Chapter 291 Metal Barrier (Two chapters in one)
When Ryan arrived at the entrance of the Sword Bearer Division, he saw a luxurious carriage parked at the door.
A middle-aged man with a mustache and hunting clothes had been waiting by the carriage. Seeing Ryan coming out, Fabien smiled, took two steps forward, and said enthusiastically:
"Sir Ryan, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Fabien from the Axon Auction House."
"Maybe. There was some misunderstanding between us and you before."
"Oh? Attacking me twice, is this what Sir Fabien said? Can a misunderstanding be cleared up?" Ryan waved his hand and interrupted the other party.
Facing Ryan's words, Fabien was also embarrassed, but he quickly explained his purpose:
"Well, because of this, the higher-ups attach great importance to you, and Lord Drake even came here personally from the imperial capital. He is in the Mona Coffee Shop next door. Do you think you can come and have a chat?"
Following the direction Fabien pointed, Ryan looked up and saw a coffee shop not far ahead.
"Okay." Ryan nodded.
At first, Ryan thought that the person he was talking to was Viscount Fabien, but now it seems that he was not.
Since Admiral Edward might find time to meet with him at any time in the afternoon, Ryan had considered it on the way here and would not have a long speech with him.
Since the other party arranged the meeting place at the gate of the Sword Bearer Branch, it saved a lot of time for the round trip.
In addition, the other party should have considered some security factors. If it was a private mansion, he might not agree.
From this point of view, the arrangement is a bit sincere.
So, accompanied by Fabien, Ryan walked to the coffee shop about 20 to 30 meters away.
The whole coffee shop has been booked by the other party, and there are two guards who are obviously knights guarding the door.
Walking into the coffee shop, I saw a slightly wealthy middle-aged man with a meticulously combed big back hair waiting in a booth. The surroundings are spacious and bright, and there is no place for an ambush.
Seeing Ryan come in, the other party smiled and stood up to greet him: "Sir Ryan, first meeting, I am Drake Orenz."
"Hello, Sir Drake." Ryan nodded and said.
Seeing Ryan's unhappy face, the other party took the initiative to smile and said:
"Sir Ryan, your time is precious, so I will get straight to the point."
"On behalf of Marquis Orenz, I would like to apologize to you for what happened before. In this regard, the Marquis is willing to pay 2% of the shares of the Münster branch of the Axon Auction House as compensation."
Hearing this, Ryan nodded, but did not speak.
He already understood the general meaning of the other party.
He felt that he had some talents, and the price to kill him was too high, so this was a way of winning him over?
In addition, how much profit can a 2% stake bring?
Seeing Ryan's silent expression, Fabien couldn't help himself. He glanced at Drake and said after receiving instructions:
"Sir Ryan, you may not know that the auction house branch in Munster, even if it is 2% dividend, has an annual income of about 20,000 to 30,000 imperial gold coins, which is not a small amount. Moreover, the income will continue to flow in the future."
"I think this fully demonstrates the sincerity of Marquis Orenz and his sincere apology to you."
Huh?
20,000 to 30,000 imperial gold coins a year?
That is indeed not a small amount.
The Hammer and Rose Chamber of Commerce, which is in charge of the beautiful woman Jennifer, has only made this much income in half a year.
"Oh? Then what price do I have to pay?" Ryan smiled and said.
"Just ask Sir Ryan not to mind the previous misunderstanding. In addition, when the Munster auction house branch encounters trouble, Sir Ryan can also help solve it."
Drake smiled and waved his hand.
"So easy?"
"So easy."
"It seems that Lord Ryan agrees?" Drake's smile became even brighter.
"Well, if that's the case, I agree." Ryan nodded and said.
This condition is not too bad, but too generous. Ryan vaguely feels that the other party should have a backup plan.
Sure enough, when he agreed, Drake continued:
"By the way, Lord Ryan, there is one more thing, that pair of ancient troll fangs, which has a special meaning to Marquis Orenzi, so do you think it would be convenient for us to buy them back?"
"Before, the people below were not very sensible. The ownership of your spoils of war naturally belongs to you, but this time we are buying them."
"It's a pity that I used the pair of ancient troll fangs?"
"What! Used?" Drake looked at Ryan in disbelief, and the whole person stood up suddenly.
This is different from the original plan.
Since he contacted the imperial capital about the matter of Ryan obtaining the red dragon scales given by His Highness Menia, his brother Marquis Orenzi decided to make some concessions.
The reply to him meant that he could take the initiative to show goodwill and give some of the shares of the Minster branch of the Axon Auction House that originally belonged to the Orenz family as compensation to Ryan.
At the same time, he also proposed to buy back the ancient troll tusks.
With such a set of procedures, the other party would most likely not refuse.
But now Drake did not expect that the troll tusks would actually be used by Ryan.
So now he is a little unsure about how to deal with the current situation.
"What, is there a problem?" Ryan looked at the other party with a smile.
"No, no, Mr. Ryan, the delivery of our shares will take a few days. Because the Axon Auction House has a regulation since its establishment that when trading shares, it is necessary to seek the consent of the major shareholders."
"So, how about three days later?" Drake wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead and said.
"Of course, I hope everything goes well by then." Ryan smiled and stood up.
"Smooth, smooth," Drake said slightly stiffly.
He felt that what Ryan said was 80% true.
In addition, whether the thing is there or not is not difficult for a fortune teller above the level of a formal wizard to tell it clearly.
But the question is, if the thing is really gone, will his brother Marquis Orenz agree to give Ryan shares?
You know, his brother Orenz is not very kind!
Ryan immediately returned to the Sword Bearer Branch.
After a conversation, he basically understood the other party's attitude and plan.
"The other party is very concerned about the ancient troll fangs. For this reason, he would rather pay 2% of the shares of the Munster branch in exchange for the opportunity to trade peacefully with himself."
"But unfortunately, the troll fangs have really been used."
"This 2% share of the Munster branch is my mental damage compensation. I hope the other party will not do anything else."
"Otherwise"
In the afternoon, just when Ryan was about to go to the exchange hall again, Olena hurried to his dormitory.
"Sir Ryan, Admiral Edward is back. If you are free now, can you go with me?"
"Of course."
Soon, Ryan, accompanied by the capable young woman Olena, came to Admiral Edward's office on the top floor of the administrative building.
This was the first time Ryan met the sword-bearing Munster branch's head.
The other party was an old man wearing a general's uniform, with a pair of tiger eyes. Although there were some crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, it did not affect the other party's majestic demeanor at all, but made the other party have a sense of heaviness with rich experience.
"Admiral Edward, good day." Ryan bowed respectfully.
"Viscount Ryan, hello, please take a seat." Admiral Edward smiled kindly, looking Ryan up and down.
Strictly speaking, this was the second time he met Ryan.
It was just that the first meeting was one-sided.
At that time, Ryan knocked down the obsidian giant with a hammer, which left a very deep impression on him.
"Ryan, I saw your performance in the mission some time ago, which really surprised me! Especially the record of killing the ancient hero Monger, which exceeded my expectations of you."
"Thank you for your praise, Admiral." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.
"I asked you to come this time, first, I want to see you, and second, I want to talk to you about a few things."
"First of all, it's the mark on your body. I have already talked to Archbishop Gomes of the Munster Goddess Church. He will personally help you solve the problem of the mark."
"However, you need to take time to go there in the next two days. Archbishop Gomes needs to understand the strength of your mark first."
"Thank you for your concern, Admiral." Ryan bowed again.
"The second thing is that I hope you don't leave the Munster Sword Bearer branch so soon. You just joined the Sword Bearer. I think you can settle down in the branch."
"Of course, don't worry. For now, I haven't considered leaving the Sword Bearer branch." Ryan smiled and said.
"Very good, Viscount Ryan, I heard from Olena that you are also a rare metal wizard?"
"Uh, yes, sir." Ryan hesitated for a moment and nodded immediately.
There is no need to deny this point. Many people in the branch already know it.
"Then I have something here. I believe you will be very interested." Admiral Edward smiled mysteriously, took out an old parchment scroll from the drawer, and handed it to Ryan.
Ryan took it in confusion and looked at Edward again.
The other party smiled and stretched out his hand, motioning Ryan to open it.
Without much hesitation, Ryan untied the rope on the parchment scroll, opened it and looked carefully.
"Metal barrier!" Ryan's eyes widened and he said in shock.
It turned out to be a defensive first-level metal wizardry!
This is too rare.
Ryan searched for a long time but could not find any metal-based defensive magic.
That was why he chose Metal Transfiguration as his innate magic, although it seemed to be very effective.
But he did not expect that at this time, he would actually obtain a rare, defensive, first-level metal-based magic.
At the same time, Ryan was a little confused.
Because he was very sure that this magic was not in the exchange catalog of the branch, otherwise he would not have chosen Metal Transfiguration.
"Although you should already have a defensive metal-based magic, this one is one of the best options I can apply for you from the Sword Bearer Headquarters."
"It's not a bad thing to have one more defensive magic."
"You are so young and have a bright future. Surviving in battle is the most important thing." Admiral Edward explained why it was a defensive magic.
"Thank you very much for your help." Ryan stood up and bowed.
Only Ryan himself knew that he did not have any defensive metal-based magic as his innate magic, and the "metal barrier" in front of him was his first.
"However, even I cannot exempt you from the exchange of medals and merit points that should be paid." Admiral Edward waved his hand and said with a smile.
"It is like this, Lord Ryan, according to the regulations, this is an item that can only be exchanged at the Sword Bearer Headquarters after reaching the Magic Iron level, but because of this mission, you know, so the Admiral personally communicated with the headquarters."
Olena said at the right time.
Ryan nodded.
So that's it.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
At this time, Colonel Stanley, whom Ryan had met several times, walked in with a serious face, holding a document in his hand, and said, "Sir, perhaps you need to take a look at this first."
Admiral Edward took the document, glanced at it casually, and immediately stood up with a serious face and said, "Hmm? Are you sure?"
"Yes, I have verified it with the South China Sea Fleet." Colonel Stanley said.
"Sorry, Ryan, I have to go to the Duke of Munster right away. It seems that we can only talk next time." Admiral Edward apologized.
"Okay, Admiral." Ryan smiled.
But, did Admiral Edward just talk about the South China Sea Fleet?
Could it be that something happened to the South China Sea Fleet?
Remember that Her Royal Highness Menia, the 'Red Queen', is over there. Logically, nothing should happen.
Perhaps, I should contact Veronica .
Ryan, who returned to the dormitory again, could not hide his excitement!
Immediately, Ryan opened the scroll eagerly and read it. The more he read, the more delighted he became.
Effect of the spell "Metal Barrier": a certain amount of metal pieces will float within two meters of the caster, and block any attack that intends to harm the caster. The casting material is required, any metal piece.
Because Ryan found that this is not only a defensive metal-based spell, but also a force field spell.
Although the spell "Metal Barrier" came a little late, it is indeed what he needs very much at the moment.
At his current level, the enemies who can be regarded as formal opponents are very strong. They either have no shortcomings or specialize in a certain direction, such as Galina, who is not easy to deal with.
And the water film steel knight suit on him is increasingly unable to keep up with the intensity of the current battle.
Ryan's current defense mainly relies on the talent "Advanced Steel Body".
If the spell "Metal Barrier" can be formed into combat effectiveness as soon as possible, it will be equivalent to adding a layer of extremely strong defense.
In battle, I dare not say that I am invincible, but at least the safety is definitely greatly enhanced.
However, the complexity of the spell model of "Metal Barrier" also surpasses the metal deformation spell by a large margin.
Ryan knew that this was due to the complexity of force field sorcery.
The previous fire sorcery of the same level, 'High Temperature Force Field', was much more difficult than 'Scorching Touch'.
However, no matter how difficult it was, as long as he succeeded once, it meant that it was engraved on the Warhammer Wizard's panel, and he could quickly improve it by adding points later.
Don't forget, he has a cheat!
"But... metal sheets?"
"A certain amount of metal sheets, this expression should mean that it can be multiple metal sheets? In addition, a certain amount refers to the total volume, or the total mass cannot exceed a certain limit?"
After carefully reading the text description of 'Metal Barrier', Ryan crossed his chest with one hand, stroked his chin with the other, and began to pace around the room to think.
"Let's try it first!"
Immediately, Ryan used the innate sorcery 'Metal Transfiguration' to quickly form a kite-shaped shield with the hardened adamantine in his hand.
"The metal shield is formed in one piece, so it should be considered a metal sheet."
"After all, to be precise, it is just a metal sheet that looks like a shield at most."
Ryan looked at the kite-shaped shield in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and immediately began to try.
After failing more than twenty times in a row, Ryan finally succeeded!
The thick kite-shaped shield was in the air more than one meter beside Ryan, with the shield facing outward, slowly circling.
"Are you using the shield for defense? But why is the moving speed so slow?" Ryan frowned.
However, when he subconsciously accelerated the shield, a "whoosh!" sounded through the air.
The kite-shaped shield left a residual image and quickly stopped in front of him.
"Huh? This is..."
This immediately surprised Ryan!
He understood a little.
This is a continuous guided witchcraft. When he is not attacked, the metal sheet (shield) will slowly linger around him, that is, in a free state.
Once attacked, the metal sheet will move to the direction of the attack at high speed with his consciousness to resist.
In addition, Ryan could feel that in this state of floating, the consumption of mental power was not great.
However, when the shield moved at high speed with his consciousness, the consumption of mental power began to increase greatly.
"Can we use two together?" Ryan immediately thought of another question.
So, almost in an instant, Ryan had another kite-shaped shield made of hardened adamantium in his hand.
And this time, when Ryan cast the magic of "metal barrier" again, the two kite-shaped shields, one in front and one behind, began to slowly rotate around him.
It was as if he was the sun, and the two metal shields were Mars and Mercury.
At the same time, Ryan could control it at will with his consciousness, such as letting the two shields linger around him in the same direction.
This scene made Ryan even more delighted.
"The defensive power of two shields is naturally higher than that of one."
"And it seems that there is still power to spare."
"What about three?"
Immediately, Ryan transformed another kite-shaped shield.
Now, the fifty kilograms of hardened adamantium in his hand have basically turned into three kite-shaped shields.
"Hmm?"
Although the spell was successful, Ryan felt a vague sense of heaviness coming from his mind. Although the three kite-shaped shields were only slowly floating, they also caused his mental energy consumption to rise sharply.
"It seems that the total amount still exceeds the upper limit, and we need to reduce it a little."
Soon, Ryan found the critical point after repeated attempts.
In addition, Ryan also determined that the certain amount in the description of witchcraft refers to the total weight of the metal pieces, not the volume.
At this time, the system prompt also came:
[You have studied the metal barrier, and the relevant understanding has improved! ]
[You have comprehended a new skill - Metal Barrier]
[Your skill Metal Barrier has been improved, experience value +3]
At the same time, a new icon appeared below the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel.
The pattern on the icon is a hooded, blurry gray-robed man holding a short staff, surrounded by many shield-like metal pieces.
Its size is much smaller than Ryan's kite shield, about the size of a palm.
In addition, there is a line of small words below the icon:
Metal Barrier lv1 (1/100)
Metal Barrier lv1 Effect: Consume a certain amount of mental power, drive a certain amount of metal pieces with a specific witchcraft model, and float within a two-meter range around the caster, and block any attack intended to harm the caster.
(Note: Casting materials are required - metal pieces of any material.)
(Note: The casting time is 3 seconds, and the duration is proportional to the caster's mental strength, and can be canceled actively.)
"Three seconds is too long!"
"If you want to quickly form combat effectiveness, you have to increase points to shorten the casting time." Ryan thought.
After all, a 'metal barrier' with a three-second casting time has no combat effectiveness at all.
No enemy will wait for you to finish the spell in three seconds before attacking you.
"But if this is the case"
"My subsequent plan to increase points will have to change significantly."
Originally, Ryan planned to use the gold skill points on breathing techniques to quickly improve various physical attributes.
And ordinary skill points were used to improve extraordinary combat skills, because one of the prerequisites for the epic profession 'King of Thousand Blades' requires nine mysteries.
But now it seems that these can be delayed.
He can consider using both skill points and gold skill points to improve the 'metal barrier' to quickly form combat effectiveness.
"In addition, although we have mastered the metal barrier, we still need to test how strong the defense of this witchcraft is."
Before the formal battle, it is necessary to understand the upper limit of the defense of the 'metal barrier' and have a clear idea of it.
Unlike the 'high-grade steel body', Ryan can test the defense of the skin with a dagger himself.
But the new witchcraft 'metal barrier' still needs to be tested by external force.
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to go to the training hall.
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At the same time.
In the upper city of Munster, in a villa of a wealthy businessman.
Brino, a girl in a white cashmere dress, was in the bedroom, staring blankly out the window.
This morning, she went to visit the exhibition of the oil painting master Franco Van Cleef.
At that time, she seemed to see a slightly strange painting. At least, she had never seen Master Franco paint a similar painting, and the style was very different.
The content of the painting was also faintly weird, as if a little boy was holding a female doll and looking into the distance.
But when Brinno thought of the painting, she couldn't help but think of the other person's eyes.
They were pure black, without whites.
Although the other person's line of sight seemed to be sideways, Brinno always felt that the other person was looking at her, which made her shudder.
Then
she seemed to have forgotten what happened afterwards.
"
How could this happen?"
Brinno shook her head. She planned to go to the garden for a walk and relax.
But as soon as she opened the door, she was suddenly stunned!
Because at the end of the corridor in the room, she suddenly saw the boy, holding the female puppet doll in his hand, with a pair of black eyes, staring at her blankly.
Brinno's heart skipped a beat, but she still thought she was dazzled.
She rubbed her eyes and looked closely.
"Ah!!!"
"Bang!"
Brinno screamed and slammed the door!
Her chest rose and fell violently, and her breathing was rapid!
Because, the boy in the painting just now, unexpectedly, came from the end of the corridor to a few meters in front of her at the moment she rubbed her eyes, and continued to stare at her blankly.
(End of this chapter)
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