Chapter 193 The Power of Master-level Combat Skills (Two chapters in one)
However, Ryan thought about it and decided to try forging first.
Because he estimated that even if it was a little worse, it shouldn't be too much worse.
Ryan opened "Crowley's Armor Casting Outline Volume 2" and the design of the Ice Iron Set, which exuded a light blue metallic luster, came into his eyes.
Ryan also began to check carefully to select the forging parts of the Ice Iron Set.
The Ice Iron Set, like the Chrome Iron Set, has a total of eight pieces.
After thinking for a while, Ryan chose the Ice Iron Shoulder Guard, because the design of the Ice Iron Shoulder Guard showed that this shoulder guard was similar to two arc-shaped covers, which was a part that could be melted and formed at one time.
Unlike the shoulder guards of other sets, which have a design of multiple armor plates.
Soon, Ryan began to smelt the Ice Iron Ingot. Due to the extremely high fire resistance of Ice Iron, the smelting temperature was abnormally high. Fortunately, Ryan had the witchcraft "Scorching Touch" to cooperate, otherwise, it would be really difficult to just rely on the blacksmith furnace!
Half an hour later, the system prompt appeared:
[You have forged the Ice Iron Shoulder Guard, and your understanding has been improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - Shoulder Guard Forging]
[Your skill Shoulder Guard Forging has been improved, experience +24]
[You focus on the Ice Iron Shoulder Guard Forging, Armorsmith Professional Experience +138]
Hey!
Ryan's eyes lit up!
This experience reward is so generous!
It seems that the equipment made of this rare ore is much higher than the equipment made of ordinary ore in the system evaluation standard.
In this way, I really have a chance to upgrade the Armorsmith to level 5 before the Ice Iron Ingot and Ice Iron Ore are exhausted.
Immediately, Ryan started to work with full motivation.
However, after more than an hour, Ryan soon found that he had encountered another problem.
That is, smelting ice iron requires continuous cooperation with witchcraft, and the mental power consumed during the period is far more than smelting ordinary iron ingots. More than an hour has almost exhausted Ryan's mental power.
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to add a little to the mental attribute.
This is because the improvement of mental power will increase the power of witchcraft at the same time. Secondly, adding points can restore the peak state, which means that he can continue to smelt and speed up the progress.
Finally, Ryan considered that he only needed the last two will runes to complete the requirement of visualizing 24 will runes at one time, thus entering the level of a third-level wizard apprentice.
As the remaining attribute points went from 6 to 5, the spirit also went from 25 points to 26 points.
In an instant, Ryan felt that his mind was unusually clear, and the fatigue from the exhaustion of mental power just now disappeared instantly!
In the subsequent smelting process, Ryan found that after adding points, the power of the witchcraft "Scorching Touch" was slightly improved, and smelting ice iron ingots became more handy.
Two hours later, seeing that the armorer's professional level had passed two-thirds, but Ryan, whose mental power was exhausted again, did not hesitate too much and added another point to the spirit.
As the remaining attribute points went from 5 to 4, the spirit also went from 26 points to 27 points.
He who had recovered to his peak state continued to sweat profusely!
Half a day later, the system prompt sounded:
[Congratulations! Your armorer professional level has been upgraded! ]
Ryan's armorer professional level has finally been upgraded to level 5, and he has been rewarded with one attribute point and one skill point.
As a result, the remaining attribute points on the system panel have increased to 5 points, and the remaining skill points have reached 6 points.
Ryan looked at the 6 remaining skill points with a little excitement!
Finally, 6 points have been collected!
As long as he adds three points to the giant bear swordsmanship and the tokkar hammer technique, he will immediately have two extraordinary combat skills that have reached the level 10 level.
After a short rest, Ryan focused his attention on the Knight (Extraordinary) panel, and a pair of big hands held the icon of the sledgehammer pattern - Tokkar hammer technique level 7 (2724/5000).
Since his tokkar hammer technique has entered the level 6 level, the two special effects of shock and precision have reached the level 2 level.
Once his Tokkar Hammer Technique is upgraded to lv10, the next level of special effects can be unlocked simultaneously:
"Note: Tokkar Hammer Technique unlocks shock lv3, the following conditions must be met: 1. Tokkar Hammer Technique lv9 or above; 2. Bear King Breathing Technique lv9 or above."
"Note: Tokkar Hammer Technique unlocks precision lv3, the following conditions must be met: 1. Tokkar Hammer Technique lv9 or above; 2. Strength 22 points, agility 18 points, and constitution 20 or above."
The requirements for these two special effects lv3 only require the hammer to reach lv9.
Referring to the special effects of the lv2 level last time, it can kill a ferocious sea beast comparable to a great knight, so the power of the special effects of the lv3 level is even greater!
As Ryan silently added points!
The remaining skill points on the attribute panel changed from 6 to 4, and Tokkar Hammer Technique also jumped to lv9.
In an instant, a large amount of memories about the practice of Tokkar Hammer Technique were instilled into Ryan's mind.
These fragmentary memories of hammer training almost formed a short film in Ryan's mind, and then quickly merged into his muscle memory.
However, the content of this memory was really huge, and Ryan took a while to open his eyes.
Just now, he seemed to have experienced several years of hard training in Tokkar's hammer, and then, in just a few seconds, all these years of hammer training experience were stuffed into his mind.
Ryan glanced at the hammer, and sure enough, the two special effects "shock" and "precision" were upgraded to level 3.
Ryan looked at it carefully again, and the new text descriptions of the two special effects were similar. Compared with level 2, the main change of level 3 is that "small amplitude" has become "large amplitude".
That is, the power is further improved!
But considering that the weapon master (legend) occupation panel requires extraordinary combat skills to be level 10, Ryan took a short rest and added a few skill points to Tokkar's hammer.
As the hammer entered level 10, Ryan suddenly froze!
The infusion of the hammer training memory this time gave Ryan a particularly long feeling. When he came to his senses, he found that the feeling of holding the "indestructible force" in his hand was particularly different from before.
At this time, two system prompts that surprised him suddenly appeared:
[Ding! It is detected that the host Tokkar's hammer has reached level 10, unlocking the master-level hammer combat skill special effect: multiple shocks (passive), and the original special effect: shock lv3 is overwritten. ]
[Multiple shocks (passive) effect: You have reached an extremely high level of control over hammer weapons and the Force, and can deal multiple shock damage. ]
(Note: This effect is only effective when the host holds a hammer weapon and uses the flat end to attack.)
(Note: This effect is proportional to the host's Force, strength, expertise and combat skill level.)
[Ding! Detected that the host's Tokkar Hammer Skill has reached level 10, unlocking the heavy weapon special effect: Lifting Heavy Weapons with Ease (Passive)】
【Lifting Heavy Weapons with Ease (Passive) Effect: Your control of heavy weapons has also reached an extremely high level, and you can swing the heavy weapons in your hands. This state will increase your swing speed by an additional 20%. 】
(Note: Only effective when using heavy weapons.)
Hiss!
This made Ryan very happy!
First of all, the power of this multiple shock, from the description, it is known that it greatly exceeds the shock level 3.
Although shock level 3 is also a very powerful special effect, no matter how strong it is, it only has one shock damage, which is easily blocked by armor or other things, while multiple shocks are different. They can often penetrate thick armor and attack the enemy's interior.
The latter is even more amazing!
Two-handed warhammers generally have the problem of being too heavy. Although the heavy weight is the basis of their great power, it also means that their swinging speed is definitely not as fast as that of a great sword, not to mention light weapons such as one-handed swords.
But now this special effect of "lifting heavy objects with ease" (passive) makes up for this shortcoming very well.
Wait!
Heavy weapons?
Ryan keenly noticed the change in this statement.
His hammer skill has been upgraded to level 10, and what can be unlocked is not the special effect of hammer-type combat skills, but the expansion to all heavy weapon combat skills.
Suddenly, the four words "applying analogies to other things" in the statement caught Ryan's eyes.
This immediately made Ryan realize something!
He seemed to understand a little bit why the prerequisite for the weapon master (legendary) profession required three combat skills of different weapon categories to reach level 10.
When Ryan looked at the panel again, he saw that the hammer skill was displayed as follows: Tokkar Hammer Skill lv10 (2724/20000), additional effects: lifting heavy objects with ease, multiple shocks, precision lv3.
One hammer down, three special effects!
Tsk tsk!
After looking around, Ryan couldn't help but cover a piece of thick log with a freshly forged light blue ice iron shoulder guard, and then used only 50% of his strength to swing the pig-headed hammer to hit it hard.
"Bang!"
The light blue ice iron shoulder guard shattered directly, but what was even more exaggerated was that, according to reason, with the resistance and weakening of the ice iron armor, the logs underneath it, even if not intact, should not be too damaged.
But when Ryan opened the broken ice iron shoulder guard, he found that the logs were more seriously damaged than the ice iron shoulder guard, almost broken into powder.
Hiss!
Ryan couldn't help but sigh!
Is this multiple shocks? So terrifying!
Just now, he clearly felt that the hammer he hit with a heavy blow had produced at least two lv3 levels of shock force, one to break the armor and the other to break the wood.
And if he exerted his full strength, he would most likely be able to produce three or even higher shock forces.
In that case ,
after calming down his excitement a little, Ryan focused his attention on the giant bear swordsmanship again.
Tokkar Hammer Skill lv10 brought him such a big surprise, so if Giant Bear Sword Skill is upgraded to lv10, shouldn't it also be...
Ryan's eyes lit up slightly, with expectation on his face.
As he silently recited the addition points!
The remaining skill points on the attribute panel changed from 3 to 0, and Giant Bear Sword Skill also jumped from lv7 to lv10.
As a large amount of memory poured in
, two system prompts also appeared:
[Ding! Detected that the host Giant Bear Sword Skill has reached lv10, unlocking the master-level sword combat skill special effect: Cut Steel (Passive), the original special effect: Sharpness lv3 is overwritten. ]
[Steel Cutting (Passive) Effect: Your control over sword weapons and the Force has reached an extremely high level, and you are able to cut ordinary steel weapons and armor with one sword. ]
(Note: Only valid when using sword weapons.)
(Note: This effect is proportional to the host's weapon, Force, strength, expertise and combat skill level.)
[Ding! Detected that the host's Giant Bear Swordsmanship has reached level 10, unlocking the sharp weapon special effect: Armor Break (Passive)】
【Armor Break (Passive) Effect: Your control over sharp weapons has reached an extremely high level, and you can concentrate your strength on one point and burst it out, greatly increasing the probability of breaking the enemy's armor. 】
(Note: Only effective when using sharp weapons.)
Sure enough!
Ryan looked at the Giant Bear Swordsmanship level 10 (3023/20000) on the panel with joy, with special effects: Cut Steel, Armor Break, Precision level 3.
The same triple special effects!
At the same time, Ryan discovered that the special effect of armor breaking is not only for sword weapons, but all sharp weapons, including the pointed end of his pig-headed hammer, will also have this special effect.
Ryan, who was a little itchy, immediately tried the new special effects. He swung the glimmering giant sword, aimed at the light blue ice iron shoulder guard, and chopped it down with one sword.
"Swish!"
The ice iron shoulder guard forged with rare ore was cut open with one sword!
Tsk tsk, this power should be the combined effect of cutting steel and breaking armor. Even the armor made of special ore was cut open with one sword.
However, Ryan had a vague feeling that the attack power of the two-handed war hammer was still higher than that of the greatsword in terms of power.
After a little thought, Ryan understood that this might be due to the lv3 level hammer specialization, because the power of both the "multiple shocks" and "cutting steel" special effects is linked to the specialization level.
In addition, Ryan felt that he seemed to have gradually lifted the veil of mystery of the special profession of weapon master (legend) by describing "heavy weapons" and "sharp weapons" in the system.
He had a vague understanding of what the core skills or professional characteristics of this legendary profession might be.
After thinking about it, Ryan found another interesting place.
Generally speaking, to master a weapon to the master level, even if one has considerable talent, one must work hard for 20 to 30 years. In terms of difficulty, it is no less difficult than a knight becoming a great knight, and it is even more difficult.
But now, Ryan's greatsword and two-handed warhammer have all reached the master level, which is equivalent to the level of a knight with sword and hammer talent who has practiced hard for 50 to 60 years.
There is a cheat, which is really too terrifying!
In addition, the strength of this "quasi-weapon master" is even stronger than Ryan expected.
If he faces Giovanni again, whose strength is comparable to that of a great knight after transformation, Ryan feels that the opponent should not be able to withstand three of his hammers, and he may be knocked down by one hammer!
As for Norman?
Ryan is looking forward to his promotion to a great knight.
Otherwise,
the duel would be too boring.
Baron Norman's mansion.
All the guards in the mansion were fully armed and guarding around the villa at this moment, on high alert.
And Dennis was pacing back and forth at the door of the indoor training room with an anxious look on his face.
Just now, his father, Baron Norman, had decided to take the high-level magic potion "Behemoth Essence" to attack the Great Knight!
Before this, Dennis's mood was up and down like a roller coaster.
A few days ago, when his father successfully recovered his peak strength, Dennis was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights in a row. He felt that this time his father would kill Ryan in the bloody duel, which was a sure thing.
But he didn't expect that things would soon reverse again. It is said that Ryan's strength has improved very quickly, and his father at his peak may not be able to defeat Ryan. Even the chance of winning is at most 40% to 60%, and his father is 40%.
This news made Dennis feel like being struck by lightning!
He couldn't imagine how miserable and miserable the outcome would be for his father, Baron Norman, if he lost in the bloody duel.
Because his strength was only that of a quasi-knight, not even a formal knight, and he had no ability to support a baron family.
In addition to marriage, the relationship between nobles depends more on strength. If one's own strength is insufficient, some interests must be given up, which will inevitably mean that the Norman family will go downhill, not to mention that he has made many enemies.
"Click!"
The door of the training room opened!
Baron Norman, who was full of energy, strode out!
"Father, did you succeed?" Seeing this scene, Dennis couldn't help but blurt out and asked.
The baron smiled slightly and nodded!
"Great! Great! Father, you finally became a great knight!" Seeing this scene, Dennis burst into tears of joy and kept muttering to himself.
It seems that the goddess of luck is still on his side, on the side of the Norman family!
Ryan! You're dead!
Dennis shouted in his heart.
He wanted to start the bloody duel right now.
Unfortunately, he had to wait until the day after tomorrow!
"Come on, you guys!" Baron Norman waved to several of his confidants.
Then, Dennis and others followed Norman to the indoor training ground curiously.
"Take the bow and shoot at me!" Baron Norman crossed his hands behind his back, looking like he was fighting an enemy with bare hands.
Several confidants were a little stunned and looked at each other, not knowing whether to obey or refuse, because Baron Norman was not wearing armor at the moment, but only wearing a noble hunting suit, which had no protection at all.
Dennis immediately guessed that his father wanted to test the combat power of the great knight level, so he immediately urged: "Don't worry, with your father's speed, you can't shoot even if you aim."
"Yes, young master!"
"My Lord Baron, please be careful!"
Several confidants with the strength of quasi-knights suddenly realized, and immediately picked up the strong bow from the side, aimed at Baron Norman and started shooting.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Something that surprised them happened.
The arrows shot at full force seemed to be blocked by an invisible shield in front of Baron Norman. After the inertia disappeared, all the arrows fell to the ground powerlessly.
Dennis became more and more excited as he watched!
Look, this is the Great Knight, the Great Knight!
The defense of pure force can almost make the Great Knight invincible when facing low-level enemies!
This time, he will win!
"Dennis, the news of my breakthrough must be kept confidential. In addition, you go to Alonso and tell him that I have successfully broken through the Great Knight."
"As for the cost of the bottle of giant beast essence, I will pay him after the duel. For this, you thank him for me." Baron Norman asked.
"Okay, father!" Dennis nodded and said.
"By the way, what's the movement over there in Ryan?" As if thinking of something, Norman looked up and asked.
"Five consecutive days in the blacksmith shop." Dennis reported immediately.
Although he was also very confused at the beginning, the fact was that several spies on his side had the same results.
In addition, whenever Ryan went to the blacksmith shop, he would appear on the street. The spies could see it clearly. Even the time Ryan went in and out of the blacksmith shop every day was very regular.
If someone didn't know Ryan, others might really think that Ryan was a blacksmith!
However, this abnormal operation naturally puzzled many people.
But after Dennis bribed a blacksmith apprentice in the blacksmith shop of the Crowley family, he learned from the other party that Ryan seemed to be making knight plate armor.
Suddenly, an idea came to Dennis' mind.
Could it be that Ryan got some rare ore, so he wanted to make a set of plate armor with strong defense to deal with his father?
The more Dennis thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high.
As the investigation continued, Dennis discovered that the Crowley family was secretly collecting ice iron ore, which made Dennis more convinced.
"Huh? All in the blacksmith shop?" Baron Norman was stunned.
In his opinion, Ryan must also be making careful preparations, either practicing combat skills or trying to break through. Why is he forging iron in the blacksmith shop every day? Seeing the confusion on his father's face
,
Dennis immediately told the baron his guess.
"Father, Ryan should be making a set of knight armor made of rare minerals. Maybe he thinks this can increase his chances of winning."
"I see." Baron Norman thought for a moment and suddenly realized.
This is reasonable. Improving strength often requires years of hard training. Generally, it is difficult to make a big change in just a few days. In a short period of time, getting a good weapon or a good set of armor can often improve the chances of winning.
This is also a common practice before a duel.
"By the way, father, the news about your bloody duel with Ryan has spread everywhere. You may not know that many chambers of commerce have jointly opened a handicap to bet on the outcome between you and Ryan." "
At present, since the news of your breakthrough to the Great Knight has not spread, the current handicap is still 50-50 between you and Ryan."
"You say, should we do it." Dennis looked at his father Baron Norman with great expectation.
"Okay, mortgage all the liquid funds, and mortgage the eight stores in the county town under the family name." Baron Norman thought about it, nodded, and agreed with his son's suggestion.
If before this, he was only 50% sure of winning.
So now, he has almost 100% confidence in winning the duel!
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One hour later, in Alonso's study.
"Great! Dennis, your father can successfully enter the Grand Knight, and he will definitely win this duel." Baron Alonso couldn't help laughing.
"By the way, Dennis, are you interested in joining the Chamber of Commerce under my name and taking a sinecure?"
Baron Alonso's words immediately made Dennis excited, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
Of course, he knew that this was Baron Alonso's gesture of goodwill.
It's called a sinecure, but in fact it's just taking money for free.
It seems that the influence of his father becoming a Grand Knight is gradually spreading.
"Of course, thank you for your appreciation, Baron." Dennis bowed slightly to thank him.
"In addition, my father is very grateful for your help in purchasing the bottle of giant beast essence. The relevant expenses will be sent to you after the duel."
"Haha, Baron Norman is polite, there's no rush for this." Alonso, who was in a good mood, waved his hand and said.
After Dennis left, Alonso turned to the butler Michelle and said, "The news that Norman was promoted to the Grand Knight cannot be concealed for too long. Michelle, how much liquid funds do we have left?"
After a little thought, Michelle quickly reported a number:
"There are still 18,343 imperial gold coins left. It was mainly to help Baron Norman purchase a bottle of giant beast essence at the Axon Auction House, which cost a lot."
"In addition, it also cost a lot to ask Master Hollander to help us make the giant beast essence. However, this is probably an income. Once it is successfully made, it will be worth a lot." Michelle added.
Baron Alonso was very satisfied with Michelle's professionalism. He stroked the seal ring in his hand and nodded, saying, "Very good! Then add 18,000 imperial gold coins!"
"Yes, sir, I'll do it right away." Butler Michelle smiled, bowed and left.
——Ryan
's new mansion.
Jenny, wearing a white dress with floral patterns, ran quickly to the room where the beautiful woman was holding her long skirt.
As soon as he entered the room, he said to the beautiful woman in a slightly anxious tone:
"Mother, something bad has happened. You asked me to ask Agatha about the changes in the betting."
"The latest news is that the Norman family has increased their bets. I guess you are right. Baron Norman may have broken through to the level of Grand Knight."
As the Norman family was under martial law recently, the beautiful woman Jennifer could not find any useful information, so she asked Jenny to ask her best friend Agatha.
The Wiggins family, where Agatha was, had a large chamber of commerce under its name, and was also one of the many joint chambers of commerce that opened this time, so they were more informed.
"By the way, mother, isn't Lord Ryan in a bit of a bad state?"
"Look at him, he's forging armor in the blacksmith shop every day. You know, there will be a bloody duel the day after tomorrow."
"Would Lord Ryan underestimate Baron Norman?"
The beautiful woman frowned slightly when she heard her daughter's question, and said:
"I know he is forging knight plate armor in the blacksmith shop, but as you said, even the best knight plate armor can't withstand all attacks, especially those that may come from the Great Knight."
"I'll go to the blacksmith shop to find him now."
Half an hour later, the beautiful woman came to the blacksmith shop.
"Well? You said Norman successfully became a Great Knight?" When Ryan heard the news, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned to look at the beautiful woman and said.
The beautiful woman was worried about Ryan at first, but she keenly noticed that there was no worry or fear in Ryan's eyes when he looked at her, but a kind of...
how to say it
? Joy, happiness?
To be precise, it seems...a kind of joy at the sight of prey!
But how is this possible?
The beautiful woman was a little confused.
However, she quickly adjusted her mindset and nodded, saying, "Although I'm not 100% sure, judging from the bets, the Norman family has invested almost all of their assets."
"It can be seen that they are extremely confident of winning the duel."
Ryan nodded with a smile and said to the beautiful woman, "Very good, this may be a rare opportunity for us to make money."
(End of this chapter)
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