Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 159 Were We Invaded by the Zerg Swarm?

The petrifying witch voluntarily canceled her curse spell.

Immediately, Sunan and Vasilyan returned to the deserted grove in the Samori Earl's territory.

Su Nan straightened his clothes, then snapped his fingers. Instantly, Wolf Two and Wolf Three, carrying the "Wilderness Spellbook," several other spellbooks, a bottle of Glimmering Potion, and the recipe for the Azure Potion given to him by the Petrifying Witch, ran back to the carriage.

Soon, Sunan returned to the carriage, and Vasilyan, driving two fine white horses, traveled across the land of Samori, preparing to return to Peter's territory.

Su Nan glanced at the scene; they had spent most of the day at the witches' gathering, so it was already night.

Meanwhile, through the wolf pack effect, Su Nan began to examine his own territory, the underground of his territory, and the location of Blom.

First, everything was normal with the church ships in the Achaean parish where Blom was located, and everything was normal with his own territory. The werewolf deacons did not find any sorcerers or other enemies in their territory. The passages to the underworld in their territory were also monitored, and nothing new was found climbing up.

There was no trouble in Maple Leaf Town today; hundreds of plaster gargoyles and a huge fortress knight statue stood there.

Business as usual.

Meanwhile, the underworld was bustling with activity. In just one day, Jinx's swarm had largely recovered its numbers and had already invaded the drow warrior's temporary stronghold.

They clashed with the superior race of the dungeon, the fire dragon lizardmen.

Meanwhile, through a node scarab, Su Nan saw what was happening inside the underground world's temporary stronghold, a building with a dungeon-like architectural style.

At this point, the scarab swarm had already invaded the outposts of these underworld invaders.

Furthermore, in the corners inside this stronghold, many hidden nests were built, just like cockroaches.

These insect swarms are like cockroaches; they are impossible to kill or eradicate completely.

At this moment, three thousand meters below Peter's territory, on Mount Drow Warrior, a man with a grim expression saw modified scarabs appearing in their temporary outpost—the frontline outpost.

The faces of the Drow Warriors on Mount Drow were extremely grim.

Although citizens of these slave-owning city-states wielded great power, they too could be reduced to slavery if they were defeated in battle or caused significant damage to the city-state.

Once he became a slave, he felt like he was living a life worse than death.

He's an arcane mage, after all.

The drow warrior slashed at the back of the modified scarab he had found in a crack in the wall, while grimly glancing at the other rooms in the dungeon stronghold where three basketball-sized modified scarabs were crawling out.

These scarabs seemed to be provoking him.

"No. If these scarabs go down and touch the [Fragment of the Ether Black Hole] beneath the main city of Rye, I will definitely be demoted to a slave by the mistress."

The drow warrior muttered a spell, and instantly, dark energy coiled around the katana in his hand. The entire katana began to emit purplish-black energy, which flowed around it like soft water.

The drow warrior charged toward the scarabs in the dungeon, and with a flash of purple energy, he sliced ​​down the two basketball-sized modified scarabs.

Dark energy has a very unique way of attacking.

When dark energy magic is attached to a weapon, it will create invisible additional attacks when used against an enemy.

During the apprenticeship stage, the more powerful the dark magic, the more attacks it can launch.

Therefore, when the Drow Warrior swung his sword just now, two modified scarabs were attacked.

His Dark Energy Enchantment not only increases the damage of slashing weapons but also increases the number of additional attacks.

On Mount Drow Warrior, he had just summoned his lover to help him, but as he stepped out of the dungeon stronghold, he discovered that traces of modified scarabs were beginning to appear everywhere inside the stronghold.

In order for the insect hive consciousness to truly emerge, Su Nan began to allow these scarabs to continue to reproduce.

In any case, there is the underground Rye City as an insurance mechanism for the swarm's reproduction rate.

Su Nan felt that this abnormal underground wizarding society, which had developed underground for more than two thousand years, must have something unique about it to return to the surface and conquer the world.

He could use this underground world to suppress the number of his insect swarm and always keep his experiments at a safe level.

Moreover, using the swarm of insects can also be a way to test the strength of this underground world.

Su Nan even suspected that there was a Drow matriarch in the underworld who had reached the level of a formal wizard.

However, the Rye Matriarch doesn't seem to have reached the level of a formal wizard. Perhaps formal wizards will appear deeper underground.

After all, it was a distorted wizarding society.

It should not be viewed as a society of mortals, but rather as the offshoot of an orthodox wizarding society, the result of more than two thousand years of independent development in the underworld.

Deep within the civilization of the underworld, who knows what level of enemy might lurk?

In any case, there are still many mysteries surrounding the underworld.

Currently, the only connection between the underground world and the surface world is the Storm Kingdom.

In other words, for the next few years, this underground world will likely be enjoyed exclusively by Su Nan and the other wizard apprentices of the Storm Kingdom.

Inside the carriage, Su Nan frowned. "A fragment of the etheric black hole in the main city of Rye? What is that, and why can't my swarm touch it?"

"It seems that this so-called fragment of the etheric black hole may be related to the truth of the origin of the underworld. Perhaps, by exploring it, I can understand why the underworld is so hostile to wizards, and why arcane mages are still considered a form of wizardry."

"Swarm, continue to hunt for me."

"Mr. Warwick, you can lead some of the super werewolf deacons and super werewolf messengers into the underground to hunt down areas of the underworld that have been explored by the swarm. I need more lizardman corpses, as well as fire dragon lizardman corpses; I need to extract their essence blood..."

Meanwhile, in the temporary dungeon stronghold of the underworld, after much deliberation, the Drow Warrior on the mountain finally realized that he could no longer solve the problem he was facing.

He stared at the basketball-sized, modified scarabs before him, gritting his teeth. He was even horrified to discover that these scarabs were actually consuming the dark energy attached to his katana with each swing of his sword.

The drow's face was extremely pale, and then he took out a red aether stone of a special color from his chest pocket.

Then, he crushed the red aether stone and sent a distress call to the main city of Rye. "Outpost 004 is requesting assistance from the main city and surrounding outposts, as they are under attack by a swarm of insects from the surface."

"I now suspect that the surface is not as safe and rich as it seems; the surface may even be more dangerous than the underground world."

"The swarm of surface insects I am currently encountering can devour all living things and matter that I am aware of, including stones, soil and metal, stationary iron, and even ether.

"And... arcane magical energy..."

"I have discovered that these swarms have begun invading our world through the tunnels we dug. Everyone, we must destroy the swarms, or we will be the ones invaded."

"I am now using my authority as a citizen of Rye City and a surface vanguard officer to put the underground city of Rye City into a Level 3 state of combat readiness."

"Pay attention, don't take this lightly, we are currently facing a very serious intrusion incident!"

On Mount Drow Warriors, a warning was issued to the underworld using the red aetherite.

In another temporary dungeon stronghold ten thousand kilometers away, a female drow warrior swung her katana and slashed at the storm rider in front of her, who had been captured and tortured by her lizardman army.

The drow warrior raised an eyebrow. "What...we've been invaded?"

"That guy up in the mountain is really abusing his authority. Using such an exaggerated word like 'invasion' to describe such a weak surface creature—is he trying to make a fool of himself?!"

"That guy is always making excuses for his incompetence."

"Mother, you must be very angry to have such a good-for-nothing son. I'm angry too, to have such a good-for-nothing brother."

Meanwhile, in the main city of Rye, 12,000 meters underground, the Drow Queen, who was enjoying the service of these slaves in her palace amidst a large number of lizardman slaves, caveman slaves, gray dwarf slaves, and other types of slaves, frowned.

The Rye Matriarch had a beautiful face and a slender figure. She was very tall, with rye-colored skin, and her eyes constantly emitted a blue magical glow, which proved that she was always maintaining a state of highly concentrated arcane energy.

At that moment, a look of anger appeared on the rye matriarch's pretty face. "We've been invaded?"

"My weak son."

"You always say things that are both funny and ridiculous."

"Perhaps you'd be better suited to be a comedian. You actually said we're being invaded by a swarm of bugs."

Anger flashed in the eyes of the Rye Matriarch; she was in a bad mood. So she said to the lizardman slaves below, "One thousand crypt slaves, jump into the Aetheric Black Hole Holy Land in the center of the main city right now."

"You sinful race who helped the wizard deserve to die."

"Anyone who dares to disobey my orders will have their entire clan die."

The Rye Matriarch then looked at the drow female warrior guarding her and said, "My sister, bring your poor nephew back to me immediately. Perhaps he is only fit to be a slave, just like those lowly lizardman slaves below."

"I want him to be held accountable for his misinformation. Meanwhile, you will lead your Blue Dragon Lizardman Royal Guard to take over Outpost 4. I hope to establish an outpost on the ground in just one week."

The Rye Mistress descended from the magnificent bed of the palace, but her feet were neither barefoot nor touched the ground.

She walked on the heads of fire dragon lizardmen and blue dragon lizardmen, and even on the heads of the more powerful and honorable Khan centaurs.

She is an arcanist, wielding exquisite arcane magic, and is the one who suppresses the fragments of the ethereal black hole where Rye City is located.

She was the slave owner of Black Rye City, the slave of all slaves.

Therefore, she walked on top of all the slaves.

She will stand above the honor, dignity, and soul of all slaves!

(End of this chapter)