Chapter 388 School Secrets

As this question was raised, the luxurious reception room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The conservative noble representatives present either frowned, drank tea silently, or took a deep puff on their pipes.

No one spoke.

Because even the strongest legendary ‘sculptor’ Sir Harold died at the hands of the other party, then under the premise that the imperial guardian could not directly intervene, what they could do on the surface was extremely limited.

As time passed, the nobles present left one after another. At this time, the ugly-looking Duke Drum waved to the butler Owen beside him.

"My Lord Duke." Butler Owen bowed respectfully.

"Disclose the specific achievements of this Ryan in killing the Black Flame Cult, the Sea God Cult and the Secret Snake Cult through several secret channels."

"Yes, my Lord." Butler Owen's eyes lit up and he immediately bowed to respond.

He understood what his Lord Duke meant in an instant.

Since there is no way to deal with the opponent openly, the only way is to use some covert means.

Since the specific tasks and actions of the sword holder are kept secret, although the cult knows that one of its chief priests or high chief priests was killed by the sword holder, they don’t know who did it.

Once the cult knows who did it, the other party will rush towards Ryan like a shark smelling blood, like a wasp poked in a hornet’s nest.

Of course, this has nothing to do with them.

At the same time

On the way back, Major General Tatia and Ryan chatted intermittently:

"This time, the conservatives dared to attack you. One of the important reasons is that although you are very powerful, you have been in the imperial capital for too short a time, and your fame is mainly limited to the scope of the Sword Bearer Headquarters."

"Considering what may happen in the future, Lord Ryan, I suggest that all your family members in Munster be brought to the imperial capital immediately. What do you think?"

"Thank you, I have no objection, but the mansion"

"Is it a mansion problem? The headquarters will arrange this, you can rest assured." Tatia smiled and said.

"Thank you then." Ryan smiled.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, it is recommended that you do not accept any more tasks recently, and do not leave the imperial capital Tamriel. Make arrangements after the incident has subsided. Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay." Ryan nodded.

When Ryan returned to the Bavarian family mansion, he saw Harlowen and Luther waiting in the hall with serious faces.

Obviously, the two should have heard something.

When Luther saw Ryan, his expression relaxed a little, and he walked forward and said, "Sir Ryan, is that news true?"

"Yes." Ryan nodded, but changed his mind and didn't explain too much.

"Hiss~" Luther and Harlowen looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.

"Sir Ryan, just now, I received a letter from my father. Yesterday, the Drum family sent a representative to Munster to talk to my father about you." Harlowen said.

"Oh? Is it pressure?" Ryan immediately guessed the other party's intention.

"Yes, the other party hopes that our Bavarian family will draw a clear line with you. At best, they can do something." Harlowen didn't say the rest of the words directly.

"I'm sorry, this matter has embarrassed you and the Duke." Ryan said apologetically.

"Sir Ryan, my father rejected the other party's suggestion and said that you have made outstanding contributions to Munster. He may be able to help, but he will never add insult to injury."

"Tell the Duke of Munster that I am very grateful for his support." Ryan's face was solemn, staring at Harlowen, and said seriously.

"Sir Harlowen, I will move out later."

"Sir Ryan!" Harlowen's face was anxious, and he was about to say something, but Ryan waved his hand and interrupted him.

"Sir Harlowen, I know what you want to say, but the other party is a behemoth, and the Bavarian family does not need to be involved too deeply. In addition, the Sword Bearer Headquarters has arranged a mansion for me."

Although Ryan did not know whether the other party supported him because of the influence of the reformists or the result of the discussion between Admiral Edward and the Duke of Munster.

But in his opinion, as a frontier official, if the Duke of Munster confronted the conservatives head-on, the loss would be too great and there was no need.

In addition, sometimes, his own power is hidden under the water, which may help him more.

That afternoon.

Ryan took Anna with him, and the two of them took a carriage to the new mansion arranged for him by the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

Although the location is in the second ring of the imperial capital, it is also an aristocratic area, surrounded by either marquises or earls, so there is basically no need to worry about safety.

In addition, the mansion in front of him does not belong to Ryan in terms of ownership, but in fact, he can use it as long as he wants.

Female Major General Tatia was waiting for Ryan at the gate of the new mansion early. After seeing the two, she introduced: "Sir Ryan, this mansion was originally the mansion of an earl"

"Take a look, are you satisfied?"

The size and layout of the mansion in front of him are very similar to the mansion when Ryan was in Munster. After a tour, Ryan quickly decided that this was the one.

The next morning.

Suddenly, there was a noise at the gate of the new mansion.

Ryan looked out the window of the study in the new mansion and saw his sister Mint, mother Emma and father Old Ryan getting off a luxurious carriage.

"Hey, so fast." Renn raised his eyebrows, quite surprised.

Including the airship's journey time of about a day and a half, it seems that Tatya started to handle this matter as soon as she finished talking to him yesterday.

"Brother! The Imperial City is really too big! Is this our new home?" When her sister Bo Min saw Ren coming over, she immediately flew into Ren's arms and asked curiously.

Along the way, her eyes never stopped.

There were so many new things in the imperial capital of Tamriel that she was almost overwhelmed.

"Yes, this is our new home." Renn rubbed Mint's head and said with a smile.

"Sister Anna!"

At this time, Anna also walked over from the side. Mint immediately left his brother Ren and ran towards Anna.

The beautiful woman Jennifer still needs to deal with matters at the Axon Auction House and the Chamber of Commerce, so she will not be able to come over in a short time.

In addition, Lagret and the Ice Claw Bear mercenary group have just arrived in Munster and are currently with Jennifer.

Early the next morning.

Renn put on the high-end witchcraft tool 'Concealment Robe' and came to his mentor Mogaro's office in a familiar way.

Seeing Ren, Mogaro looked inexplicably excited. He stood up immediately and asked in his first sentence:

"Um, Ren, I heard that you killed Hadro the Sculptor?"

"Uh-huh!" Looking at Mogaro's hopeful eyes, Ren thought for a moment and nodded.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I would have a disciple like you in my lifetime!" Mogaro couldn't help laughing excitedly.

Renn didn't understand why Mogaro was so excited.

Logically speaking, as a member of the Bishu Constructing School, he killed a member of the more powerful wizarding school Isoldre School. Shouldn't he be worried about revenge? Why are you still so excited?

However, this was not the main purpose of Renn's visit today, and he was not interested in exploring this gossip. Therefore, after some pleasantries, Renn got straight to the point and asked:

"Teacher, I heard that as a medium-sized school, there are some deficiencies in some key inheritances?"

"You are talking about inheritance. Originally, I wanted to wait until you became a third-level crystallized wizard to talk about this matter. But since you asked, I will tell you about the situation." Moga Luo looked solemn and said.

"To a certain extent, there is nothing wrong with this external statement. The Iron Heart advanced meditation method within the school does only have three levels, and it can only allow you to practice to the peak of the third-level crystallized wizard."

"But it is undeniable that this is the most advanced meditation method for metal wizards in the entire empire."

Ren nodded, and he agreed with the last sentence.

Improving the control of metal elements may not seem very powerful at first glance, but when combined with his top metal element affinity, this power becomes quite terrifying.

The power of his first-level witchcraft has already reached the threshold of second-level witchcraft. If he told it, it would be hard for others to believe it.

But the question is, if he can only practice to the peak of the third-level crystal wizard, what should he do when he wants to be promoted to the dawn wizard?

"Teacher, if I reach the peak of the third-level crystallized wizard and want to become a dawn wizard, what should I do?"

"There are two ways. One is to deduce the subsequent fourth level based on the existing three-level Iron Heart advanced meditation method, but this requires the participation of a large number of high-level wizards, takes a long time, and may not be successful."

Deduction?

Ren looked thoughtful.

It is said that the system does have this 'deduction', but it seems to be based on a certain basis. I don't know if it can successfully deduce the advanced meditation method by then.

"Teacher, what about the second one?" Renn couldn't help but ask.

"The second way is naturally to find the subsequent fourth level, which is the best solution." Mogaro said with a smile.

Um?

Ren was speechless

"But Renn, you don't have to worry too much. For the subsequent fourth level, the school, especially our metal wizards, have been looking for clues, and now we have a certain clue."

"Oh?" Renn raised his eyebrows, no wonder his mentor Mogaro said that just now.

It turns out there are already clues.

"It's just that it involves dangerous exploration of ruins. I think you should have heard that the exploration of ruins is often accompanied by various unpredictable risks, and the metal wizards of our school mainly focus on puppetry. so."

After hearing this, after thinking for a while, Ren said:

"Teacher, if you can, you can call me for exploration. Don't forget, in addition to being your disciple, I am also an imperial sword holder. Fighting is commonplace for me."        Haha , I almost forgot that you are also a member of the metal department now." Mogaro immediately reacted and said with great joy.

"Since you have this idea yourself, there is no problem with me. After a while, when the news is further clarified, I will tell you. You decide whether to participate or not." Mogaro said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, mentor." Renn immediately smiled and nodded.

If there is a chance to find the fourth level of the original Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, that would be great.

For several days, Renn rarely lived a life of two points and one line.

Before, he was basically busy with various tasks as a sword holder, and he was traveling a lot. However, during this time, he basically spent more time in the school library.

Ryan had learned a lot about the basic knowledge of wizards.

At the same time, Ryan was gradually integrated into the small group of Audrey and the others.

In the metal production hall of the Bixiu Construction School.

Ryan, Audrey and others were making a new batch of giant sword combat puppets.

Of course, Ryan naturally slowed down the speed of metal deformation, but even so, it was several times faster than Audrey and others.

"Hey, have you heard? A big thing happened in the imperial capital recently." The mature and beautiful Alicia whispered to Ryan, Joseph and Audrey.

"Huh? What happened?" Joseph couldn't help but wonder.

"I heard that Harold, the so-called strongest legendary 'sculptor', was killed!"

"What! Is it the one from the Isolde School? Harold, the peak of the third-level crystal wizard?" Joseph's eyes widened and he lost his voice.

He had certainly heard of the other party's name. Besides, this was a top-level expert who was comparable to the leader of his own school.

In fact, in terms of fame alone, he was even more famous than the leader of his own school.

"Yes, the expert who killed the other party was also called Ryan." At this point, Alicia glanced at Ryan with her beautiful eyes and said.

"But I heard that the other party seemed to be a strong man from the Empire Sword Bearer."

Hearing this, Audrey's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, her face turned pale, and her hand that was performing metal deformation began to tremble.

"Clang!"

The puppet parts in her hand fell to the ground.

"Ouch!"

"Audrey, why are you so careless? You almost hit me." Alicia couldn't help but be shocked.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Audrey hurriedly concealed her panic.

Seeing Audrey's pale face, the mature and beautiful Alicia naturally stopped dwelling on this matter, but cast a coquettish glance at Ryan, and continued:

"Junior Ryan, I have the same name as you~"

"When did you become so powerful? I'll tell you your name, and no one will dare to bully me, hehe~" At this point, Alicia couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

The pair of white and huge breasts on her chest suddenly trembled seductively, causing Joseph on the side to stare straight.

Alicia still had a good impression of Ryan, the new junior.

That afternoon, one person completed dozens of parts of the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, which shocked the entire metal department.

Later, she learned from her mentor Mogaro that her junior Ryan had a very high affinity for metal and specialized in metal deformation, so he had such a perverted performance.

It was a pity that her junior Ryan had such a good talent, but he did not use it to specialize in other attack-oriented metal witchcraft, but instead specialized in manufacturing-oriented metal deformation.

But Alicia thought about it and felt it was normal.

After all, there are few metal wizards, and there are even fewer relatively complete inheritances. There are very few offensive metal wizards handed down outside.

Even within the school, offensive metal wizards are rare.

"Hehe." Ryan smiled, neither denying nor admitting.

"Brother Ryan, I still have some parts here, and it may be too late. Can you help me?" Alicia took the initiative to approach Ryan and said.

Although Alicia's best partner is to find a wizard with strong combat power, preferably from a wealthy family in the empire, she is not stupid.

For a young man with amazing talent like Ryan, even if he can't become her other half, he is worth focusing on.

At least, if Ryan in front of him is willing to help, the production tasks within the school can be easily completed in minutes.

Seeing this scene, Audrey looked at Alicia, and her heart was extremely speechless.

Alicia, do you know what you are doing?

You actually let Mr. Ryan, the top warrior who killed Harold the Sculptor, to help you make puppet parts!

Oh my God! When you know the truth one day, you may even want to die.

"Alicia, it's just a piece of cake." Ryan smiled and nodded, agreeing.

"Great, Ryan, I'll treat you to lunch at noon." Alicia said, while using her towering chest to seemingly accidentally brush Ryan's arm, and said coquettishly.

It's not that Ryan is playing a trick of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but it's not convenient for him to leave the imperial capital for the time being. In addition, he still needs the contribution points of the school.

First of all, the third level of the advanced meditation method of the Iron Heart, he has already asked about it, and it requires 2,000 contribution points to exchange.

In addition, if you want to check and exchange the third-level witchcraft, the dwarf girl at the exchange place last time said very clearly that you need to accumulate 10,000 historical contribution points.

Therefore, when he could not go out on missions, making some puppet parts to earn contribution points while getting familiar with various puppet making techniques was a good choice for Ryan.

Moreover, in his spare time, he could also learn some basic knowledge of wizards and understand the situation of some wizard schools in the empire.

In the past few days, Ryan also learned two important things.

One is about metal puppets. When driving advanced combat puppets, in addition to the need to perform activation spells to activate them, they also need another more critical thing, that is, the control core.

When Ryan saw the primary control core for the first time, he thought of the circuit board in his previous life, similar to the cartridges that were inserted into the Subor game console in the 1990s.

However, this technology is very difficult to produce and requires extremely high precision. At present, the Bixiu Construction School represents the highest level of skills in the empire, but it can only produce primary control cores.

As for the intermediate and advanced control cores recorded in ancient books, they are still in the exploratory stage.

At the same time, this is why the metal arm debris obtained by Ryan from Tienan can be exchanged for 3,700 contribution points.

According to mentor Mogaro, the Eagle Federation is ahead of the empire in terms of item manufacturing precision. Of course, it is also possible that the Federation has found an important site of the ancient goblin empire and discovered and digested the relevant technology.

Another item is the secret of the wizard school.

It turns out that the wizard school of the empire has undertaken an important task, which is to guard the secret realm.

But in Ryan's view, this so-called secret realm seems more like a passage or a seal.

For example, the Bixiu Construction School is responsible for the secret realm called ‘Raging Flame Canyon’ together with another medium-sized wizard school, the Sander School.

“Have you heard? The half-yearly rotation time of the Raging Flame Canyon is coming, and Senior Trevor will be back soon.” Joseph suddenly thought of something and said.

“This time, our Metal Department probably can’t send anyone. You can’t do it, and Audrey and I can’t do it either. Ryan has just arrived, so it’s even worse.”

“Alas, I don’t know how the instructor will arrange it then?” Joseph sighed and said.

“Oh? Can you tell me more about it?” Ryan said with some interest.

“It is said that there is an underground crack in the depths of the Raging Flame Canyon that has existed since ancient times. From time to time, some special things will rush out of the surface through this crack.”

“The most common one is a thing called the evil fire element, which is extremely violent.”

“If the strength is not at the peak of the first-level wizard, and you are proficient in witchcraft combat skills, you can’t resist it at all.” Joseph introduced.

"That's right, so the minimum strength requirement for the replacement garrison in the Raging Flame Canyon is the peak of the first-level wizard." Alicia also said with a rare serious face.

"The school basically assigns one person every time from our metal department."

"What if there is no candidate?" Ryan asked.

"There are two situations. One is that Mr. Mogaro will go in person, and the other is that if other departments have spare power to help, then our metal department will deduct a large amount of research funds and let other departments do it for you."

"I see." Ryan nodded.

But this method is actually worse, because the reduction in funds will actually put the training of wizard apprentices in the metal department into a more embarrassing situation, making it more difficult for wizards to emerge.

This is actually a vicious cycle.

"Speaking of fighting, by the way, brother Ryan, you have been here for a while. Let's go to the training room and let my sister see your level of controlling combat puppets."

Alicia's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up and looked at Ryan.

"Oh, yes, Junior Ryan, let's go. You can't just master puppet making. For wizards, fighting is a very important part." Joseph also agreed.

"That's not necessary." Ryan hesitated for a moment and said.

But Alicia and Joseph thought that Ryan was afraid of losing. After all, it's normal for young people to be proud.

But Audrey knew it clearly in her heart. Seeing Ryan who was a little embarrassed, she immediately said: "Since Junior Ryan doesn't want to, forget it."

"Let's go! Don't be afraid of losing. You have helped me several times. I will also teach you about puppet control! Haha~" Alicia patted her full chest and laughed.