Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 28 Researching Unknown Creatures and Discovering Energy Shell Technology

The moment the blind spider charged at Su Nan, Su Nan smashed two bottles of magic potion on its forehead.

The moment the two magical liquids touched the air, they began to boil, turning into two plumes of smoke in the air, which then transformed into two vortexes of souls.

The soul vortex began to absorb the soul energy from the secret realm.

These two ghost potions only work when there are a large number of soul fragments around them, that is, when there are a lot of casualties.

It requires a large number of soul fragments to be compressed and condensed before they can become ghosts that surpass ordinary spirits.

But in the secret realm, it's completely unnecessary.

In the secret realm, fragments of unconscious life flow everywhere.

These fragments of the torrent, gathered by the vortex of souls, summoned a truck-sized, eerie green frog and three ordinary-sized, eerie blue ghost wolves.

The ghostly frog, the size of a truck, pinned the blind spider down, preventing it from getting close to Su Nan.

Meanwhile, the three ghostly wolves, following behind the ghostly frog, are always looking for an opportunity to attack and bite the blind spider.

In Su Nan's initial design, the Ghost Frog was a tank/support character, while the Ghost Wolf was meant to provide support and attack assistance during battle.

The Guardian of Orl glanced at the ghostly monsters summoned by the two potions and said, "These are truly excellent necromancy spells, Lord Sunan."

"It's hard to believe that you possess such exceptional skills without a complete magical lineage."

"Perhaps you are exceptionally gifted. If you had lived two thousand years ago, during the golden age of wizarding civilization on this land, your achievements would be unimaginable."

Su Nan nodded. He noticed a problem: the bites of the ghostly wolves weren't having much effect on the strange, blind spider.

When the three ghost wolves bit into the legs of the blind spider, their bites did not cause any harm to the blind spider.

It's not like when an ordinary person faces a werewolf messenger and inflicts damage with an iron sword, only to have the werewolf messenger quickly heal itself due to the messenger's immortality.

Instead, it cannot cause any harm from the very beginning.

Su Nan even discovered that the three ghost wolves he summoned would become more blurred each time they touched the blind spider.

In other words, as highly condensed creations of the soul, both the ghost wolf and the ghost frog began to disintegrate upon contact with the blind spider.

Su Nan frowned. "AI, analyze the data of that blind spider."

[Tentative Name: Blind Spider]

【Strength: 1.4】

【Speed: 2】

[Physical constitution: Unable to analyze]

[Mental Strength: Unanalyzable]

[The other party seems completely different from both real-world and spiritual beings. Even within the wizarding world, they are likely an alien species. Due to insufficient data, we cannot draw any conclusions at this time.]

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. The basic combat strength of the ghost wolves he summoned was actually similar to that of ordinary wolves, except that they had the ghostly characteristics.

The Ghost Frog has a speed and strength of 1, but its constitution is 3, which is enough to restrain the enemy.

The Ghost Frog, which possesses a constitution equivalent to 3 (equivalent to a regular Storm Knight's constitution), is now on the verge of collapse under the relentless attacks of the Blind Spider's spider legs. Moreover, the fragments of its collapsing soul seem to be tainted by something unclean, rendering them unusable.

Su Nan glanced at the Guardian of Orl, who was covered in injuries and had not yet recovered.

No wonder Orl was having such a hard time.

The blind spider that suddenly appeared in the secret realm seemed too strange.

It's almost like the nemesis of the Guardians of Orl, such highly condensed soul-modified beings.

The Guardian of Orl, standing to the side, was quite worried seeing that even the ghost-type monsters were helpless against them. "These beings from the energy world are far too effective against ordinary magical creatures."

"What should we do?"

"Now that we don't have any official wizards or first-class wizard apprentices from the Gray Earth Cemetery around us, can we really handle it?"

"Damn cultists. Lord Sunan, those cultists must be in your territory."

Su Nan glanced at Or and said, "Don't worry, Or. The situation is still under control. Wizards are least afraid of encountering the unknown; on the contrary, wizards should be overjoyed when they encounter the unknown."

Su Nan explained, "Because by deciphering the unknown, we can gain new knowledge, and with new knowledge, we can master even more powerful magical abilities."

He thought to himself, "AI, analyze why my ghost-type monsters can't damage that monster."

"Also, let's analyze why my ghostly monsters tend to crumble upon contact with it."

【OK. 】

[Analysis of the battle data shows that the spider monster possesses life form characteristics completely different from those of creatures in the material world and your existence in the secret realm.]

Its body is surrounded by a powerful energy shell.

[The moment your ghostly monster and the Guardian of Orb attacked its energy shell, all their attacks were converted into energy, strengthening and merging with the shell, rendering the attacks ineffective.]

[At the same time, the moment your ghostly monster comes into contact with its surface energy shell, the mana that originally constituted its ghostly form will be contaminated by that energy shell. Short-term contact is of course harmless, but prolonged contact will cause the mana you have left within the ghostly monster to collapse.]

It is worth noting that—

That spider monster, rather than being a creature, would have been more like a ball of electricity, a beam of light, a flame, or a mass of energy in your past life on Earth.

But now it has skin, limbs, and may even bleed.

There is very little information available about the energy world that wizards speak of.

Furthermore, if this is the case, then this creature's energy shell likely not only provides a natural advantage against the Guardians of Or and the Ghost series of monsters, but also against the spells of sorcerers.

[We suggest you use a sleep potion on it to test the spell.]

[If more combat data on this type of monster could be recorded, perhaps the energy shell technology could be replicated and applied to the potion recipe for the Ghost Death Knight, which is still in the conceptual design stage.]

Su Nan understood; this meant that he couldn't quickly resolve and eliminate the spider monster that had invaded his secret realm territory.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of resources.

Su Nan glanced at Or, who was standing to the side looking worried, even somewhat fearful. Unlike Or, the guardian, he didn't have the burdens of the past. In his eyes, the wizarding world was full of mysterious and unknown things.

If you encounter any questions, just analyze them. If you can't figure it out for now, just leave it for later. You'll figure it out eventually anyway.

(End of this chapter)