Chapter 354 Improvement and Promotion (Two chapters in one)

"Then I'll leave the Frostwolf Knight to you." Lagre knew that Ren's subsequent itinerary seemed to be a trip to Howling Fjord to find a piece of metal witchcraft, and he might need manpower, so he took the initiative to say.

"No, I'm worried about you returning alone. It's much safer with twenty Frostwolf Knights." Ren waved his hand and refused without hesitation.

"Don't forget, I'm the King of the Bear Monsters now. If I really need manpower, I can mobilize far more than twenty people." Seeing that Lagre wanted to say something, Ren said half-jokingly.

This made Lagre and the others laugh.

"Yes, I forgot that you are the King of the Bear Monsters now." Lagre smiled and said.

Not long after, Lagre and the twenty elite barbarians who had just arrived on the Frostwolf left the Proto-Dragon's Lair and returned to the new settlement of the Norton tribe in the Jikar Valley.

At this time, Luther on the side seemed to have thought of something, his face became serious, and he said: "Sir Ryan, are you going to Howling Fjord? The situation there has been very unstable recently!"

"Oh? Sir Luther, can you tell me in detail?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Of course."

"Recently, I heard that there were traces of Poseidon activities there. It turns out that the thick-shelled lobster tribe there has been subdued. At present, there have been many small-scale battles with the defenders of Fjord County." "

So, if Sir Ryan wants to go to Howling Fjord now, he is likely to encounter the cultists of Poseidon directly."

Obviously, as the family of the governor of Marne Province, Luther is very well-informed.

"Uh, Sir Luther, then we ride the flying mount directly to the destination. If we are careful, we should not be discovered, right?" Anna asked.

"Miss Anna, you may not know. Many of these Poseidon cultists have sea eagles in captivity, which are used as a communication tool and also as a warning. Therefore, even if you and Lord Ryan go there on a horned eagle, you will most likely be discovered before you arrive."

"Even if you are lucky enough not to be discovered, if you stay a little longer, the other party will probably gather quickly like a pack of wolves that smell blood."

"I'm not worried about Lord Ryan's strength, but the Poseidon cult also has masters, and their methods are strange and diverse, so you still have to be careful." Luther explained patiently.

"I see." Anna nodded.

"This. Lord Ryan, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect this to happen." Hearing this news, it was Melita who was the most nervous and embarrassed.

Although she didn't know about this situation when she made an agreement with Ryan before.

But the problem is that now Ryan has agreed to her conditions and has completed the killing of the ancestral dragon Corahus, but what she promised has now changed.

For a moment, Melita's face flushed and she was a little at a loss.

"Melita, the emergence of the Poseidon Cult has nothing to do with you." Ryan immediately waved his hand and said.

When he was on the road before, he learned that Melita had actually been out for quite a long time and had not returned to Winterhold College. It was normal not to know this situation.

In addition, Melita had already given him the parchment scroll (map) before he came to the Colasius Lair.

As for the Poseidon Cult?

Ryan looked thoughtful.

According to the map of the empire's territory given by Olena, the Howling Fjord is close to the junction of the Summer Sea and the Everfreeze Sea, and there are seven or eight provinces of sea between it and Rosby County in the Munster Province.

He did not expect that the expansion of the Poseidon Cult's power would be so amazing that it almost spread and covered all the coastal areas in the central and northern parts of the Dragun Empire. It is

very likely that the coastal areas in the southern part of the empire have also been infiltrated or harassed.

Judging from the coverage area, the opponent's strength may be above the Black Flame Cult.

In addition, this also shows that the turbulent situation facing the empire is indeed not something that can be calmed down in a short time.

This also indirectly confirmed what Admiral Edward and Bishop Xien said. Even with the most optimistic estimate, this turmoil will continue for quite a long time.

This can't help but make Ryan feel more urgent.

Even the joy of killing the ancestor dragon Corasius was diluted a lot.

But

it's not that he wants to take the risk, but there is a reason for him to go.

Metal magic is rare, and this time it is an offensive metal magic. It's the first time Ryan has encountered it. If he doesn't take it back, I'm afraid he will be unwilling for quite a long time.

"When I was in Munster before, I didn't fight with the Poseidon Church head-on, but I didn't expect to have this opportunity in the Wind Tundra." Ryan thought to himself.

"Melita, I shouldn't ask about the matter between you and Lord Ryan, but this time it's obviously you who has caused inconvenience to Lord Ryan."

"Lord Ryan, if it's convenient for you to tell me, I don't know why you went to the Howling Fjord?" Batalov first reprimanded Melita, and then turned to ask Ryan.

In addition to Anna, there were Luther, Batalov and other senior members of the Winterhold Academy. With the gold mine as a bond, to a certain extent, the three parties were in a community of interests.

So Ryan smiled and said, "There is nothing to keep secret. In fact, Her Excellency Melita knows this matter best. Why not let Her

Excellency Melita talk about it." Melita had just been scolded by her own mentor and her head had dropped to her chest. However, when she heard Ryan's tone that he obviously didn't mind, she looked at Ryan with more gratitude.

She immediately adjusted her mentality and began to tell everyone:

"Teacher, Lord Luther, Vice Dean Welty, this is what happened."

"I should have thought of it earlier. It turns out that Her Excellency Ryan is going to find the former residence of Otakar, a second-level liquefied wizard nicknamed 'Cutter'." Batalov said with a look of sudden realization.

The other people also showed expressions of sudden realization.

After all, in addition to the powerful melee strength that stunned everyone in the battle, Ryan's extremely skilled metal magic also impressed everyone.

It was natural to look for offensive metal magic.

"Oh? Otakar?" Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously noticing Batalov's choice of words. It seemed that the dean of Winterhold College was quite familiar with this wizard nicknamed "Cutter".

"Yes, 'Cutter''s real name is Otakar Frye. He became famous in the North just 30 years earlier than me. He is a rare metal wizard. Unfortunately, he failed in his attempt to become a third-level crystal wizard." Batalov said with a look of reminiscence.

"However, I'm afraid there will be a very troublesome situation in his old residence." Batalov frowned, as if he thought of something, and said.

"Oh?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Batalov curiously.

"In fact, in addition to the 'cutting web', the opponent's famous killer has another less well-known one, that is, Otakar has a group of four-eyed giant moths. Perhaps you are more familiar with another name of the four-eyed giant moths - the soul-eating giant moth."

"Soul-eating giant moth? Is it the kind of soul-eating giant moth that likes to eat spirits?" Luther frowned and said.

"Yes! It seems that Lord Luther has heard of it." Batalov nodded and said.

"Of course, this kind of soul-eating giant moth is almost the nightmare of the knights. It is immune to physical damage, and I also heard that even witchcraft damage is not very effective against it?"

"Yes, the soul-eating giant moth is a strange creature similar to a half-spirit body, immune to physical damage, and has a high resistance to various witchcraft damage. Unless you can cast witchcraft that directly hits the soul, you can kill the opponent more easily." Batalov nodded and praised.

"But how can it be so easy to obtain witchcraft that strikes the soul directly? This kind of witchcraft is probably the most precious level in the black witchcraft, at least I haven't heard of it much." The beautiful woman Welty sighed and said.

"Indeed." The others nodded and said.

Soul-eating giant moth?

Need witchcraft that strikes the soul directly?

Isn't it just tailor-made for 'Soul-crushing Shock'.

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help but smile in his heart.

At this time, Batalov, Luther and others focused their eyes on Ryan.

Although they had seen Ryan's almost unparalleled close combat power in this battle, they also believed that Ryan was a situation where the way of knight was the main and the way of wizard was the secondary.

Encountering the giant soul-eating moth that was immune to physical attacks, Ryan was afraid that he would suffer a great loss.

"Sir Ryan, otherwise, you wait for a while, and I will accompany you after I recover from my injuries." Batalov thought about it and took the initiative to say.

"Well, Lord Ryan, I may not be able to deal with the Soul Devouring Giant Moth, but it should not be a problem to resist the Poseidon Cult on the side." Luther immediately followed up.

Ryan thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No, Dean Batalov, Lord Luther, I think I should be able to solve this problem."

"However, for the specific situation of the Soul Devouring Giant Moth, Dean Batalov may need to provide more detailed information."

"Huh?" Several people looked at each other in surprise, and were quite confused for a while.

But this involved Ryan's trump card, so he naturally would not explain it in detail.

"Of course it's no problem, Lord Ryan, but this may require returning to Winterhold College first. Some relevant information is in the library of the college." Batalov nodded immediately after he came to his senses.

"Okay, then thank you Dean Batalov." Ryan bowed slightly and said.

Due to dealing with dragon corpses and gold mining, Ryan and his friends stayed in the Proto-Dragon's Lair for several hours before setting off to return to Winterhold College together.

Before leaving, Ryan also gave some instructions to the white-haired bear monster priest Urusen and left a message.

A few hours later, everyone arrived at Winterhold College.

Because Batalov didn't know Ryan's strength and identity before, the room he arranged was just an ordinary reception room.

This time, Winterhold College arranged the only two luxury suites used for reception to Ryan and Anna.

In addition to the bedroom, living room, and bathroom, the luxury suite also has a small training room with quite complete facilities.

Inside the suite.

Ryan had time to check some of his own changes.

After the concentration of the mutant dragon bloodline was raised to the "rich" level, it also had the top talent of "high-speed healing".

[Effect of the mutant dragon bloodline (rich): The affinity of water, fire, and earth elements is greatly improved, and it has the top talent effects of high-speed healing, danger perception, dark vision, weapon proficiency, extraordinary comprehension, great strength, steel body, and dragon roar, and has the ability to transform into the first and second forms of the mutant dragon man. ]

[Mutated Dragon Man's First Form (Dragon Man Warrior Form)]

[Mutated Dragon Man's Second Form (Dragon Man General Form)]

"However, 'rich' does not seem to be the focus of blood"

"Moreover, the increase in blood concentration has an immediate effect on promoting one's own strength!"

"It seems that I should be able to strengthen and increase the blood concentration by absorbing the genes of other dragons in the future."

"Although it will be more and more difficult to jump again with the increase of blood concentration, this road has not yet reached the end. I can pay attention to some news about dragons or dragon descendants."

Ryan clenched his fists, felt the surging power in his body, and thought to himself.

Then, Ryan looked through the previous battle prompts:

[Congratulations, you defeated the powerful enemy and obtained 19 gold skill points! ]

[Congratulations, your Will (Hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Thousand Blade King (Epic) career level has been increased! 】

With this battle with Corasius, the Thousand Blade King (Epic) occupation level successfully entered lv10, allowing Ryan to gain 1 attribute point and 1 skill point again.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 5 points, and the remaining skill points are 3 points.

After consuming 12 points of gold skill points last time, this time he gained 19 points, so it reached a new high of 56 points.

Seeing so many gold skill points, Ryan couldn't help but fall into thought.

"So many gold skill points"

"Before, when breaking through the extraordinary combat skills, gold skill points were needed. In addition, there are..." "By the way, when integrating the same type of extraordinary combat skills

, a large number of gold skill points have also been used, such as the integration of Giant Bear Swordsmanship and Arcadia Swordsmanship, the integration of Knight Breathing Method, etc."

"Could it be that when it is used on witchcraft, it can only be used to improve breakthroughs?"

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to try again. Is there any other choice after meeting some triggering conditions?

He focused his attention on the lv20 "Sharp Art", and he planned to add points again to try.

As Ryan added a gold skill point to the witchcraft "Sharp Art", "Sharp Art" successfully entered lv21.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared:

[Detected that the witchcraft "Sharp Art" mastered by the host has reached lv21, unlocking the improvement limit of this witchcraft, yes/no to improve this witchcraft? This improvement requires 7 gold skill points. ]

(Note: After the improvement, the witchcraft will be more suitable for the host to perform, and the power, attack range or other aspects will be improved.)

(Note: After the improvement, the level of the witchcraft will not change.)

"Hiss~"

"I didn't expect that it really needs to meet some trigger conditions!"

Ryan suddenly felt like he had hit the jackpot!

"After the improvement, has the power, attack range or other aspects been improved?"

"Great!"

Ryan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Now he is no longer the "white man" half a year ago. Ryan knows very well that it is quite difficult to improve the power of witchcraft.

So without any hesitation, Ryan immediately chose "yes"!

At the same time, a huge improvement process of the witchcraft "Sharp Art" began to flow into Ryan's mind.

It was as if Ryan had spent more than a hundred years in a mysterious space, improving the sharp art according to his own spell-casting habits, physical condition, etc., and fine-tuning its witchcraft model to make it more suitable for him.

During this period, Ryan didn't know how many times he failed, nor how many times he tried.

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

[Ding! The witchcraft "Sharp Art" mastered by the host has been improved, the new witchcraft model has been adjusted successfully, and the witchcraft power has increased by 17%. ]

"17%?!" Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"This increase is not a small number!"

"It is equivalent to a 34% increase in the degree of mental atomization."

This made Ryan look at the first-level witchcraft metal barrier with more and more heat.

"Sharpness is only a level 0 sorcery, so is it possible that a level 1 sorcery would be more effective?"

There was no need to guess about this matter. Ryan currently had enough gold skill points to verify this directly.

As Ryan added another gold skill point to the level 20 level 1 sorcery 'Metal Barrier', the system prompt also appeared:

[Detected that the host's sorcery 'Metal Barrier' has reached level 21, unlocking the improvement limit of this sorcery, yes/no to improve this sorcery? This improvement requires 13 gold skill points]

(Note: The improved sorcery will be more suitable for the host to perform, and the power, attack range or other aspects will be improved.)

(Note:.)

Ryan, who had the experience once, immediately chose 'yes'!

In an instant, a huge improvement process of the defensive sorcery 'Metal Barrier' began to flow into Ryan's mind.

After a few seconds, the system prompt came again:

[Ding! The host's sorcery 'Metal Barrier' has been improved, and the new sorcery model has been adjusted successfully. The power of the sorcery has increased by 18%, and the range of the sorcery has increased by 25%. "

The difference in the increase in witchcraft power is not big, last time it was 17%, this time it is 18%."

"This is normal, after all, it's just an improvement, and it's been fine-tuned according to its own situation."

"If the increase is 40 or 50 percent, that would be abnormal!"

"Huh, the range of witchcraft has been increased?" Immediately, Ryan's eyes lit up.

This also made Ryan understand the sentence in the note - 'power, attack range or other aspects will be improved' more deeply.

After a little thought, Ryan focused his attention on the Warhammer Wizard Class Panel, about the description of the sorcery 'Metal Barrier':

Metal Barrier lv21 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, drive a certain amount of metal pieces with a specific sorcery model, float around the caster within a range of two and a half meters, and block any attack intended to harm the caster.

"Sure enough, the previous statement was 'two meters', this time it is 'two and a half meters', an increase of 25%!"

The improved effect of the metal barrier made Ryan a little overjoyed. Immediately, in order to test the effect, he quickly came to the small training room of the suite.

As Ryan's mind moved slightly, he saw three kite-shaped shields that were slightly larger than the original ones, lingering around him.

The most obvious thing is the distance, which has increased from two meters around the body to two and a half meters around the body, leaving him more space to use weapons.

"Then can we also improve other witchcraft?"

"No, the improvement of two witchcrafts just now actually used up 22 gold skill points."

"The original 56 skill points, now only 34 points left."

Ryan's face changed slightly.

"I thought I could use them freely, but I didn't expect that I still have to plan them reasonably."

"Then the improvement will come to an end for the time being."

"Knock, knock!" At this time, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Please come in!"

"Sir Ryan, excuse me."

To Ryan's surprise, the visitor turned out to be Ms. Welty, the vice president of Winterhold College.

"Sir Welty, please come in."

After a brief greeting, the beautiful woman Welty smiled and stated her purpose: "Sir Ryan, this time in the process of killing the ancestor dragon Corasius, thanks to your help."

"I heard from Melita that you need soul energy crystals. Here are five soul energy crystals, on behalf of Winterhold College to express my gratitude to you."

The beautiful woman Welty smiled and placed a small dark brown wooden box on the coffee table.

"This is too expensive."

"Actually, I have an agreement with your academy's Lady Melita. So, there is no need for Winterhold Academy to thank me for killing Corasius." Ryan waved his hand and refused.

"Sir Ryan, if you hadn't acted in time, the academy would have suffered heavy casualties this time. This is also the unanimous opinion of Dean Batalov and us, so please accept it."

The beautiful woman Welty insisted.

"Okay, then I'll accept it."

"Sir Ryan, then I won't bother you." The beautiful woman smiled slightly and got up to leave.

After taking Welty away, Ryan opened the small wooden box and saw that, as expected, there were five soul crystals lying quietly inside.

"As expected, the wizard school is still rich."

For a wizard school like Winterhold Academy, soul crystals are naturally in short supply. It is also very generous to give Ryan five of them this time.

You know, it was not easy for the Norton tribe to save up three before, and they went through many battles.

"If we calculate it based on a 4% increase per crystal, I can increase my atomization progress by 20%, not bad." Ryan's mouth corners slightly raised.

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to absorb these five soul energy crystals.

After all, he only had one last condition left to become a dragon vein wizard - a crystallization wizard, so he naturally had to enter the second-level liquefaction wizard as quickly as possible.

He held the five soul energy crystals in his hands and quickly activated the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, and the system prompt also sounded:

[Ding! Soul energy crystals that can improve the degree of mental power atomization have been detected. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can remove impurities and can be absorbed all at once.)]

(End of this chapter)