Chapter 188 Beast Knight (Two chapters in one)

Ryan took a small wooden cylinder as thick as a thumb from the leg of the blue-helmeted pigeon, opened the stopper, and found a note from the Crowley family:

"Baron Norman proposed a bloody duel to you today. It is reported that the other party also applied to Count Habsburg at the same time. According to reliable information, the other party has taken secret medicine and his strength has returned to the peak. He seems to have the strength to challenge the Great Knight (unconfirmed). Please carefully consider whether to return to Meister in the near future. - Jennifer"

After reading the letter from the beautiful woman, Ryan's first reaction was relief!

"Fortunately, nothing happened to my family or Jennifer herself."

"Bloody duel?" Ryan murmured with a thoughtful look on his face.

He had learned about this word after being awarded the title of baron. It is generally used to resolve certain irreconcilable conflicts between nobles. It is divided into ordinary duels and bloody duels. In

ordinary duels, there is a saying of surrender, but in a bloody duel, the word bloody represents many things. You cannot surrender. It will end only when one party dies!

If ordinary duels can be seen from time to time, then bloody duels are much rarer. For example, in Mayster County, it is normal not to see a bloody duel for a year or two.

However, the next second, Ryan was very confused. Where did this Norman Baron come from?

He was very familiar with this name, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Ryan thought for a few seconds, and his eyes lit up. He remembered!

A few months ago, he was practicing giant bear swordsmanship in the dense forest in front of his home in Shimmering Gold Town. At that time, he was attacked by a middle-aged man with a sword.

There was a sentence from the other party that still impressed him.

Ryan still remembered the original words of the other party: "I will give you a chance now. If you are willing to be loyal to the Norman family, this will be the most correct decision in your life."

Yes, that's it!

Moreover, when the other party said this, the condescending attitude and the words of solicitation clearly sounded like alms. At that time, he thought it was some great nobleman, but

it turned out to be a family that Dennis belonged to!

In this case, this Norman Baron is Dennis's father.

But is the hatred between him and the other party to this extent?

Ryan was a little puzzled!

He and Claire had at most had some contact. Was it worthy for a baron father to stand up for his son and have a bloody duel with him?

Ryan thought it was too ridiculous!

"In my previous life, I have always heard that loving mothers often spoil their children. Is this considered loving fathers often spoil their children?" Ryan shook his head, speechless!

Wait!

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Ryan's mind.

It was him!

He remembered.

After the third-level wizard apprentice Adams attacked him, the young clerk in Adams' shop said:

"A middle-aged man came in not long ago, and Adams dismissed him. Therefore, the details of the discussion between the two sides and the specific identity of the middle-aged man are not very clear, but since the middle-aged man came, Adams disappeared."

Afterwards, the captain of the night watch, the short Matteo, gave him a portrait of the middle-aged man based on the impression in the young clerk's memory.

Ryan took out the thin parchment scroll from his arms.

As he looked at it carefully, the middle-aged man on it looked more and more familiar. He looked like Dennis, and was 80% to 90% similar.

"It turns out that this middle-aged man is Baron Norman. It was also him who hired or asked Adams to attack and kill me!"

At that time, Ryan always felt that the appearance of this middle-aged man seemed a little familiar, but he couldn't find the source of this familiarity at once.

Now, all the truth is revealed!

After figuring it out, Ryan couldn't help but feel a little angry!

"For the trivial matter of your own son's jealousy, you repeatedly attacked and killed me! If you are not strong enough, I am afraid that the graveyard will be overgrown with grass!"

"This is another bloody duel. Is he sure to defeat me?"

"However, the strength of this Baron Norman should be quite strong! Although Jennifer is not very sure, if the other party really has the strength to attack the Great Knight, then he is at least as strong as me."

"Interesting!"

Ryan was not afraid!

One of the most important things he learned from the special training with Master Gunther was about faith.

If the great swordsman had the invincible faith that the sword in his hand could cut through everything, then Ryan now slowly realized that if he had a firm belief that he could defeat a strong enemy, it would also be a very powerful help!

"Don't worry, I will arrive in Meister on time in four days! Under the premise of ensuring safety, collect relevant information about Baron Norman. In addition, take care of my family's emotions. - Ryan"

After thinking about it, Ryan quickly wrote a reply with a feather pen, put it in a small tube and tied it to the blue-helmeted pigeon.

With the sound of flapping wings, the blue-helmeted pigeon flew straight into the northern sky like an arrow!

Thinking back, Ryan began to cut the tortoise shell of the scale-whiskered iron-backed turtle into large pieces, and after baking it on the campfire, he stacked them up. These tortoise shells with bulges are thick, hard, and heavy, and are considered excellent shield materials.

Even Ryan had to work hard to cut them open.

In addition, the huge carcass of the Scaled Ironback Turtle is like a sand dune. With a little processing, one or two tons of ferocious beast meat can be harvested. The meat of this large ferocious beast is of high quality, and it would be a pity to throw it away.

After thinking about it, Ryan has come up with a solution.

It is better to give it to Haas than to waste it!

"In addition, it seems that I don't have time to go to Rossby City this time. I wanted to go see Evelyn and Major Marika."

"Now, we can only do it another day!"

At the same time, Ryan recalled the feeling of holding the hammer when Tokkar's hammer technique was upgraded to level 7.

This should be beyond the mastery level and reach a higher level.

But he also knew that this was largely dependent on the level 3 hammer specialization. Otherwise, it would not make sense that the level 7 Giant Bear Swordsmanship was still at the mastery level, while the level 7 Tokkar Hammer Technique had entered the next level.

Ryan vaguely heard Master Gunther mention that the level after mastery is the master level.

However, he, who barely entered by relying on the hammer specialization, is at most a half-step master level, which is still different from the real master level.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly remembered that because of the sudden appearance of the drifting bottle and his busy processing of the heart of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, he had no time to check the system prompt:

[Your skill Tokkar Hammer has been upgraded, experience value +1336]

[You have experienced a battle, Knight (Super) experience value +379]

After this battle, the level of Knight (Super) reached lv5 (597/2000), and Tokkar Hammer was upgraded to lv7 (1690/5000).

There was only 1 skill point left, and the remaining 3 attribute points were not used.

Soon, after Ryan finished processing the tortoise shells, he rode south for a short distance and returned to Larchmond Fishing Port. He found two honest-looking townspeople and gave them a silver coin, and brought a message to Haas:

"The problem has been solved. Go to the beach at the estuary to collect the spoils. Bring more people. By the way, find a caravan to send the tortoise shells to me. - Ryan."

The tortoise shells of these scale-whiskered ironback turtles were too heavy, so Ryan planned to ask Haas to find a caravan to transport them to him.

After doing all this, Ryan rode on his tall black horse and galloped towards Mayest County.

Larchmond Fishing Port, in front of Haas's house.

"Ryan's message?"

"Let me go to the beach at the estuary?" Haas was still confused at first.

But when Hass heard the messenger say, "Take some time to find a caravan to send me the tortoise shell!"

Hass's eyes suddenly widened twice, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, his mouth slightly opened, and he muttered to himself, "It can't be..."

"Impossible, impossible!"

Hass's younger brother looked up at his brother in confusion. His brother Hass rarely lost his composure like this, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother, what's impossible?"

"Come back and talk!"

As soon as the voice fell, Hass, who was still injured, rushed out in a hurry. As soon as he reached the street, he immediately shouted to the two patrolling security guards, "Jermy, call ten people, follow me!"

Half an hour later.

When Hass brought a lot of security guards and night watchmen to the beach near the seaport, there were already many birds of prey biting on the bloody meat mountain.

Everyone looked at the scene in front of them with horror!

Isn't this the scale-whiskered iron-backed tortoise that is comparable to the strength of the great knight!

Although the tortoise shell was peeled off, it was still recognized by everyone at the first time.

But then, everyone cheered.

Because they knew that the trouble that troubled Larchmond Fishing Port had been solved!

Haas murmured to himself: "How could Ryan be so strong!"

"Isn't he just a little stronger than me? The assessment is just a good evaluation."

Suddenly, Haas realized something and his eyes lit up!

"It seems that all this information is made up by my mind. Thinking carefully, Ryan seems to have never answered these questions of mine directly!"

"In the training ground of the Navy House Inn in Rossby City, Ryan declined his suggestion to compete. When the canonization assessment was over, he asked for it himself."

"Now it seems that I have made an incredible friend!"

"What kind of strength is it to be able to kill the Scaled Ironback Turtle that is comparable to a great knight?"

"Besides, Ryan is still so young!"

"Captain Haas, I think you should take a look at this." A security guard said with a slightly unnatural look.

"Huh?"

Haas walked over and saw a pile of cut and heavy turtle shells neatly placed aside.

Ryan did bring a message to Haas, but the security guards didn't know it yet!

They thought that some other powerful and violent beast had killed the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, but now it seems that it was not the case

because the beast did not know how to cut the shell and arrange it neatly.

So, for a while, everyone didn't know how to deal with this "mountain of meat" and the valuable turtle shell, because according to tradition, whoever killed the turtle has the ownership and distribution rights of the spoils.

And when he saw the neatly cut, iconic shell of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle, Haas immediately realized what Ryan meant by "find a caravan to transport the turtle shell to him" in his previous message!

"Hahaha, that's right! It's Ryan!" Haas laughed and said.

With the two phases confirmed, Haas no longer had any doubts!

At the same time, he also understood that Ryan asked him to send him the turtle shell, but there was no explanation for so much violent beast meat. Obviously, Ryan intended to leave the corpse of the Scale-whiskered Ironback Turtle to him.

Has immediately became excited. This was a huge fortune for him!

--Meist

County City.

Alonso had just returned to the mansion from prison not long ago when the butler Michelle came to report with a smile:

"Baron, I think you should take a look at this." Michelle respectfully handed Alonso a thin document.

"Oh?" Alonso saw Michelle's smiling face, and he knew that there should be some good news in this document.

Sure enough, after receiving the document and looking through it, Alonso soon laughed and said,

"Is this news true?"

"It has been verified, it is true! My lord, according to the news, Baron Norman is determined to have a bloody duel with Ryan."

"After submitting the bloody duel letter to Ryan's new mansion, Baron Norman immediately submitted an application for a bloody duel to your father, Count Habsburg."

Hearing this, Alonso's smile faded and said, "What did my father say?"

"After receiving the bloody duel application, the Count originally wanted to persuade Baron Norman to give up this duel, but Baron Norman declined!" Michel smiled and said.

"Huh? Baron Norman doesn't even give face to my father?" Alonso was stunned when he heard this.

You know, this situation is extremely rare!

"Well! It is said that Baron Norman has recovered his strength to the peak, and he has begun to prepare items for the breakthrough to the Grand Knight in the past few days. It is very likely that he intends to try to break through after the duel with Ryan."

"If he breaks through, Baron Norman will most likely be promoted or serve in the Imperial Navy again." Michel explained.

Alonso nodded, he understood.

So this is what Norman is thinking. No wonder he doesn't even have to sell his father's face.

"Hahaha! How interesting!" Alonso suddenly laughed.

"When did this Ryan have such a deep hatred with Baron Norman!"

"If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have wasted so much time with Magis."

Alonso knew Baron Norman's background very well. He was a retired member of the Imperial Navy and had extremely rich combat experience. If he hadn't been injured and had not been able to recover, he would have had the opportunity to challenge the Grand Knight and obtain the rank of Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy.

But now, he has returned from retirement as a naval colonel several years ago.

"By the way, Michel, take three bottles of divine blood and give them to Baron Norman as a token of my appreciation." Alonso thought for a moment and said.

"As you wish, sir!" Michel bowed and slowly left the room.

However,

the butler Michel, who had just left the room, suddenly returned with a strange look on his face.

This made Alonso a little confused, and he asked, "Anything else?"

"My lord, Lord Baron, Lord Maral sent a secret letter saying that Lord Giovanni, the 'Beast Knight', has recovered from his injuries and stated that he will look for an opportunity to kill Ryan in the next few days."

"Huh?" Alonso's face suddenly became strange when he heard the news, and then he couldn't help laughing.

When he came back, good news came one after another! Alonso thought to himself.

"This Ryan is really popular! He is on the Black Flame Church's must-kill list and Baron Norman's duel target. I really don't know who will kill him, Michel, what do you think? Hahaha!"

"This time, even the goddess of luck can't bless him." Butler Michel also laughed and echoed.

"That's right, the goddess can't bless him! In addition to these two, there is one last insurance." Alonso said with a firm expression.

This made Butler Michel look at his master with a puzzled look.

These two are already close to the peak of the combat power of Mayest County. Is there someone stronger who is going to take action?

Giovanni, the 'Beast Knight', is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood. Although his strength is at the peak of the knight, he has a beast-like trick. When he bursts out with all his strength, even the great knight can resist one or two.

Baron Norman, whose strength has returned to the peak state, may be even stronger. The other party has a long career in the navy and is extremely experienced in combat.

In addition, it is said that after the bloody duel with Ryan, the opponent planned to attack the Great Knight, and now he must be in a critical state of breakthrough!

But the Baron also invited a third person to deal with Ryan as a backup?

His strength is even stronger than the two?

This made Michelle's face stagnate instantly!

Is there really a strong man at the level of the Great Knight who wants to directly attack Ryan?

Then no matter how talented Ryan is, he can't escape this time!

Also in Mayster County.

A study in the Crowley family mansion.

The beautiful woman Jennifer was wearing a one-shoulder lavender dress decorated with fine golden lace. She sat behind the desk with a straight waist and an elegant posture.

"Jenny, has there been any news about Ryan?" The beautiful woman frowned and asked her daughter anxiously.

"Not yet, mother, don't worry."

Jenny saw that her mother was so worried about Ryan, and she felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart. Originally, Ryan was unexpectedly a man of her mother.

However, she quickly adjusted her mentality and comforted him:

"You know how strong Lord Ryan is. He was very strong to begin with. Since he is going for further training this time, he will probably become even stronger!"

"So, I think that Baron Norman may not be Lord Ryan's opponent."

Although she heard her daughter's comfort, the worry between her brows still did not dissipate. She shook her head and said:

"It's different. This opponent is different from the opponents Ryan has encountered before."

"Baron Norman is of the same generation as your father. He is very powerful. When he was young, he had the opportunity to challenge the Grand Knight. However, he was seriously injured in a battle while serving in the navy, and he still had hidden injuries after recovering from the injury, which led to his failure to challenge the Grand Knight and he retired." "

Now he has recovered to his peak combat power through some rare secret medicine. I am afraid that Ryan has never encountered such an experienced and powerful opponent before." The beautiful woman explained with a worried look on her face.

Hearing her mother's explanation, Jenny couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Mother, why did this Baron Norman challenge Mr. Ryan to a bloody duel?" Jenny tried to change the subject after her consolation failed. Besides, she had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Baron Norman, since he is of the same age as her father, logically, he has little intersection with Ryan, so why would he suddenly invite Ryan to a duel.

Fortunately, the guards of Ryan's new mansion were all from her family. They realized the importance of the matter at the first time and came to report to her mother.

Now, Ryan's parents and sister are still unaware of the news.

She discussed with her mother and felt that if she told them, it would only increase their worries.

Of course, Ryan had to make the final decision on this matter.

"I don't know the details, but I sent someone to inquire about it. This matter can no longer be mediated, because Baron Norman applied to and reported to Earl Habsburg at the same time as he issued the duel letter to Ryan."

"In addition, I also heard that the other party directly rejected the Earl's persuasion." "

In other words, the other party made up his mind from the beginning to refuse any mediation and to carry out this bloody duel!"

"This" Jenny didn't know what to say at once.

How could there be such a deep hatred between these two old and new barons who were at least a generation apart in age!

"Mother, is this Baron Norman a peak knight now? Have you investigated?"

"Well, he can be said to be a peak knight, but the difference between him and a great knight is not much. I bribed a male servant of the Norman family and learned that he seems to be preparing to attack the great knight in the past two days and is currently preparing some necessary things."

"I'm not sure about the specific time." The beautiful woman added.

"Ah? What if he succeeds?" Hearing this, Jenny couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands and exclaimed.

This made her worried.

You know, this is a great knight!

It is difficult for a great knight to appear among dozens of formal knights. Whether it is placed in the imperial military or the administrative agency, a great knight can be regarded as a very important figure.

-

Three days later.

After passing through this forest, Ryan will be able to reach the county city of Meister in half a day.

At this moment, in the dense forest that stretches along the trail, there are many people scattered here and there. These people are in groups of two, and they seem to be observing and looking for something.

"Look! Haji, is this the man that the Wilderness Brotherhood asked us to keep an eye on?" A thin middle-aged man said to his partner beside him.

"It should be him! Black horse, carrying two weapons, a big sword and a two-handed warhammer, they all match, it should be this person. Quick, go report!" The middle-aged man named Haji said with a happy face.

Ryan has noticed the scrutiny of people who are looking at him from time to time. After entering this forest, this kind of scrutiny from time to time has become more and more frequent.

He knows that soon, the other party should take action!

Sure enough, a group of people dressed as mercenaries appeared not far ahead, holding various weapons, blocking his way.

He rode a horse and slowly stopped.

However,

Ryan only glanced at these people and never looked at them again, but set his sights on a tall carriage behind them.

Although Ryan's vision could not penetrate the carriage, his level 3 "Danger Sense" was faintly giving him a warning.

He knew that the real boss was inside, and the group outside were just "trash fish".

Inside the carriage, a tall and thin man wearing a grey knight's plate armor suit was sitting upright.

Even when he was sitting, he was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his knight's helmet almost touched the top of the carriage.

On his knees, there was an extremely strange long-handled weapon, like an elongated sickle, with a handle of about one meter long and a blade of one meter long.

Outside the carriage, a strong man with a beard said through the small window on the carriage:

"President Qiao, if you kill this kid, can you really get a reward of 2,000 imperial gold coins?"

When the strong man asked, he turned his head to look at Ryan's young face, his eyes flashing with desire for money.

"Huh? Captain Sim is interested in trying? Of course, if your Wild Wolf Bandits can kill him, 2,000 imperial gold coins, not a penny less." Giovanni's face hidden under the armor showed a meaningful smile.

It was naturally a blessing to have someone take the lead for him.

"President Qiao, don't worry! Leave it to us." The bearded man patted his chest and said confidently.

(End of this chapter)