Werewolf wizard

Chapter 365: Miletus and the School of the Origin of All Things

At the gate of Eagle Harbor, Sou Nan and Black Rye, along with seven slaves from the Mitchell family, left in three carriages.

Although their group clearly had different ethnicities—for example, Black Rye had obvious Drow features, the Mitchell family members had typical Stormlander features, and Sou Nan himself had some facial features of the native people of the Asia Minor region, but also some Stormlander features.

However, Asia Minor was known as a melting pot of ethnicities.

Here, compared to the relatively conservative Storm Kingdom, the environment was more open, and the Desert God system did not pursue an unchanging life as much as the Order God system.

Generally speaking, the Desert God system still acknowledged the existence of wizards, and even the existence of other planes; otherwise, the slave traders here would not speak so readily of trading for genie lamps.

Knowing that Sou Nan had been looking for intelligent ghouls, Mother Black Rye even used her spare time in Eagle Harbor to inquire about traces of intelligent ghoul activity in the Asia Minor region.

Sitting in the carriage, Sou Nan did not avoid the Mitchell family slaves, and tapped the carriage lightly with his fingers, "There is a type of ghoul in Asia Minor that is passed down through death; the person who kills the ghoul will also become a ghoul themselves. These ghouls have the ability to grow tentacles on their backs."

"I don't know if this legend is based on rumor or fact, but if there weren't some basis in reality, there wouldn't be such rumors."

"I understand. Black Rye, you've done well this time."

Mother Black Rye, wearing a sun hat, holding a parasol in her left hand, and gripping the reins in her right, revealed a proud expression.

Mother Black Rye is now a vampire earl, and also possesses a special arcane bloodline, so although sunlight can still harm her, as long as she wears some sunscreen and sun-shading clothes, she can basically walk in the sun.

After all, for experienced Rank 1 vampires, it takes a large amount of sunlight particles to kill them.

Sou Nan said to Mother Black Rye, "During this time, I need to study a spell. You will be responsible for all affairs until we reach the city of Miletus."

The Mitchell family, driving the two carriages behind, overheard Sou Nan and Mother Black Rye's discussion, and they belatedly realized that their current master, who had bought them, did not seem to be an ordinary person at all.

In fact, he might be a wizard, as proclaimed by the Storm Church.

Baron Mitchell and his daughter exchanged glances, their eyes filled with helplessness and despair. They had just escaped the clutches of heretical slave traders, and now they had become slaves of a wizard.

Has the Storm God truly abandoned them?!

Miletus is also a coastal city. In the ancient past, it was once an important port of the Eastern Human Empire, and now it is one of the top three largest cities in the Nicomedia Empire, as well as an important source of tax revenue for the Nicomedia Empire.

Even in Miletus, the complete court system and central civil service system of the Eastern Human Empire still remain, albeit on a reduced scale.

Similarly, the military district system here still has some vitality; otherwise, fifty-eight years ago, it would have been conquered by the Storm Knights like the Balkan Peninsula.

After passing through five cities and traveling for a day and a night, Sou Nan used magic to secretly accelerate the speed of the three carriages, and they finally arrived in Miletus.

Miletus is a city with an ancient history. Sou Nan had read about Miletus in the collections of both the Golden Wizard and the Oak Wizard.

This city was originally the headquarters of a Rank 3 wizard organization called 【The Origin of All Things】. However, 【The Origin of All Things】 had declined more than two thousand years ago and left the city, heading elsewhere, so now it is just an ordinary city.

At the city gate, in addition to statues of the God of Law and many Law Angels and patron saints of the God of Law, in a corner of the Miletus city gate, there is also a statue of Thales.

Sou Nan had the Mitchell family slaves stop the carriages, got out of the carriage, and stood in front of the statue of Thales. The statue of Thales depicted him as a little old man.

Unlike the other magnificent statues of the God of Law, which were well-maintained, this statue looked like it had been neglected for a long time and had not been maintained much. It was dilapidated, with many stains and mottled gaps on the surface.

The inscription below the statue read: "Thales, an ancient sage, once predicted a solar eclipse and prevented a war. May the God of Law forever bless him."

Sou Nan smiled and said to Mother Black Rye beside him, "Thales was also a wizard."

"He was also the leader of the Rank 3 wizard organization 【The Origin of All Things】."

"Thales should have been from the water magic direction of the Transmutation School. He proposed a very profound viewpoint that influenced later water mages, although it has now been proven to be somewhat biased."

"Thales believed that the origin of this world should be something that cannot be changed and is continuous. He believed that water is the origin of this world."

"The 【Origin of All Things】 wizard school has been studying the origin of the world, wanting to bypass the divine creation theory and find a new theoretical interpretation of the essence of the world. Later, they proposed the air origin theory, and the water vapor origin theory…"

"It's just that they gradually lost their authority in the study of water magic and gradually fell behind other schools."

Su Nan knew about this person because of his significant contributions to water magic. For a long time, he was the foremost authority on water magic. Of course, later generations innovated and surpassed him.

Nevertheless, both the Origin of All Things and Thales would inevitably appear in the history of magic, recorded by history. That's why Su Nan knew of their existence and their relationship with the city of Miletus.

For example, Su Nan had never seen the Pure White School mentioned in any magical history, perhaps because the Pure White School was insignificant in the past.

Su Nan believed that if the [Origin of All Things] still existed, they would definitely have left with the orthodox wizarding society.

After all, it was once an important part of the wizarding civilization's history, a wizarding school organization. Even if it later declined and failed to keep up with the times, it would still have enough connections and favors to leave with the orthodox wizarding society.

At this moment, because the Black Rye Matron had come into contact with a large amount of information about surface wizards and knew that the underground world was also created by wizards, she not only lost her hatred for wizards but also developed some admiration.

The Black Rye Matron said, "Master, it seems that the surface dwellers, while acknowledging the contributions of the wizard Thales, can only treat him as an ordinary sage and cannot admit that he is a wizard."

Su Nan nodded. "But this is already much better than the Storm Church."

"Whether it is the Desert Pantheon or the God of Law, they seem to be more lenient compared to the current Order Pantheon."

"Let's go, enter the city, otherwise standing at the city gate all the time will look very strange."

Although Su Nan was not afraid of trouble, he didn't need to create unnecessary problems.

Because they had seven slaves disguised as a merchant caravan, and a large number of clothes purchased from Eagle Harbor, even precious silk clothes, the Nicomedia soldiers guarding the city did not say anything and let them enter.

The Nicomedia Empire's city guard soldiers wore armor that was not chainmail, but a type of lamellar armor, which was made by riveting circular metal plates onto leather armor, looking similar to scale armor, and then wearing a layer of cloth armor on the outside. They also carried a circular wooden shield and a spear in their right hand.

This showed that the Nicomedia Empire had better and more comprehensive armor manufacturing technology than the Storm Kingdom.

But considering the price of lamellar armor, only a small number of elite soldiers and knights should be qualified to wear it.

As soon as Su Nan entered Miletus, he prepared to look for the Rubber Witch, but as the carriage was traveling halfway, Su Nan raised his eyebrows and rotated the brass ring on his left middle finger, which was now slightly hot.

This magical ring for communication had limited information transmission, after all, it was of a relatively low level.

This brass ring was the one he used to maintain communication with the 'Justice' Witch in the Undead Town.

Su Nan didn't expect that he would encounter Mary contacting him with the magic ring here.

Is Mary in this city?

Judging from the heat of the ring, Mary must have encountered trouble.

Su Nan began to think, so should he go?

From a perspective of self-interest, it seemed that he didn't need to meddle in other people's affairs.

But Mary was, after all, a friend of his, and besides, he should at least go and see what happened, perhaps what was happening now would affect his future activities in this land of Asia Minor.

Moreover, if he could have the help of Mary, who was a princess of the Nicomedia Empire, it would be much more convenient for him to act in this land.

Thinking of this, Su Nan said to the Black Rye Matron, "You go to the Vahaka Tavern first and meet up with the Rubber Witch."

"Remember, unless necessary, do not provoke conflicts with anyone."

After Su Nan finished speaking, he used the second-circle spell Arcane Step to directly move to a location a thousand meters away.

The Black Rye Matron glanced at the empty carriage behind her with doubt, then she said to the Michel family slaves, "Follow me."

Su Nan then used continuous Arcane Steps, following the guidance of the brass ring, and came to the bottom of a leaning tower in the city of Miletus.

He looked up at the top of the leaning tower, confirming that the 'Justice' Witch was up there.

Su Nan originally wanted to use Arcane Step to go directly up, but the magical light of Arcane Step on his right middle finger flashed, and the spell actually failed.

"Magical seal?"

"So, Mary was actually sealed."

"No wonder she hasn't attended the Storm Gathering for several months. Only when I entered this city did she use the brass ring to contact me. It seems that it's not that she didn't want to ask for help from the outside world, but she couldn't."

"If I hadn't happened to step into this city, then she would have been sealed up all the time."

"But… who sealed her?"

Su Nan looked up at the hundred-meter-high leaning tower building in Miletus. Judging from the sealing technique… it was actually the technique of the Pure White School.

There was even a Pure White School's inherited wizarding array providing magical power to the seal, which caused him to be unable to approach it with the Arcane Step spell.

"Speaking of which, the Asia Minor region is indeed the territory of the Pure White School. But, Mary is, after all, a princess here, how could she be reduced to being sealed."