Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 57 Lesser Fear Curse

In the cemetery.

Su Nan said, "I only need the strongest and most loyal."

Next, Su Nan tried to suppress the noisy voices of souls in the cemetery with his mental strength, which was more than ten times that of an ordinary person.

The souls behind the tombstones in the entire cemetery suddenly felt an invisible pressure, as if their throats had been grabbed, making it impossible for them to make a sound.

The previous noisy commotion all disappeared.

But deep within the tomb complex, a voice emerged, a voice filled with gritted teeth, yet despite Su Nan's mental suppression, it still managed to utter each word with difficulty. "Lord Su Nan, I... am willing to... pledge my loyalty to you."

"Die, you damned... Storm God!"

"He's a complete...liar."

"Resurrect me... my master, give me a second chance, let me unleash the flames of vengeance upon your enemies... and the minions of the Storm God."

"And those despicable liars."

"I will be loyal to you forever!"

Su Nan looked at the tombstone where the soul was, and saw that the tombstone was inscribed with the soul's identity in life. It turned out that he was a clergyman in the church in his territory.

An elderly priest who dedicated his youth to the Storm Church for over sixty years.

His name was Vasilien Thiron.

At this moment, Father Vasilyan was consumed by rage because he had not been able to go to the kingdom of the Storm God after his death.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to encounter Su Nan in this cemetery and open the half-finished Ghost Death Knight potion, he would have been left to gradually dissipate and shatter in this cemetery, ultimately returning to nature.

He was filled with anger at being deceived.

Therefore, at this moment, they readily accept the demands made by southern Jiangsu.

"The Death Knight's potion amplifies a person's strongest desire at the time of resurrection," Su Nan thought. "This priest, being able to speak even under my suppression, clearly demonstrates his exceptional talent."

He was filled with hatred for the church.

"I would be incredibly grateful and loyal to him for giving me a second chance."

From all perspectives, Father Vasilyan was a good candidate.

Su Nan thought for a moment. "Alright, but remember this: once I revive you, you'll have signed a [Death Pact] with me."

"You must obey my orders."

Father Vasilyan did not hesitate at all. "Of course. And even without the [Death Pact], I still choose to pledge my loyalty to you."

"Since I cannot ascend the stairway to the kingdom of the Storm God, then let this wicked body once again walk the earth, to blaspheme that hateful god every day."

The Death Pact is a contract built into the Death Knight's potion. The moment the deceased drinks the potion, they voluntarily agree to sign the contract.

This wasn't something that Su Nan requested to add.

Instead, the AI, through big data analysis, discovered that if psychic magic were to truly resurrect the dead, a psychic contract must be signed.

The AI ​​has a hypothesis: [Directly resurrecting a person using magic seems to cause some kind of problem, therefore a contract must be signed to make the resurrection less than perfect for both parties.]

The idea that "resurrection cannot be perfect" is likely a principle similar to a law of physics, existing within the realm of magic.

However, this speculation can only be confirmed if Su Nan finds the real wizard.

Alternatively, they could find definite relevant records, or Su Nan could perform a spirit resurrection without a magical contract.

Originally, Sunan was planning to give it a try.

But after learning from the Guardian of Or a few days ago that the experiment had failed and led to the appearance of the Black Death, he gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide.

It's not too late to conduct this experiment when we have more strength and better security.

Sunan ordered Robert to dig out Father Vasily's coffin with a shovel, then open the coffin, take out a bone, and put it into his half-finished potion.

Instantly, the Death Knight potion released a dazzling black light.

Strands of death energy flew out from the mouth of the potion bottle.

These death energies enveloped every fragment of Father Vasilyan's soul, a total of ten fragments.

Then, like black comets, these fragments struck the full plate armor set with a headgear that Robert had taken from the carriage and placed on the cemetery ground.

Death Knights are different from werewolves. Werewolves simply transform living people into immortal beings, which is essentially exploiting a bug, while Death Knights are neither alive nor dead.

He belongs neither to the dead nor to life, but lies between the two, and is therefore neither alive nor dead.

He was able to be resurrected because Su Nan used psychic magic; he, Su Nan, and death had jointly signed a "death contract."

However, Su Nan has tried his best to get the AI ​​to find the contract terms that minimize the cost of death itself.

At this moment, all ten fragments of Father Vasilyan's soul had smashed into a full suit of heavy plate armor on the ground.

This full plate armor set has many components, from greaves at the feet to shoulder armor, and also includes a half-knight's sword.

At this moment, all the plate armor parts floated into the air.

On the cemetery ground beneath these parts, a transformation ritual array appeared. This array was an inverted hexagram, with many strange and unusual characters written on each corner of the hexagram.

This is the [Death Transformation Ritual].

One by one, the plate armor parts began to be assembled.

This magic, which simultaneously blasphemes against life and death, caused Su Nan's overall magical power to begin transforming once again in a more evil and profound direction.

Su Nan heard a voice and saw hallucinations.

He seemed to see a vast abyss, pitch black and bottomless, filled with tattered armor and weapons, and broken flags stuck in piles of rocks. This abyss seemed capable of swallowing everything.

A series of angry roars appeared in his ears.

Fight! Fight! Never stop!

Embrace death, bear life, and our bodies and spirits will live on forever.

Su Nan: "AI, record the illusion I'm seeing right now and name it Death Knight File One."

Yes, recording has begun.

Su Nan had the AI ​​calculate that the main effect of resurrection magic in spirit communication actually depends on how well the [Death Contract] is executed.

The higher the wizard's rank, the better the pact they can negotiate with death.

But even among wizards of the same level, the death pacts they negotiate can sometimes be vastly different.

In order to create better Death Contracts in the future, Su Nan needs the AI ​​to record the illusion before him so that he can create better Death Contracts when upgrading potions in the future.

Robert, standing next to Su Nan, swallowed hard as he watched the Death Knight gradually take shape in the air.

Although he was prepared, seeing this scene still made him feel somewhat scared for some reason.

But when Robert looked at Su Nan and realized it was Su Nan's magic, he immediately relaxed.

Robert said, "Lord Sunan, why do I suddenly feel so afraid...?"

Su Nan explained simply, "Well, I solidified a Lesser Fear Curse on the Death Knight. It's a little trick I discovered by analyzing the runes in the energy world."

"That's why you're afraid."

"Don't be afraid, he's one of our own. It's our enemy who should be afraid of him."

The Death Knight utilizes a large amount of technology from the energy world, making him almost a wizard killer; in any case, he has an advantage when fighting wizards.

However, there are also side effects; when playing against werewolves, it can actually be a disadvantage.

Because Death Knights use an energy shell for defense, they forgo the protection of most magical power. As the main defensive component of the Death Knight, the energy shell is relatively easier to break through by physical attacks.

(End of this chapter)