Chapter 301: Promotion and Direction (Two Chapters in One)

Sword Bearer Division.

Service counter in the exchange hall.

A tall young man in silver armor stepped forward.

"Hello, how can I help you?" The young girl's eyes lit up when she saw Ryan, and she immediately stood up and said.

"I want to identify an item."

"Okay, sir, please follow me." The girl took Ryan to the lounge on the side.

At this time, the girl continued to ask: "Sir, what is your item? Medicine? Or equipment? Or raw materials?"

"Because the items are different and involve different fields, I need to contact different appraisal masters."

"It should be considered raw materials." Ryan thought for a while and said.

"Okay, sir, if it is raw materials, I recommend Master Dibs of our branch. He is good at identifying raw materials."

"Okay." Ryan nodded.

Ryan didn't care about the selection of appraisal masters, as long as they could help him answer questions.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, Master Dibs's appraisal fee ranges from 50 to 200 merit points, depending on the preciousness of the specific item. Please take a look at the fee."

"No problem." Ryan nodded.

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

When Ryan handed the other party the crystal badge, the young staff member was stunned. After taking it with both hands, she looked at Ryan with respect. She smiled sweetly and walked away quickly.

After a while, an old man with gray curly hair and thick yellow beard followed the young staff member in.

"Lord Ryan, this is Master Dibs."

"Master Dibs, this is the captain of the diamond-star sword bearer, Lord Ryan." The girl introduced.

"Huh? The captain of the diamond-star sword bearer?" Dibs' narrowed eyes suddenly widened, looking at Ryan in disbelief.

He originally saw that Ryan was so young, although he could not say he despised him, but it was true that he did not pay much attention to him in his heart.

"Captain Ryan, hello." Dibs' attitude immediately became more serious.

"Master Dibs, hello." Ryan bowed slightly and continued, "This time I need your help to identify something."

"This is when I was fighting with an enemy."

When Ryan took out a red crystal shaped like a heart from the wooden box, Dibs's eyes were even more surprised.

Dibs carefully raised the red crystal and looked at it carefully. After a while, he said:

"According to what Captain Ryan just said, after the enemy used this lava heart to strengthen the lava monster, the lava monster was promoted to a lava giant, which just shows its origin."

"This should be the heart of a legendary lava giant."

"In fact, there are several sources of lava hearts. As long as it is a lava creature with legendary strength, there is a certain probability of generating it."

"But if it is the heart of a lava dog, then after the lava monster merges with this lava heart, it will transform into the form of a lava dog."

Ryan nodded when he heard this.

But in fact, he was more interested in the origin of the Lava Heart than its use.

"Master Dibs, what is the use of this Lava Heart? In addition to being used as a means of strengthening when summoning lava creatures." Ryan couldn't help but ask.

If this is the only function, it would be useless to him.

Hearing Ryan's question, Master Dibs smiled and said:

"Haha, Captain Ryan, this lava heart is very rare, at least it is not in our branch's exchange catalog. If you want to exchange it, you have to go to the Imperial Capital Headquarters."

"In addition, it is also quite useful."

"For example, it can be used on special war puppets. This is a dual-element energy crystal of fire and earth. It is used to drive war golems engraved with lava magic arrays. It is perfect."

"The next best is to use it on giant puppets engraved with fire magic arrays. The energy conversion efficiency is slightly lower, but it is also very applicable."

"For individuals, if you hold this lava heart in your hand or make it into a cane when performing lava magic, you can increase the power of the magic by about one and a half layers."

"Of course, if it is pure "If it is pure fire magic, the power may only increase by about 10%. "

"If it is earth magic, it will be even less, and the increase may be less than half a percent."

Ryan listened thoughtfully, thought about it, and pointed at the lava heart and said:

"Master Dibs, if it is used as the energy driving source of the war golem or the giant puppet, can it only be used once?"

"Of course not, Sir Ryan, if the energy of your lava heart is exhausted, it can be placed in the magma to slowly recover. Generally speaking, it can be fully charged after about half a month. "

"Of course, after repeated use, it is impossible for it to return to the full state at the beginning, but it can generally have an energy storage effect of about 70% to 80%. "

Ryan still heard this very clearly.

Because Dibs's narration immediately reminded him of the electric car battery in his previous life.

In the same way, after repeated use, the power storage effect began to weaken.

In fact, after hearing this, Ryan also had a more comprehensive understanding of the general use of the lava heart.

So, Ryan put away the Lava Heart, and at the same time, took out a section of the metal prosthesis from Tienan, handed it to Master Dibs, and said:

"Master, have you studied this?"

"Hey, this is a puppet part, with such fine workmanship." Dibs' eyes lit up, and he gently stroked the inside of the metal prosthesis with his fingers, and observed the internal structure, and said.

"This level of craftsmanship should be made by a master of puppetry. I don't know much about it."

"Master, I just went to the library, and I found that there seemed to be no specific drawings or books related to puppetry in our branch. Most of them were general discussions." Ryan asked.

"Well, that's right. As far as I know, detailed information in this area should only be available in the imperial capital or the construction school. The masters who are proficient in puppetry are basically there. Maybe Mr. Ryan can go and ask."

"Construction school?"

Ryan immediately thought of the 'Bixiu Construction School'. When he bought the witchcraft 'Metal Transfiguration', he wrote in the notes that the Bixiu Construction School was the supplier.

"Yes, the Construction School. The objects of the Construction School's research are puppet creations and other types of witchcraft creations." Dibs nodded and said.

"Then what about this crystal?" Ryan took out the white, slightly smaller crystal in the metal prosthesis and said.

"Oh, this is a purified energy crystal. Crystals with mixed properties will be uniformly purified into non-attribute crystals through a special purification magic array, thereby expanding the scope of application."

"I see." Ryan nodded.

Ever since seeing the metal prosthesis of 'Iron Man', Ryan has had some new ideas about 'Metal Transfiguration' and metal wizards.

He really wants to learn about the knowledge related to puppetry, but according to the current situation, he may only have this opportunity after joining the Bixiu Construction School or going to the imperial capital.

I have to think about it carefully.

Before leaving the exchange hall, Ryan replenished some hardened gold ingots and magic silver ingots again, and exchanged for a spear-throwing supernatural skill, "Shadow Spear Throwing".

After that, Ryan walked towards his residence.

As for why he chose the spear-throwing supernatural skill?

This is mainly because this time he encountered a huge creature like the lava giant, which was covered with hot magma and difficult to approach, and once again felt the lack of his long-range attack ability.

It's not that the bow is not good.

But the tiny arrows, compared to giant creatures that are nine meters tall and weigh tens of tons or even nearly a hundred tons, the damage that tiny arrows can cause is extremely limited.

It's really not much different from a toothpick.

But spear throwing is different!

If a heavy spear is thrown out at high speed, it can also cause considerable damage to giant creatures.

Don't forget one more thing, Ryan's innate witchcraft is "Metal Transfiguration".

This means that he can adjust the weight and length of the spear in his hand at any time to increase the power of the spear.

Of course, there is another more important reason.

That is the prerequisite for the transfer to the epic class ‘King of Thousand Blades’ - ‘Second, master nine different mysteries.’

Ryan has already achieved (5/9), and he only needs to achieve four more.

After the transfer to the Warhammer Wizard, Ryan obtained the core skill ‘Soul Crushing Hammer’, which is extremely powerful.

As the King of Thousand Blades of the epic class, Ryan believes that once the transfer is successful, his strength will definitely have a significant leap.

Among the five prerequisites, conditions one and four have been met, and condition five - the requirements for attribute points, there is no difficulty at present.

That is, condition two ‘mastering nine different mysteries’ and condition three ‘more than 90% of the second-level physical limit breaking value’ will take a lot of time and effort to achieve.

Ryan’s current second-level physical limit breaking value has reached 52%, and it will not take long before he can enter the peak knight level.

There are two main reasons for this rapid progress. One is that it comes from continuous point addition. Now strength, agility, and body have reached 46 points or more, and strength has reached 48 points.

In addition, the quality of breathing has been improved.

Just under the subtle effect of the past few days, Ryan's physical second-level limit-breaking value has increased by nearly two percentage points.

So, from this point of view, as an epic profession, the difficulty of changing jobs is not particularly large, and it is naturally Ryan's first choice.

As for witchcraft, after upgrading the defensive "metal barrier" to level 12, you can put it aside for now, unless you encounter other witchcraft that is more suitable.

Ryan opened a light yellow parchment scroll, which was "Shadow Spear Throwing".

After reading and studying "Shadow Spear Throwing" from beginning to end, Ryan closed his eyes slightly and thought seriously.

With the foundation of five different types of extraordinary combat skills, it is not too difficult for Ryan to comprehend Shadow Spear Throwing now.

After just flipping through it a few times, I received a system prompt:

[You have learned Shadow Spear Throwing, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Shadow Spear Throwing]

[Your skill Shadow Spear Throwing has been improved, experience value +1]

Among the dozen or so skill icons below the Weapon Master (Legend) profession panel, a new icon has been lit up.

Shadow Spear Throwing lv1 (1/100).

The icon is very simple, with a strong figure with legs spread wide apart, his left arm stretched upward diagonally, and his right arm holding a spear, spinning and throwing.

Although Ryan can still improve his proficiency in Shadow Spear Throwing by self-study.

But this time he plans to use a more efficient way to improve.

In an office on the second floor of the training building.

A young female staff member is reporting something to a sturdy middle-aged man.

"What did you say? A diamond-level sword-bearing captain is looking for me?" The sturdy man said with surprise on his face.

"Yes, Instructor Asra, Lord Ryan has asked you to practice alone. Look over here," the young female staff member said respectfully.

"But I don't seem to have heard of the name Ryan. I know several diamond-level sword-bearing captains in the branch. Is he a newcomer?"

Asra looked suspicious.

After thinking about it, he nodded immediately and agreed: "No problem here, I'll go over now."

The price of his sparring is not cheap, and it is difficult for ordinary sword holders to afford it, so most of them teach in small classes. This is similar for other instructors.

But for instructors, they naturally like one-on-one training, which is less tiring and more merit points.

No one will go against merit points.

"Of course, Lord Ryan also wants to do it immediately." The young staff member couldn't help laughing.

When Asra came to the room and saw Ryan's young face, he thought to himself, 'Is it a mistake? So young, he is the captain of the diamond star sword holders? '

But such words must not be said in person.

"Hey, Lord Ryan, can you throw it once for me to see, please?" Asra picked up a steel short spear in the training room and handed it to Ryan, saying.

"Of course." Ryan took the short spear with a smile and weighed it.

"It's just a little lighter."

Suddenly, Ryan turned his body and twisted his hips, and took a step forward!

A silver lightning bolt shot straight from Ryan's fingertips to the attack power tester dozens of meters away.

"Chiu!"

After the spear shadow passed, a very sharp whistling sound came.

It means that the speed of the spear has exceeded the speed of sound!

"Bang!" With a sound.

This steel short spear was nearly half inserted into the huge cylindrical metal block on the attack power tester!

The estimated depth is about 0.7~0.8 meters!

"Hiss~" Yasra's eyes suddenly widened, and the corners of his eyes twitched.

With this kind of power, you are so embarrassed to say that you are a novice and need training guidance?

I'm afraid you are not guiding me in reverse.

"Sir Ray Ryan, have you never practiced spear throwing?" Yasra adjusted the title to "you".

"Well, I just learned it today."

"Uh, this" For a moment, Yasra didn't know what to say.

He carefully recalled the posture of Ryan's throwing just now, which was almost perfect. If he had to say it, it would be the hand posture.

In this way, Mr. Ryan might have just learned to throw a spear!

"Your core muscle stability in your waist and abdomen, as well as your whole body's rotational explosive power, do not need additional training."

"Well, you just need to pay a little attention to some small details, such as the strength of your fingers, the adjustment of your strength, etc."

"The rest is just more practice."

After half a day.

Under the careful guidance of Yasra, and with the blessing of the talent 'Primary Extraordinary Enlightenment (Passive)', Ryan's 'Shadow Spear Throwing Technique' was upgraded to level 4 (12/1000) after only one morning.

The speed is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!

At noon.

Ryan just walked to the door of the suite on the third floor, and found that Olena happened to walk over from the other end of the corridor.

Seeing Ryan, Olena smiled lightly and said, "Sir Ryan, I was just looking for you. There is a reply from the Axon Auction House."

Hearing Olena's words, Ryan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, 'So soon? '

"Sir Olena, thank you for your hard work. Come in and talk."

The two sat down in the living room.

"Last night, Admiral Edward and I reported this matter, and he was quite angry."

"After getting the authorization from the Admiral, I went to talk to the representative of the Orenz family, Drake, in the morning."

"They said that they are willing to transfer 10% of the shares of the Minster branch of the Axon Auction House to Sir Ryan unconditionally. This part of the shares originally belonged to the Marquis of Orenz's family, and it is also all their shares in the Minster branch."

10% of the shares?

Ryan was slightly stunned.

He remembered that when Drake talked to him before, it was only 2%.

According to the other party at that time, the annual income was about 20,000 gold. If it is 10% now, it means that the annual dividend is nearly 100,000 gold, which is quite considerable.

"I would like to ask, Sir Ryan, are you satisfied with this compensation?"

Ryan thought for a while and asked, "Sir Olena, what is your opinion?"

The capable young woman pondered for a while and said:

"It is like this, Sir Ryan. If we report this matter to the Imperial Elders Council, the other party may suffer greater losses, but for Sir Ryan, there will be no benefit."

"In addition, you defeated the Bloodtop Mercenary Group. As far as I know, the other party can dispatch a team stronger than this one. In other words, unless the other party chooses to go down in person, it is possible to pose a threat to you, but this possibility is very small."

"So, I personally suggest that Mr. Ryan consider accepting this 10% of the shares as compensation."

"Whether you choose to hold it yourself or sell it, you can get a lot of money."

Ryan thought about it and nodded, saying: "Okay, Mr. Olena, let's talk about it according to your idea."

"However, as for the shares, can it be written in the name of another person?"

"As long as Mr. Ryan authorizes and agrees, this should not be a problem." Olena nodded and said.

At the same time, the capable young woman was quite curious about this person. Could it be one of Mr. Ryan's two little lovers?

Olena naturally regarded Veronica and Evelyn, who were in Ryan's team, as Ryan's little lovers.

But if only one is given, can the other one be settled?

For Ryan, as time goes by, his strength will only get stronger.

By then, this Marquis family, even though it is a certain threat to him now.

But in another half a year, in his eyes, it will become an ant.

At this stage, if he can obtain 10% of the shares of the Axon Auction House and use the business ability of the beautiful woman Jennifer, he will most likely be able to exchange for good resources.

Or use this channel of the Axon Auction House to obtain some rare resources.

"By the way, Lord Olena, regarding the Bixiu Construction School, is there a branch in Munster?" Ryan thought of another question and asked.

"This really doesn't exist." Olena shook her head.

But the next second, her beautiful eyes flashed a light, as if she remembered something, and said:

"Sir Ryan, I remember that recently, there are several puppet masters from the Bixiu Construction School in Munster."

"Actually, it has something to do with you. Do you still remember the giant axe golem guards you defeated in Wales County that time?"

"These masters are currently studying this ancient cult puppet in Munster."

"If you have any questions, I can help you contact them."

Ryan nodded, smiled, and said, "That's great, but I need to think about it first, and I may have to trouble Sir Olena at that time."

"You're welcome, Sir Ryan. By the way, the master who does research, you know, may have a bad temper, so." Olena considered the words and reminded.

"By the way, Sir Ryan has one more thing." Olena smiled and took out something like an invitation from the bag beside her and handed it to Ryan.

"This is your invitation to the Viscount. Four days later, on the last Sunday of the Grass Moon, this year's awarding ceremony will be held at the Duke of Munster's residence. Please don't forget to attend."

"At that time, Admiral Edward will also attend. The scene is grand and it is one of the most important events in Munster Province this year."

Ryan took it and looked at it, nodded, and said, "Well, I will attend."

This is the same invitation he received when he was a baron, but... Unexpectedly, the previous one has not been used yet, and this one has been updated to become a viscount invitation.

——

Twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

Near the provincial capital Munster, the small town of Barrington.

In Exter's residence.

"Berriggs, is the collection of blood crystals ready?" Exter asked with a smile, shaking the Bordeaux liquid in the glass.

"High Priest, there is still one missing. If nothing goes wrong, we can get it done tomorrow."

"Well, speed up!"

Exter took a sip of Bordeaux and turned to ask: "Freeman, what about you? Is there any new situation in Munster?"

"Uh High Priest, there is such a situation. The Ryan I mentioned to you last time seemed to have fought with a quasi-legendary master last night."

"Judging from the situation at the battle scene, Ryan's strength seems to have improved again!" Freeman said with a worried look on his face.

"Tsk, Freeman, you were scared by being beaten in Meister! The quasi-legendary level is not something the High Priest needs to care about." Burriges on the side got the chance and immediately mocked.

"You" Freeman looked annoyed!

"Okay! However, Burriges is right about one thing. As long as the opponent is not a legend, it is not the focus of our attention." Exter smiled.