The orthodox history of the Wizarding World had always recorded that the first werewolf in history was a wizard bitten by a wild wolf.
While being treated, the wizard ignored the correct advice and took it upon himself to concoct a brand-new Potion as a cure.
Fortunately, the Potion hadn't killed him;
unfortunately, it had caused strange changes in his body, eventually giving rise to a virus that could turn people into werewolves.
But in truth, according to the records in Nicolas's family library, that account was nothing more than an attempt to cover up a bloody history.
Werewolves were actually the product of ancient wizards' attempts to create something while pursuing greater power.
To strengthen themselves, those ancient and powerful wizards had come up with a plan: to merge the bloodlines of other creatures into their own bodies.
They extracted the blood and mysterious substances from certain creatures and injected them into people who had volunteered to make the sacrifice.
And so, the unnatural creatures known as werewolves were born.
But the wizards soon discovered that becoming a werewolf didn't improve their ability to cast spells; it only strengthened their bodies.
And that enhancement was quite limited, too. It could stop a few ordinary spells, but it couldn't block any powerful offensive magic.
When the wizards tried to improve the werewolves further, they found that werewolves had a very low ceiling and couldn't be significantly enhanced.
After discovering the werewolves' shortcomings, the more practical wizards decisively abandoned them as a fighting force and turned to researching Giants instead.
Only a few weak wizards still raised werewolves to serve as meat shields.
Later, when the wizards' god fell, the werewolves also rebelled.
Some of them lost control, stopped obeying the wizards' orders, and began to fight back.
Although they were