Chapter 234 Departure (two chapters in one)

A huge white seagull landed on the edge of the window sill.

Ryan immediately realized that this was the white seagull of the twin-tailed girl Veronica, and it was obviously much larger than ordinary seagulls.

Looking at the white seagull, Ryan was a little surprised. This was the first time Veronica had contacted him since she went back.

Ryan opened the window and let the white seagull land on his forearm.

Since Ryan himself was a third-level wizard apprentice, his mental power was already sufficient. In addition, in the previous actions with Veronica, he learned the special skills taught by Veronica. After looking at the white seagull, he instantly received some mental fragments.

After a few seconds, Ryan's face was obviously surprised.

He didn't expect to receive such a message.

Veronica told him that she should be able to arrive in Meister County in two days, and she and Ryan will go to participate in the assessment of the Imperial Sword Bearer. The words were full of girlish excitement.

"Isn't Veronica a member of the Navy's Tidewalkers' team?"

"No, that's not right."

Ryan suddenly came to his senses.

"Veronica's identity"

"It's clear that her mentor, Master Enius, is an advisor to the South Sea Fleet, but the twin-tailed girl herself does not belong to the Navy's Tidewalkers."

"But. Since Veronica has a mentor, shouldn't it be easier for her to work for the Imperial Navy? If she wants to join a special department, she should also join the Tidewalkers, right?" Ryan couldn't help but murmur.

Immediately, Ryan thought of another question.

If Veronica can participate in the Imperial Swordholder Assessment, does this mean that the Imperial Canonization Assessment is not the only way to obtain the Swordholder Selection Invitation Letter?

"I received an excellent evaluation during the Imperial Canonization Assessment, and that's why I received the Swordholder Assessment Invitation Letter."

"From this point of view, it is very likely that the Imperial Navy's South Sea Fleet or a wizard school that has a good relationship with the Empire should also be qualified to recommend personnel."

"Huh! In that case, doesn't it mean that the competition will be very fierce by then?" Ryan couldn't help but guess.

Originally, he thought that it was only the personnel who had received excellent evaluations in the two recent batches of the Imperial Canonization Examination. In that case, the number of people was limited, and the intensity of competition would not be too great.

Now it seems that he had thought too simply before.

No wonder Trevor said that he failed in the Sword Bearer Selection at that time, and then he received an invitation from the Imperial Navy and joined the Tide Walker.

But

the competition is fierce?

Maybe it is for others.

"The re-examination is what I have to prepare seriously."

However, Ryan couldn't help but smile when he thought of the lively twin-tailed girl.

After calming down a little, Ryan came to the training room on the first floor and continued to study his point-adding strategy.

Turn the system panel to the home page - the attribute page.

Name: Ryan Kalan

Occupation: Weapon Master (Legend) lv6 (13/3000)/Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) lv6 (792/3000)/Beast Tamer (Extraordinary) lv5 (376/2000)/Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) lv6 (69/3000)/Armor Forger lv6 (211/3000)

Constitution: 28

Strength: 27

Agility: 29

Spirit: 36

Remaining attribute points: 13

Remaining skill points: 0

Constitution had already reached 30 points, but after changing to Breaking Bad, 2 points were reduced, and it returned to 28 points.

Fortunately, Ryan had 13 points of remaining attribute points at this moment, otherwise he would have been heartbroken.

However, the mental attribute reached a new high. Because the previous pharmacist job change added 1 point, and the Breaking Bad job change added another 2 points, so at this moment it reached 36 points, leaving the other attributes far behind.

"Okay!"

"A great knight who is good at using a two-handed war hammer and a great sword, his highest attribute is actually spirit. I'm afraid no one will believe it if I tell them!" Ryan couldn't help but shake his head in self-mockery.

Turn the system page to the Weapon Master (Legend) page.

Previously, I used that little talent point to upgrade the talent 'Primary Steel Body' to 'Intermediate Steel Body', and the defense power was greatly strengthened and improved to a higher level.

Now that the hammer technique 'Shockwave' has been upgraded to the intermediate secret, the melee attack power has also been greatly improved.

The comprehensive combat power can be said to have obviously reached a new level.

The formal great knight has mastered the intermediate secret, plus the blessing of two intermediate talents, it should be more than the ordinary members of the Fish Dragon Squad, right?

Even facing the peak great knight, the captain of the Fish Dragon Squad, Baron, Ryan was not afraid.

Who is more powerful, we have to compete to know!

The strongest combat power has been further improved, and the next step is to make up for the shortcomings.

After thinking about it, Ryan still felt that he should continue to strengthen the long-range attack power, that is, the blood fury bow technique.

Because just now, he seriously recalled several battles against wizard apprentices or wizards.

For example, when facing a veteran third-level wizard apprentice like Adams, if he could perform a long-range bow attack at that time, the opponent would be very passive, and even it would be extremely difficult to chant a spell.

In addition, when facing the Eagle Federation Trickster, if Captain Baron had not diverted most of the opponent's attention, once the opponent stared at him and let go, he, who only had close combat capabilities at the time, would be a sitting duck.

With the investment of 2 skill points, Ryan's lv9 Blood Fury Bow Technique was immediately upgraded to lv11.

Instantly, a flood of training memories about Blood Fury Archery flooded into Ryan's mind, and quickly merged into the memory of muscles and fascia throughout his body.

The system prompt also sounded:

[Congratulations, your skill Blood Fury Archery has been upgraded to level 10]

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery: Rapid Continuous Shooting lv3! ]

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the exclusive secret skill of Blood Fury Archery: Blood Fury Strike lv3! ]

[Congratulations, your skill Blood Fury Archery has been upgraded to level 11]

The two Blood Fury Archery secret skills, Blood Fury Strike and Rapid Continuous Shooting, have now all been upgraded to the level 3 level.

At this point, the skill points obtained by Breaking Bad Master for upgrading five levels in a row have been exhausted.

Since Ryan's Bear King Breathing Method has been upgraded to level 14, when Blood Fury Archery reached level 11, he vaguely felt that his control of archery had signs of further transformation.

In addition, since Ryan had previously experienced the breakthrough of the Tokkar Hammer Secret 'Shockwave', he knew after a little thought that it was likely that he would be able to master the relevant secrets of the Blood Fury Bow if he invested one or at most two skill points in the Blood Fury Bow.

This made him look forward to it.

"If the secrets of long-range attack are also mastered, then from the perspective of a great knight, even if it is evaluated by the standards of a hexagonal warrior, that is, strength, speed, skill, offense, defense and combat experience, I have at least completed five sides!"

"The missing side is at most experience."

"Now on the offensive side, both melee and long-range attacks have been improved, and defense has also..."

"No, I seem to have forgotten something." A flash of lightning flashed through Ryan's mind, and he immediately thought of a problem.

In addition to relying on the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body' to improve one's own defense, there are also knight plate armor and shields!

That's right!

It's a shield.

Ryan immediately returned to the study and found the parchment scroll that Matteo had found from the rebel brigadier general Paricks, the "Locken's One-Handed Axe Combat Skills Compendium".

Although the name is the "One-Handed Axe Combat Skills Compendium", it is actually an extraordinary combat skill that combines an axe and a shield. A large part of it describes the use of a one-handed axe, and a small part also describes many shield defense techniques.

"If I am really in a passive situation, if I can learn this set of axe and shield extraordinary combat skills, my defense will be improved in disguise." "

In addition, there is the 'Locken Axe Skill Secret - Flash Cut!' In general, this set of axe and shield extraordinary combat skills is very good for both attack and defense."

"I might as well learn it slowly, maybe it will be of great use at some point."

So Ryan returned to the indoor training ground again, and Ryan practiced one move after another according to the human figure pattern drawn on the parchment scroll of 'Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skills'.

After a while, the system prompt sounded:

[You have trained the Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skill, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skill]

[Your skill Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skill has been improved, experience value +1]

Locken Axe and Shield Combat Skill lv1 (1/100) appears on the Weapon Master (Legend) occupation panel. The icon is a tall and strong man holding a shield in his left hand and a one-handed axe in his right hand. The whole person stands with a stride, with the shield in front and the axe behind, in a cautious defensive posture, as solid as a rock.

Just as Ryan was about to practice it again and upgrade it to lv2, there was a knock on the door outside the training room.

"Knock, knock!"

"My Lord Baron, a Knight Has Cline from Rosby County is visiting. He said he is your friend."

Huh?

Speak of the devil!

Ryan's face lit up, and he said, "Please invite him to the reception room, I'll be there soon!"

"Also, bring two cups of golden thorn tea and a snack."

"Yes, my Lord Baron!" The male servant retreated respectfully.

A few minutes later.

In the reception room.

Haas was obviously very excited to see Ryan, and he went forward and hugged Ryan vigorously: "Ryan! Long time no see!"

Ryan also patted Haas on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hass, welcome to Meister."

"Huh? Ryan, have you grown taller?" Haas was surprised at this time, stretched out his hand to gesture the height of Ryan and himself, and said in amazement.

"You must have grown taller."

Ryan's heart moved slightly, and he hadn't paid attention to his height and weight for a while.

Indeed, when he and Haas participated in the noble enthronement assessment in Rossby City, he was only about 1.9 meters tall, and Haas was half a head taller than him at that time.

But now, the height difference between the two is almost the same, and he is even slightly taller than Haas.

This means that I am about two meters tall.

No wonder Jennifer said she was a bit overwhelmed.

Ryan suddenly understood!

If the beautiful woman Jennifer heard Ryan's thoughts, she would inevitably criticize them.

As long as she is not a female knight, normally, ordinary women will definitely not be able to handle a man like Ryan who is two meters tall, has extraordinary physical strength, and occasionally likes to take unconventional paths!

"By the way, Ryan, you said you need my help this time and need to delay me for a month or two?"

"It's okay, I have already asked for leave from my boss for a full two months." Haas patted his chest and laughed heartily.

Ryan smiled.

He liked Haas's cheerful personality. Although he sometimes spoke directly, as a friend, at least he didn't have to worry too much about being stabbed in the back by the other party.

"In addition to inviting you to appreciate the scenery of Meister County this time, I will go to Munster to participate in the sword bearer assessment in a few days, so I would like to ask you for the security of my mansion."

"Of course, in addition to you, there are two Templar Knights of the Goddess Church who will also be stationed together. Normally, the pressure will not be very great."

Ryan did not choose to hide anything from the carefree Haas, but chose to explain the matter directly to Haas.

After all, many nobles in the county city already knew that he was going to participate in the sword bearer assessment.

Although Haas knew that he was not Ryan's opponent, the two old friends naturally had to compete with each other in addition to greetings.

Asking for advice from masters is also a way to quickly improve one's own strength, especially for Ryan, who was unwilling to compete with him during the noble assessment, Haas still had a little resentment.

In response to Haas's request for a competition, Ryan nodded with a smile, and naturally accepted all comers.

Haas is good at using sword and shield. Ryan thought about it and chose to use axe and shield instead of the two-handed warhammer or greatsword he was best at. He also didn't use the war bow, but the axe and shield.

The reason is very simple.

According to Ryan's current strength at the level of a great knight, plus the mastery of the three extraordinary combat skills of Tokkar Hammer, Giant Bear Sword and Blood Fury Bow, the experience value reward that the system can give to Haas is likely to be very small.

But if he uses the lv1 Locken Axe and Shield, the experience value reward he can get will be relatively higher. In addition, it can save some face for Haas, so that the opponent will not lose too quickly.

Training room on the first floor.

"Ryan, when did you change to a shield?" Haas saw that Ryan did not use the greatsword and two-handed warhammer he remembered, but picked up the shield as well. He couldn't help but stare and asked in surprise.

After all, at their age, it is extremely difficult to practice an extraordinary combat skill to the level of successfully performing a secret skill.

Yes, that's right, it's a secret skill!

Rather than the secret, because the secret involves the use of the Force, which is the domain of the Great Knight, not the Knight.

"I happened to get an extraordinary axe and shield combat skill, so I practiced it." Ryan shrugged and explained in a 'kind' way.

Haas was stunned and said, "Ryan, you don't think you can beat me in the competition with your newly learned axe and shield combat skill, right?"

"Bang bang!" Haas slapped the sword and shield in his hand heavily, and continued, "I have been practicing the family sword and shield combat skill for almost ten years."

"Don't be defeated by me accidentally."

Ryan couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I will try my best."

It's not Haas's fault that he didn't understand the situation. After all, Haas would never have thought that Ryan had already entered the Great Knight. He

even mastered the secret.

If Ryan switched to a two-handed war hammer, he might only be able to use 20% of his strength. One point more might have killed Haas directly. It

was just as Ryan expected.

After three rounds of competition, Haas's face was red and sweating. He looked at Ryan with a puzzled look.

Judging from Ryan's slightly unskilled movements, Ryan should have really not lied to him. He had just started using this set of axe and shield combat skills, but why did he always lose?

However, on the other hand, Ryan was quite happy to see the panel on the "Loken Axe and Shield Combat Skills".

Haas's contribution was to upgrade Ryan's "Loken Axe and Shield Combat Skills" to level 2 (116/300).

To be honest, even if he had the weapon master's exclusive talent "Primary Extraordinary Comprehension", which could increase his experience value acquisition speed by 30%, this efficiency still surprised Ryan.

After a little thought, Ryan found an interesting point.

It seems that because his Tokkar Hammer Technique and Giant Bear Sword Technique have reached a very high level, so after he just competed with the axe and shield, his insights are almost endless.

Even after the competition was over, there were still many insights from it.

Ryan was not sure about the exact reason.

But from his current understanding, it seemed that after he had mastered a certain melee weapon such as a two-handed warhammer and a greatsword to a very high level, he could learn other melee-related extraordinary combat skills by analogy. It seemed

that melee skills should be common in some aspects. After mastering several melee combat skills at a high level, it would drive the learning speed of subsequent melee combat skills.

This surprised Ryan greatly!

He originally thought that after changing his job to the weapon master (legend), although he could master multiple extraordinary combat skills much faster than ordinary people, the gap in skill points would be very large.

Now it seems that it is not necessarily the case.

As he masters more and more extraordinary combat skills, his speed of learning extraordinary combat skills in the later stage will become faster and faster.

In other words, even if he does not spend skill points, it will not take him too much time to upgrade from lv6 to lv7, or from lv7 to lv8.

From this perspective, the exclusive talent 'Elementary Extraordinary Comprehension' and Weapon Master are actually a perfect match!

Ryan looked at it and couldn't help but feel a little jealous of the 'Primary Transcendental Comprehension'. It's not that he regretted adding points to the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body'.

'Intermediate Steel Body' is related to life and death in battle, so it naturally takes priority before this.

It's just that Ryan now wishes he could turn this talent 'Primary Transcendental Comprehension' from primary to advanced!

In this way, perhaps he doesn't need to rely too much on adding points. Within half a year, he can master the mysteries of four or five extraordinary combat skills.

Instead of what he expected at the beginning, it would take at least two or three years and consume a lot of skill points.

However

, if you want to upgrade the primary talent to the intermediate talent, or even the higher-level talent, using talent points to add points is the only way Ryan knows at present.

Talent points!

It's quite difficult to obtain.

When Ryan thought about the great role that a trace of divinity played in the Black Flame Priest,

he couldn't help but shake his head slightly. If it weren't for the Imperial Sword Bearer, the shield-carrying strong man, who used the Emperor's Scepter to severely injure the Black Flame Priest during the promotion, it would be a question whether he could defeat the other party.

Under the circumstances at that time, it was already very good that he could save his life.

Even now, Ryan's strength has been improved in all aspects, and he does not think that he can defeat the promoted Black Flame Priest. After all, the opponent's aura at that time has surpassed the peak knight and reached a higher level.

In other words, if Ryan wants to get talent points again, he must first have the opportunity to obtain that trace of divinity, such as this time's extermination of the cult.

Although not every time you exterminate a cult, you will encounter a trace of divinity, but there is always a chance.

Secondly, he must have a special item like the Emperor's Scepter to offset the uncertainty brought by that trace of divinity.

After all, Ryan is still unclear about the specific power of divinity, such as whether he can obtain that trace of divinity by solving the promoted Black Flame Priest.

But it is not easy to meet these two conditions!

Ryan thought about it for a while and understood that it seemed that only after he joined the sword holder could he meet these two conditions at the same time.

Moreover, it is best to be at the captain level, because it is obvious that the shield-carrying strong man last time has the right to use items like the emperor's scepter, and the short-staffed young man does not seem to have this right.

This can't help but make Ryan's heart warm, and he is more yearning for the upcoming trip to Munster!

Another day passed.

With the arrival of Veronica, Ryan's mansion became more lively.

Mother Emma frequently looked at Veronica at the welcome banquet, muttering in her heart. While everyone was not paying attention, she pulled Ryan aside and said:

"Anna is gone, the barbarian girl is gone, and the one who is here now is also very beautiful! Ryan, you must seize the opportunity this time, don't let them go again."

Mother Emma's words made Ryan not know how to answer for a while.

"Mother, don't worry, Anna and the others will come back!"

"They will all come back? You'd better seize this Miss Veronica. This time, we are going to the provincial capital, and there is a good opportunity on the way." Mother Emma looked at Ryan with an expression of "what are you dreaming about" and obviously didn't believe it.

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The beautiful lady Jennifer was smiling all the time, keeping her expression calm. However, her beautiful eyes would occasionally look back and forth between Ryan and the girl with twin ponytails.

That night, the beautiful lady made Ryan feel what it meant to be passionate.

Fortunately, Ryan is now a great knight. If he were still a formal knight, he would probably have a sore waist and knees.

Due to time constraints, everyone set out the day after Veronica arrived.

The weather this morning was quite good. Although it was still a bit cold, the early spring sunshine was warm on the body.

This time, in addition to Ryan and Veronica going to Munster to participate in the sword bearer assessment, Jenny and her bestie Agatha Wiggins, the lady of the Wiggins family, were also traveling with them.

This time, the Wiggins Family Chamber of Commerce also invested in the Hammer and Rose Chamber of Commerce reorganized by the beautiful lady Jennifer. When they heard that Jenny would go to the provincial capital Munster to open up the market, they immediately hit it off and sent Agatha to accompany her.

As the saying goes, "three women make a drama." Although in Ryan's mind, Veronica and these two should be different.

But soon, his perception was overturned.

Before they set off, the three women quickly became familiar with each other at the door of the mansion. After a while, they chattered and chattered together, and looked at Ryan from time to time, laughing.

This made Ryan's trip to Munster this time more charming. It was a bit like not going to participate in the assessment, but more like a noble trip.

The arrangement of the beautiful woman Jennifer was to take advantage of the opportunity of Ryan, the strongest combat force of the Chamber of Commerce, to arrange a caravan to go with him. So, at this moment, the door of Ryan's mansion was quite lively.

Not only were there carriages of the Crowley family, the Wiggins family, and other noble families who intended to make friends, but there was also a caravan of ten caravans waiting.

When Ryan came out with the greyhound war dog "Cookie", everyone was shocked by "Cookie", who was as tall as a pony and wearing animal armor.

"Wow, what a big dog!" Haas said with his eyes wide open, looking at Cookie.

Veronica, the girl with twin ponytails, knew about Ryan's blood-feathered horned beast, but had never seen a greyhound war dog. Suddenly, the girl's beautiful eyes widened and said,

"Oh my God! Sir Ryan, this can't be a mutated greyhound, right?"

As a wizard apprentice specializing in bird transformation, Veronica could see the original form of the greyhound war dog at a glance, and Ryan was not surprised.

"Miss Veronica, you have a sharp eye." Ryan smiled.

This time when he went to Munster, Ryan planned to bring all three pets with him, and one of Matteo's responsibilities was to help him take care of these three pets.

Speaking of this, Ryan has also focused on comforting his sister Mint these days. After all, she has a deep affection for the greyhound 'Cookie'.

At this time, Matteo trotted over and said, "Baron, Priest Rudolf of the Goddess Church is here to see you off."

Thank you Liubu Yujianyuan for the 1,000 starting coins reward!

(End of this chapter)