Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade novel Chapter 896

Chapter 896 Insect Codex 

The book’s pages had turned slightly yellow, clearly indicating its age, but surprisingly, it remained completely intact and was not the slightest bit damaged. 

Judging from how well-preserved the book was, Magnus likely treasured it very much. 

Alex couldn’t help but wonder what kind of book would spur Magnus to protect it so well. 

Without hesitation, he flipped through the pages. The words were written in seal script. Thankfully, he was somewhat familiar with it, so he could understand what was written on it. 

Upon realizing the book recorded a series of methods of raising poisonous insects, he knitted his eyebrows grimly. 

One of the methods documented in the book involved raising poisonous insects using children’s innards. The insects in question were Magnus’ Life Bugs and the Red-headed Bugs that attacked Alex before this. 

After flipping through more pages, Alex found the odd malady Jared was suffering from. With that information at hand, everything clicked into place. 

Magnus was an extremely capable man. However, since he practiced unorthodox black magic, he was hunted by righteous cultivators sent by secret forces. As a result, he was forced to live his life in hiding and could no longer continue practicing black magic. 

At that very moment, the sudden establishment of a new prominent family in Lumenopolis caught his attention. After a while, he devised the perfect plan to manipulate that family. 

With a few tricks he had up his sleeve, Magnus infected Jared with a strange ailment and waited for a while before showing up, using the Wallace family to help him get his hands on the materials he needed for raising poisonous insects on the pretext of treating Jared’s weird disease. 

Fortunately for him, Jared was absolutely terrified of dying and would do anything Magnus said in order to stay alive. That was how things slowly developed into how it was now. 

If it weren’t for Alex’s intervention, things would’ve gotten a lot worse. It was even possible that everything would remain a secret due to the Wallace family’s connections. 

The most tragic person in the whole story was undoubtedly Jared, who was used by the person who caused him sufferings. If Alex didn’t discover the book, Jared would never know Magnus was the reason behind his plight. 

When Alex turned to Jared again, he saw a pool of blood around the latter’s body. Almost all the flesh on Jared’s left leg had been carved away. 

At that moment, Jared was grimacing, his face looking as pale as a ghost. It seemed like his end was near. 

Alex gently tapped Jared’s forehead, dispelling the hypnosis. Immediately, Jared released the dagger in his -hand and stared at Alex fearfully, eager to escape, 

However, the pain from his leg was so overwhelming that he almost lost his mind. Since he couldn’t flee even if he wanted to, he opted to beg Alex for mercy. 

“Do you want to know why you turned into a monster and about the true nature of Mr. Quentin, a man you’ve always respected?” asked Alex. 

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Jared was stunned. In the past, he was once curious about the answers to those questions. In fact, he asked someone to investigate Magnus’ identity before, but he couldn’t find anything 

While he was still very curious about the truth behind those matters, what he cared most about at that moment was staying alive. 

“I don’t want to know. I… I… I beg you, stop making me suffer. What do you want? I can give you the entire Wallace family! Let me go, please!” pleaded Jared desperately, even though the Wallace family meant everything to him. 

He thought no one could possibly reject such an enticing offer.