Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 42 Wolf Bite Potion and Herb King Carloyan

On the training ground.

Angel Statue Soldier Number One raised his right hand, transforming his palm into a hand blade, and slashed fiercely down at the ground.

Instantly, a shockwave formed between the ground and his heavy marble arm.

Warwick, the super werewolf butler, Blom, the werewolf veteran, and Robert, the knight's squire, all quickly escaped from the range of the hand chop attack.

With a loud bang.

A pit was actually cleaved into the stone brick floor of the training ground.

Just as the statue of Angel Soldier Number One raised its right hand to strike again, Su Nan commanded, "Alright, you can stop now."

Immediately, the statue of Angel Soldier Number One turned to Su Nan and said, "Yes... Master..."

The stone golem speaks rather slowly, unlike normal people, but that's better than not being able to speak at all.

The Sacrifice Stone Curse Transformation Potion can give a statue life. It also has a unique characteristic: the first person the statue sees on its first night after coming back to life will be its master, and it can only have one master.

Unless the owner is already dead.

If he doesn't see anyone on his first night, he will be without a master.

Therefore, on the first night that Angel Statue No. 1 became a living being, the person it saw was Su Nan.

Therefore, Angel Statue No. 1 regards Su Nan as its master.

Because Angel Statue Number One has established a magical connection with the castle, its character will be very stable, reliable, and loyal.

Su Nan had previously tested it, and even if this statue soldier were made to pretend to be an ordinary statue for half a month, it would remain motionless, faithfully fulfilling its mission without showing any impatience.

However, since it is a living statue, it doesn't seem to mind standing guard for long periods of time.

Su Nan said to Angel Statue Number One, "Let's stand at the fountain in front of the main castle building. While it's still dark and everyone is still asleep."

"Thank you for your hard work, Number One."

Angel Statue Number 1 said, "Yes... Master..."

"And I like standing..."

Then, he walked heavily to the fountain in front of the main castle building, and stood there, pretending that he was just an ordinary angel statue praising the messenger of the storm god.

Not yet quite used to the fact that the statue could turn into a living being, the old butler, veteran Blom, Robert, and others kept looking at the statue with amazement.

Veteran Blom said, "Lord Sunan, although it seems strange that the statue moves, that statue is truly magnificent."

"I feel that if I followed behind that statue and fought the enemy, it would be a very easy thing."

Blom said, somewhat exaggeratedly, "Yes, that will make things easier for everyone."

Robert's attendant couldn't help but say, "Mr. Blom, not everyone is as cunning as you. Lord Sunan, this statue soldier is indeed quite capable in combat, but he's too slow. He's very intimidating to the enemy in siege warfare, but his pursuit ability is insufficient."

Su Nan confirmed, "That's right. But if we're going to pursue them, we have a mixed force consisting of werewolf messengers and werewolf deacons."

"Furthermore, for my next golem creation, I plan to change my approach and make it a smaller, hollow plaster statue. In other words, for the second sacrificial stone golem, I want to take a budget-friendly route."

Su Nan glanced at the gargoyle statues on the roof of his castle. Castles usually have such statues on their roofs, for two reasons: decoration and drainage.

Sunan then looked at Blom and asked, "How's your bow and crossbow technique coming along?"

Blom immediately became serious. "My master, I promise I won't let you down; I learn very quickly."

Su Nan nodded and tossed him two bottles of One-Legged Stiffness Potion and two bottles of Sleepy Potion, "Tie these to your arrows and use them for now."

"I'll switch to a new one when I develop a new magical potion."

"Thank you for your generous gift, sir." Blom was very happy and began to study the four mysterious-looking bottles of potions.

Su Nan then said to the old butler Warwick, "I spent half a month researching and developing a potion that enhances the werewolf's 'bite' attack, and named it the [Wolf Bite Potion]."

This potion is not complicated, because the Werewolf Curse Conversion Potion is already a very mature potion series. Therefore, it can be easily modified by referring to the Iron Claw Potion and the Wolfsbane Potion.

A werewolf who takes this additional potion will have its fangs and chewing muscles strengthened, and the elasticity of the muscles and bones around its mouth will also be enhanced.

In short, when this werewolf bites an enemy, its mouth stretches to its maximum extent, using its powerful chewing muscles and steel teeth to bite through the enemy's upper body, just like a snake swallowing prey larger than itself.

In this way, the werewolves' biting ability will be enhanced to an even higher level.

Su Nan said, "However, I need to conduct some experiments with the werewolf messenger and werewolf deacon first. Once I confirm that the potion's properties are stable, I will then give it to you to use."

Warwick, the old butler, was surprised that Su Nan would notice his fondness for developing biting motions, a small detail that warmed his heart.

"Thank you, little master."

Then, the old butler Warwick frowned and said, "But young master, we've encountered a problem recently."

"Since you have been so engrossed in exploring the mysteries of magic, it is our honor to share your practical matters."

"First of all, the Storm Kingdom has recently encountered a major problem."

"The Bulgarian region has been hit by a severe drought and locust plague this year for some unknown reason."

"The grasslands have all been abandoned."

"The Bulgarians, who had no food and their chieftain—well, they called their chieftain Kaloyan Ironhand the 'Grass King'—attacked the Storm Kingdom and plundered a great deal of food."

"Moreover, due to the lack of food, they looted even more fiercely than before."

"They attacked all the way to the capital, Stormhold, and after a week's siege, on their way back north, they also captured Whitebird Fortress, a city of 150,000 people."

"And after tricking the citizens of Whitebird Castle into opening the city gates and surrendering, they broke their promise not to kill those who surrendered and carried out a massacre that shocked the Storm Kingdom and the surrounding countries."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow.

Carloyan Ironhand, the Grass King, is the master of all the tribes of the northern steppes and some feudalized Bulgar lords, and frequently raids the Storm Kingdom from the south.

But unexpectedly, his bestial nature has recently erupted to such an extent that he is even more ferocious than before.

However, nomadic forces are different from feudal forces.

If a leader of a nomadic tribe cannot lead his tribe to victory in battle, he will not even have the chance to suffer a stroke; he will be killed by his own people in a rebellion.

Therefore, it is understandable that Grass King Carloyan Ironhand would act in this way.

Su Nan said, "And then, if that's all, it doesn't really concern us, does it?"

"Did the new king ask us for money?"

The old steward sighed. "Young master. Famine and locusts are forcing the Bulgars to plunder more food, so they have recently invaded Storm Kingdom for the second time, bypassing Stormhold and heading further south."

"After the king's defeat, the Duke of Salonikaradin, who should have stopped them and protected the kingdom, chose to stay at home and became a coward, allowing the large and small tribes of Bulgar to continue to penetrate into the various territories of the Storm Kingdom."

"The Latin Territory of Thessaloniki was originally the last bulwark of the kingdom."

"Although we are located further south and less affected, many of our partner companies' convoys in Maple Leaf Town were still attacked, and a batch of ancient books that was supposed to be delivered to Maple Leaf Town three days ago is now missing due to the attack."

(End of this chapter)