Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 263 Heading to Stormwind Keep

Storm Kingdom, year 58, second month of winter.

At Peter Castle, Sunan received a document from Stormwind Keep bearing the king's seal—a document revoking his noble title.

Su Nan looked in the study and saw his own name among them. Not only that, but the Duke of Thessaloniki had also been dismissed.

There was also the Duke of Achaia, the Count of Attica, and a long list of hundreds of nobles, both large and small.

The king practically wanted to abolish the titles of more than two-thirds of the nobles in the kingdom, and to abolish the obligation of allegiance to these lords for all the people of the territories.

At the same time, King Barry issued a royal decree demanding that the Church of Storms follow him in excommunicating all the aforementioned nobles and forbidding these sinful lords from holding Mass and praying to the God of Storms.

However, the Church of Storms and the Archbishop remained silent this time.

Even the Church of Storms probably can't understand the royal family's bizarre actions.

In any case, there are two parts that maintain this kingdom: the kingdom itself and the church.

As long as the Storm Church doesn't go mad, the only one who will become a laughing stock is the Storm Royal Family.

King Barry, a week later, summoned the Kingdom Council within Stormwind Keep, intending to use the council to formally pressure the Church to issue an excommunication order.

In the study, Su Nan held the warrant stamped with the royal seal and suddenly smiled.

When he signed the contract with Barry, he had actually seen Barry's signature. Although the signature on this document looked very much like Barry's, upon closer inspection, Su Nan could confirm that it was not Barry's own signature.

Su Nan laughed and said, "Now I know that Barry was neither involved in their organization nor coerced by them. The king in Stormwind Castle's palace is a complete imposter."

"But this time, they've got quite an imagination. If they really do convene the Kingdom Council a week later, they might actually achieve what could have been a complete split in the Storm Kingdom."

Su Nan pondered, "This confirms one thing for me. After the Energy World destroyed the Eastern Human Empire, the next target for destruction will be the Storm Kingdom."

"Destroying this kingdom would benefit them. For me, the destruction of this kingdom would be a loss greater than a gain. Moreover, the energy world is the enemy of the wizards, and I will not allow them to accomplish what they set out to do."

Warwick helped Su Nan tidy up the files on his desk and said, "This kind of approach doesn't seem like the Blind Sister's style. The Blind Sister is more direct; she prefers to use more direct methods like assassination to create chaos in a region."

Su Nan thought of the blind monk. "Hmm. Prepare the carriage; this time we're going to the capital as the royal family's creditors."

Previously, the royal family had sold him the capital's grand library, which he had already sent people to receive, but the books were not yet fully organized and moved to his territory, and he had not yet obtained the Deep Blue Wizard's legacy.

During the two weeks of preparation, Su Nan also helped Vasilian increase his mental strength to 300, and used a large number of consumable magic potions to teach Vasilian the spells Frost Nova and Control the Skeleton King.

Meanwhile, Su Nan spent two weeks equipping all forty of his mutated werewolves with Arcane Blink Rings and Arcane Shield Rings.

In addition, he created twenty bottles of werewolf fusion potion, which allows two werewolves to temporarily combine and gain power greater than the sum of its parts.

Within two weeks, Su Nan also refined a bottle of Tree Spirit Potion from the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, but he has not yet found a suitable tree to transform it into an Ancient Tree of Knowledge Tree Spirit.

After all, that's a first-level creature, and it's not easy to find a tree with that qualification. The trees in the Four Seasons Garden are definitely not suitable.

Su Nan could only try to find a way to trade for suitable trees at the gathering, or perhaps go to Stormwind Keep to see if he could find suitable magical resources.

Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, Rye Matriarch and Song Zhong are working diligently to produce special fire fox pelts to help Su Nan refine the Wrath of the Fire Demon.

The arcane swarm is searching the underground world inch by inch for entrances to other underground realms.

Currently, the development of their own spiritual power, insect swarms, wolf packs, treants, death knights, and golems has temporarily entered a period of stagnation.

We need to find new magical resources to move forward.

This is also the reason why Su Nan went to Stormwind Keep.

News of Su Nan's journey to Stormwind Keep didn't attract much attention, because even Duke Thessalonian was protesting to the Stormwind Royal Family. The entire noble circle of the Stormwind Kingdom was in an uproar.

Therefore, it would be quite normal for an earl to travel to Stormwind Keep at this time. Moreover, it makes even more sense that Su Nan was going there as a creditor of the royal family.

Duke Thessaloniki, now leading his army, has also headed to Stormwind Keep and is stationed outside. While Duke Thessaloniki may not be able to defeat the Bulgars, he can certainly defeat the royal army, which has suffered repeated heavy losses.

Especially now, the attitude of the Storm Church is quite ambiguous.

Sunan, along with Warwick, Blom, Robert (who had recently become a Storm Knight), Vasilian, the Death Knights, and the vampire Cole, headed to Stormhold.

With the Niche Reversal Charm active, Su Nan could easily summon treants, swarms of insects, and golems. He also needed a force to defend his base, so he didn't bring an army of insects or similar creatures.

Outside Stormwind Keep, there is a forest to the north and a plain to the south.

Stormwind Keep, formerly the capital of an Eastern human empire, boasts a history spanning a thousand years. It features two walls on land and is surrounded by the sea on three sides, making it easily defensible.

The castle complex within Stormwind Keep's walls is magnificent and grand, exuding a sense of grandeur.

However, on the road to Stormwind Keep, there was an army escorting a convoy of fifteen prison wagons.

These prison carts were filled with well-dressed, pampered nobles.

A large number of soldiers vigilantly guarded the prison convoy, seemingly on the verge of an attack.

Sunan sat in the carriage and ordered the driver, Blom, to stop a passing farmer and ask him what was going on with the prison cart convoy.

The farmer immediately lowered his voice and replied to Blom, "Those people are prisoners of the Earl of Granville's family. We heard in the streets and alleys that we were from the Earl of Granville's family and had angered King Barry."

"It was believed that King Barry's appointment of certain officials was unreasonable, and as a result, just a few days ago, the entire Earl of Granville was executed for treason, and the King's army and knights surrounded the Earl of Granville."

"Perhaps the Granville family really has a problem, otherwise why would the king want to deal with them?"

In the midst of the wolf pack effect, Blom received Su Nan's order, nodded to the farmer, gave him a silver coin, and then drove away to the farmer's delight.

The Death Knights were escorting the three Peter family carriages heading to Stormwind Keep.

Su Nan immediately understood what was going on. It was probably that old bastard blind monk eliminating dissidents, clearing out all the nobles who might discover their true colors from the capital, and continuing to disrupt the politics of the Storm Kingdom.

Before Su Nan and his companions had gone two hundred meters further in their carriage, they suddenly heard a commotion behind them.

He opened the carriage door and saw a cavalry unit suddenly emerge from the nearby woods and attack the Storm Royal Army.

Knights in the Storm Royal Army shouted, "Rebels! Rebels!"

The knights who charged out of the woods shouted, "We are not rebels! The Earl of Granville has always been loyal to the kingdom, but now there are traitors within the royal family!"

The two sides started fighting.

The farmers and merchants lining the road all avoided him like the plague. Meanwhile, Sunan ordered Blom to enter Stormwind Keep and rush in before the city gates closed.

Su Nan leaned against the carriage, tapping the window with his finger, and said, "The capital has indeed become very chaotic. All forces have gathered here, and one takes the stage as another falls."

"Then it's my turn. First, I'll go to the capital's Grand Library to receive my resources. Second, I'll send Wolf Three to the area near Bulgaria to search for the Golden Wizard's relics."

"And then... there are a lot of sorcerers in this city now. I'm going to capture some to use against Myrcart."

"Next, we will search for the remaining vampires who are loyal to the energy world."

Commerce and trade within Stormwind Keep are very prosperous, but they are mostly managed by the Platinum Commercial Republic. After entering Stormwind Keep, Su Nan and his group immediately rented a decent villa and a small estate in the inner city area.

With the gold mines in the rye underground region, Su Nan was not short of money at all, so he simply bought a comfortable residence.

Next, Su Nan went directly to the Capital Library.

The Capital Library has a long history and covers a large area, but at this moment, there are not many people inside.

Su Nan arrived on the first floor, found the staff member in charge of directions and zoning in the library, and asked, "I want book number 1023 in your library."

Before the middle-aged staff member could react, Su Nan quickly revealed his identity. "By the way, I'm the new owner of this library."

"Sunan Peter".

The middle-aged staff member glanced at Su Nan's elaborate blue aristocratic robes and the family crest on them, finally realizing that this was their library's new owner. He immediately bowed habitually and said to Su Nan, "Your Excellency, greetings. I'll go fetch that book for you right away."

Su Nan asked, "Were many people who borrowed book number 1023 before?"

The middle-aged staff member pondered for a moment, "Count Peter, it shouldn't be many. The library has a vast collection of books, hundreds of thousands."

"So there aren't many people who would look at book number 1023, but it's not impossible. We haven't paid attention to it, so we can't be sure. But in any case, this book has definitely not been lost yet."

(End of this chapter)