Chapter 371 Imperial Capital Wealthy

Family When Ryan slowly controlled the horned eagle to land, he found that the road leading to the Stone Hammer Fortress was full of caravans and travelers.

Obviously, since his last time, the underground lava monsters in the tunnel should have been cleared by the Empire, otherwise there would not be so many caravans.

So Ryan and Anna passed the Stone Hammer Fortress smoothly.

After several hours of flying, the majestic and familiar Hrothgar Mountains finally appeared in their sight.

And Minster, built along the mountain, naturally came into their sight.

A few minutes later, Ryan's mansion.

"Brother, brother is back!" Mint, the younger sister who was playing with the greyhound war dog Cookie in the front yard of the mansion, was the first to see the horned eagle landing.

However, Mint gave Anna the first hug.

"Sister Anna, I miss you so much." Mint rubbed against Anna's chest and said coquettishly.

"Mint, I miss you too." Anna kissed Mint lovingly, her eyes full of love.

Ryan's return is naturally a big deal.

Soon, the mansion became lively.

After having dinner with his mother Emma, ​​father Old Ryan and others, Ryan came to the study alone.

As for the Sword Bearer Branch, he plans to talk about it tomorrow.

Now, he needs to think about some things.

Before going to the imperial capital Tamriel, some preparations and matters need to be sorted out.

In addition, there is another important thing, which may be ranked first in terms of priority, that is, he needs to accumulate some attribute points first.

After experiencing the battle with Hela's projection, Ryan felt at the time that for him with thick skin and flesh, having enough remaining attribute points is of great significance.

The method is very simple, just raise the level of the tailoring profession, not only can you gain a lot of attribute points, but also improve the reserve of skill points.

As for skill points, Ryan considered that after arriving in the imperial capital, whether it is to upgrade the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method or to learn new witchcraft, skill points will be consumed.

Adhering to the principle of "having surplus food at home, no need to panic", Ryan plans to use this half month to improve the tailoring level with peace of mind.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Come in."

As the door opened, the beautiful woman Jennifer, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared at the door of the study with a smile.

The beautiful woman was wearing a one-shoulder aqua blue silk dress today, showing off her curvy figure. At the same time, because it was a one-shoulder dress, a large area of ​​white and towering chest was exposed.

On her swan-like neck, there was only a string of shining pearl necklaces, but the pearls were round and large, and it was obvious that they were extraordinary. Moreover, the combination of the long dress and the pearl necklace was just right, giving people a sense of elegance and luxury.

"My dear, you are finally back."

"I have done everything you asked me to do last time. In addition, I also bought something. I believe you will like it." Jennifer walked in and said with a smile.

"Oh? What did I ask you to do last time? Did you collect almost all the raw materials for the secret potion?" Ryan thought for a moment, and said with a look of realization.

"Hehe, although the raw materials of the secret potion are rare, I have collected thirteen of them this time.

There are other things besides this, dear, guess again?" The beautiful woman Jennifer took out a brown wooden box from behind her, shook it, and said. "Are there any other surprises?" Ryan also laughed.

He remembered that last time he asked the beautiful woman Jennifer to use the top channels of the Yaxon Auction House to collect some dragon-related items, such as dragon bones and dragon blood.

But in the box, he obviously did not feel any breath related to this.

That left things related to improving mental power.

Huh?

This is

Ryan's perception. Through the wooden box, he felt a familiar breath.

"Huh? Jennifer, where did you buy the soul energy crystal from?" Ryan couldn't help but look surprised.

You know, the soul energy crystal is extremely precious. Even in the Sword Bearer Branch, it is not exchanged.

Occasionally, it appears at major auctions and will be sold at a sky-high price.

He didn't expect that the beautiful woman in front of him could actually get this. It was really beyond his expectation.

"Ah, dear, you can guess this?" The beautiful woman stared at Ryan with her watery eyes. She thought Ryan would never guess it.

First of all, this soul crystal was in addition to the things Ryan told him to pay attention to last time.

Secondly, she saw an auction list by chance and spent a lot of money to get it.

The list was submitted by the branch in Dorne County. It was a list of treasures in the home of a defeated earl family in Dorne County that planned to apply for auction at the Axon Auction House.

When she saw the soul crystal on the list, she thought about it for a while and felt that the soul crystal might be of great use to Ryan. She immediately stopped the auction of the item and bought it directly at a premium of 40%.

This is also her privilege as a shareholder of the Minster Axon Auction House.

In the territory of Minster, as long as there is an auction item she likes, most of the time she can operate in the background and purchase it at a premium in advance. Of course, other shareholders also have this right.

Ryan took the wooden box and opened it. Sure enough, there were three neatly arranged soul crystals in the box.

Ryan picked up a soul crystal, thought about it, and used it.

The effect of soul crystals is to promote the speed of atomization and liquefaction of mental power.

Before, Ryan used soul crystals in the first atomization stage. Now that he has entered the second level of liquefaction, he has not used it once. Naturally, he wants to know the promoting effect of soul crystals in the second level of liquefaction.

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

"Yes!"

Instantly, Ryan felt the silver liquid in his mind begin to increase, but it only lasted for less than a second before the growth stopped.

Obviously, in the stage of spiritual power liquefaction, the effect of soul energy crystals is far less than that in the atomization stage.

Ryan glanced at the system panel:

Spirit: 90 (liquefaction 28%)

"Only 1% can be increased at a time?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.

"Before, in the atomization stage, one soul crystal could increase 5% from the beginning to 3% in the later stage, which was quite impressive. I didn't expect that in the liquefaction stage, the increase would drop so much." "

However, from another perspective, if you want to increase the liquefaction degree by 1%, even a second-level wizard will need several months to several years depending on their talent. Three soul crystals can increase the progress by 3%, which is already quite good."

After thinking about it, Ryan picked up the remaining two soul crystals in the box and used the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

In an instant, these two were also absorbed by Ryan.

The spiritual attribute on the panel showed: 90 (liquefaction 30%).

The beautiful woman on the side was stunned when she saw this scene!

Now as a shareholder of the Minster branch of the Axon Auction House, her horizons have broadened a lot, and she has heard a lot of wizard secrets that she didn't know at all before.

Huh?

Didn't it say that this soul crystal can only absorb one at a time, and a long period of inactivity is required in the middle to remove impurities?

How come my dear seemed to have absorbed all three at once?

"My physique is special, and I can absorb more than ordinary wizards." Ryan naturally saw the doubt in the beautiful woman's eyes and explained casually.

"Is that so, dear, then the more soul energy crystals you have, the better." The beautiful woman seemed to have thought of something, and her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

Because of Ryan, her status in the province of Munster has also risen. As a baroness before, she was at most a beautiful widow who had no worries about food and clothing.

But since she hugged Ryan's thigh, she found that the scenery from a high place was so shocking.

However, Jennifer was very sure of one thing, that is, she was very clear-headed, and all of this was tied to Ryan.

Prosperity and loss together.

Therefore, anything that can enhance the strength of her man is what she wants to fight for in business.

"I will immediately ask my subordinates to focus on this soul crystal. As long as it flows into the auction, I will do my best to get it." The beautiful woman's pretty face was serious and she said seriously.

"Well, but will this affect the liquidity of the Chamber of Commerce?" Ryan nodded, smiled and patted the white back of the beautiful woman's hand, and said.

He knew that even if he could purchase it at a premium in advance in the background, the gold coins consumed would definitely not be few, and sometimes he would face competition with other shareholders.

This matter is not as simple as the beautiful woman said.

The business world is like a battlefield, that's what it means.

Although he pushed the beautiful woman to become a shareholder of the Minster Province of the Axon Auction House at that time, in addition to this position allowing the beautiful woman to display her business talent, another purpose was to accumulate enough wealth to acquire some rare resources and feedback his wizard's way.

But Ryan didn't think about killing the goose to get the eggs.

But he didn't expect that he would get a good feedback so quickly, which was a pleasant surprise.

"Dear, don't worry, I will arrange all the business matters." The beautiful woman said.

"By the way, maybe in a while, a mercenary group called Ice Claw Bear will come to Munster. Remember to make proper arrangements for them. They are quite powerful and well-known in the North. I think they should be a good help for you."

Ryan suddenly thought of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group and said to the beautiful woman.

"Hmm? That's great!" The beautiful woman said happily.

Since both the Crowley family and Ryan's side have too shallow foundation, it is not possible to cultivate extraordinary knights or wizard apprentices from a young age.

Therefore, many of Jennifer's business ideas can only be temporarily abandoned without the support of force.

If a strong mercenary group can join the Warhammer and Rose Chamber of Commerce this time, she can do a lot of things, such as opening up new trade routes, negotiating the transportation of precious resources, etc.

"Pop~" The beautiful woman's delicate red lips were imprinted on Ryan's cheek. At the same time, Jennifer's large round buttocks wrapped in a water-blue dress took the initiative to sit on him.

"Dear, I need a little reward."

The beautiful woman looked at him with a pair of watery eyes. How could Ryan not know what she meant.

(Ten thousand words omitted here.)

After a fierce battle in the study, the limp beautiful woman leaned on Ryan's arms and panted.

"By the way, the tailor master you found last time was called Julis, right? Let her close her business for the next few days and come to the mansion to teach me some formal tailoring skills." Ryan said refreshed.

"Uh, okay, dear."

The beautiful woman obviously didn't understand at once. Shouldn't her dear practice extraordinary combat skills or witchcraft?

Why did she suddenly start learning tailoring again?

Last time, making stretch underwear was a must for transformation. What about this time?

Could it be that Ryan fell in love with this Yulis?

After all, the other party is also a gentle and beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman thought of many things in an instant.

"Forget it, the tailor should need a lot of things, maybe dyeing or something. You tell that Yulis to let her shop close for a week starting tomorrow."

"I will go to her shop and learn the tailoring skills." Ryan thought about it and decided to go to her in person.

Because it is not like the apprenticeship period, formal tailors involve a lot of tools and materials.

As for asking the other party to close down, it is also a trivial matter for Ryan. You know, these tailor shops are all industries under the name of the Chamber of Commerce.

Compared with his improvement of strength, the closure of the tailor shop is a small matter that cannot be smaller.

As for the profit? It can be almost ignored.

"Okay, dear." The beautiful woman naturally has no objection to this.

However, when the beautiful woman thought that Ryan might have taken a fancy to the gentle Julis, she mustered up her remaining strength and took the initiative to move her thin waist.

This surprised Ryan.

Huh?

Is this not satisfying?

Then, naturally, there was another fierce battle.

The battle ended only when the beautiful woman was obviously exhausted.

The next morning.

In Julis's tailor shop.

Accompanied by the beautiful woman Jennifer, Ryan visited the tailor shop of the master tailor Julis.

The tailor shop is located in a busy street in the Munster trade district. There are a lot of people coming and going, and Julis's craftsmanship is extraordinary, so the business is very good every day. However, today is an exception. The door is extremely rare to hang a sign saying "Not Open for Business".

When the tall, mighty, handsome and young Ryan walked into the tailor shop, all the female clerks and several female tailors were surprised.

It was also the first time for them to see the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce, Viscount Ryan. They didn't expect that he was such a young and handsome aristocratic man.

"Good day, Lord Viscount Ryan." Julis had seen Ryan before, so she recognized him at a glance and bowed respectfully.

"Good day, Lord Viscount!" After the female clerks and female tailors came to their senses, they followed Julis's bow and said.

Ryan smiled and nodded, saying, "Hello. Julis, I may disturb your normal business this time."

"Lord Viscount, your presence is an honor to our tailor shop." Julis bowed respectfully again.

It was not her place to ask why Ryan came to learn tailoring.

Ryan looked around and saw that the entire tailor shop was not big, about 70 or 80 square meters, and it was divided into several compartments such as ready-made clothing production and fitting rooms.

As he entered the production compartment, Ryan saw several long tables with a dazzling array of raw materials, including common flax, flax rolls, silk, silk rolls, various thick and thin threads, etc.

As for tools such as scissors and cutters, they were also everywhere.

"Julis, I want to improve my tailoring skills as soon as possible. Which part do you think is more suitable for me to practice making?" Ryan said directly without much greeting.

"This. Viscount, you have tried to make simple clothes last time, such as underwear." When talking about underwear, Julis blushed slightly.

"My suggestion is that you can still start with parts with simple but slightly more complex lines this time, such as linen coats." Julis suggested.

"After you are familiar with it, you can learn to make linen shirts. Since shirts have collars and need to be installed with buttons, it will be relatively troublesome, but shirts have various colors and styles, which is perfect for improving tailoring skills." "In addition

, if you are interested, you can also learn how to dye fabrics." Speaking of tailoring, Julis knew everything about it and talked about it.

"Okay, then let's do as you said and start with linen coats." Ryan nodded and agreed.

With Julis's teachings and Ryan's excellent learning ability, a few minutes later, the system prompt sounded:

[You have made a linen coat, and your understanding of it has improved! 】

【You have learned a new skill - Making Linen Coat】

【Your skill of Making Linen Coat is improved, experience +3】

【You focus on making linen coat for ten minutes, tailoring experience +1】

——Imperial

Capital Tamriel.

In the lush and low-density inner ring, there is a luxurious single-family mansion with a manticore pattern carved on the gate.

Because the population density of the imperial capital is far higher than that of ordinary cities, the entire city governance is divided into multiple ring structures, including the inner ring (first ring), second ring, third ring and fourth ring.

The fourth ring and beyond are trade areas and civilian areas. For civilians, owning a house in the fourth ring of the imperial capital is the best affirmation of a lifetime of hard work.

The third ring has restrictions on purchasing status, and most of them are nobles, church members, and top wealthy businessmen.

As for the second ring, except for the middle and high-level church members, they start at least as earls.

The inner ring is even more incredible.

Basically, if you are not a duke, you can't have a place.

You must know that the royal family of the Dragun Empire has been passed down for thousands of years, with many descendants and a vast territory. The ruling dukes of each province need to have a mansion in the imperial capital, and the high-level church members and major guardian families, etc., including the iconic buildings such as the Cohen Cathedral in the imperial capital, are also here.

Therefore, living in the inner ring is a symbol of power and status for the entire Dragun Empire.

This mansion in the inner ring is the mansion of the Drum family, the top wealthy family in the empire.

A noble with white hair slicked back was sitting majestically behind a large mahogany desk, listening to the report of the butler Owen.

A few minutes later, the white-haired old man slowly asked, "So, you have confirmed that the Sam Group was wiped out by the young swordsman named Ryan from the Munster Province?"

The old man was the Duke of Drum, the master behind the Sam Group.

Although there were no less than ten elite mercenary groups like the Sam Group, or teams working for him, Sam himself was quite pleasing to him. He naturally had to ask about his death this time.

"Yes, we have also checked out the other party's resume and background in the past few days."

"This young man does not have a big background, but he is gifted and his strength is improving very quickly. He is now a diamond-level swordsman of the Munster Swordsman Branch."

"In addition, the other party has participated in many imperial actions and events and is highly appreciated by Admiral Edward, the head of the Munster Swordsman Branch. Moreover, we have also found out that even the Duke of Munster seems to appreciate him."

Butler Owen reported respectfully.

This is also the reason why the report was delayed for so many days after the demise of the Sam Group.

He spent a lot of time arranging special personnel to investigate the strength and background of the young man Ryan in detail.

In his opinion, if Ryan only had some strength but no background, he would not need to report to the Duke at all, and he could arrange people to deal with him. It was precisely because the other party had the official background of the Imperial Sword Bearer that it was much more difficult to deal with him.

"Sword Bearer?"

"The family heir with the highest status among the Sword Bearers should be Greenwood, right?" The white-haired old man frowned and said.

"Yes, Lord Duke, it is Lord Greenwood. He is now a Mithril-level Sword Bearer of the Sword Bearer Headquarters, second only to the highest-level Mithril-level Sword Bearer."

"Well, since the other party relies on being a Sword Bearer and feels confident, let Greenwood go."

"Tell this young man that since he can kill Sam, it means he is quite strong, and you also said that he is very young."

"For young people with strength, I admire him very much and am willing to give him a chance. If he is willing to work for me on behalf of Sam, I can forgive the past of Sam's group."

"Of course, the elf girl mentioned in Sam's previous report must be sent over." Duke Drum thought for a while and said slowly.

"As you say, Lord Duke, I will contact Lord Greenwood and set off for Munster as soon as possible!" Butler Owen bowed respectfully.

This is what he admires most about his Lord Duke.

When considering things, he never starts from his own likes and dislikes. As a superior, his Lord Duke obviously saw the talent of this Ryan, so he extended an olive branch.

This is also the reason why the Durham family has been prosperous for a hundred years.

In Owen's view, his mission this time is very simple.

Invite Lord Greenwood to go with him, show the strength of the Durham family as the top family in the empire, and after the other party understands the gap between the two, he will extend an olive branch to the other party.

At this time, as long as the other party is not a fool, he will definitely seize this opportunity and work for the Durham family.

As for the elf girl, she will naturally give up.

(End of this chapter)