Chapter 290 Situation (Two chapters in one)

"Lady Olena, Lord Ryan's exchange has been completed. The five tasks are worth three diamonds, eight golds, two silver task evaluation medals, plus 29,500 merit points."

The pretty female staff member was shocked and reported a series of numbers smoothly.

"Yes, not bad. By the way, have you helped Lord Ryan upgrade his emblem?" Olena had expected it in her heart, so she was not so shocked.

"It has been updated, Lord Olena."

The female staff member respectfully handed Ryan a transparent crystal emblem.

"Thank you."

After Ryan took it, he took a quick look and put it away.

"By the way, please ask the office if Admiral Edward is here now?" Olena turned her head to the female staff member.

"Okay, sir."

After the female staff member left, Olena said to Ryan:

"Sir Ryan, in fact, after you killed the ancient hero Hogg, the task of 'investigating the truth behind the attack on Mayest' can be rated as Magic Iron level."

"But Admiral Edward said that you have just joined the Sword Bearer Division and don't understand some things very well. You need more time to familiarize yourself with and grow."

"So, the Magic Iron level is adjusted to Diamond Star level, and at the same time, in order not to let you suffer a loss, the reward has reached three Diamond Stars."

"Oh? Is there anything special about it?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.

And the Magic Iron level is a level above Diamond Star?

Why haven't I heard of it before?

"That's right. If Lord Ryan's mission is assessed as one-star magic iron, your Sword Bearer level will be adjusted to magic iron."

"And in this case, your subsequent arrangements and management authority will be managed by the Sword Bearer Headquarters."

"In short, you will most likely leave Munster." "Secondly

, the difficulty of the missions you face will also be mainly quasi-legendary and legendary levels."

"Hmm?" Ryan frowned.

Leaving Munster?

This is naturally not what he wants!

How long has he been in Munster?

He hasn't learned many things in the Sword Bearer branch, and he hasn't used all the training equipment. Going to the headquarters now is too much of a rush.

Another thing is the mission.

He is still very clear about his own weight.

To deal with enemies at the quasi-legendary level, he basically has to go all out.

And if he wants to successfully kill an enemy at the legendary level, he has to stack ten layers of special effects of the 'Soul Crushing Hammer'.

The key is...

not every enemy will give him this opportunity!

Going straight to the legend?

I'm afraid he doesn't want to die!

"But the Diamond Star is different. The management authority is still in the Munster Sword Bearer Branch."

"Although in theory, a three-diamond star can apply for the magic iron level by himself, the branch can hold off on this process and report to the headquarters when the time is right."

Olena smiled and added.

Ryan suddenly realized.

This involves the game between the same department, between the local and the headquarters, just like the game between local finance and central finance in the previous life.

"Thank Admiral Edward for me."

"Knock, knock!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the female staff replied: "Lady Olena, the office said that Admiral Edward went to the Goddess Church this morning. He will be back in the afternoon at the earliest."

"It seems that we can only wait and see in the afternoon. Sir Ryan, you should be in Munster these two days, right?" Olena looked a little regretful, and turned to Ryan and asked.

"I've been in Munster these two days, either at the Sword Bearer Branch or at home." Ryan understood what Olena meant. It's best to go out in Minster these days.

"That's great, Lord Ryan. I will contact you as soon as Admiral Edward is free."

"Well, please trouble Lord Olena." Ryan nodded.

In fact, the mark has not been removed, and he has no plans to leave Munster at present.

In addition, he just happens to have a few things to do.

After leaving Olena's office, Ryan went to the exchange hall.

This time, he has gained a lot of task evaluation medals and merit points, but these things are only truly useful when they are transformed into his own combat power.

Otherwise, they are just a string of numbers.

And the first thing Ryan did was to go to the exchange hall to exchange for excellent quality breathing methods.

The flow of people in the exchange hall was slightly less than that in the task hall.

It didn't take long for Ryan to get his turn.

Ryan walked into the partition, and a young female staff member stood up and bowed:

"Hello, may I ask this sir, how can I help you?"

"I want to check the breathing method."

"Okay, sir, please show me the emblem."

Ryan nodded, and at the same time, he handed the freshly baked diamond star emblem to the other party.

The female staff's eyes widened!

Hiss!

A diamond-level sir!

This is rare. There aren't many diamond-level sirs in the entire Sword Bearer branch.

The female staff couldn't help but be more respectful. After taking it with both hands, she placed the emblem in a specially made groove.

"Sir, do you have any requirements for the level of breathing techniques?"

"Is the highest level the excellent level?"

"Yes, sir."

"Is there a blood breathing method?" Ryan thought for a moment and asked again.

"Sir, there is no such thing." The female staff member looked up and answered after carefully checking.

"Well, then list all the excellent breathing methods."

Soon, rows of white text information appeared on the black wisdom stone tablet in front of Ryan:

"Frost Blade Leopard Breathing Method, excellent quality, focuses on improving agility and strength. When combined with specific advanced potions, there is a small probability of awakening the extraordinary characteristics of 'Frost Blade' and 'Swiftness'.

Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 1500 merit points."

"Moon Fury Tiger Breathing Method, excellent quality, balanced improvement of strength, physique, and agility. When combined with specific advanced potions, there is a small probability of awakening the extraordinary characteristics of 'Moon Fury' and 'Swiftness'.

Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 2200 merit points."

"Fire Wing Flying Serpent Breathing Method, excellent quality, focuses on improving agility. When combined with specific advanced potions, there is a small probability of awakening the extraordinary characteristics of 'Swiftness' and 'Fire Wings'.

Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 2000 merit points."

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There are not many excellent-level breathing methods in the Sword Bearer Division, a total of six.

Ryan looked at the introduction of the breathing method and murmured in silence.

"Although I have gained a lot of gold skill points this time, 11 points, but after using 4 points, there are only 7 points left."

"Considering that the fusion of the Fire Iguana Breathing Method has used up 4 points, assuming that it also takes 4 points to fuse another breathing method, then there are only 3 points left."

"But we still have to consider the improvement of other extraordinary combat skills."

"The gold skill points are still a bit insufficient!"

"Let's exchange one first."

After thinking for a while, Ryan said: "Help me exchange the Fire Wing Flying Snake Breathing Method."

"Okay, sir." The female staff member quickly operated.

As for why Ryan chose this breathing method, there is a reason.

The Fire Wing Flying Snake Breathing Method is similar to the Fire Iguana Breathing Method. Both have a small probability of awakening the extraordinary characteristics of the fire system.

Therefore, Ryan wanted to try to see if this effect would be more obvious after fusion.

After getting the Fire Wing Flying Snake Breathing Method, Ryan returned to the dormitory he had not seen for a long time.

Ryan put the blue and white Sky Breaker and the pair of rare daggers in the cabinet.

There was also the crystal staff used to kill the Ice Messenger Grant and the blood-red halo dagger from the Shadow Assassin.

Now, it was full.

Seeing this, Ryan couldn't help laughing.

"If there were more, there would be no room!"

"Besides, it's funny to think that I'm already at the Diamond Star level, but I'm still living in the novice room."

However, Ryan didn't mind it.

After a little tidying up, Ryan sat at the desk, opened the scroll recording the "Fire Wing Flying Snake Breathing Method", and read it carefully.

About half an hour later, Ryan put down the scroll and squinted his eyes to think.

"This Fire Winged Snake Breathing Method has a total of 23 moves, two more than the original Fire Iguana Breathing Method's 21 moves, which seems to represent a better quality."

"Of course, it's still not as good as the new Fire Bear Breathing Method's 24 moves, but the difference is not that big."

Then, Ryan naturally began to practice the Fire Winged Snake Breathing Method.

The first move of the Fire Winged Snake Breathing Method has a strange posture, which is a bit contrary to the normal posture of the human body, similar to the 'Upward Dog Pose Variation' of Ryan's previous life yoga.

Of course, for Ryan, it is still not difficult.

After a few seconds, Ryan completed the first move.

Then the second move.

In less than an hour, Ryan successfully performed all 23 moves of the Fire Winged Snake Breathing Method.

At this time, the system prompt sounded:

[Ding! The host's Fire Winged Snake Breathing Method has been detected to have reached the lowest level of integration into the Fire Bear Breathing Method. The current conditions are met and it can be integrated into a new breathing method. This fusion requires 2 gold skill points. Yes/No to choose fusion? 】

(Note: After fusion, the Fire Bear Breathing Method will not be displayed on the panel, but the host can still use related secrets and derived mysteries.)

(Note: After fusion, it will be converted into the improved new breathing method experience points at a certain ratio.)

"Hey, only 2 gold skill points are needed? It's half less than last time." Ryan was delighted.

Just as he was about to choose fusion, Ryan raised his eyebrows.

He suddenly remembered something that he had just forgotten to do.

He put away the scroll, got up and left the dormitory.

After a while, Ryan came to the test room on the third floor of the training hall with familiarity.

At this time, the girl in the room saw someone coming in, quickly got up, and asked in a crisp voice: "Sir, how can I help you?"

"I'll do a test on elemental affinity."

"Okay, sir, according to regulations, this service requires you to charge 5 merit points. Do you think it's okay?"

"Yes, but I don't want anyone to be on the scene during the test."

"Well, according to the rules," the girl looked embarrassed, just as she was about to politely refuse.

Immediately, she was stunned, her eyes lit up, and she quickly smiled sweetly and changed her words:

"Okay, sir."

Because the girl saw the transparent sword bearer emblem that Ryan handed to her.

After she took it respectfully, she immediately stopped talking.

Although according to the rules, she had to be on the side.

But the adults of the diamond star level.

Even if they wanted to demolish this test room, the other party could afford the compensation.

But if she offended the adults of the diamond star level, I'm afraid the affairs officer would immediately dismiss her.

After the girl took the initiative to close the door, she retreated.

Ryan walked around the two-meter-high crystal prism, looked around, and nodded slightly after confirming that there was no hidden recording device.

He held the crystal prism with both hands, closed his eyes and concentrated his mind, and began to test.

With the injection of mental power, the crystal of the prism soon emitted a bright white light, and at the same time, the originally transparent prism gradually surged with various colors of light.

When the light gradually stabilized, Ryan slowly opened his eyes and carefully checked the scale.

There was a long silver mist on the upper layer of the crystal. Ryan simply calculated the difference between the top and the end, reaching an astonishing 93.6.

Compared with the original 84.2, there was another substantial increase.

But this was within Ryan's expectations.

Because his steel body had changed from an intermediate talent to an advanced talent, it led to an increase in the affinity of metal elements that should have remained unchanged.

However,

what Ryan was more concerned about and curious about was the length of the long red mist in the middle.

"The value at the top of the red is 80, and the value at the bottom of the red is 2, the difference is 72!"

"My affinity for the fire element was originally 71.8, and it has increased by 0.2.

" "It really has an improvement effect!"

"The lv15 Fire Bear Breathing Method only increases the affinity for the fire element by 0.2."

"I guess this is why the predecessors have never discovered it, no, to be more precise, they didn't pay attention to it."

"However, there is still a key link missing from the goal I want to achieve, but it doesn't matter, I can practice it first."

After returning to the dormitory from the training hall, Ryan did not hesitate too much and immediately chose the Fusion Breathing Method.

Then, on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel, the lv15 Fire Bear Breathing Method flashed a few times and disappeared, and the words "Unknown Breathing Method" appeared instead.

Soon, the number was fixed at lv14.

"Huh? It only decreased by one level this time?"

You have to know that the lv18 Bear King Breathing Method at the beginning, after the transformation, it was reduced by three levels.

Ryan was a little surprised, but soon he showed a sudden realization.

It should be that the quality of the Fire Bear Breathing Technique was originally high, so after this fusion, the degradation was much smaller.

At the same time, a huge torrent of memories about the breathing technique began to flow into Ryan's mind.

After he absorbed this memory, the system prompt also came:

[Yes/No to rename the new breathing technique? ]

This made Ryan frown slightly.

"If we name it according to the first character of each breathing technique, this new breathing technique can't be called 'Fire Bear Breathing Technique', right?"

"Then it's called Flame Bear Breathing Technique?"

"What if it can be integrated with other breathing techniques that start with the word fire?" "

Flame Bear Breathing Technique?" "

Okay. But that's only the Fire Bear Breathing Technique, no more."

Ryan felt that his obsessive-compulsive disorder was acting up a bit.

"Forget it, let's just call it something more high-end, or the Fire Dragon Breathing Technique! It's done in one go, no matter what other breathing techniques are integrated in the future, it will be called this name."

After seeing the red dragon of the Imperial Dragon Knight Menia, Ryan found that the other party's mighty and slender appearance was still in line with his aesthetics.

As the renaming was over, Ryan reviewed the movements of the Fire Dragon Breathing Method in his mind and found that the total number of movements reached an unprecedented 29.

"I'm afraid this is the best among the excellent breathing methods, right?"

Just as Ryan was about to go to the exchange hall again, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock, knock!"

Ryan opened the door and saw a guard from the Sword Bearer Division outside.

He bowed and said respectfully: "Lord Ryan, there is a man outside who claims to be Viscount Fabien of the Axon Auction House, saying that he hopes to meet you."

Hmm?

Axon Auction House?

This made Ryan's eyes narrow slightly, and his heart was slightly angry, and at the same time there was a trace of vigilance.

Claire had revealed before that the Axon Auction House was a shareholder system, and each shareholder was either a duke or a marquis, and the power in the empire was intertwined.

In addition, it was said that the second prince of the empire was behind it.

So, this is why Ryan was attacked and killed on the street by Grant, the 'Ice Messenger', but did not immediately retaliate.

But this time, in the mansion of Earl Habsburg, he was attacked again.

Even a clay man can still be angry.

Ryan was already thinking about whether to take the initiative to attack.

Although the imperial capital is too far away, Munster also has a branch of the Axon Auction House.

"Okay, go tell them first, I'll be there soon." Ryan made up his mind and said to the guard.

"As you command, Lord Ryan."

-

In the Meister Sea.

The Imperial Navy has assembled more than a hundred large and small warships, and is engaged in sporadic battles with the sea tribe.

In mid-air, Menia is riding a slender red dragon, searching for the traces of the three-headed sea dragon with a demonic tail.

At this time, the small magic array on the chest of her red wizard robe suddenly flashed slightly.

Menia's white fingers pointed, and soon, the small magic array flashed white, and a slightly old voice came:

"Menia, your majesty will attack the demigod on the last Sunday of the Green Grass Moon. Please be sure to return to the imperial capital within three days."

This is a communication magic array similar to a message.

Hearing this news, Menia frowned, his face showing worry, and murmured:

"So soon?"

"Has the situation reached such a critical level?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you wait a little longer."

After thinking for a while, Menia silently chanted a spell, and his fingers danced a complex mysterious symbol, and then said:

"I will return on time."

Then, the white light of the small witch array on his chest flashed again, swallowing the mysterious symbol.

"Tassa, it seems we have to go back." Menia patted the scales of the red dragon under his crotch.

The red dragon named Tassa roared, and immediately turned 180 degrees and rushed towards the direction of the fleet.

After a while, Menia controlled the dragon to land on a huge five-masted warship. The stern of the warship was specially modified, and there was an additional platform for dragon knights to take off and land.

In the captain's room of the Dreadnaught.

"Campbell, shrink the fleet and return." Menia said to an old man in a general's uniform as soon as he entered the captain's room.

On the shoulder straps of the old man's uniform, there were three round golden emblems symbolizing the sun. He was Admiral Campbell, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet.

Hearing Menia's words, Campbell was stunned and said in disbelief:

"Your Highness, we are now in an all-round advantage. The sea tribe has been beaten back by us. Moreover, after searching for a period of time, we have basically found out the hidden sea area of ​​the three-headed sea dragon with a magic tail."

"Why."

"I'm going back to the imperial capital." Menia waved his hand, sighed, and said, "There are more important things."

Admiral Campbell was even more confused when he heard the answer.

He didn't know what else was more important than the matter at hand. After all

, if His Highness Menia left, no one could confront the three-headed sea dragon with a magic tail.

"It's just a temporary retreat. If everything goes well, I can come back again in half a month." Menia calculated the time. There were only nine days left until the last Sunday of the Green Grass Moon.

Admiral Campbell looked at Menia's beautiful face, thinking.

He knew that the aunt of the Emperor of the Empire must have received some special orders, otherwise, she would not have chosen to leave at this time.

In the entire empire, the only person who could mobilize Menia, the Royal Dragon Knight, was the Senate.

There was nothing much to say about the direct order from His Majesty the Emperor.

"Messenger, notify the fleet to gather, the first squadron moves towards the fishing port town, the second squadron." One order after another came out of Admiral Campbell's mouth in an orderly manner.

-

At the same time.

In the upper city of Münster, in a villa of a wealthy businessman.

The exhibition of the oil painting master Franco Van Cleef was in full swing in the corridor of the villa. There

were not only well-dressed girls and ladies coming and going, but also many well-dressed gentlemen, a lively scene.

This famous oil painting master in the empire was very good at painting figures, and each painting could basically be sold for hundreds to thousands of imperial gold coins.

At this time, a tall and thin man in a black robe and a hood, holding a picture frame covered with a black cloth in his hand, slowly walked towards the gate of the villa.

"Sir, if you want to participate in the exhibition, please show your invitation." The guard at the door saw the hooded man coming and asked.

The black-robed man raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of deep eyes under the hood, as if they could instantly make people sink.

The guards who saw the man's eyes froze immediately, their eyes lost focus, and took the initiative to move away from the original blocking position.

The black-robed man smiled slightly and slowly walked into the villa.

After a while, the confusion in the eyes of the guards disappeared.

However, they seemed to have no impression of what had just happened.

At the corner of the gallery.

The black-robed man replaced one of the paintings on the wall with the painting in his hand.

The whole action was open and aboveboard, but the more than ten people around him seemed unaware.

Not long after, someone saw the painting on the wall and said in surprise:

"Hey, this painting is so unique, it doesn't seem to be in the style of Master Franco."

(End of this chapter)