Chapter 234 Departure (Two Chapters in One)

I saw a huge white seagull landing on the edge of the windowsill.

Ryan immediately realized that this was the white seagull of the twin-tailed girl Veronica, which was obviously much larger than ordinary seagulls.

Looking at the white seagull, Ryan was a little surprised. This was the first time Veronica contacted him since she went back.

Ryan opened the window and let the white seagull land on his forearm.

Since Ryan himself was a third-level wizard apprentice, his mental power was already sufficient. In addition, in the previous actions with Veronica, he learned the special skills taught by Veronica. After looking at the white seagull, he instantly received some mental fragments.

After a few seconds, Ryan's face was obviously surprised.

He didn't expect to receive such a message.

Veronica told him that she should be able to arrive in Mayist County in two days, and she and Ryan will go to participate in the assessment of the Empire Sword Bearer. The words were full of girlish excitement.

"Isn't Veronica a member of the Navy's Tidewalkers' team?"

"No, that's not right."

Ryan suddenly wanted to wake up.

"Veronica's identity"

"It is clear that her mentor, Master Enius, is an advisor to the South Sea Fleet, but the girl with twin ponytails herself does not belong to the Navy's Tidewalkers."

"But. Veronica has a mentor relationship, shouldn't it be more convenient for her to serve the Imperial Navy? If she wants to join a special department, she should also join the Tidewalkers, right?" Ryan couldn't help but murmured.

Immediately, Ryan thought of another question.

If Veronica can participate in the Imperial Swordholder Assessment, does this mean that the Imperial Canonization Assessment is not the only way to obtain the Swordholder Selection Invitation Letter?

"I received an excellent evaluation during the Imperial Canonization Assessment, which is why I received an invitation letter for the Sword Bearer Assessment."

"From this point of view, it is very likely that the Imperial Navy's South Sea Fleet or a wizard school with good relations with the Empire should also be qualified to recommend personnel."

"Huh! In that case, doesn't it mean that the competition will be very fierce at that time?" Ryan couldn't help but guess.

Originally, he thought that it was only the personnel who received excellent evaluations in the Imperial Canonization Assessment in the last two batches. In that case, the number of people was limited, and the intensity of competition would naturally not be too great.

Now it seems that he thought too simply before.

No wonder Trevor said that he failed in the Sword Bearer Selection at that time, and then he received an invitation from the Imperial Navy and joined the Tide Walker.

However

The competition is fierce?

Maybe it is for others.

"The retest is what I have to prepare seriously."

However, Ryan couldn't help but smile when he thought of the lively twin-tailed girl.

After slightly restraining his mind, Ryan came to the training room on the first floor and continued to study his point-adding strategy.

Turn the system panel to the home page - attribute page.

Name: Ryan Kalan

Occupation: Weapon Master (Legend) lv6 (13/3000)/Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) lv6 (792/3000)/Beast Tamer (Extraordinary) lv5 (376/2000)/Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) lv6 (69/3000)/Armor Forger lv6 (211/3000)

Physique: 28

Strength: 27

Agility: 29

Spirit: 36

Remaining attribute points: 13

Remaining skill points: 0

Physique had reached 30 points, but after changing to Breaking Bad, it was reduced by 2 points. After a while, it returned to 28 points.

Fortunately, Ryan had 13 remaining attribute points at this moment, otherwise he would be heartbroken.

However, the spiritual attribute has reached a new high. Since the pharmacist job transfer added 1 point before, and the Breaking Bad job transfer added 2 points later, it has reached 36 points at this moment, far surpassing other attributes.

"Okay!"

"A great knight who is good at using a two-handed war hammer and a great sword, the highest attribute is actually spiritual. I'm afraid no one will believe it if I tell it out!" Ryan couldn't help shaking his head in self-mockery.

Turn the system page to the Weapon Master (Legend) page.

Previously, using that little talent point, the talent 'primary steel body' was upgraded to 'intermediate steel body', and the defense power was greatly strengthened and improved to a higher level.

Now the hammer technique secret 'shockwave' has been upgraded to the intermediate secret, and the melee attack power has also been greatly improved.

The comprehensive combat power can be said to have obviously reached a new level.

The official great knight has mastered the intermediate secret, plus the blessing of two intermediate talents, which should be more than the ordinary members of the Fish Dragon Team, right?

Even when facing the peak great knight, the captain of the Fish Dragon Team, Baron, Ryan was not afraid.

Who is more powerful, we have to compete to know!

The strongest combat power has been further improved, and the next step is to make up for the shortcomings.

After thinking about it, Ryan still felt that he should continue to strengthen the long-range attack power, that is, the blood fury bow.

Because just now, he seriously recalled several battles against wizard apprentices or wizards.

For example, when facing a veteran third-level wizard apprentice like Adams, if he could perform a long-range bow attack at that time, the opponent would be very passive, and even chanting spells would be extremely difficult.

In addition, when facing the Eagle Federation Trickster, if Captain Baron had not diverted most of the opponent's attention, once the opponent stared at him and let go, he, who only had close combat ability at the time, would be a living target.

With the investment of 2 skill points, Ren's level 9 Blood Fury Archery skill was immediately upgraded to level 11.

In an instant, a torrent of training memories about the Blood Fury Bow technique flooded into Ren's mind, and was quickly integrated into the memory of his body's muscles and fascia.

The system prompt also sounded:

[Congratulations, your skill Blood Fury Bow has been upgraded to lv10]

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery: Rapid Fire lv3! 】

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery: Blood Fury Strike lv3! 】

[Congratulations, your skill Blood Fury Bow has been upgraded to lv11]

The two secret skills of Blood Fury Archery, 'Blood Fury Strike' and 'Rapid Continuous Shot', have now been upgraded to lv3.

At this point, all the skill points earned by Breaking Bad from leveling up five levels in a row have been exhausted.

Since Ren's Bear King Breathing Technique has been upgraded to lv14, when the Blood Fury Bow Technique reached lv11, he faintly felt that his control of the bow technique showed signs of further transformation.

In addition, since Renn had previous experience in breaking through the secret skill of Tokkar's Hammer Technique, 'Shock Wave', after a moment's thought, he knew that there was a high probability that as long as he invested one or at most two skill points in the Blood Fury Archery, he would be able to Mastered the secrets related to the blood rage archery.

This couldn't help but make him look forward to it.

"If you also master the secrets of long-range attacks, then from the perspective of a great knight, even if you use the standards of a hexagonal warrior, that is, strength, speed, skill, offense, defense and combat experience, you will not be able to do that." At least the five sides are completed!”

"What I'm lacking is experience at most."

"Now on my offensive end, both melee and long-range attacks have been improved, and my defense has also been improved."

"No, I seem to have forgotten something." A flash of lightning flashed through Renn's mind, and immediately he thought of a question.

To improve one's own defense, in addition to relying on the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body', there are also knight plate armor and shields!

Right!

It's a shield.

Renn immediately returned to the study and found the parchment that Matteo had found from the resistance brigadier general Parix - "Lockan's Compendium of One-Handed Ax Combat Techniques".

Although the name is a compendium of one-handed ax combat skills, it is actually an extraordinary combat skill that uses an ax and a shield. It describes the use of a one-handed ax in a large part, and also talks about many shield defense techniques in a small part.

"If I am really in a situation where I am passively beaten, if I can learn this set of ax and shield extraordinary combat skills, my defense will be improved in disguise."

"In addition, there is also the move 'The secret of Locken's Ax Skill - Flash Cut!'. Generally speaking, this set of extraordinary combat skills with ax and shield is very good in both attack and defense."

"You might as well learn it slowly. Maybe it will be of great use at some point."

So, Renn returned to the indoor training ground again, and Renn practiced each move according to the humanoid pattern painted on the parchment of 'Locken Ax and Shield Combat Techniques'.

After a while, the system prompt sounded:

[You have trained in Locken’s ax and shield combat skills, and your relevant understanding has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - Locken Ax and Shield Combat Skill]

[Your skill Locken Ax and Shield combat skills have been improved, and your experience value +1]

Locken's Ax and Shield Combat Skill lv1 (1/100) appears on the Weapon Master (Legendary) career panel. The icon is a tall and strong man holding a shield in his left hand and a one-handed ax in his right hand. The whole person is standing with a shield. With the ax in front and behind, he adopts a cautious and defensive posture, as steady as a rock.

Just when Ren was planning to practice hard again and raise him to lv2 first, there was a knock on the door outside the training room.

"Dong dong dong!"

"My lord, Baron, there is a visitor from Lord Hass Klein, a knight from Rosbyshire. He says he is your friend."

Huh?

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!

Ren's face lit up with joy and he said, "Please invite him to the living room quickly, I'll be right over!"

"Also, two cups of golden thorn tea and a snack will be delivered."

"Yes! Lord Baron!" The manservant retreated respectfully.

A few minutes later.

In the reception room.

Haas was obviously very excited to see Renn. He stepped forward and hugged Renn vigorously: "Ren! Long time no see!"

Renn also patted Haas on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Haas, welcome to Meist."

"Huh? Renn, have you grown taller?" Haas looked surprised at this moment, stretched out his hand to indicate the heights of Renn and himself, and marveled.

"You must have grown taller."

Ren's heart moved slightly. He hadn't paid attention to his height and weight for a while.

Indeed, when Haas and Haas took part in the noble canonization examination in Rosby City, he was only about 1.9 meters tall at that time, and Haas was half a head taller than him.

But now, the height difference between the two is almost the same. He is even slightly taller than Haas.

Isn't this about two meters tall?

No wonder Jennifer said she was a little overwhelmed.

Ren suddenly understood!

It is said that if Ren's idea was heard by the beautiful woman Jennifer, she would definitely sneer.

As long as she is not a female knight, normally speaking, it would be too much for an ordinary woman to meet a man like Ren, who is two meters tall, has extraordinary physical strength, and occasionally likes to take unconventional paths!

"By the way, Ren, you said you need my help with something this time, do you need to delay me for a month or two?"

"It's okay. I've asked my boss for leave for two whole months." Haas patted his chest and laughed heartily.

Ryan smiled.

He liked Haas's frank personality. Although he was sometimes a little direct, as a friend, at least he didn't have to worry too much about being stabbed in the back by the other party.

"In addition to inviting you to appreciate the scenery of Meister County this time, I will go to Munster to participate in the sword bearer assessment in a few days, so I would like to ask you for the security of my mansion."

"Of course, in addition to you, there are two Templar Knights from the Goddess Church who will also be stationed together. Normally, the pressure will not be very great."

For the carefree Haas, Ryan did not choose to hide anything, but chose to explain the matter directly to Haas.

After all, many nobles in the county city already knew that he was going to participate in the sword bearer assessment.

Although Haas knew that he was not Ryan's opponent, the two old friends naturally had to compete with each other in addition to greetings.

Asking for advice from masters is also a way to quickly improve one's own strength. Especially for Ryan, who was unwilling to compete with him during the noble assessment, Haas still had some resentment.

Ryan nodded with a smile to Haas's request for a competition, and he would not refuse anyone.

Haas is good at using sword and shield. Ryan thought about it and chose to use axe and shield instead of the two-handed war hammer or greatsword he is best at, or the war bow.

The reason is also very simple.

According to Ryan's current strength at the level of a great knight, plus the control of the three extraordinary combat skills of Tokkar Hammer, Giant Bear Sword and Blood Fury Bow, the experience value reward that the system can give to Haas is likely to be very small.

But if he uses the lv1 Locken Axe and Shield, the experience value reward he can get will be relatively higher. In addition, it can save some face for Haas, so that the opponent will not lose too quickly.

Training room on the first floor.

"Ryan, when did you change your shield?" Haas saw that Ryan did not use the greatsword and two-handed warhammer as he remembered, but picked up the shield as well. He couldn't help but ask with wide eyes.

After all, at their age, it is extremely difficult to practice a supernatural combat skill to the level of successfully performing secret skills.

Yes, that's right, it's a secret skill!

Not the secret, because the secret involves the use of the force, which is the domain of the great knight, not the knight.

"I happened to get a supernatural combat skill of axe and shield, so I practiced it." Ryan shrugged and explained "kindly".

Haas was stunned and said, "Ryan, you don't think you can beat me in the competition with your newly learned axe and shield fighting skills, right?"

"Bang bang!" Haas slapped the sword and shield in his hand heavily, and continued, "I have been practicing the sword and shield fighting skills passed down from my family for almost ten years."

"Don't be defeated by me by accident."

Ryan couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I will try my best."

It's not Haas's fault that he didn't understand the situation. After all, Haas would never have thought that Ryan had already become a great knight.

He even mastered the secret.

If Ryan switched to a two-handed war hammer, he might only be able to use 20% of his strength. One point more might kill Haas directly.

It was just as Ryan expected.

After three consecutive competitions, Haas's face was red and sweating profusely. He looked at Ryan with a look of deep confusion.

From Ryan's slightly unskilled movements, Ryan should have really not lied to him. He had just started this set of axe and shield combat skills, but why did he always lose.

However, on the other hand, Ryan was quite happy to look at the panel about the 'Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skills'

Haas's contribution was to upgrade Ryan's 'Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skills' to level 2 (116/300).

To be honest, even if he had the weapon master's exclusive talent 'Primary Extraordinary Enlightenment', which could increase his experience value acquisition speed by 30%, this efficiency still surprised Ryan.

Ryan thought about it for a while and found an interesting point.

It seems that because his Tokkar Hammer Technique and Giant Bear Sword Technique have reached a very high level, so after he just competed with the axe and shield, his insights were almost endless.

Even after the competition was over, there were still many insights from it.

Ryan was not sure about the exact reason.

But from his current understanding, it seemed that after he had mastered a certain melee weapon such as a two-handed warhammer and a greatsword to a certain high level, he had a sense of learning other melee-related extraordinary combat skills by analogy.

It seems that melee skills should be common in some aspects. After the mastery of several melee combat skills is high, it will drive the learning speed of subsequent melee combat skills.

This surprised Ryan greatly!

Originally, he thought that after changing his job to the weapon master (legend), although he could master multiple extraordinary combat skills much faster than ordinary people, the gap in skill points would be very large.

Now it seems that it is not necessarily the case.

As he masters more and more extraordinary combat skills, his speed of learning extraordinary combat skills in the later stage will become faster and faster.

In other words, even if he does not spend skill points, it will not take him too much time to upgrade from lv6 to lv7, or from lv7 to lv8.

From this point of view, the exclusive talent ‘Primary Extraordinary Comprehension’ and the Weapon Master are actually a perfect match!

Ryan took a look and couldn’t help but feel a little jealous of the ‘Primary Extraordinary Comprehension’. It’s not that he regretted adding points to the talent ‘Intermediate Steel Body’.

‘Intermediate Steel Body’ is related to life and death in battle, so naturally it has priority before this.

However, Ryan now wishes he could turn this talent ‘Primary Extraordinary Comprehension’ from primary to advanced!

In this way, perhaps he doesn’t need to rely too much on adding points. Within half a year, he can master the mysteries of four or five extraordinary combat skills.

Instead of what he expected at the beginning, it would take at least two or three years and consume a lot of skill points.

However

To upgrade the primary talent to an intermediate talent, or even a higher-level advanced talent, using talent points to add points is the only way Ryan knows at present.

Talent points!

It is quite difficult to obtain

When Ryan thought of the great role that a trace of divinity played in the Black Flame Priest, he couldn’t help but shook his head slightly.

If it weren't for the Imperial Sword Bearer, the shield-carrying sturdy man, who severely injured the Black Flame Priest during his promotion with the Emperor's Scepter, it would be a question whether he could defeat him.

Under the circumstances at that time, it was already very good that he could save his life.

Even now, Ryan's strength has been comprehensively improved, and he doesn't think he can defeat the Black Flame Priest after his promotion. After all, the opponent's aura at that time has surpassed the peak knight and reached a higher level.

In other words, if Ryan wants to get talent points again, he must first have the opportunity to obtain that trace of divinity, such as the eradication of the cult this time.

Although not every time you eradicate a cult, you will encounter a trace of divinity, but there is always a chance.

Secondly, he also needs a special item like the Emperor's Scepter to offset the uncertainty brought by that trace of divinity.

After all, Ryan is still unclear about the specific power of divinity, such as whether he can get that trace of divinity by solving the Black Flame Priest after his promotion.

But it is not easy to meet these two conditions!

Ryan thought about it for a while and understood that it seemed that only after he joined the sword bearers could he meet these two conditions at the same time.

Moreover, it would be best if he was at the captain level, because it was obvious that the strong man with a shield on his back had the right to use items like the emperor's scepter, and the young man with a short staff did not seem to have this right.

This made Ryan's heart warm, and he was more eager for the upcoming trip to Munster!

Another day passed.

With the arrival of Veronica, Ryan's mansion became more lively.

Mother Emma frequently looked at Veronica at the welcome banquet, muttering in her heart, and took Ryan aside while everyone was not paying attention and said:

"Anna is gone, the barbarian girl is gone, and the one who comes now is also very beautiful! Ryan, you must seize the opportunity this time, don't let others go again."

Mother Emma's words made Ryan not know how to answer for a while.

"Mother, don't worry, Anna and the others will all come back!"

"They will all come back? You'd better seize this Miss Veronica. This trip to the provincial capital is a good opportunity on the way." Mother Emma looked at Ryan with an expression of 'what are you dreaming about', obviously unconvinced.

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And the beautiful woman Jennifer kept smiling and remained calm, but her beautiful eyes occasionally looked back and forth between Ryan and the girl with twin ponytails.

That night, the beautiful woman let Ryan feel what it means to be passionate.

Fortunately, Ryan is now a great knight. If he was still at the level of a formal knight, he would probably have a sore waist and knees.

Due to time constraints, everyone set out the day after Veronica arrived.

The weather this morning was quite good. Although it was still a bit cold, the early spring sunshine was warm on the body.

This time, in addition to Ryan and Veronica going to Munster to participate in the sword bearer assessment, Jenny and her bestie Agatha Wiggins, the young lady of the Wiggins family, also went with them.

This time, the Wiggins Family Chamber of Commerce also invested in the Hammer and Rose Chamber of Commerce reorganized by the beautiful woman Jennifer. When they heard that Jenny would go to the provincial capital Munster to open up the market this time, they immediately hit it off and sent Agatha to go with her.

As the saying goes, "three women make a play", although in Ryan's heart, Veronica and these two should be different.

But soon, his cognition was overturned.

Before they set off, the three women quickly became familiar with each other at the door of the mansion. After a while, they chattered and became one, and looked at Ryan from time to time, laughing and shaking.

This made Ryan's trip to Munster this time more charming. It was a bit like not going to participate in the assessment, but more like a noble trip.

The arrangement of the beautiful lady Jennifer was to take advantage of the opportunity of Ryan, the strongest fighting force of the Chamber of Commerce, to arrange a caravan to accompany him. Therefore, at this moment, the entrance of Ryan's mansion was quite lively.

Not only were there carriages from the Crowley family, the Wiggins family, and other noble families who wanted to make friends, but there was also a caravan of ten caravans waiting.

When Ryan came out with the greyhound war dog "Cookie", everyone was shocked by "Cookie", who was as tall as a pony and wearing animal armor.

"Wow, what a big dog!" Haas said, staring at Cookie.

The twin-tailed girl Veronica knew about Ryan's blood-feathered horned eagle, but had never seen a greyhound war dog. Suddenly, the girl's beautiful eyes widened and said:

"Oh my God! Lord Ryan, this can't be a mutated greyhound?"

As a wizard apprentice specializing in bird transformation, Veronica could see the original form of the greyhound war dog at a glance, and Ryan was not surprised.

"Miss Veronica, you have a keen eye." Ryan smiled.

This time when he went to Munster, Ryan planned to bring all three pets, and one of Matteo's responsibilities was to help him take care of these three pets.

Speaking of this, Ryan also emphasized comforting his sister Mint these days, after all, she has a deep affection for the greyhound 'Cookie'.

At this time, Matteo trotted over and said, "Baron, the head of the Goddess Church, Rudolph, is here to see you off."