Werewolf wizard

Chapter 27: The Duke's Letter and Secret Realm Exploration

Inside Baron Peter's castle, Su Nan glanced over the letter from Duke Salonia Latin to Gus Pasha.

For some unknown reason, Gus Pasha had actually copied the letter he wrote to Duke Salonia Latin and kept both letters together, stored beneath the floor of a long-unused room in his manor.

If not for the old butler Warwick's responsibility and meticulousness, repeatedly checking the Pasha family's manor properties over the past month, these letters might never have been discovered.

The letters revealed that Duke Salonia Latin, as a friend and elder, constantly encouraged Gus Pasha to expand his ambitions, display his talents, and elevate his noble title, with phrases like, "Your abilities are not limited to this."

"I hope to see you in a more important political position."

"My friend, your family has served the Peter family for generations, but that doesn't mean it can't change in your generation. Your master, old Baron Peter, is dead, and you no longer need to be loyal to a child who hasn't even grown his hair yet. I think the God of Storms would pity such a valiant warrior like you for his empty loyalty to that brat."

Su Nan rolled his eyes. No wonder Gus Pasha's ambition had swelled so much, ignoring the feudal hierarchy and wanting to replace him.

It turned out that there was an old codger constantly flattering and exaggerating to him.

Duke Salonia Latin's intentions were not difficult to guess.

He simply wanted to instigate the Pasha family.

But if the Pasha family really replaced him, their blatant act of betrayal, even patricide, would isolate them from all the lords, and the Pasha family would have no choice but to rely on the Duke.

This was a very obvious overt scheme.

It was just unknown whether Gus Pasha had realized this during his lifetime.

However, it seemed that the two should have been wary of each other; otherwise, Gus Pasha would not have backed up his own letters, possibly intending to use them as evidence to threaten the Duke.

It is worth mentioning that in the letter, Duke Salonia Latin told Gus Pasha that he needed Maple Leaf Town's wealth, so Gus Pasha needed to control Maple Leaf Town before the end of autumn this year.

Because Duke Salonia Latin had recently recruited a large number of troops to fight against the Butcher Chieftain of Bulgaria in the north, and this military expenditure was borrowed from some republican bankers on the western peninsula, and he had to repay part of this military expenditure by the end of autumn.

Duke Salonia Latin felt that it would be difficult for him to repay the money as scheduled on his own, so he had the idea of squeezing the wealth of Maple Leaf Town.

Su Nan threw the letter aside. Duke Salonia Latin would probably find it difficult to get his wish, because he would not use his own money to fill his hole.

Not to mention the end of autumn, even if the Duke waited until next spring, he would not give half a cent.

Su Nan thought for a moment, frowning. "That's not right."

"The Duke's Salonia Latin Duchy is separated from the Bulgarians by quite a few territories. Facing… the Bulgarians is Stormwind Fortress."

"The Duke is conscripting so many troops to fight against the Bulgarians? That's ridiculous. He wants to maintain so many troops; I think he has greater ambitions."

The current Stormwind Kingdom, because it was only established 57 years ago and its acquisition was very illegitimate, has left behind many hidden dangers.

For example, the Salonia Latin Duchy, which on the surface is loyal to the Stormwind Kingdom and is a part of the Stormwind Kingdom, is actually an independent country.

No taxes are paid, and the judiciary, administration, and army are independent.

Even protecting the kingdom is only a nominal responsibility.

The Stormwind Kingdom is like a group of bandits who swallowed the remnants of the Eastern Empire and then divided the spoils, but the king is only the leader of this group of bandits, too superficial.

Not to mention that the current Duke of Salonia Latin is the father-in-law of the King of Stormwind Kingdom. The two got married in order to strengthen their alliance.

Su Nan rubbed his head, but these had nothing to do with him.

He had now basically unified Baron Peter's territory and only wanted to digest this gain and continue to explore the truth.

Anyone who dared to disturb him was his enemy.

Su Nan said to the old butler Warwick, "I understand."

"Mr. Warwick, I plan to explore the Secret Realm this afternoon. Please arrange for some werewolf messengers to protect the attic and prevent outsiders from disturbing me or letting any new maids approach there."

"If there is any urgent matter, you can contact me using the wolf pack effect."

Old Butler Warwick said, "Yes, young master."

Su Nan finished his lunch hastily.

Now that his economic level has increased, his lunch has also become much richer, with rich creamy mushroom soup, soft and delicious honey milk bread, some pork, beef, and mutton, and a delicious sauce cooked with chicken soup.

After finishing lunch, Su Nan returned to the attic.

With a slight thought, he once again found the special state that opened the Secret Realm before, allowing his magic power to connect with the Secret Realm, and then his whole person entered the Secret Realm.

The sky in the Secret Realm still hung with a full moon, but this time the full moon became brighter.

At the same time, some wandering soul fragments appeared on the wilderness full of vervain and unknown wildflowers.

This represented that Su Nan's magical projection symbol in the Secret Realm had undergone some slight changes.

At the same time, Su Nan stood on the highest point of the wilderness and found that the area of this wilderness was about one-fifth larger than the last time he came in.

It seemed that as his magic power increased, his domain in the Secret Realm was also growing.

Those mists were being forced back by his symbol.

A larger part of the fortress group buildings of the Gray Earth Cemetery, left in the Secret Realm, was revealed from the mist.

However, as soon as Su Nan entered the Secret Realm, he heard the sound of fighting.

He saw the Or Guardian wielding a huge black scythe, fighting an eight-legged spider on the edge of the wilderness.

Strangely, the eight-legged spider, which was the size of a tank, had no eyes. The parts where its eyes should have been were just smooth gray skin.

The Or Guardian, for some reason, seemed to be suppressed and was fighting very embarrassedly. When he saw Su Nan, he saw a savior and immediately said, "Lord Su Nan, please help me."

"This spider is too restraining for me."

"It is a creature of the energy world. In the Secret Realm, all my attacks have become spiritual energy attacks, but there is no will in my power."

"It will instead devour my power and become stronger."

"Lord Su Nan, quickly use magic. In the Secret Realm, magic will be stronger and easier to cast."

"In this world, it can be infinitely equal to your inner world. As long as it is magic power with a wizard's will, it can expand several times its power here."

"This monster is not a Secret Realm creature. Someone in the real world—the material world—must have summoned a kind of energy world to descend using a ritual. The part of that energy world overlaps with the material world, causing the material world to change, and all the changes in the material world are reflected in the Secret Realm."

"I don't know which kind of energy world was summoned. If it is an ordinary elemental world, that's okay. But some energy worlds are very terrifying and evil, which cannot be compared to ordinary elemental worlds."

"Two thousand years ago, only those crazy and twisted cultists would summon the energy world to descend into the material world. Wizards always spent a lot of effort trying to prevent this behavior. I didn't expect that two thousand years later, there would still be such behavior!"

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. Although he was curious about what the energy world was, he still stepped forward and took out two bottles of magic potion, one was Specter · Summon Frog, and the other was Specter · Summon Wolf.

It was just right to collect the practical combat data of these two bottles of magic potion.

The Or Guardian jumped back, leaving the battlefield and leaving the battle position to Su Nan. "Be careful, Lord Su Nan."

"Energy creatures should be different from all the existences you have fought against."

"They are neither idealistic nor materialistic. Their world is where energy dominates the mind and matter. They are existences from another world!"