Chapter 412: A desperate situation
The black book began to look slightly blurred.
Hilbert looked at the pendant in his hand. It was so hot that he had to hold it by the chain.
"Do you need me to take the book back to the Association and ask a Magic Controller or the Sage to help me decipher the magic script?"
"No, not yet!"
The voice answered very quickly.
"Don't rush, Hilbert, don't rush! I need to verify whether you belong to the direct Charkus bloodline first. After all, I'm only a book. The passing years have steadily depleted the magic power within my pages. While I can confirm that you carry the family's blood, I can't determine its purity. That is crucial."
Zhao Kai kept watching Hilbert out of the corner of his eye. He could clearly feel the temperature inside the car rising, caused by the intense heat radiating from the pendant dangling from Hilbert's chain.
The black book's pages began turning on their own, while Hilbert murmured to it, oblivious to everything around him.
As the car sped along the right side of the road, the passenger seat remained mostly shrouded in the shadows of the trees outside.
It lent Hilbert and the book a faintly sinister air.
The sight made Zhao Kai inexplicably uneasy. For a fleeting moment, he thought he saw Hilbert take out a sharp little knife.
"Hilbert, what are you doing? Hilbert! Something doesn't feel right! Can you hear me?"
Zhao Kai's voice sounded very distant to Hilbert, as though something was interfering with his ability to receive other information, yet he himself noticed nothing.
"Page thirteen. There's a black circle. Yes, right there. Cut your index finger and press it there. Then I can determine whether your bloodline is pure, and release