Chapter 345 Beverly Pass (Two Chapters in One)

After several hours of flying, the Bloodfeather Hippogryph was also a little tired.

Of course, Ryan, who was sandwiched, was even more tired and tormented, even more tired than when he passed through the Hammerfall Tunnel and killed lava creatures continuously.

Since they were riding the Bloodfeather Hippogryph, they flew directly to the Beverly Mountains in the air. Ryan did not deliberately look for villages and towns to stay along the way, so the three of them landed on a clearing by the lake in a dense forest.

As for the waterside being unsafe at night and wild beasts lurking?

This was basically a cold joke for the three wizards.

It was late at night, and the bright moonlight in the sky fell, illuminating a scene of mottled shadows of trees, the breeze blew, the leaves fluttered, and the lake was slightly rippled.

After a bonfire was lit in the clearing, the three of them rested separately.

The next day, the dawn was slightly revealed.

Ryan glanced at the extinguished bonfire, then looked at the two people, and found that they had not woken up yet, so he checked the system prompts.

The battle in the Hammerfall Tunnel may be too simple for him at present, and the system only rewards him with two gold skill points.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 7 points, the remaining skill points are 0 points, and the gold skill points are 21 points.

However, after practicing advanced meditation for several consecutive nights, Ryan's mental power has increased by 1 point again.

In addition, it may be due to the follow-up effect of absorbing the soul energy crystal last time, the degree of atomization has also increased by 1%.

At this time, the mental value on the attribute panel is displayed as: 63 (atomization 21%).

Ryan thought about it, then stood up, untied a small cloth bag from the blood-feathered horned beast next to him, and took out some white silk cloth rolls and thin threads from it.

In an instant, Ryan used the hardened fine gold in his hand to transform into a needle and a cutter, and began to repair the white wizard robe that was damaged in the previous battle.

When Ryan completed the repair, the system prompt suddenly appeared like a screen refresh:

[You have repaired the white silk wizard robe, and the relevant comprehension has improved! 】

[Tailoring Apprentice Occupational Experience Value +31]

[Detected host's promotion to Tailor Conditions: 1. Tailoring Apprentice lv3 max level; 2. Agility 5 points or more, Constitution 5 points or more; 3. Produce any 10 qualified tailoring products. All current conditions are met, yes/no to Tailor? 】

[Note: After being promoted to Tailor, the new Tailoring Occupational Panel will cover the original Tailoring Apprentice Panel. 】

"I thought it would take a few days to reach Tailoring Apprentice lv3 max level, but I didn't expect to upgrade after these two days."

Ryan couldn't help but feel happy.

Obviously, there was no need to consider whether to change jobs, and Ryan chose "Yes" without hesitation!

[Ding! Promotion Success! 】

[Promotion to Tailor Success! Agility +2! Obtain Tailor Core Skill: Dexterity lv1]

[Dexterity lv1 (Active): Since tailors use their hands all year round, their dexterity is different from that of ordinary people. 】

Huh? Dexterity?

Well, this is very Tailor!

At the same time, the original tailor apprentice panel disappeared, and the tailor panel appeared instead.

A new icon frame appeared below the panel, and the surrounding area was slightly lit.

Ryan immediately focused his attention on the icon.

The pattern on the icon was a pair of slender hands, one holding a cloth and the other holding a needle, looking like they were flying up and down.

There was a line of small words below the icon:

[Core Skill: Dexterity lv1 (Active)]

Dexterity lv1 (Active) Effect: After the skill is activated, the hand speed is slightly improved.

(Note: The effect of this skill is increased by a certain proportion of the host's own hand flexibility, and the duration is proportional to the host's physique and mental strength.)

"Agility +2, better than nothing, but a blank professional panel can also provide attribute improvement, which is already very good." Ryan nodded slightly.

"Huh? Hand speed?!"

"This kind of expression is easy to be misunderstood." Ryan couldn't help but think a little bit off.

However, for new skills, Ryan has always adhered to the principle of trying them first and then evaluating them.

With a slight thought, he activated the core skill of Dexterity.

Suddenly, Ryan could clearly feel the improvement in the flexibility of his hands.

When he threaded the needle again, his high agility made his hands extremely fast. At this moment, after activating Dexterity, it reached a dazzling level.

At the same time, Melita, who was just awakened by the morning light, seemed to have noticed the movement on Ryan's side.

She tilted her head slightly, and with her sleepy eyes, she saw Ryan's fast flying hands not far away, as if holding the needle and thread to mend something.

Hmm?

She rubbed her eyes, and the next second, she looked at this scene with an unbelievable expression on her face.

Oh my God!

Mr. Ryan, who is so powerful, can actually mend his own clothes?

A warm-hearted wizard?

Ryan, who was not far away, was immersed in the process of testing the new core skill "Dexterity", and did not notice Melita's extremely surprised look.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly thought of something, and two dark daggers instantly appeared in his hands. As he swung them quickly, it seemed as if Ryan's hands had disappeared, replaced by dagger shadows all over the sky.

Ryan smiled.

He had discovered how to apply the core skill "Skillful Hands" in battle.

The improvement of "Skillful Hands" for short weapons such as daggers can be said to be immediate.

"In addition, there are also those special witchcrafts that require hand seals, which should also have a certain degree of increase, at least it can shorten the casting time." Ryan thought to himself.

At this time, Ryan seemed to feel something, turned around and looked behind him, only to see Melita looking at him blankly.

"Awake? Good morning, Your Excellency Melita." Ryan smiled.

Ryan, who unexpectedly gained a core skill early in the morning, was naturally in a good mood.

"Good morning, Lord Ray Ryan." Melita was stunned for a moment and immediately returned the greeting.

"Ryan, Melita, you two woke up so early!" Hearing the two people talking, Anna also woke up in a daze.

Soon, the three of them were ready to set off again.

However, when Ryan walked to the side of the blood-feathered horned eagle beast, he was in trouble again. He looked at Anna and then at Melita, and couldn't think of any good suggestions for a while.

Anna seemed to have thought of something, slowed down her pace, holding a corner of the white wizard robe with both hands, and felt a little nervous and shy in her heart.

It's not that she didn't think about changing positions.

For example, she and Melita could switch positions.

But in this case, she would be holding Ryan from behind, and Ryan would hold Melita.

As soon as this picture appeared, Anna shook her head slightly.

Because in this case, Ryan would probably point a gun at Melita.

It would be better to continue pointing at her.

Melita seemed to think of yesterday's situation, and her pretty face turned slightly red. Yesterday, she rubbed and rubbed, and it was impossible to say that she didn't feel anything, especially when the object was a powerful, rich, and handsome young man.

So, at this moment, Melita had an indescribable feeling about sitting behind Ryan again.

She wanted it, but she was a little reluctant.

This made Melita feel annoyed with the blood-feathered horned eagle beast in her heart.

Can't it fly properly?

Can't it fly smoothly like a normal bird?

It has to flap its wings and go up and down once. How can people bear this?

However, although the three people had different thoughts, they didn't say anything.

It seemed that everything was going on tacitly.

With Ryan still in the middle, the two women were in front and behind, and the three of them sat on the Blood Feather Hippogryph and continued to move forward towards the Beverly Mountains.

At noon, Blood Feather landed and took a short rest.

"Lord Ryan, we will reach the Beverly Pass in the Casweis Province in half a day." Melita, who was relatively more familiar with the route, introduced.

"By the way, Your Excellency Melita, can you introduce the Fengpeng group in the Beverly Mountains?" Ryan couldn't help asking.

Just now, Ryan looked at the map of the northern border of the empire and found that the Beverly Mountains ran east-west and stretched for thousands of kilometers. In fact, if they could go straight through, they could save a lot of time.

Because the Beverly Pass was in the northeast corner of their current position, the two points connected to form a diagonal line.

On the map given by Olena, although there was a brief introduction to the ferocity and large number of Fengpeng, there was no detailed description.

"Of course, Lord Ryan, the wind roc is a kind of naturally ferocious raptor that lives in groups. They will hunt any creature within their range."

"Adult wind rocs have the innate ability of wind blades, which is as powerful as the wind blade spell cast by wind wizards."

At this time, Anna also looked at Melita curiously. Obviously, she was also quite interested in creatures like wind rocs.

"If it is just one wind roc, it is not a problem for wizards or even great knights. But the problem is that there are dozens of wind rocs going out to forage at one time. Can you imagine the scene of dozens of overwhelming wind blades attacking?"

As Melita spoke, she seemed to think of that scene and showed a fearful look on her face.

Ryan nodded.

I see.

Indeed, if dozens of wind blades attack, even a second-level liquefied wizard would find it difficult to resist. The defense power of the second-level defense to witchcraft is also limited.

As for the first-level wizard?

It is very likely that he will die on the spot. Of course, he cannot be counted.

If you want to resist the attack of dozens of wind blades without any injury, apart from dodging, you have to be a level 3 crystal wizard to resist it.

"By the way, what about the speed of Fengpeng?" Ryan asked again.

In theory, if Fengpeng is not fast enough, the Blood Feathered Hippogryph can completely cross it.

"Fengpeng, born with the ability to control wind energy particles, let alone your Hippogryph, I'm afraid the speed of the Imperial Griffin is slightly inferior."

"If you want to cross it, unless you are an Imperial Dragon Knight, it is unlikely."

As if she thought of something, Melita paused and continued:

"In addition, there are male hunting Fengpengs in the Fengpeng group, and their strength is stronger than ordinary Fengpengs."

"As for other mutant Fengpengs, etc., it is unknown, but according to the number of more than 100,000, I'm afraid there are many mutant Fengpengs, at least more than a hundred."

"Of course, the most terrifying one is the Queen of Fengpeng!"

"Queen of Fengpeng?" Ryan said with surprise.

"Hmm!"

"There are more than 100,000 wind rocs in the Beverly Mountains, all led by a wind roc queen of epic strength. It is said that the empire did consider annihilating them, but gave up after considering the possible huge losses."

"Then why can the Beverly Pass avoid the attacks of wind rocs?" Anna asked curiously.

"The purple tumor forest on the other side of the mountain pass releases a strange gas all year round, which can make Feng Peng feel disgusted and uncomfortable, and thus actively avoid that area."

Afternoon.

Just as the blood feather flew over a small town, Ryan could faintly hear screams from below even at a height of hundreds of meters.

This made him look down.

I saw several black-robed people, who seemed to be driving the crowd into a building in the center of the town, and those who disobeyed were killed on the spot.

"Ryan, the other party seems to be the Black Flame Cult." Anna also immediately found these black-robed people familiar.

"Hmm!" Ryan's face sank, and he immediately controlled the blood feather to dive down towards the church-like building.

At this time, in the church hall.

Several Black Flame monks who presided over the ceremony had just finished chanting, and the entire blood sacrifice ceremony seemed to have reached the final stage.

I saw that the top of the bone staff in the center of the evil magic array, the originally transparent diamond-shaped crystal, was now lingering with an extremely rich blood color.

Hundreds of townspeople were curled up in the church, lying on the ground in all directions, their faces horrified and haggard, and their deaths were tragic!

Apparently, the blood essence of these townspeople was absorbed into this diamond-shaped crystal by the blood sacrifice ceremony.

"Not bad, it's finally done!"

"This blood crystal is of good quality, we should all get rewards from the church." A Black Flame monk said with a smile.

Just as he was taking a leisurely step and intending to take back the bone staff and blood crystal, suddenly, the glazed spire on the top of the church above him suddenly exploded.

Then, a strong wind blew, fragments flew everywhere, and a huge bird of prey with blue and purple feathers fell from the sky!

"Why would a ferocious bird of prey suddenly attack us?" The smiling faces of the Black Flame monks froze in an instant, and such a thought popped up in their minds.

And Xueyu swooped down directly and threw the astonished Black Flame monk to the ground.

"Ah!!!"

Blood Feather's iron claws were so sharp that they easily tore the chest and abdomen of the unsuspecting Black Flame monk, who screamed in agony.

"Not good! There's someone on that bird!"

"Enemy attack!!!" The remaining four or five Black Flame monks reacted and shouted.

But the next second!

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

A sound of sharp weapons breaking through the air rang out, and the four or five Black Flame monks froze in place, then their eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

Immediately afterwards, there were several "plop" sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground, and all the Black Flame monks fell on their backs.

I saw that these Black Flame monks all had a four-cornered dart stuck in their foreheads.

It was Ryan who did it.

After killing all the Black Flame monks in one move, Ryan jumped off the horned eagle with a serious face and looked around.

The scene in front of him instantly reminded him of the cult attack that had occurred in Shining Gold Town.

This scene was too familiar to him.

"The Black Flame Cult's bastards!" Ryan said solemnly.

"It is indeed them, Lord Ryan. In the past year, these Black Flame monks have been active in several provinces in the northern border and have committed many tragedies." Melita, who was standing by, also came up with a serious look.

Melita was also extremely disgusted with these cult organizations that killed ordinary people.

Ryan nodded, calmed down a little, walked to the center of the evil magic array, took down the bone staff, and crushed the blood crystal.

At this time, the system prompt sounded:

[Ding! A large amount of unknown absorbable energy was detected. Do you want to absorb it? (Note: After absorption, it can be converted into designated professional experience points.)]

Seeing this prompt, Ryan, who should have been happy, was not happy at all, and was still heavy.

However, after thinking about it, Ryan still chose "yes"!

At the same time, he silently said in his heart, "Rest in peace, your blood will not be wasted. These bastards will pay more, the price of blood!"

The next second, the rich blood essence in the diamond crystal, as if a flood found a gap in the dam, began to surge into Ryan's body.

However, it seems that because of Ryan's current strength improvement, he can clearly feel that the energy level of this blood essence is relatively low.

As the blood color of the crystal quickly faded, Ryan also completed the absorption process, and the system prompt sounded again:

[Ding! A total of 1311 points of extraordinary experience points were converted. Please choose Breaking Bad (Extraordinary)/Great Armor Master (Extraordinary) to upgrade. 】

Ryan took a look and found that Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) and Great Armor Master (Extraordinary) were both level 6 at this time, but Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) could be upgraded again after adding more than a thousand points of experience.

After a little thought, Ryan chose Breaking Bad (Extraordinary).

The next second, a system prompt appeared in front of Ryan:

[Congratulations, your Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) career level has been upgraded! ]

Ryan's action of crushing the blood-colored crystal did not arouse any suspicion from Melita, who just thought that Ryan was angry.

In the following journey, Ryan and his three companions found another town that had been attacked by the Black Flame Cult.

This gave Ryan a clearer understanding of the situation in the northern border of the empire.

It seems that the situation in the empire is more turbulent than he imagined.

"We're here, Lord Ren, that's the Beverly Pass, look." Melita pointed to the lower left and said slightly excitedly.

Ren looked down and saw that there was an obviously lower valley in the middle of the towering mountains ahead, as if a gap had been cut in the middle of the towering mountains.

As the blood-feathered hippogryph slowly descended, the purple forest below was very distinctive. There were purple coconut-sized bulges on the tree trunks, and there was a faint pungent smell.

"Is this the purple knot wood?"

"Yes, Lord Ren."

Beverly Hills.

There were quite a few travelers and caravans coming and going, and they entered the purple forest in an orderly manner.

And Ren also saw at this time that the so-called mountain pass passage was actually just a passage in the Purple Tube Forest.

"Everyone, please be careful. You are not allowed to fight in the passage. Too much noise from the battle will attract the attention of the Fengpeng group. Do not damage the purple knotted wood." The guard at the entrance of the passage reminded loudly from time to time.

On the other hand, Ren's group of three people plus Xue Yu followed a caravan and walked towards the passage.

Not long after Ren and the others landed, four or five big black birds suddenly flew from the sky not far away.

On the two big birds at the front, the two were talking.

"Priest Ericson, after your breakthrough this time, your pure physical strength has exceeded the limit of the Great Knight several times. Within the entire church, I think no one can surpass you."

"I heard that the leader of the barbarians over there in the Wind Tundra is also extremely physically strong. Just in time, you can try your hand at him."

A hooded man in black robe said respectfully to the middle-aged man in black robe beside him.

"Haha, I think so too." The middle-aged man named Ericson seemed to be quite interested in his subordinate's mention of the barbarian clan leader.

"By the way, Archbishop Erikson, I heard from the church last time that our church was hit hard and suffered heavy losses in the province of Münster in the middle of the empire?"

"Well, there is indeed such a thing. Logically speaking, this guy Eckster is very good, so this kind of thing shouldn't happen." Hearing this, Erikson frowned slightly and said.

"quack!"

Soon, the other party also landed, and the strange birdsong naturally attracted the attention of the three Rennes.

I saw these big black birds, with bare necks and blood-red eyes, full of a sense of violence.

"Giant scavenger!" Melita whispered.

"To actually use this kind of raptor as a mount, the opponent is not simple."

"Well, these scavenging vultures are very violent." Anna nodded and said.

As a druid, she has the ability to grasp the emotions of beasts.

Renn glanced at the carrion vulture, and then focused on the people who jumped down.

The two leaders were wearing black robes, one was strong and the other was thin, with deep breaths. They obviously deliberately concealed their own strength.

The other three are all dressed as knights and have strong bodies, but they seem to be followers. Judging from their aura, they should have the strength of a senior knight.

However, the other party's aura always gave Ren an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Get out of the way!"

"Don't block the road!" The three senior knights shouted loudly as if there was no one around.

Regarding the sudden appearance of a group of five people, other travelers and caravans in the passage seemed to feel that the other party was not easy to mess with, and they all ducked out of the way.

Soon, a group of five people from the other party quickly came to the center of the passage and approached the location of Ren and the others.

"By the way, is there any news from Crowley?"

"Priest Ericson, Crowley just summoned him two hours ago. They have united with the white-haired furbolg to launch an attack on the barbarian tribe."

The two men in black robes walking behind continued to talk in low voices.

Although the distance was far away, Renn still clearly heard the words 'chief priest' and 'barbarian tribe', which made him narrow his eyes.

However, he did not continue to stare at the other party.

With strength reaching their level, they are already very sensitive to gazes.

At this time, the other party also saw the three Rennes not far ahead. Obviously, the other party was also surprised when they saw the three people wearing white wizard robes.

In particular, the three knights who were responsible for clearing the way looked at Melita's beautiful face and figure with unscrupulous eyes as they passed by Ren and the others, and even whistled.

"This girl has a really nice figure."

"I heard that witches and wizards are very open-minded."

"Maybe people like you."

The other party's teasing made Melita so angry that her chest heaved violently and her face turned red, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Because the auras of the two people behind the opponent were extremely deep, Melita knew that the opponent's strength was far superior to hers as soon as she sensed it.

In addition, she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble to Ren and Anna.

However, it seemed that Ren and the other three were official wizards. The sturdy man in black robe said in a deep voice:

"You guys stop talking nonsense!"

After being reprimanded, the three knights immediately became restrained, but they still looked at Melita unscrupulously.

Just as a few people continued to walk forward, a voice from behind sounded: "Wait, you have offended my friends and want to leave without apologizing?"

It was Ren who spoke.

I saw him looking at the other five people calmly.

"Huh?"

"Interesting." Everyone, including the two men in black robes, stopped and turned to look at Ren.

Melita covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect Ryan to suddenly stand up for her and say such a thing. At the same time, she was happy and worried.

"Oh? Offense?"

"Young man, do you think you are powerful just because you are a formal wizard?"

"If you are not strong enough, it is best not to stand out. There are at least ten formal wizards who died in my hands. Now, do you still need our apology?"

The thinner black robe, with a ferocious look on his face, stared at Ryan and said.