Chapter 39 The Despot of Epirus
Su Nan asked Zhinao to calculate the possibility of designing a separate version of the werewolf potion for Robert.
But in this way, Intelligent Brain needs to obtain more information related to the Storm Riders, not only experimental materials, but also a complete set of information on the Storm Riders' inheritance.
This is not difficult for Sunan now.
There is an official storm knight in his own territory, and even if he is unwilling to provide it, there are many storm knights in the surrounding territories.
With a little effort, you can obtain this information yourself.
The carriage soon returned to the castle.
The reason why Sunan was so anxious to go back was because today, he had made an appointment with someone to make a deal in his castle.
A wandering little nobleman from the Despotate Country of Epirus (county country), a small country next to the Kingdom of Storms, arrived in his territory yesterday.
After he learned that Sunan would exchange gold and treasures for ancient books, especially ancient books with a long history, he was moved and contacted the head maid Pella through the servants in the castle.
Pella informed Sunan about this.
The wandering knight swore that he had a box of ancient books excavated from the ancient tombs scattered throughout the mountains and forests of Epirus.
He even claimed that the identity of the owners of these ancient books was very noble and could be traced back to a thousand years ago, so he could only make an offer after meeting Sunan himself.
Of course, he is just selling melons and bragging about himself.
How much authenticity there is is hard to say.
The saying that you can only set a price after seeing yourself is probably just for fear of losing money.
Su Nan directly asked the old housekeeper to invite people into the castle. Su Nan looked at the young nobleman, who was dressed in a dusty appearance. After inviting him into the castle, he felt a little uneasy and acted very restrained.
Su Nan pointed to a stool and said to him: "Sit down. Let's get straight to the point. Show me your so-called ancient book. I will personally identify the authenticity and falsehood and give you appropriate compensation."
The little noble sat down with some guilt. "God of the Law, you are indeed as rumored, and do not discriminate against our pagans who believe in the God of the Law."
"You are a lord with a big heart."
Sunan didn't answer, just looked at him with urging eyes.
The little nobleman was a little at a loss and asked a personal servant he brought to quickly open the box and then handed several ancient books to Sunan.
Sunan took the ancient book and began to read and examine it while thinking about the situation in the Despot of Epirus.
Indeed, it is possible that the Epirus region preserved a wealth of material related to wizards and magic.
The Epirus region is an area covered with hills, mountains and primeval forests. The weather there is always gloomy. Even now, many primitive people still live there and maintain their ancient lifestyle. There have always been legends that Epirus There are still some fragments of witchcraft left among the primitive tribes in the Pirus area.
Moreover, the Despot 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 to come over from the Storm Kingdom, the Horse Trampling Empire, destroyed the main body of the Empire, but they did not completely conquer the remaining fragments because they lacked follow-up military power.
The title of the Despot of Epirus carries the typical cultural characteristics of the Eastern Empire.
According to the naming convention of the Storm Knights from the Holy United Empire, the Despot of Epirus is just a slightly larger earldom located in a remote mountainous forest.
Just because the area of the Epirus Despot was too barren and it would cost a lot to conquer it, the first batch of Storm Knights did not capture this small country that claimed to be one of the orthodox heirs of the Eastern Empire.
In the same way, there are at least three other fragments surrounding the Kingdom of Storms, the remaining fragments of the Eastern Empire. Most of them are only the size of counts to dukes, but they call themselves despots.
But the largest remnant, the [Kingdom of Nicaea], is still in the east, ready to counterattack the Kingdom of Storms at any time, and truly has an area, population, wealth and army equivalent to the Kingdom of Storms.
Therefore, the Storm Royal Family is not having a good time now.
There are the large Bulgarian nomadic tribes in the north, the Kingdom of Nicaea ready for revenge in the east, and a bunch of pirate nations in the south.
In the country, a bunch of knights and nobles didn't really listen to the orders of the Storm Royal Family.
It’s no wonder that the royal family is urging them to pay back the money every day.
The royal family themselves don't have much money, so they may hope that they can pay back the money and help him.
Sunan glanced at several ancient books in his hand. These ancient books were all sheepskin scrolls, and the languages recorded on them were very ancient and niche.
However, the brain happened to have parsed this language before.
"This is not an item belonging to a prince or noble, but a burial object of a chief-like figure from countless small tribal countries in the Epirus region before it was conquered and assimilated by the Eastern Empire." Su Nan's eyes became slightly serious. stand up.
Because judging from the scroll he had just glanced at, it actually recorded the life of this legendary chief.
As soon as this legendary chief was born, his tribe was wiped out by a more powerful tribe, and because he was shorter than a wheel, he survived and became a slave of the more powerful tribe.
But it is written here that the legendary chief received a "divine gift" one day when he was offering sacrifices to the raven animal god with three snake tails, a local primitive religion in Epirus. He gained a power called [Transformation].
He can command statues, make those stone statues fight for himself, and even command stone gods.
Relying on this ability, the chief rebuilt his tribe and eliminated the more powerful tribe, but in the end he was tabooed for witchcraft and died in an assassination.
Su Nan felt that even if some of this life record was exaggerated, there might actually be something real in it. He quickly turned over the parchment scrolls, and then asked Warwick to get the remaining parchment scrolls in the box.
After a quick read, Zhinao recorded all the scrolls, and through logical analysis, such as using several recorded deeds to verify each other, he believed that these things were probably true.
And...
Although this sheepskin scroll does not directly record the so-called transformation technique of the legendary chief, it does contain many words of the chief during his lifetime, as well as his own notes to facilitate his memory.
That's enough.
The intelligent brain is enough to use the form of potions to deduce and complete the transformation technique from these scattered and incomplete information.
Although Sunan still hasn't obtained a complete spell model, he is very satisfied with what he has gained so far.
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‘The Epirus region is a world deep in the mountains, and there may be many witchcraft inheritances that have not been cleared up by the major churches. ’ Su Nan thought: ‘If I have time, I can even go there myself and explore it to see if I can gain anything. ’
‘But now that someone is exploring for me, it’s much more efficient than me doing it alone. The primitive tribal chief in the Epirus region probably had the talent of a wizard and unintentionally received the wizard's inheritance. ’
After hearing Sunan's evaluation of the ancient books he brought, the young noble felt even more guilty. He said with some embarrassment: "Master Sunan, are these ancient books worthless?"
In his habitual understanding, Sunan's collection of these ancient books was probably the collecting hobby of the children of old nobles.
If this is the case, the books buried with a prince of the Eastern Empire and the books buried with the leader of the primitive tribe in Epirus are two different concepts and two values.
The little nobleman sighed in his heart. He had no choice. It was not easy for people like him to make money, especially now that his country was ruined and his family was ruined, so he could only wander around.
The young noble asked Sunan guiltily. "Master Su Nan, how much are you willing to pay to buy these books? Give me a little money, I also found it with great difficulty."
Sunan did not raise his head, but paid attention to the ancient books and descriptions of the use of transfiguration.
"If I'm not wrong, what you are doing should be the kind of tomb robbing kind of thing. And it is the kind that is not very successful. You can't find any gold and silver treasures. You finally found a batch of ancient books, so you are excited to do it. Because of the reputation I spread, I like to collect ancient books, and I came here specifically to the Barony of Peter.”
The little noble looked embarrassed.
Not angry, but scared and ashamed.
As a nobleman and a believer of the God of Law, he actually did something to make money from dead people. It was a real embarrassment to his ancestors and the God of Law.
Su Nan 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 still have such gains in the future, you can come to me again."
The young noble suddenly raised his head and looked at Sunan in disbelief.
Twenty-five gold coins?
This is too arrogant. This is neither a gold or silver treasure nor a famous calligraphy and painting weapon. It is just a pile of incomprehensible books.
This was somewhat shocking to the small aristocrats of this era who generally despised books.
However, he quickly reacted and said enthusiastically to Sunan: "I think this couldn't be better. You are so fair."
"My name is John Ducasse. But I am not a direct heir to the Ducasse family, I just have a surname."
"Yeah." Sunan raised his eyebrows. Ducas was one of the former royal families of the Eastern Empire.
But this family has been in decline for a long time.
The last direct heir should have died decades ago.
Sunan is also a horse bone marketer. In this way, more and more people will excavate these ancient books from the Epirus area for them.
Anyway, they can't understand these ancient books, others won't accept them, and they are of no use to them.
This is much faster and more convenient than exploring the Epirus region by myself, like a headless fly.
I usually spend time making potions and researching experimental potions.
In short, Sunan believes that mobilizing the power of the masses is far more efficient than fighting alone.
(End of chapter)