Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 280 The Golden Wizard's Cursed Spirit

Before leaving her manor with the blind monk, the new queen suddenly turned back to look at Su Nan. "Lord Su Nan, will we ever meet again?"

Su Nan calmly replied, "Of course. I can come to the palace to see you anytime. However, I have some matters to attend to recently, so let's meet at the palace next time."

The new queen cheered with joy; the core of her new personality was now Su Nan, and her eyes were filled with delight. "That's wonderful! We can see each other often now. It's a pity, Earl Peter, that you still have a lot of matters to attend to."

"Then I look forward to seeing you at the palace next time. It's just too dull inside."

The blind monk and the blind nun paused, exchanging a glance. They were almost certain that Su Nan had done something, but they couldn't be sure what exactly.

The blind nun used her psychic abilities to communicate with the blind monk in the spiritual realm. "Upon returning, arrange a series of examinations for the queen, and increase the number of sorcerers in the dark chamber of the queen's bedroom to create the Bride of Despair as soon as possible."

The blind monk, in the spiritual realm, reminded her: "Do not discuss this matter in front of Sunan Peter. I cannot be sure if he can enter our spiritual realm."

Su Nan looked up at him, and the blind monk quickly took the queen back.

At the same time, the AI ​​provided a response from southern Jiangsu.

[It has been confirmed that special communication channels exist between energy beings, enabling them to resonate and communicate on energy frequencies. However, continued communication is needed to determine the energy resonance frequency during their communication and to obtain the information exchanged.]

However, regardless of the circumstances, the new personality of the queen that the energy world is now facing will keep them quite busy.

Sunan assigned Warwick some tasks, instructing them to patrol the entire manor and prevent the sorcerers from setting fires again.

Su Nan wouldn't even bother to see such a petty trick a second time.

Next, Su Nan headed to the north side of Stormwind Keep's inner city, to Baron Eric's house. He had suddenly realized that the Golden Wizard might have some connection to him.

Or perhaps the Golden Wizard is the same wizard who killed his original father.

The old baron of the Eric family was a comrade-in-arms of his own father, who also participated in the Bulgar Wars. He also returned home and, for some inexplicable reason, his whole body rotted.

The difference is that after that incident, Baron Eric's family suddenly acquired a large amount of gold for some unknown reason, and then made a fortune.

Su Nan looked at the golden vengeful spirit struggling frantically in the white ash tree stabilizing potion. This was a cursed evil spirit that his werewolf deacon had discovered and captured on the edge of their territory on the third day after Wolf Three confirmed the remains of the golden wizard.

This evil spirit will repeatedly ask its people if they recognize it, and will kill people randomly.

Because this evil spirit had been lingering outside Count Peter's territory, it had not been able to find Sunan, and therefore Sunan had not discovered its existence.

This kind of evil spirit's curse method is called a black magic curse.

Meanwhile, in the third-to-last cell of the underground dungeon of the Peter family castle in Pella, a bag of gold coins was unearthed, following Sunan's instructions.

Pera discovered that inside the bag of gold coins was a letter addressed to Sunan Peter, or rather, to the original owner of this body.

Sunan had Pera read the letter in the dungeon. Pera said, "Sunan Peter, my dear son. My father's father, because he had no land to inherit in the Peter family's main branch, and not even any property, he brought his son and traveled thousands of miles to the Storm Kingdom, where he established a great enterprise."

"By my generation, we should have reached even greater heights, but who knew that I would fall into a crevice on the battlefield in Bulgaria? We saw countless riches, but also a warning about those riches—this is an unequal exchange. If you want to take away the gold coins of the Golden Wizard, you will have to pay something of higher value than the gold coins, which is your lives."

"But we were too greedy back then, and the curse came true. But before Father died, he wanted to leave you his last fortune. I took responsibility for the curse, and I have paid the corresponding price. All this pure gold is yours."

"It will definitely help you!"

Amidst the wolf pack effect, Su Nan sat in the carriage, a wry smile on his face. In truth, this was a gambler's act.

The bag of gold that Pera found was indeed a lot. Gold is extremely rare. Even in the underground rye region, the daily mining output is only about half a ton. But the bag of gold that Pera found in her own dungeon was more than a ton!

This was a huge fortune. He had borrowed less than a quarter of a ton of gold coins from the Storm Royal Family as collateral for a loan, yet he still managed to create the central commercial town, Maple Leaf Town.

No wonder, old Baron Peter… old Earl Peter, refused to hand over the gold coins even at the cost of his life. Of course, he was already under a curse at that time, so it was impossible for him to stop the transaction.

Inside the carriage, Su Nan looked at the golden cursed spirit trapped within the potion. "An unequal exchange? Using a transaction to lower the cost of the curse, and then using the golden cursed spirit to take back the other party's lifespan after the curse succeeds."

"From this, we can see that the magical path of a Gold Wizard is—"

"Life is something that can be traded."

"As a gold-level necromancer, he has his own unique understanding of magic."

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the dilapidated Baron Eric's house.

The family's house was in a state of disrepair; the glass in the windows and even the aluminum panels on the roof had all been removed, leaving the whole house looking dilapidated.

After accumulating wealth for about three years, the Baron Eric family squandered their fortune, leading to bankruptcy and the incompetence of their descendants. They ended up pawning and selling their family property to survive, even relying on their baronial title to freeload.

After all, the Storm Royal Family and the Storm Church would never allow a courtly honorary baronial family to fall to that level; it would make the common people feel that nobles and their faith were cheap.

Not long ago, the young Baron Eric, in his early twenties, fell seriously ill and collapsed at his bedside.

It wasn't until Warwick was investigating the Golden Wizards that he found their information inside Stormwind Keep.

According to the Oak Wizard, among the wizarding ruins of the Golden Wizard, there is at least one second-ring wizard tower and a complete set of manufacturing information for the second-ring wizard tower.

This is also the main reason why Su Nan set her sights on the ruins of the Golden Wizard.

Furthermore, since the Golden Wizard, as a half-step second-ring wizard, already possesses a second-ring wizard tower, he must have one solution to break through to the second ring and stabilize entropy increase. Even if that solution fails, it will still be useful to Su Nan as long as it is entered into the AI ​​and becomes data.

As Su Nan entered Baron Eric's ancestral home, Blom calmly kicked away the trash blocking his way inside the house.

Baron Eric's household now has almost no servants left, only a gaunt old servant who becomes very nervous upon seeing Su Nan and the Earl's family crest.

Sunan can still use the Earl's family crest because the Church of Storms rejected the royal decree stripping Sunan of his noble title.

The old servant bowed nervously to Su Nan and led him to Baron Eric's bedside. As soon as the old servant opened the door, Su Nan was hit by a pungent stench.

Baron Eric lay on his sickbed, his body decaying in many places. He said weakly, "Is this Earl Peter...? I'm so sorry, I look so rude..."

"But I can't get up anymore. My condition has been getting worse lately, just like my father's... exactly the same. In the dead of night, I often feel as if I'm not the only one in this room... I always feel like there's someone standing in front of my bed."

"But when I opened my eyes, I didn't find anything."

Su Nan turned his Arcane Intuition Ring and used the wizard's spiritual vision. He saw a golden cursed spirit standing in front of Baron Eric's bed. The spirit was staring at him fiercely, both fearful and resentful.

Baron Eric looked at Su Nan with envy. "Our fathers both died from the same disease, but I really envy you... Earl Peter, you seem completely unaffected."

Blom glanced at Sunan, then said to Baron Eric, "Perhaps there really has always been a second 'person' in your room."

Su Nan looked at Baron Eric and said, "Did you spend all the gold coins your father left you? If you can return the money, I might be able to cure your illness."

This is a curse cast by a half-step second-circle wizard, and Su Nan cannot break it without a counter-curse. More importantly, by observing Baron Eric, Su Nan discovers that he himself is also under the influence of this curse.

In other words, one is also in a state of being cursed.

The only problem is that the tax-collecting evil spirits sent by the Golden Wizard are too weak. They can't even shake me, and they can't withstand my magical pressure even if they get close to me.

So I have nothing to do with myself.

As for Baron Eric's current situation, even if I remove the evil spirit for him, it will be meaningless. As long as the curse remains, the second and third evil spirits will soon arrive. However, if Baron Eric can return the gold, I can help him lift the curse.

Although the Golden Wizard never intended for the deal to be canceled, the fact that a deal can be canceled is an objective theorem. As long as one grasps this point, one can target his entire black magic and break the spell.

Baron Eric gave a wry smile. "It's all gone, all gone. When wealth comes too easily, people stop caring and cherishing it..."

"That gold really ruined me..."

"However, there is one thing left, a worthless ceramic vase, which I feel might be an antique. It was a container my father used to hold that gold."

Baron Eric pointed to the headboard of his bed. "It's this thing. If you want it... take it. If possible, could you pay me some money? I can use it to buy medicine."

Su Nan walked over, picked up the ceramic vase, and the moment he touched the vase, the curse on his body suddenly became active.

Then the evil spirit, filled with resentment, tried to pounce, but Su Nan released a little bit of his demonic pressure, and the entire room was filled with demonic pressure lines. The golden vengeful spirit let out a wail and actually disintegrated and disintegrated.

Su Nan looked at the antique vase in his hand and noticed a line of text inside. Presumably, no one in Baron Eric's family could read this kind of wizarding script, but Su Nan understood it. It meant that every gift from fate had already been marked with a price.

Those who squander the gifts of fate will find themselves without enough to repay the favors they received when times of crisis come.

Su Nan said in a voice only he could hear, "So that's what makes loan sharks so despicable. After all this time, the Golden Wizard turned himself into a loan shark by studying magic."

"Trading gold for life."

"He still uses the form of usury to harvest people's lifespans. His main research area is also black magic. And it is very likely that he uses black magic to harvest and create golden vengeful spirits to increase his army of the dead."

This is the second master of black magic that Su Nan has encountered. The last master of black magic, Brutus, had already been largely outmaneuvered by the wizards Anthony and Myrcator, so he didn't cause Su Nan much trouble.

But now this Golden Wizard is his main opponent.

Su Nan thought for a moment and realized that it was already the end of the month, so he could attend the gathering.

Before entering the ruins of the Golden Wizard, it's best to ask your companions at the gathering if they know of any treasures that can replace or neutralize the curse.

In reality, he was already under the curse of the Golden Wizard, but it had not been activated yet.

In this situation, one is more likely to be cursed.

Su Nan looked at the bottom of the vase, where a lotus flower was painted.

This lotus flower is composed of six concentric circles, each with architectural patterns on it, and at the very center of the lotus is the shape of a wizard's tower.

Su Nan frowned, perhaps he could ask the old wizard "Chariot" in the gathering for help. He was a wizard who studied the history of magic, and perhaps he could see a deeper path of the Golden Wizard from this pattern, as well as the specific meaning of the pattern.

Su Nan looked at Baron Eric and said, "I'll give you ten gold coins in exchange for this vase. Although the vase itself isn't of much use to me."

"But I hope you can be more frugal with your spending."

"After all, as long as we keep waiting, no matter how hard life is now, there will always be a chance for things to turn around in the future."

If I take over the legacy of the Golden Wizard, all the curses and sorcery I've been reaping outside will disappear.

This will allow Baron Eric to recover his health.

But Su Nan looked at him with a hint of doubt. Could a spendthrift really be restrained after he got money?

However, this has little to do with me anymore.

Sunan turned and left, saying to Blom, "Arrange a carriage; I'm leaving the capital for the Bulgarian region."

Blom stepped out of the mansion of the Eric family and onto the street, then smiled at Sunan and said, "Some people will probably breathe a sigh of relief when they see our carriage leaving Stormwind Keep."

Su Nan said, "It doesn't matter, we'll be back anyway. There are enough sorcerers here. To break through to the second-ring wizard level, I need a lot of sorcerers, even a lot of five-star and six-star sorcerers, to refine medicine."

"Moreover, I have left enough material in the Queen's mind. The energy world will need a lot of time just to resolve this problem."

(End of this chapter)