Chapter 296 Job Change and Intelligence (Two chapters in one)
"This... is probably difficult. After all, the opponent killed Grant in three moves, and he is obviously a strong opponent."
"It may be true for you and me, but not for the captain." The seductive scorpion girl praised the captain Asimov in a subtle way.
Asimov smiled and said, "Scorpion girl, what Tienan said is right. The opponent killed Grant and Elihu in succession. His strength should not be underestimated."
"In addition, is this all the intelligence that the branch has investigated? Only the situation before the opponent joined the sword bearer and when he killed Grant." Asimov turned to look at Drake, his face slightly unhappy.
"Is there any information about Elihu's battle with this Ryan?"
Drake didn't know how to answer this question, so he asked someone to call Viscount Fabien.
"The intelligence capabilities of the Munster branch are limited. In addition, the battle with Elihu took place in Meister. It is said that it was in a room with only Ryan and Elihu."
"So, we have no way of knowing the specific details of the fight." Fabien shook his head and said.
"Does Ryan have any family? Will coercion work? He looks very young and should not have enough experience in dealing with things." The Scorpion woman asked.
"It's not a good idea. Even if you have family, would you surrender obediently if it were you?" The tall and strong man named Tienan retorted.
"That's not necessarily the case. What if the other party is a person who values family?" The Scorpion woman saw Tienan refute her, and she was not angry at all. Instead, she looked happy and giggled.
"Then the other party will keep a useful body and seek revenge on us at that time." Tienan's face became serious, as if he remembered something, and he straightened his body slightly.
A solemn momentum spread.
"No fun, tsk!" The Scorpion Girl's face changed. She knew that she must have accidentally touched upon a painful memory of the Iron Man, and the other party was already a little serious.
If she continued to talk, she would probably get angry, so she stopped talking immediately.
"The other party is currently staying in the Munster Sword Bearer Branch for a long time. We can't attack the branch."
"In other words, we can only start from the other party's mansion."
"The problem is that the patrol frequency on the streets of Munster is very high. By the way, Sir Fabien, how many days will the high alert situation in Munster last?"
"It is expected to last at least a week." Fabien recalled the situation he knew and said.
"A week? How can we waste so much time here? I have to go back to the imperial capital to get my nails done." The Scorpion Girl's tone couldn't help but rise. She flicked her nails with beautiful patterns and said dissatisfiedly.
Tienan looked at the map carefully, calculated the distance between Ryan's mansion and the Sword Bearer branch, and said in a deep voice:
"If we attack the other party's mansion directly, we will have only three minutes to retreat, and this is after we kill two groups of street patrols."
"The other party is very smart. The mansion is about 850 meters away from the Sword Bearer branch in a straight line, and the distance on the path is about 1,200 meters."
"No, we don't have three minutes. Don't forget that this is the provincial capital after all, and there are griffin knights patrolling in the sky." Asimov shook his head and said.
"If it is a strong attack, we will have to withdraw in two minutes at most."
"Two minutes, then the chance of catching them alive is not great. We can only hope that the other party is a little stronger and doesn't die too quickly under the captain's 'Lava Fist', hehe." Scorpion girl seemed to have thought of something and laughed again.
"Then it's settled, Scorpion girl, you send people to follow and investigate, and when the other party returns to the mansion from the Sword Bearer branch, we will take action." Asimov took another look at the intelligence and made a decision.
"Then why don't we wait for the information from the sword holder? I have already contacted someone to help investigate." Drake on the side hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
Because he had met Ryan.
He always felt that the young and a little too young boy gave him a feeling of being unpredictable, and his eyes were as calm as a deep pool.
If there was nothing to rely on, ordinary people would probably not be so calm when they saw him.
"Hehe, Mr. Drake, the captain personally took action. Is there any difference between the opponent being a silver-level sword holder or a gold-level sword holder?" The scorpion girl was obviously quite disdainful of Drake's suggestion.
It was just that she knew that the opponent was the younger brother of Marquis Orenzi, so her tone was not so obvious.
"Then we will wait for a day. If there is no news tomorrow, we may take action at any time. Mr. Drake, then I will trouble you to help the three of us book a return airship."
Asimov smiled and said.
At the same time.
That night, with the cooperation of Vieri, Ryan upgraded the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" to level 3, and the casting time was reduced to 2 seconds.
As it was late, Ryan asked the guard to send a message to his family, and then he rested in his new residence.
The next morning, Ryan was eating breakfast when suddenly, two system prompts came quietly:
[Congratulations! Your physical attribute has been improved!]
[Congratulations! Your agility attribute has been improved!]
"Huh?"
"It seems that the effect of the previous fusion breathing method has gradually begun to show."
Ryan glanced at the attribute panel:
Physical: 46
Strength: 46
Agility: 46
Spirit: 55
Will (hidden attribute): 3
"Strength, physical, and agility are all 46, but they are still far from the attribute requirements of the annihilation field."
"However, the effect of the breathing method is currently being improved, and this growth should continue for a while."
In addition, I don't know if it's an illusion, but Ryan always feels that after his willpower has been improved a little bit, it seems that the influence of the evil flame mark on him has weakened a little.
"Could it be that after the will is improved, the evil flame mark can be eliminated on its own initiative?"
"Or is it just that the influence of the evil flame mark is reduced?"
Suddenly, Ryan thought of another thing.
"It seems that there has been no movement at the Axon Auction House until now."
"Could it be that something has changed again?"
Thinking of this, Ryan frowned slightly. After all, two days have passed.
If the other party is sincere, it should not be in this state.
"It seems that I have to find someone to find out."
Half an hour later, Neoro came to Ryan's room.
"Captain, you are looking for me?"
"Well, Neoro, do you know anyone here at the Munster branch of the Axon Auction House?" Ryan put down the mithril shoulder armor he was making and motioned Neoro to sit down.
"Oh? Captain, do you want to buy something, or do you want to participate in the internal auction?" Neoro said with a smile.
"Neither, I want to know their movements." Ryan shook his head.
"Well? Movements, Captain, are you talking to them?" Neoro said with a serious face.
"There was a little misunderstanding before, but there was a man named Draco on the other side, who seemed to come from the imperial capital and had a face-to-face meeting with me on behalf of the Marquis of Orenz family in the imperial capital
." After thinking about it, Ryan informed Neoro of the general situation.
"Two days have passed, but the other side has not made any movement. I feel something is wrong."
"Captain, I understand what you mean. This matter is easy to handle."
"I will have someone contact the internal staff of the auction house. If the other side has any unusual movement, it should be able to detect it." Neoro agreed readily.
However, although Neoro's expression was very calm, his heart was full of waves.
His captain's strength is indeed strong and talented.
But the strength of the Axon Auction House is ranked among the best in the entire empire.
Could it be said that the stronger the strength, the greater the ability to cause trouble?
Although the words of the Marquis of Orenz family sounded like they should be just a shareholder of the Axon Auction House, for all the families below the marquis, it is still a behemoth.
But strangely, Neoro always felt that his captain could handle the other party.
Maybe it was Ryan's calmness?
Or maybe it was the impression Ryan's strength left on him.
He had been very optimistic about Ryan's strength and development prospects before, otherwise, as the heir of the Marquis, he would not have chosen to join Ryan's team. What
surprised Ryan was that Neoro, the "local snake", was very efficient.
After only half a day, the other party found out the situation and came to him again.
"Captain, as expected, you are right. The other party does not seem to want to peacefully hand over the shares. Because I heard from their internal staff that three extraordinary fighters came from the imperial capital yesterday evening."
"According to the waiter, the momentum is very strong, and they were frightened at the sight of them." Neoro said with a solemn face.
Neoro's words made Ryan narrow his eyes.
"By the way, I asked someone to briefly describe the other party's appearance. They are all very distinctive. One is a charming woman with a scorpion pattern on her forehead, the other is a strong man carrying a huge shield, and the leader is a sinister middle-aged man holding a short staff."
Neoro said as he handed Ryan three sketches.
"Thank you, it's thoughtful." Ryan nodded, took the sketch and looked at it immediately.
"That's all I have found out so far."
"However, these three people have obvious appearance characteristics, and we also know that the other party is from the headquarters of the Axon Auction House in the imperial capital, so their origins should be relatively easy to find out."
"Considering that the other party came from the imperial capital, the fastest way at present should be to retrieve the intelligence from the imperial capital through the internal intelligence system of the Sword Bearer. The strength of these three people should not be weak, and the headquarters should have a record of them."
Neoro suggested.
"I'm not familiar with the affairs officer of the intelligence department in the branch. I will ask other people to find out."
"Sir Ryan, don't you know that as the captain of the gold-level sword bearer, you can query some confidential information through the internal intelligence system of the sword bearer, and you, as a diamond-level, naturally needless to say."
Neoro was a little surprised. He found that his captain seemed to be the kind of person who was obsessed with improving his strength, and he didn't even know the treatment of diamond-level.
If it were him, he would have known it clearly before being promoted.
But the top strong people should be like this.
When Ryan heard what Neoro said, he was slightly startled.
"That's convenient." He thought to himself.
"Sir Ryan, do you need me and Evelyn to tell them about this matter?"
"No, wait for my news." Ryan shook his head and said.
After Neoro left, Ryan stood up and overlooked the training ground from the third-floor window.
At this time, a large piece of dark clouds floated in the distant sky, which seemed to mean that Munster would usher in a storm soon.
"From the current point of view, the opponent must be planning to take action."
"Two seconds of spell casting time is too slow after all. Basically, it is still impossible to apply in actual combat."
"I was thinking of practicing hard for a while, but now it seems that time is running out. I have to add points."
Ryan looked at the attribute panel. The remaining skill points totaled 6 points.
Without any hesitation, Ryan invested all 6 skill points in the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" in an instant.
As the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" suddenly increased from level 3 to level 9!
In an instant, a flood of memories about the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" poured into Ryan's mind.
For a moment, Ryan seemed to have come to a mysterious space, and he had been practicing the witchcraft "Metal Barrier" for decades. The syllable compression was like instinct, getting faster and faster!
When Ryan digested the memory and recited the spell again.
He found that after only about 0.5 seconds of casting time, three hardened fine gold kite shields surrounded his body.
Half a second of casting time is almost comparable to the casting time of innate witchcraft.
Now, if Ryan said that his innate witchcraft was "Metal Barrier", it would be enough to be mistaken for the real thing.
"But... it's still not fast enough."
"If I have another 3 skill points and upgrade it to level 12, the casting time will be 0.25 seconds. Only then can it be truly indistinguishable from the real thing."
"After I change my job to a great armorer, I will get another wave of skill points."
However, Ryan did not start making the 'Secret Silver Carved Plate Armor' immediately, but left the room and came to the mission hall.
In the office of the Deputy Minister of Affairs.
Ryan and Olena sat facing each other.
"Sir Olena, I may need to trouble you with something."
"Sir Ryan, please go ahead." Olena smiled at Ryan's request, as if she was eager for Ryan to ask her for help.
"It's like this, I heard that diamond-star sword holders can ask the intelligence department of the branch to help retrieve some information. But I'm not familiar with the head of the intelligence department, so I would like to ask Sir Olena to introduce me to him."
Ryan directly stated his purpose.
"Sir Ryan, do you want to inquire about intelligence? It's the same if you come to me directly. I will help you contact the intelligence department." Olena immediately took the job.
Although it was not easy to wait for Lord Ryan to ask her for help, Olena naturally knew which to choose between helping once and helping many times. Are
you kidding? If Lord Ryan was introduced directly to the intelligence department, would he come to her again in the future?
Even if he did, the chances would be much less.
According to Lord Ryan's progress, no one knows when he will be promoted and transferred. It would be stupid not to take the opportunity to keep in touch with him.
Olena had long believed in her heart that as long as Ryan did not fall, he would definitely become a legendary strongman in the empire.
Of course, it is necessary to build relationships as soon as possible!
Ryan did not expect Olena to be so enthusiastic. After thinking about it, he felt that there was no problem with this, and it would be much more convenient.
So, he handed the portraits of three people that Neoro had given him to Olena, and said:
"I want to check the information of these three people. These three people are all from the imperial capital. Can the branch help me contact the imperial capital as soon as possible to retrieve the information?"
"Sir Ryan, of course. Do you have the names of these three people?" Olena took it, took a quick glance, and said very straightforwardly.
"No, but these three people should all be affiliated with the forces under the jurisdiction of the Axon Auction House, uh. Or the Marquis of Orenzi's family in the imperial capital."
"Hmm? Sir Ryan has a conflict with the other party. Does the branch need to step in? As a diamond-level sword holder, as long as you are not in the wrong, the sword holder will always be your strong backing."
The capable young woman said decisively.
Ryan felt a little warm in his heart when he heard it.
"Not for the time being, I want to understand the other party's situation first."
"Okay, I will contact the Intelligence Hall immediately. Colin, the deputy minister of affairs, should be on duty today. When there is news, I will ask him to contact you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Ms. Olena."
"You're welcome."
After returning to the room, Ryan began to make the "mithril carved plate armor".
At this time, Ryan once again felt the benefits of choosing "metal transformation" as his innate witchcraft.
Because under normal circumstances, even if other metal wizards can directly transform metal ingots into armor, this is equivalent to casting a first-level witchcraft, and the mental power consumption is not small.
But Ryan solidified "metal transformation" into a natural witchcraft, and the mental power consumption is less than one-tenth of the normal situation.
So, at this moment, Ryan quickly transformed the mithril ingot into a knight suit component in an instant, and then he began to engrave inscriptions on the components.
If he failed, Ryan would transform the mithril plate armor again and engrave it again.
The efficiency is so high that it is almost dozens of times that of the normal forging process!
After just over an hour, Ryan completed the job transfer requirement of the Grand Armorsmith, "making ten pieces of inscribed plate armor parts".
The system prompt also sounded:
[The prerequisites for the promotion of an armorsmith to a Grand Armorsmith are: 1. Armorsmith level 5 or above; 2. Strength 15 points or above, physique 15 points or above, spirit 18 points or above; 3. Independently forge ten pieces of any qualified inscribed plate armor parts; 4. Master the knowledge related to inscriptions. The current conditions are met, yes/no to be promoted to a Grand Armorsmith? ]
[Note: After the job transfer to the Grand Armorsmith, the original armorsmith panel will be integrated into the Grand Armorsmith occupation panel, and the original armorsmith core skills will be retained. ]
Without much hesitation, Ryan immediately decided to start the job transfer!
"Yes!"
[Ding! The job transfer to the Grand Armorsmith (Extraordinary) is successful! Strength +2, physique +2, spirit +3! Obtain the core skills of the Grand Armorsmith: Inscription Expertise (Passive). 】
"Huh?"
"Another core skill for making?"
Ryan couldn't help but think of the previous armor forger's 'Armor Forging Expertise (Passive)', plus this time's 'Inscription Expertise (Passive)', almost a set of core skills for making plate armor.
[Core Skill: Inscription Expertise (Passive)]
Inscription Expertise (Passive) Effect: You engrave inscriptions on armor, and the success rate is greatly improved.
"It seems that even if I only open a blacksmith shop in the future, I can make a lot of money."
With the assistance of the core skill of 'Inscription Expertise', Ryan engraved inscriptions again, as if he had divine help!
The speed of making mithril carved plate armor has doubled!
Finally, when it was approaching dusk.
Ryan successfully upgraded the professional level of the Great Armor Forger (Extraordinary) to lv4 (3/1000), and gained 3 skill points and 3 attribute points.
With the investment of 3 skill points, the casting time of the witchcraft 'Metal Barrier' was finally further compressed, and it can be successfully cast in only 0.25 seconds, comparable to the innate witchcraft!
You know, if a normal wizard wants to achieve this effect, it will probably take decades of hard practice, and the hard practice is for this one witchcraft.
Even if wizards have a relatively long lifespan, it is almost impossible to do so.
After all, there are too many things that will consume a wizard's limited energy and time.
"Knock, knock ,
knock!" At this time, there was a knock on the door!
Ryan opened the door and saw a strange, slightly fat middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, smiling.
"Hello, Mr. Ryan, let me introduce myself. I am Colin, the deputy director of the Intelligence Hall. It's our first meeting."
After Olena told him, Colin's face was immediately happy and he took action immediately.
After owing Olena a big favor, he got the opportunity to come to Mr. Ryan to report alone.
After all, who doesn't like to flatter the future legendary strongman?
"Hello, Mr. Colin, please come in." Ryan immediately reacted that this should be the Colin that Olena mentioned.
The two sat down in the reception room, and Ryan pressed the bell.
The service staff dressed as maids respectfully served tea and snacks, and then left quickly.
"Sir Ryan, based on the clues you gave us, we have obtained information about the three people from the imperial capital."
"The three people belong to the Bloodscalp Mercenary Group, led by the leader Asimov. They are considered to be a force attached to the Axon Auction House, and have a particularly close relationship with the Marquis of Orenz's family."
"Among them, the leader Asimov is a relatively rare descendant of mutant blood."
"Descendant of mutant blood?" Ryan was thoughtful when he heard these words.
"Yes, Asimov was a descendant of a noble bloodline, but his bloodline was too thin to awaken. When he was young, it was not smooth to become a formal wizard. Later, he took the initiative to become a test subject for his mentor's blood fusion experiment, but unexpectedly, the experiment was successful."
"He immediately killed his mentor and found out that he had merged the blood essence of the bloodscalp troll, thus gaining the talent 'frenzy' - an ability to chant spells quickly."
"That's why they are called the Bloodscalp Mercenary Group."
Ryan nodded.
He had read the relevant information about this bloodscalp troll before.
It is said that the trolls of this clan have not been extinct, and there are still some remnants in some remote areas where few people go.
Their innate ability "Frenzy" is to speed up the chanting of spells, which is different from compressing syllables.
Simply put, after the opponent casts "Frenzy", he speaks eloquently, relying on fast speaking speed.
Of course, the strength of today's trolls and ancient trolls is very different, otherwise, the Orenz family would not have stared at the ancient troll fangs.
At this time, Colin handed a stack of materials to Ryan.
"Moreover, in terms of strength, the strength of the three is not inferior to the captain of the gold-level sword bearer, and even the strength of Asimov, the leader of the Blood Summit, is not much inferior even compared to the captain of the diamond star." "
In addition, I would like to remind Sir Ryan to be careful, because the three opponents have special innate abilities."
Innate abilities?
The same as himself?
Interesting.
Ryan narrowed his eyes.
He opened the stack of information Colin gave him and read it carefully:
"Iron Man, real name unknown, came from the Eagle Federation three years ago, with a metal prosthesis for his right hand, good at short spear throwing and shield defense."
"Yes, Sir Ryan, this strong man with a shield on his back often gives people misunderstandings. In fact, there is a row of short spears on the inside of the opponent's shield, and the shield is only used after his bloodline is transformed."
Colin glanced at the information in Ryan's hand and added.
"If you don't understand it, you may suffer a loss once you fight."
Ryan nodded.
Indeed, if you lose focus in battle, the enemy will seize the initiative and fall into a passive position.
"Scorpion girl, real name unknown, blood gifted with swiftness and poison, good at wind blade, venom bullet and other witchcraft, also proficient in bandaging and herbal treatment."
"Asimov, leader of the Bloodtop Group, second-level liquefied wizard, fused with the blood essence of the Bloodtop Troll, the entire mercenary group is named after him, and the opponent's ability shows that he is good at fire witchcraft."
Colin added again: "Asimov has made many shots, but he didn't leave any survivors. So, the opponent should have some kind of killer."
"In addition, this time the three of them made a move at the same time, which is very rare. It seems that the opponent regards you, Lord Ryan, as a great enemy."
Ryan nodded.
Judging from the appearance of the three people, the normal judgment of these three people must be that the strong man is a siege-type charging player, and the scorpion girl is most likely an agile assassin or controller.
And Asimov is the team's 'heavy gunner'.
But now according to intelligence, except for Asimov who is likely to be a 'heavy gunner', the other two are completely different from the appearance.
Interesting.
Ryan once again realized the benefits of "leaning under a big tree for shade".
"Sir Ryan, if you need any intelligence in the future, you can contact me directly."
"Of course, you can also contact Lady Olena." After thinking about it, Colin added this sentence.
"Thank you, Sir Colin."
Soon after, Ryan took Vieri and left the Sword Bearer Branch and walked towards the mansion.
I didn't go home yesterday, so I naturally have to go back home today.
The main thing is to tell my family not to go out as much as possible in the next two days.
When Ryan and the others had just left the Sword Bearer Branch.
Several disguised auction house personnel who were responsible for surveillance on the side were delighted and immediately released a carrier pigeon to report.
A few minutes later.
In a room on the second floor of the Münster branch of the Axon Auction House.
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that we could take action today!" The Scorpion girl showed a happy expression, flicked the note, and said to the other two.
(End of this chapter)
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