Chapter 204: Methods of Exchanging Witchcraft (Two Chapters in One)

After listening to Veronica's narration, Marica nodded, then turned to look at Ryan and said, "Sir Ryan, I'm so sorry, it seems that we have to leave as soon as possible."

"No problem, Major Marica, but it's already half past ten now, how about we leave after lunch?" Ryan said with a smile.

Marica and Veronica looked at each other and said with a smile, "Of course, then I'm sorry to bother Baron Ryan."

"You are too polite, this is my courtesy as a host." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Without Ryan's further instructions, the beautiful woman beside him stood up and said with a smile:

"Baron, then I will ask the kitchen to prepare it well, and try my best to let Major Marica and Miss Veronica experience the delicacies of Mayest County."

"Thank you for your hard work, Jennifer." Ryan nodded with a smile and said.

After Jennifer left, Major Marika's beautiful eyes lingered on the beautiful woman's back for a while before turning to Ryan and saying, "Baron Ryan, your housekeeper is really a beauty."

"Even in Rossby City, it is extremely rare. From the temperament point of view, she doesn't look like a housekeeper, but like an elegant lady."

Marika was actually quite surprised when she saw Jennifer for the first time.

After a few greetings, she understood why General Silva asked her to try to invite Ryan, and Ryan refused without hesitation, as if he had no charm.

Apart from the invitation letter from the Imperial Sword Bearer, I'm afraid this beautiful woman also accounted for a lot.

After understanding this, Marika's mood became better.

It turned out that it was not because of her lack of charm, but because of such a "strong" beautiful woman.

Ryan smiled and explained, "Major Marika has a keen eye. Jennifer is actually a baroness. Now she is the head of the Crowley family, and I was invited to become the guardian knight of the Crowley family."

"After that, I was awarded the title of baron, and there was no suitable housekeeper for a while, so Baroness Crowley came over and took the initiative to serve as the housekeeper of the new mansion."

After listening to Ryan's "explanation", Marika and Veronica smiled at each other, as if they were laughing at Ryan's intention to cover up his own intentions.

Obviously, with such a beautiful woman around, they didn't believe that Ryan would be so "gentlemanly".

However, they were very sensible and did not go into the topic further.

Since it was rare to meet a third-level wizard apprentice, Ryan raised several of his doubts to Veronica at the right time.

"Miss Veronica, has the white seagull you just seen been specially transformed? I really want to know, is this witchcraft or the effect of some potion?"

"Of course, Mr. Ryan, this is the witchcraft improved by my mentor, Wizard Enius, and is called 'Enius Bird Transformation' by the Navy."

"I see." Ryan looked thoughtful.

The fact that the Imperial Navy uses witchcraft to communicate can explain a lot of problems.

Before, he believed that the Imperial high-level officials viewed wizards not as a scourge, but as a kind of help, but now it seems that this view is still a bit conservative.

The communication methods within the army all use witchcraft methods, which shows that the bond between the Empire and wizards is far deeper than he imagined.

From this point of view, Ryan felt that his previous decision was correct.

As long as he has the support of the Empire and continues to climb up the authority, he should gradually come into contact with systematic witchcraft knowledge.

"Miss Veronica, I'm very interested in your mentor's 'Aenius Bird Transformation Technique'. Can you sell it to me?"

Although Ryan had a hunch, he still planned to give it a try.

After all, if it really works, he may be able to raise the professional level of the animal trainer by one level again in a short period of time.

In addition, since the opponent's 'Aenius Bird Transformation Technique' is a kind of witchcraft, then during the learning process, it should also simultaneously promote the professional level of the wizard apprentice.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"Hmm? Sir Ryan, this is witchcraft, only..." In an instant, Veronica widened her beautiful eyes, stared at Ryan in a daze, and stopped talking halfway.

Then, she pointed at Ryan in surprise and said, "Sir Ryan, you... you are actually a wizard apprentice!"

"Moreover, your mental strength seems to be not lower than mine. Are you also a third-level wizard apprentice?"

Hearing Veronica's words, Marika on the side also covered her mouth and looked at Ryan in surprise.

She really didn't expect that Ryan, who had always presented himself in front of everyone with super knight talent, was actually a wizard apprentice.

Ryan was also quite surprised.

When he asked this question, he considered that his identity as a wizard apprentice might be seen.

But unlike before, he is now an imperial noble. On the other hand, he also basically understands the attitude of the imperial high-level towards wizards.

So, even if others know that he is a wizard apprentice, it's no big deal.

What surprised him was that Veronica could accurately judge that his wizard apprentice level was a third-level wizard apprentice.

It seems that the other party should have some kind of reconnaissance witchcraft or detection props or something.

"I got a basic meditation method by accident before, and then I tried to practice it. Later I found that the progress seemed good, so I have been practicing it until now." Ryan did not deny it, and smiled.

"Oh my God! Sir Ryan, your talent. I don't know what to say."

"Do you know how hard I work every day to reach the current level? I didn't expect you to become a third-level wizard apprentice so easily!"

"Goddess, this is too biased," Veronica muttered in frustration.

Marika on the side reacted at this time.

It seems that Ryan was able to achieve such a great result during the canonization assessment, perhaps not just the means of the knight.

However, the key to the problem is that a person has a super knight talent and a wizard qualification comparable to Veronica. This

Marika didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

I can only say that the goddess is really too partial to Ryan.

After a long while, Veronica calmed down and answered Ryan's question seriously:

"Sir Ryan, I'm really sorry. My mentor has handed over this "Aenius Bird Transformation Technique" to the Imperial Navy and included it in the special item exchange list."

"So, due to the constraints of the Imperial confidentiality regulations, I can't directly teach this witchcraft to you." Veronica said apologetically.

This made Ryan a little disappointed.

However

Special item exchange list?

Is it something like an exchange list?

"Even if I am a baron, I can't exchange items through this special item exchange list?"

"I'm very sorry, Baron Ryan, it's like this. Only by joining the Imperial Navy can you have the opportunity to exchange items from it."

"Then there should be many kinds of witchcraft in this special item exchange list, right?" Ryan thought about it and asked.

Just now he thought of a question.

It seems that what Naya of the Usman family said before should be true.

Metal witchcraft that is extremely difficult to find in the outside world is likely to be in the special item exchange list of the Imperial Navy.

"Yes, this is an exchange list within the Imperial Navy, from which you can exchange for some things that are almost difficult to purchase outside, such as some witchcraft, secret techniques and special medicines, etc., covering a wide range." Veronica explained.

Hearing Veronica's affirmative answer, Ryan couldn't help but become more interested.

"Then if you exchange, will you also use merit points?" Ryan continued to ask.

"Yes and no." Veronica shook her head, but she didn't keep it a secret and continued to explain quickly.

"If you need to exchange items in the special item exchange list, you need the mission evaluation medal and merit points together."

Ryan knew about merit points.

But what is this mission evaluation medal? Ryan once again heard something he had never heard of.

Veronica saw that Ryan was still puzzled, and immediately thought of something, and took the initiative to say:

"The mission evaluation medal is a certificate issued after completing various special combat missions of the Imperial Navy."

"Sir Ryan, you can understand that there is no such evaluation medal for ordinary missions. Only those missions that are more difficult or have special significance to the Empire will be given evaluation medals, which are divided into bronze, silver, gold, and diamond medals according to the evaluation level."

"For example, the 'Enius Bird Transformation Technique' requires three bronze medals plus two thousand merit points to redeem."

"I see." Ryan nodded and quickly understood the purpose of this exchange.

The items in the special item exchange list are obviously rarer than the items in the general quartermaster department. They are items provided to the special combat talents of the Empire.

The purpose is probably to prevent some ordinary combatants from accumulating merit points and exchanging them for high-value items, so this evaluation medal is set as a restriction.

Meritorious points are equivalent to money.

The bronze medal is equivalent to a one-time trading qualification certificate.

If you are not qualified, money is useless.

Moreover, this qualification certificate is one-time. After it is used up, you can only choose to continue to complete special tasks for the empire and earn evaluation medals.

Ryan basically understood it.

This is almost like the planned economy in the previous life. In addition to money, you need food coupons.

For Ryan, he does not dislike the empire's practice.

When his own strength is not enough, he can only obtain resources by completing tasks for the empire. He does not dislike this.

Moreover, after Veronica's explanation, Ryan found that some resources about wizards seem to be scarce throughout the empire, so a higher threshold is set to prevent ordinary combatants from participating in the exchange.

Think about it the other way around.

Why didn't the empire collect those wandering wizard apprentices with average qualifications? It is very likely that there are considerations in this regard.

Resources are limited, so they must be used to take care of people who are willing to serve the empire and have training value.

"Mr. Ryan, it seems that you are very interested in raising animals." Veronica asked, staring at Ryan with her big eyes curiously.

"Yes, I am really interested in this." Ryan nodded.

"But I think this shouldn't be a big problem for you. I heard from Colonel Marika that you have received an invitation letter from the Imperial Sword Bearer Organization."

"As the first place in the noble enthronement assessment of the Munster Province, I think it will be no problem for you to join in the end."

"As a special talent, if this mission is successfully completed, let Colonel Marika help you apply for the exchange, it shouldn't be a problem." Veronica turned to Marika and smiled.

Hmm?

Can you exchange without joining?

After listening to Veronica's suggestion, Ryan looked at Marika suspiciously.

Marika smiled at Ryan, nodded, and said, "Baron Ryan, as a rising star in the province of Munster, the South Sea Fleet is very willing to do this favor."

"As far as I know, Major General Silva is still very sorry that you declined the invitation of the fleet."

"That's great. The Sword Bearer Organization has always been my goal, otherwise, I would probably choose to join the South Sea Fleet." Ryan, who was in a good mood, laughed immediately.

If going to the fishing port town before was Ryan's job responsibility as the governor and sheriff of the fishing port town.

Then now, Ryan himself also wants to rush to the fishing port town as soon as possible to complete the joint mission of Meister County and the South Sea Fleet, so that Marika can help exchange this witchcraft about bird transformation.

After lunch.

"You two, I'll go upstairs to get my luggage. Wait for a moment."

"Of course, Baron Ryan, please go."

Ryan came to the study, thought about it, and took out two wooden boxes made of different materials but both extremely exquisite from the bookshelf next to him. Inside were the 'Giant Beast Essence'.

He decided to take both bottles of 'Giant Beast Essence' with him.

At this time, the footsteps of the beautiful woman sounded outside the door.

"Dong Dong Dong!"

"Come in~"

The beautiful woman walked in with a smile.

Huh?

Ryan was quite confused. Before lunch, the beautiful woman deliberately changed into a gorgeous one-shoulder light blue long dress. Why is she wearing a black robe now?

Before he could ask, the beautiful woman smiled and took the initiative to say: "My dear, it seems that Major Marika has a good impression of you."

This made Ryan stunned immediately, and said: "It shouldn't be the case. Major Marika and I only met during the canonization assessment."

"Really? My dear, don't you think Major Marika in a naval uniform has a different style?" The beautiful woman approached, bringing a fragrant breeze, and said with seductive eyes.

This

Ryan was a little hesitant for a while. He didn't know whether he should answer truthfully or tell a "white lie" to take care of the beautiful woman's emotions. After all, he was about to go on a mission with Marika.

Seeing Ryan's hesitant expression, the beautiful woman covered her mouth and giggled.

The beautiful woman's white little hand pulled and suddenly untied the rope on the black robe. As the black robe slipped off, Ryan's eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened slightly.

The beautiful woman was wearing a dress that was almost the same as Marika's navy uniform. At this moment, a beautiful "female officer" came into Ryan's sight.

In addition, he felt that the dress was obviously one size smaller, and the beautiful woman's curvy figure was stretched tightly. At this moment, all kinds of beauty were revealed.

Ryan only felt a hot current flowing in his lower abdomen.

"This. Jennifer, we will leave soon. Time."

"Sir, this time Colonel Jennifer will serve you." The beautiful woman threw a big wink, stared at Ryan with a smile, slowly squatted down, and untied Ryan.

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Downstairs of the villa.

"Major Marika, Sir Ryan is a little slow. It's been half an hour, why hasn't he come down yet." The girl's twin ponytails bounced, and she turned her head and asked with a little impatience.

"This... maybe there is something?" Major Marika planned to ask the beautiful woman to go up and ask, but after turning around, she didn't see the beautiful woman.

Ryan in the study was because of the beautiful woman's superb skills, plus the bonus of the uniform, and the occasional conversation of the two women outside the window

After a while, Ryan, who was full of energy, took two boxes and went downstairs.

"Sir Ryan, you finally showed up. It's not gentlemanly to let two ladies wait for so long." Veronica said with a little resentment.

"Um, Miss Veronica, I'm really sorry. It's just that I couldn't find the 'Behemoth Essence' just now, and it took me some time to find it." Ryan replied with a little embarrassment.

"Behemoth Essence?" The two women exclaimed immediately.

"Are you going to become a great knight?"

Ryan took a look and found that the method of 'attention diversion' was indeed useful.

Ryan nodded and said, "It's almost time, it could happen at any time, so I think I'd better take it with me."

At this time, when the groom led Black Pearl to the front yard of the mansion, Veronica saw the size of Black Pearl and looked puzzled. After taking a closer look, she exclaimed:

"Oh, my God, Baron Ryan, your 'Jenny Horse' is as big as 'Lock Horse'."

"It's so rare."

One hour later.

Wild Wolf Hill Trail.

A luxurious carriage was in the center of the team, with six cavalrymen in front and behind. Ryan's Black Pearl was led by a cavalryman and followed behind the carriage.

And Ryan was chatting with the two women in the carriage.

As a baron, Ryan is also the governor of the destination, Fishing Port Town, so he is naturally qualified to travel by carriage.

"Sir Ryan, the road from Mayest County to Fishing Port Town looks very safe, and the public security is really good."

"Yes, Sir Ryan, we came all the way from Rossby City, and we encountered several robbery bandits in a few days." Veronica nodded, her ponytails jumped, and she agreed.

"Well, I think the public security in this area should be very good recently." Ryan smiled.

The bandit groups in this area were previously integrated by the Zalal resistance.

After the attack yesterday, almost all of them were wiped out.

Even if there are some stray soldiers, they will not threaten the safety of the trade route in a short time.

After half a day, the team has arrived at the border of Fishing Port Town. As long as they pass through the forest in front, they can reach Fishing Port Town in about 40 minutes.

In a valley west of Fishing Port Town.

More than 20 strong men were holding various weapons, either half lying or resting against trees.

"Iron Hook, why don't you take down this fishing town directly?" A strong man asked a bearded strong man with a prosthetic iron hook on his left hand.

"What do you know? If we capture the fishing town directly, will these caravans come to the fishing town again? Even the merchant ships will be cut off, and the pirates in our sea area will have to starve!"

"Have you seen a fishing net? When fishing, those small fish and shrimps that are smaller than the opening of the fishing net will slip through, while those big fish will be caught in the net. It's the same principle. Do you understand?" The bearded strong man named Iron Hook gestured proudly.

He repeated the original words he heard from the deputy leader Phil before.

When he heard these words, he was amazed at the wisdom of the pirate group's top leaders.

Sure enough, the same thing happened. Several strong men who listened on the side all looked enlightened and looked very admiring of Iron Hook.

This scene immediately made Tie Gou quite happy!

At this time, a thin man ran over quickly and said, "Tieh Gou, I just saw a big fish, but the opponent's defense is not weak, there are twelve cavalrymen."

When several strong men heard this, they smiled, and the big fish really came.

"Should we report to the boss and let the boss lead the team in person?"

"How many people do you say there are in total?" The strong man named Tie Gou glanced at the thin man with disdain and said.

"Twelve cavalrymen, plus a carriage."

"Did you see clearly, it's twelve cavalrymen, not twelve knights?"

"Uh, it should be cavalrymen, they don't wear full body armor, they are all leather armor." The thin man thought about it and nodded affirmatively.

"Iron Hook, why do we have to wait for the boss? Can't we just go straight in?"

"Yes, go straight in, Iron Hook!"

"If there are only twelve cavalrymen, we can basically lock in victory with a wave of crossbow arrows."

"Just take it down, we can share a lot more spoils!"

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This kind of words kept coming into Iron Hook's ears.

Pirates are always on the edge of life, and only by looting can they make money.

They have been waiting for a long time, and they thought that there would be no harvest today!

They were all very excited to hear the news of the big fish.

The bearded man named Iron Hook had a twinkling eye. After thinking for a moment, he decided to do this alone.

"Let's go! Let's do it!"

After saying that, he saw Iron Hook waved his iron hook, and more than 20 strong men excitedly moved towards the direction of the convoy where Ryan was.

Soon, the group set up an ambush in a forest in front of the convoy.

"Hook, look, this is the team." The thin man pointed to the Ryan convoy moving slowly on the side of the road.