Werewolf wizard.

Chapter 39 The Despotism of Epirus

Sunan asked the intelligent computer to calculate the possibility of designing a special version of the werewolf potion for Robert.

But in this case, the intelligent computer will need to obtain more information related to the Storm Knight, not just experimental materials, it would be best to obtain a complete set of information on the Storm Knight's heritage.

This is not difficult for Southern Jiangsu now.

There is an official Storm Knight in his own territory, and even if he is unwilling to provide it, there are plenty of Storm Knights in the surrounding territories.

With a little effort, you can obtain this information yourself.

The carriage quickly returned to the castle.

The reason why Sunan was in such a hurry to go back was because he had made an appointment with someone to do a transaction in his own castle today.

A wandering noble from the Despotate of Epirus (County), a small country next to the Kingdom of Storms, arrived in his territory yesterday.

After he learned that Sunan would use gold and treasures to exchange ancient books, especially those ancient books with a long history, he became interested and contacted the head maid Pera through the servants in the castle.

And Pera informed Sunan about this.

The wandering knight swore that he had a box of ancient books dug out from the ancient tombs scattered throughout the mountains and forests of Epirus.

He even claimed that the owners of these ancient books were of very noble status, perhaps dating back a thousand years, so he had to meet Su Nan in person before he could make an offer.

Of course, he is just bragging and selling his own melons.

How much authenticity there is is hard to say.

The saying that you can only set the price after you see the product yourself is mostly because you are afraid of being cheated.

Sunan directly asked the old butler to invite the person into the castle. Sunan looked at the little nobleman, who was dressed in a dusty manner. After Sunan invited him into the castle, he became a little uneasy and behaved very restrained.

Su Nan pointed to a stool and said to him, "Sit down. Let's get straight to the point. Show me the so-called ancient book you mentioned. I will personally identify the authenticity and give you appropriate compensation accordingly."

The young noble sat down with a guilty conscience. "God of Law, you are just as I heard. You do not discriminate against us pagans who believe in the God of Law."

"You are a lord with a big heart."

Su Nan did not answer, but just looked at him with an urging look.

The young noble was somewhat at a loss and asked a personal servant he brought with him to quickly open the box, and then handed several ancient books to Su Nan.

Sunan took the ancient book, began to read and examine it, and thought about the situation of the Epirus Despotism.

The Epirus region does, and likely does, preserve a wealth of material relating to witches and magic.

The Epirus region is an area covered with hills, mountains and primeval forests. The weather there is gloomy all year round. Even now, there are still many primitive people living there, maintaining an ancient way of life. There is also a legend that some fragments of witchcraft still remain among the primitive tribes in the Epirus region.

Moreover, the Despotate of Epirus itself was a remnant of the Eastern Empire and believed in the God of Law.

Fifty-seven years ago, the first group of Storm Knights who came from the Storm Kingdom trampled the empire. Although they destroyed the main body of the empire, they did not completely conquer the remaining fragments because they lacked follow-up military strength.

The title of the Despotate of Epirus carries the typical cultural characteristics of an Eastern empire.

According to the naming habits of the Storm Knights who came from the Holy United Empire, the Despotate of Epirus was just a slightly larger earldom located in a remote area deep in the mountains and forests.

It was only because the area of ​​the Despotate of Epirus was too barren and it cost a lot to conquer it, so the first batch of Storm Knights failed to capture this mini country that claimed to be one of the legitimate successors of the Eastern Empire.

Similarly, there are at least three other remnants of the Eastern Empire around the Storm Kingdom. Most of them are only the size of earls or dukedoms, but they call themselves autocratic countries.

But the largest remnant, the Kingdom of Nicea, is still in the east, ready to counterattack the Storm Kingdom at any time, and it actually has an area, population, wealth and army equivalent to the Storm Kingdom.

So, the Storm Royal Family is not having a good time now.

To the north there was the great nomadic Bulgarian tribe, to the east there was the revengeful Kingdom of Nicaea, and to the south there were a host of pirate states.

Meanwhile, back home, a bunch of knight nobles did not really obey the orders of the Storm Royal Family.

No wonder the royal family urges me to pay back the money every day.

The royal family themselves doesn’t have much money, so they may be hoping that they can pay him back and help him out.

Su Nan glanced at the several ancient books in his hand. These ancient books were all parchment scrolls. The language recorded on them was very ancient and niche.

However, the intelligent brain happened to have parsed this language before.

"This is not an item belonging to any prince or noble, but a burial object of a chieftain-like figure from one of the countless small tribal states in Epirus before it was conquered and assimilated by the Eastern Empire." Sunan's eyes became slightly serious.

Because from the scroll he just glanced at, it actually recorded the life of this legendary chief.

When this legendary chief was just born, his tribe was destroyed by a more powerful tribe. However, because he was shorter than the wheels, he was spared and became a slave of the more powerful tribe.

But it is written here that the legendary chieftain received a "divine gift" one day when he was offering sacrifices to a crow animal god with three snake tails, a kind of primitive religion in Epirus. He obtained a power called "Transfiguration".

He can drive statues, make those stone statues fight for him, and even drive stone statues.

With this ability, the chief rebuilt his tribe and destroyed the more powerful tribe, but he was eventually assassinated because of his witchcraft.

Sunan felt that even if some of the biography was exaggerated, there might be some truth in it. He quickly flipped through the parchment scrolls and asked Warwick to get the remaining parchment scrolls in the box.

After quickly flipping through the scrolls, the intelligent computer recorded all of them and, through logical analysis, such as using several recorded events to verify each other, concluded that these things were likely to be true.

and……

Although this parchment scroll does not directly record the legendary chief's so-called transfiguration, it contains many of the chief's words during his lifetime, as well as his own notes for his own convenience in memory.

This is enough.

The intelligent brain is capable of inferring and completing the transfiguration from these scattered and incomplete information in the form of potions.

Although Sunan still did not obtain a complete spell model, he was very satisfied with his current gains.

'The Epirus region is a world deep in the mountains, and there may be many witchcraft traditions that have not been cleared up by the major churches.' Sunan thought: 'If I have time, I can even go there myself and explore to see if there is anything I can gain.'

'But now that someone is exploring for me, it is much more efficient than if I were alone. The primitive tribal chief in Epirus is likely to have wizard talent and has inherited the wizard's legacy unintentionally.'

After hearing Sunan's evaluation of the ancient books he brought, the young noble felt even more uneasy. He said with some embarrassment, "Lord Sunan, so these ancient books are worthless?"

In his habitual understanding, Sunan collected these ancient books, most likely because he had the collecting hobby of the children of old aristocrats.

If this is the case, the burial books of a prince of the Eastern Empire and the burial books of the leader of a primitive tribe in the Epirus region are two different concepts and have two different values.

The young noble sighed in his heart, there was nothing he could do, it was not easy for someone like him to make money, especially now that his country was destroyed and his family was ruined, he could only wander around.

The young nobleman asked Sunan with a guilty conscience, "Lord Sunan, how much are you willing to pay for these books? Please give me some money, I found them with great difficulty."

Sunan did not look up, but paid attention to the records and descriptions of the use of transfiguration in ancient books.

"If I'm not mistaken, you were probably doing some kind of tomb robbing. And it wasn't very successful. You couldn't find any gold or silver treasures, but you finally found a batch of ancient books. So you came to Baron Peter's territory in high spirits based on the reputation I spread that I like to collect ancient books."

The young noble looked embarrassed.

Not out of anger, but out of fear and shame.

As a nobleman and a believer in the God of Law, he actually did things that made money from the dead, which really brought shame to his ancestors and the God of Law.

Sunan said: "But congratulations. I really need these books."

"I'll give you twenty-five gold coins, what do you think?"

"By the way, what's your name? I think we can still cooperate in the future. If you have such gains in the future, you can come to me again."

The little noble suddenly raised his head and looked at Sunan in disbelief.

Twenty-five gold coins?

This is too luxurious. This is neither gold or silver treasures, nor are they paintings, calligraphy or weapons from famous artists. It is just a pile of incomprehensible books.

This was somewhat shocking to the petty nobles of that era, who generally looked down upon books.

But he quickly reacted and said to Sunan enthusiastically: "I think this couldn't be better. You are so fair."

"My name is John Ducas. But I am not a direct descendant of the Ducas family. I just have a surname."

"Yeah." Sunan raised his eyebrows. Ducas was once one of the royal families of the Eastern Empire.

But this family has been in decline for a long time.

The last direct heir must have died decades ago.

Sunan also bought horse bones worth a fortune. In this way, more and more people will dig out these ancient books from the Epirus region for him.

Anyway, they can't understand these ancient books, and no one else will collect them, so they are of no use to them.

This is much faster and more convenient than exploring the Epirus region by yourself like a headless fly.

I also have to spend time making potions and researching experimental potions.

In short, Sunan believes that mobilizing the power of the masses is far more effective than fighting alone.

(End of this chapter)