Chapter 578. Express Level-up

"Are you sure?" Jack asked. "I don't believe if you said you have no desire for those tomes."

"If I don't have enough power, these will just bring misfortunes," Arlcard replied. "Do you know the reason why the Maxius family was so keen on chasing after my vampire father after even a century had passed?"

"Because of these tomes?"

"The black one, to be exact. My vampire father stole it from the Maxius patriarch. They never explained what sin he had committed, did they?"

"No," Jack shook his head.

Arlcard touched his fingers on the Book of the Damned, "The ceremony my vampire father used to heal his wound came from this book. The ceremony required innocent blood, which was why the children were targeted. However, there was another crucial ingredient that my father lack to carry out the ceremony often, a blood-infused crystal."