Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 285 Demon Village: Grady's Village

As they ventured deeper into the mountains, the dense forests and foliage created an atmosphere where the entire village of Grady was surrounded by dozens of hills and dense forests, making it perpetually gloomy and dark.

The dense forest conceals many things beneath its overlapping canopy.

In ancient times, this was the northern border of the Eastern human empire.

However, during the Storm Kingdom era, because its national strength was far inferior to that of the Eastern Human Empire at its peak, this region was long in the hands of the Bulgars or other nomadic tribes.

The nomadic tribes could easily cross this barrier and march south to attack Stormwind Keep.

Moreover, with these towns near the mountains, nomadic tribes essentially acquired the characteristics of settled life.

Nomadic tribes themselves are not inherently dangerous, as their organizational structure is loose; even the most powerful ones are merely capable of raiding. However, nomadic tribes with feudal organizational structures can conquer cities and seize territories.

As Su Nan walked through the mountains, he noticed that a miasma had formed in the area, composed of poisonous fog, a perpetually gloomy environment, and out-of-control black magic.

The air in this region is filled with a special miasma. This miasma is not good for the health of ordinary people; living here would likely lead to a short life and many illnesses.

In southern Jiangsu, a highly concentrated cloud of miasma was even observed under a tree. Beside the tree lay a skeleton, seemingly left behind by a local resident.

This green miasma, if it falls into a mortal's body, will directly corrode his flesh, leaving him with only a skeleton.

The mountain dweller stared at the skeleton amidst the green miasma, his teeth chattering in terror. "See? I told you this place was eerie."

"Everyone be careful, and don't step into that green fog."

"Oh, sir, you actually put such disgusting stuff into your bottle."

Su Nan opened a bottle of White Leaf Tree Stabilizing Sap Potion, introduced the green miasma into it, and stored it. He shook the potion and found that the miasma in the White Leaf Tree sap did not change much, so it seemed that the effect had been stabilized.

It's not bad to occasionally study this miasma; perhaps you can discover a new aspect of magic and even apply that knowledge to other areas. One shouldn't limit oneself.

Sunan asked Vasilyan and Warwick beside him, "How are you feeling?"

Vasilyan replied briefly, "Master, I am fine."

Warwick said, "It was a little uncomfortable, but I adapted to the environment quickly."

Su Nan said, "Keep going..."

They walked for about half an hour more, by which time the mountain dweller's legs were starting to feel weak. Along the way, they encountered many venomous snakes and insects, but these were nothing to worry about in southern Jiangsu at this time.

Before these things could even get close, they were crushed to death by the demonic pressure emanating from Su Nan.

Along the way, there were insects everywhere that had been killed by Su Nan's demonic pressure.

Su Nan did not hide his magic pressure of 503. After all, if there were any powerful first-ring wizards here, they should have taken the initiative to come out and negotiate with him.

If not, then I can do whatever I want.

I'm here to harvest the magical resources here.

Of course, Vasilyan and Warwick were disguised; this was a necessary backup plan.

Soon, a poisoned arrow landed at the feet of the mountain dweller. A mountain dweller with a hostile expression, scars on his face, and a monkey-like appearance was seen holding a bamboo tube used for blowing darts.

He looked at the mountain guide from southern Jiangsu and angrily rebuked him, "How dare you enter this place? This is our family's territory. Outsiders are not welcome. Leave here immediately!"

"This is the last warning. If you don't leave, you will be covered in rotting flesh and die in your own beds."

Their local guide, pale with fright, kept looking at Su Nan, "Sir... sir... we'd better leave here."

"These people from Grady Village are terrifying..."

Su Nan looked at the villagers of Grady Village, stared for a few seconds, and then suddenly laughed.

"Mortals, arrogant."

The next moment, Su Nan's demonic pressure focused on the bamboo tube used for blowing darts in the opponent's hand.

In an instant, the bamboo tube was crushed into dozens of pieces by the demonic pressure. Then, Su Nan glanced at the bamboo fragments, and all the fragments burst into flames right in front of the mountain dweller.

A large flame ignited on the chest of the mountain man from Grady Village. He tried to extinguish the flame in front of him, then looked at Sunan Peter in horror.

"you……"

"Are you a sorcerer?"

Su Nan didn't bother with further words. The next moment, before Su Nan's eyes, wind elements condensed into a knife, slicing open his cheek. "I'm going to Grady Village. Lead the way."

The area is shrouded in miasma and has a complex terrain, making it difficult to pinpoint the location of Grady Village for the time being.

The villagers of Grady Village and their guide looked at Su Nan in fear.

They all regarded Su Nan as a sorcerer in these mountains.

Su Nan looked at the mountain village guide who had led the way and tossed him a gold coin. "Consider this your reward. Go back the way you came."

Sunan used a niche reversal spell to summon Cole, and then the look in Cole's eyes forced him to forget everything.

So, Su Nan looked at the mountain people of Grady Village.

The villagers of Grady Village dared not offend Su Nan. "Master of sorcery, I will take you into our village."

"Don't kill me."

With the help of this local villager, they quickly found a village amidst the miasma in southern Jiangsu.

The village was located in a place that was barely free of miasma, nestled between miasma and mountains. Most of the villagers looked weak and were coughing constantly.

Su Nan saw the core area of ​​the village.

The core area of ​​this village is the settlement of two families, with their respective family crests on the stone and wooden houses, which appear to be the coats of arms of an ancient noble family.

It has disappeared in this era.

Su Nan was still standing on a hillside when he saw that in this village of Grady, there were at least two hundred wells. Many villagers tied a rope around their bodies and then jumped into the wells, while others watched from above.

Some people had just jumped into the well, while others had already climbed out, carrying a large bag on their backs.

Then they scattered these things on the ground; most of them were bronze, and a small portion was gold.

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. "I see."

The Golden Wizard's black magic system uses gold to harvest lifespans. His magical path believes that gold can be traded for lifespans to achieve certain goals.

Therefore, this system inevitably cultivates a group of people who try every day to find treasure in his wizarding relics. These families pass down their traditions for generations, exchanging their lifespans little by little for the treasure of the Golden Wizard.

But what is the purpose of the Golden Wizard having so much lifespan gathered in his body?

His current physical condition doesn't even seem to qualify him as a normal living person.

Over the past two thousand years, how many years of lifespan has he accumulated using this method?

Su Nan then thought of the next question: if he hadn't used up the lifespan he had accumulated, could he have seized it and used it to refine magic potions...?

Moreover, the Golden Wizard's wizarding relics should contain a large number of high-level undead, and he himself needs the corpse of a first-level undead creature.

Su Nan led his men down the hillside to the well south of Grady Village. Looking at the villagers with ropes tied around their waists, who were trying to go down into the well, he said to Warwick, "The residents of this village are essentially descendants of tomb raiders."

"Not bad, it seems like they've all mastered tomb raiding skills. I'm starting to like them."

Warwick pondered for a moment and understood why Su Nan had taken a liking to these tomb-raiding villagers.

If these villagers can use their mortal bodies to enter the ruins of a half-step second-ring wizard, then they can certainly excavate other ruins in the world for Sunan.

Su Nan looked at the brass ring on his left thumb. It was something the "Justice" witch had given him at the market that day. There were two of them, and they were meant to be linked together.

Now, Mary should have found herself by following her own demonic pressure.

Su Nan looked behind him and, sure enough, Mary, dressed in a black and white dress, stood behind him with her arms crossed, saying, "Su Nan, this place is quite hard to find. There's some strange energy preventing me from finding it."

Now that Mary is a full-fledged wizard, she no longer calls him "adult" or "elder sister." They are now on equal footing, but their relationship is actually more familiar than before.

Su Nan smiled slightly, looking Mary up and down. "Your mental strength has actually reached 200. How did you do that?"

Mary laughed, "Thanks to your Flash +1 potion, and also..."

Mary composed herself and said, "Ever since I discovered that my divine talent and the path of the wizard were combining very successfully, I told my elder brother Michael VIII. He devised a way to arrange a series of powerful curses for me, and then helped me to break them and strengthen my power."

"Sometimes, I feel that he only has cold rationality. In his eyes, the relationship between people is just a transaction."

"They didn't consider my feelings at all. But then again, as the biggest beneficiary of the Nicomedia Empire's wealth, I really shouldn't have said those things."

Mary said, "Am I being too ungrateful, Su Nan?"

Sunan looked at Mary Palaiolo and said, "I don't know. But Mary, you are now a first-circle wizard, and you are also a divine being of the Palaiolo family. I've noticed that the special divine power of the God of Law within you is even stronger."

"I think the God of Law doesn't mind that you're a wizard; on the contrary, he favors you even more."

"Summon your courage, 'Justice,' just like the card you chose in the Tarot."

Tarot cards are a popular form of divination, and Su Nan believes that tarot cards have special meanings.

Wizards possess a special spirituality, and the tarot cards they randomly choose can represent their personality and future.

Mary Balleillo smiled and said, "Indeed."

"I am, after all, a god, and a first-ring wizard."

"I can make my own decisions!"

(End of this chapter)