Chapter 261: Ice Messenger (Two chapters in one)
"Miss, I think you are too pessimistic. My impression of Lord Ryan is not that kind of person." Shadiya recalled the big boy in the past and said.
Claire shook her head and said, "You don't understand. When a person has strength, honor, power, money and other temptations will follow. Do you think he won't change?"
"This..." Shadiya was silent for a moment.
It is undeniable that what her young lady said makes sense.
The Earl's former friends and subordinates will judge the situation, not to mention that the young lady is just Ryan's former enlightenment teacher on the road of knighthood, and she really shouldn't have too much hope.
In the city of Munster.
On the boulevard, swordsmen are divided into department entrances.
A mobile vendor selling nuts not far away saw Ryan return to the Sword Bearer branch again, his face changed, he immediately turned around, wrote something, and quietly released the pigeon in the wooden box behind him.
A few minutes later, Asani, the head of the caravan, who was reporting something to Viscount Fabien in the study on the third floor of the Münster Axon Auction House, received the pigeon again.
Why again?
That's because several stalkers had sent a message to Asani, the head of the caravan, when they saw Ryan leave the Sword Bearer branch and go to the villa.
"Huh? Back again?" Asani looked at the small note in his hand, his face changed, and he looked up at Viscount Fabien who was sitting behind the large mahogany desk with a little uneasiness.
"Huh? Didn't you just say that Ryan had left the branch? Now he's back again?" Viscount Fabien was stunned, and then he was quite unhappy.
Not only because he felt like he was being played, but also because he had just informed Lord Grant Savage, the "Ice Messenger" who had just come from the Imperial Capital Head Office.
This lord had a bad temper.
Now, he had to explain immediately, but Fabien changed his mind and said,
"Asani, go and report this to Lord Grant."
"Uh, this... OK, Lord Fabien, I'll go right away."
Asani's forehead was sweating, and he quickly stood up and said goodbye.
He hoped that Lord Grant, the "Ice Messenger", had not left, and he didn't want to bear the other party's anger.
Alas! Half an hour ago, he was quite happy. After receiving the message from the subordinate in charge of stalking, he immediately came to report.
Unexpectedly, this Ryan actually went back again!
At the same time.
Ryan had already arrived at the mission hall.
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" A young and beautiful girl employee saw Ryan coming forward, stood up and bowed, and smiled sweetly.
"Help me check for tasks that are located in Meister County and are related to the Black Flame Cult." Ryan said as he handed his gold badge to the other party.
"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment." Seeing the gold badge, the female staff member showed respect and quickly took it with both hands.
"Sir, there are eleven tasks in total. Do you want to check all of them?"
So many?
Ryan raised his eyebrows.
After thinking for a while, Ryan asked again: "How many gold-level tasks are there?"
"Sir, there are three gold-level tasks in total. Do you need to check the specific content?"
"Yes." Ryan nodded.
"Okay, sir, that's it. Please take a look at the wisdom slate." Soon, the young female staff member displayed the gold-level tasks related to the Black Flame Cult in Meister County on the wisdom slate in front of Ryan.
Ryan immediately checked them.
"Kill Laxul (Gold Level), the perpetrator of the Shimmering Gold Town Massacre. Laxul, formerly the chief priest of the Black Flame Church in Wales County, was sent to Mayster by the Black Flame Church as a special envoy. He is one of the leaders and organizers of the recent attack on Mayster County, and he planned and created the Shimmering Gold Town Massacre." "
A rare shadow wizard with strong strength, nicknamed 'Blood Burner'."
"According to the latest information from spies, Laxul's last appearance was in the Wild Wolf Hills in the east of Mayster County."
"Task requirements: Kill Laxul within half a month. It is recommended that a full number of people support the Swordsman Squad. The mission has a fixed reward: 2 gold medals, 3,000 merit points." "
(Note: It is recommended to exchange for a replica of the Emperor's Scepter or a replica of the Emperor's Sword before fighting against high-level cultists.)"
The first task made Ryan's eyes stern!
Ryan thought that it would take a long time to investigate the murderer of the Shimmering Gold Town Massacre.
But now, he felt like he had found something without any effort.
Laxul, is this guy the mastermind of the tragedy in Shining Gold? A
shadow wizard?
Huh?
Exchange for a replica of the Emperor's Scepter first?
Ryan suddenly remembered something.
Before, when Batista and Remiel of the Rock Team came to Meister to perform a mission, the silver-white scepter used by Batista seemed to be a replica of the Emperor's Scepter. With just one strike, he eliminated the aura of the evil god and interrupted and severely injured the Black Flame High Priest who was being promoted.
So, the replica of the Emperor's weapon has two weapon styles: the scepter and the sword?
Then I can go to the exchange hall to take a look later.
"Investigate the truth behind the attack on Mayest (Gold Level). The real purpose behind the attack on the Black Flame Church in Mayest is unknown."
"Task requirements: Investigate the relevant situation within one month. It is recommended that a full number of people support the Swordsman Squad. Mission rewards: 3 gold medals, 5,000 merit points."
"(Note: If the investigation has additional discoveries or takes a shorter time, the reward will be increased.)"
"Protect the Archon of Meister County (Gold Level). Meister County has recently been attacked in succession. The local Archon, Count Habsburg, was seriously injured. The cult is becoming more and more arrogant, creating a panic atmosphere in the city."
"Task requirements: Protect the Archon of Meister, Count Habsburg, within half a month. It is recommended that more than three people participate. Task rewards: 1 gold medal, 1,000 merit points." "
(Note: If multiple Black Flame Cult members are killed during the protection, the reward will increase.)"
After looking at three tasks in a row, Ryan frowned.
Although the tasks refreshed on the Wisdom Slate are all gold-level, the recommended number of people in the task requirements column basically requires a full support swordsman team.
And he only has one person.
In addition, according to regulations, the Swordsman Team can only accept one task at a time, and he wants to take on all three tasks.
"By the way, is the Deputy Minister of Affairs, Olena, here?" After thinking about it, Ryan planned to find someone.
"Yes, sir. Do you know Lord Olena?"
"Yes, just tell her that Ryan is looking for her."
"Okay, sir, I'll pass it on for you." The young clerk stood up quickly and trotted to the office at the back of the hall.
Soon, Olena, a capable young woman with a smile on her face, walked out of the office.
"Sir Ryan, how about we talk in my office?" Olena was thoughtful and seemed to understand that Ryan must have something to talk to her about, so she said as soon as they met.
"Okay, sorry to bother you." Ryan smiled and stood up.
In the office.
Ryan and Olena sat facing each other.
"Sir Olena, the gold-level missions I want to take require a whole team of supporting swordsmen, but I'm alone at the moment."
"Oh? Sir Ryan wants to complete the gold-level mission alone?" Olena's eyes flickered, quite surprised.
"Yes."
"Sir Ryan, I don't doubt that you have this ability, but I can't change this rule."
Olena's words made Ryan frown.
He didn't expect that even the Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena couldn't let him accept the team mission alone.
"But. Sir Ryan, do you have any good friends among the newcomers of the Sword Bearer?"
"If so, Sir Ryan might as well consider directly establishing a team."
"I have this plan, but my two friends have tasks and are not in the Sword Bearer branch at the moment."
Olena smiled slightly and said, "Sir Ryan, as long as the other party does not object afterwards, I can help Sir Ryan complete the establishment of the team."
After hearing this, Ryan was slightly stunned. He understood what Olena meant.
Olena couldn't help with the rule of accepting team missions alone.
However, the workaround is to set up a team and accept tasks in the name of the team, but the Sword Bearer branch will not go into detail about how the team actually operates, and he can complete it alone.
Of course, the premise is that the team members cannot leak this matter.
Veronica and Evelyn would not object. They had expressed their desire to form a team with him.
"I understand. Then I'll trouble you, Lord Olena."
"You're welcome, Lord Ryan."
Ryan took the pen and paper Olena handed him and filled in the team registration information. However, when he filled in the team name, he hesitated.
At this time, Olena glanced at the content of the paper and smiled:
"Lord Ryan, I think 'Meiste Battering Ram' is quite suitable as the name of your team. It not only represents your origin, but also shows your fighting power."
Hmm?
Ryan was a little speechless. This name...
Okay!
However, it was too difficult for him to name it, so he wrote it like this for now.
"Oh, and, Lord Olena, I want to take on three gold-level missions related to the Black Flame Cult in Mayest County this time."
"Well, Lord Ryan, if you really want to do this, I can give you special approval according to the series of missions. This is still allowed for powerful sword holders." Olena thought for a while and came up with a solution.
"Series of missions?"
"Yes, these three missions are in the same place, and they are all related to the Black Flame Cult, so they can be considered a series of missions."
"Thank you, Lord Olena."
"Baron Ryan, you're welcome."
After taking all three gold-level missions,
Ryan came to the exchange hall.
This time, he planned to rent a replica of the Emperor's Scepter like Batista did last time.
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
"I want to rent a replica of the Emperor's Scepter." Ryan handed his golden badge to the other party.
For Ryan, the scepter is a kind of hammer, so it is naturally more convenient than a sword.
"Okay, sir." The girl took the badge respectfully with both hands.
"Sir, it takes one thousand merit points to borrow the Emperor's Scepter. In addition, once it is lost, you will be deducted 10,000 merit points plus a gold medal as compensation, so please keep it carefully." The girl said crisply while operating something.
Hmm?
Use one thousand merit points once?
Ryan finally understood why Batista looked so ugly after using the replica of the Emperor's Scepter.
Because he wasted one thousand merit points, but the task was not completed, no wonder!
"Okay." Ryan nodded.
"By the way, sir, I see that you have no record of borrowing the imitation emperor's weapons before. Do you need me to briefly introduce the instructions for use?"
"Yes."
"Well, sir, the imitation emperor's weapons series are mainly aimed at various evil divine powers and creatures or objects contaminated by them. They have a strong killing effect on them, but they are not very lethal to ordinary wizards and knights."
Ryan nodded.
He basically understood.
Imitation emperor's weapons are prepared to fight against various evil divine powers.
"By the way, do you have hardened adamantine ingots?" Ryan thought of one thing, that is, the hardened adamantine ingots he had on hand at this time were transformed into a two-handed war hammer, and the weight was still slightly insufficient.
"Yes, sir. How much do you need to exchange?"
"Give me fifty pounds first."
"Okay, sir, fifty pounds is a total of 1,200 merit points."
After the exchange, Ryan quickly left the hall.
On the way back, Ryan found a deserted place, deformed the hardened adamantine ingots and covered his plate armor gloves.
But in this way, the whole set of knight's plate armor looked a little strange.
The whole body was silver except for the plate armor gloves, which were gray-black.
The airship from the imperial capital to Munster finally arrived, and Claire and her servant quickly got off the airship.
Not far away, an old man dressed as a butler saw Claire appear, and immediately showed surprise on his face. He stepped forward to greet her and bowed, saying, "Miss, good day! The carriage arranged by the Earl is already here, and we can rush to Meister at any time."
After learning that Claire must come back, Earl Habsburg arranged personnel and carriages in Munster in advance.
"Let's find a place to stay first. I plan to visit a friend in the Munster branch of the Sword Bearers." Claire thought about it and considered the words to Ryan.
"Okay, Miss." Although the butler Yodel was very confused about when his young lady had friends in the Munster Sword Bearers branch, as a servant, he was not suitable to ask too much.
So soon, the luxurious carriage with the emblem of the Kaliri bird drove smoothly towards the Munster Sword Bearers branch.
Claire looked out the window and saw that the road was crowded with people, and there was no sign of any turmoil.
"Hey, what is this?" Claire looked through the window and suddenly saw a middle-aged man in a white wizard robe.
Among the pedestrians coming and going, this middle-aged man was too eye-catching.
The people around him, even the official knights, would avoid him from a distance.
The middle-aged man held a short staff that seemed to be made of crystal. At the same time, the whole person exuded bursts of cold air, with a strong aura that made strangers stay away.
But Claire knew that this was not an illusion, but the other person's body, which was actually emitting cold air.
The most important problem was that she had seen this person once before, and the location was always in the imperial capital.
"Strange, how could Grant, the 'Ice Messenger', appear in Munster? Shouldn't he be at the headquarters of the Axon Auction House in the imperial capital?"
"Could it be that the Axon Auction House has important items to escort this time?" Claire couldn't help but guess.
Previously, she was invited by a suitor in the Imperial Royal Academy to participate in an auction organized by the Yaxon Auction House in the imperial capital, and met the "Ice Messenger" Grant.
According to the introduction, the other party is a rare ice wizard. The attack power of the ice system is well known, and the defense power of some ice magic is also very strong, so Grant is almost a wizard with no shortcomings.
It is said that when the other party was escorting the treasure of the Yaxon Auction House alone, he fought a well-known mercenary group disguised as a thieves group. This well-known mercenary group, including the leader, has a total of three great knights and twelve official knights.
But they were all killed by Grant, so he was awarded the title of "Ice Messenger".
At this time, dozens of meters behind the "Ice Messenger" Grant, the chubby caravan leader Asani was chasing all the way, and the fat all over his body was trembling.
As for Viscount Fabien's words, he could only do it obediently.
However, when he arrived at Grant's residence, his subordinates told him that the Ice Messenger had just left, so Asani ran all the way anxiously.
But when he arrived, he saw this scene.
The Ice Messenger Grant, dressed in a striking white robe, stopped in the middle of the road ahead, and a few dozen meters ahead was Ryan.
Hey, didn't they say Ryan returned to the Sword Bearer Branch?
Why did he come out again?
This made Asani feel pleasantly surprised.
Two minutes ago.
Ryan, who had completed the exchange, had just walked out of the Sword Bearer Branch.
But just after walking a short distance, he suddenly stopped.
Ryan looked up at the middle-aged man in a white wizard robe walking towards him.
Ryan didn't know the other person, but he could clearly feel that the other person's eyes were clearly focused on him.
In other words, the other person was looking for him!
Claire and her servant in the carriage not far away also obviously noticed the direction where Grant, the 'Ice Messenger', was looking. When Claire saw the two-meter-tall young man wearing silver-white knight plate armor, Claire had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
At this time, the maid Shadiya who accompanied Claire in the carriage looked thoughtful. The next second, her eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed at the young man outside the carriage window and said, "Miss."
But before she finished speaking, the situation on the scene changed suddenly!
"Where is Fang?" The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
Ryan looked at the other person calmly without saying anything.
When he left the Sword Bearer Branch before today, he had a vague feeling that someone was following him. Now it seems that his feeling is not wrong.
In addition, Ryan already knew the other person's origin.
"Very good." The middle-aged man in white robe raised a finger, and suddenly, an ice blade nearly 1.5 meters long and as thin as a cicada's wing quickly appeared from the opponent's fingertips.
The crescent-shaped ice blade was crystal clear under the sunlight, and it appeared and disappeared!
The pedestrians around saw the sudden ice witchcraft and the rapid drop in temperature, and they screamed and ran away.
The next second, the ice blade attacked Ryan at a speed that ordinary people could hardly detect with their naked eyes!
"Swish!"
So fast! Claire, who was watching from a distance, was shocked!
If it were her, she would not have time to dodge this ice blade, and could only block or hold up the sword horizontally to resist this attack.
But this would fall into a passive rhythm.
The opponent's subsequent ice blades would attack like a rain of arrows, causing a passive situation.
"What!" Claire's beautiful eyes suddenly widened and her mouth opened slightly.
Because she saw that the tall young man did not dodge or block at all, but raised his hand very quickly, and used the knight's plate armor gloves that were obviously a bit dark in color to directly grasp the extremely sharp ice blade!
"Snap!"
He actually crushed the hard and sharp ice blade with one hand!
You know, this is the first-level witchcraft "Ice Blade"!
How could it be crushed by someone with an attack power of up to 32 degrees?
Seeing this, Grant, the "Ice Messenger", narrowed his eyes.
This is obviously inconsistent with the strength described in the intelligence!
Moreover, he just vaguely sensed a flash of energy particle fluctuations, which should be some kind of witchcraft, but isn't the other party a great knight?
Could it be that the other party is a great knight and a third-level wizard apprentice?
At this time, Ryan touched the ground with his toes, and the white strips of stone paving the ground suddenly shattered, and a circle of air waves mixed with gravel suddenly spread out in all directions!
In an instant, Ryan disappeared from the spot, and a silver straight line rushed towards Grant, the "Ice Messenger"!
Facing Ryan's attack, Grant, the 'Ice Envoy', remained calm, chanted a spell quickly, pointed at the ground in front of him, and a white ice ray was shot out.
"Crashed!" A layer of ice several centimeters thick condensed on the ground of dozens of square meters in front of him.
This is a freezing ray, which is very useful for dealing with professions that need close combat.
But the next second, he seemed to see something incredible.
Ryan's right hand suddenly had a dark short spear. At this moment, he was using the inertia of the sprint just now to throw the black short spear in his hand fiercely!
"Swoosh!"
The inertia of the sprint plus Ryan's great strength talent made the short spear so fast that it really attacked Grant like a black lightning!
Grant's face changed drastically, and he shouted:
"Ice shield!"
In an instant, a circle of thick ice shields similar to an oval shaped lingered around Grant, protecting him tightly. Obviously, this was Grant's innate witchcraft.
"Dang!!!"
The ice shield blocked the attacking short spear!
But the power of the short spear was beyond Grant's expectation. The tip of the spear had penetrated the ice shield at this moment. It can be said that the black short spear was stuck by the ice shield.
Suddenly, he found something wrong.
He looked up suddenly, and found that Ryan was already in front of him through the ten-centimeter-thick ice layer!
How is this possible!
How could the other party bypass the large smooth ice layer on the ground so quickly?
However, what does the other party mean by holding the short spear?
"Puchi!"
I saw that one end of the short spear suddenly turned forward and grew twenty centimeters. The sharp tip of the spear immediately pierced Grant's forehead!
In an instant, Grant's eyes bulged, his expression froze, and his face was horrified!
And the whole person was shaking like a sieve!
Ryan only used three moves to kill Grant, the famous "Ice Messenger" of the Axon Auction House, on the spot!
(End of this chapter)
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