Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 26 The Plan to Develop Ghostly Death Knight Potions

Autumn, year 57 of the Storm Kingdom.

During this period, Su Nan recorded all the books in the Maple Leaf Town Library and, over the course of a month, regained control of Maple Leaf Town.

He did not dissolve the town council, after all, in the Storm Kingdom, every town with a little money had its own town council.

All he needs to do is pay Maple Leaf Town taxes every year.

Old Steward Warwick calculated Maple Leaf Town's income over the past ten years and concluded that if it paid one-tenth of the normal commercial tax, Maple Leaf Town could bring in at least 1000 gold coins for Sunan every year.

If you want to squeeze every last drop out of Maple Leaf Town, you can multiply that number several times over by doing some short-sighted things.

Meanwhile, during this month, Sunan tried its best to restore the trade volume that Maple Leaf Town had lost in the past six months, especially during the reign of Gus Pasha.

However, it cannot be fully recovered in a short period of time.

It will take at least six months to recover.

Meanwhile, the leaders of the three major guilds in Maple Leaf Town—the Textile Guild, the Fur Guild, and the Carpentry Guild—simultaneously pledged allegiance to Southern Jiangsu.

Meanwhile, the people of Gus Pasha and the Knights of Harun, upon learning of their defeat and Sunan's renewed claim to the entire territory, immediately surrendered and, along with five villages, sought to return to what they called the "right" allegiance.

Harun had no children.

But Guts Pasha had a bunch of lovers and a bunch of children with them. According to the old butler's investigation, even Guts Pasha himself couldn't be sure if those numerous illegitimate children were his blood.

Perhaps some of them are simply children born to those lovers who are involved in all sorts of scandals, and to other men.

Su Nan had no qualms about dealing with Gus Pasha's descendants; whether he dealt with them or not was up to him. In any case, as time went by, he would become more and more powerful by deciphering more of the wizards' secrets.

I don't need to worry about the ants' revenge.

However, the old butler Warwick insisted on taking some action against these people to ensure their safety, but Su Nan didn't care how he did it.

His focus remained on researching new potions and improving his mental strength.

Another thing is the attempt to find a wizard.

After discovering the possibility of descendants of wizards in the mortal realm within the library of Maple Leaf Town, Su Nan ordered his subordinates to pay attention to those who lived strangely and in remote environments in his territory, as they might be the so-called wizard families.

Although this action feels a bit like buying a lottery ticket.

But Su Nan felt she should still give it a try; perhaps she could find the descendants of those wizards among the crowd.

Inside the attic of the Peter family castle, Su Nan threw a frog into a crucible, and the liquid inside immediately began to boil.

Within 10 seconds, Su Nan quickly threw a white chrysanthemum and a handful of grave ash into it. Then, a minute later, he poured the brewed potion into the prepared glass bottle.

The second potion in the Ghost series, Ghost Summon Frog, is now ready.

After the last practical experience, Su Nan instructed the AI ​​to invest its computing power in the Ghost series of potions, which reduce attack power and increase defense capabilities. Ghost Frog is a product of this idea.

By simply crushing the potion, you can summon a frog ghost that, having completely relinquished its offensive capabilities, will repeatedly attempt to pounce on and provoke enemies, forcing them to attack it to prevent being knocked down.

These ghost frogs have high damage resistance, making them very useful in battle. They can assist you when facing enemies, making your enemies unable to use their skills and very frustrated.

Su Nan also tried to create some non-highly condensed soul-modified objects, that is, to make the ghosts summoned by the potion ordinary ghosts.

But he discovered that ordinary ghosts had virtually no fighting ability.

Or rather, ordinary ghosts can't cause any physical damage to living people; they can only scare them, and even their mental damage is very limited.

After conducting experiments, Su Nan discovered that ordinary ghosts are almost harmless to people under non-specific conditions.

That makes sense, since ghosts don't even have a physical body, so they're definitely not as powerful as ordinary people.

This proves that the spirits of the Guardians of Or are the right path.

Therefore, within this month, he had the AI ​​calculate two types of ghost potions.

These are the Ghostly Frog Summoning Potion and the Ghostly Wolf Summoning Potion.

Su Nan cleaned the crucible and started boiling it again, using a process similar to that of making the Ghostly Frog Summoning Potion, except that he replaced a live frog with a wolf's canine tooth.

A minute later, Su Nan poured the potion into three glass bottles.

These two potions are actually only difficult to make at the level of a third-class wizard apprentice.

The key project for which Su Nan deployed computing power to the AI ​​was actually the fourth potion in the Ghost series—by analyzing the Storm Knight's heart, attempting to utilize magic with highly concentrated soul fragments, and using scattered information about necromancy newly obtained from the Maple Leaf Town Library, to deduce a new permanent Ghost Knight potion.

The ghost knights summoned by this potion will possess the full strength of a regular knight, and will also have the new necromancy property [Resurrection] obtained by deducing from the information obtained from the library.

Su Nan tentatively named this potion Ghost Death Knight.

This potion is one that only a second-class wizard apprentice can craft.

Similarly, the formula will be optimized to perfection by the AI.

However, the current progress estimate is only 76%.

Within this month, Su Nan's mental strength increased from 10.2 to 10.5, and his magical strength also increased to 10.5.

Progress is a little slow.

Fortunately, the calculation progress for the +2 Mental Strength Enhancement Potion is already 99%, and it should be completed in the next few days.

With the new mental enhancement potion, the speed at which my mental strength increases will accelerate again.

Meanwhile, the calculation progress of the Super Werewolf Potion has reached 98%.

The information from the Maple Leaf Town Library has significantly accelerated the calculation progress for these two potions and the Ghost series potions.

Furthermore, in the Maple Leaf Town Library, Su Nan discovered a spell called "Stiffness Spell" hidden among the books using the AI. Unfortunately, the AI ​​found that the spell was recorded with many errors and omissions, making it impossible to learn or use.

Even more likely, this technique of stiffening might just be something fabricated by later generations who knew something about it.

However, by working backward, Su Nan obtained the recipe for a potion called "One-Legged Stiffness Potion".

He also refined three bottles within this month.

This potion can stiffen one of an enemy's legs, making them unable to run or walk normally, and only able to hop.

Su Nan thought that this thing might be quite useful in battle.

When lunchtime arrived, Su Nan had his servants decline several invitations to a banquet from the Maple Leaf Town guild, wealthy merchants, and two low-ranking nobles from the Knights' Territory.

During this period, although Su Nan refused invitations every day and kept a low profile, the low-ranking nobles and wealthy merchants in the territory were terrified and thought that Su Nan was very angry with them. Therefore, they always tried to invite Su Nan to their banquets.

Sometimes, Su Nan would think, why don't I go there once, so that some people can feel at ease?

In the castle's drawing room, the old butler, Warwick, hurried toward Sunan carrying a letter. "Lord Sunan," he said, "I never imagined the Pasha family would stoop so low as to correspond with the Duke of Thessaloniki."

"This guy actually sided with Duke Thessaloniki. Duke Thessaloniki wants to use Guts Pasha to control Maple Leaf Town, one of the most important commercial routes in the western territory of the Storm Kingdom."

"Lord Sunan, Duke Salonicaradin is the most powerful lord in the Kingdom of Storms, and he has always been defiant towards the royal family."

"Look, these are the letters I found between them. Perhaps the Duke has already realized that Gus Pasha has been killed by us."

Su Nan casually took the pile of letters.

After all, the Duchy of Thessaloniki is quite far from here, so I don't need to worry about it too much.

The Kingdom of Storms has its own feudal order, and the Duke cannot openly attack him. He cannot declare war on a lord of the same country, completely disregarding the face of the royal family and the opinions of other lords.

That's true, at least for now.

Moreover, the Duke also has his own enemies, whether it is the royal family or the nomadic chieftains in the north of the Storm Kingdom.

Moreover, I've been thinking recently about who to ask for new practical tests.

If the Duke wants to create trouble for himself, then I have no objection.

After receiving the letters, Su Nan rubbed his forehead, but lately he felt as if he had overlooked something.

……

In the countryside on the edge of the even more impoverished Baron Simon's territory, next to Baron Peter's territory, a knock came at the door of an ordinary farmer's house.

The male head of the household hurriedly opened the door, only to find that there was nothing outside.

There was nobody there.

But before he could even be taken aback, a voice came from behind him, from inside the room.

"I've come from a faraway place to find someone. I'm looking for Baron Peter's son, whose name should be Sunan Peter. Do you know him? He owes me something; his father stole some things from my house, and no one has returned them yet."

A chill ran down the farmer's back.

"It seems you don't recognize him."

(End of this chapter)