Chapter 237 The Battering Ram from Meister! (Two chapters in one)
Looking at the obsidian giant that fell to the ground in front of him, Ryan was a little confused for a while.
Because he didn't expect the other party to be so weak!
It's not that he didn't think that he might cause trauma to the obsidian giant, but he expected that at most he would cause a small wound to the other party.
But he didn't expect that the other party would lie down directly now.
"It's broken!"
"Could this obsidian giant be the battle pet of the earth wizard next to him?"
"But this can't be blamed on me. The great knight examiner said that he had to go all out."
Ryan, who couldn't wait for the examiner to announce the result, was inevitably a little uneasy for a while.
"That. Examiner, should I pass this?" Ryan couldn't help but ask.
"Well? Of course!" The examiner who was responsible for announcing the result just came back to his senses at this time.
He immediately ran to the five examiners who were responsible for scoring, looked at their scores, and then ran back to his original position in an even more excited state, his face flushed, and he announced loudly:
"Examiner No. 2, defeated the obsidian giant and passed with full marks!"
Wow!
The scene was suddenly agitated!
Not only because Ryan was the first person to pass the sword holder test, but also because of the two key words "full marks" that the examiner just said!
Everyone knows that it is difficult to do a simple thing perfectly, but they have never heard of anyone who can get full marks in the sword holder test.
At this time, the expressions of the people off the field fully reflected what it means to be a living being. There were envy, jealousy, excitement, and other expressions that were almost different.
Veronica's excited little face was flushed, her fists clenched, and her golden twin ponytails swung back and forth, and Evelyn couldn't hide her excitement, covering her mouth with surprise.
"Um. Can I go back now?" Ryan continued to ask.
After all, he really didn't know where he should go now that he had passed the test.
"Sir Ryan, you can go to the lounge to rest. After the assessment of others is finished, we will go through the unified procedures."
"Of course, you can also choose to stay here and observe the assessment of others."
Returning to the hall alone?
Ryan shook his head.
Veronica and Evelyn have not taken the assessment yet. It would be inappropriate for him to leave alone.
"I'd better go with my companions." Ryan said.
"Of course, Sir Ryan, please do as you please."
"Yes!"
Immediately, Ryan turned and left the center of the venue and returned to the crowd.
Just as Ryan walked back, the crowd automatically separated into an aisle, and at the same time, everyone's eyes swept over Ryan.
This made Ryan feel like a national leader reviewing the guard of honor in his previous life.
"Sir Ryan, congratulations, you are really amazing." Veronica said with a pair of shining eyes.
Evelyn also came over and said with a smile: "Sir Ryan, I haven't seen you take action for a while. I didn't expect your strength to reach this level."
"Thank you, I have some insights recently." Ryan responded with a smile.
When Ryan returned to Veronica's side, the surroundings suddenly returned to whispering, but the direction of the discussion seemed to be a little off:
"Fuck! The hammer just now by No. 2 was even more powerful than a battering ram!"
"Indeed, otherwise we should name this No. 2 the battering ram. By the way, where is he from?"
"I heard from the people next to him just now that he seems to be from Mayest County."
"Is it Mayest by the sea?"
"What the hell! Such a powerful guy can appear in a small place like Mayest."
"Then call this No. 2, 'Battering Ram from Mayest'?"
So, Ryan soon got the nickname 'Battering Ram'.
This made Ryan's forehead black when he heard everyone whispering. This name is really too damn ugly!
The previous Baron of the Hammer was fine, but the Battering Ram from Meister?
What the hell is that nickname?
On the wall on one side of the hall, there was a rectangular glass. Only the staff knew that it was actually a one-way glass.
Inside it was a small room with three old men in different clothes and a middle-aged man. At this time, like the people outside, they were discussing Ryan, who had knocked down the obsidian giant with one hammer.
One of the old men, wearing a general's uniform, had a pair of piercing tiger eyes and some crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, but his majesty was better than the Count Habsburg that Ryan had seen before. The epaulettes on his shoulders shone with three round golden emblems symbolizing the sun.
This meant that the other party was a high-ranking admiral of the Dragun Empire. He was Admiral Edward, the head of the Sword Bearer Munster Branch.
He just said:
"Just now I saw that there seems to be a difference between his speed and strength, and his strength is much greater than his speed."
"This boy should have a special talent related to strength."
The other two people obviously agreed with Admiral Edward's judgment and nodded slightly.
They knew very well that Admiral Edward, as the head of a special department, had extremely strong combat power and an extraordinary vision.
At this time, an old man wearing a noble hunting suit said: "But it is impossible to cause such serious injuries to the obsidian giant with strength alone. He has mastered the secret of hammer technique."
The speaker was Marquis Shilan, the chief of police in Munster.
As the functional department of the empire that has the most daily business dealings with the sword holders, the relationship between the two parties is naturally much closer than that of other departments.
Marquis Shilan would come to observe the sword holder assessment almost every year.
"Primary secret? I'm afraid it's more than that. He just displayed the intermediate secret, right?" The old man with a delicate mustache said with a gleam in his eyes.
At this time, Admiral Edward nodded and said, "Indeed, in terms of secret, he should have reached the intermediate level."
"A young man who has a certain power talent and has mastered the intermediate secret, it's interesting. We haven't seen him in the assessment for several years, right?" Marquis Shilan said with a smile.
At this time, Admiral Edward turned his head and asked the middle-aged officer standing respectfully beside him: "Where is the information of this young man?"
"Yes, Admiral Edward, please wait, I will bring it to you right away." The officer immediately turned and left.
"Admiral, I know this young man. He is Ryan from Meister County."
The middle-aged man who spoke had an exquisite mustache and wore a black hunting suit with gold inlays. If Ryan was present, he would naturally recognize that he was the special envoy Javier Stewart whom he had met once before.
As a special envoy stationed in the province of Munster on behalf of the Imperial Elders Council, he had a relatively transcendent status and position. This time, he was also invited by the Sword Bearer to come and observe the assessment.
What he didn't expect was that the young man he had been optimistic about gave him such a big surprise this time.
"Oh? Special Envoy, do you know him?"
"I have met him before, and I was optimistic about him at that time. This young man is the first in this noble enthronement assessment."
"I see." The two people next to him couldn't help but nod slightly.
A few minutes later, the school officer came back and distributed the information.
The old men who got the information immediately flipped through it curiously.
"Huh? He is only sixteen years old." Admiral Edward was immediately surprised. In fact, except for Javier, the others looked at each other and were all surprised!
He has reached this level at the age of sixteen. If he has a few more years, won't this boy be even more amazing?
Immediately, Ryan's talent and qualifications were raised to a higher level in their hearts.
They originally thought that Ryan should be around twenty years old, but they didn't expect him to be only sixteen.
You know, the younger you are, the shorter the time you have to practice combat skills. Another important point is that the comprehension of a young age is generally weaker than that of an adult.
To be able to master the intermediate mysteries in such a short time and at such a young age is even rarer than the rare power talent.
"He is really the first in this year's noble enthronement assessment."
"So he is from Meister County. I didn't expect that he was born a commoner."
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In the center of the venue.
After the obsidian giant was hit hard by Ryan and fell to the ground, the old earth wizard in charge of the assessment looked at the huge hole in the chest of the obsidian giant with a sad face and fell into deep thought.
He never thought that there would be an examiner who could injure his earth element partner, the obsidian giant, to this extent. Although he didn't die, this injury was too tricky.
The question now is, what should we do with the next assessment?
He doesn't have another rare elemental creature like the Obsidian Giant!
"Master Mathias, can your Obsidian Giant still be cured?" The middle-aged knight coughed and asked.
"It's like this, what do you think?" Mathias replied unhappily.
"Then should the assessment be postponed?" The middle-aged knight blushed, and he remembered what he had just said to Ryan, that he should exert his full strength. "It can
only be postponed, unless." Mathias looked thoughtful.
"Unless what?" Hearing that the old man seemed to have some solution, the middle-aged knight hurriedly asked: "Master Mathias, do you need anything?"
After all, the postponement of the assessment is quite troublesome, and if it can be continued, it is naturally better to continue.
"Unless there is a piece of obsidian essence, otherwise, I can't cure the Obsidian Giant in a short time." Mathias shook his head helplessly.
"Obsidian essence?" The middle-aged knight looked thoughtful and said, "Master, it seems that there is this thing in the branch, but according to the regulations, I have to apply for it immediately."
Mathias was stunned.
That's right!
This is the Munster branch of the Imperial Swordbearers.
If we talk about which company has more good stuff, it's the Imperial Swordbearers!
"If I have a piece of obsidian essence, I can heal the obsidian giant in about a quarter of an hour." Mathias nodded confidently and said.
"Okay, Master Mathias, I'll apply for it right away!"
After the assessment committee held an urgent consultation and asked the superiors for instructions, the middle-aged knight announced again: "Due to the temporary injury of the obsidian giant, the assessment will be suspended for a quarter of an hour."
"Please keep quiet, Master Mathias will treat the obsidian giant."
The old man in a light yellow wizard robe, holding a fist-sized strange object emitting black light in one hand and a short staff in the other, chanted loudly.
A majestic light yellow energy emerged from the ground, covering the entire huge body of the obsidian giant.
At the same time, the fist-sized strange object in his hand soared into the air and flew to the wound of the obsidian giant. Suddenly, black light overflowed, and the water tank-like hole in the chest of the obsidian giant shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Veronica, who was beside Ryan, said softly: "Sir Ryan, this is an elemental treasure, the essence of obsidian, which is rare and extremely expensive."
Hearing Veronica's words, several young people on the side couldn't help but focus their eyes on Ryan.
This made Ryan feel a little embarrassed. This was not his intention.
He did not want to waste the empire's wealth.
After seven or eight minutes, the energy fluctuations of this continuous witchcraft gradually weakened.
As the witchcraft ended, Ryan could feel that the old earth witch should be very tired, and his face was obviously much more haggard.
However, when the two-story-high obsidian giant stood up again intact, Ryan could not help but praise the old man's witchcraft.
"Sir Ryan, if the elemental core of elemental creatures like this cannot be destroyed, even if there is no special treatment, their injuries will slowly recover after a long period of self-healing." Veronica continued to explain to Ryan. "Oh
? There is also such a saying, that is, if you want to completely kill elemental creatures, you have to find the core of the other party and smash it, right?"
"That's right."
It turns out that elemental creatures also have cores.
It seems that I didn't hurt the core of the obsidian giant just now, otherwise, this obsidian giant would be permanently dead and could not be healed again.
In addition, Ryan saw the magical effect of witchcraft this time.
It only took ten minutes for the old earth wizard to use the rare obsidian essence to completely heal the seriously injured obsidian giant.
Ryan couldn't help but feel quite jealous.
Immediately, he became more eager for the metal witchcraft that he had been looking forward to for a long time.
One of the important purposes of joining the Sword Bearer Organization was to obtain the metal witchcraft that was almost extinct in the outside world.
Now it is considered to be more than halfway through!
"Now, the assessment continues, number three!" The middle-aged knight was busy this time, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued to shout loudly.
He glanced at Ryan and thought, fortunately this guy didn't hit the core of the obsidian giant, otherwise, the sword bearer assessment would not be completed today.
In addition, when the number three examiner passed him and went to the center of the venue, he was very cautious this time and didn't say anything like "full strength".
After all, just in case, right!
It's just that the situation on the scene has changed differently at this moment.
The healed Obsidian Giant still seemed to be very afraid of Ryan, and as a result, it was very cautious and careful with all the examinees wearing knight armor.
Such an Obsidian Giant is naturally more difficult to deal with.
At this moment, the examiner No. 3 in knight plate armor was in great pain!
Originally, he wanted to learn Ryan's opening tactics, running to the Obsidian Giant's feet at high speed, and then taking advantage of the opponent's huge size and slow turning characteristics, fighting at close range, thinking that it should not be a problem to hold on for a minute.
But now it's different!
The Obsidian Giant saw the "little guy" wearing knight armor rushing towards him, and his dark face the size of a door panel showed a very human expression of lingering fear.
And immediately used the big move - Boulder Trampling!
A natural ability that consumes a lot of its own energy that only the Obsidian Giant will use when encountering a strong enemy.
When No. 3 rushed forward with a two-handed sword in hand, his eyes suddenly widened because he saw the obsidian giant stomping heavily on the ground.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the ground within a range of more than 20 meters around the obsidian giant's stomping point shook violently.
This caused the No. 3 examinee to arrive near the giant, but the ground was soft and rotten like noodles, up and down, causing his speed to slow down and almost losing his balance.
Just as he stabilized his body slightly, he felt two huge black shadows mixed with strong winds coming!
"Bang! Bang!"
The No. 3 examinee tried to block it, but was quickly knocked to the ground by the combination of the obsidian giant's two rock fists, and failed the test on the spot.
"The duration was twelve seconds, failed!" The worker on the side shouted.
Suddenly, everyone who participated in the test looked at Ryan in the crowd again.
Facing the gaze of everyone, Ryan touched his nose, and was quite embarrassed for a while, thinking, you really don't blame me, after all, according to what the examiner said, luck is also a part of strength.
If you were ranked before me, this wouldn't have happened!
However,
everything has its pros and cons. For wizard apprentices or archers who are good at long-range attacks, this is not a bad thing. Veronica passed smoothly.
Not long after, the red-haired beauty Evelyn also barely passed.
Two hours later, all the personnel finished the assessment, and the middle-aged knight announced: "Please follow our staff to leave the venue now, those who did not pass the assessment."
Suddenly, many young people in the venue showed gloomy faces and began to leave gradually.
But soon the atmosphere became lively, and the heads of other functional departments who were originally standing next to the middle-aged knight took action, walked off the field, and talked with these "losers" who left.
As for the remaining people, Ryan looked around and saw that there were still more than 30 people.
"Everyone, congratulations, you have passed the sword bearer assessment. The relevant procedures will take three days to complete. You can relax these days, and relevant matters will be notified at that time."
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The assessment is over.
Ryan and Veronica, who both passed the imperial sword bearer assessment, naturally wanted to travel around Munster.
So, in the evening of that day, the two came to the main road of Munster.
The whole city is built on the mountain. The overall exterior wall is mainly built with white strips of stone. The architectural style is a bit of the Baroque style of the previous life, with more domes, arches and reliefs.
The sunset is magnificent under the golden sunlight.
The whole main road can be understood as a winding mountain road from the bottom of the mountain to the middle of the mountain. It is very winding, so the slope is not steep.
At the same time, there will be a platform every few miles. There may be a large fountain or a small garden square on the platform, and occasionally there will be a theater or something.
The pedestrians were wearing colorful clothes, and most of them had ruddy faces and were full of energy.
At this time, Ryan, who was walking on the side of the road, heard the sound of hammers forging not far away.
"Huh? This rhythm"
"It doesn't seem to be human power!"
This made him stop and look in the direction of the sound.
He saw a large blacksmith shop across the street in front of him on the right, and a huge waterwheel in the backyard of the blacksmith shop, which seemed to use the water level difference from high to low in the mountain to run the waterwheel.
When he heard the very regular knocking sound, Ryan suddenly realized that the knocking sound should come from the mechanical device driven by the waterwheel, not human power.
Out of curiosity, Ryan took Veronica to the blacksmith shop to take a look.
It was indeed hydraulic forging!
A glimpse of the leopard in the tube.
Ryan did not expect that the blacksmith shops in Munster had already begun to use hydraulic forging tools on a large scale.
In this case, in addition to some high-end weapons, the quality of a large number of low- and medium-end weapons, agricultural machinery and iron daily necessities will be greatly improved.
This shows that the forging level in Munster is far superior to that in Meister.
This made Ryan think of the next stage of his own armorer career panel.
It is very likely that he can find some traces in the blacksmith industry that is so developed in Munster. Just
as Ryan and Veronica were enjoying the scenery of Munster, Jenny and Agatha walked out of a chamber of commerce with sad faces.
The two of them have been hitting a wall for three consecutive days!
It is difficult to carry out business in Munster. As long as the location is slightly better and the store is in a good location, it has been standing for decades or even hundreds of years. They are all well-known old stores.
Some industries such as blacksmiths, tailors and other shops have basically formed a stable situation.
As for the background of these shops, Jenny has also inquired about it. Basically, there are shadows of nobles behind the shops on the main streets, and some are directly the industries of nobles.
The main problem is that as a provincial capital, it is easy to hit a baron if you throw a brick in Munster!
As for lords, knights and the like, they are countless.
Therefore, the Crowley family behind Jenny and the Wiggins family behind Agatha are not worth mentioning.
In the past few days, they have been looking for partners in Munster. When asked about the background of the Hammer and the Rose Chamber of Commerce, they heard that they were two baron families?
They immediately shook their heads, obviously not looking down on them
. What if these two baron families are from Mayster County?
I'm sorry, please turn right when you go out.
Barons from other counties, I'm sorry, in the provincial capital of Munster, are almost nothing!
Jenny and Agatha have thought about asking Ryan for help, but firstly, Ryan is still in the assessment period, and secondly, Ryan himself is just a baron.
Of course, Ryan has great potential.
He may become a viscount in a few years.
But in the eyes of the two women, potential is still just potential.
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(End of this chapter)
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