Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 19 Wolfsbane Practical Test

The edge of the Peter family's castle.

The knight squire, Valen Pasha, leads thirty well-trained soldiers from the Pasha family, trained from childhood, along with thirty well-equipped but undisciplined militiamen provided by Maple Leaf Town, and the town's militia captain.

The militia captain of Maple Leaf Town glanced at Valen Pasha and said somewhat hesitantly, "Baron Peter's castle is just ahead."

"In principle, we vassals need the Baron's permission to enter the castle. After all, at least nominally, we are still Baron Sunan's subordinates."

Valen Pasha, Gus Pasha's younger brother, sat astride his tall horse, a menacing smile on his face. "The Peter family, huh? It's been years since I've heard that name."

"My brother's father and I came to this land together with the old baron's father."

"The result is truly regrettable."

"Baron Peter has fallen, but our Pasha family will take his place."

He drew his bow and shot an arrow toward the castle, which landed precisely on the gate of the fence at the edge of the castle.

The gatekeeper, witnessing this scene, could only turn back every three steps in fright and quickly run towards the castle to report to Su Nan that there had been an enemy attack.

Valen Pasha has been at the squire level for over a decade. Perhaps his talent is insufficient to make him a full knight, but his years of immersion in the way of the Storm Knight have given him a physical foundation far exceeding that of ordinary squires, as well as exquisite archery skills.

Valen Pasha laughed and said, "That counts as a greeting."

"My brother Guts thought that those useless merchants would only flee to another part of the territory, to the knights who openly and secretly disobeyed my brother's command, and he even wanted to use their harboring of Pasha family fugitives as a pretext to start a war."

"Who knew those useless cowards would actually come to the young baron's side? Hahaha, even though the order is wrong, it doesn't matter."

Valen Pasha pointed casually at the castle and said, "Today, this castle will belong to our Pasha family."

The militia captain whispered, "The Church of Storms will definitely have objections."

"The Church of Storms places the utmost importance on rules."

"We are, after all, his subordinate nobles. Perhaps we should just let it go if the young baron hands over the fugitives. As for whether or not to attack this castle, we should consult your brother first..."

Before the militia captain could finish speaking, his warhorse, as if startled by something, suddenly neighed and began pawing the ground nervously.

Similarly, so was the warhorse that Valen Pasha rode.

"Who is it!" Valen Pasha saw a figure quickly pass by in the jungle. "Stop playing tricks on me, show yourself."

Valen Pasha fired arrow after arrow into the jungle. He fired seven arrows in a row, but the first six were dodged. Only the last one, with its iron arrowhead, struck the opponent's arm.

Valen Pasha's face lit up with joy. Just moments ago, he had thought he would never be able to hit his opponent.

However, for some reason, even though he hit the person hiding in the jungle, the person's speed was not affected at all, and the person's movement speed seemed a bit strange.

Valen said, "It's probably the young baron's squire, that Robert. Go after him."

He immediately spurred his horse and gave chase, and the soldiers behind him, including the militia captain, could only helplessly follow.

We walked about a kilometer.

At this moment, the scene here is completely interwoven with forests and shrubs.

When Valen Pasha rode up to this spot, he suddenly realized he had lost track of his opponent.

Then, a scream came from behind him.

Valen Pasha turned his head quickly and saw that the left arm of one of the elite soldiers who had been following him had been scratched by the claws of some kind of animal, and blood was flowing out. A large piece of his leather armor had also been torn off.

But the injury was not fatal.

Valen Pasha burst into laughter. "I might be about to discover the real culprit behind the raid on the Maple Leaf Town caravan."

"Don't be afraid. Judging from the opponent's attack power, they are not capable of quickly inflicting any fatal damage on us. This level of scratches won't even affect your normal movement."

"This indicates that the opponent's attack was insufficient."

"Form a defensive formation. Today I'm going to bring out that 'Wolf Demon' who's been playing tricks all this time!"

The defensive formation that Valen mentioned was a type of infantry square formation.

Immediately, the Maple Leaf Town militia and the Pasha family's elite soldiers lined up in rows of ten, forming six columns and a rectangle.

This type of formation is most effective in narrow terrain.

During combat, you simply walk over. Since you have allies around you, you only need to focus on attacking in a certain direction.

Although it looks simple, it actually requires extensive military training to do.

Therefore, the Maple Leaf Town militia in this small infantry formation were undoubtedly a drag on the team. They couldn't keep up with the pace, and the formation could only be barely maintained, so they could only stay in the last few rows.

But this formation is also very useful.

At least in Valen's eyes, if that nimble 'knight's squire' hiding in the shadows were to try to ambush his soldier again, he would have to face the attacks of several soldiers wielding longswords at the same time.

This is also a common tactic for dealing with knights' squires.

It is usually very useful.

It can at least effectively suppress the physical advantage of the knight's squire over ordinary soldiers. As long as the infantry phalanx holds back the agile knight's squire hiding in the shadows, he can immediately launch an attack on him and end the battle.

Then, they broke down the gates of the Peter family castle.

Let the Pasha family completely stand above the Peter family!

Valen was lost in his fantasies of family glory, his eyes scanning the surrounding jungle quickly, trying to pinpoint the other's location, when suddenly he heard a scream.

He looked back and saw that the problem was actually with his own infantry formation.

The elite soldier whose arm had been slashed earlier now had bloodshot eyes, and his body hair had increased in a very short time, though only slightly. His body hair had become as thick as the thigh hair of many people.

Most importantly, the soldier actually started slashing at his own men, uttering meaningless roars.

Because the infantry formation required everyone to stand chest to back, this soldier's sudden defection caused significant damage to the infantry formation.

He directly killed two people around him and seriously injured another.

Valen was caught off guard and shouted repeatedly, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The berserk soldier had just been killed by other soldiers when suddenly another shadow darted out of the jungle. This time, he injured three soldiers in succession, but they were all wounded but not crippled, before disappearing into the jungle.

Valen Pasha was completely caught off guard.

At that moment, a chill ran through Valen's heart.

Because just now, he discovered two things.

First, he realized that the other side was not incapable of killing an elite soldier instantly, but deliberately did not kill him, or even deliberately did not seriously injure him, in order to wait for those soldiers to go berserk.

Secondly, he saw that...thing, while running at high speed, the arrow he had shot into the monster's arm fell to the ground, and the monster, which looked like a human and a wolf, seemed to be unharmed.

In other words, from the very beginning, the monster wasn't running away; it was just leading them away from the doorstep of Sunan Castle.

Sweat beaded on Valen's forehead. "There can't really be a monster; it must be someone in disguise. How can someone be injured and act like nothing's wrong?"

Valen seemed to realize something. "Quickly kill the wounded soldiers, or they'll go berserk too."

Many soldiers in the soldiers' formation hesitated.

There is also a deep camaraderie among the soldiers.

Asking them to suddenly kill their own comrades would undoubtedly be a huge test of their humanity.

To put it bluntly, in times of crisis, few people will make accurate and rational decisions.

Most people only see that their comrades are only injured, but their superiors want to kill them.

Seeing this, the militia captain knew in his heart that the infantry formation had been destroyed and was no longer effective.

From the castle loft, Su Nan observed the entire battle and remotely commanded the werewolf messenger using the werewolf effect.

The werewolf messenger's basic attributes and 2 points of agility, combined with the wolf poison that can drive enemies crazy and cause them to kill each other, create a harassment tactic that is extremely powerful.

The next step is to test the werewolf messenger's ability to control wild wolves.

Under Su Nan's control, the werewolf messenger in the jungle, disregarding Valen's self-deception that the monster was a human in disguise, let out a wolf howl.

There were already many wolves in this area, and suddenly, many wolves appeared from behind the trees in the jungle.

The wolves, their eyes glowing green, were all under the coercive control of the werewolf messenger as they charged toward the infantry.

(End of this chapter)