Chapter 140 The drama is about to begin? (Two chapters in one)
"Miss Jenny?" Ryan was slightly surprised.
He didn't expect Jenny to come and pick him up in person.
It seems that the Crowley family attaches great importance to his becoming the family's guardian knight.
After a simple greeting, Ryan followed Jenny on the carriage.
Soon, the carriage slowly drove towards the county town. The driver's control level was very good and the carriage was very stable.
"Miss Jenny, have you heard of the 'Bat Market'?" Ryan suddenly thought of it.
"Bat Market? I haven't heard of it." Jenny was a little confused, thought about it, shook her head, and said.
Ryan nodded.
This situation is also normal.
It seems that this 'Bat Market' should be relatively hidden, and not everyone can enter.
This is troublesome.
On this trip, I wanted to go to the 'Bat Market' by the way. One is to see if there are more wizards or witchcraft items for sale, and the other is to buy some formula raw materials recorded in the 'Beast Taming Diary'.
Jenny frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Sir Ryan, maybe my mother will know about this 'Bat Market' you mentioned."
"If even she doesn't know, I can ask my friends."
"I think, as long as it is in the city of Mayest County, the Crowley family can definitely help you find a place."
Ryan smiled slightly and said, "Okay, then thank you Miss Jenny first."
Jenny's words made sense. Indeed, he seemed to underestimate the background and energy of a noble.
This made Ryan feel much better all of a sudden.
When the journey was halfway through, Jenny seemed to have thought of something and said to Ryan, "By the way, Sir Ryan, according to convention, after you become the guardian knight of the Crowley family, we will provide a set of knight plate armor, corresponding weapons, and war horses."
"Of course, you can also directly choose gold coins as a reward."
"I wonder which way you will choose?"
This made Ryan happy.
Recently, he was indeed a little short of money. The three hundred imperial gold coins he brought to the Habsburg Manor yesterday were basically spent. The knights' weapons and plate armor were the biggest consumers of gold coins.
Especially high-quality weapons and armor, which were worth ten or even dozens of times more than ordinary weapons.
An ordinary militia iron sword only cost a few silver coins, and basically every blacksmith in the town could make it.
But those long swords that can really be used in fierce battles, such as the half-hand sword currently used by the Night Watch, cost more than ten times, and each one requires four to five imperial gold coins.
And the fine steel greatsword that Ryan used before cost twenty or thirty imperial gold coins.
This shows how expensive good weapons are.
After thinking about it, Ryan said, "Miss Jenny, if it's convenient, it's better to convert it into gold coins."
As for why he chose gold coins?
That's because Ryan's weapons have basically been dealt with by himself. A 'Glimmering Greatsword' is now on his back, and although the two-handed war hammer has not yet been made, the raw material blood-marked steel ingots have been prepared.
In addition, the weapons provided by the Crowley family are probably fine steel weapons of a high level. To be honest, they cannot meet Ryan's combat needs.
As for armor
, although Ryan does lack a set of knight plate armor at present, he has already thought about how to get it.
As for war horses, as Ryan is now a deputy sheriff, he can use the "public bus" to travel - the war horses raised in the stables of the administrative office.
If he raises war horses himself, one is that there is no stable at home, and the second is that taking care of horses is actually a more troublesome thing.
Jenny smiled slightly and said, "Sir Ryan, it's the same as I guessed."
Jenny immediately opened the brown wooden box beside her, took out a heavy leather purse from it, and said, "Sir Ryan, this is your annual salary, 500 imperial gold coins."
Huh?
Ryan looked at Jenny in surprise.
He really didn't expect that the money had arrived before he officially became the guardian knight of the Crowley family.
In addition, Ryan had also learned about the market from Hamilton before, and to be honest, this price was much higher than he expected.
I have to say that this feeling of being valued is still very good.
"Thank you, Miss Jenny." Ryan did not refuse immediately. After taking it, he thanked.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the outskirts of Meister County.
Ryan looked through the carriage window and saw that the number of pedestrians and carriages coming and going gradually increased. A tall black and gray city wall stretched in front of Ryan's sight.
This was his first time to come to the county city. The name of the county city was Meister, and the entire Meister County was named after this city. Many counties in the Dragun Empire were like this.
When Ryan took the Crowley family's carriage to the vicinity of the city gate, he saw a long team entering the city, which was divided into two groups and squeezed into the small gates on both sides.
Judging from their clothes, most of these people should be civilians, mercenaries and merchants. They were being inspected and paying the city entry fee.
The most spacious main gate was empty. Even if there were a few carriages coming and going, they rarely stopped and left.
The carriage Ryan was riding in went straight to the main gate, and seeing the coat of arms of the Crowley Baron family on the carriage, the guards at the gate wearing chain mail and holding spears soon let him pass.
This simple thing fully demonstrated the privileges of the nobility.
After the carriage entered the city, what caught Ryan's eyes were the bustling shops and streets, which looked much more lively than the town of Goldshire.
However, Ryan could faintly smell a lot of strange smells, which seemed to be the smell of human excrement mixed with other odors, which made him frown.
It seems that this area should be a civilian area, and the sanitation conditions do not seem to be very good.
The carriage continued to drive for about half an hour, and after turning left and right twice, it came to a villa area. The environment here is obviously much better than the civilian area seen when entering the city just now.
The ground is very spacious and tidy, and on the exterior walls of each independent villa, you can see all kinds of green plants and flowers carefully planted.
Even though it is now the frost month, there are still many cold-resistant flowers blooming, which are very beautiful.
As the carriage slowly stopped, Miss Jenny smiled and said, "We are here, Sir Ryan, this is the mansion of the Crowley family in the county town."
Ryan nodded.
As soon as he got off the car, Ryan saw the voluptuous Baroness Crowley, who was waiting at the door of the mansion with two tall knights and five or six servants. When she saw Ryan coming down, a smile appeared on her beautiful face and she said,
"Sir Ryan, welcome to the Crowley family!"
"Thank you, ma'am, you are too polite." Ryan also bowed slightly and said with a smile.
However, he keenly noticed that the two knights beside Baroness Crowley did not seem to welcome his arrival, and even had a hint of hostility.
This is because with the improvement of Ryan's mental power and the "Danger Sense" reaching the level 3, he can easily distinguish some obviously hostile eyes.
After a little thought, Ryan remembered that these should be the two family knights mentioned by Baroness Crowley before.
"Sir Ryan, please allow me to introduce, this is Knight Sheldon of the Crowley family." Baroness Crowley raised her hand slightly and gestured to the bald knight on her left.
"Hello, Knight Sheldon."
"Hello, Lord Ryan."
The bald knight was at least forty years old, but he was tall and burly, and still looked intimidating.
"This is Knight Steen." Baroness Crowley pointed to the knight with a moustache on the right.
"Hello, Knight Steen."
"Hello, Knight Ryan."
"Lord Ryan, let's go in first. You've worked hard on the way."
At this time, the beautiful Baroness Crowley took the initiative to step forward, holding Ryan's left hand and walked in.
The lady's chest was white and towering, and every step she took would rub against Ryan's arm.
This made the two knights on the side look at each other, and they saw resentment and a certain desire in each other's eyes.
Damn, seeing the tender meat coming, you took the initiative to stick to it?
Fuck slut!
Still pretending to be pure in front of me.
The knight named Steen seemed to have less patience. After seeing this scene, he couldn't hold back for a while and took the initiative to speak:
"I heard that Lord Ryan has just entered the extraordinary not long ago?"
"Yes, Knight Steen, I have indeed entered the extraordinary less than half a month." Ryan nodded and answered casually.
"Oh? I thought it was a rumor. Although a new knight is not impossible to become the guardian knight of the Crowley family, as a guardian knight, shouldn't you show convincing strength?"
"How about it, Lord Ryan, do you mind showing it on the training ground? Of course, I can be your imaginary enemy." Steen seemed to be reasonably suspicious, but in fact he said provocatively.
This made Baroness Crowley, who was holding Ryan's hand, tighten obviously.
Obviously, she felt a little embarrassed that Steen proposed to compete with Ryan so quickly. She thought that at least it would wait until the afternoon, or even later, before the scene in front of her would appear.
"Stein, you are so rude. Lord Ryan has just arrived." Baroness Crowley scolded angrily.
So soon?
The sex scene is coming?
Ryan raised his eyebrows. Since he had promised Baroness Crowley, and he also received money on the carriage, he naturally had to do things for her.
Ryan waved his hand and interrupted what Baroness Crowley was about to say.
"Oh? Lord Stein, do you want to compete with me?"
When he saw the two family knights for the first time, Ryan observed them carefully and found that their strength was really average.
In this case, Ryan did not intend to waste any time on these two people.
He quickly showed his strength and completed Baroness Crowley's request.
In this way, he could still take time to go to the county military supply department, and perhaps, he could also inquire about the situation of the 'Bat Market'.
No!
Ryan thought, perhaps, these two are very good experience 'NPC'.
But he may need guidance.
Thinking of what he had gained in the Habsburg Manor yesterday, Ryan couldn't help but smile.
So, he came up with a small plan in his mind.
Hearing Ryan's direct agreement, Steen couldn't help but laugh.
Sure enough, he is still a young man.
He agreed after a little provocation.
This is a sure thing!
"If Sir Ryan doesn't mind, it would certainly be my honor." Steen said hypocritically politely.
"I am also looking forward to exchanging combat experience with Knight Steen." Ryan also responded with a smile.
Soon, the group came to the training ground behind the villa.
Many of the barons and lords who were invited to attend the ceremony and were on good terms with the Crowley family came to the training ground after hearing the news of a formal knight competition.
The training ground in the mansion of the Crowley Baron family was not large, covering only a few hundred square meters, and was not equipped with a racecourse. This was also because the mansion was located in the city of Mayest County.
Land in the city is extremely valuable, and even nobles are reluctant to use it to build a racecourse.
As for the large training grounds equipped with racecourses, nobles usually equip them in the manors in the suburbs.
On the training ground.
Ryan and Stein stood in the center of the field, but this time Ryan was holding a bronze war hammer instead of a glimmering giant sword.
Before going on the field, Ryan had handed the sheepskin-wrapped glimmering giant sword and other things to Jenny for safekeeping.
"Sir Ryan, don't you want to change into a knight's armor?" Stein narrowed his eyes and looked at Ryan in plate armor.
Ryan shook his head slightly and said, "No, just this one."
Stein nodded, holding a sword and shield, suddenly went from static to dynamic, and sprinted towards Ryan.
"Dang!!"
The sound of metal clashing rang out!
The two took a step back, and it seemed that they were evenly matched.
Then, the two began to fight.
The two men moved very fast. Among the crowd watching, apart from those who had reached a certain level of strength, many noble ladies were just listening.
They could not see the two men's figures clearly, and only heard the sound of "ding ding dang dang" of weapons clashing.
"Hey! This Ryan is quite strong. He can evenly fight with Stein." The older knight Sheldon's eyes narrowed slightly and thought to himself.
In his mind, this newly promoted young knight should not be as strong as Stein.
Because generally speaking, even if there is talent, it is a flaw if the time of promotion is too short!
According to normal logic, the opponent should have a lot of gaps with veteran official knights like Stein in terms of proficiency in combat skills and the degree of breaking limits.
After all, it takes time to catch up!
Therefore, it should not take too much effort for Stein to defeat the opponent.
As a result, the battle situation was beyond Sheldon's expectation. It was actually a stalemate, as if it had become a battle to see who had better physical strength.
Jenny on the side was also surprised.
She was looking at the battle situation with a puzzled look on her face.
There were many question marks in her mind!
Why did Lord Ryan change to hammer skills?
In addition, why did it feel like Lord Ryan was letting him win?
Why?
Shouldn't he defeat Stein cleanly and establish his authority?
Jenny thought for a long time, but she still couldn't figure out why Ryan did this.
Seven or eight minutes later, Ryan saw that Stein was tired after the fierce battle, and his movements began to deform. He knew that it would be too deliberate to continue acting.
So Ryan seized Stein's unstable steps and knocked him to the ground with a hammer.
Then, he pretended to be quite tired, supported the bronze war hammer, stood in the middle of the field, and gasped.
"Lord Ryan, being young is good. Your physical strength must be stronger than mine. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether this game will win or lose." Although Stein was defeated, he was obviously very unconvinced.
Because judging from his own feelings during the fight just now, if Lord Ryan was not young enough and had better physical strength than him, it would be hard to say who would win!
Ryan smiled slightly and ignored the complaints of his defeated opponent, as if he did not hear the dissatisfaction in Stein's tone at all.
Stein glanced at the smiling Ryan, stood up angrily, and left the center of the venue.
Ryan happily read the system prompts:
[Your skill Tokkar Hammer Technique has been improved, experience value +79]
[You have experienced a battle, Knight (Extraordinary) professional experience value +26]
It seems that because the battle just now lasted long enough, the experience rewarded by the system is very high.
Come to think of it, after all, the battle just now condensed almost all the physical strength of a veteran knight.
After Stein stood up, he walked to the side of Knight Sheldon and whispered something.
Then, the older bald knight Sheldon slowly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sir Ryan, do you mind if an old guy like me also participate?"
"You know, at my age, my physical strength has declined a lot, so it's just right for me to compete with Sir Ryan now. I don't want to take advantage of Sir Ryan."
Huh?
Ryan didn't expect it.
His acting skills are so good, and this knight Sheldon took the initiative to ask for a competition with him so quickly.
Fortunately, he was not really tired. On the contrary, his strategy was still very successful. After all, he lured the older bald knight to take action.
Not only did he want to win the victory, but he also had to stand on the moral high ground and brush up another wave of hammer experience points.
But...
this knight Sheldon seemed a little too shameless.
Baroness Crowley, who was watching the battle on the side, was a little anxious when she saw this scene. She couldn't help but tighten her hand holding Jenny, as if she was worried that Ryan would agree.
After all, unlike Jenny, she had not personally seen Ryan killing Andrews and other Black Flame monks.
However, Jenny knew that Ryan was most likely "acting", although she did not understand the meaning of Ryan's doing so.
Ryan could not tell Jenny that he was doing it to "gain some experience".
"Mother, you don't have to worry too much."
"I feel that, how should I put it, Lord Ryan seems to be deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, although I don't know why he did this." Jenny said softly beside Baroness Crowley.
"Hmm? Is that so?" Baroness Crowley glanced at Jenny and found that her daughter's expression did not seem to be deliberately comforting her.
After all, even a white lie would soon be exposed by the next competition.
Ryan in the center of the venue said: "Since Knight Sheldon is interested in this, I will naturally cooperate."
Ryan's agreement immediately made Sheldon's face happy.
As if he didn't want to leave time for Ryan to recover his strength, as soon as he came on the court, Sheldon burst out with all his strength holding a hammer and shield, and rushed towards Ryan quickly.
However, after a fierce attack, Sheldon found that Ryan's defense was as solid as a rock.
Although Ryan's expression was always a little tired, as if Sheldon could defeat him as long as he worked harder.
Five minutes later.
The sweaty bald knight Sheldon was already panting at this moment, but he still found that he had not defeated Ryan. He shouted unwillingly:
"You can't do that!"
"You should be exhausted, how can you still hold on for so long!"
Ryan smiled slightly and said, "Maybe it's because, as Knight Stein said just now, I'm young, so I have better physical strength."
After that, Ryan hit Sheldon with a hammer and ended the battle.
Since Sheldon has no physical strength, Ryan naturally doesn't plan to continue "acting".
The system prompt immediately appeared:
[Your skill Tokkar Hammer Technique has been improved, experience value +67]
[You have experienced a battle, Knight (Extraordinary) professional experience value +22]
Tsk tsk!
As expected, when you get older, your physical strength is not good.
This experience value is not as good as Stein just now!
Ryan complained a little in his heart.
Jenny also expressed her opinion on these two Crowley family knights on the way.
If possible, Jenny does not want Ryan to kill or seriously injure them.
After all, the two have served the Crowley family for many years, and have not yet had the intention of rebelling. What they are more of is a covetousness for the beauty and wealth of the Crowley family.
Therefore, Jenny hopes that Ryan can intimidate the two.
Ryan agreed to the Crowley family's request after a little thought.
After all, this is a request made by the Crowley family themselves, and there is no need for him, the guardian knight, to do too much. Even if something happens later, it is the Crowley family's own business.
The onlookers are not stupid. After watching two consecutive competitions, they also found something wrong.
Because at the end of the first game, Ryan gave people the feeling that his physical strength was too much, and he should not be able to hold on for too long. But now that the second game is over, Ryan walked off the field in high spirits, and at this moment, he was chatting with Baroness Crowley.
At this time, many noble ladies outside the field, after seeing Ryan's performance, also whispered to each other and talked in a low voice.
In particular, one of Jenny's best friends, Agatha Wiggins, ran to Jenny excitedly and said,
"Jenny, you are really getting more and more discerning. Where did you find this handsome boy? He is not only strong, but also has such good physical strength. You are so lucky!"
As she spoke, she stared at Jenny with an ambiguous look.
"Agatha, don't talk nonsense. Ryan is the new guardian knight of our family. Besides, he was found by my mother and has nothing to do with me." Jenny naturally understood the implication of her best friend and said shyly.
"So it's Baroness Crowley? I didn't expect she likes to eat young grass, haha."
"You are going to die. You can say such words in public."
The two noble ladies immediately laughed and played.
After the competition, Ryan proposed to Baroness Crowley that he wanted to go to the military supply department in the county city.
Although both Jenny and the lady wanted Ryan to stay in the mansion and communicate with the guests, Ryan had no interest in it.
At present, he has not passed the assessment for the canonization of nobles. Strictly speaking, he is not a real noble.
On the other hand, Ryan feels that even socializing will only be meaningful after one's identity and status reach a certain threshold.
However, there will be an appointment ceremony and dinner at the Crowley family mansion in the evening, and Ryan must attend.
Ryan took a carriage arranged by the Crowley family and came to the military supply department of the county city in the north of the city.
This military supply department in the county city is set up next to the city guard camp and is responsible for the exchange of merits for the county city's internal guard forces, including the city guards, night watchmen and security guards.
After Ryan showed the emblem representing the deputy sheriff of Shimmering Gold Town, he was allowed to enter. This emblem was issued to Ryan when he was appointed before, and it was regarded as replacing the original emblem of the captain of the night watch.
As soon as he entered the military supply room here, Ryan found that the area of the military supply room was several times larger than that of Shimmering Gold Town, and there were four or five civilian staff sitting in the office.
Moreover, they were all young and beautiful women in uniform.
It gave him the feeling of a service hall in his previous life.
Yesterday, on the last day of February, Donkey Ti directly received nearly 200 monthly tickets, which really surprised me.
I really thank all the readers for their support, it's so awesome!
By the way, I'm asking for the monthly tickets for the first day of March.
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(End of this chapter)
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