Chapter 187 Beyond Mastery (Two Chapters in One)

He didn't expect that he just wanted to upgrade Tokkar's hammer technique to level 6, so that he could kill the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle, but he unexpectedly got the job transfer information of Weapon Master (Legend)!

At this time, Ryan felt like he was suddenly hit by a million-dollar prize!

You know, this is the "Legend" career panel, obviously, it is a level higher than "Extraordinary"!

After calming down the excitement in his heart, Ryan began to compare the pre-conditions of Weapon Master (Legend) and Great Knight (Extraordinary) one by one.

He was still very curious, why one is legendary and the other is just extraordinary.

"From the latter few conditions, Weapon Master (Legend) and Great Knight (Extraordinary) are almost overlapping, so the one with the biggest difference is actually the first one!"

"Any three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon categories above level 10" Ryan chewed on this sentence repeatedly, and he seemed to understand something in his heart!

Obviously, it is because of this difference in conditions that the Weapon Master profession is a legendary career panel, while the Great Knight is only an extraordinary career panel.

All three extraordinary combat skills are level 10.

Although this is just one condition, Ryan knows how difficult it is.

Ryan roughly estimated that if he didn't have a system and relied on his own hard work, it would take 20 to 30 years for one extraordinary combat skill to reach the level of level 10, and that's if everything went well.

Then it would take 60 to 70 years for all three!

Hiss!

No wonder he was rated on the legendary professional panel, it's so scary!

Ordinary people would be old before they could practice!

Retracting his thoughts, Ryan focused on the four words "weapon category" again.

"Different weapon categories?"

"Knight's longsword and hand-and-half sword should be considered one-handed swords, so the combat skills of these two weapons should be classified into one category, namely one-handed sword combat skills."

"According to the system prompt, my two-handed greatsword and two-handed warhammer belong to one category respectively, which means that I only need to choose one more item to make up three items!"

"I have obtained the Imperial Military Swordsmanship before, and if it can be upgraded to level 10, it can be considered complete. However, for this third item, should I choose a one-handed sword? Or something else?"

Ryan thought about it and hesitated for a while.

After a while, he shook his head and said to himself.

"Don't worry, my Giant Bear Sword and Tokkar Hammer have not reached level 10 yet, so I'll think about this problem slowly when I have time."

"In addition, this weapon master, judging from the name and prerequisites, seems to be proficient in all kinds of weapons. It is very likely that he is very powerful and can be compared with the great swordsman!"

"And, most importantly, from the system prompt, it does not conflict with the wizard path!"

No conflict, this is the most important thing!

Now in Ryan's heart, the feeling of loss of missing out on the high attack power career path of swordsman, great swordsman, and sword saint has completely disappeared!

Before, even with the transfer prompt of the great knight, because the attack power of the great knight is much weaker than that of the great swordsman, Ryan always felt a little disappointed.

People are refreshed when they are happy!

While thinking, Ryan rode to a river mouth near the sea, which is also the channel near the Larchmond fishing port.

The scale-bearded ironback turtle is similar to ordinary sea turtles. They all like the near-shore estuaries that flow into the sea.

Because fresh and salt water meet here, food is extremely abundant. At the same time, there are many sea reeds growing around at a height of three or four meters, which are suitable for hiding.

At this moment, the sea breeze blew, and the dense sea reeds made bursts of rustling sounds.

Ryan got off his horse, carrying a big sword and a war hammer, and searched carefully. Soon, he found a huge and obvious claw footprint.

Ryan carefully followed the claw footprints and walked all the way. Unexpectedly, he left the reed marsh and soon came to a beach leaning against the foot of the mountain.

On the other side of the beach, it was close to the sea.

Ryan narrowed his eyes, because he had seen a large sandbag in the corner of the beach more than a hundred meters away. Although it was covered with sand, the other party's faintly exposed body and huge size were undoubtedly the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle that Haas mentioned.

With excellent eyesight, Ryan carefully looked at the giant beast from head to tail from a hundred meters away. He saw that the other party's eyes were as big as an adult's fist, and they were closed at this time, as if taking a nap.

The eagle-like mouth was open almost to the neck.

Ryan understood why the other party was called the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle.

Because even on the other party's eyelids, there were fine scales for defense, and on the claws that were not completely buried by the sand, there were thick green scales.

Secondly, there were dozens of thumb-thick whiskers on the other party's lower jaw, which seemed to have no practical effect, but were just to increase a sense of might?

Since the other party was taking a nap, the first choice was to sneak attack. Of course, with the experience of fighting the melee plesiosaur last time, Ryan also made two preparations.

Once discovered, then fight hard!

Ryan took off the pig-headed hammer, circled behind the scale-whiskered ironback turtle from a distance, and began to approach quietly.

Because he was worried that the energy fluctuations of the witchcraft would wake up the napping Ironback Turtle, Ryan did not cast fire witchcraft such as "high temperature force field".

Seemingly being relatively slow, Ryan held his breath and came to a position more than ten meters behind the Scaled-whiskered Ironback Turtle, but the other party was still motionless.

Ryan's face became serious, and his legs suddenly exerted force. With a "bang!", two piles of sand exploded, and the whole person rushed towards the Scaled-whiskered Ironback Turtle like an arrow from a bow!

Specific method of sneak attack?

What other methods are needed with a hammer? The simpler, the more violent, the more effective!

Since the opponent's shell is the hardest, break it from the hardest point!

"Break the limit!"

"Giant force lv3!"

"Power burst!"

"Earth-shattering hammer!!!"

Ryan, who was jumping in the air, had his whole body swelled up at least twice like a balloon. At the same time, the muscles and fascia of his whole body were tense like a fully drawn bowstring. He raised the dark pig-headed hammer high in both hands and hit the center of the Scaled-whiskered Ironback Turtle's shell fiercely!

Just as Ryan kicked hard, the fist-sized eyes of the Scaled-Bearded Ironback Turtle suddenly opened because it sensed danger.

But because Ryan attacked from behind, and he was already right above the turtle shell at this time, it happened to be in the blind spot of the Scaled-Bearded Ironback Turtle.

So, the Ironback Turtle stretched its neck and quickly looked around, but it didn't find the enemy, which made it reveal a puzzled expression in its big eyes.

But the next second!

A loud noise came from the center of its back shell!

"Dang!!!"

Sparks flew!

"Kacha!!!"

The two sounds were almost simultaneous!

Under the effect of 'Hammer Expertise lv3' plus the dual special effects 'Shock lv2' and 'Precision lv2', Ryan's attack almost had the attack power of a 205mm howitzer.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by the scream of the Scaled-Bearded Ironback Turtle, the opponent's thick and hard turtle shell with a diameter of seven or eight meters was now completely shattered into two pieces by Ryan's extremely violent attack.

Especially in the center, it was completely shattered.

If someone had just watched Ryan's entire sneak attack from a distance, they would have found it.

If the shell of the Scaled Ironback Turtle is compared to an iron basin, then a black hammer the size of a fingernail just now hit the iron basin heavily, and immediately ejected the limbs and neck of the Scaled Ironback Turtle!

Quite funny!

But just as Ryan was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, a rich yellow energy particle covered the surface of the Scaled Ironback Turtle, blocking all the damage from his subsequent hammers.

At this time, the fluctuations of the battle also shook all the sand around.

Ryan saw the full appearance of the opponent's shell, which was very similar to the shell of the alligator turtle in his previous life, with more than a dozen ring-shaped scales like mountain peaks. At this time, the tops of these 'peaks' were emitting yellow light.

This mysterious side of the energy particle fluctuation?

It should be the special ability of the Scaled Ironback Turtle, which is what Haas said, the khaki shield.

As if frightened by Ryan's fighting power, the Scaled Ironback Turtle actually didn't have much desire to continue fighting the 'little one' in front of him. Instead, he rushed towards the sea not far away with the strongest defense.

This made Ryan's face change immediately!

The sea is not his battlefield.

Immediately, Ryan increased the frequency of swinging the pig-headed hammer in his hand, hitting the yellow shield "bang bang". Although the color was slightly dim, the light yellow shield was like a reef standing on the seashore, motionless!

Sure enough, only witchcraft can deal with witchcraft?

However, Ryan really didn't believe it!

Add points!

As the remaining skill points on the attribute panel changed from 2→1, Tokkar Hammer Technique was also upgraded to lv7 at once, reaching the same level as Giant Bear Sword Technique.

In an instant, a fragment of memory about the practice of Tokkar Hammer Technique poured into Ryan's mind.

These fragmentary memories of hammer training flashed through Ryan's mind one by one, and quickly merged into his muscle memory, as if he had been concentrating on practicing Tokkar hammer for more than a year in a mysterious space.

However, the difference is that hammer training has the blessing of level 3 hammer specialization, so at this moment, the power of hammer training is already the No. 1 among all his extraordinary combat skills

When Ryan clenched the pig-head hammer again, a special feeling came to his mind.

This feeling is not the feeling of mastery, but the feeling of going deeper into the essence of the weapon.

"Bang!!!"

Another heavy hammer smashed down!

This time, the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle looked terrified and rushed towards the sea desperately, because the yellow shield on its body trembled violently and was about to fall down under a hammer! ——

One day ago.

Outside an interrogation room in Mayster County Prison.

The confidant was reporting to Maggies about the relevant information of this prisoner:

"The other party's name is Weiler. He was originally a bandit hanging out in the Wild Wolf Hills. A few days ago, he got drunk in the Old John Bar in the county town, and then got into a fight with others. Then he was reported. After the county patrol team verified it, he was sent here."

"This guy was originally planned to be hanged, but didn't you say last time that you would find out about the situation in the base through various channels? So, we also arranged informants among the prisoners in the prison."

"After this guy knew it, he said that he had important clues to report!"

"I just reviewed it and it should be true! In addition, this guy proposed that if what he said is true, he hopes to release him. I can't make the decision on this, so you need to come here in person."

"Well, it's done very well!" Majis patted his confidant on the shoulder.

Majis walked into the interrogation room and saw a middle-aged man with messy hair, wearing a tattered gray linen coat, and exuding a strange smell, being handcuffed on the interrogation iron chair.

Seeing Majis and the other person come in, the other person's eyes revealed fear, and his feet were pressed tighter. It seemed that this man named Willer was very afraid of people like Majis who were wearing prison guard uniforms.

Majis looked at the other person twice. There were many whip marks and small burns all over his body. It seemed that his subordinates had left a lot of impressive punishment methods on the other person.

But

This is a good thing!

The other party's psychological defense line is on the verge of collapse. It should be very simple to get some words from the other party, and it is also easy to distinguish true from false.

Majis smiled brightly and said, "Don't be afraid, Willer, just repeat what you said before."

"Sir, can you guarantee that I will be released? The lord just now said that he couldn't make this decision and needed you to decide." Willer looked at Majis's uniform shoulder badge fearfully, and he knew that this was the real boss.

"This requires your cooperation. Believe me, if what you said is true, then it will be very easy for me to release you."

Majis's low voice and slow speech speed made Willer feel a sense of trust inexplicably.

But in fact, this is a psychological suggestion that makes Willer feel that he has grasped a life-saving straw!

He just said hurriedly:

"That day, I was looking for a suitable target for looting in the area of ​​the abandoned mine, and I accidentally saw a few people moving a lot of things from the woods to two carts. There was also a luxurious carriage in front of the carts."

"Wait!" Majis interrupted.

"Why did you go to the abandoned mine? You should know whose territory that is?"

"It's a new gang of bandits. It's said to be very powerful. The boss told us not to provoke them, but we haven't been open for a long time, so I crossed the line, but I didn't cross it too deep, just a little bit." Willer explained.

Hearing what Willer said, Magis nodded. It was reasonable and there was no obvious doubt.

So he motioned for Willer to continue.

"This makes me very happy! I thought at the time that a noble must have hidden a lot of good things here. I've made a fortune." Willer continued.

"So, after they left, I followed their footsteps and came to the abandoned mine. At first, I was still hesitant and didn't dare to get close, after all, it was the territory of another group of people."

"But then I found something wrong. It seemed that there was no one here, so I went forward and found that the group of people here should have been cleared out by someone."

After Willer finished his story, Magis thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any impression of those people? Or do you know them?"

"I have never seen them, but the young knight in the lead, carrying a sledgehammer and a big sword, is very distinctive." Willer gestured and made a cross.

Magis nodded. His confidant had just told him this. It was most likely the newly promoted baron-Ryan.

"By the way, you just said that you saw a luxurious carriage in front of the cart, right?" Magis thought of something and asked again.

"Yes, sir." Willer nodded.

"Are there any features or patterns on that luxurious carriage?"

"The other carriage has a coat of arms. Although the distance is a bit far, my eyesight is very good and I can barely see it clearly. It seems to be a kite-shaped shield with a rose-like flower on it."

When Maggies heard this, he immediately waved his hand and turned his head to his confidant and said, "Have you looked for it? Which noble family in Mayest County is this heraldry?"

"Sir, I just found out that it is the coat of arms of the Crowley family." The confidant whispered.

"The Crowley family?" Maggies narrowed his eyes and thought about it. It seems that he has not heard of this family.

The confidant saw Maggies's expression and knew that his master should not remember this family, so he whispered to remind him, "Have you forgotten? That beautiful woman, Jennifer."

Maggies' eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and he said, "It's her! That beautiful widow?"

Immediately, Maggies remembered the beautiful lady he saw at the ball and made him quite moved.

Remember her family was suppressed badly by Alonso? How could they have the strength to attack the base of their own organization?

Magis asked again: "Have you checked, who are the Crowley family members close to recently or who are they close to?"

"I'm checking. The current known information is that the Crowley family has a close relationship with Ryan. About two months ago, he became the guardian knight of the Crowley family."

"Now that Ryan has become a baron, the servants and guards of the new mansion are all from the Crowley family."

"As for other information, I'm still checking, not so fast"

"That's enough!" Magis's face sank.

All signs indicate that the newly promoted Baron Ryan is the reason for the annihilation of the base.

Although, he still doesn't know how the other party did it, because even with the Crowley family, the strength is far from enough!

However, it's good to have a clue. It should be clear in the follow-up.

Since the interrogation is over, Majis plans to return to his office. After all, Alonso is still waiting for his reply there.

Seeing Majis stand up, Willer couldn't help but look anxious and said, "Sir, you haven't said whether you can release me yet?"

Willer's words slowed down Majis's turning around. He turned his head and said to his confidant, "Then release his soul as he wishes."

Hmm?

Soul release?

Just as Willer was still thinking about the meaning of this sentence, there was a sudden "crack" sound, and a sharp pain came from his neck. Then, he found that he could actually see the white wall behind him

Majis, who returned to the office, naturally would not honestly share information with Alonso. Just now in the corridor, he had thought about how to maximize his interests.

As soon as he entered the door, Maggies pretended to be angry and asked:

"Lord Alonso, the new baron Ryan you asked us to kill last time, I'm afraid he is not that simple?"

"Because of your concealment, the organization lost a peak knight and many senior knights."

"Huh? So you have already taken action? Was it Ryan alone who caused the loss to you, or were there others?" Alonso was slightly stunned and said a little unnaturally.

Of course, he concealed something. He didn't say that the 'Beast Knight' Giovanni was injured by a strange druid.

It's not that he really hopes that the resistance will fail, but Alonso doesn't want the other party to raise the price.

In addition, he also reminded Maggies before the action, asking them to be careful. If something goes wrong, naturally he can't be blamed.

Magis observed Alonso for a while, but didn't see the expression he expected, so he changed the subject and said, "Whether Ryan is alone or with the help of others, the organization can handle it."

"However, Lord Alonso, Ryan's strength is far beyond expectations, so the content of our transaction naturally needs to be changed."

It's still in Mayest County.

The underground hall.

Giovanni, a slender knight carrying a 'scythe' weapon, bowed slightly to the fat priest and said, "Master priest, my body has fully recovered. I heard from Maral that the last time the druid appeared in the town of Shining Gold, was it really an accident?"

"Yes, Maral has checked it repeatedly, and the trace of the druid has never appeared again. It should be just a coincidence that he passed by." The fat priest nodded.

"If that's the case, let me take on the task of killing the new knight Ryan!" Giovanni

"Giovanni, are you sure you've fully recovered? In addition, according to the latest news from Alonso, Ryan is no longer a new knight, but a new imperial baron!"

"What!" Giovanni was shocked and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Do you find it hard to believe? I didn't believe it at first, but after multiple verifications, it's true! Including Count Habsburg, he has already met Ryan."

"In fact, it's not in our interest to continue to take action against Ryan now." The high priest continued in a deep voice.

Hearing the high priest's words that he wanted to give up, Giovanni raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "Master high priest, the majesty of the Black Flame Church cannot be challenged! Let's leave this matter to our subordinates."

"This." The high priest was silent for a moment.

Although it is no longer in the church's interest to continue to eliminate Ryan, the emotions of the capable generals must also be taken care of, which makes the chief priest a little embarrassed.

At this time, the voice of Maral came from the gate of the underground hall, and he said:

"Master Chief Priest, Ryan's whereabouts have been found. The other party should have gone to Rossby County."

"In addition, according to reliable information, the appointment just issued by Earl Habsburg today shows that Ryan should return to Meister County within five days to take over the position of governor and sheriff of the fishing port town."

After a while, the low voice of the chief priest sounded again: "Giovanni, then this matter will continue to be left to you! However, I hope you can minimize the impact of this matter."

"Yes, Master Chief Priest! I will try my best to take action on Ryan's way back, and clean up the traces, and will never involve the church." Giovanni smiled and saluted with his chest.

He knew that the chief priest had been convinced by him.

Indeed, killing a newly-crowned imperial baron would have a bad impact, and I'm afraid the imperial authorities will conduct an in-depth investigation.

However,

I was seriously injured because of this Ryan, so I had to bear this grudge.

——

On a beach not far from the Larchmond Fishing Port, a huge scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle was lying in a pool of blood.

And a man was using a two-handed sword to cut open the giant turtle's body, as if to take something out.

At this time, a cylindrical object suddenly rolled out of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's body.

Huh?

What is this?

A drifting bottle?

Ryan saw a brown bottle falling out of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's body. Judging from the material, it seemed to be a rare glass material at present, which made him quite curious.

Aiming at the sun, Ryan observed carefully and found that there seemed to be something like a piece of paper inside.

After thinking for a while, Ryan carefully opened the bottle stopper. Sure enough, this is a drifting bottle!

The thing inside is not paper, but seems to be a parchment roll.

Hey, why is it so familiar, this texture.

In an instant, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind, and he quickly took out the small iron box from his arms and compared it!

This turned out to be a quarter of the treasure map of the pirate king Vincent Sanborn, the one related to the fireball technique

Could it be that this scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle has some kind of connection with the pirate king?

This is a certain possibility, after all, turtles are known for their longevity!

But this is always a very low probability event. Ryan feels that he must thank the goddess of luck!

However, this makes him worried.

It was only half before, which was fine, but now there are three quarters.

This makes Ryan want to find the remaining quarter of the treasure map, and he is eager.

But this thing is a bit of a rare taste. Ryan thought about it and couldn't help sighing!

Ryan lit a bonfire and began to simply process the materials related to the Scaled Ironback Turtle, while thinking about the prerequisites for the job transfer to "Weapon Master".

Among them, the second, third, and fourth prerequisites - "2. The physical limit value reaches 100%; 3. Any breathing method is above lv9; 4. Strength is above 20 points, agility is above 20 points, and constitution is above 20 points;"

For me, it can be said that it is almost complete or has been completed, and there is no difficulty at all.

As for the fifth prerequisite "High-level magic potion 'Giant Beast Essence'", although it is a little troublesome, I already have the raw materials of the hearts of two giant beasts in my hands. After returning to the county city, through the military supply department, this problem should not be difficult to solve.

At worst, I can contact the imperial military through Hamilton, which should not be a big problem.

Now the most troublesome thing is the first item "1. Any three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon categories are above lv10".

In other words, before he could get the high-level potion 'Behemoth Essence', it would be best to accumulate enough skill points to upgrade the three extraordinary combat skills to lv10. This was the most urgent thing.

Ryan looked at the attribute panel. Now the remaining skill point was 1 point, and the Giant Bear Sword and Tokkar Hammer were both lv7, and the skill point gap was 5 points.

This 5 points should not be a big problem.

Ryan looked at the 'Armor Forger lv1 (17/100)'. If the Crowley family helped him collect materials, it should not take much time to upgrade. It would not be a big problem to get 4-5 skill points.

The key is the third combat skill

The Imperial Military Sword is only lv3 (122/500), and the shield defense and archery are also lv3

Even if he practiced hard day and night after returning, due to time, he could only reach lv5 at most, and there would still be a 5-point skill point gap waiting for him.

It seemed that he had not thought of any good solution, and Ryan frowned.

At this time, the sound of flapping wings was heard!

A pigeon with a blue head suddenly fell from the sky and landed next to the pigeon cage on the brown horse, and started to talk intimately with another blue-helmeted pigeon.

Blue-helmeted pigeon!

Ryan's pupils shrank, and he immediately stood up and walked over!

Before leaving, Ryan once told the beautiful woman that if she encountered trouble, she could use the blue-helmeted pigeon to contact her.