Chapter 394 Recruitment

"Okay, Lord Ryan, I have presented the third-level metal-based witchcraft you are looking for on the wisdom slate. You can check it in detail." After being shocked, the dwarf girl immediately helped Ryan to search.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously quite surprised.

The following content was displayed on the wisdom slate:

"Steel Armor: Third-level witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract special energy particles in the earth, and covers the host's body with a layer of steel armor."

"Exchange price: 12,000 contribution points."

"Huh? Steel Armor?"

"It mobilizes specific special energy particles in the earth."

"It seems to be in the same vein as Iron Armor!"

"Could it be that the two can form some kind of combined witchcraft, reaching the power of witchcraft killing moves?" Ryan couldn't help thinking.

Even if this kind of defensive witchcraft can be combined together, according to the practice of wizards, it is generally not named as a killing move, but called a combined witchcraft.

Killing move, killing move, is naturally a superposition combination of attacking witchcraft.

"Unfortunately, very few metal witchcrafts have been handed down, and it is even rarer and more difficult to obtain clear records of combined witchcraft." Ryan couldn't help but shake his head slightly and sighed in his heart.

He had been in the library of the school for some time before, and naturally looked up the relevant information on metal witchcraft.

Relatively speaking, the records in this regard are slightly more than those in the Construction School and the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

But most of them are autobiographies of some metal wizards, recording that a certain lost witchcraft was used in a certain battle, or that a certain metal witchcraft from ancient times was discovered when exploring ruins.

In addition, a certain school has gathered the power of dozens of metal wizards and improved a certain metal witchcraft based on the predecessors.

In other words, most of these records record the name and effect of witchcraft, but the specific witchcraft model is basically missing, and it can be said that it has disappeared in the long river of history.

However, Ryan was not discouraged by this.

"Fortunately, I have a system to deduce."

"As long as I can find some kind of internal connection between several metal-based witchcrafts, I can deduce them through the system and combine them to form a combination witchcraft or a witchcraft killer move!"

The next is a third-level attack witchcraft.

"Iron Fist: A third-level witchcraft, it consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to induce metal energy particles, forms a huge iron fist, and strikes the target multiple times."

"Exchange price: 14,000 contribution points."

"Only two?" At this time, Ryan realized that there were only two third-level metal-based witchcrafts in the school.

"Uh, yes, Lord Ryan." The dwarf girl seemed to be confirming, and nodded after a few seconds.

This made Ryan feel not so good.

After all, this is still a certain gap from what he had expected before.

However, after thinking for a while, although Ryan's current contribution points are enough to exchange for any of the third-level witchcrafts, he did not plan to exchange them now.

Because he had already exchanged for a third-level metal magic spell, 'Iron Ball of Thorns', at the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and exchanging for all of them when he didn't have enough skill points would be a case of biting off more than he

could chew. "By the way, are there any soul crystals?" Ryan suddenly remembered something.

Although Ryan's liquefaction speed was already quite fast, the problem was that the only prerequisite for him to change his job to 'Dragon Vein Wizard' was to become a crystallized wizard.

Once he became a crystallized wizard, he could not only learn the third-level metal magic spell 'Iron Ball of Thorns' that he had exchanged at the Sword Bearer Headquarters before, but more importantly, he could change his job to 'Dragon Vein Wizard', thereby gaining a significant improvement in strength.

"Yes, Lord Ryan."

"What's the exchange price?"

"The exchange price for a single soul crystal is 1,000 contribution points."

1,000?

Ryan knew that it seemed cheaper than the exchange price at the Sword Bearer Headquarters, but in fact, this was because the difficulty of obtaining school contribution points was higher than merit points.

After a brief thought, Ryan said, "Exchange for 100 copies of witch pattern threads for me."

He did not choose to exchange them immediately because he had to use the contribution points of the school to exchange for level 3 witchcraft and the third volume of the advanced meditation method of the heart of steel.

Instead, he could exchange for soul energy crystals at the headquarters after the rewards from the Sword Bearer headquarters were issued. At present, there was nothing he needed at the headquarters except for some rare metals.

"Hmm? Oh, okay, Lord Ryan." The dwarf girl was obviously stunned, as if she did not understand what Ryan said. After two seconds, she reacted.

She did not expect that the Lord Ryan in front of her asked so many questions, but did not intend to exchange for level 3 witchcraft or soul energy crystals now, but wanted to exchange for witch pattern threads.

"Sir, the exchange price for each witch pattern thread is 5 contribution points, a total of 500 contribution points."

"Okay."

Each ball of witch pattern thread is one, and one hundred balls are one hundred witch pattern thread balls. The dwarf girl filled a large bag and handed it to Ryan with a little effort.

"Thank you." Ryan smiled.

"It is my honor to serve you, Master Ryan." The dwarf girl smiled sweetly with dimples.

Ryan nodded, and happily took a large bag of witch pattern yarn balls and returned to his office in the school.

As it was already late at night, after a little thought, Ryan decided to go back to the mansion first and practice making the "apprentice robe" tomorrow.

When Ryan returned to the mansion, he found that Anna was not in the bedroom.

However, he sensed it for a while and found that there were two people sleeping soundly in his sister Mint's room.

Obviously, his sister Mint should have pulled Anna to sleep together.

Ryan couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

The next morning.

After having breakfast with Anna and his family, Ryan planned to go to the school's residence to continue to complete the job transfer to Wuwen Tailor that he had not completed yesterday.

However, just as he stood up from behind the desk and was about to leave, suddenly, a familiar voice came from the door.

"Lord Ryan."

Ryan looked up and saw a young woman named Olena, who was dressed in a black pleated skirt and a white princess sleeve shirt, and appeared at the door with a smile.

"Huh? Lord Olena, why are you in the imperial capital?"

"Is it Admiral Edward who is coming to the imperial capital?" Ryan couldn't help but be a little surprised and said.

"No, Lord Ryan." Olena, the capable young woman, covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Three days ago, I received a transfer order from the headquarters. I have come to the Sword Bearer headquarters from the Munster branch. My current position is the deputy director of the reception department of the headquarters and your full-time contact person."

"Great, welcome, Your Excellency Olena! With you here, some things will be much easier to do." Ryan immediately laughed and motioned Olena to come in and sit down.

Soon, the two sat down face to face in the study.

"Thank you, Lord Ryan."

"You have become famous in the imperial capital this time. It was Major General Tatia of the headquarters who contacted me directly and hoped that I could come to the headquarters to help."

Ryan nodded.

He knew that Olena had wanted to come to the Sword Bearer headquarters in the imperial capital before, but as an administrative staff, it was quite difficult to transfer, so this matter has been delayed.

"Some time ago, the superiors of the headquarters asked Admiral Edward how he trained such a powerful and young strong man like you, which made Admiral Edward very proud."

Olena smiled and recounted some of the things that happened during this period.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, you captured the Black Flame Cult's chief priest alive in the Flame Canyon Secret Realm the day before yesterday, and the headquarters has given you a reward."

"Since you captured him alive, the reward has been raised to one adamantium medal, plus 20,000 merit points."

Olena said as she looked at Ryan in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Lord Ryan's growth rate was too fast.

"Oh? That's not bad. If it's 20,000 merit points, can you help me exchange it for ten soul crystals, Lord Olena?" Ryan said after a little thought.

The last time he exchanged soul crystals, the price was 2,000 merit points, plus a diamond star mission evaluation medal.

Although the adamantium medal can be exchanged for 27 diamond star medals in a three-three system, the problem is that he doesn't have enough merit points to exchange for 27.

"Of course." Olena nodded without hesitation.

Although for most sword holders, if they want to exchange items, they must go to the exchange hall with their own sword holder emblem to exchange.

But this does not include Ryan.

As the highest level of sword holders, the adamantium-level sword holder, Ryan has this privilege.

And her main task after being transferred here is to serve Lord Ryan well.

An hour and a half later, Olena came to the door again and handed a special wooden box to Ryan.

"Lord Ryan, these are your ten soul crystals."

"Thank you."

"Serving you is my job. Do you think there is anything else you need me to do next?" Olena smiled.

"Well, please help me collect the killing tasks of dragons or dragon-born creatures in the headquarters in the near future. Give priority to powerful dragon creatures, the stronger the better." Ryan thought for a while and said.

Now he does not have enough merit points. If there is a suitable dragon killing task, he can do it.

Because in the process of performing these tasks, he can not only get a lot of merit points rewards, but more importantly, he can get a further increase in blood concentration by absorbing dragon gene fragments.

"Okay, Master Ryan, I'll do it right away."

"No hurry, just give me the summary before the headquarters is cleared." Ryan waved his hand and said.

"By the way, there is one more thing, help me recruit two team members, or you can ask Claire and Beyonce to look for them first."

"Okay, Master, I'll contact the two Excellencies right away." Olena nodded and said.

After Olena left, Ryan opened the wooden box.

In the box were ten neatly arranged soul energy crystals.

After thinking for a while, Ryan grabbed the ten soul crystals.

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

"Yes!"

Instantly, Ryan felt that the silver mist in his mind began to decrease, while the silver liquid began to increase.

The whole process lasted only a few seconds before the transformation stopped.

Obviously, in the later stage of spiritual power liquefaction, the effect of soul crystals will become weaker and weaker.

Ryan glanced at the system panel:

Spirit: 93 (liquefaction 82%)

"Ten soul crystals can only increase 9%?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.

During this period, due to the effect of the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the liquefaction degree increased by 1%, that is, from 72% to 73%.

And this time, after using ten soul crystals, it increased to 82%.

In this calculation, ten soul crystals only increased by 9%.

Although you can try to break through the crystallization when the liquefaction reaches 90%, considering that the foundation should be laid as solid as possible at each step, Ryan plans to improve the liquefaction to 100% as much as possible, just like the previous atomization level, and then break through.

In this way, if he wants to enter the third-level crystallization wizard as soon as possible, he needs at least 25 soul crystals.

The imperial capital Tamriel.

In the core area of ​​the inner ring, a luxurious mansion just across the street from the palace.

This is the residence of Princess Reinara, the eldest daughter of His Majesty the Emperor of the Dragun Empire.

A housekeeper wearing black pencil pants and a white lace shirt was respectfully reporting something to Reinara.

"Your Highness, this adamantium-level swordsman Ryan has risen very quickly. After evaluation, we feel that he has amazing potential. We suggest that we contact and win him over in advance."

"It is not clear from the information how Ryan killed Harold, the 'sculptor'." Princess Reinara, who was wearing a purple one-shoulder dress, asked after flipping through Ryan's information.

"Yes, it is said that Harold used his signature witchcraft killer move 'Earthquake' at the time, causing a sandstorm at the scene that made it impossible to see anything. The only two female swordsmen at the scene could not explain how Ryan defeated Harold."

"But according to the investigation of the situation at the scene, this Ryan should have some kind of blood transformation ability."

Just as the housekeeper was talking, a maid walked over quickly, whispered a few words in her ear, and handed the housekeeper a piece of thin paper.

"Uh, Your Highness, I just got the latest news. This Ryan captured a high priest of the Black Flame Cult in the secret Fiery Canyon."

"Oh? Caught alive? That's rare." Reinara's beautiful eyes lit up slightly, and she was slightly surprised.

"Yes, the legendary strongmen of the cult are extremely determined. Generally, they will not be captured alive even if they die in battle. It is indeed extremely rare."

"Moreover, there were many people who witnessed this battle on the scene. It is basically confirmed that Ryan has the ability of blood transformation. However, according to the descriptions of the people on the scene, his transformation ability seems to be..."

"Seems to what?" Seeing her housekeeper's expression, Reinara couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"From the body shape after the transformation, it seems to be some kind of mutated dragon blood."

"Huh?" Hearing this news, Reinara was stunned.

She finally knew why the housekeeper was so hesitant.

The royal blood of the Dragun Empire is the dragon blood, but later, in the empire's history of more than 2,000 years, there have been several major disputes and turmoil within the royal family, resulting in some blood being left outside.

So, from this point of view, this Ryan is likely to have some distant blood relatives with her.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is the phenomenon of human atavism, but this one can be almost ignored, the probability is too low.

But in any case, if it is the blood of the mutant dragon, then for this Ryan, further observation is needed.

"Then observe it again."

"Okay, Your Highness."

At the same time, Ryan came to the school's residence and practiced the production of apprentice robes again.

Soon, with the successful production of the fifth apprentice robe, the system prompt sounded in Ryan's mind:

[Ding! The host comprehends the witch pattern, triggering the subsequent job transfer of the tailor master-Witch Pattern Tailor (Extraordinary)! ]

[The prerequisite for the tailor master to be promoted to the witch pattern tailor is: 1. Tailor Master lv5 or above; 2. Strength is above 10 points, physique is 12 points, and spirit is above 18 points; 3. Independently produce any qualified witch pattern tailoring products 10 pieces. The current conditions are met, yes/no to be promoted to the witch pattern tailor (extraordinary)? 】

【Note: After changing to the Witch Pattern Tailor (Extraordinary), the original Tailor Master panel will be integrated into the Witch Pattern Tailor (Extraordinary) occupation panel. 】

Without the slightest hesitation, Ryan immediately chose "Yes"!

【Ding! Successfully changed to the Witch Pattern Tailor (Extraordinary)! Agility +3, Spirit +5! Tailor Master's core skill 'Skillful Hands' is promoted to the Witch Pattern Tailor (Extraordinary) core skill 'Focus'. 】

"Huh, focus?"

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

【Core Skill: Focus (Active)】

Focus (Active) Effect: After the skill is activated, the concentration is improved and the coordination of the limbs is improved.

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

"Improved coordination of the limbs?" Ryan thought.

He remembered clearly that the original Tailor Master's core skill 'Skillful Hands' effect was to improve hand speed.

But this concentration effect has expanded the simple 'hands' to 'limbs'.

Out of curiosity and to verify his guess, Ryan activated the new core skill "Focus" with a slight movement of his mind.

In an instant, the chirping of insects and birds in the gardens around the mansion, the whispers of the guards and maids, and other irrelevant things quickly left him.

The whole world seemed to be left with only him, the witch pattern thread, and the silk robe in his hand.

In just over a minute, Ryan completed the apprentice robe that originally took several minutes to carefully sew.

Moreover, the sewing quality of the witch pattern was better than the previous ones.

"It seems that there is not much difference between using it only in witch pattern tailoring and the previous dexterity." Ryan thought to himself.

After a little thought, Ryan came to the training room, turned upside down a one-minute timer hourglass, and then he started running back and forth, normal attacks, and ultimate attacks on the field.

After many tests, Ryan basically figured out the effect of this new core skill.

After turning on the concentration, the absolute speed increase is very small.

In contrast, various attack actions involving the coordination of all parts of the body, or ultimate attacks, are relatively obvious, with an increase of about 10%.

Don't underestimate this magnitude. For Ryan's current melee strength, every point of improvement is precious.

At the same time, this level of improvement and effect, it is already very good to appear in a profession of extraordinary level.

Sword Bearer Headquarters.

Olena quickly found Claire and Beyonce.

"Sir Olena, you mean that Captain Ryan plans to recruit two more new members?"

Claire first looked at the young woman in front of her who was quite capable and charming when she met for the first time, and then looked at Beyonce beside her and confirmed with Olena again.

Since they returned to the headquarters from the town of Tavlin that day, they have never seen Captain Ryan again.

However, during this period of time, they can hear discussions about their captain almost every day.

In addition, I don't know how many waves of people have come to them.

There are investigators from the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and other departments under the banner of the official, and even many imperial wealthy families have sent people to inquire about the battle scene between their captain Ryan and the "Sculptor" Harold.

As for the other sword bearers in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, they almost broke the threshold of their dormitory.

Fortunately, they were prepared for this and all answered with the excuse of "in the sandstorm, I can't see clearly".

"Yes, Miss Claire." Olena smiled and nodded.

Olena looked at the two beautiful young women in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Although Lord Ryan's strength is changing with each passing day, the aesthetic standards for recruiting team members are still the same.

As long as they are female team members, they must be young, beautiful, and have their own characteristics.

"Uh, are you sure you want us two to be responsible for this matter? Once the news that Captain Ryan intends to recruit people spreads, I'm afraid that the number of people who sign up will exceed fifty, no, even more than a hundred"

"And what is the recruitment standard?" Beyonce suddenly asked on the side.

After all, if so many people sign up, they have to have a standard to screen them.

"Huh? So exaggerated?" Olena looked surprised.

But then she thought about it and realized that this was logical.

But the problem is that Lord Ryan didn't explain in detail what the specific recruitment criteria were.

"If it's a male team member, reliability is the priority. It's best if you know the background of the other party and they have a calm personality." Olena thought for a while and said.

Those in Munster, such as Neoro, Angus and Vieri, are all relatively calm.

"As for female team members, they can be young, beautiful and distinctive."

"Huh? Shouldn't we look for strong ones?" Claire's eyes widened, and she seemed very surprised by this standard.

"Yes, or should we consider it from the perspective of cooperating with Captain Ryan in battle?" Beyonce frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"Do you think you are strong?" Olena naturally understood what the other party meant. She thought for a while and said.

"Uh"

Olena's words immediately reminded the two of them of the battle in Tavlin Town.

After using a second-level witchcraft defense scroll, the two began to act like quails.

Claire and Beyonce were speechless for a while.

(End of this chapter)