a while back. He wanted to see what was so different about this blood for it to be absorbed into the ground.
"Now, let's see what makes you so special-"
But the words got stuck in his throat when he noticed something very peculiar in the blood
samples.
"Is that..."