Chapter 374 Tamriel

Ryan briefly told everyone about the situation in the Howling Tundra.

Although Admiral Edward had received an official letter from the Sword Bearer Headquarters about Ryan's promotion and transfer many days ago, he was not very clear about what Ryan had done in the Howling Tundra.

The official letter only mentioned it briefly.

And Neoro, Angus and others had no idea about the situation.

So when Ryan told everyone that he first killed the mutant proto-dragon Corasius in the Howling Tundra, and then swept through the stronghold of the Poseidon Cult in the Howling Fjord and killed the three giants, they were stunned.

Including Colonel Stanley and Olena, they were all in a state of shock with their eyes wide open and their mouths slightly open.

And when Ryan said that he fought a battle with the projection of the goddess of the underworld Hela worshiped by the Poseidon Cult on his way back and repelled it, even the knowledgeable Admiral Edward had his eyes wide open and his head buzzing.

The others looked at each other with an expression of disbelief.

But they knew that Ryan had never had to lie.

After all, his contribution to single-handedly destroying the Sea God Cult stronghold in Howling Fjord was already great enough to allow Ryan to be promoted to the adamantium-level sword bearer.

What's the point of him bragging about this?

Therefore, what Ryan said was probably true.

"Ryan, tell me in detail about the battle with that guy." Admiral Edward, who had come to his senses, couldn't help but be excited. He pulled Ryan to find a room and asked Ryan to tell him about it.

No wonder his captain was so calm when facing the old duke family like Drumm or the name of the sword saint.

Evelyn's beautiful eyes swayed on Ryan, thinking in her heart.

And Neoro couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said helplessly to Evelyn beside him: "I originally wanted to shock the captain about my entry into the official wizard, but I didn't expect it."

"Hehe, who made us meet such a monster captain." Evelyn couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

On the other side.

Greenwood covered his injured palm, and with the butler Owen, he quickly came to the airship docking point in Munster and boarded the nearest airship back to the imperial capital.

In the cabin of the airship.

Greenwood's palm injury was simply treated and bandaged. As for the specific treatment, it would take until he returned to the imperial capital Tamriel.

"Master Greenwood, I didn't investigate the situation clearly this time, and I'm really sorry that you were seriously injured." Butler Owen bowed deeply to Greenwood.

"But the other party became a fine gold-level sword holder at such a young age, which was really beyond my expectation." Owen frowned.

"This matter can't be blamed entirely on you. I didn't expect that the other party would be promoted to a fine gold-level sword holder without going to the headquarters. This kind of situation may not be encountered once in ten years." Greenwood nodded with a gloomy face, reluctantly accepting the apology of butler Owen.

After all, Owen was a confidant of his uncle, and, as Owen said, this matter was really beyond his expectation.

"Master Greenwood, can you ask someone at the Sword Holder Headquarters to investigate why the other party was promoted to the adamantine-level Sword Holder?"

Although Owen is the steward of Duke Drum and has extensive connections in the Imperial Capital, he is still unable to investigate certain situations of an adamantine-level Sword Holder.

"Difficult! Information about the adamantine-level Sword Holder is confidential to the headquarters."

"Moreover, the other party has never appeared in the headquarters before, so the Sword Holders at the headquarters naturally cannot know this Ryan. Otherwise, I would have known something about the situation." Greenwood shook his head and said.

"It seems that only the Duke can personally contact the relevant person in charge of the Sword Holder Headquarters in the Imperial Capital for this matter." Owen nodded and agreed with Greenwood's analysis.

"However, although I am not a match for this Ryan, I have a basic understanding of his strength. This Ryan, relying on his amazing talent, actually pursues both the way of knight and the way of wizard. He is really stupid."

"I am sure that he has never had any famous teacher to guide him, which is why this happened."

"By the way, Mr. Owen, do you really want to persuade my uncle to give up the shares of the Munster branch?"

"Hahaha, how is that possible? It's just a stopgap measure for us to get out as soon as possible." Owen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What if he comes to the imperial capital and asks for it? Wouldn't that bring shame to the Durham family?" Greenwood said hesitantly.

He still values ​​the family honor.

"Haha, I'm just afraid that he won't come. As long as he comes to the imperial capital, he will know what an imperial family is. Even if he is a fine gold sword holder, he will find it difficult to move forward."

As if thinking of something, Greenwood's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "What does Lord Owen mean?"

"As long as this Ryan reports to the Imperial Capital Sword Holder Headquarters, I will know immediately. At that time, I believe that the Duke will mobilize his connections to let this Ryan complete some sufficiently difficult tasks."

"That's right! Even a fine gold sword holder has assigned tasks."

"Moreover, the situation in the empire has been particularly turbulent in the past six months. Many tasks are extremely dangerous. Even a fine gold sword holder has suffered more than double-digit casualties." Greenwood's eyes lit up, his face showed a smile, and he nodded in agreement.

In Greenwood's view, this is the foundation of the Durham family as an imperial family.

Although the other party is amazingly talented, he was born as a "small town test-taker" and will never understand what a rich family is.

He didn't need to confront Ryan directly. Over the past hundreds of years, the dense network of connections woven by the Durham family could make the other party step into death step by step, and even when he died, he didn't know who did it.

"That's right! By then, our Lord Ryan will probably be honored by His Majesty the Emperor after his sacrifice."

"Isn't there a saying that a dead hero is the best hero." Butler Owen said with a sly smile.

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In the following time, Ryan still went out early and came back late, and plunged into Julis's tailor shop.

Of course, he tried to accompany his family for three meals a day.

During this period, including the Duke of Munster, Bishop Theon and Punishment Knight Brandul, all invited Ryan to dinner and had a small gathering.

Day 8.

Ryan has already upgraded his tailoring to level 9 (22/10000). Logically, referring to the previous blacksmith, after level 5, he should be able to get clues or prompts for the subsequent career panel.

But Ryan has upgraded his tailoring to level 9, but he has not received any relevant prompts. This is obviously unreasonable.

This made Ryan frown slightly and think about it, because after the tailoring reached level 9, the long experience bar has been upgraded slowly. According to a preliminary estimate, it will take at least half a month to upgrade to level 10.

This is inconsistent with Ryan's plan.

He plans to save at least 15 skill points before going to the imperial capital, 12 of which are used to upgrade a certain second-level witchcraft that may be obtained at the headquarters and quickly form combat effectiveness.

The remaining 3 points are used to upgrade the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

After a little thought, Ryan felt that the problem might be that he had too few tailoring clothing styles.

Because up to now, he had been improving his tailoring career level by making mithril-decorated shirts.

"Julis, can you teach me how to make some other clothes, such as trousers, gloves, etc." Ryan turned around and said to the gentle and beautiful woman beside him.

"Uh, of course."

Julis had asked Ryan before whether he wanted to learn how to make other clothes, but because Ryan found that the experience of making mithril-decorated shirts was high enough, and after he mastered it, the speed was so fast, naturally he would not waste time to learn how to make other clothes.

However, the situation is different now.

A few hours later, as Ryan mastered several new tailoring skills in succession, the system prompt for the subsequent job transfer finally came late:

[You have made linen soft shoes, and the relevant comprehension has been improved! 】

【You have learned a new skill - making linen soft shoes】

【Your skill in making linen soft shoes has been improved, experience +5】

【You have successfully made a pair of linen soft shoes, tailoring professional experience +2】

【You have made a white woolen robe, and the relevant understanding has been improved! 】

【You have learned a new skill - white woolen robe】

【Your skill in making white woolen robe has been improved, experience +7】

【You have successfully made a white woolen robe, tailoring professional experience +3】

【Ding! It is detected that the host has mastered the tailoring skills of five different clothes, triggering the job change - Master Tailor! 】

【The prerequisites for a tailor to be promoted to Master Tailor are: 1. Tailor lv5 or above; 2. Strength 7 points or above, physique 7 points or above, spirit 9 points or above; 3. Master the tailoring skills of ten different clothes. The current conditions are not met! Failed to be promoted to Master Tailor! 】

Seeing this scene, Ryan smiled slightly.

"It seems that my previous idea was correct."

"Huh? Master Tailor is still an ordinary profession, not extraordinary?" Ryan frowned and said.

However, soon, Ryan's brows relaxed, and he couldn't help but smile in his heart, saying, "That's right, the subsequent job transfer of the blacksmith to the armor forger was not extraordinary, but I was misled by the word "master". "

It took another half a day for Ryan to master another five new skills from Julis, and the system prompt sounded again:

[The prerequisites for a tailor to be promoted to a master tailor are: 1. Tailor level 5 or above; 2. Strength 7 points or above, physique 7 points, and spirit 9 points or above; 3. Master the tailoring skills of ten different costumes. If the current conditions are met, is it promoted to a master tailor? ]

[Note: After the job transfer to the master tailor, the original tailor panel will be integrated into the master tailor occupation panel. ]

"Yes!"

[Ding! The job transfer to the master tailor is successful! Agility +1, spirit +2! The tailor's core skill "skillful hands" is promoted to the master tailor's core skill "dexterity". 】

"Interesting, the tailor's core skill can actually be promoted."

Ryan couldn't help but focus on the new core skill 'Dexterity', and saw its skill description as follows:

[Core Skill: Dexterity (Active)]

Dexterity (Active) Effect: After the skill is activated, concentration is improved and hand speed is improved.

(Note: The duration of this skill is proportional to the host's physique and mental strength.)

Out of curiosity about the new core skill, Ryan's mind moved slightly and he activated the core skill of 'Dexterity'.

Suddenly, the whispers of the female shop assistants in the next room and the hustle and bustle of the street beside him, which were originally due to Ryan's extremely sharp perception, gradually faded away from his ears.

It was as if the whole world was left with him, the cloth and needlework in his hands.

At the same time, he could feel that the flexibility of his hands had improved significantly.

Ryan's extremely high agility made his hand speed very fast. At this moment, after activating the core skill of "skillful hands", it reached a level that was completely invisible.

Moreover, this kind of speed was not the kind of chaotic speed, but the orderly speed.

After a few seconds, a mithril-patterned shirt was completed.

Julis, who was shocked at the side, instinctively picked up the mithril-patterned shirt that Ryan had just made in a few seconds. Just a glance at it, immediately her beautiful eyes widened, her mouth slightly opened, and she was stunned!

After a few seconds, she said in a daze, "Lord Viscount Zi, I think your tailoring skills have completely surpassed mine."

On the shirt, the spacing between each needle hole of the mithril line was as if it was sewn by a machine, with extremely high precision. Moreover, the two mithril decorative lines on the chest were like parallel lines, and the spacing was exactly the same from beginning to end.

This kind of tailoring skills is not necessarily acquired by ordinary tailors even if they practice hard for a lifetime.

Even Julis, the talented master tailor, can only reach this level with one or two pieces when she performs extremely well.

But she started learning tailoring at the age of eight, and now she is forty-two years old.

"No, Julis, I'm still a new tailor and need to learn some new styles." Ryan smiled and said.

Just now, he saw on the system prompt that since he was promoted to master tailor, the experience points that the mithril decorative shirt can bring him have dropped significantly.

He needs a more complicated and expensive clothing production to quickly improve the professional level of master tailor.

But the problem is, after some small talk, Ryan found that the more complicated clothing styles that Julis mastered were all women's dresses, and at the same time, they needed to master various lace and embroidery skills.

This made Ryan frown slightly.

After all, it was already exaggerated for a male noble to learn tailoring. It was a bit abnormal to stay in the tailor shop every day to make women's dresses.

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to continue making mithril-decorated shirts.

Although it was a little slower, it was not too slow because he was skilled enough and had new core skills.

Of course, the main reason was that the time to reach the imperial capital of Tamriel was getting closer and closer.

In the next two days, he successfully upgraded the professional level of the master tailor to lv4 (3/1000), and gained 3 skill points and 3 attribute points.

So far, plus the rewards he received when he upgraded his professional level while tailoring, the total remaining attribute points are now 12 points, the remaining skill points are 16 points, and as for the gold skill points, it is 54 points.

It can be said that the predetermined goal has been successfully achieved.

At this time, Ryan was thinking about two things.

The first thing was whether he would take Anna with him when he went to the imperial capital.

For the wealthy family of the imperial capital, the Durham family had no scruples about taking action in the city of Munster. Once he was not in Munster, Vieri would probably not be able to stop the other party.

But if Anna went to the imperial capital together, there would also be a problem.

The residence arranged by the Sword Bearer Headquarters was inside, and outsiders were also not allowed to stay. In other words, Ryan had to find a place to stay in the imperial capital.

Of course, the safest way was to let Anna return to Ferdinand Forest, and then contact Anna after he found the trace of Anna's mother.

The second thing was that a few days ago, the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group sent a letter saying that the escort of Lagre was on the way to Munster.

But in terms of time, he was afraid that he would not be able to meet her.

"No, Ryan, I want to go with you." Anna looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes and said.

"This."

"Don't worry. If it doesn't work, there is a mansion of our elven ambassador in Tamriel. I can wait for your news there."

"Hmm? There is an ambassador's mansion?"

"Yes!" Anna nodded heavily.

"Okay then." Ryan nodded.

There is no problem in this case. After all, the safety of the ambassador's mansion represents the face of the empire. It can be said to be one of the safest places in the entire imperial capital.

The next morning.

After bidding farewell to their families, Ryan and Anna boarded the airship to the imperial capital Tamriel.

On the airship platform, Admiral Edward came to see them off in person, and people familiar to Ryan, such as Olena and Vieri, also saw them off.

A day and a half later.

The airship was getting closer and closer to the imperial capital Tamriel.

At this time, many people, like Ryan and Anna, had already walked out of the cabin and stood by the side of the ship looking into the distance.

"Ryan, look!"

Anna suddenly pointed to a vast, lush forest in the distance and exclaimed.

Hmm?

Ryan followed Anna's slender fingertips and saw a large area of ​​crisscrossing roads and towering buildings in the dense forest in the distance. Although the distance was very far, he could still vaguely distinguish that these buildings were tall and varied in style.

As the airship got closer, the others also saw the gradually clear outline of the imperial capital, and suddenly, they all exclaimed.

The passengers in the cabin came out one after another, and in just a few minutes, the side of the ship was crowded.

Since the ticket price of the imperial airship was expensive, and those on this floor were either wealthy businessmen or nobles, they had basically seen the world, but even so, when everyone saw the giant city in front of them, they couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Mother, is this Tamriel, the capital of our Dragun Empire? It's so spectacular." A little girl in her early teens, not much older than Ryan's sister, wearing a white lace dress, was amazed.

"Well, this is Tamriel, and it is also the heart of our entire empire." The noblewoman next to him also looked at Tamriel in the distance and said.

"Every time I come here and look down at Tamriel from the air, I have different feelings about this great city." An old man with a mustache next to him exclaimed.

It was not the first time he came to the imperial capital, but every time he came, he would be shocked by the greatness of civilization and the strength of the empire.

"Yes, the imperial capital is really magnificent!" The middle-aged man in noble hunting clothes next to him couldn't help but agree with the scene in front of him.

Ryan found that Anna next to him was amazed, but her expression was a little strange.

"Anna, what's wrong with you?"

"Uh, Ryan, do you know what Tamriel means in Elvish?"

"Oh? Could it be that the imperial capital Tamriel was once a city of elves?" Ryan suddenly thought of something and said in surprise.

Because the pronunciation of Tamriel is very different from the common language.

Moreover, with his superhuman vision, he had already discovered some buildings with obviously different architectural styles, cylindrical towers, round arches, spires, and he could even see the ancient and complex patterns on the outer walls.

These seemed to be the words and architectural styles of the elves.

"Yes, Tamriel means 'eternal beauty' in the Elvish language. In ancient times, it was the imperial capital of the elves."

"But later, with the war, the elves slowly retreated into the depths of the forest, and this place became the capital of the human empire." Anna seemed a little depressed when she talked about this.

"I see." Ryan nodded.

No wonder the imperial capital Tamriel is actually in the center of a vast forest.

As the airship got closer, the roads below became more and more dense, but each road was filled with various caravans and travelers, coming and going.

Even the sky felt crowded at this moment.

"Wow, so many airships, are they all flying to the imperial capital from different provinces?" The little girl just now pointed at the dozens of airships scattered in the sky and asked in surprise.

These airships are of different sizes, but they are all heading towards or leaving Tamriel.

You know, in Munster, it is basically the limit to see three airships in the sky at one time, and they are usually small airships.

But now most of the airships that come into everyone's sight are medium-sized airships, and there are even two large airships.

"Look! What is that? How can there be so many huge pits!" A male noble seemed to have seen something that frightened him, and his voice trembled slightly.

Ryan narrowed his eyes and looked at the ground.

Just below them, near the forest on the edge of the city, in the lush woodland, you can see a lot of obvious huge pits.

Just now they were all looking at the airships in the sky, but ignored the ground.

"There are also over there!" another person shouted.

"There are more in the city!"

Immediately, Ryan looked at the building complex in the center of Tamriel.

I saw that the huge white building complex with a pointed roof and independent walls was still under repair, and there were traces of repairs on the ground.

As we walked out of the palace, we could clearly see holes and damaged houses that had not been completely repaired.

Although many people on the airship did not know what happened in the imperial capital a month ago, Ryan knew it very well. These were traces of the war.

(End of this chapter)