Chapter 403 Twin Snakes

Since he intends to reject the Second Prince's offer, Ryan must be prepared to deal with it.

Especially next week is the selection of the Dragon Knight Reserve. Ryan is sure that the other party will ask him for his final decision before that.

Although relevant information can be obtained through the Sword Holder's channel, Ryan is not clear about the effectiveness of the Sword Holder's cleansing work. As a person who participated in the last selection, Luther should know more clearly.

Luther was stunned by Ryan's question, then he laughed and said, "Sir Ryan, I think with your strength, you don't need to worry about this assessment at all."

"But since you asked, I will briefly explain it."

"First of all, the first assessment is the actual flight assessment, and the key lies in the two points of 'flying' and 'actual combat'."

"'Flying' is the requirement of the assessment that the candidate must ride a flying mount. The purpose is to observe the flying skills. This is why the assessment object needs to have a flying mount."

"The general meaning is that if the candidate can control the flying mount to complete the actions of crossing obstacles and making sharp turns and dives in the air, it can be determined that he will have the relevant ability when controlling the dragon in the future."

"As for 'actual combat', the assessment is whether the candidate and the flying mount he rides can cooperate to defeat the enemy."

"Because there are many people with superb flying skills, and the dragon knight is not a circus trainer, so he needs to show enough combat power."

Luther added another sentence, as if to facilitate Ryan and Harlowen's understanding.

"Is the first item a practical assessment? What about the second item?" Hearing this, Harlowen couldn't help but look puzzled.

After all, if there are multiple items in a general assessment, the difficulty will generally go from easy to difficult.

For example, the first item assesses physical fitness or skills, and the second item is a practical assessment.

"As for the second item, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Harlowen, and all those who participated in the second item have signed a high-level confidentiality agreement with the royal family, so it cannot be disclosed." Luther frowned and said.

"But. I heard that Mr. Ryan went to the Flame Canyon recently?" Luther seemed to think of something, emphasized on the Flame Canyon, then stopped and looked at Ryan with a smile.

Ryan thought for a while, smiled, nodded, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Luther, I understand."

He understood what Luther meant.

The second assessment should be in a secret place similar to the Flame Canyon. Although the specific content is unknown, there are only a few situations.

For example, in this special secret realm, it is more difficult to kill specific enemies, or there are dragons or dragon-born creatures in the secret realm.

At this time, after meditating for a while, Harlowen also showed a look of enlightenment.

After understanding the relevant situation of the dragon knight reserve assessment, Ryan said goodbye and agreed to go to the camp together tomorrow to familiarize themselves with flying skills.

After all, for Ryan, since he started riding Blood Feather, there have been very few opportunities for air combat. In comparison, Luther and Harlowen have much more experience in this regard.

Of course, Ryan is not worried about the problem of cooperation.

As a beast priest (legendary) professional panel, he will not have any problems with the cooperation between him and Blood Feather. The main purpose is just to be proficient in the field and communicate with Luther and Harlowen about the means of dealing with different enemies.

Just when Ryan was about to get on the carriage and go to the school station, he suddenly found that Olena was waiting on the side.

"Hey, Lord Olena, is there something urgent?" Ryan saw Olena's solemn expression and guessed that something bad must have happened.

"Lord Ryan, let's talk in the carriage."

"Okay!"

After the two sat down in the carriage, Ryan cast a soundproofing spell, and then Olena began to report:

"Just now, there was an urgent message from Major General Tatia. During the cleanup after the end of the purge, someone found that the details of your tasks in the Sword Bearer Archives Management Department had obvious signs of leakage."

"Well, I guessed it." Ryan nodded calmly.

He had actually expected this situation.

The previous attacks on him were almost the best in terms of location and time. It was almost impossible to say that no one leaked his relevant information.

Hearing Ryan's words, Olena was quite surprised.

However, she could feel a sense of confidence from Ryan's calm face and tone, and immediately, she couldn't help but feel admiration in her heart.

"There is another piece of news. Yesterday, the internal supervisors of the Sword Bearers learned from some of the prisoners that your personal mission record seemed to have been deliberately leaked to the cult organization."

"Oh?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

This situation is quite interesting.

But after a little thought, Ryan understood and guessed the general situation.

"According to analysis, it is very likely that the conservatives leaked your mission execution record."

Olena's words confirmed Ryan's guess.

"In other words, the other party wants to kill me with the help of the cult?"

"Yes, Lord Ryan."

Olena saw the smile on Ryan's face, and somehow, the tension in her heart was greatly relieved.

At first, when she learned about this situation, she was still very nervous, because even if a highly powerful adamantine sword bearer is targeted by one or more cult organizations, it is very dangerous.

This is why the tasks performed by the sword bearer need to be kept confidential.

"Major General Tatia said that she will arrange for someone to encrypt your subsequent tasks, and seal them after they are executed to ensure that such incidents will not happen again."

"However, she reminds you that if you go out on a mission in the near future, you must be careful. In addition, she recommends that your family should not leave the imperial capital unless there are special circumstances."

"The cult organization is not the conservative nobles, and it is very likely that they will directly retaliate against your family." Olena added.

"Okay, I know." Ryan nodded and said.

Fortunately, he has taken his family to the imperial capital. With the defense power of the imperial capital, it is still relatively safe unless the last situation of the gods' clones descending directly occurs.

Just as Olena was about to leave, Ryan thought of something and said:

"By the way, Ms. Olena, can you help me go to the library at the headquarters to look up information about blood polluters and breaker."

"Blood polluters and breaker? Okay, Mr. Ryan."

The Bixiu Construction School's residence.

It took about two hours, and Ryan quickly earned 550 contribution points by helping to make puppet components.

Adding his remaining 1463 contribution points, he quickly collected 2000 contribution points and exchanged them for the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

At the same time, it is also the last level owned by the school.

In other words, if he wants to practice the original Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the fourth level, perhaps, he has to explore the ruins of the ancient wizard school mentioned by mentor Mogaro last time.

"But now, naturally, I will study and master the third level first."

After saying goodbye to mentor Mogaro, Ryan quickly returned to the mansion.

In the study, Ryan took out the memory crystal that recorded the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

As a special memory content appeared in his mind, Ryan began to read, understand and comprehend it carefully.

"The third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method is extremely difficult to practice"

"But after successful practice, in addition to being able to further condense mental power and promote the crystallization of mental power, it will also increase the power of metal-based witchcraft by about 60%"

"60%?"

"I remember that when I was at the second level, it increased the power of metal-based witchcraft by 40%, which was already amazing, allowing my second-level metal-based witchcraft to almost reach the threshold of third-level witchcraft, and now it is 60%."

Seeing this, Ryan's eyes lit up!

This also made him want to master the third level as soon as possible, and it became stronger and stronger.

After calming down, Ryan immediately concentrated his mind and began to try seriously according to the practice requirements of the third level of meditation.

Unlike the three-dimensional model of the second layer, which has a total of sixty will runes, the three-dimensional model of the third layer is more complicated. According to the difficulty of practice in the crystal, the word used is "extremely high".

If your talent is not good enough and your mental power is not strong enough, just looking at this three-dimensional pattern will make you feel nauseous and dizzy, and you can't persist at all.

Ryan counted carefully, and the model of the third layer was actually composed of a full 108 will runes.

This is nearly twice the number of the second layer, which is already very difficult!

It is conceivable how difficult it is to outline the three-dimensional pattern of the third layer in your mind at once.

"However, my mental power is as high as 123 points, so I should be able to comprehend it faster."

"In addition."

Ryan glanced at the attribute panel, and the 22 remaining attribute points were a strong guarantee for him to quickly master the third layer.

Not long after, Ryan began to visualize the three-dimensional model of the third layer in his mind.

Two hours later

After trying dozens of times, Ryan can now successfully visualize a pattern composed of ninety-six will runes, twelve short of one hundred and eight, a number that is neither too much nor too little.

According to the many records recorded in the memory crystal, his progress is far beyond the wizards who have just entered the third level of crystallization.

According to the records, most of the crystallization wizards who practiced the third level barely squeezed into the stage of outlining ninety will runes after the third month.

But Ryan is still not very satisfied with this progress.

You know, when he practiced the second level before, when his mental power was about to run out, he only needed five will runes to outline it, but now, he is exactly twelve short.

"It really deserves to be an extremely difficult level." Ryan rubbed his slightly swollen temples and said to himself.

"Then. Start adding points!"

Almost without hesitation, Ryan added 1 point to the mental attribute.

As the spiritual attribute increased from 123 points to 124 points, Ryan felt a coolness in his brain, as if a clear mountain spring suddenly emerged in his mind, taking away all the mental fatigue.

Ryan, who had recovered to his peak state, smiled and outlined the complex three-dimensional model of the third layer in his mind again.

Two hours passed.

The first will rune.

The 30th

The 99th will rune!

After this time, Ryan felt a burst of pain in his temple again.

"I consumed 1 attribute point and improved three will runes."

"It's really difficult!"

"But it's also expected. There are only nine left now!"

Facing the potential threat, Ryan naturally had to improve his combat power as soon as possible, especially the special effect of the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, which is to fully increase the power of metal witchcraft by 60%.

For Ryan, it is of great significance.

So, Ryan added another attribute point to the spirit, and as his state was fully restored, he repeated the previous process again.

This time, Ryan rushed to 102.

"Come again!"

As Ryan added another point of mental power, he continued to outline the three-dimensional pattern of the third level after recovery.

"Come again!"

Until the sky was slightly white, Ryan suddenly looked happy, clenched his fists, and waved heavily!

It took almost an entire night, and Ryan, who had experienced six points of adding points, finally succeeded in successfully outlining the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method at one time.

At this time, his mental power was also increased to 129 points.

In his sea of ​​consciousness, the bottom of the three-layer crystal, the original circular base, was now nearly doubled in thickness, and it seemed more stable.

The system prompt also came at this time:

[You have practiced the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, and your understanding has improved! ]

[Your skill Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method has been improved, and your experience value has increased by 5]

Ryan quickly found the Iron Heart skill icon on the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) career panel and checked the changes in the description.

The new description is as follows:

Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method lv7 (1/5000), with the special effect 'Metal Control lv3'.

[Metal Control lv3 (Passive) Effect: Your ability to control metal energy particles has been greatly improved. 】

"For lv3 metal control, the system description has changed from 'a small improvement' to 'a large improvement'."

"The third level of meditation method, the corresponding display level is lv7~lv9."

Due to the experience of the second level last time, Ryan thought about it and invested 2 skill points in the lv7 Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

As the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method entered lv9 from lv7, a memory of the third level of Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method suddenly flooded into Ryan's mind like a tide.

In an instant, Ryan seemed to be in a mysterious space, experiencing more than a hundred years of hard practice in the third level of meditation.

A few minutes later, when Ryan tried to outline the model of the third level of meditation method again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the time spent on visualization was shortened by almost two-thirds!

Looking at the remaining 1 skill point, although Ryan knew that the meditation method should have reached the upper limit, he still had to confirm it.

As the points were added, as expected, the system failure prompt appeared:

[Adding points failed! The upper limit of the current Heart of Steel Advanced Meditation has been reached. 】

"Not bad."

Seeing this scene, Ryan's face showed a smile. Level 9 is the upper limit of the third level.

At this time, Ryan looked at the attribute panel again and found that the mental power value on it had changed significantly again:

Spirit: 120 (crystallization 2%)

You know, before he added points, his mental power was 129 points, but now it is only 120 points, a full 9 points less, but the crystallization progress has increased by one percentage point, from 1% to 2%.

Due to the experience of the last liquefaction, Ryan was not too surprised, but the reduction was a little beyond his expectations.

"It should be the effect of advanced meditation on the tempering and purification of mental power."

"After all, the concentration is the essence."

After a night of meditation practice, perhaps because of the joy of success, or the effect of adding points to restore, Ryan did not feel any fatigue, but the whole person felt eager to try.

At this time, a ray of morning light slowly shone in through the window and sprinkled on Ryan's back. For a moment, the vigorous young man and the dawn light inexplicably fit together.

Sword Bearer Headquarters.

In Tatia's office, people came in and out to report every few minutes.

"Lord Tatia, I just received news that last night, several provinces including Waze Province, Moselle Province, Nome Province and Marne Province were attacked by the cult."

"The personnel dispatched by the other party this time are of high level and strong strength. There are even epic-level strongmen comparable to the level of the Imperial Guardian. The Sword Bearer branches of various provinces request support from the headquarters." An intelligence officer reported.

"For enemies involving epic-level strongmen, transfer them to General Augustus for reading. For others, transfer them to the mission hall and issue them in the form of tasks." Tatia quickly handled it.

Because the coordination level of the Imperial Guardian is high, General Augustus needs to be personally dispatched. Tatia is only responsible for the coordination and operation within the Sword Bearer.

In addition, in the past week, Tatia clearly felt that the cult's activity within the empire had greatly increased, and epic-level strongmen had appeared repeatedly.

Accordingly, nearly ten imperial guardians had to leave the imperial capital Tamriel to deal with it.

At this time, a female staff member came to Major General Tatia and reported in a low voice:

"Lord Tatia, we found that the 'twin snakes' of the Secret Snake Cult, Erida and Erida, appeared in the province of Valdile three days ago."

"But just yesterday, they appeared in the Vosges Province again. According to the route, the Intelligence Hall judged that the other party's destination is likely to be the direction of the imperial capital."

Hearing this news, Tatia's face changed slightly.

'Twin Snakes' is the third among the twelve secret snake messengers of the evil cult Secret Snake Cult. Its strength far exceeds that of the secret snake messengers ranked behind. It is said that the two are sisters and have the special ability of telepathy.

It can be imagined how difficult it is for two people who are both legendary peak powerhouses to cooperate almost perfectly in battle.

From the perspective of the battle record, it is also the case.

Not to mention other things, the fact that the two have repeatedly escaped from the hands of the imperial guardians also proves their strength.

Considering their destructive power and difficulty, the sisters of 'Twin Snakes' Erida and Erida have always been one of the key targets of the imperial sword bearers.

"What are the specific opinions of the Intelligence Hall?"

"Sir Tatia, this is the specific opinion of the Intelligence Hall." The young girl staff opened a record and presented it to Tatia, saying.

"Hmm? 70% probability. Not low." Tatia narrowed her eyes and muttered to herself.

It was written on it: '. In view of the leak, there is a 70% chance that the target of the attack is Mr. Ryan.'

For Tatia, she naturally knew that Ryan had a deep entanglement with the Secret Snake Cult when he was in the Munster branch before.

At that time, Ryan killed two of the Secret Snake Cult's lower-ranked Secret Snake Messengers, namely 'Ice Snake' Edmundo and 'Crazy Snake' Icosela.

Therefore, she still agreed with the judgment of the Intelligence Hall.

Because the mission execution record was leaked, the other party came to seek revenge this time.

However, the other party did not dare to enter the imperial capital Tamriel easily, and it was likely that they were looking for opportunities near the imperial capital.

"Inform Deputy Director Olena of this situation immediately, and ask her to inform Lord Ryan to be vigilant. By the way, also pass on the detailed information of the 'twin snakes' to Lord Ryan."

"Okay, Lord Tatia, I'll go now." The young staff member saluted and left immediately.

At the same time.

More than a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, in a manor in a remote area of ​​the town of Tavlin.

I saw an ordinary carriage stopped at the door of the manor, but the two gray-robed people who got off were very unusual.

The figures under the gray robes of the two people were graceful and slender, and they were also very similar. Judging from their postures, they should be beauties, but they were both wearing hoods, which was rare.

However, judging from the exquisite noses and cherry mouths exposed, in addition to being beautiful, the two were like replicas of the same mold, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

"Lord Erida, Lord Erida, you two have worked hard on the journey." An extraordinary old man in black robes bowed slightly to the two and said.

If you perceive carefully, you can find that the old man in front of you is also a wizard of the third level of crystallization.

"Well, I'm lucky. The journey is smooth." One of the two women said crisply.

"By the way, Lord Aurelian, how many days are left for the selection of the Dragon Knight Reserve? Has the time for the opening of the Dragon Valley Secret Realm in the Empire been determined?"

"Uh, Lord Erida, there are still five days before the selection."

"As for the opening time of the secret realm, we are not sure yet, but according to convention, it is usually three to five days after the first assessment, and the secret realm will be opened for the second assessment." The old man named Aurelian said respectfully.

"Well, then we will wait for your news. By the way, you should know the importance of this mission, don't take it lightly, Lord Aurelian." Erida said.

"By the way, do we have to deal with a sister by the way? What's her name? The one who killed the ice snake and the crazy snake." Erida on the side suddenly asked.

The old man in black robe took the initiative to say: "Lady Elida, the man's name is Ryan. We have obtained the exact situation. He also participated in the selection of the Dragon Knight Reserve."

"Hehe, so that's interesting. Sister, it seems that we don't need to make two trips. We can solve it in one trip." Elida couldn't help laughing.