Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 12 The First Battle of the Sacrificial Hand

Su Nan slowly raised his left hand. Because he had a mental strength of 9.8, his current basic mental strength was 1.6, which was slightly stronger than the werewolf messenger's strength.

However, the power of the Sacrifice Hand lies in its ability to exchange life points for psychic power.

Moreover, it's not a one-to-one exchange, but rather exchanging the degree of injury for several times the amount of psychic power.

The AI ​​even speculated that if the injury was irreversible, the resulting psychic power could be extremely powerful.

In other words, this Sacrificial Hand potion was originally an unconventional potion used by a wizarding organization for their assassins.

However, after the AI ​​system analyzed a large amount of data and refined the formula, it has been improved.

Su Nan raised his hand and, from a distance of four meters, left a handprint on the huge wooden door of the warehouse. Then the warehouse door was pushed open.

The moment the warehouse door was fully opened, a dark figure rushed out. He was incredibly fast, wielding a dagger and thrusting it towards the back of the wooden door.

But to his surprise, there was no one at the wooden door.

So his dagger missed its target and instead pierced directly into the crack of the bluestone brick.

"How is this possible?" The middle-aged knight squire, dressed in chainmail and leather boots with a beard, looked shocked. "There's no one behind the door?!"

He moved very quickly and was ruthless.

The moment he made his move, he placed his palm on the wooden door beforehand to sense the point of force exerted by the person pushing the door from behind, and then calculated the person's approximate height. Therefore, as soon as he made his move, he aimed at the person's throat.

It must be a fatal blow.

The only problem is that there's no one behind the wooden door.

The middle-aged knight's squire's expression changed drastically, and he was about to get up and escape through the castle window.

After all, his mission this time was just to investigate; there was no need for him to fight to the death.

But he soon realized that his throat was being held down by a pair of invisible, large hands, and those hands were very strong.

Despite his years as a squire of the Horned Rat Knight, he was unable to break free.

The middle-aged knight's squire was lifted into the air and dragged into the depths of the warehouse by an invisible force.

"AI, give me that person's data, and record this battle as well," Su Nan thought. By recording the actual battle, he could better deduce those potion recipes.

He entered the warehouse and simultaneously used his telekinesis to close the heavy warehouse door.

At the same time, Su Nan sensed that due to the werewolf effect, the other werewolves in his territory had realized he was in battle and were rushing over.

This saved me a lot of trouble.

The AI ​​quickly provided the other party's data panel.

【Strength: 1.4】

【Speed: 1.8】

[Physical Fitness: 1.4]

Although his agility is higher than his other attributes, the burst of power he generated during your fight was at least level 2. However, he clearly became fatigued afterward and was dragged into the warehouse by you with the equivalent of 1.6 strength, unable to resist.

He is neither a Law Knight nor a Storm Knight.

After being dragged deep into the warehouse, the middle-aged knight gripped his dagger and cautiously stared at Su Nan before him. "I know you. You are the minor baron of this territory."

"Damn it, I thought this was just a simple task."

"I only needed to infiltrate this castle and do some investigation, but I never expected that you would actually possess evil magic."

"That's a ghost."

"You weak nobles, spending your days studying those absurd and laughable ancient books, have you actually come up with anything?"

As he spoke, he brandished his dagger, intending to attack Su Nan again, but Su Nan reached out and grabbed him. It was as if his left leg was grabbed by a tremendous force, and he fell to the ground, crashing heavily to the ground. At the same time, the dagger in his hand flew out of his hand.

Su Nan used his telekinetic power to grab the dagger, and it landed in his hand.

The family crest on the dagger indicated that this man was clearly a vassal of the Gus Pasha knightly family.

Heraldic studies of the nobility is a very large and complex subject.

Each badge represents the family's past and present glory.

As a baron of the Peter Baronate, Su Nan naturally knew what the coat of arms of the Gus Pasha Knights looked like.

After the knight's squire fell, Su Nan kept swinging his left hand, turning his mental energy into fists, and punching the other man in the face again and again.

Because it is powered by telekinesis, the opponent has virtually no way to defend against it.

When the middle-aged knight's squire tries to rush at him to retaliate, Su Nan calmly retreats and uses his telekinesis to grab the knight's left or right leg, causing the knight to fall instead.

After five minutes of this, the middle-aged knight's squire had been punched by a force of 1.6 for five minutes, while his physical strength was only 1.4.

He squatted on the ground, bruised and swollen, panting heavily, temporarily unable to resist.

Su Nan used his mental power to suppress his body, having only used half of his mental energy from the beginning until now.

Therefore, a normal Sacrifice Hand can generally suppress a mid-tier knight's servant who is not very powerful.

If the Sacrifice Hand can be combined with the werewolf's physique to unleash a combo skill, even the most powerful knight's servant would probably be unable to fight him one-on-one.

Moreover, witchcraft is too strange and difficult for ordinary people to guard against.

Su Nan coldly replied, "Gus Pasha, why was you sent to my castle, and what god do you worship?"

The other party was clearly not a follower of the God of Law or the God of Storms.

However, in this world, besides the major righteous gods, there are also some lesser-known local gods, or unorthodox evil gods.

Worshiping these gods can also lead to chivalry.

He certainly doesn't seem to be the God of Storms, doing so well in the Storm Kingdom.

A knight's servant who worships an evil god will inevitably progress much slower in cultivation than a knight's servant who worships a righteous god.

Moreover, it is very likely that many unnecessary costs will be incurred.

Su Nan never expected that within the territory of Gus Pasha, the official Storm Knight of his own territory, there would be a knight attendant of an evil god.

"I...I am a follower of the Great Horned Rat." The middle-aged knight squire squatted on the ground, panting, his face bruised and swollen, and said, "The mayor of Maple Leaf Town has found Lord Guts Pasha and is seeking military protection."

"Lord Guts Pasha agrees."

"The mayor of Maple Leaf Town suspects you of being behind the recent attack on the caravan. Although Lord Guts Pasha doesn't believe it, he still sent me to investigate you after the mayor's repeated insistence."

"Lord Koggs Pasha, I never imagined you actually knew evil magic..."

"So, it really was you who attacked the caravan!"

Fear flashed in the man's eyes.

After all, thanks to the church's years of efforts, wizards have transformed from blasphemers into the ultimate villains. Under the church's constant intimidation, the image of wizards is very close to that of the devil of hell.

Basically, they can pin any bad thing on others.

For example, famine, plague, or if someone's family has a chicken with four pairs of wings, these can all be considered a curse from a wizard.

Therefore, after discovering that Su Nan possessed witchcraft and that he had been defeated in such a bizarre way, he became extremely fearful of Su Nan.

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. Gus Pasha had actually gotten involved in the affairs of Maple Leaf Town.

This means that if I were to take action against Maple Leaf Town, I would have to be prepared to deal with more than one official knight.

The problem is that all of the official Cavaliers' stats are 3.

Currently, the highest attribute of the werewolves created by my werewolf potion series is only 2.

With such a large difference in basic attributes, it will be very difficult to fight.

It would be like a primary school student fighting with a strong man.

Although their werewolves all gained immortality because they were cleverly linked to the full moon during their creation.

But to be honest, the churches in this world aren't just sitting around doing nothing.

A formal Storm Knight might possess special abilities.

Therefore, if Guts Pasha gets involved in this matter, he really needs to think carefully and continue to improve his werewolf army and his own strength.

For example, try to break through the 10 mark in both your mental and magical power as soon as possible.

The AI ​​had previously speculated that reaching a mental strength level of 10 is an important stage on the path to becoming a wizard.

There is a severe lack of information, so we don't know the specific significance of this stage.

As Su Nan was pondering, he caught a glimpse of a cold glint in the eyes of the middle-aged knight's attendant's clothes. The attendant raised his left hand and waved it lightly, as if making a slapping motion.

The middle-aged knight's squire took out a small crossbow from his pocket and changed its firing direction, from aiming it at Su Nan to aiming it at his own throat.

The middle-aged knight's squire had already pulled the trigger and was clearly unable to stop; he watched in horror as he shot himself.

The corpse sat on the ground, its head drooping limply.

The manner of his death was extremely bizarre.

This is the power of the sacrificial hand.

Su Nan said to Warwick, the old butler outside the warehouse gate, "Old Warwick, help me dispose of the body."

Warwick, slightly alarmed, said, "Master, are you hurt? I can smell blood."

Su Nan laughed and said, "Then you should be able to smell it; it's the enemy's blood."

"Don't worry, I'm not hurt."

However, I really should improve my basic physical fitness.

During the battle just now, I was genuinely worried that the knight's squire would rush to my side.

Su Nan wondered, "AI, how's the werewolf leader's potion coming along?"

The calculation for the werewolf leader's potion has reached 99% completion and will be finished soon.

Warwick, the old butler, quickly disposed of the body and even stripped him of his chainmail.

This type of chainmail is quite expensive.

Whether sold or given as spoils of war as rewards to vassals, they are quite useful.

After dealing with the assassin, Su Nan spent another week refining werewolf messenger potions and then used them on ten werewolf messengers at once.

In this way, he gained another ten werewolf messengers, without the addition of Wolfsbane Potion and Steel Claw Potion.

At the same time, Su Nan's spiritual power and magical power both officially reached 9.9.

However, after reaching level 9.9, both mental strength and magical strength increased very slowly. Su Nan could feel his mental strength improving every day after taking a mental strength enhancement potion (+1).

But it just can't break through to 10.

But it doesn't matter. He realized that as he accumulated +1 to his mental power enhancement potion every day, he was getting closer and closer to breaking through this barrier.

Su Nan temporarily ordered the werewolves to cease their attack on the caravans in Maple Leaf Town.

After all, now that a formal knight has intervened in this matter, there is a high probability that the werewolf messenger will be caught if he continues to rob caravans.

It's very likely that we'll lose the werewolf messenger for nothing, and it will also allow Guts Pasha to learn about the werewolf messenger in advance, and may even allow him to discover the werewolf messenger's weaknesses.

After all, the immortality he gained by linking the werewolf and the full moon on a magical level was not perfect.

I don't yet possess such powerful potion-making skills.

Even if a werewolf has its head cut off, it will still die.

After expanding the number of werewolf messengers, Su Nan focused on developing leader-type werewolf potions and, incidentally, increasing the quantity of sleep-inducing potions. These strategic consumables, like bullets and grenades, are naturally best in larger quantities.

In the midst of battle, it might be the key to a turning point.

Furthermore, the number of werewolf messengers cannot be increased for the time being.

Werewolf messengers, acting as hunting dogs, are severely lacking in intelligence and must be led or guarded by werewolves transformed from humans.

Pera and Warwick have stated that guarding ten energetic werewolves would require a tremendous amount of their energy every day.

If there are any more, they might become uncontrollable.

Although these werewolf messengers were strengthened to be loyal to Su Nan, they were still beasts after all, and often could not understand the situation. Moreover, they were influenced by the werewolf's violent and bloodthirsty nature.

If they escape, they could very well harm their own people.

Of course, if necessary, Su Nan can also disregard the bottom line and start spamming werewolf messengers without limit.

After what seemed like a calm and uneventful two weeks, an invitation suddenly arrived from Maple Leaf Town.

It turned out that the trade market in Maple Leaf Town had been suddenly subjected to massive destruction.

The guild leaders of Maple Leaf Town unanimously believed that it was the mayor's fault, so they took him to the town council court and invited three official knights from Sunan's territory, along with Sunan himself, to the court as a jury.

However, Su Nan decisively rejected the invitation, and did not even allow his old butler Warwick or his personal lawyer to represent him in that court.

First, he needs to stay in his territory to research the werewolf leader's potion and break through his mental strength to level 10; he simply doesn't have the time to attend any court proceedings.

Secondly, this was clearly a trap.

Furthermore, the mayor of Maple Leaf Town now has the full support of Sir Gus Pasha, which must have caused losses to the interests of many guild leaders in Maple Leaf Town. However, it would be foolish for them to try to impeach the mayor through the courts.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

A court without the support of force is nothing but a joke.

Moreover, this invitation may very well be a test of his own abilities.

Su Nan looked at the old butler, Warwick, with some confusion. "But what exactly happened at the Maple Leaf Town market?"

The old butler, Warwick, said, "It seems to be a cult with a conspiracy, indiscriminately attacking the market and killing merchants. The mayor of Maple Leaf Town hasn't been having an easy time lately. We just stopped attacking their caravans, and before they could even enjoy their relief for a few days, this happened again."

"The strangest thing is that I heard the mastermind behind the Maple Leaf Town terrorist attack has always said that he never did such a thing."

"It was done by someone else inside his body."

"However, I think this is very likely just his excuse."

(End of this chapter)