Chapter 8: Charm
He could see the blood flowing through their veins, their beating hearts. He could see it all, and his mouth was already watering. It wasn’t a craving he couldn’t resist, but since he could, he wanted to.
He took out the dagger and walked to the man. He was a little hesitant, but he grabbed the hand and slashed it a little. The man let out a small groan but nothing more.
Whatever Lucy had done to them, it was really working. He stared at the blood on the knife, the red glowing liquid, its beautiful scent wafting into his nose.
He raised the knife above his mouth and allowed a drop to fall into it.
[You have gained two free stat points]
When he saw the message that followed, he froze. Did he really just get stat points from drinking someone’s blood?
His disbelief was quickly wiped away as he licked the blood off the blade in an impatient manner, but no message came after. A look of confusion formed on his face.
Was it not the blood that had given him the stat points? Curious, he used the knife to get the blood of the female mage and tasted it.
[You have gained two free stat points]
Seeing the message, he knew it was the blood, so he tried it for the guy again, but nothing happened. Then he tried the girl again and nothing happened.