Chapter 272 Promotion and Improvement (Two chapters in one)
"High Priest, I heard from the Black Flame Church that they discovered a dormant ancient creature, the earth snake, in Mayest County. Do you think this news is true or false?" asked the middle-aged man with a black Ouroboros pattern painted on his forehead.
The high priest with a ring-shaped Ouroboros pattern on his lips smiled, staring at the other person with a pair of yellow vertical pupils, and said:
"Aren't we going there this time to confirm whether it is true?"
"But... I think what they said should be true."
The middle-aged man nodded and said excitedly: "High priest, it would be great if it is true!"
"According to the ancient books in the association, the digging ability of the ancient creature ground snake is second to none among all the giant beasts."
"With it, we can quickly dig tunnels and connect various branches together. In addition, we can also explore those ruins buried deep underground with greater ease."
"Not bad! Holden, you can think of this, which shows that you have matured a lot. This is something a qualified high priest should consider." The high priest nodded.
The ancient creature ground snake, when an adult, is nearly 100 meters long and several meters in diameter. It is an absolute behemoth.
Although named after a snake, its head does not look like a snake head, but more like a petal with teeth. It has super strong bite and crushing power, and digs underground at a very fast speed.
In less than half an hour, an underground tunnel as long as the body can be dug.
Of course, the most important thing is that as the Secret Snake Cult, they have a special way to control the ancient creatures, the earth snakes.
Otherwise, if the Black Flame Cult can control the earth snakes themselves, they will naturally not be so kind to tell them this news.
After receiving the praise from the High Priest, Holden laughed, but soon, he frowned and said:
"However, even if this news is true, according to the nature of the Black Flame Church, they will definitely extort some money."
The High Priest smiled and said: "Holden, this is actually not important."
"What is important is whether the earth snake they found is an adult, what is its condition, and whether it can be awakened by the ritual. This is why I came here in person."
"If there is no problem, then what does it matter even if we agree to some of their requests?"
Holden's brows relaxed when he heard it, and nodded: "Indeed, I heard that their plan in Meister was blocked."
"I guess they are likely to ask us to cooperate."
"Then cooperate. The more they make trouble in Meister, the better it is for us. However, Holden, you need to deal with a few little bugs from the empire first. They are over there."
The High Priest stretched out his hand and pointed to the left rear side of the carriage.
He saw that the surface of the back of his hand was all blue-black snake-like keratin. It was completely impossible to tell that it was human skin, but more like snake skin.
"Hmm? Little bugs from the Empire? Leave it to me!" Holden took off his hood, revealing a bald head with various mysterious symbols tattooed on it, and said with a grin.
The next second, he suddenly opened the door and jumped down in the galloping carriage.
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Meister, Wolf Hill.
In a hidden cave.
"Lord Blood Burner, the latest news just came from Welsh County, Lady Galina failed!" The black-robed monk who reported the news looked ugly.
"Why? Galina is so careless?"
"Did she not take the earl's daughter seriously and let her escape?" Laxul smiled, shook the dark red aged wine in the transparent glass, and then sniffed it.
Obviously, he didn't take the news seriously.
After all, the other party was a top student of the Imperial Royal Academy and the earl's daughter. She had some means to save her life, so it was easy to understand that she escaped from Galina's hands.
"This." Hearing Laxul say this, the black flame monk who reported the news looked strange, and for a moment he didn't know how to continue.
"Hmm? What happened?" Laxul's face condensed, and the blood-red flame mark on his forehead flashed.
He quickly judged from the face of his subordinate that something unexpected must have happened.
"Yes, sir, Lady Galina died in the battle!"
"What?" Laxul's pupils shrank, and the whole person stood up suddenly, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The blood-red flame on his forehead became dark red!
Galina used to be his subordinate, and after he was promoted, she took over his position as the chief priest of the County of Wales. He naturally knew Galina's ability very well.
When he heard the report just now, several possibilities flashed through his mind, including the escape of Claire, the daughter of the Earl.
But he really never thought that Galina, his former capable subordinate and now the chief priest of the County of Wales, would actually lose her life because of such a request-like task!
You know, with Galina's attainments in illusion, even if it were him, it might be easy to defeat the opponent, but it would be extremely difficult to kill her.
"How did Galina die?"
"Is Claire, the daughter of Count Habsburg, so powerful?" Laxul, who had calmed down, asked in a deep voice.
"My lord, it's not that the strength of the earl's daughter is so strong. According to the two surviving Protestants, the other party is probably just a peak knight."
"But there is a young man next to her who is very strong. It is said that he killed 'Wild Bull' Bildas with one punch, and also resisted the giant axe golem guard and destroyed it."
As his subordinates told the story, Laxul's expression was just solemn at first, but after hearing that the golem guard was destroyed, he was shocked!
"What! You said that Galina even used the secret weapon of the golem guard, but in the end, she couldn't take down the opponent, but was killed by the opponent?" Laxul looked like he had seen a ghost.
He thought that Galina didn't pay enough attention and was killed by a sneak attack due to carelessness.
Now it sounds like that is not the case at all!
Galina took his request very seriously and brought along a strong man like 'Wild Bull' Bildas, and also brought along the secret weapon 'Golem Guard'.
The key point is that they were all killed?
He will definitely be questioned by the higher-ups!
Moreover, since the Golem Guard was exposed this time, the Empire should pay more attention to the activities of the Church. Perhaps, the subsequent counterattack from the Empire is already in the works. It's really troublesome things one after another.
Laxul found it difficult to accept this answer for a while!
"Uh, yes, Lord Blood Burner." The Black Flame monk bowed slightly and said.
"I didn't believe it at first, but the Welsh County side used mind control and truth serum on the two surviving Protestants, and found that the two people's statements did not change."
"So. Lord Blood Burner, although it's hard to believe, it seems to be true."
The Black Flame monk who reported the news was also shocked for a long time when he learned the news.
After reading the content written on the intelligence several times, he immediately came to report.
Laxul's heart was in turmoil at this moment.
What the hell is going on?
How can a daughter of an earl have such a powerful master guarding her? Imperial Royal Academy That's right! Could it be that the young master is the legitimate son of a noble in the imperial capital, and is pursuing this daughter of an earl, Claire?
In this case, everything makes sense. Laxul's face suddenly became clear! The background of the nobles of the Dragun Empire is hard for ordinary people to imagine, and it is not surprising that they can cultivate such a powerful young man. But in this case, things become tricky. If you take action yourself, you may not be able to deal with the other party, but you may fail. "Karam, so the other party should have arrived in Meister now, right?" "Yes, Lord Bloodburner. According to intelligence, the team escorting the earl's daughter Claire just arrived in Meister County this afternoon." "In addition, I have asked several insiders in Count Habsburg's mansion to quietly investigate the other party's origins." "Well, very good." "Investigate the other party's origins and report to me as soon as possible." Laxul nodded and said. "Yes, sir." The Black Flame monk slowly retreated. However, a few minutes later, the Black Flame monk Karam came in again to report: "Sir, we received a message from the Secret Snake Cult. Their special envoy in charge of this connection, the Secret Snake Cult High Priest Ganon, has just entered the Minster Province from the Nome Province and will arrive in Meister in about two days." The status of the high priest is similar to that of the archbishop of the Goddess Church. He is responsible for church activities within a province and is an absolute high-level person. "Oh? Will the people from the Secret Snake Cult arrive in two days? And the one who comes is a high priest?" Laxul looked thoughtful, and he had a plan in mind. "It seems that I have to go find Lord Freeman. The Secret Snake Cult is coming at the right time." Laxul seemed to have thought of something, and his serious face suddenly relaxed a lot. - Mayest County City. In the mansion of Earl Habsburg. With the cooperation of Viscount Selyer, Ryan came to the indoor training room on the first floor of the main building of the villa after making preliminary arrangements for the defense of the Earl's mansion. As the mansion of Earl Habsburg, the highest administrative chief of Mayest County, there is naturally a training ground, and there are two indoor training rooms, and one should be the largest outdoor training ground in the county. At this time, Shadiya, who was wearing a black maid outfit, came over with a brown wooden box in her hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Ryan, this is the special potion 'Strengthening Secret Medicine' that the young lady prepared for you before going to the secret room. Usually, only the Earl takes it in the mansion. It is quite beneficial for the practice of the Great Knight." "Huh?" Ryan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Claire to be so thoughtful. "Miss Claire doesn't need it herself?" After Ryan took it, he looked at Shadiya and asked. "Miss, she is not a Great Knight yet, so she can't take it for the time being. In addition, although this secret medicine is precious, the stock in the mansion is also very small, but it is more than enough for two or three Great Knights to practice." "In addition, the young lady also said that you are her guardian knight. The stronger you are, the safer she is, so please don't be polite." "Okay, then thank you, Miss Claire!" Ryan smiled and said. "By the way, Lord Ryan, is there anything else you need my help with?" Ryan looked thoughtful, and after a moment's thought, he said, "There is one thing indeed, Maid Shadiya, I may need you to send someone to my mansion to invite a young knight named Has to come here." "Knight Has, eh? Okay, Lord Ryan." Shadiya slowly stepped back. When Ryan walked into the training room on the first floor of the main building of the villa, he found that there were almost all kinds of weapons in it, including swords, hammers, axes, shields, bows, etc.
All kinds of training dummies and archery targets were not left out.
This training room was originally used for Earl Habsburg and Claire. Now that one of them was seriously injured and the other had a breakthrough, they naturally couldn't be used.
Ryan didn't have to worry about other people disturbing him here.
In addition, since last night, Ryan had always wanted to test the new Arcadia swordsmanship elementary secret, 'Blade Storm'.
Now, he planned to try it right away.
In order to test the effect of the Blade Storm, Ryan first placed four ironwood dummies in front of, behind, and around him, four or five meters away, and then placed four more dummies ten meters away.
Then, he came to the center of the ironwood dummies and took a deep breath.
The next second, the hardened adamantium covering his knight's gauntlet instantly turned into a two-handed sword.
'Blade Storm'!
In an instant, Ryan held the two-handed sword in a gyroscope shape and spun at high speed. A strong whirlwind like an airburst was generated out of thin air in the open space and quickly swept around in the form of a shock wave!
"Bang! Bang! Snap! Snap!" A series of noises were heard.
Both the four ironwood dummies at five meters and the dummies at ten meters fell to the ground one after another.
After a few seconds, when the smoke and dust cleared,
Ryan went over to check. He saw that each of the four ironwood dummies at five meters had more than ten horizontal sword cuts several inches deep.
Ironwood has both hardness and toughness. If it can leave sword marks several inches deep on it, then even steel that has been tempered a thousand times can almost produce a similar effect.
Ryan nodded slightly.
Then, he checked the four ironwood dummies ten meters away.
However, there were only more than ten faint white stripes on the bodies of these dummies. Ryan frowned slightly when he saw this effect.
What caused the damage to the ironwood dummies was not the greatsword in Ryan's hand, but the force on the greatsword that affected the air at an ultra-fast speed, and the high-speed airflow cut formed in an instant caused the effect.
If the big sword hit the dummy directly, there is no doubt that the ironwood dummy would be cut into several pieces.
"It's quite powerful, but the attack range doesn't seem to be as wide as I imagined."
"The effective attack radius is only about five meters, which is too limited."
"But it seems that it is indeed difficult to spread too far with just high-speed airflow."
Ryan immediately called up the system panel and focused his attention on the blade storm.
"If it is upgraded to the intermediate level, the power should be much stronger."
". To upgrade to the intermediate secret, the breathing method has already been satisfied, and the Arcadia Sword Art lv14 or above is required, and 2 gold skill points are consumed."
"This way, a total of 3 gold skill points are required, which is just enough."
After thinking for a while, Ryan decided to add it to try the effect.
A few minutes later, Ryan looked at the many ironwood dummies lying around and nodded slightly.
"The damage radius has only expanded to about seven meters, which is still much lower than expected. However, the lethality within the radius is indeed considerable. The ironwood dummy within a range of three to five meters was directly cut off!"
Ryan thought for a moment, and a flash of inspiration flashed
through his mind. He focused his mind on the
two-handed sword in his hand. The next second, four-cornered darts similar to those used by ninjas in previous lives appeared on the surface of the two-handed sword. There was an extremely thin metal wire connecting the four-cornered darts and the two-handed sword.
"Blade Storm!"
In an instant, Ryan held the two-handed sword and spun like a gyroscope. While the strong sonic boom swept around, there were also some black things in the airflow.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
With this performance, the seventy or eighty densely packed four-cornered darts on the sword, due to the strong inertia of rotation, broke the metal wire from the surface of the sword blade and shot rapidly around.
"Ding Ding Dang Dang!"
The ironwood dummy in the distance made a dense sound like frying beans.
After the dust cleared, Ryan went forward to check again. This time, he found that 30 meters away, on the ironwood armored men placed against the wall, there were as many as seven or eight, or as few as three or four four-corner darts nailed to the surface of the ironwood mannequins.
The depth also reached more than five centimeters, and the cutting effect of the high-speed airflow was similar to that of the previous six or seven meters.
In other words, after Ryan's improvement, the attack range of the blade storm was suddenly increased from the original six or seven meters to thirty or fifty meters!
Seeing this effect, Ryan smiled.
As for why the four-corner dart was chosen?
That's because Ryan considered that the stability of the four-corner dart after rotation is better than that of the kunai or willow leaf dart, and there is no need to worry about the angle of the greatsword when performing the blade storm.
The four-corner dart can achieve 360 degrees without dead angles and sweep around.
Of course, this is not without disadvantages.
It consumes a lot of hardened gold!
The seventy or eighty square darts that were shot out were all transformed from hardened adamantium. Every time a Blade Storm was performed, it meant that Ryan lost about ten kilograms of hardened adamantium!
Quite expensive.
Ryan adjusted it several times and adjusted the thickness of the metal wire to the right degree. It was neither too thick to break free from the inertia of rotation, nor too thin to cause it to fall off as soon as it rotated and thus lacked power.
Half an hour later, Ryan finally showed a satisfied smile.
Suddenly, the system prompt sounded:
[Ding! The combination and improvement of the intermediate secret 'Blade Storm' and the innate witchcraft 'Metal Transfiguration' were successful, and the power reached the effect of the advanced secret. Please name the new secret.]
Huh?
It can be like this?
Ryan's eyes lit up!
As for the name
, since it is an improvement, let's call it 'Blade Storm·Change'!
A lazy way to name it.
[Ding! 'Blade Storm·Change' was named successfully, and the original Blade Storm related secrets were adjusted synchronously. ]
Immediately, Ryan focused his attention on the Weapon Master (Legend) profession panel and checked it in detail:
Blade Storm·Change (Advanced Secret) Effect: Based on the arc slash, it exquisitely combines the Force and the innate sorcery metal deformation. Swinging the special sword in your hand, mixing metal in the high-speed airflow, attacking all enemies around.
(Note: Bladestorm·Change is a secret skill and cannot be upgraded through skill points.)
(To upgrade Bladestorm·Change to a top secret skill, the following conditions must be met: 1. Arcadia Sword Skill lv16 or above; 2. Bear King Breathing Technique lv16 or above; 3. Metal Transfiguration as the innate magic; 4. Strength 42 points, Agility 38 points, Constitution 38 points or above; 5. Consume 4 gold skill points.)
"That's not bad. Conditions 2 and 3 are already met, and the attribute points are not a big problem."
"In this case, it means that only 6 gold skill points are needed to upgrade 'Bladestorm·Change' to a top secret skill."
"As a top secret skill of group attack, it costs 2 gold skill points less than 'Crushing Hammer'. This is the benefit of combining the innate magic 'Metal Transfiguration'," Ryan thought to himself.
"Knock, knock!"
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the training room.
"Come in!"
The maid who came in was Shadiya. She looked curiously at the ironwood mannequins lying on the ground, which were covered with metal darts, and said,
"Lord Ryan, Knight Has is not in your mansion, but he left a letter for you."
"The servants left in your mansion said that Knight Has just left this morning, and this letter was originally intended to be sent to Munster. The person I sent was quite smart and brought it directly for you."
Shadiya said as she handed Ryan a letter.
Huh?
Left?
It couldn't be because
Ryan raised his eyebrows and opened the envelope.
"Ryan: Larchmond Fishing Port was attacked by sea giants, and the situation is not good. Your family was still in the mansion before, and I couldn't leave, but please forgive me now! Has." It
's human nature.
Ryan nodded slightly.
Sure enough, this is the reason.
Has's family is all in Larchmond Fishing Port, unlike himself, who has sent his parents and sister to Munster.
The next morning.
The messenger of the Sword Bearer Division, the tough leather-armored man, arrived again.
"Lord Ryan, the two lords are very sorry."
"Lady Veronica can't come to help you this time. She is currently one of the information transmission channels between the imperial coast and the navy. In a short period of time, no other suitable replacement can be found."
Ryan nodded slightly to show his understanding.
Yes, Veronica is a disciple of Master Enius, a naval advisor, and has a natural familiarity with the navy's communication.
In large-scale battles, keeping information flowing is of great significance.
"That. You mentioned last time, Lords Angus and Vieri, they all suffered varying degrees of injuries in the last mission, and are currently recuperating. I'm afraid they won't be able to recover in a short period of time." The leather-armored man said apologetically.
Hmm?
Hearing this, Ryan frowned and said:
"So, in a short period of time, no one can come?"
"Not really." The leather-armored man thought for a while and said.
(End of this chapter)
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