Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 18 The Collapse of Maple Leaf Town and the Second Combat Experiment

Inside the castle in Peter's territory, Sunan invited the guild leaders and wealthy merchants who had fled there to have dinner together.

The exquisite soups were served one after another to the table by the servants, along with fragrant beef and lamb chops, and crispy roasted potatoes and corn, all placed on porcelain plates and brought to the table.

Several guild leaders and wealthy merchants had not enjoyed the warmth and comfort that stability brought them for a long time.

They quietly looked up at Su Nan, who had remained silent.

Five years ago, Su Nan was just a young boy, but now, sitting in the main seat, Su Nan exudes an extraordinary aura. Although he has not spoken, he gives people an inexplicable sense of calm.

Unbeknownst to them, this was a minor side effect of Su Nangao's spiritual power.

Su Nan glanced at these people and found that the main refugees were the leaders of three guilds: the Fur Guild, the Carpentry Guild, and the Textile Guild. They were also the most powerful commercial forces in Maple Leaf Town.

Besides the middle-class merchants, there was a wealthy merchant named Pig, who owned a hotel and a warehouse for storing supplies in Maple Leaf Town. Therefore, he was the richest merchant besides the mayor.

The guild represents the workers of Maple Leaf Town, while Pigger represents the merchants of Maple Leaf Town.

Since they have all fled Maple Leaf Town and come to our side, it's clear how incredibly powerful Guts Pasha is, whom the mayor of Maple Leaf Town invited under pressure from the werewolf messenger he sent. He practically emptied half of Maple Leaf Town's coffers.

This kind of person will cause any good thing they come across to lose a lot of its value.

At the dinner table, Piggy noticed that Su Nan remained silent, and because of past awkwardness, everyone was hesitant to speak.

Therefore, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Lord Su Nan, when I was wandering around, I was taken in by your father and stayed in Maple Leaf Town to create wealth for him."

"I never expected that I would be taken in by you again."

"I was once a follower of the God of Law, a commoner of the Eastern Empire, before converting to the God of Storms. In short, if it weren't for the old baron, I would probably be dead at the hands of those Avar barbarians in the north by now."

Suddenly, the three guild leaders started talking non-stop.

"Lord Sunan, you have no idea, that muscle-headed bastard Gus Pasha actually slaughtered street vendors in the street."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

The president of the textile guild was a middle-aged man. He explained to Su Nan, "As you know, although merchants are supposed to have clearly marked prices, they may not be entirely particular about these things when doing business."

"Gus Pasha, enraged after being reminded by a soldier that he had overpaid several times for something he bought from a vendor due to not paying attention to the discount information, tore the vendor apart on the spot and ordered his soldiers to slaughter half the merchants on the street."

"He injured people many times in a fit of rage during your father's reign over the territory, but I never expected that after so many years, he would not have changed at all."

The leader of the carpenters' guild was a neatly dressed woman in men's clothing. Is said to Sunan, "Besides that, in order to keep Maple Leaf Town from having anyone who opposes him and to control speech, he kills anyone who opposes him even slightly."

"Maple Leaf Town is a major commercial center in the area, but under his control, it has been the most depressed it has been in over a decade. We wanted the mayor to kick him out, but who knew that the cowardly bastard mayor would betray us? Luckily, we escaped in the middle of the night beforehand."

"Gus Pasha sent pursuers to hunt us down, and we fled in panic. We originally wanted to go to the territory of another official knight, Mael Baragan, but we were worried that Mael Baragan would not accept our allegiance, so we came here to you."

"Thank you for taking us in."

President Is sincerely said to Su Nan, "Now it seems that Maple Leaf Town really needs a true ruler. That weak mayor may only be suitable for doing business, not for being our protector."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow.

Escape in the middle of the night?

The Storm Riders possess a physique that is three times stronger than an adult at their peak, thanks to year-round training. If Guts Pasha really wanted to catch them, these people would have no chance of escaping in the middle of the night.

The only possibility is that Gus Pasha didn't know they had escaped.

But that doesn't make sense either.

Gus Pasha has already sent men to hunt them down.

That means Gus Pasha deliberately let them escape.

Su Nan thought about it and realized that it wasn't surprising.

Gus Pasha's character profile is already quite comprehensive in my mind. He is a person who will never use anything else if he can solve a problem with force.

He couldn't be bothered to appease the leaders of the Maple Leaf Town guilds whose interests had been harmed because of him.

He probably wanted to replace the guild leaders, and his deliberate letting these people go was likely a test.

It's just unclear whether this is a test of himself or a test of the other official knights within the territory.

The latter is probably more likely.

Su Nan thought about it briefly, but he was too lazy to think about it any further.

He was just an ordinary knight who wanted to seize territory.

This guy's real target is probably himself, or rather, the Baron title of the Storm Kingdom that he possesses.

Su Nan began to think about how to test the actual combat capabilities of the current werewolf force.

President Is looked at Sunan and tentatively said, "Lord Sunan, thank you for taking us in. Now that the bandits in our territory have disappeared, should we inform the royal family of the current situation? Don't you still have the main branch of the Peter family in the Holy Empire to the west?"

"You can ask them for help."

"As long as the Peter family sends enough knights to help you, the problems in our territory will be solved."

Su Nan glanced at her and the others, casually grunted an "Mmm," and left the dining table without saying anything more, heading straight to the attic.

He is now devising a plan to use Maple Leaf Town to turn their troops into test subjects for his werewolf army.

Guild Master Is seemed somewhat at a loss. She glanced at the other guild leaders and the wealthy merchant Pigg, then looked at the old butler Warwick and asked, "Mr. Warwick, what does Lord Sunan mean by this?"

"Shouldn't we at least spend money to recruit some soldiers? If we're worried about money, we have it. It should be easier for the Baron to recruit and hire soldiers, and we might even be able to hire wandering knights."

Warwick, the old butler, smiled and replied, "Perhaps there is another possibility."

"There is no shortage of military forces within Peterhof Castle today."

"Gus Pasha has never been a problem in Lord Sunan's eyes."

"Moreover, you turned a blind eye when you should have paid the money the most, and now you want to curry favor with Lord Su Nan, but it's too late."

President Is was taken aback, as were the other presidents, who were also astonished and somewhat unable to comprehend the current situation.

The most cunning man from the Eastern Empire, the old merchant Pig, suddenly had a glint in his eye. He had discerned a crucial element from the old steward's words.

He whispered to his personal servant, "Bring out five hundred gold coins from our treasury. Tonight, arrange for a beautiful virgin; I want to present these to Lord Su Nan."

"Although it's a bit late, it's still an opportunity to choose!"

……

Back in the attic, Su Nan noticed through the wolf pack effect that the werewolf hounds on the edge of the manor had smelled a large number of strangers and weapons.

Using the wolf pack mentality, Su Nan gave the hunting dog the command: "Go. Tear it apart."

"Let me see your current strength."

"The AI, through the wolf pack effect, records relevant combat data and documents it as Wolf Pack Document No. 4."

(End of this chapter)