Chapter 257 Rewards and Exchange (Two chapters in one)
Soon, a capable young woman wearing an army uniform with a pair of golden branches and two crescent-shaped crescents on her shoulder straps walked in.
"Is this Mr. Ryan? I am Olena Field, the deputy director of the mission hall. Hello, Mr. Ryan." The young woman was very polite and greeted Ryan with a smile.
"Hello, Deputy Director Olena." Ryan smiled and stood up.
"Mr. Ryan, we were just about to send someone to find you. Now you just happened to come to the mission hall. I wonder if you have time now. We would like to ask you a few questions about the mission."
"Perhaps you don't understand it very well. This is the normal process for raising the mission rating." Olena seemed to see Ryan's hesitation and confusion, and added another sentence.
"Okay, is it here?" Ryan nodded.
"It's in the conference room here. Please follow me." Olena smiled and nodded.
The female staff member ran to the staff passage on the side, quickly opened the baffle, and took Ryan into the mission hall.
Then, Olena took Ryan to a meeting room inside the hall.
After the two sat down, Olena said with a smile:
"Sir Ryan, please wait a moment. Sir Yumaz, the mission hall affairs officer, will be here soon. He is also very concerned about the mission you have completed this time."
The burly man at the door has been in the Sword Bearer for two and a half years. Naturally, he knows Olena, the deputy affairs officer of the mission hall, but they have never had any intersection.
It is said that this person does not ask much about ordinary gold-level missions.
But he just saw this deputy affairs officer, smiling and personally inviting the young man in front of him to the meeting room.
The burly man was a little stunned for a moment.
In less than a minute, Yumaz, the mission hall affairs officer wearing an army uniform and with a pair of golden branches and a sun on his shoulder badge, also walked into the meeting room.
"Fuck, what's going on." The strong man realized that he had underestimated the young man just now.
However, he looked at the empty counter in front of him and couldn't help but be speechless!
No way, after waiting in line for a long time, no one was processing it.
Suddenly, the young female staff ran out again.
This made the strong man feel relieved.
Big people, small people, what does it have to do with me whether others are powerful or not?
After waiting for so long, it was finally my turn.
However, when the young female staff came over, she bowed and apologized repeatedly, saying, "Sir, I'm sorry, I have to trouble you to go to other windows to handle it." At the same time, she quickly took a sign from under the table and put it on it. I saw four big words "Not Accepted Temporarily".
After speaking, she ran to the meeting room again.
Damn!
Looking at the back of the young female staff leaving, the strong man looked depressed!
In the meeting room.
The young staff brought a cup of fragrant Yotun black tea to each of the adults, and then stood at the door of the conference room to act as a waiter.
"Sir Ryan, this is Sir Yumaz Little, our mission hall affairs officer. Sir Yumaz is also very concerned about your mission this time. In addition, according to the procedures, at least two people need to be present to inquire." Olena introduced.
"Sir Yumaz, hello." Ryan bowed slightly.
As soon as the other party entered the door, Ryan glanced at the other party's shoulder badge. The man in front of him was an imperial major general.
"Sir Ryan, you are so young! First of all, I want to thank you for helping to support the Rock Squad and rescue the survivors of the two teams of Earthshaker."
"Sir, I am also a member of the Sword Bearer. This is what I should do."
"I am very happy that Sir Ryan thinks so."
"Sir Ryan, given that the mission you and the Rock Squad have completed together may be upgraded to a diamond-level mission, so according to the regulations, some places need to be further verified. Simply put, you need to state some mission details to confirm."
Diamond-level mission?
Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Well, Lord Yumaz, please ask."
"First of all, the strength of the enemy we encountered. According to the report of the Rock Team, Lord Ryan, you killed two female Naga leaders? Is there any evidence for this?"
"Sorry, mainly according to the intelligence, the combat power of the female Naga leaders has reached the peak level of the Great Knight, and although Lord Ryan had an extremely amazing performance in the sword bearer assessment,
some people in the branch are still skeptical." "I understand. As for witnesses, the rescued members of the Earthshaker Ripper Team and the Velociraptor Team should be able to prove it."
Yumaz nodded and said, "We have sent letters to inquire about the people you mentioned. Are there any others?"
"Well, there is also Miss Alyosha from the Royal Pharmacist Association, who should be able to do it." Ryan added.
Yumaz was slightly startled and glanced at Olena, who nodded.
"Okay, Lord Ryan, Lord Yumaz means, do you have relevant physical evidence?" Olena asked.
"I'm sorry, the situation was quite urgent at that time, and I didn't have time to bring back the bodies of the two four-armed naga." Ryan shook his head.
"Well, that's a pity, we could have floated up more." Yumaz shook his head slightly, feeling a little bit sorry.
"Knock, knock!"
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
The female staff member who had just received Ryan ran in quickly, holding a box in her hand, and came to Olena and said softly: "My lord, this is a piece of image stone that the Earthshaker Cracktooth Bear Squad asked the Griffin Knight to bring back."
"It is said that it records some of the video clips of Lord Ryan when he rescued them. The provider is Alexandra Bullock, a regular member of the Earthshaker Cracktooth Bear Squad."
"According to the Griffin Knight, Alexandra didn't want to provide it at first. She wanted to keep it for herself." When the female staff member said this, her fair face also blushed slightly.
"Huh?"
Ryan was also a little surprised. He really didn't expect that someone from the Clefttooth Bear Squad recorded the video of his battle at that time.
Alexandra?
That big knight with a perky butt?
Well,
as
the video stone played, there was no sound, but the recorded picture was very clear.
When Yumaz and Olena saw dozens of white-scaled fishmen, like harvested wheat, in a large fan shape, falling to the outside in a uniform manner, they were stunned! With
such a mighty force, there is no need to watch it later.
However,
isn't Baron Ryan in front of him good at hammers? When did he master the sonic mysteries?
He is really hidden!
"I think there should be no problem for you to kill two Naga commanders, Sir Ryan." Yumaz said with a smile.
"The second question is, the Rock Team mentioned that in the end, you encountered a giant naga whose strength reached the level of a titled knight, right?"
Titled knight?
Is this a level above the Great Knight?
Ryan frowned slightly and quickly replied, "Sir Yumaz, I'm not quite sure about the definition of a titled knight, but that giant naga is much larger than an ordinary male blood-cursed naga."
"And, according to Miss Alyosha's translation of the sea language, this giant naga seems to be called 'Sea Tide Piercer Rulgats'."
Yumaz nodded and said, "Sea Tide Piercer?"
"That's right!"
"Titles have existed since ancient times. This should be the title of the giant naga you encountered. Rulgats should be his name."
"Titled knight, for example, it's like Sir Ryan, your 'Meist Battering Ram' can be understood as a small-scale title." Olena on the side explained with a smile.
"It's just that the title knight of the empire has reached a certain level of strength, has been recognized by the empire, and has been given an official title."
"We are very curious about the captain of the Rock Team, the peak knight Batista, who was seriously injured during the confrontation and is currently receiving treatment. May I ask how Sir Ryan escaped unscathed?" "
Of course, if it involves some of your secrets, Sir Ryan can choose not to answer, which does not affect the mission evaluation."
"It's not inconvenient." Ryan said.
Expose your own strength?
In the Sword Bearer branch, let alone the probability of enemy infiltration, appropriately showing strength will have more benefits than disadvantages, and will be more valued by the Sword Bearer upper echelons.
In addition, he only exposed part of his current strength.
If there is really an enemy who uses this as a basis for his strength to attack him, perhaps, by then, he will have made progress again.
However, Ryan looked around and asked, "Do you have a hammer?"
The weapon he got from Volod the Skull Crusher, the Skull Hammer, was made of a shrunken human skull and was a one-handed hammer, so Ryan never brought it with him.
However, this time, after he mastered the advanced secret of the Crushing Hammer, Ryan felt that he could use it.
Because the advanced secret of the Crushing Hammer has broken away from the framework of the two-handed hammer technique of Tokkar Hammer Technique, it has reached the level that any hammer, whether two-handed or one-handed, can be used.
"Huh? Is it a hammer for combat? No! No! You don't need to demonstrate, just explain it." Olena said hurriedly with a look of astonishment.
"Haha, Lord Ryan, the obsidian giant can't withstand your heavy hammer, and this is a conference room, it can't withstand your heavy hammer even more." Yumaz couldn't help laughing.
This made Ryan look enlightened.
He misunderstood.
Ryan said straightforwardly, "That's because I comprehended the advanced secrets of hammer art."
"What?" Yumaz's originally smiling face suddenly froze.
"Advanced secrets?" The young woman Olena's beautiful eyes widened and her thin lips slightly opened.
The two of them had also seen many knight geniuses.
But the information showed that Baron Ryan in front of them was only sixteen years old!
He comprehended the advanced secrets?
What an unparalleled talent.
At least in Munster, in the Sword Bearer Division, they had never heard of such a talented young man.
After a few seconds, Yumaz, who had regained his composure, said, "Sir Ryan, when did you comprehend the advanced secrets? You shouldn't have comprehended them during the Sword Bearer Assessment, right? Otherwise, the Obsidian Giant would not have simply fallen down."
"Yes."
"I comprehended them during this battle. To be precise, I comprehended them during the battle with the Naga Commander."
"I see, with the advanced secrets, there is indeed a chance to deal with the Title Knight-level combat power." Yumaz's face suddenly realized.
Olena on the side was recording something carefully.
"I have finished asking questions. Sir Ryan, do you have anything else to add about the mission?" Yumaz said with a smile.
"At present, we have received the report submitted by the Rock Team." The capable young woman Olena added.
"If Sir Ryan has any other information, if it is verified to be true and relatively important, the reward can be increased."
After listening to it, Ryan looked thoughtful.
Ryan knew the content of the Rock Team's report.
Remiel had told him roughly, and the certification letter had more details.
He is now hesitating whether to talk about the bronze door.
After all, he saw it through the water film at that time, and he couldn't be sure whether it was the real scene inside.
But
it seems that he can tell it. As for the authenticity and importance, let the senior management judge.
But at least once the information is useful, the reward amount can be further increased.
After thinking about it, Ryan said: "I also saw some special scenes at that time, but I can't guarantee the authenticity."
"Of course, Mr. Ryan, please go ahead. As for the authenticity of the information, there are special personnel to go back and verify it." Since he just learned that Ryan has mastered the advanced secrets, Yumaz has taken Ryan's attention to a higher level, and said with a smile.
Ryan nodded.
That's naturally the best.
"In the depths of the cave, I saw a layer of almost transparent, light blue water film. Through the water film, I saw that there is a hall inside."
Yumaz nodded.
This situation is very normal. Most ruins have multiple halls.
"There is a group of people busy inside. Judging from the patterns on the robes, it seems to be the Poseidon Cult." Ryan continued.
"It is indeed the Poseidon Cult."
"We have also received this information from other channels. Lord Ryan's information further proves that this information is correct." Yumaz said with a serious face.
"Lord Ryan, if this is the information, it is not enough to increase the reward. You know, we have already obtained the relevant information." Olena thought that Ryan had finished speaking, and said apologetically.
"These are the believers of the Poseidon Cult, surrounding an altar. There are braziers at the four corners of the altar, burning with green flames, and in the middle of the altar is a seven or eight meter tall stone multi-armed naga."
"Oh?" Yumaz and Olena looked at each other, and their faces were obviously solemn.
This situation was not mentioned by the previous exploration team.
"In addition, I personally feel that the altar is for a bronze metal door dozens of meters high at the end of the hall."
"Metal door?" The two were immediately surprised.
"Lord Ryan, do you see any pattern on the door?" Olena asked hurriedly.
"The pattern is quite complicated. What I can identify seems to be shells and conchs? You know, I can only barely identify them from a distance." Ryan nodded.
"Shells and conchs?" Yumaz said in a lost voice, and couldn't help but stand up.
"I understand." Yumaz muttered to himself.
A few minutes later.
Yumaz sat up straight, smiled, and said: "Sir Ryan, the information you provided this time is very valuable."
"Before, we always knew that the Sea Clan was behind this attack, and the Sea God Cult was active behind the scenes, but the real purpose of their attack was not very clear."
"The information you provided this time may point to a very likely purpose!"
"They are trying to unlock a seal of the monsoon and the goddess of the sea long ago. We generally call it the Forbidden Gate."
"Forbidden Gate?" Ryan looked puzzled.
"Yes, there are more than one such forbidden door, but they are all said to be sealed by the righteous gods. In fact, I also want to know what is inside the forbidden door this time?"
"However, it is not worth looking forward to. Because according to past rules, most of the time, when the forbidden door is opened, it will cause some bad consequences, and even trigger some disasters."
"Okay, now let's talk about the branch's evaluation of your mission this time."
"Since you encountered an enemy at the level of a title knight, which is what you just called the 'Tide Piercer', the mission reward has been increased from three gold medals and four thousand five hundred merit points to four gold medals and five thousand five hundred merit points."
"In addition to the information about the forbidden door you just provided, the reward has been increased again, totaling six gold medals, plus seven thousand merit points."
"Sir Ryan, according to the distribution agreement between you and the Rock Squad, you will receive four gold medals, plus a reward of four thousand merit points."
"I wonder if Sir Ryan has any objection to this?" Yumaz said with a smile.
Four gold medals?
Ryan raised his eyebrows, and was overjoyed!
This means that he no longer needs to take out a loan, and can pay off the medals and merit points required to exchange for the atomizer, the first-level fire magic for defense, and the metal transformation in one go!
He didn't expect that the news about the mysterious metal door would be so important.
"Of course not, thank you, Lord Yumaz." Ryan bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
"Lord Ryan, your authority has also been upgraded to the gold level." Olena smiled and waved.
The female staff member walked over quickly with a tray, and on the tray was a golden round emblem the size of a child's fist.
Ryan was slightly startled.
After all, the silver-level emblem hadn't even warmed up in his hand, and it was replaced with a gold-level emblem.
This speed was really too fast.
Ryan picked up the gold emblem in the tray and handed the silver emblem to the female staff member.
The pattern on the heavy gold emblem was even more vivid. Of course, gold itself was not important. What was important was the honor and authority represented by the emblem.
"By the way, Lord Ryan, I heard that all your weapons were damaged this time?" Yumaz asked.
"Yes."
"I suggest that Lord Ryan go to the exchange hall later. The exchange hall can contact the forging masters to order weapons. Although it takes some time, the earlier you order, the sooner you will get them."
"Thank you for the reminder. Lord Yumaz, Lord Olena, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first." Ryan stood up and said.
After leaving the mission hall, Ryan immediately went to the exchange hall.
After all, Ryan had been looking forward to the atomized mixture, the first-level defensive fire magic, and the metal transformation for a long time.
After turning left twice in a row, Ryan came to the special item exchange hall of the branch, in front of a majestic three-story white stone building.
When Ryan walked into the spacious and tall exchange hall, he found that like the mission hall, there were more people coming and going than last time.
It didn't take long before it was Ryan's turn.
The young girl stood up and smiled:
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
"I want to exchange a few things." As he said that, Ryan handed his freshly baked golden badge to the other party.
The girl was slightly stunned, as if she was surprised that Ryan was young but had a golden badge, but she soon took it respectfully with both hands and put the badge into the special groove.
"I want to exchange for atomized mixture. Wait!" Suddenly, Ryan thought of a problem.
He seemed to have overlooked a point in his haste just now.
Now his authority has been improved.
In other words, he can query higher-level exchange items.
So, is it possible that there will be better witchcraft to choose from?
"Please check for me first. I can exchange all fire-related, defense-oriented first-level witchcraft."
"Okay, sir."
"Sir, you are now at the gold level. According to regulations, you can view the list of exchangeable items for diamond-level permissions at the highest level. At present, a total of two items have been found. Sir, please look at the wisdom slate." The young staff member said.
Hmm?
Can I only improve by one level?
Ryan remembered very clearly that when he was at the bronze level, he could check across two levels. Could it be that the high-level special items need to be kept confidential?
At this time, the wisdom slate in front of Ryan refreshed several lines of white text.
After a quick glance, Ryan was slightly disappointed.
Because the wisdom slate still showed the original two items - Resist Fire Ring and Flame Shield, and the first-level fire-related witchcraft 'Flame Protection' that Ryan had heard Naya talk about before was not on it.
Ryan looked at the wisdom slate again carefully.
"Source: Provided by Seth School."
"Source: Provided by Char School"
Could it be that some witchcraft is unique to certain schools or individuals?
After all, no matter how strong the Sword Bearer Organization is, it is impossible to collect all the witchcraft.
It seems that this question needs to be asked to someone. Ryan thought.
"Hello, help me check the metal witchcraft again."
"Okay, please wait." The girl quickly searched.
A minute later, Ryan looked at the wisdom slate that still only showed a metal transformation spell and shook his head slightly.
"Help me exchange for atomization mixture, fire resistance ring and metal transformation spell."
"Okay, sir!" The girl's eyes sparkled. She rarely encountered so many high-value special items exchanged at one time.
Soon, the girl handed Ryan a rectangular brown wooden box and said, "Sir, this is atomization mixture."
"It is recommended that you consider taking it in the quiet room of the training hall. If you feel any discomfort, you can immediately contact a doctor for treatment."
"As for other precautions when taking it, please check the instructions for use in the box."
Ryan took the wooden box and nodded.
"In addition, since this is your first time exchanging a witchcraft scroll, according to the regulations, there is a confidentiality agreement that you need to sign. The main content of the contract is about some terms that are limited to personal use."
The girl said as she handed over a scroll that exuded a witchcraft aura.
Ryan took the scroll and opened it.
Sure enough, it mainly stipulated that the rewards exchanged from the Empire
Sword Bearers, including but not limited to witchcraft, extraordinary combat skills and other knowledge, are limited to personal use and cannot be disseminated without permission. This is naturally no problem. Immediately, Ryan signed with a feather pen.
At this time, the young staff smiled sweetly and handed Ryan two parchment scrolls with witchcraft records.
"My lord, do you have any other needs?"
"No, thank you." Ryan got up and left.
A few minutes later, Ryan returned to his room.
He first put the wooden box containing the atomizer aside, thought about it, and then opened the parchment scroll with "Metal Transfiguration" impatiently and read it carefully.
(End of this chapter)
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