Chapter 152 The Second Witchcraft (Two Chapters in One)

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I am a staff member of the Imperial Conferment Assessment Committee stationed in the Munster Province. Sir Ryan, please get on the carriage for a detailed discussion."

Hmm?

From the Conferment Assessment Committee?

No wonder they dare to use the dragon as the symbol on the carriage.

After all, the other party is a direct subordinate organization of the Senate, the highest authority in the empire.

"Okay." Ryan did not dare to be arrogant, nodded quickly, and followed the middle-aged man into the carriage.

As soon as he entered, he saw that the interior space of the carriage was extremely spacious, with two rows in front and back, where people could sit face to face, and in the middle was a long and medium-sized coffee table.

And a middle-aged man with a mustache, wearing a black hunting suit with gold trim, was sitting on the left, looking at Ryan calmly as he entered the carriage.

"Sir Ryan, this is Envoy Javier Stewart," the man in the tuxedo introduced.

"Hello, Envoy." Ryan bowed slightly.

Envoy?

Ryan couldn't tell at once how high the position was.

However, it was obvious that the other party was a high-ranking noble.

"Mr. Ryan is really young and promising. Please take a look at this information." Javier looked at Ryan up and down, and couldn't help but smile. As he spoke, he pushed a file-like file bag on the coffee table to Ryan.

"Okay, sir." After Ryan took it, he began to read it carefully.

A few minutes later, Ryan, who had finished reading the information, looked thoughtful.

At this time, seeing that Ryan had finished reading, the special envoy named Javier said: "Due to the need for confidentiality, these materials cannot be handed over to you. If you don't remember it, you can read it again now."

"No need, I think I have remembered it. Thank you, envoy."

"By the way, please keep this certificate badge for participating in the enthronement assessment." Javier pointed to the coffee table again.

Ryan nodded, and he picked up the purple-gold emblem on the coffee table, which was slightly larger than the gold coin by two circles. The pattern on the emblem was a knight holding a sword and shield and riding a horse, looking majestic.

"Well, Mr. Ryan, please be sure not to be late on time. Lateness will disqualify you from this canonization assessment."

"Sorry to bother you today. I wish you a smooth assessment!" Javier smiled and said.

Ryan understood that it was time for a conversation.

Presumably, the special envoy should have other people who participated in the canonization assessment to notify.

"Thank you, special envoy." After Ryan picked up the certificate emblem, he stood up and left the carriage.

Then, the carriage slowly started.

In the carriage, the man in the tuxedo asked curiously:

"Mr. Special Envoy, why did you come to see this Ryan?"

"He is just a commoner. Although it is rare for him to enter the extraordinary at this age, it doesn't seem to be rare in the entire Munster Province."

Javier smiled and said, "Haha, the latest news is that this young Lord Ryan killed several monks of the Black Flame Cult independently some time ago and thwarted an action of the other party."

"Huh? This is very rare!" The man in the tuxedo said with a hint of surprise.

"Doesn't that mean that this young Lord Ryan is likely to have the strength comparable to that of a senior knight?"

"Not only that, it is said that among those Black Flame monks, there is also a Black Flame Apostle, which has also been confirmed by the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church in Meister County." Javier continued.

"What?" The man in the tuxedo's eyes suddenly widened. This time he was really shocked.

At Ryan's age, being able to kill an apostle-level expert is quite rare even in the entire Munster Province.

If this range is further narrowed to young people of civilian origin and around fifteen years old, it seems that there is no one!

At least in his impression, that's the case.

"It seems that this Lord Ryan is likely to be a potential 'Sword Bearer'." The man in the tuxedo exhaled lightly and said.

He finally understood why the special envoy came here specially!

That's it.

"Well, but to become a member of the 'Sword Bearer', there are still some uncertainties. Let's wait and see."

Soon, the luxurious carriage disappeared at the end of the road.

After Ryan watched the other party leave, he began to think about some preparations in his heart. The information in the file bag just now has been deeply imprinted in his mind.

First of all, the time and place of the enthronement examination: half a month later, in Rossby City in Munster Province, that is, the county seat of Rossby County.

Ryan also heard of it for the first time.

But fortunately, from the map in the data, it is located next to Mayest County. According to the distance, it can be reached by horseback in about five days, which is not far.

In addition, the map also shows that this is a large city close to the coastline. There are many islands around Rossby City.

From this point of view, it seems that the content of this assessment may be related to the islands, or even directly related to the ocean.

Eliminate the pirates entrenched on certain islands?

Or are there border frictions with the emerging Eagle Federation?

Ryan shook his head slightly. These are unknown. He will know after arriving in Rossby City.

In addition, he currently does not know whether he will be assigned a single assessment task or a multi-person team assessment task, so Ryan can only prepare seriously.

However, Renne is still very confident in his own strength.

After all, his current strength has surpassed Hamilton, and Hamilton participated in the canonization assessment and received a second-tier evaluation similar to 'good', and received the title of Lord.

In other words, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to win the title of Lord after participating in the canonization assessment this time.

Instead of returning to the utility room on the second floor, after thinking about it, Renn decided to go to the town administration hall first to find Hamilton.

After a while, Lane arrived at Hamilton's office.

As soon as he entered the door, there was the smell of herbs that hit his nostrils, and then Renn remembered that Hamilton was seriously injured last night.

Seeing Ren come in, Hamilton smiled and said, "Ren, why are you here? I was just about to send someone to find you, but you came here unexpectedly."

"Sir, how is your health?"

"The problem is not too big, it just needs to be taken care of in the past few days."

Renn nodded and continued: "That's good, sir, the people from the canonization assessment committee came to see me."

"Huh? So fast?" Hamilton said with a serious look on his face.

Immediately, Renne briefly talked to Hamilton about the people he met and some of the content of the conversation.

He mainly wanted to listen to Hamilton's analysis and see what aspects he still needed to prepare for. After all, Hamilton had relevant experience.

After listening, Hamilton began to think carefully, paused and said:

"I don't know much about the position of special envoy. After all, any staff member who comes from the canonization assessment committee can be regarded as a special envoy at the provincial or county level as long as he shoulders specific tasks or responsibilities."

"But that's not your focus."

"Ren, judging from your gathering place, there is a high probability that the content of this batch of canonization assessments should be related to the ocean. There are still about ten days left, so you have to prepare well."

"For example, in a water environment, a heavy knight's plate armor can sometimes be a burden. Therefore, I suggest you prepare a set of leather armor."

"In addition, you also need to think carefully about other situations that you may encounter."

Ren nodded, indeed.

But immediately an idea flashed in Renn's mind.

Perhaps, he could go to the bat market and browse around, maybe there would be some potions or rare items suitable for use in water environments.

"By the way, Renn, the county messenger just informed me that tomorrow Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church's Reverend Rudolf will lead a team again to go to Yesong Forest to deal with the evil spirit knight."

"Originally, I thought I was injured, so I planned to ask you to accompany me."

"However, since you are about to take part in the canonization assessment, so still"

When Ren heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, interrupted the second half of Hamilton's sentence, and said:

"Wait a minute, sir, you are feeling sick, so it would be more appropriate for me to go. In addition, if I want to further improve my strength, I think I need to go through more actual combat tests!"

He didn't expect that just as Lagrei came to find him, someone from the church would come.

In addition, having a church colleague will naturally provide a greater guarantee of safety. After all, he is an expert in handling mysterious events and has rich experience.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ren is still considering whether he can improve his own strength through the task of dealing with the evil spirit knight.

Because currently, his knight (extraordinary) career panel is not far from being upgraded.

Hamilton glanced at Renne.

Do you still need to improve your strength?

This is a canonization assessment, not a life and death trial!

Hamilton couldn't help but cursed.

Of course, you can't say that. Hamilton looked at Renne and asked seriously: "Renne, are you sure you don't need to spend some time preparing?"

"Sir, the mission of the Evil Spirit Knight shouldn't take too long. I think I will have enough time to prepare after I come back."

"Okay!" Hamilton nodded and agreed.

After all, for him, the current injury is not serious and it will take a few days to recover. It is definitely the best choice to go to Rennes.

When Ren returned home and told La Gray the news, the barbarian girl couldn't help but beam with joy.

She has been waiting for this day for too long.

"Besides, if nothing else happens tomorrow, I should go with you." Renn thought for a while and added.

"Huh? Isn't it Lord Hamilton?"

"He was injured, so I will lead the team this time in Goldsmith Town," Renn explained.

"Well, then I'll go get ready." Judging from LaGrei's expression, her brows seemed to be more energetic.

At this time, Ren was free and began to look at the two witchcraft scrolls.

Ren first took out one of the witchcraft scrolls, opened it carefully, and read it.

There are two ways to trigger the witchcraft scroll. One is to tear it directly, which is suitable for everyone, including ordinary people.

The other method requires injecting a bit of mental power. This method is relatively more suitable for wizard apprentices. In this way, the angle and range of witchcraft can be slightly controlled.

I saw that the first witchcraft scroll had complicated lines, triangles and circular patterns on it, and it exuded a faint cold air. There was a small spiritual text (Akkadian) on the side that said, 'extreme cold wind'.

Effect of witchcraft ‘Extremely Cold Wind’: Starting from the caster, summon an extremely cold airflow, blowing to a range of tens of meters in front, and in a very short time, causing the temperature in the area to drop sharply.

Is it frost witchcraft?

Ryan fell into thought.

From the description, it seems to be a range witchcraft, and the power is not weak, but I don’t know how drastically the temperature drops?

For example, can the sea water freeze instantly?

After thinking about it, Ryan put it away and slowly opened the second witchcraft scroll.

The same complex pattern, but the energy fluctuations faintly emitted from the scroll this time are completely different from the previous one.

The spiritual text description on the side reads ‘summon hurricane’.

Effect of witchcraft ‘summon hurricane’: Instantly summon a hurricane containing powerful energy, attacking the fan-shaped area directly in front of the caster.

For this vague statement.

Ryan can only say that he hates it!

Powerful energy?

How powerful is it?

Does this hurricane cause damage to the enemy like a knife? Or does it just blow the enemy away? Or can it be exaggerated?

Ryan was puzzled!

Unfortunately, there was only one witchcraft scroll with the same effect, so it meant that Ryan could not test the actual effect of the witchcraft scroll in advance.

In addition, Ryan was also puzzled as to why Adams, who majored in negative energy, had these two scrolls, which were obviously ice and wind scrolls.

Could it be that they were stolen from his mentor Thorin many years ago?

Or were they spoils of a secret operation?

After a little thought, Ryan shook his head slightly. These had nothing to do with him.

After Ryan put away the two witchcraft scrolls, he took out the book recording the witchcraft "high temperature force field" again and read it carefully.

Half an hour later, Ryan folded his hands on his chest and began to pace in the utility room.

Since the first witchcraft "burning touch" that Ryan mastered was also a fire witchcraft, it was natural that he compared the two witchcraft models of "high temperature force field" and "burning touch".

Obviously, the difficulty increases linearly!

The difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft 'Scorching Touch' model is like learning the English abcd (will rune) and then learning the word 'big', but the difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft 'High Temperature Force Field' is completely different. After learning abcd, it is directly 'congratulation'.

Therefore, although Ryan's mental power has increased to 20 points, and he has also sensed and guided the surrounding fire energy particles much faster than last time, it is extremely difficult to visualize the 'High Temperature Force Field' witchcraft model synchronously and completely.

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to give it a try first.

After all, he has a cheat. As long as he succeeds once, it means that it is engraved on the panel, and he can steadily improve it in the future. There is no need to worry about forgetting, regressing or even making mistakes like ordinary wizard apprentices.

After failing more than ten times in a row, Ryan finally succeeded once!

I saw that the air within a few meters around Ryan and the air in the farther area seemed to have a slight refraction phenomenon. Although it was not easy to see without careful distinction. .

But you have to know that according to the refraction and reflection of light in elementary school physics, this situation should not occur in the same medium.

Because the conductivity of the same medium is fixed.

But at this moment, it did happen.

Obviously, this shows that the temperature of the air around Ryan must be higher than that of other places, which will cause this situation. The medium is air, but due to the changes in air density and humidity caused by the temperature difference, there is a difference in conductivity.

Mirage is based on this principle.

In addition, Ryan also found that the temperature in the force field rises very quickly, similar to the effect of a microwave oven and an air fryer combined.

The air can be heated to a specified temperature in just a few seconds.

So, in order to measure the power of this "high temperature force field", Ryan has placed three basins of water on the table in advance, about one meter, two meters and three meters away from him.

Ten seconds later, Ryan took the initiative to stop the witchcraft "high temperature force field".

What disappointed him was that none of the three basins of water boiled.

This shows that the temperature of the witchcraft 'high temperature force field' should be much lower than the witchcraft 'scorching touch'.

After all, with the power of the witchcraft 'scorching touch', the water would not boil at this moment, but would have evaporated directly.

After Ryan stopped, he went forward to touch the water temperature in the basin.

Well, the three-meter basin seems to be just right for foot bathing, about 40 to 50 degrees.

The two-meter basin is about 70 to 80 degrees, which is quite hot, but the one-meter basin is actually about the same temperature as the three-meter basin.

This surprised Ryan.

He originally thought that the one-meter basin should be the hottest.

It seems that the maximum radius of the killing power of this 'high temperature force field' is around two meters, and the power will be weakened if it is farther or closer.

At this time, the system prompt also came:

[You have studied the high temperature force field, and your understanding of it has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - High Temperature Force Field]

[Your skill High Temperature Force Field has been improved, experience value +1]

At the same time, below the Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) panel, above the Burning Touch icon, a new icon appeared.

The icon frame was slightly lit up, and the pattern on the icon was a hooded blurry figure surrounded by an oval transparent eggshell-like film.

Ryan focused his attention on the new icon, and saw a line of small words below the icon.

High temperature force field lv1 (1/100)

High temperature force field lv1 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding fire energy particles, and generate high temperature air within a certain range around the host, which lasts for about one minute.

(Note: The spell takes 3 seconds, and the power is proportional to the host's mental power. At the same time, the closer to the core area, the greater the power. The current effective killing distance: 1~3 meters.)

To be honest, the power of this witchcraft is far from what Ryan expected.

Isn't it called a high temperature force field?

How come it's not even 100 degrees?

Is this considered high temperature?

Ryan couldn't help but complain a little.

However, Ryan thought about it.

He seemed to have misunderstood this temperature.

Because according to the definition of meteorology, a temperature above 35° is considered high temperature.

In the past, the highest temperature in the Sahara Desert since its historical record was only 58°. It should be noted here that many temperatures of 70 or 80 degrees refer to the surface temperature, not the air temperature.

It is already 70 or 80 degrees, which is definitely considered high temperature!

In addition, if we count the human body temperature, if it exceeds 40°, it is considered high temperature. This 70 or 80 degrees.

Okay

The master who named this witchcraft as "high temperature force field", you win.

In addition, Ryan also found that this is a force field witchcraft, which lasts much longer, so the mental power consumed each time it is performed is much higher.

As the saying goes, "learn to use"!

Now that you have learned it, you must find a suitable scenario for use.

Soon Ryan began to think about the applicable scenario of this witchcraft.

First of all, for the killing range of the "high temperature force field", Ryan feels that it is still very suitable for the general melee combat range.

Because the general melee combat range between the enemy and us is only two or three meters.

Basically, if the battle lasts for more than ten seconds, the opponent should sweat profusely and have certain symptoms of heatstroke. Even if the knight's extraordinary physique is several times that of ordinary people, as time goes on, his combat effectiveness will inevitably decrease significantly!

In this way, this 'high temperature force field' is not so useless.

After thinking for a while, Ryan showed a bright smile on his face.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. During the battle, it is best to limit the enemy to a range of two or three meters, and not let the enemy be far away from you, or get close and far away.

Secondly, it is not suitable for long-range attack professions such as archers.

All day long, Ryan basically studied this new witchcraft 'high temperature force field' and read books and materials from Adams.

Ryan felt that the biggest gain this time was not the one or two witchcrafts, nor the precious witchcraft scrolls. The most important thing was that he had a preliminary understanding of some things.

For example, the concept of affinity for mysterious energy particles, and the attitude of the upper echelons of the empire towards wizards and wizard apprentices, etc.

Before this, Ryan was completely confused about this.

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Early the next morning, Ryan and Lagre arrived at the town administration hall early, accompanied Hamilton, and waited for the arrival of the church team.

After a while, a long team slowly entered the town of Shining Gold from the direction of the county town in the north. Judging from the characteristics of their clothing, they were the team of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church.

Soon, Ryan saw an old man wearing a water-blue robe with gold edges and holding a heavy book surrounded by the silver-armored knights. It was the pastor Rudolf who had dealt with him last time.

After a greeting, Ryan, Lagre and more than a dozen night watchmen from Shining Gold rode on horses and joined the team from the county town.

This time, Viscount Hamadi did not come, so although it was a team from the county town, it was actually almost a team from the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church.

As the team entered the Night Song Forest and got closer to the target area, Ryan found that except for the Templar Knights of the church and Archbishop Rudolf, everyone else, especially the Night Watchmen of the Golden Town who followed him, were more or less nervous.

So, Ryan rode his horse to the side of the Night Watch Captain Matteo and said, "When we reach the target area, Matteo, tell everyone to be careful."

"The Evil Knights will be handled by the Templar Knights of the church, and you will just be responsible for some vigilance work."

"Yes, adjutant!" Hearing Ryan's arrangement, Matteo was naturally happy.

For ordinary people like them, facing mysterious events, they are often really powerless. Once they encounter a boss who is confused and uses them as the main force, they will be miserable and will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

At the same time.

At the northwest corner of the Night Song Forest.

A tall and slender female elf with black hair just came to the Night Song Forest in a dusty state.

Thanks to I wish I could sleep forever and never wake up for the reward of 500 Qidian coins!