Chapter 140 The Drama Is About to Begin? (Two Chapters in One)

"Miss Jenny?" Ryan was slightly surprised.

He didn't expect Jenny to come and pick him up in person.

It seems that the Crowley family attaches great importance to his becoming the family's guardian knight.

After a simple greeting, Ryan followed Jenny on the carriage.

Soon, the carriage slowly drove towards the county town. The driver's control level was very good and the carriage was very stable.

"Miss Jenny, have you heard of the 'Bat Market'?" Ryan suddenly thought of it.

"Bat Market? I haven't heard of it." Jenny was a little confused, thought about it, shook her head, and said.

Ryan nodded.

This situation is also normal.

It seems that this 'Bat Market' should be more hidden, not the kind that anyone can enter.

This is troublesome.

On this trip, I wanted to go to the 'Bat Market' by the way. One is to see if there are more wizards or witchcraft items for sale, and the other is to buy some formula raw materials recorded in the 'Beast Taming Diary'.

Jenny frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Sir Ryan, maybe my mother will know about this 'Bat Market' you mentioned."

"If even she doesn't know, I can ask my friends."

"I think, as long as it is in the city of Mayest County, the Crowley family can definitely help you find a place."

Ryan smiled slightly and said, "Okay, then thank you Miss Jenny first."

Jenny's words made sense. Indeed, he seemed to underestimate the background and energy of a noble.

This made Ryan feel much better all of a sudden.

When the journey was halfway through, Jenny seemed to think of something and said to Ryan, "By the way, Sir Ryan, according to convention, after you become the guardian knight of the Crowley family, we will provide a set of knight plate armor, corresponding weapons, and war horses."

"Of course, you can also directly choose gold coins as a reward."

"I wonder which way you will choose?"

This made Ryan happy.

Recently, he was indeed a little short of money. The three hundred imperial gold coins he brought to the Habsburg Manor yesterday were basically spent. The knights' weapons and plate armor were the biggest consumers of gold coins.

Especially high-quality weapons and armor, which were worth ten or even dozens of times more than ordinary weapons.

Ordinary militia iron swords only cost a few silver coins, and basically every blacksmith in a small town could make them.

But those long swords that can really be used in fierce battles, such as the half-hand sword currently used by the Night Watch, cost more than ten times, and each one requires four to five imperial gold coins.

And the fine steel greatsword that Ryan used before cost twenty or thirty imperial gold coins.

This shows how expensive good weapons are.

After thinking about it, Ryan said, "Miss Jenny, if it's convenient, it's better to convert it into gold coins."

As for why choose gold coins?

That's because Ryan's weapons have basically been prepared by himself. A 'Glimmering Greatsword' is now on his back. Although the two-handed warhammer has not yet been made, the raw material, the blood-marked steel ingot, has been prepared.

In addition, the weapons provided by the Crowley family are most likely fine steel weapons of the fine level. To be honest, they cannot meet Ryan's combat needs.

As for armor

Although Ryan does lack a set of knight plate armor at present, he has also thought about how to get it.

As for war horses, with Ryan's current status as a deputy sheriff, he can use the 'public bus' when traveling - the war horses raised in the stables of the administrative office.

If he raises war horses himself, one is that there is no stable at home, and the second is that taking care of horses is actually a more troublesome thing.

Jenny smiled slightly and said, "Sir Ryan, it's the same as I guessed."

Jenny immediately opened the brown wooden box on the side, took out a heavy leather purse from it, and said, "Sir Ryan, this is your annual salary, 500 imperial gold coins."

Hmm?

Ryan looked at Jenny in surprise.

He had never expected that the money would arrive before he officially became the guardian knight of the Crowley family.

In addition, Ryan had also learned about the market from Hamilton before. To be honest, this price was much higher than he expected.

I have to say that this feeling of being valued is still very good.

"Thank you, Miss Jenny." Ryan did not refuse immediately. After taking it, he thanked.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the outskirts of Meister County.

Ryan looked through the carriage window and saw that the number of pedestrians and carriages coming and going gradually increased, and a tall black and gray city wall stretched in front of Ryan's sight.

This was his first time to come to the county city. The name of the county city was Meister, and the entire Meister County was named after this city. Many counties in the Dragun Empire were like this.

When Ryan arrived near the city gate in the Crowley family's carriage, he saw a long team entering the city, which was divided into two groups and squeezed into the small gates on both sides.

Judging from their clothes, most of these people should be civilians, mercenaries and merchants. They are being inspected and paying the entrance fee.

The spacious main gate is empty. Even if there are a few carriages passing by, they rarely stop and leave.

The carriage Ryan was riding in went straight to the main gate. Seeing the emblem of the Crowley Baron family on the carriage, the guards wearing chain mail and holding spears soon let him pass.

A simple thing fully reflects the privileges of the nobility.

After the carriage entered the city, Ryan saw the bustling shops and streets, which looked much more lively than the town of Shining Gold.

However, Ryan could faintly smell a lot of strange smells, which seemed to be the smell of human excrement mixed with other odors, which made him frown.

It seems that this area should be a civilian area, and the sanitation conditions do not seem to be very good.

The carriage continued to drive for about half an hour, and after turning left and right twice, it came to a villa area. The environment here is obviously much better than the civilian area seen when entering the city just now.

The ground is very spacious and tidy, and on the exterior walls of independent villas, you can see all kinds of carefully planted green plants and flowers.

Even though it is now the month of frost, there are many cold-resistant flowers in bloom, which are very beautiful.

As the carriage slowly stopped, Miss Jenny smiled and said, "We are here, Mr. Ryan, this is the mansion of the Crowley family in the county town."

Ryan nodded.

As soon as he got off the car, Ryan saw the voluptuous Baroness Crowley, who was waiting at the door of the mansion with two tall knights and five or six servants. When she saw Ryan coming down, a smile appeared on her beautiful face and she said:

"Sir Ryan, welcome to the Crowley family!"

"Thank you, ma'am, you are too polite." Ryan also bowed slightly and said with a smile.

However, he keenly noticed that the two knights beside Baroness Crowley seemed to be unwelcome to his arrival, and even had a hint of hostility.

This is because with the improvement of Ryan's mental power and the "danger perception" reaching the level 3 level, he can easily distinguish some obviously hostile eyes.

After a little thought, Ryan remembered that this should be the two family knights mentioned by Baroness Crowley before.

"Sir Ryan, please allow me to introduce, this is Knight Sheldon of the Crowley family." Baroness Crowley raised her hand slightly and gestured to the bald knight on her left.

"Hello, Knight Sheldon."

"Hello, Lord Ryan."

The bald knight was at least forty years old, but he was tall and burly, and looked intimidating.

"This is Knight Steen." Baroness Crowley pointed to the knight with a beard on the right.

"Hello, Knight Steen."

"Hello, Knight Ryan."

"Lord Ryan, let's go in first. Thank you for your hard work along the way."

At this time, the beautiful Baroness Crowley took the initiative to step forward, holding Ryan's left hand and walked in.

The lady's chest was white and towering, and she would rub Ryan's arm with every step.

This made the two knights on the side look at each other, and they saw resentment and a certain desire in each other's eyes.

Damn, seeing the tender meat coming, you took the initiative to stick to it?

Fuck the slut!

Still pretending to be pure in front of me.

The knight named Steen seemed to have less patience. After seeing this scene, he couldn't hold back for a while and took the initiative to speak:

"I heard that Lord Ryan has just entered the extraordinary not long ago?"

"Yes, Knight Steen, I have indeed entered the extraordinary less than half a month." Ryan nodded and answered casually.

"Oh? I thought it was a rumor. Although the new knight is not unable to become the guardian knight of the Crowley family, as a guardian knight, shouldn't you show convincing strength?"

"How about it, Lord Ryan, do you mind showing it on the training ground? Of course, I can be your imaginary enemy." Steen seemed to be reasonably suspicious, but actually said provocatively.

This made Baroness Crowley, who was holding Ryan's hand, tightened obviously.

Obviously, she felt a little embarrassed that Steen proposed to compete with Ryan so quickly. She thought that she would wait until at least the afternoon, or even later, before this scene would appear.

"Stein, you are so rude. Lord Ryan has just arrived." Baroness Crowley scolded angrily.

So soon?

Sex scene is coming?

Ryan raised his eyebrows. Since he had promised Baroness Crowley, and he also received money on the carriage, he naturally had to do things for her.

Ryan waved his hand and interrupted what Baroness Crowley was about to say.

"Oh? Lord Stein, do you want to compete with me?"

At the first sight of the two family knights, Ryan observed them carefully and found that their strength was really average.

In this case, Ryan did not intend to waste any time on these two people.

He quickly showed his strength and completed Baroness Crowley's request.

In this way, he could still take time to go to the county military supply department, and perhaps, he could also inquire about the situation of the 'Bat Market'.

No!

Ryan thought, perhaps, these two are very good experience 'NPCs'.

But he might need some guidance.

When Ryan thought of what he had gained from the Habsburg Manor yesterday, a smile appeared on his face.

So, he came up with a small plan in his mind.

Hearing Ryan's direct agreement, Steen couldn't help but laugh.

Sure enough, he is still a young man.

He agreed after a little provocation.

This is a sure thing!

"If Lord Renn doesn't mind, of course it's my honor." Steen said hypocritically.

"Being able to exchange combat experience with Knight Stern is what I'm looking forward to." Renn also responded with a smile.

Soon, the group arrived at the training ground behind the villa.

Many people who were invited to attend the ceremony, including barons, descendants or representatives of the Lord's family who were friendly with the Crowley family, naturally came to the training ground after hearing the news that there was a competition between official knights.

The training ground in the mansion of the Baron Crowley family is not large, covering an area of ​​only a few hundred square meters. It is not equipped with a racecourse. This is also because the mansion is located in the county town of Meister.

The land in the city is considered valuable, and even nobles are generally reluctant to use it to build a racecourse.

As for the large training grounds equipped with racecourses, nobles usually install them in suburban manors.

On the training ground.

Renn and Stern stood in the middle of the field, but this time Renn was holding a bronze warhammer instead of a shimmering giant sword.

Before going on stage, Renn had handed over the shimmering giant sword wrapped in sheepskin and some other items to Jenny who was standing aside for safekeeping.

"Sir Ren, don't you want to change into a knight's armor?" Stein narrowed his eyes and said, looking at Ren, who was wearing plate armor.

Ren shook his head slightly and said, "No, just this one."

Stein nodded, holding his sword and shield, suddenly changed from stillness to movement, and sprinted towards Renn.

"clang!!"

The sound of gold and iron clashing sounded!

The two of them each took a step back, seemingly evenly matched.

Immediately afterwards, the two started fighting.

The two of them were extremely fast. Among the people watching, except for those whose strength reached a certain level, many noble ladies were just listening.

They couldn't see the figures of the two men clearly, and they could only hear the sound of weapons clashing.

"Hey! This Renn is quite powerful. He can actually be inseparable from Stein." The older Sheldon Knight narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself.

In his mind, this newly promoted young knight should not be as strong as Stern.

Because generally speaking, no matter how talented you are, if the promotion time is too short, it is a flaw!

According to normal logic, the opponent should have a lot of gaps between him and a veteran official knight like Huestern, both in terms of proficiency in combat skills and level of breaking limits.

After all, catching up takes time!

Therefore, it stands to reason that it shouldn't take much effort for Stein to defeat the opponent.

As a result, the battle situation was beyond Sheldon's expectation. It turned out to be a stalemate, and it seemed to have turned into a battle of who had better physical strength.

Also surprised was Jenny on the side.

I saw that she was also looking at the battle situation in front of her with a puzzled face at this time.

There are many question marks in my mind!

Why did Mr. Ren change his hammer skills?

Also, why do you feel that Mr. Ren is letting off steam?

why is that?

Shouldn't it be to defeat Stern cleanly and establish his authority?

Jenny thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out why Ren did this.

Seven or eight minutes later, Renne saw that after the fierce battle, Stern's face was exhausted and his movements began to deform. He knew that it would be too deliberate to continue the performance.

So, Renne caught an unsteadiness in Stern's steps and knocked the opponent to the ground with one strike.

Then, he pretended to be quite tired and stood in the middle of the field, holding the bronze war hammer, breathing heavily.

"Sir Renn, it's better to be young. Your physical strength is stronger than mine. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether we will win or lose this match." Although Stern was defeated, he was obviously very unconvinced.

Because judging from his own feelings about the fight just now, if Lord Renn hadn't been young enough and had better physical strength than him, it's really not certain who would win!

Renn smiled slightly and ignored the complaints of his defeated general, as if he didn't hear the dissatisfaction in Stern's tone at all.

Stein glanced at Renne who was smiling, got up angrily, and left the center of the field.

And Renn looked at the system prompts happily:

[Your skill Tokkal Hammer has been improved, and the experience value is +79]

[You have experienced a battle, and the knight (extraordinary) professional experience value +26]

It seems that because the battle just lasted long enough, the experience rewarded by the system was very high.

Thinking about it, after all, the battle just now took up almost all the physical strength of a veteran knight.

After Stein got up, he walked to the side of Sheldon Knight and whispered something.

Then, Sheldon, the older bald knight, slowly walked forward and said with a smile: "Sir Ren, do you mind if I, an old guy, come to participate?"

"You know, at my age, my physical strength has dropped a lot, so it's just right to compete with Mr. Renn now. I don't want to take advantage of Mr. Renn."

Um?

Renn didn't expect it either.

His acting skills were so good that the Sheldon Knight quickly asked to compete with him.

Fortunately, he was not really tired. On the contrary, his strategy was still very successful. After all, he induced the elderly bald knight to take action.

Not only did he want to win, but he also wanted to stand on the moral high ground and gain another wave of hammer experience points.

only.

This Sheldon Knight seems a little too shameless.

Baroness Crowley, who was watching the battle, felt a little anxious when she saw this scene. She couldn't help but tighten her hand on Jenny, as if she was worried that Renne would agree.

After all, unlike Jenny, she had never seen Ren kill Andrews and other Black Flame monks with her own eyes.

But Jenny knew that Ren was most likely 'acting', although she didn't understand the meaning of Ren's actions.

It was impossible for Ren to tell Jenny that he was here to 'gain a wave of experience'.

"Mother, you don't have to worry too much."

"I feel, how should I put it, that Lord Renne seems to be deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, although I don't know why he did it." Jenny said softly next to Baroness Crowley.

"Huh? Is that so?" Baroness Crowley glanced at Jenny and found that her daughter's expression did not seem to be deliberately comforting her.

After all, even a white lie will soon be exposed by the following competition.

Just listen to Renn in the center of the field say: "Since Sheldon Knight is interested in this, I will naturally cooperate."

Ren's agreement immediately made Sheldon's face light up.

As if he didn't want to leave time for Renne to recover his strength, as soon as he came on the stage, Sheldon burst out with all his strength and rushed towards Renne with his hammer and shield in hand.

However, after Sheldon launched a fierce attack, he found that Renne's defense was rock solid.

Although Renn's expression always looked a little tired, as if Sheldon could defeat him if he just worked harder.

Five minutes later.

The bald knight Sheldon, who was sweating profusely, was out of breath at this moment, but found that he still hadn't taken down Ren, and shouted unwillingly:

"You can't do this!"

"You should be exhausted. How could you possibly be able to hold on for so long?"

Renn smiled slightly and said, "Maybe it's because, as Knight Stern said just now, I'm young, so I have better physical strength."

After saying that, Renne knocked Shelton away with a hammer, ending the fight.

Since Sheldon no longer has any physical strength, Renn naturally no longer intends to continue 'acting'.

The system prompt appears immediately:

[Your skill Tokkal Hammer has been improved, and the experience value is +67]

[You have experienced a battle, and the knight (extraordinary) professional experience value +22]

Tsk tsk!

Sure enough, as I get older, my physical strength is not good enough.

This experience value is not as good as Stern just now!

Renn cursed a little in his heart.

Regarding these two Crowley family knights, Jenny also expressed her stance to him on the road.

If possible, Jenny didn't want Ren to kill the two of them or seriously injure them.

After all, the two of them have served the Crowley family for many years and have no thoughts of rebellion yet. More, they covet the beauty and wealth of the Crowley family.

Therefore, Jenny hoped that Renne could intimidate the two of them.

Regarding the Crowley family's request, Ren agreed after a moment's thought.

After all, this is a request made by the Crowley family themselves. As a guardian knight, there is no need to go too far. Even if what happens next is the Crowley family's own business.

And the people watching were not stupid. After watching two competitions in a row, they also discovered that something was wrong.

Because, at the end of the first game, Rennes felt that his physical strength was too much, and he should not be able to hold on for too long. But now that the second game is over, Rennes walked off the field in high spirits. At this moment, Zhenghe Baroness Crawley chatted.

At this time, many noble ladies outside the court also whispered to each other and talked in low voices after seeing Ren's performance.

In particular, one of Jenny’s best friends, Agatha Wiggins, ran to Jenny excitedly and said:

"Jenny, you are really becoming more and more discerning. Where did you find this handsome boy? Not only is he strong, he also has such good physical strength. You are lucky!"

As he spoke, he stared at Jenny with ambiguous eyes.

"Agatha, don't talk nonsense. Ren is the new guardian knight of our family. Besides, he was found by my mother and has nothing to do with me." Janey naturally understood the implication of her best friend's words and said slightly shyly. .

"So it's Baroness Crawley? I didn't expect that she also likes to eat young grass, haha."

"I'm going to kill you, and I can say this in public."

The two noble ladies immediately started laughing and joking.

After the competition, Renne proposed to Baroness Crowley that she wanted to go to the military supplies office in the county.

Although both Jenny and Madam wanted Ren to stay in the mansion and communicate more with the guests, Ren had no interest in this.

At present, he has not passed the nobility canonization assessment. Strictly speaking, he is not a true nobleman yet.

On the other hand, Renn feels that even socializing will only be meaningful after identity and status reach a certain threshold.

However, there was an appointment ceremony and dinner at the Crowley family mansion in the evening, and Renne had to attend.

Renn rode a carriage arranged by the Crowley family and arrived at the County Military Supplies Department located in the north of the city.

This munitions office in the county is located next to the city guard camp and is responsible for the redemption of meritorious services for the county guards, including city guards, night watchmen, and security guards.

After Ryan showed the badge representing the deputy sheriff of Goldshire, he was allowed to enter. This badge was issued to Ryan when he was appointed before, and it replaced the original badge of the captain of the Night Watch.

As soon as he entered the commissary room here, Ryan found that the area of ​​the commissary room was several times larger than that of the one in Goldshire. There were four or five civilian staff sitting in the office.

Moreover, they were all young and beautiful women in uniform.

It gave him a feeling that was quite similar to the service hall in his previous life.

Yesterday, on the last day of February, Donkey Hoof directly received nearly two hundred monthly tickets, which really surprised me.

I really thank all the readers for their support, it's so awesome!

By the way, I'm asking for the monthly tickets on the first day of March.

(`) Heart!