Chapter 413 Teleportation and Mutation

"Jennifer, why don't you stay in the imperial capital and let someone else take care of Minster."

The beautiful woman smiled and said, "My dear, I know you are considering my safety. However, although the situation in Minster is turbulent, the business is much better than before."

"And I will not leave the Minster city. You have arranged the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group for me. In the short term, my safety will be fine."

"Besides, if I stay in the imperial capital, what can I do?"

After thinking about it, Ryan nodded.

Indeed.

What does Jennifer do in the imperial capital?

His business territory has not yet expanded to the imperial capital. Perhaps, after this secret mission is over, he can cooperate with Luther, Harlowen and others to carry out it.

If necessary, he can contact the Stewart family where Alyosha is.

After Jennifer went back to her room to rest, Ryan thought about it and picked up the wooden box again.

I saw Ryan open the wooden box and grab all the twelve soul crystals.

【Ding! Soul energy crystals that can improve the crystallization of spiritual power have been detected. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can remove impurities and can be absorbed all at once.)]

"Yes!"

In an instant, Ryan felt that the number of small crystals in the silver liquid in his spiritual sea began to increase rapidly.

The liquid began to become a bit like liquid with a little crystallized honey.

However, this process only lasted for two or three seconds.

Ryan felt a little unsatisfied.

Although the number of small crystals can be vaguely seen to increase, the increase is far less than the ancient dragon soul potion taken before.

Ryan looked at the system attribute panel:

Spirit: 132 (crystallization 17%)

"After taking the dragon soul potion before, the crystallization progress was 13%. Now that twelve soul energy crystals have been consumed, it can only be increased by 4%?" Looking at the change in the value, Ryan raised his eyebrows and said to himself.

"According to this calculation, the three soul crystals only increased by 1%."

"This is still the early stage of crystallization. If it is the middle and late stages..." Thinking of this, Ryan frowned slightly.

No wonder so many talented wizards with extraordinary talents are mostly stuck at the crystallization level.

If he didn't have a system and didn't take various rare potions, it would take at least dozens or even hundreds of years to push the crystallization progress to more than 90%.

At the same time.

The imperial capital Tamriel.

In the living room of a luxurious mansion in the third ring.

I saw three people from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood who participated in the Dragon Knight preliminary test with Ryan, sitting on one side of the long table, discussing something with the person opposite.

If Ryan was at the scene, he would find that the person opposite was also an old acquaintance-Buchanan.

"How is it? Have you observed the preliminary test? Are you sure?" Buchanan smiled.

"Uh, Mr. Buchanan, to be honest, if I met this Ryan alone, I'm afraid I wouldn't have time to hide." Reagan spoke first.

"I'm about the same, Mr. Buchanan. The opponent's strength is stronger than what your intelligence showed last time!" Bronson also said with a serious face.

After listening to the answers of the two, Buchanan did not show frustration or disappointment, but looked at Barnes who was sitting between the two.

He knew that the strongest among the three was still this one.

"What about Mr. Barnes?" Buchanan asked.

"It's hard to say, fifty-fifty! In the initial test, the opponent showed too little. Unless." Barnes was silent for a while and said.

"Unless what?" Buchanan asked.

"Unless. If the three of us can be together at that time, the winning rate should be more than 90%." Barnes thought for a while and said.

Barnes said this with a basis.

Because the three of them have similar temperaments, are about the same age, and are all in the Dragon Scale Brotherhood, they often conduct combat cooperation training.

Although Reagan and Bronson are weaker than him, the three of them cooperate well. If the three of them fight together, they can at least match two of him.

Hearing this, Buchanan immediately laughed and said, "Sir Barnes, I am here to solve this problem."

"As we all know, after teleporting into the secret realm, everyone's position is random. However, Your Highness has already thought of a solution. These are the three positioning crystals that Your Highness has urgently made."

As Buchanan said, he took out a brown wooden box and placed it on the table.

After he opened it, he turned it towards the three people.

"These three positioning crystals have been specially treated, and they can locate each other even in the special environment of the secret realm."

"With this, after entering the secret realm, the three of you can quickly gather. I think, with the strength of the three of you, it should be no problem to deal with this Ryan?" Buchanan smiled.

Seeing the glittering prismatic crystal in the wooden box, the three looked at each other, especially Reagan and Bronson, who immediately laughed and expressed their opinions:

"Please, Mr. Buchanan, convey our gratitude to His Highness on our behalf."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness and Mr. Buchanan, with this, we will definitely complete the task."

Even Barnes, who has always been introverted, smiled and nodded, saying: "Mr. Buchanan, wait for our good news."

"Very good, by the way, this is the blood essence extractor." Buchanan pointed to another square box he brought with him and said with a smile.

"Have a good rest, everyone, you can contact me if you need anything."

A similar scene was also taking place in the mansion of the Durham family in the inner ring of the imperial capital.

In the luxurious banquet hall.

The rich food on the long dining table was almost overflowing, but the maids who kept coming and going still brought various delicacies forward.

There were only two people on the table, Lambert, the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint who kept eating, and Duke Durham who was sitting in the main seat with a smile on his face.

Half an hour later.

"Mr. Lambert, after observing this initial test, are you sure?" Duke Durham asked after the other party had eaten and drunk enough.

"A very good opponent. Fighting with him should help me reach the level of a teacher." The muscular Lambert wiped his mouth with a white tablecloth and said.

"Then I feel relieved." Duke Durham smiled.

He naturally understood Lambert's subtext.

The next morning.

Early in the morning, the capable young woman Olena accompanied the female major general Tatia to the Ryan mansion.

In the study.

"Good morning, Lord Ryan." Olena said with a smile on her face.

She had heard that Lord Ryan in front of her had passed the preliminary test of the Dragon Knight.

"Sir Ryan, congratulations on successfully passing the preliminary test of the Dragon Knight selection." The first sentence Major General Tatia said when he saw Ryan was congratulations.

"Thank you, Sir Tatia, Olena, please sit down." Ryan smiled.

After a brief greeting, Tatia sat up straight, and the well-cut major general uniform outlined the feminine curves better. She said: "Sir Ryan, I came here this time to give you the special communication device used in the secret realm."

As she said that, Tatia opened a dark wooden box she carried with her, took out a thin crystal that exuded a faint witchcraft aura, and handed it to Ryan.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, took it immediately, and looked at it carefully.

I saw a thin crystal, which was the size of a mobile phone in my previous life. It was made of some kind of transparent material. There were strange patterns engraved on both the front and back. At first glance, it looked like a circuit board in my previous life.

"The use of this communication device is very simple. When you are in the secret realm, you can communicate by injecting a little mental power."

After a little thought, Ryan asked: "Communication?"

"Is it communication between other participants in the mission, or communication with the headquarters?"

Tatia said apologetically: "Sorry, Mr. Ryan, I didn't make it clear just now. The communication of the device is limited to two-way communication between you and the headquarters. As for the executors, they cannot communicate directly."

"This special communication device has a one-way communication function even in extreme cases. In other words, even in the turbulence of space, the headquarters located at the Astrologer's Platform can also send you a one-way message."

Can only communicate with the headquarters?

Logically speaking, if a group of people have a common mission goal, shouldn't it be more reasonable to communicate with each other?

Could it be to avoid some risks?

Although Ryan was a little confused, he did not ask again, but nodded and said, "I know."

"Secondly, this device has another function, that is positioning. All personnel performing tasks in the secret realm can check whether the three 'rift' closers have arrived at the designated location and opened."

"Can we locate each other?" Ryan asked again.

"No." Tatia shook her head and said.

"The location of everyone will only be displayed in the command hall of the astrologer platform."

"This is also to ensure that there are no unexpected situations. For example, if there are spies among the mission executors," Tatia added, but stopped here.

"Understood." Ryan nodded and said.

There is indeed a reason.

Indeed, this arrangement is quite clever.

The location of all executors will only be displayed in the command hall of the astrologer platform, which avoids the situation where individual personnel are infiltrated by cults or other organizations and then deliberately sabotaged.

At the same time, the unified coordination and command by the command hall can also reasonably allocate personnel and avoid wrangling between teams from different departments.

"What is my main task this time?" Ryan looked at Tatia and asked.

"You have not been assigned a specific task at present. I am just a backup for this operation." Tatia smiled.

Hmm?

Tatia's words obviously made Ryan stunned.

No task assigned?

That's fine.

"However, as a candidate, you have a task in the process of participating in the re-examination. At that time, you can complete the assessment task in the secret realm first."

"Yes." Ryan nodded.

"By the way, Mr. Ryan, there is another thing you should be careful about." Tatia seemed to think of something, and said with a serious face.

"That is about some creatures in the secret realm. Because of the invasion of the void beast, they may have mutated to a certain extent. So, the information you read last time is for reference only."

"Okay, I know." Ryan immediately remembered the memory crystal about the secret realm that General Augustus gave him last time.

The crystal contains an introduction to the secret realm of Dragon Valley.

As the name suggests, the terrain of Dragon Valley is roughly similar to a huge circular valley.

The valley is surrounded by a circle of towering mountains, and outside, there are various void turbulences.

And the area surrounded by the circle of mountains is the real Dragon Valley, which has diverse zones and vegetation distribution, including swamps, meadows, forests, deserts, and various vegetation and ferocious species with different habits.

Many ferocious species are unique to the secret realm, with different abilities. Even legendary strongmen need to be careful when dealing with them.

Now that these ferocious species have mutated, they are naturally more difficult to deal with.

"Sir Ryan, Olena, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. By the way, the production of special communication devices is rather complicated and time-consuming, so please be sure to keep them properly."

"Okay, Sir Tatia."

Two days passed in a flash.

The day of the re-examination.

The Astrologer's Platform in the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace is heavily guarded.

Dozens of airships are densely packed in the sky, interspersed with teams of griffin knights.

On the ground, there is a post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps, all of which are guarded by the Royal Guards.

Ryan and other examiners who participated in the re-examination were now in the starry sky hall of the astrologer's platform.

"Everyone, next, the imperial astrologer, Mr. Dallion, will announce the re-examination evaluation criteria."

An old man with a nearly one-meter-long white goatee, wearing a gray robe and holding a wooden cane, walked to the front of everyone with a smile.

Huh?

Ryan raised his eyebrows.

Astrologers, as the name suggests, are wizards who are proficient in astrology and prophecy-based witchcraft. Their individual combat power is generally not strong.

If a first-level wizard is proficient in astrology, he can naturally be called an astrologer.

This is like, if a first-level wizard is proficient in a certain divination, he can naturally be called a fortune teller.

And great astrologers generally refer to third-level crystal wizards and above. After all, astrology also requires strong mental power as support.

The stronger the mental power, the higher the accuracy of astrology.

But now it seems that the great astrologer in front of him, Lord Darien, is at least a great astrologer at the level of the Dawn Wizard, and may even be stronger.

Because the other party appeared in front of him, Ryan could hardly sense his existence.

In addition, it was not the first time he heard the name of Lord Darien. Claire had mentioned to him before, about a prophecy that he had made.

The general idea was that the current turmoil in the empire was just the beginning.

Ryan had a deep memory of this.

"Later, the great astrologers of the empire will open the ancient teleportation array leading to the secret realm of Dragon Valley."

"At that time, you will enter this secret realm that is most important to the empire, and you will also see the most praised dragons in the empire. Of course, they are young dragons."

"And your mission this time is to gain the recognition of a young dragon. Help them and solve a problem, and they will impose a dragon language mark on you."

"Difficult?" Ryan looked thoughtful.

Many people below began to whisper.

Most people don't quite understand what this difficulty means specifically?

Obviously, the great astrologer, Lord Dallion, also heard the discussion below. He stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Solving difficulties is actually very easy to understand. For example, young dragons need to hunt for blood. If you help them capture a favorite prey, you can gain favor."

"Generally speaking, one or two hunts can get a dragon language mark."

I see.

After hearing Dallion's supplement, everyone looked relieved.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to get this dragon language mark.

"Since there are only six places in the final assessment, the more marks the better."

"The person with the most marks will naturally have a higher chance of being favored by the dragons after returning. Because you helped their offspring."

Hearing this, all the candidates, including Ryan, basically understood.

It is not difficult to get a dragon language mark alone. The difficulty is to get as many marks as possible to stand firmly in the top six.

"By the way, here is a little trick. It is recommended that you choose a blood descendant of a certain dragon to carry out the mission."

"For example, if you choose a red dragon, try to choose the descendants of red dragons in the future."

"If the dragon language marks of different bloodlines are mixed, the effect will be slightly weaker than the marks of a single bloodline." The great astrologer Dallion smiled and said.

"Finally, you only have a total of 24 hours. Once the time is up, you will be forcibly pulled back because of the teleportation mark just applied."

"This is also to ensure your safety."

"In addition, void beasts have appeared in the secret realm, so everyone needs to be vigilant when carrying out the mission."

As the precautions were finished.

Everyone passed through the heavily guarded circular corridor and went deep underground. Soon, the candidates, including Ryan, came to an empty underground hall.

As soon as they entered the hall, what came into view was the ancient stone arch about 20 meters high standing in the center.

The arch is rectangular in shape, and the lintel and door frame are made of some dark stone. The surface is engraved with complex and mysterious patterns, and energy like electric current flashes in the patterns from time to time.

Even though it is more than a hundred meters away, an ancient and mysterious atmosphere blows over.

"Is this the ancient portal through the secret realm of Dragon Valley?" Ryan looked at the ancient stone arch in amazement.

The other candidates were all surprised.

At this time, the great astrologer Dallion, with five old men, came to the front of the stone archway.

"Hiss~ Five Dawn Wizards!"

"What a big deal!"

Soon, with the strong fluctuation of witchcraft energy, the five Dawn Wizards standing in a pentagram, the huge witch formation under their feet, blasted a water tank-thick energy light column towards the ancient stone door!

In an instant, a strange light curtain door suddenly appeared in the stone archway.

Everyone could see the scene on the opposite side clearly.

The stars were dotted, and the starry sky was bright, as if it was the night of the Dragon Valley Secret Realm.

"All candidates, enter in order." A responsible guard commander shouted.

When Ryan and other 30 candidates entered the light gate one by one.

Suddenly, three groups of people appeared on the side of the hall. They were three people wearing sword-bearing clothes, a four-man team wearing military clothes, and three people wearing guards' clothes.

Moreover, one person in each of the three teams was holding something like a suitcase.

"Everyone, you can also enter."

Several people nodded.

Just as these people were about to enter, suddenly, a strong energy fluctuation came from a distance.

This energy was so strong that it was comparable to the witchcraft energy fluctuation of the secret realm.

This made everyone present look back to the southeast of the imperial capital.

There, it was the direction from which the energy came!

"This is." A white-haired and white-bearded dawn wizard in the pentagram array looked thoughtful.

"Not good, the other party is forcibly accessing our transmission channel." Suddenly, his eyes widened and he said in horror.

"Quick! Come in!"

"We have to end the transmission array here immediately."

Hearing the old man's words, the three teams looked at each other and immediately rushed into the secret realm.

"No, it's not enough for us to stop here. The other party has already connected to the secret realm. We have to send someone immediately to interrupt the other party's transmission." The great astrologer Dallion said with a gloomy face.