Chapter 377 Metal Cage

Ryan quickly found the skill icon of Iron Heart on the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) career panel and checked the changes in the description.

The new description is as follows:

Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method lv4 (1/1000), with the special effect 'Metal Control lv2'.

[Metal Control lv2 (Passive) Effect: Your ability to control metal energy particles has been slightly improved. ]

"Does the first level correspond to lv1~lv3?"

"In that case, the second level should correspond to lv4~lv6."

"Also, the system description of lv2 Metal Control has changed from 'slightly improved' to 'slightly improved'."

Although Ryan didn't know how long it would take for other second-level liquefied wizards in the school to learn the second level of Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, it was impossible for them to learn it in a few hours.

"It's a pity that this kind of happiness can't be shared with others." Ryan shook his head and sighed.

In his joy, Ryan quickly focused his attention on the thickened base in his spiritual sea.

"It has become thicker. It is precisely because of this that the power of metal-based witchcraft has been further enhanced."

"I can try witchcraft later and compare the power increase."

At the same time, Ryan also found that the volume of the silver liquid after the liquefaction of mental power around the crystal of the sea of ​​consciousness seemed to have slightly increased, but the volume of the silver mist seemed to have decreased.

Looking at the system panel, Ryan could not help but be slightly stunned.

He saw that the mental power value on the attribute panel was actually the same as when he practiced the first level last time, which was reduced.

It was displayed: "Spirit: 88 (liquefaction 32%)"

You know, before he added points, his mental power was 90 points, and he added 3 points, which should be 93 points, but now it is only 88 points, a full 5 points less.

However, the liquefaction progress has increased by 2%, from 30% to 32%.

"It should still be the further tempering effect of the advanced meditation method on mental power, eliminating impurities."

With the experience of the last time, Ryan was not too surprised this time.

After thinking about it, Ryan invested 2 skill points in the lv4 Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

As the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method entered lv6 from lv4, a memory of practicing the second level of Iron Heart suddenly flooded into Ryan's mind.

In an instant, Ryan seemed to be in a mysterious space, experiencing decades of hard practice in the second level of meditation.

A few minutes later, when Ryan was sketching the second level meditation method model again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the visualization process was much smoother than before, nearly three times faster! After

a little thought, although he knew that he should have reached the upper limit, he was still excited and wanted to try. Sure enough

, the system prompt suddenly appeared:

[Adding points failed! The current upper limit of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method has been reached. ]

However, this was expected. Ryan was not frustrated at all. After thinking about it, he decided to report to the Sword Bearer Headquarters early tomorrow morning.

There are two reasons for this. One is that the one-month deadline is not far away.

Ryan felt it was not appropriate to delay it until the last one or two days.

Secondly, considering that there should be a lot of witchcraft and items available for exchange in the exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

For example, rare metal witchcraft.

Perhaps it can also be exchanged for soul energy crystals.

The reward for killing the three giants of the Sea God Cult in Howling Fjord last time has not been exchanged. If the projection investigation report of the Goddess of the Underworld is taken into account, he should be able to get a very considerable reward.

In other words, the number of his task evaluation medals and merit points should be enough to exchange for one or even several metal witchcraft.

In contrast, if the school wants to exchange witchcraft, he still has to accumulate a lot of contribution points.

This is not something that can be done in a short time.

Because unlike the advanced meditation method of the Heart of Steel, the exchange price of witchcraft, especially the second-level witchcraft, is thousands of contribution points.

If you want to save enough contribution points by making puppet parts alone, I am afraid that even if you take over the entire metal work and let Ryan do it alone, it will not be enough.

Most likely, he will have to go on an external battle or garrison mission before he has the opportunity to save enough contribution points.

The next morning.

Ryan rode in the luxurious carriage of the Bavarian family and soon arrived at the Sword Bearer headquarters.

As soon as Ryan got off the carriage, he was attracted by the magnificent momentum of the main gate of the headquarters.

In the center of the main gate, there was an elliptical fountain, with a tall bronze statue of a man standing more than ten meters high with a sword in both hands. The man had a resolute face and looked into the distance, lifelike.

Behind it was an extremely spacious gate, and at the door stood eight guards holding swords and shields and wearing full body armor.

Ryan's perception and clear feedback showed that these guards had the strength of third-level knight attendants.

The only thing missing from entering the extraordinary was an opportunity, an opportunity to obtain a magic potion.

There was no house number, and no text description.

"Interesting."

Ryan nodded slightly and walked towards the gate.

"Sir, this is the headquarters of the Imperial Sword Bearer." A guard stepped forward and said, using polite words, because he could also see that Ryan got off the luxurious carriage.

Although he was not familiar with the Bavarian family crest on the Shield of the Entangled Python, it seemed to be the family crest of a certain duke.

"Well, this is my official letter, I'm here to report." Ryan simply showed the transfer letter.

The captain of the guards didn't care much at first. After all, basically every one or two days, there would be a magic iron-level sword bearer from the provincial branch to report to the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

However, this time was different.

He took a quick glance and saw the words "Mercedes-Gold Sword Bearer" written on it, which made the captain of the guard tremble in his heart.

The captain of the guard's expression changed all of a sudden, and he stood at attention and saluted Ryan.

"Lord Ryan!"

Ryan waved his hand and said, "Where should we go to report?"

"Gavin! Accompany Lord Ryan immediately to the reception desk of the administrative building to report." The captain of the guard shouted, and soon, a capable guard ran over quickly.

"Yes, captain. Lord Ryan, please come this way."

"Thank you!"

However, what Ryan didn't notice was that among the eight guards at the door, one of them had a flash of light in his eyes when he heard Ryan's name.

Half an hour later.

At the Sword Bearer headquarters, in a Mithril Sword Bearer suite.

"Master Greenwood, someone in our family just told me that the young man named Ryan has arrived at the headquarters."

"Huh? He's finally here!" Greenwood's face lit up, he had been waiting for Ryan for many days.

"Let Mia, Nathan and Chandler come over right away."

A quarter of an hour later.

A woman, about 26 or 27 years old, wearing a slim-fitting aristocratic hunting suit, with a hot body and bright red lipstick, and two elegant-looking aristocratic men, walked into the room chatting.

During the non-mission period of the headquarters, most of the sword bearers are dressed casually.

The three are all people in Greenwood's circle. Among them, Chandler has the lowest family status, but he is also the second son of the Earl of the Imperial Capital.

It's not that Greenwood's social circle is so large.

It's that these people are in the Imperial Capital aristocratic circle, and they happen to work in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and they are considered to be the few people headed by him.

Of course, there are noble heirs of higher levels than him in the headquarters, but they are not the kind that Greenwood can command. Instead, he needs to visit them and ask for favors.

"That person is here."

"Oh? Is it the young adamantium-level swordsman who injured you last time?" Mia, the only woman present, had bright eyes. She was quite interested in this Ryan who injured Greenwood.

"Is it the one called Ryan?" Nathan also asked.

"That's right."

"Then follow the plan. We will let him know that the imperial capital is not so easy to get along with." Chandler, who looked like a gentleman, shook the red Bordeaux liquid in his hand and said with a smile.

"Mia, you and Chandler, take the initiative to contact the other party first. If you can gain the other party's trust, that would be the best." Greenwood said.

"Hehe, no problem. The other party is now at the reception of the administrative building, right? Chandler, then let's go and meet this Lord Ryan by chance." Mia immediately laughed.

Reception of the administrative building.

Due to Ryan's identity as an adamantium-level swordsman, the reception work was personally handled by Director Anthony, a middle-aged man with a slicked back hair.

"Sir Ryan, for your outstanding performance in the Marne Province, you cleared the Poseidon stronghold in the Howling Fjord and killed three legendary cult masters and quasi-legendary cult masters, and you have received a total of three Mithril Medals and 16,500 Merit Points."

"Hey, there's more." Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with his narrowed eyes suddenly widened.

On the wisdom slate in front of him, there was the word "top secret". A long section of the content was invisible, and only the final reward amount could be seen.

"And you provided some top-secret intelligence, and you will be rewarded with a fine gold medal and 10,000 merit points."

"So, Sir Ryan, you will receive a fine gold medal and three Mithril Medals this time, plus 26,500 merit points."

"I wonder if you have any objections to this?" Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with a smile.

Ryan raised his eyebrows and was delighted.

He had thought that the information about Hela, the goddess of the underworld, should be more important, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

Even more than the reward he received for wiping out the three giants of the Sea God Cult.

Sure enough, when it comes to the gods, nothing is trivial.

"Of course not, thank you, Sir Anthony." Ryan bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

At this time, a female staff member came quickly.

She was holding a tray, and on the tray, there was a golden round emblem half the size of a palm.

Ryan picked up the fine gold emblem in the tray and handed the diamond star emblem to the female staff member.

On the heavy fine gold emblem, there was a knight standing with a sword on the front, which was lifelike. With Ryan's understanding of metals, he naturally knew that the material of the emblem was indeed made of precious fine gold.

But compared with the honor and authority represented by this emblem, the fine gold itself is not worth mentioning.

"Do you need to arrange someone to accompany Sir Ryan to familiarize yourself with the environment?" Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with a smile.

"No, I can walk around and take a look by myself." Ryan smiled and declined.

"Well, Mr. Ryan, you can come to me at the headquarters if you have any questions."

"Thank you, and goodbye, Mr. Anthony."

A few minutes later, Ryan left the reception desk.

He always felt that the smile of Anthony, the director of the reception desk, was very hypocritical, which gave him a bad impression.

But perhaps this is a common problem among imperial bureaucrats. Ryan shook his head slightly and didn't care.

Soon, he followed the signs on the road and came to the exchange hall of the headquarters.

After all, Ryan was quite looking forward to higher-level witchcraft and the soul energy crystals that might be exchanged.

After going through many turns along the long corridor, Ryan came to the special item exchange hall of the headquarters, in front of a three-story building with a white marble facade.

The style of the building is similar to the Baroque building in Ryan's previous life.

There are round columns, the walls are concave and convex, and there are many patterns and relief decorations, which look grand and exquisite.

When Ryan walked into the exchange hall, he found that the hall was designed as a vaulted ceiling, with a high ceiling, which looked extremely spacious, and the number of people coming and going inside was more than four or five times that of the Münster branch.

At this moment, there were many people queuing in front of each counter in the hall. In addition, the black wisdom stone slab in front of the counter was larger, which looked more upscale than the branch.

It didn't take long before it was Ryan's turn.

A young female staff member stood up and said with a smile: "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

"I want to check all the metal witchcrafts in the headquarters." As he said this, Ryan handed his freshly baked adamantium badge to the other party.

"Okay, sir."

"Ah, adamantium badge!" The young female staff member exclaimed, obviously very surprised.

After a moment of hesitation, the young female staff member quickly and respectfully took it with both hands and put the adamantium badge into the special groove.

"Sir, since you have the highest authority, you can view all the redeemable items in the headquarters. At present, I have found a total of four items about metal witchcraft. Sir, please look at the wisdom tablet." The young female staff member said.

After the girl finished speaking, dense white characters appeared on the black stone slab in front of Ryan:

"Sharpness: Level 0 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, making the designated metal weapon sharper, and lasts for about one minute.

Exchange price"

"Metal Barrier: Level 1 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to drive a certain amount of metal pieces, which float within a two-meter range around the caster and block any attacks that intend to harm the caster.

Exchange price"

Since Ryan had already learned these two,

he naturally skipped them quickly and focused on the last two.

"Metal cage: Level 2 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and quickly forms a metal cage around the single target.

Exchange price: 2 Mithril medals plus 15,000 merit points.

Source: Harsh Ruins."

"Thorn iron ball: Level 3 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, forming a giant thorn iron ball, and crushing the target.

Exchange price: 3 fine gold medals plus 27,000 merit points.

Source: Olson Farthing."

Seeing the above content, Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although compared with other witchcraft, the number of metal witchcraft is still pitifully small even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, but there are both level 2 and level 3 witchcraft, which makes Lei quite satisfied.

The level 2 witchcraft 'Metal Cage', from the description, is actually a rare control-oriented metal witchcraft.

Moreover, he meets the task evaluation medals and merit points required for exchange.

In other words, he can exchange it at any time.

As for the third-level magic 'Iron Ball of Thorns', there was no rush. Not to mention that Ryan currently did not have enough medals, even if he got them, he was only a second-level liquefied wizard and could not learn third-level magic.

So, Ryan looked at the description of the second-level magic 'Metal Cage' again and nodded slightly.

Even if the enemy could break free from this move, as long as it could delay it for a moment, it would be very likely to reverse the situation for Ryan's speed.

"Help me exchange for the metal cage."

"Okay, sir."

"By the way, do you have soul crystals to exchange for?"

"Yes, sir, the exchange price for soul crystals is 1 diamond star mission evaluation medal, plus 2,000 merit points."

Huh? You still need an evaluation medal?

It's really expensive.

In this way, his mithril medal can be exchanged for 9 diamond star medals, plus the remaining 2 diamond star medals, so he can exchange for 11 soul crystals at one time.

"Use the Mithril Medal to exchange for 11 Soul Energy Crystals for me."

"Ah? Sir, are you sure you want to exchange the Mithril Medal for a lower-level medal?" the female staff member reminded.

You should know that the Mithril Medal is very difficult to obtain. Even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, there are very few people who do this.

"Yes."

"Okay, Sir."

Soon, Ryan was satisfied with the parchment roll and a wooden box and left the exchange hall.

Five minutes later, Mia and Chandler hurried to the exchange hall. Chandler came forward and chatted with several female staff members. Then he came back and said:

"They said that the tall and unfamiliar young man just left."

"So fast?" Mia was a little speechless. She and Chandler had just rushed over from the reception desk of the administrative building.

I didn't expect Ryan to be so efficient. He left in less than ten minutes.

"Let's go and look for it again!" Mia walked out of the hall angrily.

Half an hour later.

"I'm so angry! After Ryan left the reception desk, he went straight to the exchange hall, exchanged something, and then left."

"Later I asked the guard and he said he had left the headquarters." Mia said angrily.

She also put on a delicate makeup and sprayed the expensive Royal No. 5 perfume.

This is a top-grade perfume with a compound fragrance of rosemary, rose and jasmine. Mia usually doesn't want to use it.

Because for a wizard with strong mental power like Ryan, any witchcraft that confuses the mind is a taboo. Once it fails, the consequences can be imagined.

"It's normal. A countryman like him came to the imperial capital, especially knowing that there are so many good things in the headquarters, how can he bear not to exchange them?" Nathan said with a smile.

Although he has a good background and is the second son of the Marquis of the Imperial Capital, he has been salivating since he joined the Sword Bearer Headquarters and saw those special items that can be exchanged.

Even if he was born in the Marquis family, it is extremely difficult to get some things in the headquarters.

"By the way, Chandler, he just came and should not have many merit points. Do you know what he exchanged?" Nathan asked curiously.

Chandler is handsome and elegant, and is usually very familiar with many female employees at the headquarters.

"I don't know the details, but the other party seems to be holding a parchment scroll, which should be either extraordinary combat skills or witchcraft." Chandler recalled a little and said.

Chandler's answer surprised Nathan.

"Huh? These two things are not cheap. Could it be that the other party has accumulated a lot of task evaluation medals and merit points in the original branch?" Nathan looked puzzled.

"But this is not right."

"Don't guess. The other party wiped out the Poseidon stronghold in Howling Fjord alone last time. Medals and points are naturally not lacking." Greenwood said in a deep voice.

When he heard that Ryan exchanged for witchcraft or combat skills, he immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.

No!

We can't let the other party continue to strengthen their strength. It seems that we have to speed up the action plan.

"Stronghold? But even if you kill a legendary cult strongman, the reward is not much, right?" Chandler was stunned.

His Mithril-level team also worked together to kill an enemy cult legend in the last mission.

"There are three Poseidon cult legends in the stronghold." Speaking of this, Greenwood's face became more and more ugly.

Not long after he returned to the imperial capital, he heard the news from the butler Owen.

His first reaction was also disbelief. He thought it was impossible. How could the opponent's strength be so strong!

The last time he fought with Ryan, although he was defeated, he thought that the gap was not big.

But how could he kill three cult legends in one battle?

But the butler Owen said that this was told to the Duke by the other party when the Duke had dinner with a senior executive of the Sword Bearer Headquarters. The news is absolutely reliable.

"What?! So strong?!" Several people turned their heads, with horror on their faces, and suddenly understood why Greenwood valued the other party so much.

"This is difficult to deal with. Do you know what the other party is good at?"

"He is good at metal witchcraft. At the same time, he is proficient in many extraordinary combat skills and has no obvious weaknesses. However, his attainments in witchcraft should be stronger than close combat." Greenwood touched his finger that had just been treated and said.

I don't know if it was an illusion. Although he recovered as before, he often felt a dull pain in his finger, which made him hate Ryan even more.

"Metal wizard? This is rare." Mia raised her eyebrows and said.

"But you don't have to worry about this. As long as you get in touch with this Ryan and gain a certain amount of trust from him, it will be fine." Greenwood waved his hand and said.

"By the way, the other party has not recruited any members yet. I think it won't be long before this Ryan will recruit members. You guys spread the word that this Ryan was promoted to the adamantine sword holder by luck."

"Good idea. At the headquarters, no one will risk their lives to join a team whose captain is not strong enough." Nathan smiled and nodded.

"At that time, you will take the initiative to join the other team."

"I understand. When the other party goes out on a mission, we will deliberately leak their whereabouts or information to kill them," Chandler said with his eyes bright.

"No, it's to sacrifice for the country!" Greenwood couldn't help laughing and said.

"I will let the family contact the specific assignment, and I will choose the highest difficulty among the fine gold level for him. Of course, don't worry, I will let the family send strong people to the side. After this Ryan dies, we can continue to complete the task."

"Hehe, what a well-thought-out strategy!" Mia's beautiful eyes narrowed into slits when she heard it.

"Hehe, I said, I will let him know what a wealthy family is!"

"He is a small town youth who thinks he has some talent but doesn't know the height of the world, so he should go back to the countryside honestly." Greenwood moved his fingers, which were still not particularly flexible, and said hatefully.

He had read Ryan's information and naturally knew that the other party came from a place called something called Shining Gold Town.

Some time ago, he also sent people to investigate that place to find out how Ryan grew up.

As a result, the original residents of the town of Shining Gold were almost killed or injured after the Black Flame Cult attacked it last year, and the investigation came to nothing.

"Wait, there is another question here. According to the regulations, the assignment of the adamantium-level sword bearer is only once every three months. If the same-level task is completed, it can be postponed."

"In other words, the other party can delay for nearly three months at most before going out to complete the task?" Chandler suddenly frowned and said.

"No, since he reported today, he has entered our rhythm."

"Soon, he will go out to complete the assigned task." Greenwood smiled confidently.

(End of this chapter)