Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 132 Curses and Counter-Curses, The Rebellion in the Earl's Territory

The petrifying witch may have used magic to actually turn herself into stone, which allowed her to survive in an era without magic for over two thousand years and to prevent herself from aging.

At least it can slow down her aging process as much as possible.

At the same time, she set a counter-spell to petrify herself in advance.

This anti-curse will not work when the magical tide recedes, but when the magical tide rises again, it will be able to work by receiving the support of the magical tide, thus breaking the curse that turned her into stone.

That way, she can return.

Su Nan first learned about anti-spells from a magic book in the private library of the Oak Wizard.

A counter-curse is a spell that can break the effect of one's own magical curse.

Many curse spells have a counter-curse.

In this way, if a wizard curses the wrong person, or no longer wants to curse that person, he can use a counter-curse to break the curse.

It also won't cause an irreversible situation.

According to the notes written by the Oak Wizard in that book, the reason why anti-curses exist in the wizarding world is that more than two thousand years ago, there was a second-ring witch who was skilled in curses. When she was fighting a first-ring wizard, she was actually caught in a trap by the first-ring wizard and cursed herself, thus cursing herself to death.

The first-ring wizard publicized this as his own achievement and honor, and he naturally received praise.

However, the wizards in the wizarding world at that time who followed the path of curse magic were greatly shocked by this, and they began to focus on the development of anti-curses.

I don't want to see this situation of cursing myself and dying happen again.

Su Nan thought to himself, "If the magic tide recedes, and the person is only temporarily turned into stone, the magic will be canceled as the tide recedes. Once the magic that kept the person in stone disappears, the person will revert to being human."

"Therefore, the petrifying witch must have used magic that could truly turn herself into irreversible stone, and set up a counter-spell in advance, waiting for the magical tide that might bring about recovery, and then used the counter-spell to restore herself."

"It's amazing that she could come up with this method."

Su Nan knew that this method wasn't as wonderful as it seemed.

The danger involved is like walking a tightrope; if she takes the wrong step, the petrifying witch could truly turn herself into stone forever. Moreover, she probably doesn't even know if the anti-curse will still be effective over time.

If she were to be unearthed during this process, she would likely be forever mistaken for a real stone.

Her actions are essentially a case of killing herself once and then resurrecting herself.

However, the way she killed herself was a cursed magic that could be countered.

In other words, he killed himself once in a way that could potentially be reversed.

Turning completely to stone and being kept in stone by magic are two different concepts of magic, different levels of things.

Su Nan could probably understand why the petrifying witch would do something so risky.

What does it mean for the magical tide to recede? It's roughly like a pond drying up during a drought.

The larger the fish in the pond, the less likely it is to survive.

The land, where magic is scarce, is becoming increasingly uninhabitable for experienced first-class wizard apprentices who possess powerful magic and are close to becoming first-ring wizards.

The petrifying witch, unwilling to gradually lose her magic and die an ordinary death, was abandoned in this land devoid of magic.

At that time, she must have been driven to the brink of death, using all her wisdom and magical resources to design this mechanism that petrifies herself.

A half-step formal wizard?

It seems that this very charismatic old witch is now very close to becoming a formal wizard.

Even after being resurrected more than two thousand years later, her mind was not affected at all. She was not discouraged and still wanted to complete her magical path and become a formal wizard.

Moreover, this wizard market is very useful to me.

I can use the surplus of low-level magic potions to exchange for higher-level magical resources.

This would bring us closer to the mainstream wizarding world.

Su Nan tapped his fingers on the table, pondering what benefits this wizarding gathering could bring him.

"Lionel, this is excellent information. I'm willing to offer 20 Stormcoins, is that acceptable?"

"If you have similar information in the future, or if your business friends do, you can come to me, but remember, you must be as informative as you are."

Merchant Lionel looked at Sunan with delight. He hadn't expected that this lord would not only believe his story, which sounded like he was mentally ill, but also give him 20 Storm Coins.

It's important to understand that this is just a message, not an actual item.

Merchant Lionel bowed to Sunan and expressed his gratitude, saying, "Generous and trustworthy lord, your reputation makes me feel that the trade in Maple Leaf Town is so reliable."

"From now on, I will tell my business friends the truth about your reputation and your wealth."

"Furthermore, there's been unrest in Samori, which has rendered it unfit to function as a major commercial center. My friends and I will probably move our trade routes to Maple Leaf Town in the future."

Su Nan looked puzzled. "What happened in Samori? I remember the Bulgars didn't go there, and the White Gold Republic has an agreement with our king."

"The Platinum Republic is responsible for helping us protect the coastline from pirates."

"As the price they paid for obtaining trading privileges in the Storm Kingdom."

"Samori is also not in danger of pirate attacks."

The merchant Lionel said to Sunan, "Lord Sunan, you are in the city of Samori and north of the Samori territory, so you are not aware of the riot yet. We came from the Samori Earl's territory."

"A massive riot has broken out in the city of Samori."

"We are just merchants and don't know the real reason for the riot. All we know is that Count Samori mismanaged his business and had financial problems with his family, so he followed the example of the bankers in the Republic and set up a family bank..."

Su Nan was speechless.

Family bank?

They don't even need to listen to know what's going to happen; this kind of family-run bank is more like a legal robbery.

Small banks get a lot of money but spend it recklessly, resulting in them being unable to repay depositors.

Lionel said, "The Samori family bank held money from many people in Samori City, but now, due to the Earl of Samori's mismanagement, this money is unrecoverable. The Earl of Samori then enacted a law that stipulates that if the family bank goes bankrupt, the Samori family will not have to repay the money."

"Then, the city of Samori rioted. Some followers of the God of Law took the opportunity to shout slogans such as restoring the Eastern Empire and driving out the Storm Knight Lord."

"And this attracted a large number of civilians to follow suit."

"Over 95 percent of the Samori population still maintains their faith in the God of Law..."

"What made things even more out of control was that the next day, a Storm Knight squire died in the city of Samori."

"The count suspected that it was caused by a mob, so he began to order his army to massacre the rioters."

Merchant Lionel said to Sunan, "So now merchants dare not approach Samori City and can only head towards the surrounding small commercial towns."

"We can only look for new, stable commercial trading markets."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow.

He sensed a conspiracy.

How could a common civilian riot possibly kill a knight's squire? Someone must have been stirring things up.

As for who it is, Su Nan could guess with his eyes closed.

Those members of the High Order, who cause destruction near their own territory, will certainly cause destruction elsewhere as well.

The reason why his own territory, and the nearby territories, are behaving in an orderly manner is simply because that little bitch blind nun has never managed to beat him.

(End of this chapter)