Chapter 228 Greyhound Evolution (Two chapters in one)
In the pharmacy room.
The beautiful woman Jennifer held the invitation letter and roughly told Ryan the content.
"Alonso invited you and me to the dinner?" Ryan couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Could it be that the other party wanted to repair his relationship with him?
Ryan thought.
To be honest, he was not very interested in this matter because he was about to go to Munster to participate in the assessment of the "Sword Bearer".
Therefore, the hypocrisy between the nobles at this level in Mayster County was no longer meaningful to him now.
On the contrary, his time was quite precious now, because Ryan wanted to upgrade the pharmacist's professional level to lv5 before going to Munster, and transfer to the Breaking Bad (Extraordinary) professional panel.
In this way, on the one hand, he would have more sufficient skill points in a short time, and his strength could be improved again.
On the other hand, although the pharmacist did not bring him any core skills, he believed that the Breaking Bad at the Extraordinary level should not be simple, and there was a high probability that he could bring him some kind of improvement or benefit.
Of course, he could refuse the invitation from Alonso, but Ryan would not refuse the invitation from Earl Habsburg, the highest official of Mayest County.
After thinking for a while, Ryan said to the beautiful woman Jennifer, "Decline it!"
The beautiful woman Jennifer naturally had no objection and said readily, "Okay, dear."
"By the way, what is the theme of this banquet?" Ryan thought about it and asked casually.
Jennifer took out the invitation and looked at it, saying, "Well, it's to appreciate a few oil paintings from the Eagle Federation."
"Appreciate oil paintings?" Ryan couldn't help but look at the beautiful woman in surprise.
The beautiful woman chuckled and explained,
"Many times, the purpose of gatherings between nobles is to enhance connections and strengthen exchanges. So, sometimes, for example, tasting a batch of newly arrived Bordeaux vintages can become the theme of a banquet."
"Okay, this" Ryan couldn't help but be a little speechless. He was indeed a casual noble.
When Alonso heard the report from the butler Michel that Ryan declined his invitation, he was not angry or disappointed, but smiled slightly.
"It's about the same as I expected."
"However, this time it's different. This matter is not just my business. There are so many nobles who privately buy the Black Flame Church's divine blood. Michelle, contact them and ask them to send banquet invitations to Jennifer in the next few days."
"Yes, Lord Baron." Michelle suddenly understood what Alonso said.
The network of people among these nobles is also the reason why Alonso is confident.
Because a large part of the Black Flame Church's divine blood is distributed to nobles at all levels through him.
Simply put, a considerable number of nobles in Mayest County have formed a large interest group with the Black Flame Church through him.
In some aspects, they can advance and retreat together.
If he had concerns about doing this before, because the conflict between him and Ryan was more of a personal conflict, but this time the High Priest of the Black Flame Church made it clear that he would personally deal with Ryan.
So, at this point in time, there is no problem for him to mobilize these nobles to put pressure on Ryan together, and it will not cause any criticism from the Black Flame Church.
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Sunday. Study
in the mansion of Earl Habsburg.
Ryan once again met the majestic Count Habsburg, the highest official of the Empire's Meister County.
With the improvement of his strength, Ryan could vaguely feel that Count Habsburg's strength seemed to be no less than Captain Baron of the Fish Dragon Team.
Similarly, after seeing Ryan, Count Habsburg couldn't help but let out a soft "eh" sound, and then stared at Ryan for a long time.
"It turns out that Claire should be the most promising knight in the entire Meister County, but after seeing you again today, Ryan, I think Claire should give way to you!"
Count Habsburg said with a smile.
"Thank you for your compliment, Miss Claire will always be my guide on the road of knighthood." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.
"Ryan, I thought that you, a fledgling eagle, would need to learn to fly for a while before you could soar into the sky, but I didn't expect you to spread your wings so soon."
"I have received an official letter from Munster. Ryan, with your strength, as long as you can use it normally, I believe you will be able to pass the Imperial Sword Bearer Assessment smoothly."
"My Lord Earl, thank you for your encouragement."
"By the way, if you encounter any difficulties in Munster, you can take this letter to my old friend. Perhaps you can get some help from him." Count Habsburg took out a letter from the drawer of the desk and handed it to Ryan.
Ryan took it and saw that the letter had been sealed with red wax, and on the red wax was the emblem of the Kali bird representing the Habsburg family printed with a seal ring.
Obviously, Count Habsburg had been prepared.
"Thank you, my Lord Earl!" Ryan bowed.
Ryan knew the intention of Count Habsburg's care and expressed enough respect and goodwill.
So, the sumptuous dinner was spent in a peaceful and joyful atmosphere, and soon after, Ryan returned home.
The next morning, Ryan went to the backyard of the villa as usual, fed the greyhound 'Cookie' and the blood-feathered horned eagle 'Blood Feather' the mutation growth potion and made records.
However, this time, after feeding the greyhound Cookie, it suddenly "Awooo" and let out a painful howl!
Then, Cookie began to devour the food in front of him frantically.
At this time, the system prompt also sounded:
[The host pet greyhound, affected by the long-term use of the mutation growth potion, began to mutate and evolve! ]
[Mutation and evolution in progress]
This immediately made Ryan happy. He immediately turned around and said to the servant beside him, "Go to the kitchen and get more meat. Put it in a big basin."
"Yes, my Lord!" The servant immediately trotted to the kitchen.
"Wait, go to my study and get the violent bear meat on the table." Ryan stopped him and said.
Cookie's large amount of food at this moment means that its evolution needs a lot of energy this time, and the violent beast meat contains rich energy, which is the best choice at present.
"Okay, my Lord!" The servant hurried over again.
Soon, two strong servants brought a large basin of cooked and fragrant meat.
Soon, Cookie ate most of the large basin of meat. Ryan looked at its slender body and found it hard to imagine how it could hold so much meat.
At this time, a small basin of violent bear meat was also delivered!
After the ten kilograms of violent bear meat was swallowed, Cookie seemed to be full. He lay on the ground, kept growling, and dug the ground with his four claws, as if he was enduring some kind of drastic change in his body and the severe pain it brought!
Ryan knew that this was not a normal evolution, because the greyhound itself was a relatively stable dog breed.
If Cookie had not taken the mutation growth potion for a long time, it would be almost impossible for it to mutate and break through the upper limit.
Cookie's skin turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his muscles were trembling, swelling and bulging!
A few minutes later,
Cookie became obviously taller and bigger, his muscles became stronger, and his four claws became longer and sharper.
If you have to make an analogy, Cookie's evolution this time is like the slender and agile figure of a cheetah, turning into the figure of a tiger, which is also a cat.
At this time, the system prompt suddenly refreshed the screen:
[The pet greyhound under the host has evolved successfully and has now evolved into a ferocious beast 'Greyhound War Dog'! 】
【Your skill of Taming Beasts is upgraded, experience value +535】
【Your Tamer (Extraordinary) professional experience +321】
(Note: Greyhound War Dog has awakened the innate ability 'High-Speed Healing')
【Yes/No to rename the Greyhound War Dog? 】
Looking at the system prompt of successful evolution, Ryan couldn't help but be overjoyed!
After thinking about it, Ryan chose 'No'.
Because Ryan felt that the system named the Greyhound after the evolution as 'Greyhound War Dog' was still very accurate, after all, it was a violent dog mutated from a Greyhound.
But this was just a small matter.
At this time, Ryan had already focused on the innate ability 'High-Speed Healing'.
He thought that according to the characteristics of Greyhounds running fast, they should awaken a talent ability like 'Swiftness', but they didn't expect it to be a recovery ability like 'High-Speed Healing'.
However, after a little thought, Ryan nodded.
It is very likely that this is the effect of the mutation growth potion. The word mutation represents many things.
In addition, there seemed to be a sign of this. Cookie had injured his spine before, but he was able to heal and stand up again.
This subtly revealed some kind of talent.
I don't know if it was that injury that led to its evolution in this direction, or if it was from taking the mutation growth potion that Cookie subtly awakened this talent.
Of course, this is not important.
What is important is that after Cookie evolved from an ordinary beast to a ferocious beast, it means that the fourth item of the prerequisite for Ryan's promotion from Beast Tamer (Superb) to Master Tamer (Legend) 'cultivating at least one ordinary animal into a ferocious beast' has been met.
In addition, the third item 'having any three or more ferocious beasts as pets' has also been completed (2/3). Next, Ryan only needs to wait for the black horse to mutate step by step.
Once the evolution is successful, Ryan can immediately be promoted to Master Tamer (Legend)!
At this time, Cookie, who had completed the mutation evolution, stood up from the ground.
Ryan was surprised to find that the shoulder height of the greyhound war dog Cookie had reached 1.2 meters at this time, and if the head was included, it would be nearly 1.6 meters high.
This was no less than a smaller horse.
It rubbed Ryan's calf affectionately, then raised its head and looked at its master, with a gleam in its eyes!
Some of the male servants around were curiously watching, but in addition to curiosity, there was more fear in their eyes. After all, such a big dog was scary to look at.
How strong is Cookie's talent "high-speed healing"?
Ryan didn't know yet.
After all, he couldn't give Cookie a sword and then observe the speed of its wound recovery, right?
There was no rush for this. As long as there was a battle, there would always be a chance.
In the next few days, Ryan successfully upgraded the pharmacist's professional level to level 4, and gained another skill point and a property point.
This brought Ryan's remaining property points to 7 points, and the remaining skill points to 3 points.
Recently, Jennifer was quite distressed because she had received invitations from more than a dozen nobles in Mayest County, hoping that she and Ryan could attend the banquet next Sunday.
Jennifer was distressed because many of the noble families had close business dealings with the Crowley family.
From the perspective of family interests, it was obviously not appropriate for her to offend everyone.
After thinking about it, Jennifer came to the door of Ryan's pharmacy again and reported the matter to Ryan.
When Ryan heard Jennifer say that more than a dozen noble families had sent invitations, his first thought was that he was indeed worthy of being the eldest son of Earl Habsburg, and he was really prestigious.
So many nobles in Mayest County were influenced by him and sent him and Jennifer this banquet invitation.
Ryan thought about it, since the Crowley family had business dealings with many of these families, so he said to the beautiful woman: "Jennifer, you reply to them, I will accompany you to the banquet on time."
"Okay, dear." Jennifer's face was happy. For her, if Ryan didn't agree, she would naturally not show up to attend this banquet.
But what touched her was that Ryan would consider her difficulties and give her support.
"By the way, is the invitation letter here? Let me see!" Because Ryan just thought about it for a while, he felt something was wrong.
"Yes." The beautiful woman handed over a stack of banquet invitations of different styles.
After Ryan quickly flipped through a few copies, his face was thoughtful.
Sure enough, there was a problem. Among the dozen invitations, several invitations did not even invite Jennifer, but directly invited me to attend.
Do they want me to go?
Because if it was just a normal banquet, and the purpose was to show goodwill to him, then inviting Jennifer, their familiar Baroness Crawley, would be enough.
But the other party had a vague intention of making me attend.
This made Ryan feel a little strange.
After thinking about it, he asked the servant to find the short man Matteo.
"Matteo, go to Goldshire Town and find Sheriff Hamilton to ask if there is any secret connection between Alonso and these dozen nobles. Ask Sir Hamilton to give me an answer as soon as possible."
Hearing what Ryan said, Matteo immediately said, "Yes, sir! I'll go right away!"
Ryan turned to the beautiful woman and said, "Jennifer, I will attend the banquet alone this time."
The beautiful woman frowned and said, "Dear, is this a trap?"
Ryan shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet, but my intuition tells me that there may be a problem here."
That night, Ryan waited for Matteo's reply.
To be precise, half an hour later, Hamilton came to Ryan's mansion in person.
After a round of greetings, Hamilton's face became serious and said, "Ryan, do you remember that you seized a bottle of divine blood before?"
"Divine blood?" Ryan certainly remembered.
The red potion in the test tube, filled with a thick red liquid like amber, was very impressive. I remember Hamilton also introduced that this kind of divine blood had the magical effect of delaying aging and accelerating cultivation.
But is the divine blood related to these nobles?
Hamilton continued: "I told you before that the origin of these divine bloods has a lot to do with the Black Flame Cult."
"You mean?" Ryan instantly grasped the meaning of Hamilton's words.
Hamilton nodded and said, "Just as you thought."
"Since that incident, we have secretly investigated and found that many noble families in the county city have been rumored to have or buy the blood of God. Alonso and these dozen noble families are on the list you asked Matteo to provide." "
In addition, the investigation results found that the source of the flow of these bloods is vaguely pointing to Alonso. But because the other party is the eldest son of Count Habsburg, the investigation stopped here."
After a pause, Hamilton looked at Ryan seriously and said, "Ryan, although I know that your strength is not what it used to be, it has reached a level that I can't match."
"But my advice to you is that you should not go. After all, there may be a conspiracy of the Black Flame Cult behind this."
"Perhaps, after you join the Imperial Sword Bearer Organization, you will accumulate enough strength to solve this Black Flame Cult."
Ryan nodded.
Hamilton's words were mature and prudent, and he certainly knew this.
But the other party put pressure on Jennifer through so many nobles, which actually showed the other party's attitude.
That is, this is just the first step.
If I refuse, the other party must have a backup plan.
After thinking for a while, Ryan bowed slightly and said, "Lord Hamilton, thank you very much for coming here specially."
Hamilton waved his hand, stood up and said, "Ryan, the situation has been explained to you clearly. It is up to you to decide the specific details. If you really want to go, let Matteo tell me!"
After Hamilton left, Ryan crossed his arms and paced in the study.
Before, the Black Flame Cult dealt with him through various assassinations and sneak attacks, but this time, Ryan had a vague feeling that the other party seemed to be trying to lure him into a trap.
"Could it be that the Black Flame Cult made some special arrangements for the banquet? In this case, Jennifer can't go. It's best for me to go alone."
Of course, if things are not as he imagined, and Alonso just wants to repair the relationship with him in person, then it would be best.
Another point is that the reason why Ryan decided to go in person is that he has been practicing hard and constantly improving his combat power. Isn't the purpose to hope that one day when facing these insects, he can move forward bravely and break through obstacles!
He doesn't want to learn the saying that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Just ask, which gentleman can take revenge on the spot and not wait for ten years?
The premise of saying this is that a gentleman cannot take revenge at the moment.
However, moving forward bravely and rushing recklessly are two different concepts, so he still has one thing to do.
Ryan turned his head and said to the door: "Matteo, prepare a carriage and go with me to the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church."
"Yes, sir!"
Since Ryan came back, Matteo has been transferred to his side. In some things, the clever Matteo can still make Ryan worry less.
"Baron, this..." Matteo hesitated, but continued.
"Since you have doubts, why don't you let me investigate these few days?"
Ryan smiled and shook his head, saying, "If the other party is really behind the Black Flame Cult, some mysterious means must have been used in the other party's mansion. Not to mention you, even I may have alarmed the other party before I really entered."
"This will lead to some unpredictable changes!"
"I understand, sir." Matteo looked enlightened, bowed slightly and went to the stable.
After a while, Ryan came to the Goddess Church in a carriage.
In the room of Priest Rudolph, Ryan and Rudolph sat facing each other.
"Baron Ryan, I heard that you went to the fishing port town to serve as the archon before? How come you have time to return to the county city this time?" Rudolph smiled.
"Your Excellency the Priest, there may be something that needs to trouble you this time." Ryan did not say too much, but glanced at the temple guards behind him and said directly.
Rudolf looked at Ryan's expression and waved his hand. Immediately, a temple guard closed the door.
At this time, Ryan said, "I will attend a banquet next Sunday. It is very likely that the Black Flame Cult will be behind it."
"Black Flame Cult?" Priest Rudolf frowned.
Then, Ryan talked about Hamilton's analysis.
This immediately surprised Rudolf!
"Is it that Baron Alonso? The eldest son of Count Habsburg?"
"That's right!"
If Ryan's identity, status and power were too different from Alonso before, his credibility would be questionable when he said this.
But now it's different. Ryan is like a rising star in Mayster County, and his words are already very important!
Although Ryan said it very clearly, the above is just his guess.
After a few seconds of stunned, Rudolf looked enlightened!
"No wonder the Black Flame Cult hid so deeply in the county city. It turned out that there were so many nobles covering for them. Lord Ryan, what you said is very important. I will report it to Bishop Xien immediately."
"Wait, Bishop Rudolf, the above is just my personal guess. There is no need to alarm the bishop, right?"
"No, Baron Ryan, I think your analysis makes sense."
Then, Rudolf took Ryan to the prayer hall of the Goddess Church and met Bishop Xien, the vigorous old man wearing a water blue robe with thick gold edges and holding a scepter.
After a brief account, Bishop Xien nodded and said:
"So, Baron Ryan, I understand what you mean. You are worried that once you go to the banquet, the other party may use some kind of evil magic to harm you."
"Yes, Bishop."
"Your worry is not unreasonable. Do you still have the Silver Conch Medal with you?"
"Of course, Bishop."
Ryan took out the Silver Conch Medal from the lining and handed it to Bishop Xien respectfully.
"There is only one magic spell to detect evil on the Silver Conch Medal. Now, I will cast another magic spell on you - Divine Blessing. It can offset a curse or any negative influence from evil forces."
At the same time, once this magic spell is triggered, we can all sense it, and I will let Rudolf come to support immediately.
"My Lord Bishop, thank you for your generosity!"
"Sir Ryan, please rest assured. Next Sunday, I will personally bring elite Templar Knights to wait nearby. Once it is confirmed that it is the base of the Black Flame Cult, or the other party is planning an event, we will come to support immediately."
"Bishop Rudolf! Thank you again!"
Ryan came to the Goddess Church, not because he was not confident in his own strength, but to add an insurance. After all, he still had few means to deal with the mysterious evil spells or curses of the cult.
In contrast, the response methods of the Goddess Church were much more experienced and complete than his.
In addition, he was very satisfied with the current level of what Bishop Rudolf and Bishop Xien could achieve.
After all, the above was just his guess. The Goddess Church could not immediately send Templar Knights to surround the mansion of a noble.
In the empire, the relationship between imperial power and divine power is rather delicate. If the Goddess Church did this without any evidence, it would be a provocation to the imperial power of the Dragun Empire.
However, once the divine arts on his body were triggered that day, it would prove that evil existed, and in this case, the Goddess Church would naturally have a legitimate reason to do so.
A few days later.
On the second Sunday of the month of vitality.
As the sun set, Ryan, dressed in a formal suit, got on the carriage.
This was a brand new luxurious carriage. On both sides of the carriage were engraved eye-catching noble emblems, which were a circle of red flames, a two-handed war hammer and a two-handed greatsword in a cross shape.
In the carriage, there was a tall dog that was almost the size of a pony. At this moment, it was lying at Ryan's feet, enjoying the caress from its master.
This was the greyhound war dog Cookie. On both sides of its body were hung weapons, the pig-headed hammer and the glimmering giant sword, and its head, joints, waist and other vital parts were all wearing the solid beast armor newly made by Ryan.
Matteo replaced the coachman, threw down the reins heavily, and smoothly controlled the carriage to Baron Elliot's mansion.
Hundreds of meters above the carriage, there was a huge blue and purple bird of prey carrying something on its back, circling and flying through the clouds.
(End of this chapter)
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