Chapter 190 The Church of the Goddess (Two chapters in one)
Half a minute ago, a carriage guarded by several knights just turned the corner of the winding forest path and saw the might of Ryan's hammer.
The knights who saw this scene all changed their expressions, and at this time, a corner of the curtain was pulled open from the window of the carriage.
A beautiful young face under the hood looked curiously in the direction of Ryan. Suddenly, a pair of beautiful eyes widened uncontrollably, and the cherry mouth quickly turned into an O shape!
What caught the girl's eyes was a tall humanoid creature with bulging muscles. He held up a dark iron hammer and hit the ground heavily, like a landslide that hit everyone's heart.
In an instant, the ground cracked inch by inch, and an invisible shock force spread rapidly with the strike point as the center.
The stones and gravel on the ground were instantly turned into powder after encountering this shock force.
So, with Giovanni, the Beast Knight, in a panic and a bit confused, a strong shock force hit him!
Although he was protected by plate armor and the black flames that looked like living things like vines, he still stood there stiff for about half a second under Ryan's full-strength attack.
The battle between masters changes rapidly!
Half a second, perhaps for ordinary people, it is only enough time to throw a punch, but for Ryan, it is enough to hit at least three powerful hammers!
"Bang! Bang!"
The third blow was connected with the secret technique of Tokkar Hammer Technique 'Rising Dragon Hammer! '
Ryan twisted his body and hips, mobilized the strength of his core muscles, and waved his hands to create a dark afterimage, from bottom to top, and suddenly hit Giovanni's wolf head jaw.
"Crack!"
Giovanni's wolf head jaw was directly smashed, and at the same time, the whole person was hit four or five meters off the ground, and the whites of his eyes were also turned out!
But it's not over yet!
Ryan kicked his feet and quickly caught up with Giovanni's twitching body in the air, and quickly caught up with him and hit him with a heavy hammer!
"Bang, bang, bang!"
With each hammer strike, the black flames on Giovanni's body, like vines, became dimmer, and the plate armor on his body shattered piece by piece, accompanied by the crisp sound of bones breaking.
This shattering sound was like firecrackers, "crackling" and banging non-stop!
"Bang!"
A heavy object fell to the ground!
This was because Ryan interrupted the heavy hammer combo, and Giovanni's body hit the ground heavily.
The beast-like Giovanni, whose vitality was comparable to that of a great knight, was still twitching violently at this moment, but it was already in the last gasp stage. His wolf mouth was beaten to pieces, and he vomited blood in large mouthfuls, and his whole body showed all kinds of strange distortions.
Judging from his posture, there was a high probability that there was no intact bone in his body, and he lay on the ground like a pool of mud.
Giovanni's body was changing rapidly at this moment. His black hair faded and his face changed from a wolf's head to a human's face. However, the shattered jaw injury and the broken bones throughout his body did not recover.
Soon, a human corpse appeared in front of Ryan.
Ryan was also holding the pig-headed hammer at this time, panting heavily. He had just burst out with all his strength and consumed a lot of physical strength.
However, Ryan's eyes were shining at this moment!
For Ryan, it was really rare to have such a strong opponent. It can be said that he fought to his heart's content in this battle.
Almost all his progress in this period of time was displayed and tested in this battle.
However, neither Ryan nor the people in the team noticed that on the tall tree in the distance of the forest, there was a thin man wearing patterned leather armor, holding a copper monocular telescope, observing the situation on Ryan's side.
After seeing Ryan kill Giovanni, he was shocked and muttered to himself: "Impossible! How could Ryan be so strong!"
"This is Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, nicknamed 'Beast Knight', who was killed by an unknown young man!"
"Before, I thought the Baron was making a fuss, but now it seems that he still underestimated this Ryan"
"No, I have to report to Baron Alonso immediately!"
The thin man climbed down from the tree as fast as a monkey, and disappeared in the direction of the county town after a few runs.
After a while, the girl in the carriage finally recovered her mood and asked with a clear voice like an oriole: "Knight Lawrence, how strong is this guy?"
"Very strong! No, very strong!" A knight wearing knight armor next to the carriage looked at Ryan solemnly and said.
"Stronger than you?" The girl was puzzled.
"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, his opponent just now should be Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, nicknamed 'Beast Knight'. It is said that he has escaped from the hands of the Great Knight several times."
"I didn't expect that he would die here this time." The middle-aged knight named Lawrence said with emotion.
"So strong!" The girl covered her mouth and exclaimed.
Although she didn't know what the Beast Knight was, she knew that the Great Knight was an existence that could not be matched by the strongest fighting force of the family. The boy could kill such a powerful person, so his strength can be imagined.
"Then Knight Lawrence, tell me, who is more powerful, the friend of your father, Lord Hamilton, who mentioned last time, the young man who might be able to solve the problem, or this young man?"
"I haven't seen this young man yet, so I can't make a judgment." Lawrence thought for a while and answered wisely.
But in his heart, he was thinking, how could the young man in front of him be as powerful as this one.
He had never heard of such a powerful young man, let alone met him.
At this time, Ryan glanced at the system prompt:
[Your skill Tokkar Hammer Technique has been improved, experience value +1034]
[Your skill Giant Bear Sword Technique has been improved, experience value +232]
[Your skill High Temperature Force Field is upgraded, experience +12]
[You have experienced a battle, Knight (Super) experience +298, Wizard Apprentice (Super) experience +13]
In the battle just now, Ryan used hammer skills the most, followed by sword skills, so the experience points are also the same, hammer skills accounted for the majority.
In addition, the level of Knight (Super) has reached lv5 (795/2000), and Tokkar's hammer skills have been upgraded to lv7 (2724/5000), and the experience points have exceeded half.
As for the remaining attribute points, 1 point of agility was added in the battle, and now only 2 points are left, and the remaining skill points are still 1 point.
At this time, the sharp-eyed Ryan suddenly found that a broken waist bag slipped out from the opponent's muddy body.
This made Ryan's heart move slightly. What on earth is that thing that masters of this level carry with them?
He stepped forward and opened the waist bag. A token made of unknown metal came into view. The pattern on it was three groups of blazing black flames. This shape was very similar to the apostle token dropped by the Black Flame Apostle he killed before.
It should be some kind of identity proof inside the Black Flame Church.
Ryan shook his head slightly. This was of no use to him, but the Goddess Church seemed to value it very much.
Huh?
There
was also a special animal skin scroll in the waist bag. Ryan opened it carefully and found that the content inside was some prayers written in spiritual writing.
After thinking about it, Ryan felt that this should be a prayer used in some ritual of the Black Flame Cult. For him, it was still useless.
This made Ryan a little disappointed. After all, he was looking forward to the spoils of war, but he didn't expect that there were only these two things.
However, suddenly, Ryan's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he said to himself:
"Perhaps, the Goddess Church will like this gift."
Ryan glanced at the caravan that was afraid to move forward at the corner, but ignored it. Instead, he dragged the guy who could transform into a werewolf and the other party's iconic weapon and threw them on the carriage.
At this time, the team that had just hesitated to move forward, after seeing Ryan's body shape return to normal and cleaning up the battlefield, seemed to think that Ryan was not a bad guy, so it slowly approached from behind.
However, Ryan did not want to have any contact with strangers at this time point, so he rode on the black horse, drove the carriage and brown horse, and quickly went to the county city.
After entering the county city, Ryan did not go home immediately, but came to the Temple of the Goddess of Monsoon and Ocean, which he had never been to before.
The tall and majestic temple can be seen from a distance. The tall square temple is supported by more than ten tall columns that are very similar to the Ionic column style in the previous life.
A major feature of this column style is that there are two symmetrical tendril-like scrolls on the top of the column, and there is a small decorative belt between the two scrolls. The overall shape is very eye-catching and beautiful.
It is also very consistent with the goddess's gentle temperament.
At the same time, in front of the temple, along the steps down, there is a circular fountain, and in the center of the fountain is a very beautiful female statue holding a conch, about three meters high.
The gurgling spring water flows out of the conch held by the goddess without stopping, forming a miniature waterfall, falling vertically.
A row of temple guards wearing silver armor stood guard around.
When they saw the imposing Ryan, riding a tall black warhorse, they looked at each other for a while, and immediately stepped forward and said: "This knight, may I ask what you are doing in the Goddess Church?"
Just when Ryan appeared at the corner of the road, the temple guards had already noticed it.
First of all, Ryan's black warhorse was too tall and eye-catching. Secondly, Ryan himself had the aura of killing the "beast knight", which made the temple guards who were not even as strong as the official knights tremble in their hearts.
If their faith in the goddess was not strong enough, they might have already felt cowardly.
"Excuse me, is Priest Rudolf here?" Ryan smiled and said politely.
"Do you know Priest Rudolf? The Priest just came back yesterday. What should I call you? I'll go and tell you." The temple guard who asked the question was relieved when he heard that Ryan seemed to know Priest Rudolf.
"You tell Priest Rudolf that Ryan is visiting."
"Okay, Lord Ryan."
The temple guard quickly walked up the steps and trotted towards the temple.
After a while, an old man wearing a water blue robe with gold edges and holding a heavy book came out of the temple.
Seeing the old man appear, Ryan smiled and jumped off the warhorse.
Rudolf also saw Ryan riding on a tall black warhorse for the first time. He smiled and greeted him, saying, "Now, I should call you Baron Ryan."
The temple guards beside him were stunned. They all looked stunned.
So young, a baron?
They thought he was a knight master, but they didn't expect him to be an imperial baron. Such a young baron is really rare.
Ryan smiled and said, "Master, you are too polite. You can still call me Ryan."
At the same time, Ryan nodded slightly to the two Templar Knights behind Rudolf.
These two people had fought together in the Night Song Forest last time, so they were familiar with each other. One of them seemed to be called Machini, and Ryan had an impression of him.
"Baron!" The two Templar Knights bowed slightly and said.
"Your Excellency the Master, I may need to trouble you this time." Ryan turned his head and gestured to the tall carriage behind him, and then he kept silent.
Rudolf was old and wise, and he immediately understood what Ryan meant. He said, "Baron Ryan, come and sit with me."
Then he signaled the two Templar Knights to lead the carriage into the temple.
In the front yard of the temple, Ryan's face became serious and he said, "Your Excellency the Priest, I was assassinated by the Black Flame Cult on my way back to the county town. Perhaps you should take a look at their bodies first."
"Huh? Assassinated?" Rudolf's face changed and he immediately signaled the two Templars to open the carriage.
The two Templars opened the carriage and took out the tall and thin body of the 'Beast Knight'.
However, as soon as they lifted the body, they found that the body was like a pool of mud, and the bones were almost broken. It fell straight down as soon as it was lifted. In addition, there was a symbolic strange sickle weapon next to it.
The two looked at each other.
"What a powerful hammer technique!" a Templar exclaimed.
He also practiced hammer technique, so he could tell at first glance that the wounds and muddy state on the corpse were clearly caused by the extremely powerful hammer technique.
This kind of superb use of shock force cannot be achieved without decades of hard practice!
The key is that Baron Ryan is so young...
The Templar glanced at Ryan and was extremely shocked!
"Hey! This is Giovanni." Priest Rudolf looked at the corpse and the iconic weapon placed next to the other party - a long-handled strange sickle, and his eyes narrowed immediately.
Although he still looked calm, he was extremely shocked in his heart.
This guy is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood. Many of the shitty things in the dark are done by the Wilderness Brotherhood headed by him.
In fact, the Goddess Church had wanted to remove this cancer a long time ago, but due to the firm opposition of many nobles in the county city, and there was no clear evidence that the other party was controlled by the cult, so the matter was delayed.
In addition, the other party was quite powerful. After the transformation, he could even compete with the Great Knight. Unexpectedly, he died in Ryan's hands this time.
Hey! Ryan was able to kill the other party, which meant that Ryan
Rudolph immediately thought of something.
"This is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, Giovanni, known as the 'Beast Knight'. Ryan, did he attack you?" Rudolph looked at Ryan in surprise.
"That's right, Your Excellency the Priest. However, perhaps you will be more interested in his other identity." As he spoke, Ryan took out a diamond-shaped token with three black flames and the prayer written in the spiritual book from his arms and presented them to the three people.
"Black Flame Guardian Token and Black Flame Protection Prayer!" After Rudolph took it, he looked at it and his eyes suddenly widened and exclaimed.
"What!" The two Templar Knights gasped.
"It's actually the Black Flame Guardian Token!" The two looked at each other and saw great shock in each other's eyes.
The exclamations of several people, especially the exclamation of the always calm Priest Rudolph, immediately attracted the attention of many Templar Knights and guards who were practicing combat skills in the front yard of the temple.
Ryan looked at Rudolph and the two Templar Knights, and asked in confusion: "What is the Black Flame Guardian? I remember that last time I killed the Black Flame Apostle, I also had a Black Flame Token."
"However, that was a ball of black flame, and these three balls of black flame seem to be a little higher than the apostle's." "That's
right, Ryan, the level of this Black Flame Guardian is second only to the Black Flame Priest. Not only is it extremely powerful, but it is also very hidden. We only knew that the Black Flame Cult had two Black Flame Guardians before, but we never knew their specific identities."
"I didn't expect that Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, is actually a Black Flame Guardian!" Rudolph exclaimed.
Although it was hard for him to believe that the death of the Black Flame Guardian was caused by the young boy in front of him, the fact that Ryan killed the Black Flame Apostle last time seemed to remind him that this was reasonable!
In addition, this Black Flame Guardian Token and the Black Flame Protection Prayer are the best proof!
This matter is obviously a good thing for the Goddess Church. The president of the Wilderness Brotherhood was killed, and now is the best time to sweep.
"Machini, you must gather the team immediately. I will report to the Bishop and sweep the Wilderness Brotherhood immediately!"
"Selkin, give these two items to the Bishop, and report the situation at the same time." After thinking about it, Rudolf immediately gave the order.
"Ryan, maybe you should meet with the Bishop. I believe Bishop Xien will be very happy to see you." Rudolf turned to Ryan and said.
Ryan thought about it, nodded quickly, and said, "It's a great honor. I'll trouble you then."
The purpose of his coming to the church this time was to seek support from the church.
However, he did not expect to be personally received by the highest leader of the county church, Bishop Xien.
Because, considering that he was about to have a bloody duel with Baron Norman, Ryan did not want to be distracted from dealing with the Black Flame Cult for the time being.
In the county, if he could get the support of the Goddess Church, then the safety of his family would be like adding a double insurance, and he would have one less worry.
After all, the Goddess Church's defense and response methods for some mysterious sorcery or curses were much better than his.
Looking at the backs of Ryan and Rudolph leaving, many young Templar Knights and guards in the front yard of the temple whispered:
"Black Flame Guardian, hiss!"
"It seems that we have never killed such a high-level figure of the Black Flame Cult?"
"Yes, it is said that the strength of the Black Flame Guardian is even higher than that of the Peak Knight?"
"This young man is too strong!"
"Ryan? The one who was rumored to be the duel opponent of Baron Norman?"
"So he is Ryan?"
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Compared to outsiders, it is obvious that as a church member who believes in the gods, he understands the value and difficulty of killing the Black Flame Guardian.
Although these words were vaguely heard by Ryan who was far away, because the hatred between him and the Black Flame Cult had become irreconcilable, Ryan did not care whether the news was leaked.
Soon, Ryan came to the central area of the temple, which was a magnificent hall with a tall arch. There were various reliefs and murals on the top and around the top that were closely related to the goddess.
An old man wearing a water blue robe with thick gold edges and holding a scepter was smiling at Ryan who walked into the hall.
The other person had gray hair and looked very old, but he was very energetic.
Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly, took the initiative to step forward and saluted, saying: "My Lord Bishop, it's an honor to meet you."
"Hello, my child!" Bishop Xien stepped forward very kindly and gently hugged Ryan.
"I heard from Rudolph that you killed a guardian of the Black Flame Cult. Child, you can tell me if you need anything."
This is not the first time Ryan has dealt with the Goddess Church. He was already aware of the situation of the co-governance of the imperial power and theocracy in the Dragun Empire. Of course, the imperial power is stronger in the current situation.
But as a bishop, his status in the entire Meister County can be said to be second only to the Archon Count Habsburg. Even in terms of the right to speak on the extermination of cults, the bishop's opinion is more important. This is also a kind of tacit understanding between the Empire and the Goddess Church.
Such a big man is willing to meet him, which is much better than what Ryan had imagined before.
Originally, he just wanted to mention it to the familiar Rudolph and get the goodwill of the church by the way. Unexpectedly, he directly led to the bishop of the Goddess Church in the county city.
Since the big man has spoken, Ryan thinks it is not a bad idea to raise opinions at the right time.
"My Lord Bishop, it is my unshirkable responsibility to kill the cultists. However, I am a little worried about the safety of my family in the county city. You know, some evil magic of the cult is hard to guard against." "
Hahaha, so you are worried about this. Rudolf, I will arrange two temple guards to go to Ryan's mansion and set up the divine ritual - 'detect evil'."
"Once the ritual is triggered, the temple will sense it, and then we can arrange for the church to rush to the rescue." Bishop Xien turned his head and said to Ryan.
Rudolf on the side added at the right time: "Recently, there have been many mysterious events and cult events, involving a lot of our manpower. Otherwise, we would not have sent only two temple guards."
Ryan nodded. He could understand this.
In addition, if it was really the Templar Knights who lived in his mansion, it would make him a little uncomfortable, and feel a little overvalued. After all, every Templar Knight was the strength of a formal knight. If he was an earl, it would be almost the same.
"By the way, it has been widely rumored in the county these days that Baron Norman wants to challenge you to a bloody duel. Child, do you need the church to help you negotiate?" Bishop Xien thought of something and took the initiative to say.
"Thank you, Bishop, for your concern. There will definitely be a battle between Baron Norman and me, and this duel is what I look forward to."
"Well, in that case, may the goddess bless you. Child, this is a silver conch medal of the Goddess Church, used to honor those who have made outstanding contributions in exorcising evil."
"In the last and this battles with the cultists, I think you have sufficient reasons to receive this medal." Bishop Xien said, while picking up a medal the size of a child's fist, shining with silver light from the tray held by the attendant beside him.
There is an extremely clear conch pattern on it, which is lifelike!
"Thank you, Goddess, thank you, Bishop!" Ryan took it carefully and wore it on the lining.
"Baron Ryan, please keep this medal properly. You can seek and get help anywhere in the empire as long as there is a temple of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church."
"In addition, this medal solidifies the magic of detecting evil. When evil approaches, it will vibrate slightly to remind you." Rudolf explained.
Ryan nodded, bowed slightly to Bishop Xien, and thanked him again.
"In addition, considering that you are about to face a battle, I have a blessing from the goddess here, which may be helpful to you." Bishop Xien looked at Ryan and said with a smile.
"Blessing?" Ryan was stunned, but Rudolf on the side repeatedly winked at him, indicating that Ryan agreed.
Ryan thought about it, nodded, and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Bishop!"
Originally, Ryan was still a little afraid of this kind of blessing from God, but he thought about it and it seemed that his own system could absorb all the energy of the blood crystal and the black crystal.
Then the blessing from the goddess should also be considered a kind of energy.
With the high-pitched chanting, the gray-haired bishop looked at Ryan and raised the scepter in his hand. The aqua-blue light became more and more intense and dazzling. The next second, this aqua-blue light enveloped Ryan.
A cool and strange energy penetrated into Ryan's body.
The system prompt sounded immediately:
[Ding! The detection found that there is a large amount of unknown absorbable energy around the host. Yes/No? (Note: After absorption, it can be converted into designated professional experience points.)]
Ryan was inexplicably happy!
Sure enough, it can be done.
He immediately said "yes" in his heart!
Then, this aqua-blue energy was quickly absorbed.
[Ding! A total of 1976 extraordinary experience points were converted. Please choose Knight (Extraordinary)/Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary)/Beast Tamer (Extraordinary) for improvement.]
Hey!
It's OK!
This time, the Goddess Church has come to the right place.
But which extraordinary profession should it be added to?
This made Ryan a little confused.
Because if he adds it to any extraordinary profession, he can get a reward of only one level up.
——At
the same time, in a study room in the mansion of Count Habsburg.
"What? Giovanni died in the battle?" Alonso stood up suddenly after hearing the news, and asked in shock.
"Yes, according to the report from the spies, he saw it with his own eyes. Ryan killed the 'Beast Knight' Giovanni in the battle." Butler Michel wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
Just now, when he heard the news, he was also shocked. You know, Giovanni, as the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, not only helped the Black Flame Church, but also helped many nobles in the county city to deal with many things that were inconvenient to do.
In the upper class of Mayest County, the 'Beast Knight' is very famous, but such a person was killed by Ryan one-on-one on the spot.
"Are you sure there is no one else to help?" Alonso asked again with a little disbelief.
"Confirmed not! The spies said it very clearly, it was one-on-one. I have repeatedly asked about this point." Michel nodded, nodding with certainty.
Alonso frowned and paced. After a few seconds, he seemed to have thought of something and quickly gave an order:
"You immediately notify Baron Norman and tell him the news. See if he needs any help. If you can help, please agree to it for me."
"Yes, Baron." Butler Michel bowed slightly and quickly left the room.
Thanks to the rookie for giving 100 starting coins!
(End of this chapter)
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