Chapter 295 Bloodtop Mercenary Group (Two chapters in one)

In the afternoon,

Olena found Ryan again.

This made Ryan a little confused. He felt that the other party was not like the deputy minister of the mission hall, but more like his personal secretary, who came to him several times a day.

"Sir Ryan, in the morning, I suddenly remembered why you were still in the newcomer building."

"So, I immediately contacted the people in the logistics department, and then I found that the news that you were recognized as a diamond star had not been passed on by the office."

Olena said with a smile, and added a little courtesy at the right time, which made it difficult not to have a good impression.

"Now it has been arranged for you. According to your diamond star treatment, the new suite will be arranged at the training ground, opposite the training building, and it is also the best suite in the branch."

"Suite?"

"Yes, Sir Ryan, it has a bedroom, a living room and even an indoor training room. It is fully equipped."

Ryan nodded. He didn't expect that the treatment of diamond-star swordsmen was so good.

"Look, how about you move in now?"

Ryan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Lord Olena."

When he heard there was a training room, Ryan was quite interested. After all, some of his moves were not easy to perform in the public training room.

Another reason was that he was now the captain of the Sword Bearer Team and he could call the team members to have a small gathering or a meeting. The current dormitory for newcomers was too small.

Hearing Ryan nod in agreement, Olena waved her hand, and two tall guards came to the end of the corridor to help move things.

In fact, Ryan didn't have much, but there were a lot of trophies and weapons in the cupboard

. Led by Olena, several people walked towards the distribution training ground.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, don't forget the awarding ceremony held at the Munster Administrative Hall this Sunday."

"By the way, if it is held a few months later, it is very likely that you will not only be a viscount, but also a count." Olena smiled.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Olena, you are too kind." Ryan smiled and said nothing more.

If it's Sunday,

there are still six days.

Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy objects falling behind him.

"Plop!"

A guard, with red ears, raised the blue and white two-handed war hammer again. "Hmph!"

Ryan was speechless, smiled, turned around and walked over, and picked up the war hammer with one hand.

"Just help with the other weapons." Ryan said casually.

"Okay, thank you, Lord Ryan."

The guard looked at Ryan gratefully, and was amazed at the same time.

This hundreds of pounds of war hammer, in the hands of Lord Ryan, seemed to be nothing, and was easily carried.

He understood why the young Lord Ryan in front of him was a diamond-level swordsman.

When Ryan walked into the diamond-level suite on the third floor, he couldn't help but sigh at the good accommodation conditions prepared by the swordsman branch for the diamond-level captain.

As Olena said, the kitchen, living room, bedroom and training room are all available. In addition, there is a special service team in the corridor, which is responsible for some housekeeping services.

Of course, they will only come in when the owner of the room rings the bell.

Ryan naturally took a look at the training room at first glance.

It is spacious and bright, transparent from front to back, with training dummies, targets, and various weapons. The ground has also been specially reinforced.

In general, it is not much different from the training room in the Count Habsburg's mansion .

Ryan nodded with satisfaction.

A few hours later.

In the private training room of Ryan's new house.

Ryan was standing leisurely in the middle of the empty field, surrounded by three dark kite shields, and opposite him was Vieri, holding a two-handed sword and a serious face.

The next second!

Vieri exerted force on his toes, and the whole person quickly circled Ryan, looking for flaws.

Good opportunity!

The gap between the two shields here is a bit large!

Vieri narrowed his eyes, and his hands moved without any delay, and a cross slash!

"Dangdang!"

What a pity!

In vain!

Two swift and unmatched slashes were all blocked by the kite shield.

This made Vieri a little discouraged.

He clearly felt that Ryan was full of flaws, and the gap between the two kite shields was large enough, which should be a good opportunity for him to chop in with his two-handed sword.

But when his sword chopped down.

In an instant, the lingering speed of the kite shield suddenly increased, just blocking his chopping route.

Vieri tried this several times, whether it was to go around Ryan's back, side or frontal attack, it had no effect.

It was simply a copper wall!

Desperate!

Ryan folded his hands across his chest, and from time to time pointed out the problems in Vieri's swordsmanship.

With his level of Arcadia swordsmanship above lv16, it was naturally no problem for him to guide Vieri's two-handed sword.

Vieri was his only follower at the moment, so Ryan asked him to cooperate with him to improve his proficiency in the Metal Barrier while pointing out the minor problems with his two-handed sword, which was killing two birds with one stone.

The red-haired beauties Evelyn, Neoro and Angus, who were watching from the side, were whispering to each other at this moment.

"Captain Ryan's spell 'Metal Barrier' is too powerful. I guess I can't do anything about it." Angus thought hard and shook his head.

He specializes in sword and shield. Although he is stronger than Vieri in terms of strength, he is only about the same as Vieri in terms of attack power.

After all, Vieri uses a two-handed sword, and his attack power is naturally stronger than that of a one-handed sword.

"Neoro, do you know the spell 'Metal Barrier'? It's a bit too powerful." Angus asked with his head tilted.

"The power is indeed extraordinary! It feels much stronger than the power of ordinary elemental defense spells. Logically, it shouldn't be!" Neoro frowned and thought.

"If it's not that the elemental affinity is extremely high, then there is only one explanation."

"What explanation?" Angus immediately looked at Neoro.

Hearing this, Evelyn's beautiful eyes couldn't help but look over curiously.

"This may be related to the metal used by Lord Ryan." Neoro looked clear.

"I don't know if you have noticed that Lord Ryan's dark kite-shaped shield is made of a special metal called hardened adamantium, which has very high hardness and toughness."

"Even for a peak knight, it is really difficult to break it." Neoro, who was standing aside, thought he had pointed out the key point.

However, soon, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

Because he immediately remembered something.

Lord Ryan, who was standing in the center of the venue at this moment, was as solid as a barrier in defense, but was actually best at attacking.

"Neoro, if you use witchcraft to attack, can you break Lord Ryan's metal barrier?" Angus asked.

"Difficult! Do you see the dark silver metal on Lord Ryan's forearm?"

"See, what is this?" Angus looked thoughtful, and he seemed to have some impression.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be magic thorium. This metal has a very high resistance to all elemental energies."

"In other words, if Lord Ryan faces a wizard, he will most likely use magic thorium to deal with it." Neoro said with his hands folded across his chest.

"Hiss~ Enchanted Thorium! But how many merit points would it take to get such a large piece?" Angus had served in the army before, so he naturally knew about it and had seen Enchanted Thorium before.

However, Enchanted Thorium was mostly used as a special coating, with a thin layer of coating.

Who has ever seen such a large piece like the one on Ryan's forearm.

Moreover, how many merit points would it take to redeem it!

Upon hearing this, Evelyn's beautiful eyes were already shining.

"Angus, don't forget. Captain Ryan completed a diamond star plus four gold-level tasks. Do you think he would be short of merit points?"

When Neoro said this, he did not forget to glance at the red-haired beauty Evelyn.

In fact, he had one more thing to say.

Just to give it away, he gave three silver evaluation medals plus two thousand merit points.

I'm afraid that their captain, his merit points must be at least tens of thousands, so exchanging some Enchanted Thorium is nothing.

Originally, they didn't know that Ryan had actually completed a diamond star-level task. It was not

until just now when Ryan invited them to exchange and compete that they realized that this was a suite with diamond star treatment!

It is located in a three-story building next to the training ground.

The entire third floor covers an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters, but there are only less than 20 suites. It is the place where the entire Sword Bearer Munster branch arranges diamond star captains.

In each suite, there is a small training room, bedroom, dining room, reception room, etc.

In addition, there is a special housekeeping service team in the corridor, which can be summoned by ringing the bell 24 hours a day.

When they arrived just now, they were stunned!

In comparison, their new dormitory was completely a shabby room.

"Angus, it's your turn."

Vieri was panting with a two-handed sword, but he still didn't even touch Ryan's sleeve.

In a high-speed full-strength battle, even a great knight will use up most of his physical strength within ten minutes and need to rest and adjust.

"Okay!" Angus was excited, holding his sword and shield and knocking twice, and striding forward.

Angus didn't know this before, until he found out during a casual chat just now that Ryan could actually give him a lot of suggestions on the coordination of sword and shield moves.

This surprised him greatly!

Because Angus had always thought that Ryan specialized in two-handed warhammer and greatsword, he never expected that he also dabbled in sword and shield.

No, the word "dabbled" cannot be used, but "mastered".

Ryan's mastery of sword and shield is likely not inferior to his.

More than ten minutes later, Angus, holding a sword and shield, was also panting and sweating all over.

At this time, Neoro tightened the short staff in his hand and walked forward.

Seeing Neoro, Ryan smiled slightly and slowly cast his innate magic 'Metal Transfiguration', retracting the three hardened adamantine kite shields and covering the left and right knight's gauntlets and forearms.

The demonized thorium on the forearms was transformed into a dark silver kite shield.

Of course, this process took nearly ten seconds.

It's not that Ryan deliberately concealed it, but it was too troublesome to explain.

He was thinking that after the level of the metal barrier was improved and the speed of casting was greatly accelerated, it would be so real that it would be difficult to distinguish which one was the innate magic.

Seeing this scene, Neoro couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Captain Ryan, you are too targeted!"

This made the red-haired beauty Evelyn on the side hear it, and she couldn't help but laugh, shaking for a while.

And Angus and Vieri also laughed.

After the exchange with Neoro ended, Ryan, who had fought three people in a round-robin battle, retracted the magic 'Metal Barrier' and temporarily ended.

He glanced at the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) occupation panel. Thanks to the strong cooperation of the three new members, including Neoro, his witchcraft metal barrier has reached level 2 (218/300).

The speed of improvement is quite gratifying!

Judging from the current turbulent situation, Ryan initially plans to upgrade it directly with skill points after it reaches level 3, so as to quickly form combat effectiveness.

Several people sat around the tea table to rest.

The waiter in the corridor respectfully poured tea, put down the snacks, and quickly left the room.

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Ryan, your treatment as a diamond star captain is nothing to say." Angus said enviously.

Ryan smiled slightly and said, "Do you know what happened last night?"

"Sir Ryan, are you referring to the evil spirit attack that happened yesterday?" Neoro raised his eyebrows and said.

"So it was an evil spirit attack last night?" Vieri and Angus looked at each other, and they were suddenly enlightened.

Evelyn stared at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, as if waiting for his next words.

Ryan looked at several people.

It seems that as a noble descendant of Munster, Neoro is very well-informed.

It's not that Vieri and Angus are not sensitive enough, but by the time they noticed something, the battle was over.

Yesterday's battle lasted less than two minutes and ended.

"It's not just the evil spirit attack, there is another thing, Archbishop Gomes was assassinated." Ryan said a heavy news.

"What!" Several people's faces changed.

Those present were either noble descendants or military backgrounds, so they naturally understood the status and strength represented by the Archbishop of the Goddess Church. It goes without

saying what the assassination of such a big man means!

"Please keep this matter confidential for the time being. The main purpose of telling you this is that if your family has not moved to Munster yet, you may have to hurry up."

"It is very likely that the situation in the empire is more turbulent than imagined." Ryan's expression was serious, and he looked at several people seriously.

Now several people are teammates in a team, and Ryan revealed this news to them at the right time.

"Some of my family has moved here. But my father is a nobleman and cannot leave Rossby County." Evelyn nodded and said.

"I am the only one in my family." Vieri shrugged and looked at Ryan.

"Huh? You alone?"

"Yes, my mother died of illness very early, and my father was a colonel in the empire and died in a battle to suppress ferocious beasts." Vieri said with a bit of loss.

"Vieri, if you don't mind, you can move to my mansion." Ryan said.

"Is this okay?" Vieri showed a look of joy, but also a little hesitation.

"Of course." Ryan nodded and said.

Ryan had this idea before, but the family foundation was still a little shallow. Apart from him, there was no fighting power to show.

Now with Vieri as a follower, the situation has improved a lot.

"I'll contact my family right away. My family is in Cantal County, and the situation is similar to Evelyn's. My father, as a landed noble, cannot leave, but others can." Angus nodded and said.

"Mr. Ryan, have you heard about what happened up there recently?" Neoro suddenly thought of something, pointed his finger upward, and said a little mysteriously.

"The Imperial Capital?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Well, I heard that for some reason, the top masters of each province were transferred to the Imperial Capital." Neoro whispered.

He only heard about this matter by chance from the Marquis' father, and it should be a top secret of the Empire.

"Are you sure? Is there also a case in Munster?"

"Sure, there is also a case in Munster." Neoro nodded.

Ryan suddenly understood a little bit, it should be something important that happened in the Imperial Capital, involving the high-end combat power of the Empire.

But what exactly is it that will involve the high-end combat power of the Empire for a long time?

This made him a little confused for a while.

However, this news should be true.

Evelyn told him yesterday that Neoro was one of the five great marquises of Munster, the second son of Marquis Wenger.

As the second son of a marquis, he naturally had more information and more extensive sources.

After the others left, Ryan began to study inscriptions.

After Neoro's teaching, Ryan basically mastered the "primary defense inscriptions" in the inscriptions.

Since his innate witchcraft was metal transformation, it was much easier for him to engrave inscriptions on plate armor than others.

Even without using the bonus points, the efficiency is dozens of times that of others.

Ryan's carving knife scratched the plate armor, as if carving on a candle, silky and smooth.

The metal particles seemed to automatically disperse according to his will.

Moreover, Ryan also experimented a little bit, and found that the knight's breastplate engraved with the "primary defense inscription" has a defense ability that is about 10% higher than the breastplate without the inscription.

Don't underestimate this 10%, which also includes the defense against elemental energy.

In other words, the effect of the "primary defense inscription" is all-round.

On the other hand, Ryan also learned that the inscription on the "mithril carved plate armor" is actually called the "primary energy inscription".

An inscription that can enhance the efficiency of energy conduction of various systems.

Now, he plans to start trying to make the "mithril carved plate armor".

Due to the special nature of Ryan's innate witchcraft, he does not need to go to the blacksmith shop to do this.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

There was a knock on the door.

Ryan opened the door and saw Olena appear again.

"Sir Ryan, the last evil spirit incident has been investigated. According to the ancient books of the Goddess Church, this evil spirit is likely to have originated from an evil object, an oil painting called 'Gazing Eye'."

"When everyone arrived, there was a painting missing from the gallery. It should be this 'Gazing Eye'."

Ryan looked at Olena's serious face and said, "The painting was not found?"

"Yes, but the trouble is not just that." The capable young woman Olena nodded.

"According to the records of the Goddess Church, this 'Gazing Eye' has the ability to summon other evil spirits to come after absorbing enough soul energy."

Ryan raised his eyebrows and said, "So, the evil spirit that day was not in its strongest state?"

"That's right, Sir Ryan." Olena nodded.

Hearing Olena's words, Ryan nodded, thinking.

——At

the same time.

The airship platform of the Münster Administrative District.

As an airship from the imperial capital landed.

Soon, a group of three people walked down.

The leader was a middle-aged man in a gray robe, holding a fiery red cane and with a deep aura.

On his left was a very sturdy man, more than two meters three meters tall, carrying a huge shield.

On the right was a charming woman with purple eyeshadow, a clear scorpion pattern on her forehead, and a curvy figure.

"Mr. Asimov, you are finally here." Draco and Fabien, who had been waiting nearby, came forward and greeted them warmly.

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Mr. Draco, I've been waiting for a long time."

After a simple greeting, the group gathered and got on several luxurious carriages and headed towards the headquarters of the Münster branch of the Axon Auction House.

In the reception room on the second floor of the auction house.

Draco and the three members of the Bloodtop Mercenary Group were chatting about something.

"By the way, what big thing is going to happen in the imperial capital?" Draco thought of the content of the letter from his brother, Marquis Orenz, and couldn't help asking.

Asimov looked around, shook his head and said:

"We only know that it is related to the one in the Empire, and the specific content is not clear. In the past two days, the top strongmen from various provinces and special departments of the Empire have been transferred to the imperial capital."

"It seems to be to deal with some risks, or troubles."

"Let's not talk about this. By the way, Lord Drake, tell us about the situation of Ryan. Grant and Elihu, both died at the hands of each other."

Grant and Elihu, although not descendants of the bloodline family, are talented and are considered important members of the Bloodtop Mercenary Group. They were previously responsible for control, attack, and reconnaissance and assassination.

"By the way, I just saw patrol personnel on the street. The density is very high? Has Minster always attached so much importance to safety?" A charming voice sounded.

"This. Not really. It's just that a special incident happened in the past two days. The Archbishop of the Goddess Church in Minster was assassinated, so the patrol force has been strengthened several times."

Drake briefly explained the matter.

"Is that so? It's not easy to do it." The Scorpion Girl nodded and said.

"No, this is not necessarily a bad thing. If we cause casualties, we can blame it on the Black Flame Cult." Asimov thought for a moment and said.

"That's right, but the difficulty of this mission is to obtain the opponent's heart blood. This can only be achieved when the opponent is alive." The scorpion girl chuckled.

(End of this chapter)