Chapter 169 Invitation (Two chapters in one)
Ryan received the invitation, and he had some guesses in his mind.
This was a light blue invitation made of unusual paper, and what surprised Ryan the most was that there were five dragons flying in the sky with different postures on its surface.
Ryan opened it and saw a line of words inside:
"Ryan Kalan is invited to participate in the selection of the 'Sword Bearer' of the Munster Province of the Empire in three months."
But after a closer look, there was another line of small words in the lower right corner, which wrote the time and place of the selection: the last day of the month of vitality, Munster, Boulevard 1.
It was indeed an invitation to the Sword Bearer!
But it was quite different from what Ryan had expected.
Ryan had always thought that he could directly become a member of the Empire Sword Bearer through the so-called invitation, but now it seems that this is not the case.
It turns out that the meaning of this invitation is to invite someone to obtain the qualification for the selection.
This is like a crew being invited to a film festival in the past. It is not certain whether they will win or not, but the implicit meaning is, "The film you made is good. Our jury has paid attention to it. It may win."
Similarly, the invitation letter from the Sword Bearer also means, "Ryan, your performance is good. We have paid attention to it. It may succeed."
However, as long as there is a chance, Ryan believes that he can seize it.
From another perspective, most people will never have such an opportunity in their lifetime, and will never have the opportunity to contact the invitation letter from the Sword Bearer.
Although there will be selection later, this is of course good news.
Two consecutive good news made Ryan unable to hide his excitement.
At this time, Viscount Theo, who was standing by, saw that Ryan had finished reading the invitation letter, so he smiled and reminded him:
"Not every new knight who received an excellent evaluation will receive a sword-bearer invitation letter. Only a few who are ranked at the top of the excellent evaluation will receive an invitation letter."
"By the way, Ryan, maybe you should take some time to think about designing a noble emblem representing your baron."
"Noble emblem?" Ryan immediately came back to his senses and nodded.
He had an impression of this, just like the Crowley family's exclusive emblem on the carriage that Baron Crowley's family had used to pick him up many times before: it was a kite-shaped shield with a rose-like flower on it.
However, according to Jenny, the design of noble emblems seemed to follow some conventional rules.
This rule was gradually formed among the nobles over the years since the establishment of the Dragun Empire.
For example, patterns such as lions and crowns, generally speaking, if they were not dukes or marquises, the lower-class families would not include them in the design of family emblems.
For example, if there is a shield pattern in the coat of arms, it may represent that the family is famous for a certain shield combat skill. Of course, it may also be sword and shield, hammer and shield combat skills, etc.
But if your family is not good at shield-related combat skills at all, but uses a shield as a coat of arms, it will be ridiculed by other nobles.
Ryan thought about it and it seems that he will have to ask Baroness Crowley or Jenny about this issue when he returns.
"Yes, of course, this time is sufficient. Ryan, just wait for you to confirm and then submit it."
"There is one more thing. On the last Sunday of the Green Grass Month every year, the newly promoted barons and viscounts in the province of Munster within a year need to go to the provincial capital of Munster to receive the official canonization from the Duke of Munster."
"Of course, this is just a canonization ceremony. Ryan, you are now a baron and can enjoy all the noble privileges of a baron."
"The Duke of Munster is only canonizing you on behalf of the great Emperor. You are swearing allegiance to the Emperor and the Empire."
Since Theo knew from his resume that Ryan was a commoner, he deliberately explained it in more detail.
Ryan nodded to show that he understood.
Green Grass Month?
The time marked on the invitation letter of the Sword Bearer is the Month of Vitality. According to the calendar calculation of the previous life, it is almost March, and the Green Grass Month represents April.
It seems that I must go to Munster in three months.
"In addition, you will enjoy a series of noble rights after becoming a baron, such as the right to discuss matters, immunity, etc. You can learn about them slowly after you go back."
Theo said as he handed a booklet to Ryan.
"Ryan, I look forward to your future performance. If nothing unexpected happens, we may meet again in Munster." Viscount Theo smiled and left the room.
The two attendants at the door followed closely, and the group left the Navy House Inn.
For Ryan, this canonization assessment trip has almost ended perfectly.
He did not expect that in just three days, he would wait for the assessment results and the invitation letter from the Sword Bearer.
The efficiency of the empire suddenly gave him a big surprise.
After a little thought, he planned to pack his bags and return early to tell his parents and sister Mint the good news as soon as possible.
However, when Ryan went downstairs, he unexpectedly saw a beautiful figure waiting for him on the first floor of the Navy House Inn.
The female major Marika looked at Ryan who was carrying a bag with a smile, took two steps forward, and said, "Knight Ryan, no, Baron Ryan, are you ready to go back now?"
"Major Marika, you can just call me Ryan." Ryan could tell that there was no malice in the other party's words.
"Baron Ryan, have you ever considered serving in the navy?"
"With the ability you have shown in this canonization assessment, you will definitely be reused. The South China Sea Fleet also needs young talents like you to join."
Ryan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the female major Marika would directly recruit him to join the navy.
To be honest, if he hadn't received the invitation letter from the sword bearer, he would really consider the other party's suggestion carefully.
Because in terms of opportunities and the size of the organization, the Imperial Navy, no, the South Sea Fleet alone, is far superior to Mayest County.
The promotion opportunities and the possibility of being exposed to various witchcrafts are naturally much greater than those of Mayest County, which is located in a remote corner.
However, this recruitment is not attractive to Ryan now.
On the contrary, many trivial matters during this period will involve a lot of his energy.
For now, Ryan plans to find time to go to the Gold Coast after settling his family, looking for Master Gunther to further improve his strength.
Because this should be the most efficient and risk-free choice to improve strength.
Of course, handling certain mysterious events brings Ryan a lot of rewards, but the risks involved cannot be completely ignored.
"Thank you for the invitation from Major Marika. I have longed for the Imperial Navy for a long time. Unfortunately, I have already received an invitation from the Imperial Special Department, so... I am really sorry." Ryan said sincerely.
As for not mentioning the sword holder, it is mainly because I don't want to give Marika a feeling of showing off.
"Hmm? So soon?" A trace of surprise flashed across Marika's beautiful face.
How could the Imperial Special Department come to Ryan so quickly?
With such energy and efficiency, could it be
"Baron Ryan, the special department you mentioned, could it be the Imperial Sword Bearer?" Marika couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Huh? How do you know that it is indeed the Sword Bearer?" Ryan nodded.
This was Ryan's turn to be surprised. Viscount Theo would most likely not actively spread such news, which means that Marika guessed it herself.
And the female major Marika looked as if she had suddenly figured something out.
No wonder, just now when she was talking to General Silva about 'Why not invite Ryan to the South China Sea Fleet', General Silva said something in a playful way, 'You may be able to try, but I'm sure it won't work. '
It seems that General Silva already knew at that time that Ryan had received the invitation from the Imperial Sword Bearer.
As a result, she was still excited to take the initiative to act as this 'lobbyist'.
The 'old fox' was trying to see if he could attract Ryan to stay.
Thinking about this, Marika's face flushed slightly.
Ryan looked at Marika in front of him and felt a little strange.
Why did the female major look shy? However, the other party's navy uniform and this shy expression were indeed a beautiful scenery.
Look, several men next to him were already stunned.
"Then Baron Ryan, I wish you a safe journey! Remember to write to me." Since there was no hope for Ryan to join the navy, Marika quickly adjusted her mentality and waved with a smile.
"Thank you, Major Marika, I will. At the same time, you are welcome to come to Mayest County at any time." Ryan said with a smile.
After saying goodbye to Marika, Ryan, carrying his luggage, came to the stable on the side of the Navy House Inn, put the luggage on the brown horse, and rode the black horse himself, merging into the flow of people on the street.
However, Ryan did not go north directly to Meister County, but headed towards the noble mansion area west of Rosby City.
Soon, he came to the door of a luxurious mansion. The servant at the door saw Ryan and immediately opened the door and greeted with a smile: "Knight Ryan, Miss Evelyn is in the training ground with her friends."
This is Evelyn's home.
Since Ryan met Evelyn at the Nightingale Market last time, the two quickly became familiar with each other.
Yesterday, Ryan came to Evelyn's house as a guest at her invitation, so the servants at the gate all knew Ryan's new friend.
At first, Viscountess Norman was very curious and a little worried about her daughter inviting a young man she had never seen to her home.
Because after she and Ryan had a brief meeting, she found that the other party was a commoner, which was quite different from Evelyn's status.
Even if the other party was a newly promoted knight.
But when Evelyn said, "Mother, Ryan is likely to be the first in this canonization assessment. '
After that, Viscountess Norman immediately stopped objecting and supported her daughter to invite Ryan to come, saying that she wanted to show more etiquette as a host.
This made Evelyn speechless.
Are you in the training ground with your friends?
Ryan didn't think much about it and stopped the servant from taking the horse to the stable to look after it. Instead, he chose to follow the servant and drove the horse directly to the training ground next to the back garden of the mansion.
Because he planned to say hello and then return to the town of Shining Gold.
Evelyn, with red hair, was sparring with a male knight of about the same age. In addition to the servants who were obviously wearing servants and guards, there were three men and one woman watching in noble hunting clothes or knight armor.
When Ryan rode a black horse into the training ground, he immediately attracted the attention of these noble heirs.
Ryan glanced and found that many of them were familiar faces, all of whom were among the people who participated in the assessment in Rossby County.
After just a few glances, Ryan focused his attention on the competition in the field.
Although Ryan didn't pay much attention to those people, the noble sons were very curious about Ryan's appearance and looked him up and down.
However, they only took a few glances and found that Ryan was not the same kind of person as them.
There was no extra decoration on the horse, it was too simple.
Ryan was also wearing a chrome iron suit, a very ordinary set of knight armor.
As Ryan approached, they could clearly see that there was no noble emblem on the front of the knight's breastplate.
Therefore, they were basically sure that Ryan was not a noble son, but a commoner.
"It seems that he is a new knight from another county who participated in the canonization examination this time. I saw him at the Navy House Inn." One of them said.
"Yeah, I have the impression that he was hanging out with that civilian knight, Haas."
"Why is this person here?"
"Now that you mention it, I remember it too. However, I don't think I saw him on the night of the assessment. I went to the 'Ruhr'. Osby, you went to the 'Hook', right? Have you seen this person?"
"No!" The young man named Osby stared at Ryan's black hair for a few seconds and said very confidently.
"Hehe, is he one of the people who went to the small fortress?"
"Then it is unlikely that the other party was invited by Evelyn on his own initiative. It is likely that he is Evelyn's pursuer."
"People who overestimate their own abilities are found in every county." The young man next to him sneered and said.
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Ryan didn't care what the onlookers were saying at all. He glanced at them and then ignored them.
However, his eyes were on Evelyn's opponent and he looked at him a few more times.
Male, peak knight, holding a sword and shield, superb fighting skills, and very good strength.
Because the opponent was quite strong, although Evelyn saw Ryan from the corner of her eye, she didn't have the opportunity to stop and say hello.
The two of them exchanged glances and greeted each other hastily.
"Bang!"
Evelyn and the other's shield collided, and each of them retreated two steps, and the battle suddenly stagnated.
At this time, Evelyn said, "Stop! Salem, let's stop here today."
"Huh? Evelyn, we are having a great time, why do you stop?" The other party took off his knight's helmet, revealing a blond hair. He was a handsome young man with a high nose bridge, about eighteen or nineteen years old.
"One of my friends is here." Evelyn pointed at Ryan riding on a black horse and said.
At this time, the young man named Salem squinted his eyes and looked Ryan up and down.
It seems that he has never seen this friend of Evelyn.
However, judging from Evelyn's attitude, it seems that she attaches great importance to this friend. Could it be a competitor?
Huh? Judging from the dress, the other party does not seem to be a noble.
Moreover, the other party should not be from Rossby City, because if it is from Rossby City, and the young man with the strength of a formal knight, he has more or less seen it.
At this time, Evelyn waved to Ryan, looked at the bag behind him, and said, "Ryan, are you ready to go back? Why don't you stay a few more days?"
Seeing Evelyn coming over, Ryan also jumped off the black horse and said with a smile, "Yes, Evelyn, I plan to return to Meister now, so I came to say goodbye to you."
"Evelyn, is your friend also here to participate in the canonization assessment?" Salem walked up and asked.
Seeing that Salem took the initiative to come forward, Evelyn knew that it would be too rude if she didn't introduce him.
"Salem, this is Ryan, from Meister County, a new friend I met during the canonization assessment."
"Ryan, this is Salem, the second son of Count Zeman's family."
"Hello!"
The two nodded to each other, as if they had greeted each other.
At this time, several people who were watching came up, and one of them said to Ryan: "Sir Ryan, please leave tomorrow. It's a rare opportunity for us to get together and exchange combat skills."
"This." Ryan thought about it.
The people in front of him seemed to be good candidates for "experience gaining", because his Tokkar Hammer Technique was already level 4 (843/1000).
It seemed that it was also a good choice to find these people to gain experience in Hammer Technique.
Who knows, it may be upgraded to the next level.
"Haha, Osby, don't make it difficult for Ryan."
"Perhaps, only Salem and I can compete with Ryan, although there is a high probability that we will lose." Evelyn saw what Osby said and immediately knew what the other party was thinking, and couldn't help laughing.
In Evelyn's impression, Osby was not a bad person, and he was an old acquaintance. She felt that there was no need to embarrass him in public, so she reminded him.
"Hmm?"
Hearing Evelyn's words, the second generation of nobles present knew that Ryan must be extraordinary.
In an instant, four or five eyes were focused on Ryan.
Ryan seemed to be oblivious to these scrutinizing eyes, and still had a calm expression.
But in fact, he smiled bitterly in his heart.
All right! Evelyn, you are going to scare away my "experience NPC". Ryan thought to himself.
"Ryan, it is very likely that he will be the first in this Munster Province Canonization Assessment. Do you understand what I mean?" Evelyn introduced with a smile.
"What?" Several people's eyes suddenly widened twice, their mouths opened wide, and they looked extremely surprised.
"First? This... is too exaggerated?" The young man named Osby stuttered when he spoke.
After the tension, Osby's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and immediately questioned: "Even if Lord Ryan is strong, the assessment results should not be out yet, right?"
"That's right, and the assessment results are only divided into excellent, good and qualified. Evelyn, how do you know that Ryan is the first?" Salem on the side also questioned.
"Yes!"
"In addition, Evelyn, you may not know how powerful Bridger Sanchez from Dorne County I followed is!"
"Along the way, I saw him kill the captain of the 'Sharp Hook', Bilkiel Jamal, and at least five Blood Sail Pirate leaders." Osby stretched out five fingers and gestured.
"Lord Ryan, no matter how powerful he is, he can't be more powerful than this Bridger Sanchez!"
After listening, several people nodded and agreed with Osby's analysis.
Yes!
Killing a captain and five leaders of the Blood Sail Pirates, this record is almost impossible to be surpassed!
Even Evelyn only killed the boatswain of the Blood Sail. Of course, the Blood Sail is the flagship, and its boatswain is more valuable than the boatswains of other pirate ships.
But Bridger Sanchez from Dorne County killed the captain of the Hook.
If the Lord Ryan in front of him surpasses Bridger Sanchez's record, could it be that he directly killed all the pirates on a ship?
This is impossible!
"Huh? So you didn't know." Evelyn was surprised for a moment, and then, she looked like she had suddenly realized something.
This made the second-generation nobles next to her even more surprised, and their eyes turned to Evelyn.
In Ryan's view, it was quite like an expression of "primary school students waiting for the teacher to announce the final exam results."
This made Ryan, who was standing aside, look a little funny.
But it was obviously not convenient for him to say anything at this time. It was not his character to brag or belittle himself.
"Ryan was the one who turned the 'Shipwreck' into a shipwreck. Didn't you hear the huge explosion at that time?" Evelyn asked back.
Although this sentence was a bit difficult to say, somehow, when Evelyn said it, she felt a little proud.
In addition, she felt a little strange at this time.
Because generally speaking, she was in Ryan's position before and was quoted by her friends, but now it was the other way around.
If Ryan could hear what Evelyn was thinking at this time, he would understand immediately.
Isn't this just like a good friend of mine in the previous life won the first place in the 100-meter race at the school sports meeting, and then someone asked, who is the person next to you? Generally, I would say proudly, this is the first place in the 100-meter race at the school, don't you know him?
"Ah?"
"Didn't they say it was caused by the actions of the Imperial Navy?"
"Yes, the shipwreck was blown into two pieces. How could such a powerful force be achieved by a new knight who participated in the assessment?"
Several people immediately questioned.
"If you don't believe it, then I can't help it, but I saw it with my own eyes." Evelyn shrugged.
Hearing Evelyn say this, several people immediately kept silent.
Because with their understanding of Evelyn, they knew that she never disdained to lie.
So, several people focused their attention on Ryan again.
"Sir Ryan, although I believe what Evelyn said, it makes me more curious about your strength. Can we have a competition?" Salem, who was standing aside, said in a deep voice with a very serious expression.
He was a new knight who participated in the last canonization assessment.
Although he also received the evaluation of "excellent", he knew that the difference between the first and the last place in the same excellent evaluation could sometimes be very large.
Because some people get excellent evaluations by doing their best, but some people get excellent evaluations because the highest evaluation is just excellent.
And the first place often belongs to the latter.
Ryan was stunned at first, and then he was happy in his heart.
Yes, just now he was regretting that a wave of experience would slip away from his hands.
But now it seems that the NPC with the highest "experience value" is back.
Because Ryan couldn't take the initiative to find Evelyn, a female friend he just met, to compete, then among all the people present, the strongest one is undoubtedly the second son of the earl in front of him.
"Of course." Ryan nodded and agreed.
At the same time, in order to avoid Evelyn's obstruction, he had already taken a step and walked towards the center of the venue.
Evelyn's red lips stammered twice, but seeing that Ryan looked quite interested, she looked a little worried.
This made another female knight at the side feel a little strange, and asked: "Evelyn, didn't you say that this Lord Ryan is the first? Why are you still worried about him?"
"I'm not worried about Ryan, but I'm worried that Salem might be seriously injured." Evelyn said, and she remembered the scene that night when Ryan broke the thick hull of the "Shipwreck" with a hammer.
That time, she was really shocked!
Hearing this, several people beside looked at each other.
Not really!
Salem is not an ordinary person. He is also a master who received an excellent evaluation in the last canonization assessment. Even compared with Evelynn, he is on par.
Even if he may not be Ryan's opponent, the difference in strength is not that big.
At this time, Ryan and Salem have come to the center of the training ground and stood still.
Ryan took off the pig-headed hammer "Indestructible Force" behind him and held it in his hand, looking directly at Salem, and his burning eyes made Salem's heart "thump".
Because Salem had a very strange feeling, it seemed that Ryan, who was standing opposite him, was looking at him as if he were looking at a... how should I put it, an object?
But at least it didn't look like he was looking at a living person.
(End of this chapter)
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