Chapter 239 Exchange Conditions for Metal Witchcraft (Two chapters in one)
"If lost, please report it immediately."
At this time, the middle-aged knight asked the attendant beside him to issue sword bearer badges to everyone. Since everyone's name was on the back of the badge, Ryan soon got his own sword bearer badge.
However, the color and size of his sword bearer badge were a little different from those of others.
Ryan glanced at his side and found that the badges of others, including Veronica, were made of some dark metal material and the size of a gold coin, while his badge was a circle larger than the gold coin, and at the same time, it had a light yellow metallic luster.
Obviously, this should be what the middle-aged knight just said, that this is because he enjoys the treatment of a bronze-level sword bearer.
Different levels have different styles of badges.
After everyone received the badge, the middle-aged knight continued, "Here, I want to emphasize the significance of the retest, and that not everyone is suitable to participate."
After hearing the second half of the middle-aged knight's words, most of the people present showed a puzzled look.
"The members of the Imperial Sword Bearers are divided into multiple levels, just like you are the Black Iron level, also known as the reserve, and Ryan is the Bronze level, and there will be Silver level, Gold level, etc. later, these are the levels." "
But in the same level, there are also two situations. For example, if they are all Bronze level, they are also divided into Bronze level captains and Bronze level team members."
At this time, a young man who was jealous of Ryan immediately raised his hand and asked, "Instructor Callum, is Ryan a Bronze level captain or a team member?"
Although the middle-aged knight had just said that Ryan was recommended to be the captain of the Sword Bearers and enjoy the Bronze level treatment, some people still wanted to confirm it again.
"Ryan is a Bronze level captain." The middle-aged knight said with certainty.
After a second of silence in the hall, there was an uproar again!
"How envious!"
"It's all done in one step!"
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Everyone couldn't help but look at Ryan, with different expressions, most of them were envious.
Ryan had gradually gotten used to everyone's gaze, and his face was calm at this moment. He just realized that the middle-aged knight was named Callum.
Callum stretched out his hands and pressed twice in the air. After everyone quieted down, he continued:
"The difference between the two is that as an ordinary team member, even if you are promoted to the silver level or even the gold level, you are not qualified to form a team or accept team missions."
"The reason is simple, because as a team member, even if you are silver or gold level, you may be very strong in one aspect, but your shortcomings are too obvious, and you may be easily attacked and killed by the enemy."
"For example, suppose you are a top archer, but if you encounter witchcraft that restrains you, such as fog magic, and the enemy sneaks up on you, it will be difficult to resist."
"But the captain is different. The captain himself represents a person who has been assessed and recognized by the organization, has very comprehensive abilities, and can almost solve problems independently."
"So, this is why, most of the captains of the sword-bearing teams are generally formal wizards with defensive force fields, or peak knights with thick skin and flesh."
At this time, Callum paused, as if letting everyone digest what he had just said, and then continued: "The re-examination will be held one month later, on the first day of the Hundred Flowers Month."
"Then during this month, the organization will provide you with free special training for newcomers. The content of the special training will be based on your performance in the initial test, and will also refer to your own wishes."
"During this month, you can carefully consider your own positioning and whether to participate in the retest."
As if to make everyone pay attention to this special training opportunity, Callum paused and reminded:
"The one-month special training for newcomers does not require you to spend merit points. But in the future, if you still want to seek guidance from instructors or masters, you will naturally have to spend a lot of merit points, or even precious task evaluation medals."
Callum's words immediately made many people's faces become serious.
Obviously, most people have already understood that this one-month newcomer training is equivalent to a welfare.
If you don't improve yourself well in this month, you may not have such a good opportunity later.
"Now, who has questions?" Callum looked around and said.
"Instructor Callum, when does our special training start?" Vieri, the young man who had practiced with Ryan before, raised his hand and asked.
"It will start at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and the location will still be here."
As if he had thought of something, Callum reminded:
"By the way, there is one more thing. If any of you have worked in the functional departments of the empire before, then the merit points can be completely universal."
"As for the special item exchange list within the organization, each person can only query the details of items with their own authority plus two levels. You have just obtained the black iron authority, which means that you can only query the details of items with silver authority and below."
"By the way, Ryan can query the details of items with gold authority and below." Callum smiled and glanced at Ryan, and added another sentence.
This made several people at the scene turn their eyes to
Ryan . Ryan couldn't help but be stunned!
He thought to himself, okay! Mr. Instructor, your show of goodwill has attracted a lot of hatred from me.
"As for the good things on the list, they are naturally available, including rare potions, some special ingredients, and even various extraordinary combat skills and witchcraft. However, most of the exchanges require task evaluation medals, not just merit points."
"As for this, everyone can slowly understand it later." Callum saw the eager look in everyone's eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly.
Hearing this, Ryan nodded slightly. Can he finally check the special item exchange list?
As early as during the joint mission with the Imperial Navy's South Sea Fleet, he heard Veronica say that the 'Tide Walker' was also modeled after the 'Sword Bearer' structure. Now it seems that it is not a copy, it is a replica!
Even the name is exactly the same.
"I am now a bronze-level authority. According to what Colum said just now, I can check the exchange details of special items of gold level and below."
After a while, he planned to check the exchange requirements of metal witchcraft.
I just don't know if the gold-level authority is enough, can I check it?
This is a problem!
"Disband!"
Just as Ryan was about to leave, Angus and Vieri came over and said with a smile:
"Sir Ryan, now everyone has obtained the emblem and become a formal sword bearer. How about having a simple meal together in the box of the restaurant on the second floor?"
Although Angus is a circle bigger than Ryan and is a strong man, he has been trained in the imperial army for a long time and is as careful as a hair.
For a young man with outstanding talent like Ryan, although he is ten years younger than him, it does not prevent him from taking the initiative to make friends. Today is just a more suitable opportunity.
Vieri on the side also smiled and said, "Yes, Lord Ryan, let's go together!"
Ryan thought for a moment, then nodded with a smile and said, "Okay!"
Although he wanted to check the exchange of metal witchcraft now, it was almost lunch time, and it would be difficult to complete the inquiry in a short time.
In addition, these people have been practicing with him for three consecutive days .
At this time, Angus said to Ryan with a hint of meaning: "Lord Ryan, do you need to invite other people?"
After hearing Angus' words, Ryan couldn't help but look puzzled, but when he followed the other party's line of sight, he immediately understood!
It turned out that the other party was referring to Veronica and Evelyn
. After thinking about it, Ryan invited the two women.
The two women readily agreed, and soon a group of eight people came to the restaurant box on the second floor of the Newcomer Building for dinner.
The food in the restaurant is excellent, and you can pay with imperial gold coins or merit points.
But gold coins are easy to earn, but merit points are not so easy to earn. Almost no one will choose to pay with merit points.
After some pleasantries.
Angus asked: "Sir Ryan, you are the first one in our group to have the captain's authority. What kind of team members do you plan to choose?"
To be honest, Ryan has thought about this question, but he has not yet decided. He just shook his head slightly and said:
"I haven't thought about it yet. What about you?"
Argus is very strong. He is considered to be in the top three of this batch. It is basically no problem for him to pass the re-examination and obtain the captain's authority of the sword bearer, so Ryan asked this question.
"We?"
"Just the five of us, and we plan to form a team at that time!" Argus laughed and said.
After hearing this, Ryan was stunned!
The two women beside him, Veronica and Evelyn, also stopped their knives and forks at this time. Suddenly, their beautiful eyes stared at these burly young men.
Their beautiful eyes revealed shock, confusion and incomprehension.
A great knight leads a team of four peak knights?
What kind of weird team is this?
Ryan couldn't help but whispered softly: "This is a pure kitchen knife team."
"Hmm? Sir Ryan, what did you say?" Vieri asked in confusion.
"Oh! I said, I plan to invite the two beautiful ladies next to me to join my team."
This made Veronica and Evelyn turn their heads and look at Ryan.
"Of course, it's my honor, Sir Ryan." The red-haired beauty Evelyn immediately said with a smile.
Veronica nodded almost at the same time, and her bouncing twin ponytails expressed her eagerness to join.
In fact, Ryan also thought about inviting the two women to join the upcoming team.
Because for him. He can be the spear of the entire team, the shield of the team, and the sharpshooter of the team.
To put it bluntly, he has the weapon master (legend) occupation panel, and he can take on any position in the team's physical attack.
So the best choice to match him is naturally the third-level wizard apprentice, which can make up for his shortcomings in witchcraft.
Veronica was a water wizard, specializing in bird transformation, so there was no problem.
Although Evelyn was a concurrent practitioner, her strength as a senior knight was not good enough among sword holders. She was able to pass the assessment of the obsidian giant mainly because of the fire magic "Flame Acceleration", so she was more like a wizard apprentice.
This time, it was the turn of Angus and the other five to be stunned, staring at Ryan with eyes as sharp as copper bells.
Tsk tsk, it turns out that being strong is awesome!
Ryan is planning to do the task while hugging two girls on both sides.
The key is that these two beautiful and capable girls actually agreed!
This... I can't envy them!
In an instant, several people felt disappointed!
Because they found that the combination of five rough guys is indeed not as good as their combination.
In addition, they have two kinds of fragrance.
"Um. Sir Ryan, are you planning to have only three people in the team?" Vieri, who came back to his senses, asked.
"Well? Are there any restrictions or requirements on the number of people in the team?" Ryan really didn't know about this, and according to Callum, the earliest general education courses would be tomorrow morning.
"Huh? Sir Ryan hasn't heard about it yet? Then let me briefly introduce it." Vieri and Angus couldn't help but look at each other, and Angus said.
"Generally, the number of people in a Sword Bearer team ranges from three to five. This number has been tested. If there are more people, each person will get fewer task evaluation medals and merit points. If the number is too small, the team's combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed."
"Also, regarding the team's acceptance of tasks, it is based on the captain's authority. The higher the captain's authority, the more tasks he can accept."
"In addition, the promotion adopts a three-three system, that is, for example, Mr. Ryan is currently a bronze-level captain. After obtaining three bronze medals, he can be promoted to silver level and accept silver-level tasks, and so on."
Angus's explanation was quite detailed, and Ryan nodded frequently.
After lunch, Ryan returned to his room, tidied a little, and walked to the exchange hall.
The new building where Ryan lived these days was located on the left side of the towering building seen at the gate of the Sword Bearer branch.
Since he could not move freely in the Sword Bearer branch before obtaining the emblem, this was the first time Ryan walked into the branch.
This time, after the guards checked Ryan's badge, they happily let him pass.
Ryan first walked through a long white corridor. At the end of the corridor, an arrow-shaped sign appeared in front of him, indicating three directions.
Going straight is the mission hall, turning left is to the training ground and lounge, and turning right is the exchange hall.
Following the signs, Ryan turned right and walked for a while, and came to the special item exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Branch for the first time.
This is an independent three-story building, with white strips of stone on the facade, which is consistent with the architectural style and color of the entire branch, majestic and majestic.
After Ryan walked in, he found that the roof inside was more than six meters high, as if the first and second floors were connected, and it was extremely spacious, similar to the certificate processing hall in the previous life.
Among them, four or five young girls in uniforms were at the windows, helping many people to exchange items.
However, it seems that for the need of confidentiality, each window has a partition, and only one person is received at a time. If others need to handle it, they have to wait for a while on the seats ten meters away.
It didn't take long before it was Ryan's turn.
Ryan walked into the partition and found a black slate on the table, about 30 to 40 centimeters long and wide, constantly emitting a magical aura. It seemed that it was solidified with some kind of magic formula.
The young girl stood up and bowed, saying:
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
"I think I want to check the metal magic."
"Okay, sir, please show me your badge."
Ryan nodded and handed over his freshly baked bronze badge to the other party.
The girl took a look and placed the badge in a specially made matching groove. Soon, some white text information appeared on the black slate in front of Ryan.
Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by the effect of this magic.
Slate display?
Could it be a touch screen?
"Lord Ryan, you now have bronze-level authority, and can view the list of redeemable items with gold-level authority at the highest."
"Excuse me, did you just say that you wanted to check metal-related witchcraft?"
"Okay, please wait a moment." The girl was seen quickly flipping through a thick directory.
After a while, the girl's eyes lit up and she said, "Sir, I found it. The metal-based witchcraft you are looking for has only one type for gold-level authority and below, and the name of the witchcraft is 'Metal Transfiguration'."
Ryan raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask, "Can you show me the relevant information? For example, the witchcraft description and the exchange price, etc."
"Of course, Sir Ryan, I have presented the effect description of the witchcraft 'Metal Transfiguration' on the wisdom stone tablet, please check it out."
After the girl finished speaking, several lines of white small words suddenly updated on the black stone tablet in front of Ryan:
"Metal Transfiguration: First-level witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, and changes the shape of the metal that the caster touches with a specific witchcraft model."
"Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 5,500 merit points."
"Source: Provided by the Bixiu Construction School."
Ryan looked at the above text and pondered in silence.
Metal Transfiguration?
If you can control the deformation of metal, can't you turn the warhammer into a greatsword or even a war bow?
After a little thought, Ryan couldn't help but feel overjoyed!
Judging from the description of this Transfiguration, once I learn it, it means that I don't need to carry multiple weapons.
After all, I am not a supernatural being, and it is impossible for me to use a two-handed sword, a two-handed warhammer, and other weapons at the same time.
When fighting, I only need to carry one weapon, such as the heaviest two-handed warhammer.
The weight of only one weapon is equivalent to reducing the total weight by more than half.
In this way, my physical energy consumption will be greatly reduced. At the same time, more importantly, the speed will also be greatly improved. In general, it is of great significance!
However,
Ryan thought of something, and his face changed immediately, saying: "Can I see this magic scroll of metal transformation?"
"I'm sorry, sir, it is forbidden according to the regulations." The girl said apologetically.
Ryan nodded.
Because he just thought of a problem. From the perspective of forging technology, the forging technology of sharp and blunt tools is different. One of the most significant differences is that the surface of sharp tools generally undergoes multiple quenching to strengthen the surface.
The manufacturing process of blunt tools is different.
In this case, even if the magic 'metal transformation' can transform the war hammer into a greatsword, will the sharpness of the greatsword be affected?
From this point of view, perhaps I will have to find a special metal in the future that does not require the quenching process, so that it can switch between blunt and sharp tools.
However, the specific details will only be known after the magic is exchanged.
The exchange price is 1 gold medal plus 5,500 merit points?
"By the way, can you help me check how many merit points I have now?" Ryan asked again.
Because Ryan had heard Callum say in the morning that if you were previously employed in an official functional department, the merit points can be used universally, and Ryan happened to be satisfied with this point.
"Of course, please wait a moment."
Soon the little girl reported a number: "2736 points!"
"Huh?" Ryan was startled, this number was much higher than he expected.
"Sir, you had a record of joint combat with the Imperial Navy some time ago, and there were two merit points." The girl seemed to have seen the doubts in Ryan's heart and took the initiative to speak.
Ryan nodded.
Yes, the Imperial Navy is still quite reliable, but it is possible that Major Marika's credit is more.
"Thank you, I have no questions."
"Sir, you are polite." The girl stood up and bowed again, watching Ryan leave.
Ryan looked at the time and rushed to the lobby of the newcomer building.
The merit points are quite different, but the bigger problem is the mission evaluation medal.
When I have time in the next few days, I have to go to the mission hall to see if I can take a few bronze-level missions to see the situation.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
Sword Bearers Munster Branch, the lobby of the newcomer building.
Ryan found that in addition to Callum, there were six or seven more middle-aged men with calm auras who came to the lobby this afternoon. Some of them wore knight armor, some held short staffs and wore wizard robes, and some were dressed as archers.
Even with Ryan's mental power, he couldn't judge the strength of these people for a while, but it was obvious that these people should be the instructors of their special training this time, and each of them was very strong.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Callum looked around and said, "When your name is called, come forward."
"First, the people who are instructed by Instructor Kuhlmann, Ryan, Jonas."
After hearing this, Ryan immediately walked out of the crowd and, under the guidance of the attendant beside him, came to a knight in plate armor with a two-handed war hammer on his back. Strong man.
The Warhammer man was holding a stack of papers in his hand, flipping through them carefully. The first one seemed to be Ryan's report. He looked puzzled, looked up at Ryan and said, "Are you Ryan?"
"Yes, Instructor Kuhlmann." Ryan nodded and said.
"Well, your report says that you were excellent in all aspects of your last preliminary examination. The five examiners at that time did not give any advice on which aspects you need to improve, which makes it difficult for me to judge."
"So, I need to practice with you, and then we can see which aspects of you need to improve?" Kuhlmann said seriously.
I see, this request is very reasonable.
Immediately, Ryan nodded and said, "Of course!"
Thanks to NARUTO5 and Xiaopan for the 100 starting coins reward!
(End of this chapter)
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