Chapter 408 The God's Favored One

"You may not know yet, but something big is about to happen in the Imperial Capital of Tamriel."

"Perhaps with your strength, your safety is not a big problem, but if your family stays in the Imperial Capital, there is still a great risk, so I suggest you consider whether to let your family go to the Eagle Federation first."

Hearing Hamadi's words, Ryan's first thought was that the Eagle Federation's intelligence department should also have learned about the cult's movements.

"Mr. Hamadi, is it related to the cult?" Ryan smiled slightly and said.

"It seems that you already know." Hamadi's eyes obviously flashed a trace of surprise, but he did not deny it and nodded.

Because he had just learned this top-secret intelligence, he didn't expect that the person in front of him already knew it.

It seems that the Sword Bearer Headquarters attaches more importance to this person than he expected before.

It's a bit difficult to win over.

After a little thought, Ryan shook his head and declined, "Sir Hamadi, as an Imperial Sword Bearer, it is not appropriate for me to send my family to the Federation."

It's not that Ryan doesn't care about the safety of his family.

This time, he accepted the personnel arrangement sent by Luther and Harlowen to strengthen the defense of the mansion, considering his family.

Although the Empire has many problems, and even the conservatives regard him as a thorn in the eye, the Sword Bearers he belongs to value him very much.

With his identity, if 'Run' went to the Eagle Federation, it would be a treason.

And most importantly, one of Ryan's life creeds is 'If a countryman treats me, a countryman will repay him.'

Specifically, if the Imperial Sword Bearer treats him with the etiquette and treatment of a countryman, he will repay the Sword Bearer in the way of a countryman.

In addition, the conversation between Lagre and him that day also reminded him that even if the situation is really bad one day and he needs to send his parents to the Eagle Federation.

He will first ask his mother Emma and his father Old Ryan for their opinions. After all, for them, it is difficult to leave their homeland.

Of course, Ryan declined politely, using the word "inappropriate".

Hamadi had never thought that he could convince Ryan in one go, and when he heard Ryan say the word "inappropriate", as an intelligence officer, he immediately understood something.

His eyes flickered.

There's a way!

"Sir Ryan is not in a hurry to make a decision on this matter. The current situation is always changing, isn't it?"

"By the way, I heard that you joined the Bishu Construction School. Are you very interested in golems?" Hamadi pretended to ask casually.

"Yeah." Ryan glanced at Hamadi and didn't say much.

It seems that the Federation's investigation of him is very in-depth, and everyone knows it.

"Sir Ryan, then you should come to the Federation. The Federation's research on golems is more advanced than the Empire's."

"Oh? Can Sir Hamadi give a brief introduction?" Ryan knew that the other party was throwing bait, but he did want to know some information about the Federation.

"I don't know the details, but I heard that the Federal Golem Research Institute has successfully produced a 'Hill Giant' type golem with a height of nearly 30 meters."

After some mutual probing, Hamadi did not stay for long, but said goodbye and left.

When he walked out of Ryan's mansion, a smile appeared on his face.

Because on this trip, he achieved several goals.

First of all, he was almost sure that Ryan was not disgusted with the Eagle Federation, at least, there was no firm ideological opposition.

If you want to win over the old nobles of the empire, this ideological difference in cognition is a difficult hurdle.

Secondly, it is about preferences, which can be divided into two aspects.

On the one hand, judging from his micro-expression when he mentioned Special Envoy Trena to Ryan, Ryan should have a very good impression of Special Envoy Trena.

That kind of good impression of the opposite sex.

However, even if Ryan is worth winning over, it is impossible to let a distinguished federal female congressman be a beauty bait.

Hamadi has figured it out.

It should be that Ryan is more interested in beautiful women who are slightly older and have a higher status.

This was proven by the fact that when Ryan was still a deputy sheriff in a small town, he was interested in Jennifer, Baroness Crowley, and when he was still an ordinary sword bearer, he was interested in Olena, the head of the sword bearer department at that time.

On the other hand, through talking about the research on golems in the Federation, he learned that Mr. Ryan in front of him had probably started to make golems.

This shows a lot of things.

You should know that golem making, generally speaking, is a field that only third-level crystallized wizards can get involved in.

If you just watch, you may not be able to do this level of knowing everything.

Soon, Hamadi, who had thought it through in the carriage, came to the mansion of his boss, Marquis Royce.

He needed the support of his boss for the subsequent matters.

In the study.

"Are you saying that this Ryan particularly likes Envoy Trena?" Hearing this, Marquis Royce was stunned at first, and then he showed a clear expression.

"It's very likely that young people like mature temperaments. And people like you and me who are older prefer young and energetic ones." Royce smiled and nodded, saying.

"Yes, Lord Royce, that's right." Hamady also laughed.

Obviously, he had gained the consensus of his superiors on this point, so it would be easy for him to make relevant requests next.

"So, Lord Royce, I have two plans here."

"Oh? You say." Royce looked at Hamady with interest and said.

"The first plan is, can you pick a woman with a mature temperament and a higher status in the empire to be responsible for daily contact with this Lord Ryan. Of course, if you can infiltrate his inner circle without making a sound, it would be even better."

"Well, what about the second one?" Royce nodded, and several figures flashed through his mind.

"The second plan is to start with the existing ones. For example, Jennifer, who is now helping Mr. Ryan in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, we can win her over to the Federation and let her persuade him."

"Good idea! However, I saw the intelligence that the other party is now in Munster. In addition to this Jennifer, are there any other candidates?" Royce smiled even more brightly.

He realized that Hamady should have been transferred to the imperial capital earlier.

"The other one is the contact person of the Sword Bearer Headquarters. His identity is sensitive, not easy to contact, and even more difficult to turn against. He is not a suitable target." Hamady shook his head and said.

In fact, he had carefully considered this candidate before coming.

"I know."

"Did you gain anything else from meeting him this time?" Royce asked.

"Yes, I have confirmed that the other party is a metal wizard."

"So, my idea is that it would be best to find a suitable metal wizard in the near future and give it to the other party. Of course, this is conditional."

"It must be a combination of wizardry unique to the Federation, and one or two of them must be given to Lord Ryan, but not all."

Royce's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood Hamadi's purpose, and praised: "Good tricks!"

"However, Lord Ryan is good at metal wizardry, and he also needs combination wizardry, which is unique to the Federation. If these three conditions are met at the same time, I am afraid that there are only a handful of such combination wizardry in the Federation."

"Lord Royce, the other party ranks third on the list, it's worth it, isn't it?" Hamadi smiled and said.

"Haha, it's indeed worth it. Leave this to me."

"There are also special potions for improving mental power. You can occasionally give some special items or potions that are conducive to crystallization, but not too many."

"Maintain daily favorability?"

"Yes!" Hamadi nodded and smiled.

Last time, he gave Ryan a soul crystal, which made Ryan maintain a certain degree of favorability towards the Federation.

The next morning.

When Ryan was about to go to the school's residence, a person he expected came.

"Sir Ryan, I heard that your contact in the Sword Bearer was attacked by a cult. I also heard that your family has come to the imperial capital. Do you need me to arrange it?"

Buchanan smiled.

"Sir Buchanan, thank you for your kindness, but I have strengthened the defense of the mansion." Ryan declined.

"Well." Buchanan nodded, but he frowned slightly, as if he felt something.

He continued to ask: "Sir Ryan, I wonder what you think about the last suggestion to invite you to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood?"

Ryan actually had an answer to this question in his heart.

In the past few days, he has also thought about whether to pretend to be polite, but on second thought, he felt it was inappropriate.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Buchanan, after careful consideration, I think as a sword bearer, it is better not to join any secret organization of any nature."

Hearing Ryan's words, Buchanan's face sank, as if he didn't expect Ryan to actually refuse.

This also means that what he said before the second prince was slapped in the face.

"Sir Ryan, your answer is regrettable. Are you really not going to consider it again?"

"Sorry."

"I hope Sir Ryan will not regret it."

After saying that, Buchanan got up and left angrily.

It's not that Buchanan, the butler of the second prince, is not cunning, but Ryan's refusal was beyond his expectations.

Because in his opinion, it was a sure thing. As long as it was a normal person, he would know how to choose the recruitment from the imperial prince. Unexpectedly, Ryan actually refused.

This also made it impossible for the second prince's subsequent plans to move forward.

At the same time.

Duke Drum's mansion.

"Oh? Didn't it succeed?" Drum listened to the report of the new butler, and there was not much disappointment on his face. Instead, a curve appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although the plan of the Black Flame Cult to kidnap Ryan's contact did not succeed this time, from another perspective, the effect of his leaking Ryan's record has begun to show.

This time it was the Black Flame Cult, what about next time?

It could be the Secret Snake Cult or the Sea God Cult, and there is a high probability that they will follow one after another!

Thinking of this, Duke Drum's mood naturally improved.

"There is one more thing, sir. According to intelligence, Carl, the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint, challenged Ryan in the Dragon Knight Reserve Camp, but..."

"But what?" Hearing the first half of the sentence, Duke Drum was still looking forward to the result.

After all, each of the formal disciples of the Tide Sword Saint is very powerful, far superior to his illegitimate son Greenwood.

In his opinion, it is not to say that Carl will definitely win, but at least it will put pressure on Ryan.

But hearing the word "but", Duke Drum had a bad premonition.

"Sir Carl was defeated in one move." After the young butler finished speaking, he lowered his head.

"What? One move?" When Duke Drum heard the news, the corners of his eyes, which already had a lot of crow's feet, twitched violently.

The situation that he was most worried about happened.

Ryan's strength increased too fast.

Judging from the previous record, Ryan should have experienced a fierce battle, or even a hard battle, to kill Harold, the "Engraver".

But now, defeating Carl, who is almost as powerful as Harold, only took one move?

How long has it been?

This Ryan's strength seems to have improved.

It seems that there are some things that need to be done, and we can't worry too much!

Half an hour later.

In the second prince's study.

"Oh? The other party refused?" The second prince Everton, holding a white pet that looks like a big cat in his hand, was stroking it gently, and said in a calm tone.

"Yes, your highness, and" Buchanan looked hesitant.

Buchanan has been the second prince's butler for many years, so he is naturally familiar with some of his master's habits. His expression in front of him is naturally a pretense.

Because his highness seems to appreciate this Ryan.

It may be because of age or because of his record. Even though he mentioned last time that the dragon bloodline in Ryan is more important, his highness's strategy is mainly to win him over.

But Ryan's attitude today made Buchanan a little angry.

Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, Duke Durham has contacted him twice, asking him to give this Ryan some eye drops in front of the second prince when the time is right.

"And what?" Everton couldn't help asking.

"And between the lines, it seems that Ryan doesn't respect Your Highness very much. In addition, he is very suspicious of the purpose of establishing the Dragon Scale Brotherhood."

"I am worried that if Ryan cannot be absorbed into the group, as his status among the Sword Bearers rises, it is likely that the Imperial Sword Bearers will further oppose the Dragon Scale Brotherhood."

Buchanan stopped talking here.

When Everton heard this, he stopped stroking the white lynx.

Because what Buchanan said happened to be a point that he was more concerned about. As

Alfred has taken control of the Imperial Sword Bearers in the past two years, this staunch reformist has not been friendly to the Dragon Scale Brotherhood.

No, to be precise, he is very vigilant.

If Ryan continues to be promoted, then when there is another high-level Sword Bearer who has similar views to Alfred, it is likely that this high level of vigilance will turn into action.

"Your Highness, should we let Ryan hit a wall in the Dragon Knight's initial test?" Seeing that his own prince had not spoken for a long time, Buchanan suggested cautiously.

"No, let him take the retest." Everton shook his head and said.

"There will be three people from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood participating in the Dragon Knight Reserve Selection this time, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Tell them that this time when they enter the secret realm, in addition to extracting the blood essence of the young void dragon, they will have another task, which is to extract the blood essence of this Ryan."

The other party's blood essence is quite unique, so Everton originally wanted to let Ryan join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood, slowly control him through potions, and make Ryan a long-term "blood bag".

But now it seems that he can only be regarded as a one-time "blood bag".

"Yes, Your Highness." Buchanan bowed his head and bowed, with a smile on his face.

The Bixiu Construction School's residence.

With Ryan's joining, the progress of the second improved version of the Hellfire has been nearly halfway completed in one day.

At this rate, the second improved version of the Hellfire will be completed in two days before the Dragon Knight assessment.

As night fell, Ryan returned to the mansion.

Southeast of the imperial capital Tamriel, the famous Falling Star Lake scenic area is quietly experiencing something.

As the name implies, the two words "falling star" in Falling Star Lake indicate its origin.

It is said that this lake was suddenly formed because of the fall of meteorites from outer space.

Of course, this statement is not completely nonsense.

Because many people who are curious have deliberately measured the depth of the lake and found that the depth of several places in such an inland lake is more than one thousand meters, which is really rare.

Over time, the name Falling Star Lake has been used.

Around the lake, there are many lake view villas scattered around.

In front of a remote lake view villa, the water of Falling Star Lake is rhythmically beating against the shore like waves.

Under the moonlit sky, if you look closely, you can find that on one side of the villa, where the lake is connected, there seems to be a sewer with a diameter of more than two meters.

Obviously, the size of the sewer is nearly two meters, which is a bit unusual.

At this time, four bubble-wrapped human figures were carrying a crystal coffin from the sewer to the lake view villa.

Soon, four hooded black-robed people emerged from a pool in the underground wine cellar of the villa.

The four first carefully carried out the crystal coffin and placed it aside. Then, they bowed respectfully to a group of black-robed people with various sea beasts on their robes who had been waiting for a long time and said:

"High Priest Kalitis, the God's Favor has been delivered."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." The high priest of the Sea God Church named Kalitis nodded, and at the same time, she focused her attention on the crystal coffin.

In the crystal coffin, a beautiful woman was sleeping with her fingers clasped and placed on her lower abdomen.

If Ryan was present and carefully observed her face, he would definitely find that he had an indescribable sense of déjà vu. The other party looked different from the goddess of the underworld, Hela, but the more he looked at her, the more similar she felt.

The God's Favor is also called the Chosen One.

Specifically, they have special physiques and are born with certain special abilities. Of course, some physiques will not awaken until they reach adulthood or enter the extraordinary stage.

But no matter what, they all have unique abilities, so they are called the Chosen Ones and the Favored Ones of God.

However, for all sects, the greatest role of the Favored Ones of God is that they are the best vessels for the gods to descend.

For example, Staven, who attacked Ryan last time, has a physique that is closer to the Favored Ones of God, but only close.

If it is really the Favored One of the Spider God Neyobrekhan, then once possessed, the increase in strength will be far greater than Staven's body.

But the problem is that the Favored Ones loved by different gods have different physiques. It is naturally extremely difficult to find those Favored Ones who meet the requirements in the vast sea of ​​people, just like looking for a needle in a haystack. Therefore

, the preciousness of the Favored One of God in front of you is self-evident!

Thank you for the reward for being happy and having good luck!

(End of this chapter)