Chapter 185 Prerequisites for Promotion to [Great Knight (Extraordinary)] (Two Chapters in One)

Judging from the content of the system warning, Ren knew that the key to this should be mental power. The key word is the difference between 'solidification' and 'activation'.

After thinking about it, Ren quickly understood that it was probably because the sword master's path was to pursue some ultimate attack power of the sword, so he needed to solidify his mental power.

"By the way, Master Gunther said before about the 'Glory of Will'. Is the solidification of mental power a necessary step or condition for generating the 'Glory of Will'?" Renn couldn't help but murmured.

After thinking about it, he shook his head again. He didn't know much about the sword master's path. The above was just a guess.

But one thing was clear to him, because he was now at the peak of the second-level wizard apprentice and was about to enter the third-level wizard apprentice level, so Ren had a vague feeling about the wizard's path.

That is one of the necessary conditions for the wizard's path, which should be the activation of mental power to meet the needs of mobilizing various mysterious side energy particles.

Therefore, the wizard profession and the swordsman profession are not compatible with each other. They seem to be two completely different paths.

Obviously, the path of sword master is likely to be equally promising, as can be seen from Master Gunther!

However, Master Gunther should not only be a swordsman, but the existence of the next level of swordsman, a great swordsman? Ren thought.

No matter what you call it, swordsman must be a career path with super high attack power. As for the final profession, Renn will take a blind guess and see if it might be a 'sword master' or something like that.

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too!”

"such a pity!"

For a time traveler like Ren, the mysterious wizard's path has special meaning to him.

Then we have to give up the sword master path for the time being!

Maybe there might be a chance in the future?

"I wonder if high-level witchcraft has puppets, clones, etc. In this case, it's not completely impossible."

Standing in front of the corpse of the offshore plesiosaur, Ren's thoughts were racing at this moment.

At this time, Master Gunther was not far away, located in the sea water at the outermost edge of the cave, but his whole body was in an extremely rare state of shock.

A few minutes ago, before he entered the cave, he felt a sudden vibration in the cave.

At that time, he was shocked, wondering why Ren suddenly became so reckless. He just entered and fought with the offshore plesiosaur without paying any attention to it.

This caused him to speed up in the passage!

But when he surfaced to prepare for rescue, he was stunned!

Because what caught his eyes was that the offshore plesiosaur, which was huge and had combat power comparable to that of a great knight, was already lying in a pool of blood!

So fast?

Thirty seconds?

this.

It took him a while before he came back to his senses!

Renne has finished killing the offshore plesiosaur!

Although he had overestimated Renn as much as possible before, in the end, Master Gunther discovered that he still underestimated Renn!

"cough!"

Master Gunther coughed, which immediately attracted the attention of Ren, who was concentrating on the beach.

Ren quickly turned his head and was stunned at first, but then he immediately showed surprise when he realized it was Master Gunther.

"Master, why are you here?"

Immediately, Renn figured out something.

The 'Trial of Faith' is the fifth training task arranged by Master Gunther. Since it is training, the apprentice will not really be allowed to risk death.

But what is special is that the purpose of the training of 'Trial of Faith' is to allow apprentices to feel that they are on the verge of despair, thereby inspiring faith, fully mobilizing the Force, and surviving in death!

In this case, obviously, Master Gunther cannot tell his apprentice in advance, saying, 'I am actually following you and will protect you.'

Therefore, Master Gunther should have followed him shortly after he dived into the underwater cave to avoid being killed by the offshore plesiosaur.

After thinking about this, Renn couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

As for what happens if the master sees the swollen muscles in his 'triple state', it doesn't matter.

Ren has already thought of the reason. This can be classified as his knight's extraordinary characteristic "giant strength". His own extraordinary characteristic is more powerful.

"Originally I wanted to protect you, but now it seems that my worries are unnecessary."

Master Gunther's words confirmed Ren's suspicion.

"By the way, how did you kill this offshore plesiosaur?" Master Gunther walked up to him, looked at the plesiosaur lying in a pool of blood and circled around to check the cause of death.

When he discovered that the plesiosaur was killed by a sword that split its head, a light suddenly flashed in his eyes!

This is

"Master, when I was killing the plesiosaur just now, the moment I faced a life-and-death crisis was very sudden. I mobilized all the force in my body and injected it into the big sword in my hand."

"What I originally thought was that I could use my sword to get out of trouble! But in the end, I didn't expect that I could actually split the opponent's strongest beak and head in half with one sword." Renn also had something in his mind at this time. Question, I heard Master Gunther ask it on his own initiative, so I just asked it.

He also wanted to know what happened with the sword just now.

Because just now, after killing the plesiosaur, he tried a few more times. Although he was able to mobilize the force with ease, compared with the sword at that time, it seemed that the power was very different.

"Ryan, you have surprised me again. How about it? Are you interested in staying to pursue the path of the Sword Saint?" Master Gunther did not answer Ryan's question directly, but smiled and invited.

Sword Saint?

Ryan's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the other party.

It is indeed a Sword Saint!

It turns out that Master Gunther is semi-secluded in the Gold Coast in order to pursue the path of the Sword Saint.

However

Master, its path is incompatible with that of a wizard! Ryan's heart burst into tears. Although he likes the path of the Sword Saint with high attack power, he can only refuse it at present.

"Master, thank you for your appreciation, but I want to travel for the time being. Maybe one day, when I can calm down, I will come to the Gold Coast again to seek your guidance." Ryan bowed and said seriously.

"Okay! Young people should really go and take a look first! Studying swordsmanship also requires concentration." Hearing what Ryan said, Master Gunther thought about it and nodded, seeming to agree very much.

Gunther did not persuade Ryan to stay, but explained the sword that Ryan had just used:

"Your sword just now actually combined your belief in the sword with the Force. In layman's terms, this is the sword's edge, an ability that only a sword master can master."

"In essence, it is actually your belief in the sword that is hidden in the Force. At that moment, the ordinary Force became the Sword Force, which has a more powerful destructive power than the ordinary Force."

"Is that so? Thank you, Master, for clearing up my doubts!" ​​Ryan bowed slightly.

The Sword Force?

Sure enough, it was almost the same as he had guessed. Sword Master, Great Sword Master, Sword Saint, this path is indeed closely related to the sword, and the ultimate goal should be to pursue the ultimate destructive power of the sword!

"By the way, Master Gunther, shall we go back now?"

"Wait, this adult offshore plesiosaur is a good thing. As a large and violent sea beast, it can be said to be full of treasures." Master Gunther said with a smile.

"Especially the opponent's heart, which can be used to make 'Giant Essence', a magic potion that is necessary for a knight to be promoted to a great knight!"

Hey, attacking the great knight?

Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up. Originally, after he returned this time, he was going to find some knowledge about the subsequent advancement of the knight. He had thought about asking Hamilton before, but later felt that his own progress was too shocking, so he decided to put it off for now.

Unexpectedly, he could hear relevant information from Master Gunther.

Noticing Ryan's surprised look, Gunther thought Ryan was surprised by the word 'Giant', so he smiled and explained: "Haha, what, do you think the plesiosaur is not worthy of the name of a giant beast?"

"In fact, the giant beast is just a general term for ferocious beasts with a body length of more than ten meters."

"Its heart contains some special substances. After being extracted by the pharmacist and made into 'Giant Essence', it can be used to match the huge consumption required for the knight to be promoted to a great knight."

Giant Essence?

It sounds like the same concept as the advanced potion that ordinary people take when they enter the Knight (Supernatural).

I just don't know if there are various subdivisions and details like the advanced potion. Ryan thought.

Just as Ryan was about to continue asking Master Gunther, suddenly, the system prompt refreshed the screen again:

[Ding! Detected that the host listened to the supernatural secrets, triggering the advanced job transfer-Great Knight (Supernatural)! ]

[The prerequisites for promotion to Great Knight (Supernatural) are: 1. The physical limit value reaches 100%; 2. Any breathing method lv9 or above; 3. Strength 20 points or more, agility 20 points or more, and physique 20 points or more; 4. Any melee supernatural combat skill lv9 or above; 5. High-level potion 'Behemoth Essence'. The current conditions are not met! Promotion to Great Knight (Supernatural) failed! ]

Huh!

Looking at the system prompt that suddenly popped up, Ryan read it silently several times, and his heart was excited!

He didn't expect that he had just missed the chance to become a swordsman, but after listening to Master Gunther's secrets about the essence of the giant beast and the Force, he actually got the job transfer information to become a great knight (supernatural)!

It really felt like a "bright future after a dark period"!

"From several conditions, the Great Knight (supernatural) and the Knight (supernatural) can be said to be of the same origin, and many preconditions are also similar."

"Although the Great Knight seems to be slightly weaker in combat power compared to professions such as swordsmen and great swordsmen with extreme attack power, it does not conflict with the path of wizards. Part-time work is the most important thing to consider."

In addition, he is about to meet or have already met several conditions for the promotion to the Great Knight.

For example, condition 1, 'the physical limit value reaches 100%', Ryan looked at the Knight (Supernatural) panel, and the limit value has reached 95%, which is because after continuously improving the Bear King Breathing Method, five attribute points have been added in succession.

At this moment, there are still three remaining attribute points on the panel, so there is no need to waste skill points. It is only a matter of time to add points before breaking the limit of 100%.

In addition, I have already reached the second condition, ‘Any Breathing Method Level 9’. Sure enough, the breathing method is not added in vain!

As for the third condition.

Just as Ryan was daydreaming, Master Gunther said: "Let's go! Ryan, the heart of the plesiosaur needs to be processed while it is fresh."

"Okay, Master!" Ryan immediately agreed.

When Ryan emerged from the sea dragging the huge corpse of the plesiosaur, Basque was stunned.

"Ryan, you... you succeeded so quickly?"

"Or is this..." Basque turned to look at Master Gunther.

Master Gunther knew what Basque meant. Basque was asking if he had helped Ryan kill the offshore plesiosaur.

Master Gunther shook his head and said, "Ryan killed it alone! Basque, don't stand there. The blood of the plesiosaur will attract many other ferocious sea beasts. Hurry back!"

"Okay! Master!"

Although Basque agreed, he still couldn't hide his surprise. He tied the corpse of the plesiosaur to the back of the boat and started paddling quickly.

However, while paddling, Basque's eyes alternated between the huge plesiosaur corpse that rose and fell in the sea from time to time and Ryan, who was calm on the boat, and he was horrified!

When the three arrived at the shore of the island, Ryan found that seven or eight young men, led by Frode with a short haircut, were waiting on the shore.

Apparently, they also got the news, so they were waiting for the result here.

Just as the young man named Arturo was about to ask, he suddenly saw the huge corpse rising and falling in the sea water behind the boat from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Is this... is this successful?"

Before Ryan could answer, Basque, who had just jumped ashore, raised his chin slightly with pride and said: "Yes! Ryan succeeded!"

"Look, there is the corpse of the plesiosaur, everyone help to lift it up first!"

Suddenly, the eyes of all the young people present were focused on Ryan, with different expressions, some shocked, some unbelievable

After waiting for the huge corpse of the offshore plesiosaur to be lifted ashore, the people who saw the cause of the plesiosaur's death were even more surprised, and their eyes alternated between Ryan and the plesiosaur.

As if in shock, why did Ryan have no scars on his body and killed a large ferocious sea beast without any injury?

What kind of strength is this?

This is too scary!

Half an hour later, Ryan put away the wooden box containing the huge heart of the offshore plesiosaur and put it on the brown horse.

This was Master Gunther's help to deal with and give it to him.

As for other parts of the offshore plesiosaur, such as scales, skin, meat, etc., Ryan kept them to show his gratitude.

"Master, then I'm ready to leave now. Thank you for your teaching during this period." Ryan bowed respectfully to Gunther.

Although Ryan and Gunther met because of Claire's letter of introduction at the beginning, it is hard to say now whether Ryan's weight in Gunther's heart is more important than Claire.

Master Gunther smiled with relief and said, "Go back. You still have a long way to go. Perhaps, I will hear about your deeds soon."

Seven or eight other young people, including Frode and Doug, also said goodbye to Ryan.

Ryan also smiled and nodded to them!

Although he did not have much communication with others in the past twenty days, so the relationship could not be said to be good or bad, but with such a relationship with Master Gunther, perhaps, when they meet in the outside world, he should help them.

And Basque on the side, enthusiastically helped Ryan put all the luggage on the brown horse, and said, "Ryan, I will take you to the road."

Ryan nodded, and he turned around again and said to Master Gunther and others, "Master, everyone, I hope we can meet again next time!"

Everyone watched Ryan gradually disappear on the trail, with emotion on their faces!

"Master Gunther, Ryan should be the one who has passed all the training tasks the fastest since you retired, right?" Frode, the short-haired boy, suddenly asked with a little curiosity.

Master Gunther smiled and did not directly answer Frode's question. Instead, he encouraged: "There are far more geniuses in this world than you think. Keep working hard!"

Walking on the trail, Ryan did not get on the horse immediately, but walked forward with the black horse. Next to him was Basque, who was helping Ryan lead the brown horse carrying the luggage.

"By the way, Ryan, you'd better choose to take the main road on the way back and take less trails."

"Recently, Rossby County is not safe. There have been several cases of noble carriages or lone knights being besieged and killed by bandits." At this time, Basque seemed to remember something and said with a serious face.

"Bandits?" Ryan asked back.

"Yes, according to my father, behind these bandit groups, there seems to be the shadow of the Zarral resistance. So, Ryan, you have to be careful along the way, don't take it lightly as if the other party is just an ordinary bandit."

"Thank you! Basque, I will be careful." Facing the boy's kind reminder, Ryan naturally expressed his gratitude.

On the other hand, Ryan's heart moved slightly.

Zarral resistance?

He immediately thought of the time when he rescued Haas. On the surface, that group of people seemed to be a nearby bandit group.

At the same time, he also thought of the battle of the resistance base in Meister County.

Not only does the other party have some secret connection with multiple bandit groups in the surrounding area, but the resistance itself often pretends to be a bandit group and engages in looting.

It seems that this so-called resistance has been more and more active recently.

Moreover, from the perspective of the region, it seems that the opponent's activity in Rossby County is higher than in Mayest County!

Although the rebels that I had fought against before were not very strong, the strongest among them was only a peak knight.

However, such a large rebel organization must have masters at the level of great knights, so we must not take it lightly.

At this time, Basque suddenly looked enlightened, patted his head, and laughed: "I almost forgot, Ryan! You are the one who killed the offshore plesiosaur alone. If the rebels met you."

"They should be worried! Hahaha!"

After listening to what Basque said, Ryan couldn't help but smile.

"Basque, just send it here. Remember to contact me when you have time, or you can come to Mayest County to find me." Ryan turned to Basque and said.

Due to the time they spent together, plus Basque was a good person and helped Ryan a lot, the relationship between the two was quite harmonious.

"Okay, Ryan! That. Ryan, can you help me tell Miss Claire a message?" Basque rubbed his palms, seeming a little embarrassed.

"Huh? What message?" Ryan looked at Basque with a little doubt.

"Well, when you see Miss Claire, please ask her if she remembers Basque from the Gold Coast? I hope she can come to the Gold Coast to see Master Gunther when she is free." Basque said a little shyly.

"That. Good! If I can meet her." Ryan was a little speechless.

Basque's shy look is like a shy little girl. It is really speechless for a big and strong man!

Let Claire come to see Master Gunther?

I'm afraid you want to see Claire, but you are afraid that Claire will refuse, so you said that.

In addition, what the hell is this expression "Basque from the Gold Coast?"

Why does it sound so much like the phrase "Xia Yuhe by the Daming Lake" in the previous life?

Ryan stopped thinking about it, shook his head slightly, turned around and mounted his horse, waved his hand and said: "Let's go! Basque!"

"Goodbye, Ryan!"

Basque stared at Ryan's departing figure, stunned.

At this time, the warm winter sun sprinkled on Ryan's departing man and two horses, bringing out a long shadow, which gave Basque a feeling that the direction Ryan was heading was a shining golden road leading to the kingdom of God.

Since he did not receive the message from the blue-helmeted pigeon, Ryan felt that his family and the Crowley family in Mayster County should not have encountered any difficult problems.

In this case, Ryan planned to visit Haas on the way back.

In the nearly 20 days on the Gold Coast, Ryan can be said to have gained a lot, so he was in a very good mood at this time.

Haas's Larchmond Fishing Port is just north of the Gold Coast.

The north was exactly where Ryan was heading, and it could be said that it was completely on the way. Ryan estimated that if he didn't take a detour and took the forest trail, he should be able to reach Larchmond Fishing Port in the evening.

"Stew giant thorn salmon?"

Ryan thought of the special food of his hometown that Haas mentioned last time, which made him smile.

At noon, Ryan found a place to rest in the forest by the roadside.

He took some roasted dried fish from his bag and chewed it, while thinking about the Force.

Along the way, Ryan tried repeatedly and found that although he could now mobilize the Force with ease and burst out all the Force at once, he could not use the power of the sword that killed the offshore plesiosaur.

Master Gunther has already explained this problem.

Because there is no life-and-death crisis, if the belief is not strong enough, the Force cannot be converted into the more destructive Sword Force!

The level of this sword's Force seems to be very high, and it is completely different from the usual sharpness caused by attaching the Force to the sword.

The former is powerful, but it seems to involve the solidification of mental power, while the latter is much less powerful and seems to be just a shallow application of the Force.

However, Ryan is now thinking about another question:

"I attached the Force to the sword, and the effect is to increase the sharpness of the sword. Then, if I attach the Force to the hammer, it can't be to increase the sharpness of the hammer, right?"

"You know, one end of the hammer is flat!"

"Then what was I thinking when I attached the Force to the sword?"

While thinking, Ryan took the big sword from his back.

I saw Ryan mobilizing the Force while waving the big sword.

After practicing the giant bear swordsmanship for a while, suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind, and he seemed to understand a little!

At this time, the system prompt sounded:

[Congratulations! You experienced an epiphany and unlocked the additional special effects of melee combat skills: Sharpness lv1 (passive)]

[Sharpness lv1 (passive) effect: You have a preliminary understanding of the nature of the Force, and can freely mobilize the Force to enhance the power of the long sword in your hand, making it slightly sharper. ]

(Note: This effect is only effective when the host has the Force and the Force is not exhausted, and only effective when the host holds a sharp weapon.)

(Note: This effect is an additional special effect of melee combat skills. After meeting the conditions, the next level will be automatically unlocked.)

Ryan was overjoyed!

Ryan immediately focused his attention on the icon representing the Giant Bear Swordsmanship, and saw that the special effects attached to the Giant Bear Swordsmanship this time were indeed increased:

Giant Bear Swordsmanship lv7 (3023/5000), with special effects ‘Accuracy lv2’ and ‘Sharpness lv2’.

[Accuracy lv2 (passive) effect:.]

[Sharpness lv2 (passive) effect: You have a further understanding of the nature of the Force, and can freely mobilize the Force to enhance the power of the long sword in your hand, making its sharpness slightly improved. ]

(Note: To unlock the sharpness lv3 of the Giant Bear Swordsmanship, the following conditions must be met: 1. Giant Bear Swordsmanship lv9 or above; 2. Bear King Breathing Method lv9 or above.)

Attached with two special effects!

Ryan carefully read the above text descriptions, the descriptions of sharpness and accuracy are similar, and the main change of the lv2 level compared to lv1 is that ‘slightly’ has changed to ‘slightly’.

But the conditions for unlocking are not exactly the same!

After thinking for a while, Ryan planned to try the Tokkar Hammer Technique. Since the Force applied to the sword would have a sharp effect, what about applying it to the hammer?

Although Ryan had already had some guesses, he still had to try it out to know!

At this time, Ryan's ears moved slightly!

Then, the lv3 level of danger perception began to give him a warning, but this sense of crisis was not strong, so Ryan did not turn his head to check, but continued to calmly wipe the glimmering giant sword in his hand.

In the dense forest dozens of meters away.

A dozen strong men dressed as mercenaries were lurking. They had different weapons in their hands, but they all had a calm breath and a sturdy face.

One of the strong men dressed as mercenaries was holding a monocular copper tube mirror to check Ryan!

However, it seemed that considering that the formal knight who had entered the extraordinary had a keen perception, the strong man quickly shifted his sight after glancing at him a few times, and did not stare at Ryan continuously.

"Another lone official knight, but judging from his swordsmanship, he seems to be an expert!"

"Tsk! How good can he be? Look at his appearance, he is obviously not even 18 years old! Don't tell me that this guy can be a top knight?" A big man sneered.

"That's right, Scar is right. How strong can he be? Let's use crossbows to shoot him into a sieve!"

"Yeah, carrying a big sword and a giant hammer, it looks intimidating! But he doesn't even wear knight plate armor, he is probably still a rookie knight, and he has no field experience at all."