Chapter 239: Exchange Conditions for Metal Magic (Two Chapters in One)

"If you lose it, please report it immediately."

At this time, the middle-aged knight asked the attendant beside him to issue the sword bearer badge to everyone. Since everyone's name was on the back of the badge, Ryan soon got his own sword bearer badge.

However, the color and size of his sword bearer badge were a little different from those of others.

Ryan glanced at his side and found that the badges of others, including Veronica, were made of some dark metal material and the size of gold coins, while his badge was a circle larger than the gold coin, and at the same time, it had a light yellow metallic luster.

Obviously, this should be what the middle-aged knight just said, that this is because he enjoys the treatment of a bronze-level sword bearer.

Different levels, different styles of badges.

After everyone received the badge, the middle-aged knight continued: "Here, I want to emphasize the significance of the re-examination, and that not everyone is suitable to participate."

Hearing the second half of the middle-aged knight's words, most of the people present showed puzzled expressions.

"The members of the Imperial Swordbearers are divided into multiple levels, just like you are at the Black Iron level, also known as the reserve, and Ryan is at the Bronze level, and there will be Silver level, Gold level, etc. in the future. These are the levels."

"But in the same level, there are also two situations. For example, if they are all at the Bronze level, they can also be divided into Bronze level captains and Bronze level team members."

At this time, a young man who was jealous of Ryan immediately raised his hand and asked: "Instructor Callum, is Ryan a Bronze level captain or a team member?"

Although the middle-aged knight had just said that Ryan was recommended as the captain of the Swordbearers and enjoyed the Bronze level treatment, some people were still unwilling and wanted to confirm it again.

"Ryan is a Bronze level captain." The middle-aged knight said with certainty.

After a second of silence in the hall, there was an uproar again!

"I am so envious!"

"It's all in one step!"

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Everyone couldn't help but look at Ryan frequently, with different expressions, and most of them revealed envy in their eyes.

And Ryan has gradually become accustomed to the gazes of the crowd, and his face is calm at this moment. He only then realized that the middle-aged knight was named Callum.

Callum stretched out his hands and pressed twice in the air. After everyone quieted down, he continued:

"The difference between the two is that as an ordinary team member, even if you are promoted to silver or even gold level, you are not qualified to form a team or accept team tasks."

"The reason is simple, because as a team member, even if you are silver or gold level, you may be very strong in one aspect, but your shortcomings are too obvious, and you may be easily attacked and killed by the enemy."

"For example, suppose you are a top archer, but if you encounter witchcraft that restrains you, such as fog magic, and the enemy sneaks, it will be difficult to resist."

"The captain is different. The captain himself represents a person who has been assessed and recognized by the organization, has very comprehensive abilities, and can almost solve problems independently."

"So, this is why most captains of sword-bearing teams are generally formal wizards with defensive force fields, or peak masters with thick skin and flesh. The knight will serve as the captain. "

At this time, Callum paused, as if to let everyone digest what he had just said, and then continued: "The re-examination will be held one month later, that is, the first day of the Hundred Flowers Month."

"Then during this month, the organization will provide everyone with free newcomer special training. The content of the special training will be based on everyone's performance in the initial test, and will also refer to your own wishes. "

"During this month, you can carefully consider your own positioning and whether to participate in the re-examination. "

As if to make everyone pay attention to the opportunity of this special training, Callum paused and reminded:

"The one-month newcomer special training does not require everyone to spend merit points. But in the future, if you still want to seek guidance from instructors or masters, you will naturally have to spend a lot of merit points, or even precious task evaluation medals. "

Callum's words immediately made many people's faces become serious.

Obviously, most people have already understood that this one-month newcomer training is equivalent to a benefit.

If you don't improve yourself well in this month, I'm afraid there will be no such good opportunities in the future.

"Now, who has any questions?" Callum looked around and asked.

"Instructor Callum, when does our special training start?" Vieri, the young man who had practiced with Ryan before, raised his hand and asked.

"It starts at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and the location is still here."

As if thinking of something, Callum reminded:

"By the way, there is one more thing. If any of you have worked in the functional departments of the empire before, then the merit points can be completely universal."

"As for the special item exchange list within the organization, each person can only query the item details of their own authority plus two levels. Everyone just got the black iron authority, which means that you can only query the item details of silver authority and below."

"By the way, Ryan can query the item details of gold authority and below." Callum smiled and glanced at Ryan, and added another sentence.

This made several people at the scene turn their eyes to Ryan again

Ryan couldn't help but be stunned!

Thinking to himself, okay! Your goodwill, instructor, has attracted a lot of hatred for me.

"As for the good things on the list, they are naturally available, including rare potions, some special ingredients, and even various extraordinary combat skills and witchcraft. However, most of the exchanges require task evaluation medals, not just merit points."

"As for this, you can slowly understand it yourself in the future." Callum saw the eager look in everyone's eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Hearing this, Ryan nodded slightly. Can he finally check the special item exchange list?

At the beginning, during the joint mission with the Imperial Navy's South China Sea Fleet, he heard Veronica say that the 'Tide Walker' was also modeled after the 'Sword Bearer' structure. Now it seems that it is not a copy, but a replica!

Even the names are exactly the same.

"I am now a bronze-level authority. According to what Colum said just now, I can check the exchange details of special items of gold level and below."

Wait a minute, he plans to check the exchange requirements of metal witchcraft.

I just don't know if the gold-level authority is enough, can I check it?

This is a problem!

"Disband!"

Just when Ryan was about to leave, Angus and Vieri came over and said with a smile:

"Sir Ryan, now everyone has received the badge and become a formal sword bearer. How about having a simple meal together in the private room of the restaurant on the second floor?"

Although Angus is a circle bigger than Ryan and is a strong man, he has been trained in the imperial army for a long time and is very careful.

For a young man with outstanding talent like Ryan, although he is ten years younger than him, it does not prevent him from taking the initiative to make friends. Today is a more suitable opportunity.

Vieri on the side also smiled and said: "Yes, Sir Ryan, let's go together!"

Ryan thought for a while, then smiled and nodded, saying: "Okay!"

Although he wanted to check the exchange of metal witchcraft now, it was close to lunch time, and it would be difficult to complete the inquiry in a short time.

Besides, these people have been practicing with him for three consecutive days.

At this time, Angus said to Ryan with a hint of meaning: "Sir Ryan, do you need to invite other people?"

After listening to Angus' words, Ryan couldn't help but look puzzled, but when he followed the other party's line of sight, he immediately understood!

It turned out that the other party was referring to Veronica and Evelyn

After thinking about it, Ryan invited the two women.

The two women readily agreed, and soon a group of eight people came to the restaurant box on the second floor of the Newcomer Building for dinner.

The food in the restaurant is excellent, and you can pay with imperial gold coins or merit points.

But gold coins are easy to earn, but merit points are not so easy to earn, and almost no one will choose to pay with merit points.

After a greeting,

Angus asked: "Sir Ryan, you are the first one in our group to have the captain's authority. What kind of team members do you plan to choose?"

To be honest, Ryan has thought about this question, but he has not yet decided. He just shook his head slightly and said:

"I haven't thought about it yet, what about you?"

Agus is very strong, and he is considered to be in the top three of this batch. It is basically no problem for him to pass the re-examination and obtain the captain's authority of the sword bearer, so Ryan asked this question.

"We?"

"Just the five of us, we plan to form a team at that time!" Agus laughed and said.

After hearing this, Ryan was stunned!

The two women beside him, Veronica and Evelyn, also stopped their knives and forks at this time. Suddenly, their beautiful eyes stared at these burly young men.

The beautiful eyes revealed shock, confusion and incomprehension

A team of four peak knights led by a great knight?

What kind of a weird team is this?

Ryan couldn't help but whispered softly: "This is a pure kitchen knife team."

"Hmm? Sir Ryan, what did you say?" Vieri asked in confusion.

"Oh! I said, I plan to invite the two beautiful ladies next to me to join my team."

This made Veronica and Evelyn turn their heads and look at Ryan.

"Of course, it's my honor, Sir Ryan." The red-haired beauty Evelyn immediately said with a smile.

Veronica nodded almost at the same time, and her bouncing twin ponytails expressed her eagerness to join.

In fact, Ryan had also thought about inviting the two women to join the upcoming team.

Because for him. He can be the spear of the entire team, the shield of the team, and the sharpshooter of the team.

To put it bluntly, he has the weapon master (legend) professional panel, and he can take on any position in the team's physical attack.

So the best choice to match him is naturally the third-level wizard apprentice, which can make up for his shortcomings in witchcraft.

Veronica is a water wizard, specializing in bird transformation, so there is no problem.

Although Evelyn is a double-trained knight, her strength as a senior knight is not good enough among sword holders. She can pass the assessment of the obsidian giant mainly because of the fire magic "Flame Acceleration", so she is more like a wizard apprentice.

This time, it was the turn of Angus and the other five people to be stunned, staring at Ryan with eyes like copper bells.

Tsk tsk, it turns out that strong strength is awesome!

Ryan is planning to do the task while hugging left and right

The key is that these two beautiful and strong girls actually agreed!

This. I can't envy it!

In an instant, several people felt lost!

Because they found that the combination of five rough men was indeed not as good as their combination

In addition, they still had two kinds of fragrance

"Um. Sir Ryan, are you planning to have only three people in the team?" Vieri, who had come back to his senses, asked.

"Hmm? Are there any restrictions or requirements on the number of people in the team?" Ryan really didn't know about this, and according to Callum, the earliest general education courses would be tomorrow morning.

"Huh? Sir Ryan hasn't known about it yet? Then let me briefly introduce it." Vieri and Angus couldn't help but look at each other, and Angus said.

"Generally, the number of people in a Sword Bearer team ranges from three to five. This number has been tested. If there are more people, each person will get fewer task evaluation medals and merit points. If the number is too small, the team's combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed."

"Also, regarding the team's acceptance of tasks, it is based on the captain's authority. The higher the captain's authority, the more tasks he can accept."

"In addition, the promotion adopts a three-three system, that is, Mr. Ryan is currently a bronze-level captain. After obtaining three bronze medals, he can be promoted to silver level and accept silver-level tasks, and so on."

Angus's explanation is quite detailed, and Ryan nodded frequently.

After lunch, Ryan returned to his room, tidied a little, and walked to the exchange hall.

The new building where Ryan lived these days is located on the left side of the towering building seen at the gate of the Sword Bearer branch.

Because he could not move freely in the Sword Bearer branch before getting the emblem, this was the first time Ryan walked into the branch.

This time, after the guards checked Ryan's badge, they happily let him go.

Ryan first walked through a long white corridor. At the end of the corridor, an arrow-shaped sign appeared in front of him, indicating three directions.

Going straight is the mission hall, turning left is to the training ground and lounge, and turning right is the exchange hall.

Following the signs, Ryan turned right and walked for a while, and came to the special item exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Branch for the first time.

This is an independent three-story building, with white strips of stone on the facade, which is consistent with the architectural style and color of the entire branch, majestic and majestic.

After Ryan walked in, he found that the roof inside was more than six meters high, and it seemed that the first and second floors were connected, which was very spacious, similar to the certificate processing hall in the previous life.

Among them, four or five young girls in uniforms were at the windows, helping many people to exchange items.

However, it seems that for the need of confidentiality, each window has a partition, and only one person is received at a time. If others need to handle it, they have to wait for a while on the seats ten meters away.

It didn't take long before it was Ryan's turn.

Ryan walked into the partition and found a black slate on the table, about 30 to 40 centimeters long and wide, constantly emitting a magical aura. It seemed that it was solidified with some kind of magic formula.

The young girl stood up and bowed:

"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

"I think I want to check the metal magic."

"Okay, sir, please show me your badge."

Ryan nodded and handed his freshly baked bronze badge to the other party.

The girl took a look and put the badge in a special matching groove. Soon, some white text information appeared on the black slate in front of Ryan.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by the effect of this magic.

Slate display?

Could it be a touch screen?

"Lord Ryan, you are now at the bronze level, and you can only view the list of redeemable items at the gold level."

"Excuse me, did you just say you wanted to check metal witchcraft?"

"Okay, please wait." The girl quickly flipped through a thick list.

After a while, the girl's eyes lit up and she said, "Sir, I found it. The metal-based witchcraft you are looking for has only one type for gold-level authority and below, and the name of the witchcraft is 'Metal Transfiguration'."

Ryan raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask, "Can you show me the relevant information? For example, the witchcraft description and the exchange price, etc."

"Of course, Sir Ryan, I have presented the effect description of the witchcraft 'Metal Transfiguration' on the wisdom slate, please check it out."

After the girl finished speaking, several lines of small white characters suddenly updated on the black slate in front of Ryan:

"Metal Transfiguration: Level 1 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, and changes the shape of the metal that the caster touches with a specific witchcraft model."

"Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 5,500 merit points."

"Source: Provided by the Bixiu Construction School."

Ryan looked at the above text and pondered in silence.

Metal Transfiguration?

If you can control the deformation of metal, can't you turn a war hammer into a greatsword or even a war bow?

After a little thought, Ryan couldn't help but feel overjoyed!

From the description of this Transfiguration, once he learns it, it means that he won't need to carry multiple weapons.

After all, he is not a three-headed six-armed being, and it is impossible for him to use a two-handed sword, a two-handed warhammer and other weapons at the same time.

When fighting, he only needs to carry one weapon, such as the heaviest two-handed warhammer.

Only needing to carry the weight of one weapon, which is equivalent to reducing the total load by more than half.

In this way, my physical energy consumption will be greatly reduced. At the same time, more importantly, the speed will also be greatly improved. In general, it is of great significance!

However

Ryan thought of something, and his face changed immediately, saying: "Can I see this magic scroll of metal transformation?"

"I'm sorry, sir, it is forbidden according to the regulations." The girl said apologetically.

Ryan nodded.

Because he just thought of a problem. From the perspective of forging technology, the forging technology of sharp and blunt tools is different. One of the most significant differences is that the surface of sharp tools generally undergoes multiple quenching to strengthen the surface.

The manufacturing process of blunt tools is different.

In this case, even if the witchcraft "Metal Transfiguration" can transform the warhammer into a greatsword, will the sharpness of the greatsword be affected?

From this point of view, perhaps I will have to find a special metal in the future that does not require quenching, so that I can switch between blunt and sharp tools.

But the specific details will be clear after the witchcraft is exchanged.

The exchange price is 1 gold medal plus 5,500 merit points?

"By the way, can you help me check how many merit points I have now?" Ryan asked again.

Because Ryan heard Callum say in the morning that if you have worked in an official functional department before, the merit points can be used universally. Coincidentally, Ryan has always been satisfied with this.

"Of course, please wait."

The little girl soon reported a number: "2736 points!"

"Huh?" Ryan was stunned. This number is much higher than he expected.

"Sir, you have a record of joint combat with the Imperial Navy some time ago, and there are two merit points in the account." The girl seemed to see the doubts in Ryan's heart and took the initiative to say.

Ryan nodded.

Yes, the Imperial Navy is still quite reliable, but it is possible that Major Marika's credit is more.

"Thank you, I don't have any questions."

"Sir, you are polite." The girl stood up and bowed again, watching Ryan leave.

Ryan looked at the time and rushed to the lobby of the new building.

The merit points are quite different, but the bigger problem is the task evaluation medal.

When I have time in the next few days, I have to go to the task hall to see if I can take a few bronze-level tasks first to see the situation.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Sword Bearer Munster Branch, Newcomer Building Hall.

Ryan found that in addition to Callum, there were six or seven more middle-aged people with calm breath who came to the hall this afternoon. Some of them were wearing knight armor, some were holding short sticks and wearing wizard robes, and some were dressed as archers, etc.

Even with Ryan's mental power, he couldn't judge the strength of these people for a while, but it was obvious that these people should be their instructors for this special training, and each of them was very strong.

Seeing that everyone was there, Callum looked around and said, "When your name is called, come forward."

"First, the people who are instructed by Instructor Kuhlmann, Ryan, Jonas"

After hearing this, Ryan immediately walked out of the crowd and, under the guidance of the attendant beside him, came to a knight in plate armor with a two-handed war hammer on his back.

The Warhammer man was holding a stack of papers in his hand and was reading through them carefully. The first one seemed to be Ryan's report. He looked puzzled and looked up at Ryan and said, "Are you Ryan?"

"Yes, Instructor Kuhlmann." Ryan nodded and said.

"Well, your report says that you were excellent in all aspects of your last preliminary examination. The five examiners at that time did not give any opinions on where you need to improve, which makes it difficult for me to judge."

"So, I need to practice with you, and then we can see which aspect of you needs to be improved?" Kuhlmann said seriously.

I see, this request is very reasonable

Immediately, Ryan nodded and said, "Of course!"