Chapter 228 Greyhound Evolution (Two Chapters in One)

Inside the pharmacy.

The beautiful woman Jennifer held the invitation letter and roughly told Ryan the content.

"Alonso invited you and me to the dinner?" Ryan couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Could it be that the other party wanted to repair the relationship between him and him?

Ryan thought.

To be honest, he was not very interested in this matter because he was about to go to Munster to participate in the assessment of the "Sword Bearer".

Therefore, the hypocrisy between the nobles at this level in Mayster County has no meaning for him now.

On the contrary, his time is now very precious, because Ryan wants to upgrade the pharmacist's professional level to lv5 before going to Munster, and transfer to the Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) professional panel.

In this way, on the one hand, he will have more sufficient skill points in a short time, and his strength can be improved again.

On the other hand, although the pharmacist did not bring him any core skills, he believed that the Breaking Bad at the extraordinary level should not be simple, and it is likely to bring him some kind of improvement or benefit.

Of course, he could refuse the invitation to the banquet from Alonso, but Ryan obviously would not refuse the invitation from Earl Habsburg, the highest official of Mayest County.

After thinking about it, Ryan said to the beautiful woman Jennifer: "Decline it!"

The beautiful woman Jennifer naturally had no objection and said readily: "Okay, dear."

"By the way, what is the theme of this banquet?" Ryan thought about it and asked casually.

Jennifer took out the invitation and took a look, saying: "Well, it's to appreciate a few oil paintings from the Eagle Federation."

"Appreciate oil paintings?" Ryan couldn't help but look at the beautiful woman in surprise.

The beautiful woman chuckled and explained:

"Many times, the purpose of gatherings between nobles is to enhance connections and strengthen exchanges. So, sometimes, for example, tasting a batch of newly arrived Bordeaux vintages can become the theme of a banquet."

"Okay, this" Ryan couldn't help but be a little speechless, as expected, he was a casual noble.

After hearing the report from the housekeeper Michelle that Ryan declined his invitation, Alonso was not angry or disappointed, but smiled slightly.

"It's about the same as I expected."

"However, this time is different. This matter is not just my business. There are so many nobles who privately buy the blood of the Black Flame Church. Michelle, contact them and ask them to send banquet invitations to Jennifer in the next few days."

"Yes, Baron." Michelle suddenly understood after hearing what Alonso said.

The network of people among these nobles is also the reason why Alonso is confident.

Because a large part of the Black Flame Church's blood is distributed to nobles at all levels through him.

Simply put, a considerable number of nobles in Meister County have formed a large interest group with the Black Flame Church through his bond.

In some aspects, they can advance and retreat together.

If he had concerns about doing this before, because there were more personal conflicts between him and Ryan, but this time the chief priest of the Black Flame Church made it clear that he would personally deal with Ryan.

Well, at this point in time, there is no problem for him to mobilize these nobles to put pressure on Ryan, and it will not cause any criticism from the Black Flame Church.

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Sunday.

The study room of Earl Habsburg's mansion.

Ryan once again met the majestic Earl Habsburg, the highest official of the Empire's Meister County.

With the improvement of strength, Ryan could vaguely feel that Earl Habsburg's strength seemed to be no less than Captain Baron of the Fish Dragon Squad.

Similarly, after seeing Ryan, Earl Habsburg couldn't help but let out a soft "eh" sound, and then stared at Ryan carefully for a long time.

"It turns out that the most promising knight in the entire Meister County should be Claire, but after I saw you again today, Ryan, I think Claire should give way to you!"

Earl Habsburg said with a smile.

"Thank you for your praise, Miss Claire will always be my guide on the road of knighthood." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.

"Ryan, I thought you, a fledgling eagle, would need to learn to fly for a while before you could soar into the sky, but I didn't expect you to spread your wings so soon."

"I have received an official letter from Munster. Ryan, with your strength, as long as you can use it normally, I believe you will be able to pass the Imperial Sword Bearer Assessment smoothly."

"My Lord Earl, thank you for your encouragement."

"By the way, if you encounter any difficulties in Munster, you can take this letter to find my old friend. Perhaps you can get some help from him." Count Habsburg took out a letter from the desk drawer and handed it to Ryan.

Ryan took it and saw that the red wax on the letter had been sealed, and the red wax was printed with the emblem of the Kali bird representing the Habsburg family with a seal ring.

Obviously, Count Habsburg had been prepared.

"Thank you, my Lord Earl!" Ryan bowed.

For Count Habsburg's care, Ryan knew his intentions and expressed enough respect and goodwill.

Thus, the sumptuous dinner was spent in a peaceful and joyful atmosphere, and soon after, Ryan returned home.

The next morning, Ryan went to the backyard of the villa as usual, feeding the greyhound 'Cookie' and the blood-feathered horned eagle 'Blood Feather' with the mutant growth potion and making records.

But this time, after feeding the greyhound Cookie, it suddenly "wowed" and let out a painful howl!

Then, Cookie began to devour the food in front of him frantically.

At this time, the system prompt also sounded:

[Host pet greyhound, affected by long-term use of mutation growth potion, began to mutate and evolve! ]

[Mutation and evolution]

This immediately made Ryan happy, and he immediately turned to the servant beside him and said: "Go to the kitchen and get more meat, put it in a big basin."

"Yes, Baron!" The manservant immediately trotted to the kitchen.

"Wait, go to my study and get the violent bear meat on the table." Ryan stopped him and said.

Cookie's large amount of swallowing at this moment shows that its evolution this time requires a lot of energy, and the violent beast meat contains rich energy, which is the best choice at present.

"Okay, sir!" The manservant ran away again.

Soon, two strong manservants brought a large pot of fragrant meat.

Soon, Cookie had devoured most of the large bowl of meat. Ryan looked at its slender body and could hardly imagine how it could hold so much meat.

At this time, a small bowl of violent bear meat was also delivered!

After the ten kilograms of violent bear meat were also swallowed, Cookie seemed to be full. He lay on the ground, kept growling, and dug the ground with his four claws, as if he was enduring some kind of drastic change in his body and the severe pain caused by it!

Ryan knew that this was not a normal evolution, because the greyhound itself is a relatively stable dog breed.

If Cookie had not taken the mutation growth potion for a long time, it would be almost impossible for it to mutate and break through the upper limit.

Cookie's skin turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his muscles were trembling, swelling and bulging!

A few minutes later.

Cookie became obviously taller and bigger, his muscles became stronger, and his four claws became longer and sharper.

If you have to make an analogy, Cookie's evolution this time is like the slender and agile body of a cheetah, turning into the body of a tiger, which is also a cat.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly flashed on the screen:

[The host's pet greyhound has evolved successfully and has now evolved into a ferocious beast 'Greyhound War Dog'! ]

[Your skill of beast taming has been improved, experience value +535]

[Your professional experience of beast tamer (superb) +321]

(Note: Greyhound War Dog has awakened the talent ability 'High-speed Healing')

[Yes/No to rename Greyhound War Dog? ]

Looking at the system prompt of successful evolution, Ryan couldn't help but be overjoyed!

After thinking about it, Ryan chose 'No'.

Because Ryan felt that the system named the mutated Greyhound as 'Greyhound War Dog', which was very accurate, after all, it was a ferocious dog mutated from a Greyhound.

But this was just a small matter.

At this time, Ryan had already focused on the talent ability 'High-speed Healing'.

He thought that according to the Greyhound's fast running speed, it should awaken a talent ability like 'Swiftness', but he didn't expect it to be a recovery ability like 'High-speed Healing'.

However, after a little thought, Ryan nodded.

It is very likely that this is the effect of the mutation growth potion. The word mutation represents many things.

In addition, there seems to be a sign of this. Cookie injured his spine before, but he was able to heal and stand up again.

This subtly reveals some kind of talent.

I don’t know whether it was that injury that led to its mutation evolution in this direction, or whether Cookie has awakened this talent since taking the mutation growth potion.

Of course, this is not important.

What is important is that after Cookie evolved from an ordinary beast to a ferocious beast, it means that the fourth item of the prerequisite for Ryan’s Beast Tamer (Extraordinary) to be promoted to Beast Tamer Master (Legend) has been met.

In addition, the third item, "Own any three or more ferocious beasts as pets", has also been completed (2/3). Next, Ryan only needs to wait for the mutation of the black horse step by step.

Once the evolution is successful, Ryan can immediately be promoted to Beast Tamer Master (Legend)!

At this time, Cookie, who had evolved, stood up from the ground.

Ryan was surprised to find that the shoulder height of the greyhound Cookie had reached 1.2 meters at this time, and if the head was included, it was nearly 1.6 meters high.

This was no less than a smaller horse.

It rubbed Ryan's calf affectionately, then raised its head and looked at its master, with a gleam in its eyes!

Some of the male servants around were curiously watching, but in addition to curiosity, there was more fear in their eyes. After all, such a big dog was scary to look at.

How strong is Cookie's talent of "high-speed healing"?

Ryan didn't know yet.

After all, he couldn't give Cookie a sword and then observe the speed of his wound recovery, right?

There was no rush for this, as long as there was a battle, there would always be a chance.

In the next few days, Ryan successfully upgraded the pharmacist's professional level to lv4, and gained another skill point and a property point.

This brought Ryan's remaining property points to 7 points, and the remaining skill points to 3 points.

Recently, Jennifer was quite distressed because she had received invitations from more than a dozen nobles in Mayest County, hoping that she and Ryan could attend the banquet next Sunday.

Jennifer was distressed because many of the noble families had close business dealings with the Crowley family.

From the perspective of family interests, it was obviously not suitable for her to offend everyone.

After thinking about it, Jennifer came to the door of Ryan's pharmacy again and reported the matter to Ryan.

When Ryan heard Jennifer say that more than a dozen noble families had sent invitations, the first thought in his mind was that he was indeed worthy of being the eldest son of Earl Habsburg, and he was really prestigious.

So many nobles in Mayest County were influenced by him and sent him and Jennifer this banquet invitation.

Ryan thought about it. Since the Crowley family had business dealings with many of these families, he said to the beautiful woman, "Jennifer, you reply to them and I will accompany you to the banquet on time."

"Okay, dear." Jennifer's face lit up. For her, if Ryan didn't agree, she would naturally not show up to attend this banquet.

But what touched her was that Ryan would consider her difficulties and give her support.

"By the way, is the invitation letter here? Let me see!" Because Ryan just thought about it for a while, he felt something was wrong.

"Yes." The beautiful woman handed over a stack of banquet invitations of various styles.

After Ryan quickly flipped through a few of them, he looked thoughtful.

Sure enough, there was a problem. Among the dozen invitations, several invitations did not even invite Jennifer, but directly invited himself to attend.

Is this a must for me to go?

Because if it was just a normal banquet, the purpose was to show his goodwill to him, then inviting Jennifer, their familiar Baroness Crowley, to attend would be enough.

But the other party had a vague intention to make him attend.

This made Ryan feel a little strange.

After thinking about it, he asked the servant to find the short man Matteo.

"Matteo, go to the town of Shining Gold to find Sheriff Hamilton and ask if there is any secret connection between Alonso and these dozen nobles. Ask Sir Hamilton to give me an answer as soon as possible."

Hearing what Ryan said, Matteo immediately said: "Yes, sir! I will go immediately!"

And Ryan turned to the beautiful woman and said: "Jennifer, I will attend this banquet alone."

The beautiful woman frowned slightly and said: "Dear, is this a trap?"

Ryan shook his head and said: "It's not certain yet, but my intuition tells me that there may be a problem here."

That night, Ryan waited for Matteo's reply.

To be precise, half an hour later, Hamilton came to Ryan's mansion in person.

After a round of greetings, Hamilton's face became serious and he said, "Ryan, do you remember that you seized a bottle of divine blood before?"

"Divine blood?" Ryan certainly remembered.

The red potion in the test tube, filled with a thick red liquid like amber, was very impressive. I remember Hamilton also introduced that this divine blood had the magical effect of delaying aging and accelerating cultivation.

But is the divine blood related to these nobles?

Hamilton continued, "I told you before that the origin of these divine bloods has a lot to do with the Black Flame Cult."

"You mean" Ryan instantly grasped the meaning of Hamilton's words.

Hamilton nodded and said, "Just as you thought."

"Since that incident, we have secretly investigated and found that many noble families in the county city have been rumored to have or buy divine blood. Alonso and these dozen noble families are on the list you asked Matteo to provide."

"In addition, the investigation results found that the source of the flow of these divine bloods vaguely pointed to Alonso. But because the other party is the eldest son of Count Habsburg, the investigation stopped here."

After a pause, Hamilton looked at Ryan seriously and said, "Ryan, although I know that your strength is no longer what it used to be, it has reached a level that I can't match."

"But my advice to you is that you should not go. After all, there may be a conspiracy of the Black Flame Cult behind this."

"Perhaps, after you join the Imperial Sword Bearer Organization, you will accumulate enough strength to solve this Black Flame Cult."

Ryan nodded.

Hamilton's words were mature and prudent, and he certainly knew this.

But the other party has put pressure on Jennifer through so many nobles, which actually shows the other party's attitude.

That is, this is just the first step.

If I refuse, the other party must have a backup plan.

After thinking for a while, Ryan bowed slightly and said, "Lord Hamilton, thank you very much for coming here."

Hamilton waved his hand, stood up and said, "Ryan, I have explained the situation to you clearly. It is up to you to decide the specific details. If you really want to go, let Matteo tell me!"

After Hamilton left, Ryan crossed his arms and paced in the study.

Before, the Black Flame Cult dealt with him through various assassinations and sneak attacks, but this time, Ryan had a vague feeling that the other party seemed to be luring him into a trap.

"Could it be that the Black Flame Cult has made some special arrangements at the banquet? In that case, Jennifer cannot go. It is best for me to go alone."

Of course, if things are not as he imagined, and Alonso just wants to repair the relationship with him in person, then it would be best.

Another point is that the reason why Ryan decided to go in person is that he has been practicing hard and constantly improving his combat power. Isn't the purpose to hope that one day when facing these insects, he can move forward bravely and break through obstacles!

He doesn't want to learn what a gentleman takes revenge ten years later.

I want to ask, which gentleman can take revenge on the spot and wait for ten years?

The premise of saying this is that the gentleman cannot take revenge at the moment.

It's just that moving forward bravely and rushing recklessly are two concepts, so he still has one thing to do.

Ryan turned to the door and said, "Matteo, prepare a carriage and go with me to the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church."

"Yes, sir!"

Since Ryan came back, Matteo was transferred to his side. In some things, the clever Matteo can still make Ryan worry less.

"Baron, this..." Matteo hesitated, but continued.

"Since you have doubts, why don't you let me investigate in the next few days?"

Ryan smiled and shook his head, saying, "If the other party is really behind the Black Flame Cult, some mysterious means must have been used in the other party's mansion. Not to mention you, even I may have alarmed the other party before I really went in."

"This will lead to some unpredictable changes!"

"I understand, sir." Matteo looked enlightened, bowed slightly and went to the stable.

After a while, Ryan came to the Goddess Church in a carriage.

In the room of Priest Rudolph, Ryan and Rudolph sat facing each other.

"Baron Ryan, I heard that you went to the fishing port town to serve as the governor. How come you have time to return to the county town this time?" Rudolf smiled.

"Your Excellency, I may need to trouble you this time." Ryan did not exchange too many pleasantries, but glanced at the temple guards behind him and said directly.

Rudolf looked at Ryan's expression and waved his hand. Immediately, a temple guard closed the door.

At this time, Ryan said: "I will attend a banquet next Sunday. It is very likely that there will be a plan behind it by the Black Flame Cult."

"Black Flame Cult?" Priest Rudolf frowned.

Then, Ryan talked about Hamilton's analysis.

This immediately surprised Rudolf!

"Is it that Baron Alonso? The eldest son of Count Habsburg?"

"That's right!"

If Ryan in the past was too different from Alonso in identity, status and power, it would be questionable when he said this.

But now it is different. Ryan is a rising star in Meister County, and his words carry a lot of weight!

Although Ryan said it very clearly, the above is just his guess.

After a few seconds of stunned, Rudolf's face suddenly became clear!

"No wonder the Black Flame Cult is hiding so deeply in the county city. It turns out that there are so many nobles covering for them. Sir Ryan, what you said is very important. I will report to Bishop Xien immediately."

"Wait, Bishop Rudolf, the above is just my personal guess, there is no need to alarm the bishop, right?"

"No, Baron Ryan, I think your analysis makes sense."

Then, Rudolf took Ryan to the prayer hall of the Goddess Church, and once again met the vigorous old man wearing a water blue robe with thick gold edges and holding a scepter - Bishop Xien.

After the story, Bishop Xien nodded and said:

"So, Baron Ryan, I understand what you mean. You are worried that once you go to the banquet, the other party may use some evil magic to harm you."

"Yes, Bishop."

"Your worry is not unreasonable. Do you still have the Silver Conch Medal?"

"Of course, Bishop."

Ryan took out the Silver Conch Medal from the lining and handed it to Bishop Xien respectfully.

"There is only a magic to detect evil on the Silver Conch Medal. Now, I will cast another magic on you - Divine Blessing. It can offset a curse or any negative influence from evil forces."

At the same time, once this magic is triggered, we can all sense it, and I will let Rudolf come to support immediately.

"My Lord Bishop, thank you for your generosity!"

"Please rest assured, Lord Ryan. Next Sunday, I will personally lead the elite Knights Templar to wait nearby. Once it is confirmed that it is the base of the Black Flame Cult, or the other party is planning an event, we will come to support immediately."

"Bishop Rudolf! Thank you again!"

Ryan came to the Goddess Church, not because he was not confident in his own strength, but to add an insurance. After all, he still had few means to deal with the mysterious evil spells or curses of the cult.

In contrast, the response means of the Goddess Church were much more experienced and perfect than his.

In addition, he was very satisfied with the current level of Bishop Rudolf and Bishop Xien.

After all, the above was just his guess. The Goddess Church could not immediately send the Knights Templar to surround the mansion of a noble.

In the empire, the relationship between imperial power and divine power is rather delicate. If the Goddess Church did this without any evidence, it would be a provocation to the imperial power of the Dragun Empire.

However, once the divine arts on his body were triggered that day, it would prove that evil existed, and in this case, the Goddess Church would naturally have a legitimate reason.

A few days later.

The second Sunday of the month of vitality.

As the sun set, Ryan, dressed in a formal suit, got on the carriage.

This was a brand new luxurious carriage, with striking noble emblems engraved on both sides of the carriage, which were a circle of red flames, a two-handed war hammer and a two-handed sword in a cross shape.

In the carriage, there was a tall dog that was close to the size of a pony, lying at Ryan's feet at this moment, enjoying the touch from his master.

This was the greyhound war dog Cookie, with weapons, a pig-headed hammer and a glimmering giant sword hanging on both sides of its body, and its head, joints, waist and other vital parts were all wearing the solid beast armor newly made by Ryan.

Matteo replaced the coachman, threw the reins heavily, and smoothly controlled the carriage to Baron Elliot's residence.

Hundreds of meters above the carriage, there was a huge blue and purple bird of prey carrying something, hovering and flying through the clouds.