Chapter 382 Undercurrent

"Okay, Donald." At this time, General Augustus tapped the table with his fingers and said.

"Ren, at present, what you have done is self-defense. Of course, the specific situation still needs to be investigated by the headquarters. Therefore, within these two weeks, you cannot leave the imperial capital of Tamriel. Is there any problem?"

"Of course, no problem. I will cooperate with the headquarters' investigation." Ren said with a smile.

"very good."

"By the way, Ren, you completed the task of killing the Venom Dragon when you first came to the headquarters, and you performed well. Before the results of your investigation come out, your task rewards will be settled normally and will not be affected."

"Thank you, General Augustus." Renne bowed slightly and thanked him.

Obviously, the general Augustus in front of him seemed to be a little biased towards him, and his speech that was first suppressed and then raised confirmed this.

Although Renn doesn't know the specific reason, it would be great if it does not affect the settlement of mission rewards and the exchange of special items.

Ten minutes later, Renn left the conference room.

He first went to the mission hall and completed the settlement of the mission of Venom Flying Dragon. Then, he walked towards the single-family accommodation area specially prepared for Adamantine level sword holders.

It can't be called a villa because there is almost no yard.

In fact, in Tamriel, the imperial capital where every inch of land is precious, it is not easy for the Sword Bearers Headquarters to set aside a part of the area to arrange single-family accommodation for Adamantine-level sword holders.

What's more, this condition is far beyond the treatment of diamond-level sword holders in the Munster branch. Naturally, Renn has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

The first floor is the training room, the second floor is the living room and dining room, and the third floor is the study room and bedroom.

The training room is placed on the first floor. This is because some adamantine-level sword holders follow the path of knights and their physical strength is too strong. Even if the ground can be reinforced, the second and third floors are still easily penetrated.

"Dong dong dong!"

Just when Renn entered his private dormitory, there was a knock on the door.

"Your Excellency Renn, General Augustus asked me to tell you that I have been paying attention to the movements of some families recently." The young female major general who was in the meeting just now appeared at the door, smiled at Renn, and said.

"Okay! Tell General Augustus for me to thank him for his concern." Renn nodded.

Although Renn still didn't know why, General Augustus, whom he met for the first time, wanted to help him, but Renn was not too curious. He believed that he would naturally know the reason soon.

at the same time.

In a luxurious mansion in the inner ring of the imperial capital.

The butler Owen walked quickly down the carpeted corridor with a slight panic. The servants on both sides saluted him, but he completely ignored him. He didn't slow down until he came to the study.

I saw him straightening his collar a little, taking a deep breath, and then stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Duke Drum's rich voice sounded.

As the butler Owen entered the study, he saw Duke Drum behind the large mahogany desk reviewing documents. He only heard him report in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the mission has failed!"

"Huh?. Did the 'King of Killers' from the Black Knife Organization fail to arrive in time? Or is there something wrong with the Venom Flying Dragon's mission?" Duke Drum didn't expect Ren to be able to "wear through three", so instinctively I thought there was something wrong with the coordination in the middle.

"None of them. The 'King of Killers' of the Black Knife Organization arrived on time, but all of them, including the Venom Flying Dragon, were killed by Ren."

Hearing the words of his butler, Duke Drum couldn't help but stop the quill in his hand. He was slightly stunned, but then he realized that the mission that his butler said was a failure, and the mission that he thought was a failure, It's two different things.

Duke Drum asked slightly anxiously: "What about Greenwood?"

"This Young Master Greenwood also died in the hands of Ren."

"What!" Duke Drum stood up suddenly, with a look of shock on his face!

"What about Greg the 'Corpse Splitter'? As a family advisor, did he escape alone?" Duke Drum said angrily.

"Well, consultant Greg also died on the spot!" When he said this, there was still a trace of horror in the eyes of the butler Owen.

When he got the news just now, he was even more shocked than the Duke of Durham in front of him.

Suddenly, the entire study fell into a long state of silence.

After a while, Duke Drum sat back on the large chair again. It seemed that his whole body had stooped a lot. He asked slowly:

"Tell me the whole thing in detail."

"As you command, Your Majesty the Duke."

Immediately, Butler Owen recounted the information he had obtained to Duke Drum in detail and verbatim.

After Duke Durham pondered for a moment, he asked: "So, Chandler, the second son of Marquis Ulrich, and Mia, the heir of the Jenkins family, also died in the hands of this Renn."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke." Butler Owen nodded and said.

"Contact Marquis Ulrich and Marquis Jenkins. This Ren is too audacious. I will make him pay with blood!" The Duke said solemnly, with anger burning in his heart.

"As you command, Your Majesty the Duke."

Butler Owen naturally understood what Duke Drum meant.

The Ulrich family and the Jenkins family are both quite powerful. As old families in the imperial capital, they both have legendary and powerful advisors, and their forces in the imperial capital are also well-connected.

Add to that the Drum family, if they unite, as long as Ryan is not a powerful person, he is doomed!

A few hours later.

Butler Owen came to the Duke's study again and reported:

"My Lord Duke, according to the news from the Sword Bearer Headquarters, Ryan has both witnesses and physical evidence. The current situation is that he will most likely be found not guilty."

"At present, General Augustus has made a decision to only restrict Ryan's freedom and prohibit him from leaving the imperial capital Tamriel within two weeks."

"In addition, according to Admiral Donald's judgment, it seems that General Augustus and Marshal Alfred who are away admire Ryan very much. It is difficult for him to reverse the nature of this matter alone."

At this time, Duke Drum has returned to his original expressionless appearance, with a calm face, and it is completely impossible to tell that he is a father who has just suffered the pain of losing his son.

After listening carefully to the report of his butler Owen, he pondered for a while and said, "Did you just mention witnesses?"

"Yes, there are five people in total, three members of the Blade Squad of the Sword Bearer Branch of the Gnom Province, and two people from the Sword Bearer Headquarters."

"Contact the Gnom Province and have them arrange the Sword Bearer Squad you just mentioned to carry out the mission, and then contact the Black Knife Organization and ask them to handle it cleanly, preferably like an accident."

"Tell them that because of their mistakes last time, the Drum family suffered heavy losses. I hope there will be no problems this time." Duke Drum said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Excellency. What about the two people at the headquarters?"

Because no one in the imperial capital dared to act rashly, the previous battle in the imperial capital made Tamriel's defense unprecedentedly strong, with at least two epic masters stationed.

"Investigate the other party's family background. If he is not from the Imperial Capital, find his family, then contact him to leave the Imperial Capital, and deal with him on the way."

"I understand, Lord Duke, this way the other party will have no witnesses." Butler Owen's eyes lit up.

"Well, as for the physical evidence, what is it?" Duke Drum asked.

"The body and weapons of the Black Knife Organization's 'King of Killers', and the body of the family consultant 'Corpse Splitter' Lord Greg." Butler Owen said respectfully.

"What is the relationship between the killers of the Black Knife Organization and Greenwood? Without witnesses, a single body is meaningless."

"As for Greg's body? Where is it currently stored? Is it at the Imperial Capital Sword Bearer Headquarters?" Duke Drum frowned slightly.

"That's not the case. Lord Greg's body is still stored in the Sword Bearer Branch in Nome Province, but the next step should be to send it to the Imperial Capital Sword Bearer Headquarters."

"That's no problem. Arrange someone to deal with it directly on the way." Duke Drum waved his hand and said.

"Without witnesses and physical evidence, we have the initiative again."

"The most troublesome thing about Ryan is his official identity - a fine gold sword holder. Without this, he has nothing to rely on. Alfred's appreciation of him can't help him." Duke Drum's face finally looked better, and he said slowly.

"My Lord Duke, I'll do it right away." Butler Owen said with a happy face.

Owen had roughly understood Duke Drum's plan at this time.

Erase all evidence that is unfavorable to oneself, and then bite back that Ryan killed his team members at will. Once the other party is identified as at fault, there is a lot of room for operation.

"I heard that Ryan's family is in Munster, Lord Duke, do you think we should send someone?"

"No, this is meaningless. Instead, it will provoke the other party to do something irrational. If the other party doesn't want to die and directly assassinates me, will you resist?"

"Uh, sorry, Lord Duke, I missed it." Butler Owen bowed deeply and said.

"By the way, Your Excellency the Duke, there is one more thing. Our investigation found that Ryan has a close relationship with the Bavarian family. Currently, he is temporarily living in the Bavarian family mansion."

"Normal. The Duke of Munster has such a talent in his own province, so he must have the intention to win him over. I will talk to the Bavarian family."

"In addition, Ryan's strength." Butler Owen thought about it, and was still afraid of Ryan's strength, so he reminded.

"With the ancestor of Pantoskok, the other party can't make any waves."

"Of course!" Hearing this name, Butler Owen's body shook.

That's the guardian of the empire!

An epic strong man, it is because of the other party that the Drum family can be called an imperial family.

I didn't expect that this time I would alarm this lord.

Well, this Ryan really deserves to die. He is vicious and has no scruples. Such people should be completely cleaned up.

The headquarters of the sword bearer.

In the training building.

Ryan came to the service desk and asked, "Excuse me, is there a witchcraft power test room here? By the way, I want a single room?"

"Yes, sir, but it will cost extra."

"Okay." Ryan nodded and handed over his fine gold badge.

The young staff member looked at it, her mouth slightly opened, her face showing surprise, and immediately took it respectfully, saying, "Sir, please follow me."

Soon, Ryan followed the young staff member to the third floor, and heard the girl say, "Sir, this row of single rooms are all second-level witchcraft test rooms, and the last two are third-level witchcraft test rooms."

"Go to the third-level witchcraft testing room."

"Okay, sir." The girl knew that Ren was an adamantine-level sword wielder, so she naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with the adult in front of her going to the third-level witchcraft testing room.

As the girl opened the door, Ren saw that the room was at least four to five hundred square meters in size. At the same time, there were several devices that he was slightly familiar with, but they seemed to be more sophisticated.

For example, there are four devices that look like a Gatling gun with multiple tubes. Renn knows that they are used to test defensive witchcraft.

The giant cylindrical metal ingot painted with demonized Thorium is used to test the attack power of witchcraft, but its size is much larger than the one in the Munster branch, weighing at least dozens of tons.

"Sir, this must be your first time here. Do you want me to introduce you?"

"No need." Ren said, waving his hand.

He basically knew all these devices.

After thinking about it, Ren decided to test his attack power first.

He walked up to the giant cylindrical metal ingot placed on the slide rail, waved his hand, and a giant silver net appeared out of thin air and shot towards the smooth cut surface of the metal ingot!

"Chi!"

I saw that the metal net formed by the second-level witchcraft 'cutting net' was directly embedded deeply into the metal ingot.

At the same time, the metal block weighing dozens of tons swayed slightly along the slide rail.

This is not because Ren's witchcraft is not powerful, but because the characteristics of the 'cutting web' witchcraft determine its power, which is extremely condensed and not released to the outside world.

If it is a witchcraft like fireball that has strong external power characteristics, it will naturally move the metal block violently.

At this time, the black wisdom stone on the side showed a large value - 118!

Relying on the super metal element affinity and the advanced meditation method of Iron Heart, the lethality of Ren's simple second-level witchcraft is close to the lower edge of the third-level witchcraft.

You must know that the power of general third-level witchcraft is basically between 120 and 200 degrees.

This is not the sorcery killing move 'Multiple Cutting' that Ren has mastered.

Immediately afterwards, Ren began to test the damage of his killing move.

"Metal Transformation!"

"The Cutting Web!"

"Sharp Technique!"

"Witchcraft ultimate move: multiple cuts!"

As Ren's lips closed slightly, he saw three closely arranged metal nets suddenly appeared in front of him, and in an instant, they rushed towards the test metal block!

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

This time, the metal block weighing dozens of tons vibrated violently back and forth along the slide rail. The amplitude was also small, but the frequency was very high.

Suddenly, Renn looked stunned!

On the stone slab on the side, there is a numerical value that can make others stunned - 185!

"During the last test, I had not yet practiced the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method. The attack power value of the witchcraft killing move seemed to be 143 degrees."

"But the current power almost surpasses more than 80% of the third-level witchcraft." Renn thought.

"The super metal element affinity, coupled with the special effects of the advanced meditation method Iron Heart, add up to a huge increase."

"I should hurry up and collect metal witchcraft. Maybe I can combine new witchcraft killing moves."

"There is only one level three witchcraft left at the headquarters, 'Thorn Iron Ball'. It seems that from now on, we have to focus on the school."

Ten minutes later.

The Exchange Hall of the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

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

"I want to exchange for witchcraft." Ren said, handing his adamantine emblem to the other party.

"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment." The female staff member was shocked when she saw the adamantine emblem. She immediately took it with both hands respectfully and put it into the card slot.

"Help me redeem the third-level witchcraft 'Iron Ball of Thorns'."

When she heard that it was a third-level witchcraft, the girl was even more shocked. It was a witchcraft that could only be practiced by third-level crystallized wizards. Even in the Sword Holder's Headquarters, there were only a handful of third-level crystallized wizards.

"Okay, sir, the exchange price is 3 fine gold medals plus 27,000 merit points. Are you sure you want to exchange it?"

"Um."

After Renn completed the mission of killing the Venom Dragon, he received two fine gold evaluation medals and a large number of merit points. After allocating a small portion to Claire and Beyoncé, Renn added his own remaining part, which was enough to redeem. This is a third-level witchcraft.

Because after coming out of the testing room, Renn thought about it and decided to settle down first.

Since Greenwood was not an unknown figure in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and Mia and Chandler also died together, this matter quickly spread like a whirlwind throughout the entire Sword Bearer Headquarters.

"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and the others are dead." A young man who seemed to have just heard the news said in a low voice to several companions on the side.

"Ah? Is it the Greenwood of the Durham family?" his companion immediately exclaimed.

"What mission?" The companions on the side took it for granted that several people died in the execution of the mission.

"It's not the mission of the Venom Flying Dragon, they were killed by others!"

"Which cult is it?"

"It's not a cult, nor anyone else, but an Adamantium-level sword wielder from our headquarters!"

"What!"

"I'll go!"

"It's so exciting!"

"Yeah, who is so bold? Don't you know that the Drum family is a guardian family?" The sword bearer who spoke was a native of the imperial capital Tamriel, and he knew the power of the Drum family too well.

At this time, several people looked at the young man who spoke first, hoping to hear more secrets.

You know, the number of tasks at the Sword Bearer Headquarters has been very large recently, and the difficulty is much higher than in previous years, so many Sword Bearer teams have been killed and injured when they go out.

So, if Greenwood and the other two died in a failed mission, although the death toll is a bit high, it would not be so sensational.

Who would have thought that these three people were killed by the headquarters' own people.

There are many things revealed here.

"Hurry up and tell me, what happened?"

"Well, I only heard a general idea, and you can find someone to find out later." After thinking about it, the young magic iron-level sword bearer began to tell the story.

"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and the others were killed." The speaker was a noble heir who was familiar with Greenwood.

Their situation was similar to that of Greenwood and his men. They were all descendants of powerful nobles in the imperial capital of Tamriel, so they naturally knew Greenwood.

"What! Is there such a thing?"

"It's true. The one who killed them was a fine gold-level sword bearer from our headquarters, named Ryan!"

"Then can the Drum family let it go? Even a fine gold-level sword bearer can't stand it!"

This scene was played out frequently in the sword bearer headquarters.

When Ryan returned to the Bavarian family mansion, he met an old friend from the Marne Province - Chimera Knight Luther.

He saw that the other party was chatting with Harlowen.

"Sir Ryan, we meet again." Luther saw Ryan, who was a little surprised, and said with a smile.

"Sir Luther, you came to the imperial capital faster than I expected." Ryan also welcomed with a smile.

"Haha, did Lord Ryan forget that tomorrow is the registration day for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"

"Huh?"

Ryan then remembered that he always remembered that the assessment day was on the first Sunday of the Harvest Month, and he forgot about the registration day.

Luther's arrival made the Bavarian family mansion more lively, and as the host, Harlowen naturally arranged a sumptuous dinner, and Ryan and Anna both attended.

That night, Ryan did not mention the clues about the other party's mother to Anna, he planned to talk about it after it was clear.

The next morning.

Ryan and the other two rode on flying mounts and arrived early in front of a towering building outside the sixth ring in the northeast corner of Tamriel.

In front of them stood a tall and simple circular building, similar to the appearance of the ancient Roman Colosseum that Ryan had seen in his previous life, with a three-story structure, and each floor had Doric columns and arched shapes.

At this moment, at the spacious gate, eight full-body armored guards holding swords and shields stood.

At the fountain at the gate, there stood five dragons more than ten meters high, in different postures, soaring or diving, lifelike.

There was no word on the doorplate, and it was obvious that the pattern of five dragons represented everything.

Seeing Ryan and the other two slowly descending on their flying mounts, the guards seemed to have seen a lot of them, and were not panicked at all. They stepped forward and said:

"My lords, are you here to register for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"

"Yes." Luther nodded and showed the letter.

"My lords, please go in directly, there will be someone to receive you."

Soon, as the three entered, Ryan finally saw the full view inside.

It was at least the size of three or four football fields, but it still didn't seem very spacious, because at this moment, there were already dozens of flying mounts of all sizes in the venue.

Even the horned eagles, he saw several species, and the large ones were even larger than Luther's Chimera.