Chapter 296 Job Change and Intelligence (Two Chapters in One)

"This is probably more difficult. After all, the opponent killed Grant in three moves. He is obviously a strong opponent."

"Maybe I am to you, but not to the leader." The charming scorpion woman complimented the leader Asimov without leaving any trace.

Asimov smiled and said: "Scorpion Girl, Tetsuo is right. The opponent killed Grant and Elihu in a row, and his strength should not be underestimated."

"Also, is this all the information investigated by the branch? Only the situation before the other party joined the sword-wielder and when Grant was killed." Asimov turned to look at Drake, with a slightly unhappy look on his face.

"Do you have any information about Elihu's fight with this Ren?"

Drake didn't know how to answer this question, so he called for Viscount Fabien.

"The Munster branch's intelligence capabilities are limited. In addition, Elihu's battle took place in Meist. It is said that only Ren and Elihu were in the room at that time."

"So, we have no way of knowing the specific situation of the fight." Fabien shook his head and said.

"Does this Renne have a family? Does coercion work? He looks very young, so he seems to have little experience in dealing with things." asked the scorpion girl.

"Not a good idea. Even if you have family, if it were you, would you just surrender?" A tall and strong man named Tetsuo retorted.

"That's not necessarily true. What if the other person is a family-oriented person?" The Scorpion Girl was not angry at all when she saw Tetsuo's rebuttal to her. Instead, she looked happy and giggled.

"Then the other party will be more useful and come to us for revenge." Tetsuo's face was solemn, as if he recalled something, he straightened up slightly.

A solemn atmosphere filled the air.

"It's boring, no!" The scorpion woman's expression changed. She knew that she must have inadvertently touched a painful memory of Tetsuo, and the other party was already a little serious.

If he keeps talking, he will probably fall out, so he won't say anything anymore.

"The opponent is currently staying in the Munster Swordsmen branch for a long time. It is impossible for us to attack the branch."

"In other words, we can only start from the other party's mansion."

"The problem is that the frequency of patrols on the streets of Munster is extremely high. By the way, Mr. Fabien, how many days will the high alert situation in Munster last?"

"It is expected to last at least another week." Fabien recalled what he knew about the situation and said.

"A week? How can we waste so much time here? I still have to go back to the imperial capital to get my nails done." The scorpion girl's voice couldn't help but get higher. She flicked her nails with beautiful patterns and said dissatisfiedly.

Tetsuo looked at the map carefully, calculated the distance between Ren's Mansion and the Sword Holder's Branch, and said in a deep voice:

"If we directly attack the opponent's mansion, we will only have three minutes at most to retreat, and that's after killing two groups of street patrols."

"The other party is very smart. The location of the mansion is about 850 meters away from the sword holder's branch in a straight line, and the path distance is about 1,200 meters."

"No, we don't have three minutes. Don't forget, this is the provincial capital after all, and there are gryphon knights patrolling in the sky." Asimov shook his head and said.

"If it's a forceful attack, we will evacuate in two minutes at most."

"If it takes two minutes, the chances of being captured alive are not very high. I can only hope that the opponent is a little stronger. Under the leader's 'Lava Fist', he will not die too quickly, haha." The scorpion girl seemed to have thought of something, and again laughed.

"Then it's decided, Scorpion Girl, you send people to follow and investigate, and when the other party returns to the mansion from the Sword Bearer Branch, we will take action." Asimov took another look at the information and said.

"Aren't we waiting for the information from the sword holder? I have contacted someone to help with the investigation." Drake hesitated for a moment, then asked.

Because he met Ren.

He always felt that that young boy who was a little too young gave him an opaque feeling, his eyes were as calm as a deep pool.

If there is nothing to rely on, most people will probably not be so calm when they see him.

"Gee, Sir Drake, the leader personally took action. Is there any difference whether the opponent is a silver-level sword holder or a gold-level sword holder?" The scorpion woman was obviously quite disdainful of Drac's suggestion.

It's just that he knew that the other person was the younger brother of Marquis Orenzi, but it wasn't so obvious in his tone.

"Then we will wait for one day. If there is no news tomorrow, we may take action at any time. Mr. Drake, I will also trouble you to help the three of us book the return airship."

Asimov smiled and said.

at the same time.

That night, with the cooperation of Vieri, Renne upgraded the witchcraft 'Metal Barrier' to level 3, and the casting time was also reduced to 2 seconds.

Since it was late, Renn asked the guard to deliver a message to his family and then rested in his new residence.

Early the next morning, Ren was eating breakfast when suddenly, two system prompts came quietly:

【Congratulations! Your physical attributes are improved! 】

【Congratulations! Your agility attribute is improved! 】

"Huh?"

"It seems that the effects of the previous fusion of breathing techniques are beginning to show up."

Ren glanced at the attribute panel:

Constitution: 46

Strength: 46

Agility: 46

Spirit: 55

Will (hidden attribute): 3

"Strength, body, and agility are all 46, but the attribute requirements for the distance annihilation force field are still quite different."

"However, we are currently in a period of increasing effectiveness of breathing techniques, and this growth should continue for some time."

In addition, I don't know if it was an illusion, but Ren always felt that after his willpower improved a little, the influence of the evil flame mark on him seemed to weaken a little.

"Could it be said that after improving your will, you can take the initiative to eliminate this evil flame mark?"

"Or is it just reducing the influence of the evil flame mark?"

Suddenly, Renn thought of another thing.

"There seems to be no movement at the Axon Auction House so far."

"Could it be that something happened again?"

Thinking of this, Ren frowned slightly. After all, two days had passed.

If the other party was sincere, it shouldn't be in this state.

"It seems I need to find someone to understand."

Half an hour later, Neolo came to Ren's room.

"Captain, are you looking for me?"

"Well, Neoro, are you familiar with anyone at the Munster branch of Axon Auction House?" Renn put down the mithril shoulder armor he was making and motioned for Neoro to sit wherever he wanted.

"Oh? Captain, do you want to buy something, or do you want to participate in the internal auction?" Neolo said with a smile.

"No, I just want to know their movements." Renn shook his head.

"Huh? Dongxiang, captain, you are with them," Neolo said with a serious look on his face.

"There was a little misunderstanding before, but there was a man named Drake on the other side. He seemed to have come from the imperial capital. He interviewed me on behalf of the Marquis Orenzi family of the imperial capital."

After thinking about it, Ren discussed the general situation with Neoro.

"Now two days have passed, but there is no movement from the other party. I have a vague feeling that something is wrong."

"Captain, I understand what you mean. This matter is easy to handle."

"I will have someone contact the internal staff of the auction house. If the other party makes any unusual movements, they should be able to detect it." Neolo agreed readily.

However, although Neoro's expression was calm, there were waves in his heart.

Our captain is indeed strong and extremely talented.

But the strength of Axon Auction House ranks among the best in the entire empire.

Could it be said that the stronger one is, the greater his ability to cause trouble?

Although it sounds like the Marquis of Orenzi family is just a shareholder in the Axon Auction House, to all the families under the Marquis, it is still a giant.

But the strange thing is that Neoro always feels that his captain can deal with the opponent.

Maybe it's Wren's composure?

Maybe it was the impression that Ren's strength left on him.

He had been very optimistic about Rennes' strength and development prospects before. Otherwise, as the heir of a marquis, he would not have chosen to join Rennes' team.

What surprised Ren was that Neolo, a local snake, was very efficient at work.

After just a short while, the other party inquired about the situation and came to his side again.

"Captain, your feeling is indeed correct. The other party does not seem to want to hand over the shares peacefully. Because I heard from their insiders that three extraordinary combatants came from the Imperial Capital last night."

"According to the waiter, the aura was so strong that they were frightened when they saw it." Neolo said with a solemn face.

Neoro's words made Ren narrow his eyes.

"By the way, I asked someone to briefly describe their appearance. They all have distinctive features. One is a charming woman with a scorpion pattern on her forehead, the other is a strong man carrying a giant shield, and the leader is a sinister bird of prey holding a short staff. middle-aged people.”

Neoro said as he handed Ren three sketches.

"Thank you, I'm very considerate." Renn nodded, took the sketch, and immediately looked at it.

"That's all we've found so far."

"However, these three people have obvious appearance characteristics, and they also know that the other party is from the headquarters of the Axon Auction House in the imperial capital, so the origin of the other party should be relatively easy to detect."

"Considering that the other party came from the Imperial Capital, the fastest way at present is to obtain the intelligence from the Imperial Capital through the internal intelligence system of the sword holder. The strength of these three people should not be weak, and there should be records at the headquarters. of."

Neoro suggested.

"I am not familiar with the affairs officer of the intelligence department in the branch. I will find someone else to find out."

"Sir Ren, don't you know that as the captain of the gold-level sword holder, you can query some confidential information through the internal intelligence system of the sword holder, and as a diamond-level leader, naturally you are not able to do so."

Neoro was a little surprised. He found that his captain seemed to be the kind of person who was obsessed with improving his strength, but he didn't even understand the diamond-level treatment.

If it were him, he would have understood everything clearly before he was promoted.

But top experts should all be like this.

Ren was slightly startled when he heard Neoro's words.

"That would be convenient." He thought to himself.

"Your Excellency Renn, do you need me and Evelin to discuss this matter?"

"No need for now, just wait for my news." Renn shook his head and said.

After Neolo left, Renne stood up and looked down at the training ground from the third-floor window.

At this time, large stretches of dark clouds floated in the distant sky, which seemed to mean that Munster would usher in a violent storm soon.

"From the current point of view, the other party must be planning to take action."

"The two-second operation time is too slow after all. Basically, it still cannot be applied in actual combat."

"I originally thought about practicing hard for a while, but now it seems that time is not waiting for me, so I have to work harder."

Ren glanced at the attribute panel and saw that the remaining skill points totaled 6 points.

Without any hesitation, in an instant, Renn invested all 6 skill points into the witchcraft 'Metal Barrier'.

With the witchcraft 'Metal Barrier' suddenly increased from lv3 to lv9!

In an instant, a torrent of memories about the sorcery 'metal barrier' flooded into Ren's mind.

For a moment, Renn seemed to have arrived in a mysterious space, and he had been practicing the witchcraft 'Metal Barrier' for decades. He compressed syllables like an instinct, getting faster and faster!

When Ren finished digesting the memory and recited the spell silently again.

He discovered that after only about 0.5 seconds of execution time, three hardened fine gold kite-shaped shields surrounded him.

The casting time of half a second is almost comparable to the casting time of natural witchcraft.

Now, if Ren said that his innate witchcraft was a 'metal barrier', it would be enough to confuse the truth with the truth.

"But... it's still not fast enough."

"If there are 3 more skill points and it is raised to lv12, it will take 0.25 seconds to cast the spell. Only then can it truly be said to be fake and real."

"After changing to the Grand Armor Master, you can get another wave of skill points."

However, Renn did not start making the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor' immediately. Instead, he left the room and came to the mission hall.

In the office of the Under Secretary for Affairs.

Ren and Olena sat facing each other.

"Your Excellency Olena, there is something I may need to trouble you about."

"Your Excellency Renn, please tell me." Faced with Renn's request, Olena smiled and seemed to be eager for Renn to come to her for help.

"It's like this. I heard that diamond-level sword holders can ask the intelligence department of the branch to help retrieve some information. But I am not familiar with the person in charge of the intelligence department, so I would like to ask Ms. Olena to help me. Give me a recommendation.”

Renn directly stated his intention.

"Sir Ren, do you want to inquire about intelligence? It's the same thing if you contact me directly. I will help you contact the intelligence department." Olena immediately took over the job.

Although it was hard to wait until Sir Ren asked her for help, but after helping once or helping many times, Olena naturally knew what to choose.

Just kidding, if Sir Renn is introduced directly to the intelligence department, will Mr. Renn come to see her in the future?

Even if it does, the chances are much slimmer.

According to Mr. Ren's progress, he doesn't know when he will be promoted and transferred. It would be foolish not to take the opportunity to connect more with each other.

Olena had long believed that as long as Ren didn't fall, he would definitely become a legendary powerhouse in the empire.

Naturally, you should build relationships as early as possible!

Renn didn't expect Olena to be so enthusiastic. After thinking about it, he felt that there was no problem in this, but it would be a lot more convenient.

So, he handed the portrait of the three people that Neoro gave him to Olena and said:

"I want to inquire about the information of these three people. These three people are all from the Imperial Capital. Can the branch help me contact the Imperial Capital as soon as possible to obtain information?"

"Sir Ren, of course. Do you have the names of these three people?" After taking it, Olena glanced at it quickly and said happily.

"No, but these three people should all belong to the forces under the Axon Auction House, uh... or the Marquis of Orenz family in the imperial capital."

"Huh? Mr. Ren has a conflict with the other party. Do you need the branch to come forward? As a diamond-level sword holder, as long as you are not in the wrong, the sword holder will always be your strong backing."

The capable young woman said decisively.

Ren's heart felt slightly warm after hearing this.

"No need for now, I want to know about the other party's situation first."

"Okay, I will contact the Intelligence Hall immediately. Colin, the Undersecretary of Affairs, should be on duty today. When there is news, I will ask him to contact you as soon as possible."

"Then thank you, Olena."

"You're welcome."

After returning to the room, Renn began to make the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor'.

At this time, Ren once again felt the benefits of choosing 'Metal Transformation' as a talent witchcraft.

Because under normal circumstances, even other metal wizards can directly transform metal ingots into armor forms, but this is equivalent to casting a first-level witchcraft, and the mental power consumption is not small.

But Renn solidified the 'Metal Transformation Technique' into innate witchcraft, and his mental energy consumption was less than one-tenth of normal conditions.

Therefore, at this moment, Ren quickly transformed the mithril ingots into components of the knight suit, and then he began to engrave inscriptions on the components.

Once it failed, Renn transformed the mithril plate armor again and engraved it again.

The efficiency is so high that it is almost dozens of times that of the normal forging process!

Just over an hour later, Renn completed the requirement for the Grand Armor Master's job transfer, which was to 'make ten pieces of inscribed plate armor'.

The system prompt also sounded:

[The prerequisites for the promotion of the Armor Master to the Great Armor Master are: 1. The Armor Master is lv5 or above; 2. The strength is 15 points or more, the constitution is 15 points, and the spirit is 18 points or more; 3. Independently forge any qualified inscribed plate armor parts. Ten pieces; 4. Master the knowledge related to inscriptions. If the current conditions are met, should/should you be promoted to the Great Armor Master? 】

[Note: After switching to the Grand Armor Master profession, the original Armor Master panel will be integrated into the Grand Armor Master career panel, and the original Armor Master's core skills will be retained. 】

Without hesitation, Ryan immediately decided to start his job change!

"Yes!"

[Ding! Successfully changed to Great Armorsmith (Extraordinary)! Strength +2, Constitution +2, Spirit +3! Obtained the Great Armorsmith core skill: Inscription Expertise (Passive). ]

"Huh?"

"Another core skill of crafting?"

Ryan couldn't help but think of the previous armorsmith's 'Armorsmith Expertise (Passive)', plus this time's 'Inscription Expertise (Passive)', almost a set of core skills for making plate armor.

[Core Skill: Inscription Expertise (Passive)]

Inscription Expertise (Passive) Effect: Your success rate of engraving inscriptions on armor is greatly improved.

"It seems that even if I only open a blacksmith shop in the future, I can make a lot of money"

With the assistance of the core skill of 'Inscription Expertise', Ryan engraved inscriptions again, as if he was assisted by God!

The speed of making mithril carved plate armor has doubled!

Finally, when it was getting close to dusk.

Ryan successfully upgraded the career level of the Great Armorsmith (Extraordinary) to lv4 (3/1000), and gained 3 skill points and 3 attribute points.

With the investment of 3 skill points, the casting time of the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" was finally further compressed, and it can be successfully cast in only 0.25 seconds, comparable to the innate witchcraft!

You know, if a normal wizard wants to achieve this effect, it is estimated that it will take decades of hard practice, and the hard practice is still for this witchcraft.

Even if the life span of wizards is relatively long, it is almost impossible to do it.

After all, there are too many things that will consume a wizard's limited energy and time.

"Knock, knock!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door!

Ryan opened the door and saw a strange, slightly fat middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, smiling.

"Hello, Mr. Ryan. Let me introduce myself. I am Colin, the deputy director of the Intelligence Hall. It's our first meeting."

After Olena told him, Colin's face lit up and he immediately took action.

After owing Olena a big favor, he got the opportunity to come to Mr. Ryan to report alone.

After all, who doesn't like to flatter the future legendary strongman?

"Hello, Mr. Colin, please come in." Ryan immediately realized that this should be the Colin that Olena mentioned.

The two sat down in the reception room, and Ryan pressed the bell.

The service staff dressed as maids respectfully served tea and snacks, and then left quickly.

"Mr. Ryan, based on the clues you gave us, we have obtained information about the three people from the imperial capital."

"The three people belong to the Bloodscalp Mercenary Group, led by the leader Asimov. They are considered to be a force attached to the Axon Auction House, and have a particularly close relationship with the Marquis of Orenz's family."

"Among them, the leader Asimov is a rare descendant of mutant blood."

"Descendant of mutant blood?" Ryan was thoughtful when he heard these words.

"Yes, Asimov was a descendant of a noble bloodline, but his bloodline was too thin to awaken. When he was young, it was not smooth to impact on the formal wizard. Later, he took the initiative to become a test subject for his mentor's blood fusion experiment, but unexpectedly, the experiment was successful."

"He immediately killed his mentor and found out that he had merged the blood essence of the bloodscalp troll, thus gaining the talent 'frenzy'-the ability to chant spells quickly."

"That's why they are called the Bloodscalp Mercenary Group."

Ryan nodded.

He had read the relevant information about this blood-capped troll before.

It is said that the trolls of this clan have not been extinct, and there are still some remnants in some remote areas where few people go.

Their innate ability, 'Frenzy', is to speed up the chanting speed, which is different from compressing syllables.

Simply put, after the opponent casts 'Frenzy', he speaks eloquently, relying on fast speaking speed.

Of course, the strength of today's trolls and ancient trolls is very different, otherwise, the Orenz family would not have stared at the ancient troll fangs.

At this time, Colin handed a stack of materials in his hand to Ryan.

"Moreover, in terms of strength, the strength of the three is not inferior to the captain of the gold-level sword bearer, and even the strength of Asimov, the leader of the Blood-capped Group, is not much inferior even compared to the diamond-level captain."

"In addition, I would like to remind Sir Ryan to be careful, because the three opponents have special innate abilities."

Innate abilities?

The same as himself?

Interesting.

Ryan narrowed his eyes.

He opened the information Colin gave him and read it carefully:

"Iron Man, real name unknown, came from the Eagle Federation three years ago, with a metal prosthesis on his right hand, good at short spear throwing and shield defense."

"Yes, Lord Ryan, this strong man with a shield on his back is often misunderstood. In fact, there is a row of short spears on the inside of the opponent's shield, and the shield will only be used after his bloodline is transformed."

Colin glanced at the information in Ryan's hand and added.

"If you don't know about it, you may suffer a loss once you fight."

Ryan nodded.

That's right. If you are distracted for a moment in the battle, the enemy will seize the initiative and fall into a passive position.

"Scorpion Girl, real name unknown, bloodline talents are swift and poisonous, good at wind blades, venom bullets and other witchcraft, and is also proficient in bandaging and herbal treatment."

"Asimov, the leader of the Bloodcaps, a second-level liquefaction wizard, is fused with the blood essence of the Bloodcaps. The entire mercenary group is also named after him, and the opponent's ability displayed seems to be good at fire. witchcraft"

Colin added again: "Asimov took a lot of shots, but he didn't leave any survivors. Therefore, the opponent should have some kind of trump card."

"In addition, the three of them took action at the same time this time, which is rare. It seems that the other party regards you, Mr. Ren, as a formidable enemy."

Ren nodded.

Judging from the appearance of the three people, the normal judgment of these three people is that the strong man must be a siege type player, while the scorpion woman is most likely an agile assassin or field controller.

And Asimov is the ‘heavy gunner’ of the team.

But now according to the intelligence, except for Asimov who is probably the 'heavy gunner', the other two are completely different from what they appear to be.

interesting.

Ren once again realized the benefit of having your back against a big tree to enjoy the shade.

"Sir Ren, if you have any information needs in the future, you can contact me directly."

"Of course, you can also contact Olena." After thinking about it, Colin added this sentence.

"Then thank you, Sir Colin."

Soon after, Renn took Vieri and left the Sword Bearer Branch and walked to the mansion.

I didn’t go back yesterday, so I naturally have to go back home today.

Mainly, I would like to remind my family members to try not to go out during these two days.

And when Ren and the other two had just left the sword-wielding branch.

Several disguised personnel from the auction house who were responsible for keeping track looked happy and immediately released carrier pigeons to report.

A few minutes later.

Axon Auction House Münster branch, in a room on the second floor.

"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect to be able to take action today!" The scorpion girl looked happy, flicked the note, and said to the other two people.