Werewolf wizard

Gallen Othello, with his black hair and eyes, a typical Mediterranean, sat in the carriage as he entered Simon Town, casting a disgusted glance at Baron Simon, who was trying to ingratiate himself.

In his opinion, investing in this unremarkable inland town and establishing an inland trade market line was a losing proposition.

Especially targeting Maple Leaf Town, belonging to the Peter family; it would be better to invest in Sunan Peter from the start.

That would be a quality asset.

However, his cousin Chesea, for some reason, made the opposite decision, even using her own private funds to force an investment here.

If her investment failed, her authority within the family would greatly diminish.

The Othello family was a merchant family, and even more so, merchant nobles of the Republic, the head of the five hundred families who effectively ruled the Platinum Republic, with a history dating back over a thousand years.

Gallen Othello felt a headache coming on. The Othello family was immensely large, with numerous internal branches. The Othello family monopolized many businesses. When their descendants came of age, they were assigned one to five merchant ships based on their past performance, along with all the family-hired sailors for two-year terms, as well as nautical charts and trade routes provided by the Othello family, and then sent out to sea to do business.

Those who succeeded became the pride of the family, becoming maritime merchants of the family. Those who went bankrupt lost all honor, returned to the family, were ridiculed by everyone, and could only find ways to borrow money and loans to set sail again.

Although they were the most honored people of the Platinum Commercial Republic, they ran around at sea year after year, traveling to countries all over the Mediterranean coast. He himself had not returned to the string of artificial islands that made up the Platinum Republic for three years.

Therefore, he had always been following his cousin Chesea.

After he came of age, he received much help from his cousin Chesea, so when he was summoned to help her invest in the Simon territory, he agreed.

He even excitedly ran to the Mamluk Kingdom on the other side of the Mediterranean, purchasing some unique spices, dates, and grains sold in the Mamluk region, and transported them to Simon Territory, wanting to help his cousin Chesea.

As a result, his cousin Chesea, who had always had a keen eye and never made mistakes, didn't know what had gotten into her this time and chose a fool like Simon.

As far as he was concerned, he felt that even the Storm Knights of the Storm Kingdom were not very good at doing business. The style of these brute force barbarians was too rough, and they had little patience.

For example, the Baron Simon in front of him, why was he running to the town gate to show off his power!

Didn't he know that he might be affecting the potential wealth of Simon Town?

Gallen stopped thinking about that ridiculous Baron Simon.

Anyway, with his cousin Chesea here, this town should be able to survive. After all, the inland economy of the Storm Kingdom was the worst of all countries.

The wealth of the Othello family could easily tear a hole here.

The King of the Storm Kingdom was even jokingly called the Beggar King by other countries. Every year, they applied for aid from the kings of various Western countries and the Pope of the Order God System due to financial bankruptcy.

It could be said that the Storm Kingdom was a very typical Holy War military kingdom.

The Platinum Republic had obtained many trade privileges from its trade with this Holy War military nation.

The carriage stopped in front of a flower shop selling fresh flowers. Gallen got out of the carriage and looked at the beautiful roses blooming in front of the shop.

The shop merchant seized the opportunity to strike up a conversation with this unusually dressed guest, "These are freshly cut roses picked this morning, the best blessing to give to a lover. Sir, look how beautiful these roses are, they still have the morning dew on them. Which young lady wouldn't love them."

"One rose is only three Storm copper coins. I here…"

Gallen interrupted him. "Your roses aren't of very good quality. Not many people will buy your roses. At least half of your roses will be stuck in your hands today. If you still want to pass off inferior goods tomorrow, you won't be able to sell even one rose."

Gallen Othello said, "But I want to buy all the roses here, so let's calculate it at two roses for three Storm copper coins."

Gallen cunningly used vague language to describe it, trying not to use explicit numbers, but stimulating the merchant in front of him to prevent him from realizing that he had lowered the price by half.

When the merchant heard that Gallen wanted to buy everything, he was overjoyed. He roughly calculated and felt that he could make a profit, so he immediately began to pack all the roses in his hand for Gallen.

Gallen's personal servant said, "Master Gallen, are you buying so many roses to give to that branch lady of the Peter family?"

Gallen nodded. "The moment I accidentally saw her, I fell in love with her. I want to pursue her."

His personal servant said in a slightly sarcastic tone, "But we and the Peter family are now in a competitive relationship."

"Moreover, she's just a country noble, yet she has repeatedly rejected you. In the Mamluk, there were even foreign princesses who wanted to throw themselves into your arms."

Gallen glared at him. "Don't speak ill of Miss Julia Peter behind her back. I'm very unhappy to hear it."

"It's also too impolite. Although the Peter family is just a small country noble, they are still the knight ruling class of the Storm Kingdom."

"And that princess is the princess of the Azhar natives on the land ruled by a Bey in Mamluk. That's simply…too terrifying, she doesn't even like to take a bath!"

……

After refining the first bottle of Medium-Grade Sacrificial Stone - Gargoyle Potion, Su Nan asked Sunday to watch over the laboratory. Then, he left the Four Seasons Garden and found Solon, the great artist he had recruited from the Boots Peninsula some time ago.

Solon enthusiastically led Su Nan into his sculpture room to see the two life-sized marble statues he had recently sculpted for Su Nan.

Solon dramatically pulled off the red cloth covering the marble statues, instantly revealing two lifelike statues of young men before Su Nan.

Solon said to Su Nan, "My esteemed master, these are the works I have completed for you in the past two weeks. I have used your facial features and added some artistic imagination to complete these two works, which will surely shine in your castle."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. Well, not in his castle, but in the Oak Tree Wizard Tower in the Four Seasons Garden, to help him refine potions and handle chores.

Su Nan said succinctly, "Not bad. I have a new task for you."

"I want you to make a gargoyle out of steel. The gargoyle can be larger, about the size of a carriage."

"The steel gargoyle's claws should be sharp, the tail should have barbs, and the wings should maintain a 2:1 ratio with the body as much as possible."

"I think the gargoyle's forelimbs can be made into a wing-hand structure, where the wings and claws are combined, allowing it to fly and grip."

"This time, the steel gargoyle should be solid. Also, I need you to embed these thumb-sized clay tablets into it. Can you do that?"

"My dear master," Solon pondered for a moment, then frowned. "Embedding the clay tablets is simple, as the steel statue can have many layers. But if it's solid steel, placing it on top of your castle might pose a hidden danger and could damage your castle."

Su Nan said, "You don't need to worry about that."

"Just forge it according to my description."

Solon bowed to Su Nan. "Very well."

He didn't care about the consequences. Many nobles had unique hobbies, and he only needed to complete his artistic creation.

Solon hesitated for a moment and said to Su Nan, "My esteemed master, I am not content to be just a sculptor and founder. I have broader uses and interests. Would you like to see the war engineering vehicles I recently designed for your army?"

"I also have many unique ideas in the design of battlefield equipment. If you equip them on your army, it will surely make your army invincible!"

Su Nan was taken aback.

Then he remembered that artists of this era were almost all-rounders, capable of everything from architectural design to water conservancy projects.

Hence, the saying that incompetent artists could only draw architectural design drawings.

Clearly, this artist in front of him wanted to try something new.

Su Nan thought for a moment, feeling that he would need to collaborate with this artist on the Sacrificial Stone Golem series in the future. Therefore, expressing some respect for him seemed like a good idea.

So, Su Nan nodded and said, "Then let me take a look."

Solon had been somewhat worried about the young baron's attitude, feeling very nervous in his heart, fearing that Su Nan would not even look at it and would mock him, telling him to do his job well, just like the viscounts he had met on the peninsula before.

"Look, this is a special bow and arrow I designed."

Su Nan blinked, then looked up at Solon, then at the special structure bow and arrow in his hand.

This was actually a bow and arrow that surpassed this era—a compound bow.

The draw weight of ordinary bows and arrows had a limit, and the draw weight of the bow and arrow determined the extent of the werewolf warrior's performance.

The werewolf warriors themselves were developed to use tools such as bows and arrows.

And the compound bow in front of him, if it could really be manufactured, would improve his werewolf warriors by more than just a little.

Su Nan took half a step back and began to seriously assess Solon, who had been driven out of the Boots Peninsula for being falsely accused of plagiarism.

Su Nan asked doubtfully, "Have you never shown your weapon designs to anyone before?"

"Doesn't anyone think your weapon designs are promising?"

Solon sighed, looking at Su Nan with some anticipation. For an artist, finding a patron who could appreciate his art was the most wonderful thing in the world.

"I have shown it to people. But everyone distrusts my designs, feeling that the changes are too great. Especially Viscount Ambrose of the Ambrose Republic, he even mocked me, saying that I was whimsical."

"And for example, this special bow and arrow of mine, if it can be manufactured, it will definitely be very powerful. But I can't find suitable materials to manufacture it."

"That way, I can't prove myself."

Su Nan nodded.

So that's how it was. This guy had the brains, but the basic materials of this era limited him.

But he now had a pile of garden magic plants.

From the wizard's materials, he should be able to find plant and animal materials that could be used to make compound bows.

Moreover, this blueprint could be optimized by the intelligent brain to be reasonable, practical, and low-cost, and then let Solon manufacture it.

His main time should still be spent on digesting the recently acquired magic information.

He was now entering a period of rapid development in magic, and he certainly didn't have the free time to manufacture compound bows himself.