Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 266 The Hypnotic Abilities of Vampires

Inside the church.

After thinking for a moment, Su Nan realized that the Tuval Earl family was an old Storm noble family that had come from Flanders together with the current Storm Royal Family.

Moreover, the Tuval Earl family had a distinguished military record, having occupied a considerable amount of territory, and was even a family that was once considered a contender for the throne alongside the current Storm Royal Family.

However, in the end, everyone voted for the current Storm Royal Family.

Moreover, the Tuval Earl family has a member who became a Grand Knight before the age of thirty and is said to be very close to the legendary Storm Knight—Quent Tuval.

No wonder the Tuval Earl family became a thorn in the side of the blind monks.

Su Nan glanced at Cole, and Cole immediately understood what Su Nan meant, since Cole had now also joined the wolf pack effect.

Cole grabbed the vampire by the neck and held him in front of his eyes, continuing to hypnotize him with [Hypnosis], saying, "You didn't say anything just now. You can't remember what we look like. You don't know what happened. All you know is that you fell at the very beginning of the battle."

"When you got up, you were terrified, and you went to the Tuvale family."

The vampire's eyes were already glazed over, and he mumbled the words Cole had told him.

Following Sunan's instructions, Cole continued, "You ask those vampires to take you in, and you will do as they say."

Cole took a vial of wolfsbane potion from Warwick, then stuffed it into the vampire's mouth and into his stomach.

Cole said, "You will secretly poison them, pour this bottle of wolfsbane into their drinking blood, and after they are all poisoned, bring them to me and Lord Sunan."

"If you are discovered during this process, your brain will immediately go haywire, and you will resort to a suicide attack, using this bottle of wolfsbane to eliminate the person who discovers you."

The vampire named Ron collapsed in a daze. When he got up again, he ignored Su Nan and the others standing next to him and ran out of the church at vampire speed.

Because the effects of the monk's magic cube were disrupted by Su Nan's magic potion that could generate lightning, the entire church can now be connected to the outside world.

Outside the church, the soldiers and knights who had been struck by the sorcerer's spell were now lying on the ground, fast asleep.

It wasn't for any other reason than that their mental and physical health had been severely damaged, which caused them to faint.

So Ron's frantic running went unnoticed.

Warwick looked at Su Nan and said, "Cole's hypnotic abilities seem to be something that ordinary vampires don't have."

Su Nan nodded and said affirmatively, "That's indeed the case. This is a natural phenomenon that occurred after I strengthened the connection between the vampire and the sun."

"I'm still researching the principles behind them. There are still many mysteries surrounding vampires, werewolves, and even intelligent ghouls. But one thing is certain: they are all related to the Blood World, and they all possess the characteristic of immortality."

Su Nan said, "In the future, we should also study the Blood World."

Meanwhile, Cole had arrived before the ten witchers who had become full-fledged second-tier wizard apprentices. Cole then continued to use his hypnotic abilities to induce these apprentices to weave lies, as Su Nan had instructed.

Hypnotic abilities cannot work on beings of higher levels, and have little effect on those of the same level; hypnosis is almost impossible to achieve. It only works on beings one level lower than Cole himself, but it's a powerful tool for easily defeating weaker opponents.

For example, Ron, who was just turned into an ordinary vampire after having his warlock bloodline extracted, and the witch hunters who are now only at the level of second-class wizard apprentices, are all at a much lower level than the vampire baron who has undergone four ascensions.

Of course, hypnotic abilities cannot be too outrageous or defy common sense.

For example, when hypnotizing these witchers, the content cannot be things that completely contradict common sense, such as eating will lead to death or fire will cool down.

Hypnotic substances must be logical.

So, Sunan had Cole weave a lie, but one that was logical: the witchers gradually discovered that their parents had been killed by a blind monk.

That is indeed the truth.

Some of these witchers were completely unaware of this, some had guessed it, and some had guessed it, but remained indifferent to it.

But regardless, this is indeed logical, because it is a fact.

So, Su Nan had Karl hypnotize them and implant a second lie: they had discovered the blind monk's plot, and then the blind monk drained their sorcerer powers.

Enraged, they could only seek help from the wizard Sunan Peter, and thus they would lead the wizard Sunan Peter to the strongholds of other sorcerer groups in the capital.

At the same time, they would tell Su Nan everything they knew.

After hypnotizing the ten witchers, Cole was a little tired. He rubbed his temples and knelt on one knee before Su Nan, saying, "Immortal King."

"I've finished."

Warwick used the wolf pack effect to tell Su Nan, "His ability is really useful. But is this hypnotic effect absolute? Can it last indefinitely, young master?"

Su Nan responded in the Wolf Pack Effect: "Since it's hypnosis, not brainwashing, it certainly won't be absolute, nor will it last indefinitely. These are all second-tier wizard apprentices. I predict that within half a month, they will realize that there are problems with their memories, such as the person who extracted their sorcerer power being replaced in their memories."

"They will be free from hypnosis in less than a month."

"But the prerequisite is that they have to survive this month. I will basically use them as treasure-hunting rats."

"A month should be enough."

Warwick nodded to Sunan.

At that time, the demon hunters seemed to have truly discovered the blind monks' deception through their own efforts, and began to tell Su Nan incessantly.

"That wretched energy world has completely deceived us. It turns out they are the ones who killed my parents."

"Lord Sunan Wizard, the blind monk is the mastermind behind the Stormwind Keep project. He will open the 'door' needed for the second phase of the plan here, officially summoning the army of the blind king. We can't let him succeed."

"Yes, these are the blueprints he used to create the summoning ritual. It's roughly based on the five churches of Stormwind Keep and ten noble manors, using the architecture of Stormwind Keep to form a pattern of a dark star. That's why they used the king to eliminate dissidents."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows and looked at the map drawn on the ground by the ten demon hunters. He immediately realized that this formation was indeed a super-giant summoning gate.

Moreover, based on my current understanding, this colossal summoning portal requires an enormous amount of engineering work. No wonder the warlocks have become so reckless in their actions within Stormwind Keep. Because without doing this, completing this goal would be a distant dream.

Moreover, it includes the residences of some commoners, as well as monasteries and the old homes of nobles.

Commoners are relatively easy to obtain these residences through a few means, but the residences of monasteries and nobles cannot be cleared or renovated without the help of the royal family.

This is likely the reason why the blind monk instructed his puppet king to issue similar orders as before.

However, Su Nan discovered that this formation seemed to lack an energy source.

Su Nan looked at the core of the formation and immediately narrowed his eyes. That was... the Stormwind Royal Palace.

Therefore, the blind monk's base of operations is now in that royal palace. He must be preparing to do something in the palace that will allow the location of the palace to provide energy for the entire "Gate" ritual.

However, the palace is currently at the center of the ceremony, an area meticulously prepared by the blind monks. Going directly there would not be very beneficial for me, and the cost-effectiveness would be low.

On the contrary, according to this formation, slaughtering the already modified or partially modified buildings at each node would be more profitable and cost-effective for oneself.

After all, no matter how powerful your ritual center is, if all the stages around you are cut off, it will be like a spider with only its abdomen left and no legs.

Inside the church, old Frank looked at the body of his nephew, young Frank, and shed tears.

He said with a hint of exasperation, "I have no children, unlike other priests who have lovers, so I've always treated you like my own son. Why would you sell your soul and body just because you owe money?"

"If you need money, you can tell me. Why keep it to yourself? Even if I found out, what can I do? At most, I'll scold you a few times. You're such a fool. Your death was so unworthy."

Old Frank looked up at Su Nan and said, "I never expected that the Storm Lord of Count Peter's territory would be a wizard."

"I don't think you'll keep my memories. You'll alter mine just like you altered theirs. But can I make one request?"

Su Nan raised an eyebrow and looked at the elaborate aristocratic robe he was wearing. He realized that it was the family crest on the cuff of his robe that allowed High Priest Frank to recognize his identity. The old high priest had learned aristocratic heraldry quite well.

Su Nan asked, "What request?"

Old Frank said, "What I remember most is that a cult attacked our church, and that this cultist had connections to the King."

Su Nan shook his head. "That's impossible."

Old Frank's eyes dimmed. "Is that so? I thought we could at least stand on the same side. Even wizards don't want their country to be destroyed."

Su Nan said, "On the contrary, the reason why you can't remember this kind of thing is because the current king has been replaced."

Old Frank's pupils suddenly contracted. "They even did something like this? They're incredibly audacious."

To reinforce his logic and facilitate subsequent hypnosis, Su Nan nodded and said, "Otherwise, no matter how young the King of Bari is, he wouldn't have issued such outrageous orders."

"Only cultists who don't care about the throne would do this."

Cole and old Frank locked eyes, their pupils meeting. Cole said, "You will faint, and you will forget everything related to the Peter family, including werewolves, vampires, and wizards. You will be knocked unconscious by the blind monk. When you wake up, you will see the church full of corpses, and you will learn one thing: the cultists have replaced the king, and the king on the throne now is an imposter."

"As an important member of the Storm Church, you firmly believe that the king on the throne is an imposter, and you will report this to the higher-ups of the Storm Church."

"And when someone doubts your memory, you will spare no effort to prove that your mind is clear."

Sunan nodded to Cole, then used a niche conversion spell to summon ten super werewolves, instructing them to move the corpses to the first surface town of the Bone Land that he was currently carrying with him.

If placed on the second level, in a deep town, the phenomenon of zombies coming back to life is more likely to occur.

The next morning, the Lavia Church next to the library, filled with the corpses of church soldiers, immediately attracted the attention of the entire Stormwind Keep.

Due to the interference of Sunan, the Supreme Order not only failed to properly dispose of the corpses and renovate the church, but also lost the old High Priest Frank and a large number of other church soldiers and knights.

High Priest Frank did not disappoint Su Nan. Under hypnosis, he claimed that the current king was a fake, and that the people who massacred the Lavia Church were the Supreme Order that supported the puppet king.

This caused a sensation among the high-ranking nobles and the church in Stormwind Keep, and everyone was waiting for the king to prove himself. Due to the king's recent series of miraculous actions, many nobles had already come to believe High Priest Frank's explanation.

This will certainly cause a lot of trouble for blind monks.

The following night, following the array diagram and guided by the demon hunter, Su Nan captured a house guarded by seven one-star sorcerers and three two-star sorcerers, cleared out one of their strongholds again, and obtained a large amount of sorcerer essence bloodline.

When Su Nan returned to his villa in Stormwind Keep, he discovered that the manor was already engulfed in flames.

After all, it's a rented manor, not their own base, and it doesn't usually have much magical protection.

The culprit has also been captured by Blom. He is a three-star warlock. Su Nan directly extracted his warlock bloodline essence and then handed him over to Warwick for disposal.

Su Nan looked at the manor engulfed in flames, somewhat speechless. After all, he had rented the manor, and burning it down would at most cost him some compensation.

What's the point of such childish tricks?

However, Su Nan still carefully considered why the other party wanted to burn down his manor. After confirming that there wasn't anything too serious, Su Nan looked up and saw a nobleman dressed in high-class aristocratic attire, carrying a sword, walking towards him.

"Hello, Earl Peter, I am Isaac Roth."

"I am the patrol officer responsible for the security of the inner city of Stormwind Keep."

"It looks like your house is on fire."

Su Nan sized him up to confirm whether this Isaac was from the energy world or not, but the way this guy looked at him seemed to have something else in mind.

Su Nan said, "It's not really my home, it's just a place I'm staying temporarily."

Isaac Rost immediately lowered his voice and said to Su Nan, "Earl Peter, would you be interested in visiting our Rost family? In this cold season, we should all stick together for warmth."

(End of this chapter)