Chapter 187 Beyond Mastery (Two chapters in one)

He didn't expect that he just wanted to upgrade his Tokkar Hammer Technique to level 6 so that he could kill the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, but he unexpectedly got the job transfer information of Weapon Master (Legend)!

At this time, Ryan felt like he had been hit by a million-dollar prize!

You know, this is the "Legend" career panel. Obviously, it is a level higher than "Extraordinary"!

After calming down the excitement in his heart, Ryan began to compare the pre-conditions of Weapon Master (Legend) and Great Knight (Extraordinary) one by one.

He was still very curious why one was legendary and the other was just extraordinary.

"From the last few conditions, Weapon Master (Legend) and Great Knight (Extraordinary) are almost overlapping, so the one with the biggest difference is actually the first one!"

"Any three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon categories above level 10" Ryan chewed on this sentence repeatedly, and he seemed to understand something in his heart!

Obviously, it is because of this difference in conditions that the Weapon Master profession is a legendary career panel, while the Great Knight is only an extraordinary career panel.

All three extraordinary combat skills are level 10.

Although this is just a condition, Ryan knows how difficult it is.

Ryan roughly estimated that if he didn't have a system and relied on his own hard work, it would take 20 to 30 years for one extraordinary combat skill to reach the level of 10, and that's if everything went well.

Then it would take 60 to 70 years for all three!

Hiss!

No wonder he was rated as a legendary professional panel, it's so scary!

Ordinary people are already old before they can practice!

Retracting his thoughts, Ryan focused on the four words "weapon category" again.

"Different weapon categories?"

"Knight's longsword and hand-and-half sword should be considered one-handed swords, so the combat skills of these two weapons should be classified into one category, namely one-handed sword combat skills." "

And according to the system prompt, my two-handed greatsword and two-handed war hammer belong to one category respectively, which means that I only need to choose one more item to make up three items!"

"I have obtained the Imperial Military Sword Skill before. If it can be upgraded to level 10, it can be considered complete. However, for this third item, should I choose a one-handed sword? Or something else?"

Ryan thought about it and hesitated for a while.

After a long while, he shook his head and said to himself.

"Don't worry, my Giant Bear Sword Skill and Tokkar Hammer Skill have not reached level 10 yet. I have time to think about this problem slowly."

"In addition, this weapon master, judging from the name and prerequisites, seems to be proficient in various weapons. It is very likely that the combat power is very strong. I am afraid that it can be compared with the great sword master!"

"And, most importantly, from the system prompt, it does not conflict with the wizard path!"

No conflict, this is the most important thing!

Now, the feeling of loss in Ryan's heart for missing out on the career path of Sword Master, Great Sword Master, and Sword Saint with super high attack power has completely disappeared!

Before, even with the job change prompt of Great Knight, Ryan was still a little disappointed because the Great Knight had much weaker attack power than the Great Sword Master.

A happy event makes one feel refreshed!

While thinking, Ryan rode to a river mouth near the sea, which was also the channel near Larchmond Fishing Port.

Scale-whiskered ironback turtles are similar to ordinary sea turtles. They all like the coastal estuaries that flow into the sea.

Because fresh and salt water meet here, food is extremely abundant. At the same time, there are many sea reeds with a height of three or four meters growing around, which are suitable for hiding.

At this moment, the sea breeze blew, and the dense sea reeds made bursts of rustling sounds.

Ryan got off the horse, carrying the greatsword and war hammer, and searched carefully. Soon, he found a huge and obvious claw footprint.

Ryan carefully followed the claw footprints and walked forward. Unexpectedly, he left the reed marsh and soon came to a beach leaning against the foot of the mountain.

On the other side of the beach, it was close to the sea.

Ryan narrowed his eyes because he had seen a large sandbag in the corner of the beach more than a hundred meters away. Although it was covered with sand, the exposed body and huge size of the other party were undoubtedly the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle that Haas mentioned.

With excellent eyesight, Ryan carefully looked at the giant beast in front of him from head to toe from a hundred meters away. He saw that the other party's eyes were as big as an adult's fist, and they were closed at this time, as if he was taking a nap.

The eagle-like mouth was open almost to the neck.

Ryan understood why the other party was called the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle.

Because even on the other party's eyelids, there were fine scales for defense, and on the claws that were not completely buried by the sand, there were thick green scales.

Secondly, there are dozens of thumb-thick whiskers on the opponent's lower jaw, which seem to have no practical use, but are just to increase a sense of power?

Since the opponent is taking a nap, the first choice is a sneak attack. Of course, with the experience of fighting the melee plesiosaur last time, Ryan has also made two preparations.

Once discovered, just hit hard!

Ryan took off the pig-headed hammer, circled behind the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle from a distance, and began to approach quietly.

Because he was worried that the energy fluctuations of the witchcraft would wake up the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle in its nap, Ryan did not cast fire witchcraft such as "high temperature force field".

It seems that he is relatively slow. Ryan concentrated and held his breath until he came to a position more than ten meters behind the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle, and the opponent still did not move.

Ryan's face was solemn, and his legs suddenly exerted force. With a "bang", two piles of sand exploded, and the whole person rushed towards the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle like an arrow from a string!

The specific method of sneak attack?

What other methods are needed with a hammer? The simpler and more violent, the more effective!

Since the opponent's shell is the hardest, break it from the hardest point!

"Break the limit!"

"Giant force level 3!"

"Power burst!"

"Earth-shattering hammer!!!"

Ryan, who was jumping in the air, had his whole body swelled up at least twice like a balloon. At the same time, his muscles and fascia were tense like a fully drawn bowstring. He raised the dark pig-headed hammer with both hands and hit the center of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's shell fiercely!

Just as Ryan kicked hard, the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's fist-sized eyes suddenly opened because it sensed danger.

But because Ryan attacked from behind, and he was already right above the turtle shell at this time, it happened to be in the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's blind spot.

Therefore, the iron-backed turtle stretched its neck and looked around quickly, but did not find the enemy, which made it reveal a puzzled expression in its big eyes.

But the next second!

There was a loud noise in the center of its back shell!

"Dang!!!"

Sparks flew!

"Crack!!!"

The two sounds were almost simultaneous!

With the effect of 'Hammer Expertise lv3' plus the double special effects 'Shock lv2' and 'Precision lv2', Ryan's attack almost had the attack power of a 205mm howitzer.

"Ah!"

With the scream of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, the opponent's thick and hard shell with a diameter of seven or eight meters was completely broken into two pieces by Ryan's extremely violent attack.

Especially the center was completely broken.

If someone just watched Ryan's entire sneak attack from a distance, they would find that

if the tortoise shell of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle is compared to an iron basin, then a black hammer the size of a fingernail just now hit the iron basin heavily, and immediately ejected the limbs and neck of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle!

Quite funny!

But just as Ryan was about to take advantage of the victory, a rich yellow energy particle covered the surface of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, blocking all the damage from his subsequent hammers.

At this time, the fluctuations of the battle also shook the sand around.

Ryan saw the whole appearance of the other party's turtle shell. The appearance was very similar to the back shell of the alligator turtle in his previous life, with more than a dozen ring-shaped scales like mountain peaks. At this time, the tops of these "mountains" were emitting yellow light.

This mysterious energy particle fluctuation?

It should be the special ability of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle, which is what Haas said, the khaki shield.

It seemed to be frightened by Ryan's fighting power. The scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle did not have much desire to continue fighting with the "little thing" in front of it. Instead, it rushed towards the sea not far away with the strongest defense.

This made Ryan's face change immediately!

The sea is not his battlefield.

Immediately, Ryan increased the frequency of swinging the pig-headed hammer in his hand, hitting the yellow shield "bang bang". Although the color was slightly dim, the light yellow shield was like a reef standing on the seashore, motionless!

Sure enough, only witchcraft can fight witchcraft?

However, Ryan really didn't believe it!

Add points!

As the remaining skill points on the attribute panel changed from 2 to 1, Tokkar Hammer Technique was also upgraded to level 7, reaching the same level as Giant Bear Sword Technique.

Instantly, a memory fragment of Tokkar Hammer Technique training flowed into Ryan's mind.

These scattered memory fragments of hammer training flashed through Ryan's mind one by one, and quickly integrated into his muscle memory, as if he had been concentrating on practicing Tokkar Hammer Technique for more than a year in a mysterious space.

However, the difference is that Hammer Technique has the blessing of level 3 hammer specialization, so at this moment, the power of Hammer Technique is already the No. 1 among all his extraordinary combat skills.

When Ryan clenched the pig-head hammer again, a special feeling came to his mind.

This feeling is not the feeling of mastery, but the feeling of going deeper into the essence of the weapon.

"Bang!!!"

The heavy hammer hit again!

This time, the Scaled Ironback Turtle looked terrified and rushed towards the sea desperately, because the yellow shield on its body trembled violently and was about to fall down under the hammer! ——One

day ago.

Outside an interrogation room in the Mayest County Prison.

The confidant was reporting to Maggies about the relevant situation of this prisoner:

"The other party's name is Wheeler. He was originally a bandit hanging out in the Wild Wolf Hills. A few days ago, he got drunk in the Old John Bar in the county town, and then got into a fight with others. Then he was reported, and the county patrol team verified and sent him here."

"This guy was originally planned to be hanged, but didn't you say last time that you would find out what was going on in the base through various channels? So, we also arranged informants among the prisoners in the prison."

"After this guy knew about it, he said that he had important clues to report!"

"Just had a preliminary review, it should be true! In addition, this guy proposed that if what he said is true, he hopes to release him. I can't make the decision on this, so you need to come here in person."

"Well, it's done very well!" Maggies patted the confidant on the shoulder.

Majis walked into the interrogation room and saw a middle-aged man with messy hair, wearing a tattered gray linen coat and emitting a strange smell, being handcuffed to the interrogation iron chair.

When he saw Majis and the other man coming in, he looked terrified and his feet were pressed together more tightly. It seemed that this man named Wheeler was very afraid of people like Majis who were wearing prison guard uniforms.

Majis looked at the man twice. There were many whip marks and small burns all over his body. It seemed that his men had left him with many impressive punishment methods.

But

this is a good thing!

The other party's psychological defense line is on the verge of collapse. It should be very simple to get some words from the other party, and it is also easy to distinguish the truth from the false.

I saw Majis showing a bright smile and said, "Don't be afraid, Weller, just repeat what you said before."

"This lord, then can you guarantee that I will be released? The lord just said that he can't make this decision, and you need to decide." Weller looked at Majis's uniform shoulder badges with fear. He knew that this was the real owner.

"This requires your good cooperation. Believe me, if what you said is true, then it is very easy for me to release you."

Majis's low voice and slow speech speed made Weller feel a sense of trust in his heart.

But in fact, this is a psychological suggestion, which makes Weller feel that he has grasped a life-saving straw!

He just heard him say:

"That day, I was looking for a suitable target for looting in the area of ​​the abandoned mine. I accidentally saw a few people moving a lot of things from the woods to two carts. There was also a luxurious carriage in front of the carts."

"Wait!" Majis interrupted.

"Why did you go to the abandoned mine? You should know whose territory is there?"

"It's a new gang of bandits. They are said to be very powerful. The boss told us not to provoke them, but we haven't been open for business for a long time, so I crossed the line, but I didn't cross it too deep, just a little bit." Wheeler explained.

Hearing what Wheeler said, Majis nodded. It was very reasonable and there was no obvious doubt.

So he motioned Wheeler to continue.

"This makes me very happy! I thought at the time that a noble must have hidden a lot of good things here. I've made a fortune." Wheeler continued.

"So, after they left, I followed their footsteps and came to the abandoned mine. At first, I was still hesitant and didn't dare to get close, after all, that was the territory of another group." "

But then I found something wrong. It seemed that there was no one here, so I went forward and found that the group of people here should have been cleared out by someone."

After Weller finished speaking, Magis thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any impression of those people? Or do you know them?"

"I have never seen them, but the young knight in the lead, carrying a sledgehammer and a big sword, is very distinctive." Weller gestured and made a cross gesture.

Magis nodded. His confidant had just told him this. It was most likely the newly promoted baron, Ryan.

"By the way, you just said that you saw a luxurious carriage in front of the cart, right?" Magis thought of something and asked again.

"Yes, sir." Weller nodded.

"Are there any features or patterns on that luxurious carriage?"

"Well, the other carriage has a coat of arms. Although the distance is a bit far, my eyesight is very good and I can barely see it clearly. It seems to be a kite-shaped shield with a rose-like flower on it."

Upon hearing this, Maggies immediately waved his hand and turned his head to his confidant and said, "Have you looked for it? Which noble family in Mayest County is this heraldry?"

"Sir, I just found out that it is the coat of arms of the Crowley family." The confidant whispered in his ear.

"The Crowley family?" Maggies narrowed his eyes and thought about it. It seems that he has not heard of this family.

Seeing Maggies' expression, the confidant knew that his master should not remember this family, so he whispered to remind him, "Have you forgotten? That beautiful woman, Jennifer."

Maggies' eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and he said, "It's her! That beautiful widow?"

Immediately, Maggies remembered the beautiful lady he saw at the ball and made him quite moved.

Remember her family was suppressed badly by Alonso? How could they have the strength to attack the base of their own organization?

Maggies asked again: "Have you checked, who are the Crowley family members close to recently or who are they close to?"

"Well, we are checking. The current known information is that the Crowley family has a close relationship with that Ryan. About two months ago, he became the guardian knight of the Crowley family."

"Now that Ryan has become a baron, the servants and guards of the new mansion are all from the Crowley family."

"As for other information, we are still checking, not so fast"

"These are enough!" Maggies's face sank.

All signs indicate that the newly promoted Baron Ryan is the reason for the annihilation of the base.

Although, he still doesn't know how the other party did it, because even with the addition of this Crowley family, the strength is far from enough!

However, it's good to have a clue. Follow-up, it should take some time to find out.

Since the interrogation is over, Maggies plans to return to his office. After all, Alonso is still there waiting for his reply.

Seeing Maxxis standing up, Weller couldn't help but look anxious and said, "Sir, you haven't said whether you can release me yet?"

Weller's words slowed down Maxxis's movement. He turned to his confidant and said, "Then release his soul as he wishes."

Hmm?

Soul release?

Just as Weller was still thinking about the meaning of this sentence, he suddenly heard a "crack" and felt a sharp pain in his neck. Then, he found that he could actually see the white wall behind him.

Maxxis, who had returned to the office, would naturally not share the information with Alonso honestly. Just now in the corridor, he had thought about how to maximize the benefits.

As soon as he entered the door, Maggies pretended to be angry and asked:

"Lord Alonso, the newly promoted Baron Ryan you asked us to kill last time, I'm afraid he is not that simple?"

"Because of your concealment, the organization lost a peak knight and many senior knights."

"Huh? So you have already taken action? Was it Ryan alone who caused the loss to you, or were there others?" Alonso was slightly stunned and said a little unnaturally.

Of course, he concealed something. He did not say that the 'Beast Knight' Giovanni was injured by a strange druid.

It's not that he really hopes that the resistance will fail, but Alonso doesn't want the other party to raise the price.

In addition, he also reminded Maggies before the action, asking them to be careful. If something goes wrong, it is naturally not his fault.

Magis observed Alonso for a while, but didn't see the expression he expected, so he changed the subject and said, "Whether Ryan is alone or with the help of others, the organization can handle it."

"However, Lord Alonso, Ryan's strength is far beyond expectations, so the content of our transaction naturally needs to be changed."

Still in Mayest County.

Underground Hall.

The slender knight Giovanni, who was carrying a 'scythe' weapon on his back, bowed slightly to the fat high priest and said, "Lord High Priest, my body has fully recovered. I heard from Maral that the last time the druid appeared in the town of Shining Gold, was it really an accident?"

"Yes, Maral has checked repeatedly, and the trace of the druid has never appeared again. It should be just a coincidence that he passed by." The fat high priest nodded.

"If that's the case, let me take charge of the task of killing the newly promoted knight Ryan!" Giovanni

"Giovanni, are you sure you've fully recovered? In addition, according to the latest news from Alonso, Ryan is no longer a newly promoted knight, but a newly promoted imperial baron!"

"What!" Giovanni was shocked and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Do you find it unbelievable? I didn't believe it at first, but after multiple verifications, it's true! Including Count Habsburg, he has already met with Ryan."

"In fact, it's no longer in our interest to continue to take action against Ryan now." The high priest continued in a deep voice.

Hearing the high priest's words that he wanted to give up, Giovanni raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "Master high priest, the majesty of the Black Flame Church cannot be challenged! Let's leave this matter to our subordinates."

"This." The high priest was silent for a moment.

Although it was no longer in the church's interest to continue to get rid of Ryan, the emotions of the capable generals had to be taken care of, which made the high priest a little embarrassed.

At this time, the voice of Maral came from the gate of the underground hall. He said:

"Master Priest, we have found Ryan's whereabouts. He should have gone to Rossby County."

"In addition, according to reliable information, the appointment just issued by Earl Habs today shows that Ryan should return to Meister County within five days to take over the position of governor and sheriff of the fishing port town."

After a while, the low voice of the priest sounded again: "Giovanni, then this matter should continue to be left to you! However, I hope you can minimize the impact of this matter."

"Yes, Master Priest! I will try my best to take action on Ryan's way back, and clean up the traces, and will never involve the association." Giovanni smiled and saluted.

He knew that the master priest had been convinced by him.

Indeed, killing a newly-conferred imperial baron would have a very bad impact, and I am afraid that the imperial officials will conduct an in-depth investigation.

However,

he was seriously injured because of Ryan, so he had no choice but to take this bad breath.

——On

a beach not far from the Larchmond Fishing Port, a huge scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle was lying in a pool of blood.

A man was using a two-handed sword to cut open the giant turtle's body, as if to take something out.

At this time, a cylindrical object suddenly rolled out of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's body.

Huh?

What is this?

A drifting bottle?

Ryan saw a brown bottle falling out of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle's body. Judging from the material, it seemed to be a rare glass material at present, which made him quite curious.

Aiming it at the sunlight, Ryan observed it carefully and found that there seemed to be something like a piece of paper inside.

After thinking about it, Ryan carefully opened the bottle stopper. Sure enough, it was a drifting bottle!

The thing inside was not paper, but a sheepskin roll.

Hey, why is it so familiar, this texture.

In an instant, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind, and he quickly took out the small iron box from his arms and compared it!

This is actually one-fourth of the treasure map of Pirate King Vincent Sanborn, the one related to the Fireball Technique.

Could it be that this Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle has some kind of connection with the Pirate King?

This is indeed possible, after all, turtles are known for their longevity!

But this is always a very low probability event, Ryan felt that he must thank the goddess of luck!

However, this made him anxious.

Before, it was only half, which was fine, but now there are three quarters.

This made Ryan want to find the remaining quarter of the treasure map, and he became eager.

But this thing has a taste of being hard to come by. Ryan thought about it and couldn't help but sigh!

Ryan lit a bonfire and began to simply process the relevant materials of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, while thinking about the prerequisites for the job change to "Weapon Master".

Among them, the second, third, and fourth prerequisites - "2. The physical limit value reaches 100%; 3. Any breathing method is above level 9; 4. Strength is above 20 points, agility is above 20 points, and constitution is above 20 points;"

can be said to be almost complete or completed for me, without any difficulty.

As for the fifth prerequisite "high-level magic potion 'behemoth essence'", although it is a little troublesome, I already have the raw materials of the hearts of two behemoths in my hands. After returning to the county city, through the military supply department, this problem should not be difficult to solve.

At worst, I can contact the imperial military through Hamilton, which should not be a big problem.

Now the most troublesome thing is the first item "1. Any three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon categories are above level 10".

In other words, before I get the high-level magic potion 'behemoth essence', it is best to accumulate enough skill points to upgrade the three extraordinary combat skills to level 10. This is the most urgent thing.

Ryan looked at the attribute panel. Now the remaining skill point is 1 point, and the Giant Bear Sword and Tokkar Hammer are both level 7, and the skill point gap is 5 points.

This 5 points should not be a big problem.

Ryan looked at the 'Armorsmith Level 1 (17/100)'. If the Crowley family helps him collect materials, it should not take much time to upgrade. It will not be a big problem to get 4-5 skill points.

The key is that the third combat skill ,

Imperial Military Sword, is only level 3 (122/500), and shield defense and archery are also level 3.

Even if he practices hard day and night after returning, due to time constraints, he can only rush to level 5 at most, and there will still be a 5-point skill point gap waiting for him.

It seems that because he has not thought of any good solution, Ryan can't help frowning.

At this time, the sound of flapping wings sounded!

A pigeon with a blue head suddenly fell from the sky and landed next to the pigeon cage on the brown horse, and started chatting intimately with another blue-helmeted pigeon.

Blue-helmeted pigeon!

Ryan's pupils shrank, and he immediately stood up and walked over!

Before leaving, Ryan had told the beautiful woman that if she encountered any trouble, she could contact him through the blue-helmeted pigeon.

(End of this chapter)