Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 222 The King Who Couldn't Speak

Before his chest was crushed, the orc priest screamed in terror, "What kind of monsters are you? How can you be stronger than the bodies of orc warriors?!"

Then, the werewolf messenger pierced his heart with his foot and took the totem from his back, as well as his head.

Without the priest's magical blessing, the orc legion's weapons were no longer enchanted by the warlock's fire, and their physical strength dropped to around 2.5.

Their fighting strength was immediately reduced by more than half.

They were all quickly killed in the slaughter by the three-headed mutated werewolf messenger.

As these orcs lay dying, they roared repeatedly towards the sky: "Orcish High Shaman, we did our best!"

"Supreme King, whose voice cannot be heard, please accept the souls of our fallen heroes!"

Soon, the orc stronghold was reduced to a pile of corpses.

A fist-sized ball of lightning appeared in front of Su Nan.

After examination by the AI ​​and his own deliberation, he discovered that the lightning bolt contained a trace of an alien life form, the spirituality of a lightning magic creature.

Therefore, this is also a way to use the bloodlines of other powerful creatures to help pure-blooded humans break through the limits of their souls, hence the name Limit-Breaking Lightning.

However, because this spirituality is very weak, it does not actually pollute the bloodline of pure-blooded humans; it only provides temporary assistance during the breakthrough process.

Seeing Su Nan obtain the ball of lightning, Elvis seemed even happier than Su Nan. "Excellent! These werewolves you've trained are truly outstanding. I've never seen such powerful werewolves before. They're practically killing machines."

"Even the orc warriors, who have an advantage in physical strength, were suppressed in melee combat."

"Let's hurry and find the next orc stronghold. If we kill a few more strongholds, we can get the artificial soul."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. "Elvis, you seem to know a lot."

Elvis scratched his head. "After all, it's our school's own ancestral home."

Looking at the orc priest's totem on the ground, Su Nan asked, "Is this orc priest's totem exactly the same as the totem possessed by a real orc priest more than two thousand years ago?"

Elvis said earnestly, "That's how it is."

"The Flashback Charm is a spell that can only be cast in the Secret Realm by a wizard of the first ring or higher. At least in the area where this Flashback Charm is cast, they are alive, and this totem is exactly the same as the real totem."

"Simply leave the area where the [Flashback Spell] is cast, and this Tyrannosaurus Rex totem will disappear. Orc totems are divided into quality levels; this one is only [common quality], equivalent to a spell cast by a regular first-class wizard apprentice. There is also [elite quality], equivalent to a spell cast by a first-class wizard apprentice with magical pressure."

"There are also totems of god-like quality, equivalent to those of a formal wizard or a great shaman."

Su Nan said, "In essence, the orcish shamanic system uses the power of warlocks to restrain the prototypes of gods—totem gods—and squeeze their power to amplify the power of the entire legion. Am I right?"

Elvis said, "Yes, that's right."

"That's one way to understand it. It's just that this way of understanding might be unacceptable to many people. After all, although these totem spirits are the prototypes and predecessors of gods, they are still different in dimensional and hierarchical terms from gods."

Su Nan started thinking. "Something's not right."

Elvis asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Su Nan said to him, "If this trial only requires us to fight, then why is it called the 'Path to Knowledge' instead of the 'Path to Power'?"

"I need to change my approach."

"Think from the perspective of the Thunder Wizard."

Elvis had a strange expression on his face.

Su Nan thought to himself, if we were to measure this wizard apprentice's level of magical knowledge by his combat ability, that would indeed be a valid approach.

After all, for wizards, knowledge is power, and information is combat strength.

Since you're pursuing knowledge, your magical powers must be formidable.

But this trial, rather than the "path to power," should focus more on research and critical thinking skills.

Thinking about it carefully, if I were a first-class wizard apprentice of the Thunder Ring school with magical pressure, then when I faced a hundred orcs who were stronger than regular knights, I should have been able to just keep casting Evocation spells, becoming a magical cannon and firing continuously.

Its killing efficiency is probably not as good as his own, who directly uses the three-headed mutated werewolf and potions to learn magic.

So what can this first-class wizard apprentice from the Thunder Ring School, who is under magical pressure, do at this time?

How to increase the killing speed?

Su Nan's eyes lit up. "I think I've figured out the trick to this trial."

"Elvis, let's go. We'll find the next orc stronghold."

Elvis blinked, somewhat unable to keep up with Su Nan's train of thought. "What?"

Soon, the two set their sights on an orc stronghold that was attacking a human village.

Su Nan used a magic potion to restore the three mutated werewolves' strength, and then let them attack again.

This time, Su Nan did not immediately kill all the shamans in the orc stronghold.

Instead, they sent the three-headed mutated werewolf messenger to fight against the orc legion, which was empowered by the shaman's magic.

Then, he observed the battle from the sidelines and had the AI ​​record the battle data to analyze the weaknesses of the orc army.

On the hillside, the AI ​​responded.

Yes, these orc warriors have a glaring weakness. Perhaps due to a flaw in the Flashback spell, their left heel is vulnerable to attack with a hit of 0.3 ring or higher; such an attack will instantly kill them.

Su Nan raised the Aksha Vortex Potion and then used a remote injection spell, turning the potion into a rain of fire that fell on the heels of the orcs, instantly wiping them all out.

Su Nan has obtained her second limit-breaking lightning strike.

Next, Su Nan found a third orc stronghold. After observing that these orc warriors subconsciously protected the back of their necks, he used a remote injection spell in conjunction with a magic potion to wipe them out with a single spell.

I obtained my third Limit Break Lightning.

……

In the valley, Su Nan and the werewolves stood atop the mountain peak, letting the north wind blow.

Su Nan said to the werewolves and Elvis, "I was right before."

"The orcs in this trial ground all have unique weaknesses."

"However, the weaknesses of each orc stronghold are different and can only be discovered through observation. Moreover, the weaknesses of some orc strongholds are quite obscure, and the stronger the orc population of a stronghold, the more obscure its weaknesses will be."

"This trial ground tests my observation, thinking, and research abilities in battle."

"If you only focus on fighting and killing enemies during this trial, you will quickly become exhausted under normal circumstances. It's very inefficient."

Su Nan said, "At the same time, this trial is actually like a math problem, just like the problems that the bachelors of the capital university of the Storm Kingdom do. By forcing the trial participants to observe and think in battle, it can help them develop the habit of conducting research in battle."

"This trial is designed to cultivate talent; combat isn't the main focus. If it weren't for talent development, they could have just given us the resources directly..."

Su Nan pointed to the orc stronghold below the mountain peak and said, "Based on my observation, the weakness of this orc stronghold of three hundred people is their fear of water. Because there isn't a single bucket or basin in this stronghold, nor any trace of water being used."

The next moment, Su Nan detonated five bottles of Fireball Bug potion installed on the sluice gate of the reservoir upstream of the canyon. Instantly, the reservoir flooded down, submerging the stronghold below and wiping them out.

A soul appeared before Su Nan. Su Nan realized that the soul was filled with spiritual power, equivalent to a soul with 80 spiritual power.

Moreover, this soul shows signs of being artificially created.

After spending time together, Elvis had learned Sunan's name. He said to Sunan, "Sunan, this is an artificial soul created by a formal wizard of our school. If you consume this soul, you will immediately receive a replenishment of your spiritual power, which will be very beneficial for breaking through your soul limits."

"Even if you had already guessed the requirements of the [Path of Knowledge] trial, it's quite impressive that you were able to discover the weaknesses of each orc stronghold so quickly without blindly getting bogged down in a bitter battle."

"Your observation and research skills are truly remarkable. So, shall we go find a new orc stronghold next?"

Su Nan shook his head. "No need. Three Limit Break Lightning Bolts and one artificial soul are enough for me. I'll just go and find the headquarters of these orc tribes—the orc fortress with the orc high shaman—and take a look."

"If you successfully destroy that fortress, you'll receive a bottle of Green Water. If you fail, you can find a secluded wizard's hut in the mountains to attempt a breakthrough."

This trial grounds have many mountainous areas, and in these areas are some wizard huts that have been enchanted with concealment spells.

It's probably a training ground provided by the wizards of the Thunder Ring for wizard apprentices undergoing trials to break through their limits.

It's very safe there.

Su Nan wanted to find the Great Shaman for another reason: to analyze and study these orc shamanic systems.

Although we may not need it right now, it's always better to have more magic reserves.

Who knows, one day I might be able to learn something from it and put it to good use.

Half a day later, Su Nan and his group infiltrated the orc tribe's fortress, which was said to be inhabited by a great shaman. The fortress was made up of tents with bone spikes on top.

Some tents even have floors, such as orc tents with two floors and orc tents with three floors.

These tent-like structures, similar to pagodas, are supported in the center by the thigh bone of some kind of huge animal carcass, surrounded by tents and wooden floors.

The orcs appear to use the skeletons of enormous creatures as building materials.

These tent structures, one after another, have formed a giant tent complex that resembles a fortress.

Meanwhile, Sunan, Elvis, Brom, and the others arrived inside the main tent of the orc fortress, where the great shaman should have been, and stood before the empty, enormous animal skeleton throne.

One orc general, under the influence of Su Nan's sleeping spell, delivered a battle report to the empty throne before falling into a deep sleep, as if an orc shaman were truly sitting on it.

Su Nan said with some disappointment, "It seems that the Flashback Spell cannot rewind to the timeline of a warlock equivalent to a formal wizard in history—the orcish high shaman. So the orcs all thought that an orcish high shaman was sitting on this throne, but in fact, there was no high shaman at all in the flashback scenes of this historical battlefield."

Elvis said somewhat fearfully, "Even so, can we just infiltrate the orc stronghold in this area?"

(End of this chapter)