Chapter 261: Ice Messenger (Two Chapters in One)

"Miss, I think you are too pessimistic. The Lord Ren in my impression is not that kind of person." Xia Diya recalled the big boy she once was and said.

Claire shook her head and said, "You don't understand. When a person has strength, temptations such as honor, power, money, etc. will follow. Do you think he will not change?"

"This" Xia Diya was silent for a moment.

It is undeniable that what my young lady said makes sense.

The Earl's former friends and subordinates will all assess the situation. What's more, the young lady is only Ren's first teacher on the knight's path, so one really shouldn't have high hopes.

In the city of Münster.

On the boulevard, there are sword-holders at different entrances.

A mobile vendor selling nuts not far away changed his expression when he saw Ren returning to the Sword Bearer Branch. He immediately turned around, scrawled something, and quietly released the homing pigeon from the wooden box behind him. .

A few minutes later, Assani, the caravan master who was reporting something to Viscount Fabien in the study on the third floor of the Münster Axon Auction House, received the carrier pigeon again.

Why do you say it is again?

That's because several of the followers had already sent the message to the caravan leader Assani when they saw Ren leaving the sword-bearing branch and going to the villa.

"Huh? Are you going back again?" After Assani glanced at the small piece of paper in his hand, his expression couldn't help but change. He raised his head and looked uneasily at Viscount Fabien sitting behind the large mahogany desk.

"Huh? Didn't you just say that Renn has left the branch? Now he has gone back?" Viscount Fabien looked startled, and then became quite unhappy.

Not only because he felt like he was being teased, but because he had just informed Mr. Grant Savage, the 'Ice Messenger', who had just arrived from the Imperial Capital Headquarters.

This gentleman's temper is not very good.

At this time, he had to explain immediately, but Fabien changed his mind and said:

"Assani, go and report this situation to Mr. Grant."

"Uh, um. Okay, Master Fabien, I'll go right away."

Assani's forehead was sweating and he quickly stood up to leave.

I hope that Lord Grant, the 'Ice Messenger', has not set off. He does not want to bear the other party's anger.

well! He was quite happy half an hour ago. After receiving the summons from the subordinate responsible for tracking, he immediately came to report.

Unexpectedly, this Renne actually went back again!

at the same time.

Renn has arrived at the mission hall.

"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" A young and beautiful girl employee saw Ren walking forward, stood up, bowed, and smiled sweetly.

"Help me check the tasks that are located in Meist County and related to the Black Flame Cult." Ren said while handing his golden emblem to the other party.

"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment." The female staff member who saw the golden emblem looked respectful and quickly took it with both hands.

"Sir, there are eleven tasks in total. Do you want to check them all?"

so much?

Renn raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

After thinking for a while, Ren asked again: "How many gold-level ones are there?"

"Sir, there are three gold-level tasks in total. Do you need to check the specific contents?"

"Yeah." Renn nodded.

"Okay, sir, that's it. Please look at the Wisdom Slate." Soon, the female staff member placed the gold-level tasks related to the Black Flame Cult in Meister County on the Wisdom Slate in front of Ren. It showed.

Renne immediately started to check.

"Kill Raksul (gold level), the creator of the Goldsmith Town tragedy. Raksul, the former chief priest of the Black Flame Church in Wales County, this time as a special envoy, was sent to Meist by the Black Flame Church. He was responsible for the recent attack on Meist. One of the leaders and organizers of St. County, and single-handedly planned and created the Goldsmith Town tragedy.”

"A rare shadow wizard with strong strength, nicknamed 'Blood Burner'."

"According to the latest information from the secret agent, Raksul was last seen in the Wolf Hills area in eastern Meist County."

"Mission requirements: Kill Raksul within half a month. It is recommended that a full number of people support the swordsman team. The mission is a fixed reward: 2 gold medals and 3,000 merit points."

"(Note: It is recommended to exchange for the imitation emperor's scepter or imitation emperor's sword before fighting high-level cultists.)"

The first task made Ren's eyes gleam!

Renn thought that it would take a long time to investigate the murderer of the Goldsmith Town tragedy.

But now, he has a feeling that he can't find anything even if he breaks through iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there.

Laxul, this guy is the mastermind of the Goldshire tragedy?

Shadow wizard?

Huh?

Redeem the imitation emperor's scepter first?

Ren suddenly remembered something.

Previously, when Batista and Lemuel of the Rock Team came to Meist to perform a mission, the silver-white scepter used by Batista seemed to be an imitation of the emperor's scepter. It was just a blow. He eliminated the aura of the evil god and interrupted and severely injured the ascending Black Flame Priest.

It turns out that the imitation imperial weapons have two weapon styles: scepter and sword?

Then you can go to the exchange hall later and have a look.

"Investigating the truth behind the attack in Meist (gold level). The true purpose behind the attack on the Black Flame Church in Meist is unknown."

“Task requirements: Investigate the relevant situation within one month. It is recommended that a full number of people support the Swordsman Squad. Task rewards: 3 gold medals, 5,000 merit points.”

“(Note: If the investigation has additional discoveries or takes a shorter time, the reward will increase.)”

“Protect the Governor of Meister County City (Gold Level). Meister County City has recently experienced a series of attacks. The local governor, Count Habsburg, was seriously injured. The cult is becoming more and more arrogant and constantly creating a panic atmosphere in the city.”

“Task requirements: Protect the Governor of Meister, Count Habsburg, within half a month. It is recommended that more than three people support the task. Rewards: 1 gold medal, 1,000 merit points.”

“(Note: If multiple Black Flame Cult members are killed during the protection, the reward will increase.)”

After looking at three tasks in a row, Ryan frowned.

Although the tasks refreshed on the Wisdom Slate are all gold-level, the recommended number of people in the task requirements column basically requires a full support for the Swordsman Squad.

And he was just one person.

In addition, according to the regulations, the Sword Bearer Team could only accept one mission at a time, but he wanted to take on all three missions.

"By the way, is the Deputy Minister of Affairs, Ms. Olena, here?" After thinking about it, Ryan decided to find someone.

"Yes, sir, do you know Ms. Olena?"

"Well, just say Ryan is looking for her."

"Okay, sir, I'll help you pass it on." The young employee quickly stood up and trotted to the office at the back of the hall.

Soon, Olena, a capable young woman with a smile on her face, walked out of the office.

"Sir Ryan, how about coming to my office to talk?" Olena was thoughtful and seemed to understand that Ryan must have something to talk to him, so she said as soon as they met.

"Okay, excuse me." Ryan smiled and stood up.

In the office.

Ryan and Olena sat facing each other.

"Sir Olena, the gold-level missions I want to take require a whole team of Swordsmen, but I am alone now."

"Oh? Sir Ryan, do you want to complete the gold-level mission alone?" Olena's eyes flickered, quite surprised.

"Yes."

"Sir Ryan, I don't doubt that you have this ability, but I can't change this rule."

Olena's words made Ryan frown.

He didn't expect that even the Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena couldn't let him take the team mission alone.

"But Sir Ryan, do you have any good friends among the newcomers of the Sword Holder batch?"

"If so, Sir Ryan might as well consider directly establishing a team."

"I have this plan, but my two friends have missions and are not in the Sword Holder branch at present."

Olena smiled slightly and said: "Sir Ryan, as long as the other party does not object afterwards, I can help Sir Ryan complete the establishment of the team."

After listening to this, Ryan was slightly startled, and he understood what Olena meant.

Olena couldn't help with the rule that a single person could take on a team mission.

However, the alternative approach was to form a team and take on the mission in the name of the team, but the Sword Bearer Division would not go into detail about how the team actually operated, so he could complete it alone.

Of course, the premise was that the team members could not spread the news.

Veronica and Evelyn would naturally not object, as they had already expressed their desire to form a team with him.

"I understand, then I'll trouble you, Olena."

"You're too polite, Lord Ryan."

Ryan took the feather pen and paper that Olena handed him and filled in the team registration information, but when he filled in the team name, he hesitated.

At this time, Olena glanced at the content of the paper and smiled:

"Lord Ryan, I think 'Meiste Battering Ram' is quite suitable as the name of your team, which not only represents your origin, but also shows your combat effectiveness."

Hmm?

Ryan was a little speechless, this name.

Okay!

However, naming is too difficult for him, so let's just write it like this.

"By the way, Lord Olena, I want to take on three gold-level tasks related to the Black Flame Cult in Meister County this time."

"This. Lord Ryan, if you really want to do this, I can give you special approval according to the series of tasks. For powerful sword holders, this is still allowed." Olena thought for a while and came up with a solution.

"Series of tasks?"

"Yes, these three tasks are in the same place, and they are all related to the Black Flame Cult, so they can be identified as a series of tasks."

"Thank you, Lord Olena."

"Baron Ryan, you are polite."

After taking all three gold-level tasks.

Ryan came to the exchange hall.

This time, he planned to rent a replica of the emperor's scepter like Batista did last time.

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

"I want to rent a replica of the emperor's scepter once." As he said, Ryan handed his gold emblem to the other party.

For Ryan, the scepter is a kind of hammer, so it is naturally more convenient to use than a sword.

"Okay, sir." The girl took the emblem respectfully with both hands.

"Sir, you need one thousand merit points to borrow the emperor's scepter. In addition, if it is lost, 10,000 merit points and a gold medal will be deducted from you as compensation, so please keep it carefully." The girl was operating something. He said crisply.

Um?

Use one thousand merit points once?

Ren finally understood why Batista looked so ugly after using the imitation emperor's scepter that time.

Because a thousand merit points were wasted, but the mission was not completed, no wonder!

"Okay." Renn nodded.

"By the way, sir, I see that you have no record of borrowing imitation imperial weapons before. Do you want me to briefly introduce you to the instructions for use?"

"Can."

"Well, sir, the series of imitation imperial weapons are mainly designed to target various evil powers and creatures or items contaminated by them. They have a very strong killing effect on them, but they are not very lethal to ordinary wizards and knights."

Ren nodded.

He basically got it.

Imitation imperial weapons are prepared to fight against various evil powers.

"By the way, are there any hardened adamantine ingots?" Renn thought of one thing, that is, the hardened adamantine ingot he had on hand at this time was transformed into a two-handed war hammer, and the weight was slightly insufficient.

"Yes, sir. How much do you need to exchange?"

"Give me fifty pounds first."

"Okay, sir, fifty pounds totals one thousand two hundred merit points."

After completing the exchange, Ren quickly left the hall.

On the way back, Ren found a deserted place, deformed the hardened adamantine ingot and covered it on his plate gloves.

But in this way, the whole set of knight's plate armor looks a little strange.

The whole body is silver except for the plate armor gloves, which are gray-black.

The airship from the imperial capital to Munster finally arrived, and Claire and her servant quickly stepped off the airship.

Not far away, an old man dressed as a housekeeper saw Claire appearing. He immediately expressed surprise and stepped forward to greet her and bowed: "Miss, good day! The carriage arranged by the Earl is already here. We can rush to May at any time." East.”

After learning that Claire must come back, Earl Habs arranged the personnel and carriage in Münster in advance.

"Let's find a place to stay first. I plan to go to the Munster branch of the Sword Bearer to visit a friend." Claire thought for a while and considered the words to use for Renne.

"Okay, miss." Although the butler Yoder was very confused as to when his miss had friends in the Munster Sword Bearers Branch, as a servant, it was not appropriate for him to ask more questions.

So, soon, the luxurious carriage with the emblem of the Kali bird drove smoothly towards the Munster Sword Bearers branch.

Claire looked out the car window and saw a lot of people on the road, with no sign of any turmoil at all.

"Hey, this is it?" Claire suddenly saw a middle-aged man wearing a white wizard robe through the car window.

Among the pedestrians coming and going, this middle-aged man was too eye-catching.

People around him, even formal knights, would stay away from each other.

The middle-aged man held a short staff that seemed to be made of crystal. At the same time, the whole person exuded bursts of cold air, and had a powerful aura that was inaccessible to strangers.

But Claire knew that this was not an illusion, but that the other party's body was actually radiating cold air.

The main problem is that she has met this person once before, and the location was in the imperial capital.

"Strange, how come 'Ice Messenger' Grant appears in Munster? Shouldn't he be at the headquarters of the Axon Auction House in the imperial capital?"

"Could it be that the Axon Auction House has very important items that need to be escorted this time?" Claire couldn't help but guess.

Previously, she had been invited by a suitor from the Imperial Academy to attend an auction organized by Axon Auction House in the imperial capital and met Grant, the 'Ice Messenger'.

According to reports, the opponent is a rare ice wizard. The attack power of ice is well known, and the defensive power of individual ice wizards is also extremely strong. Therefore, Grant is a wizard with almost no shortcomings.

It is said that the other party once had a fierce battle with a well-known mercenary group disguised as a band of thieves when he was escorting the treasures of the Axon Auction House. This well-known mercenary group, including the leader, had a total of three knights and twelve Official knight.

But they were all killed by Grant, so he won the title of 'Ice Messenger'.

At this time, tens of meters behind Grant, the chubby caravan leader, Assani, was chasing him all the way. The fat on his body was trembling.

He could only obey what Viscount Fabien said.

However, when he arrived at the mansion where Grant was staying, his men told him that Lord Icebringer had just left, so Assani rushed all the way.

But when he just arrived, he saw this scene.

Mr. Grant, the 'Ice Messenger' in a striking white robe, stopped in the middle of the road ahead, and dozens of meters ahead was Renn.

Hey, didn't it say that Renn returned to the Sword Bearer Division?

Why did he come out again?

This actually made Assani feel unexpectedly happy.

Two minutes ago.

After completing the exchange, Ren just walked out of the Sword Bearer Branch.

But just after walking a short distance, he suddenly stopped.

Renn looked up at the middle-aged man wearing a white wizard robe who was walking towards him.

Ryan didn't know the other person, but he could clearly feel that the other person's sight was obviously focused on him.

In other words, the other person was looking for him!

Claire and her servant in the carriage not far away also obviously noticed the direction where the 'Ice Messenger' Grant was looking. When Claire saw the two-meter-tall young man wearing silver-white knight plate armor, Claire had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

At this time, the maid Shadiya who accompanied Claire in the carriage looked thoughtful. The next second, her eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed at the young man outside the carriage window and said, "Miss."

But before she finished speaking, the situation on the scene changed suddenly!

"Where is Fang?" The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

Ryan looked at the other person calmly without speaking.

When he left the Sword Bearer Branch before today, he had a vague feeling that someone was following him. Now it seems that his feeling is not wrong.

In addition, Ryan already knew the other party's origin.

"Very good." The middle-aged man in white robe raised a finger, and suddenly, an ice blade nearly 1.5 meters long and as thin as a cicada's wing quickly appeared from the opponent's fingertips.

The crescent-shaped ice blade was crystal clear under the sunlight, and it appeared and disappeared!

The pedestrians around saw the sudden ice witchcraft and the rapid drop in temperature, and they screamed and ran away.

The next second, the ice blade attacked Ryan at a speed that ordinary people could hardly detect with their naked eyes!

"Swish!"

So fast! Claire, who was watching from a distance, was shocked!

If it were her, she would not have time to dodge this ice blade, and could only block or raise the sword horizontally to resist this attack.

But this would fall into a passive rhythm.

The opponent's subsequent ice blades would attack like a rain of arrows, causing a passive situation.

"What!" Claire's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and her mouth opened slightly.

Because she saw that the tall young man did not dodge or block at all, but raised his hand very quickly, and used the knight's plate armor gloves that were obviously a bit dark in color to directly grasp the extremely sharp ice blade!

"Snap!"

He actually crushed the hard and sharp ice blade with one hand!

You know, this is the first-level witchcraft "Ice Blade"!

With an attack power of up to 32 degrees, how could it be crushed by someone's hand?

Seeing this, Grant, the "Ice Messenger", narrowed his eyes.

This is obviously inconsistent with the strength mentioned in the intelligence!

Moreover, he just vaguely sensed a flash of energy particle fluctuations, which should be some kind of witchcraft, but isn't the other party a great knight?

Could it be that the other party is a great knight and a third-level wizard apprentice?

At this time, Ryan touched the ground with his toes, and the white slabs of stone paving the ground suddenly shattered, and a circle of air waves mixed with gravel immediately spread around!

In an instant, Ryan disappeared from the spot, and a silver straight line rushed towards Grant, the ‘Ice Messenger’!

Facing Ryan’s attack, Grant, the ‘Ice Messenger’, remained calm, quickly chanted a spell and pointed at the ground in front of him, and a white ice ray was shot out.

“Crashed!” A layer of ice several centimeters thick condensed on the ground of dozens of square meters in front of him.

This is a freezing ray, which is very useful for dealing with professions that require close combat.

But the next second, he seemed to see something incredible.

Suddenly, a dark short spear appeared in Ryan’s right hand. At this moment, he was using the inertia of the sprint just now to throw the black short spear in his hand fiercely!

“Swoosh!”

The inertia of the sprint plus Ryan’s great strength talent made the short spear so fast that it really attacked Grant like a black lightning!

Grant's face changed drastically, and he shouted:

"Ice Shield!"

Instantly, a thick oval-shaped ice shield surrounded Grant's body, protecting him tightly. Obviously, this was Grant's innate witchcraft.

"Ding!!!"

The ice shield blocked the attacking short spear!

But the power of the short spear was beyond Grant's expectation. The tip of the spear had penetrated the ice shield at this moment. It can be said that the black short spear was stuck by the ice shield.

Suddenly, he found something wrong.

He raised his head suddenly, and through the ten-centimeter-thick ice layer, he found that Ryan was already in front of him!

How is this possible!

How could the other party bypass the large smooth ice layer on the ground so quickly?

However, what does the other party mean by holding the short spear?

"Puff!"

I saw that one end of the short spear suddenly turned forward and grew twenty centimeters, and the sharp tip of the spear immediately pierced Grant's forehead!

In an instant, Grant's eyes bulged out, his expression froze, and he looked horrified!

His entire body was shaking like a sieve!

Ryan used only three moves to kill Grant, the famous 'Ice Messenger' of the Axon Auction House, on the spot!