Chapter 372 From the perspective of strength
As the butler of the Duke of Durham, Owen has seen too many such situations.
Including a considerable number of white gloves who are now serving the Duke, they joined the Durham family in this way.
Compared with women, the ladder of promotion and a steady stream of resources are the most important.
With strength and status, what can a woman not get?
As long as they are smart, they will understand this.
Half an hour later.
In the inner ring of the imperial capital, near the main entrance of a towering building, there is a luxurious carriage with the crest of the Scorpion Tailed Lion family parked.
After a while, a young man wearing bright silver knight plate armor got on the carriage.
"Master Greenwood, I'm sorry to bother you this time." Butler Owen bowed slightly and said.
Greenwood is the nephew of the Duke of Durham, but he is talented in the knight's path, so he has been trained by the Durham family since he was a child.
After spending a lot of financial resources, various rare potions, and hiring many famous teachers to guide him, he finally realized a glimmer of will at the age of thirty-something and stepped half a foot into the title of knight.
At the end of last year, he was promoted to a Mithril-level swordsman.
Looking at the entire Dragun Empire, Greenwood is one of the top few among his peers.
"Butler Owen, you're too polite. If the family needs me, I will do my best."
"However, I'm trying to comprehend a top-level sword technique recently. So, it's best for us to go and come back quickly." The handsome Greenwood smiled and said politely.
He has been familiar with his uncle's butler Owen since he was a child. At the same time, he also knew that the other party was his uncle's confidant. Many things of the Drum family were handled by this butler Owen.
Otherwise, if someone else disturbed him from comprehending swordsmanship, he would never have a good face.
"Of course, I have asked someone to contact the fastest imperial airship to go to Munster. In addition, this time, Master Greenwood, you are going there mainly to deter others. You can return to the imperial capital in two or three days at most."
"Well, that's good." Greenwood nodded with satisfaction.
Due to the turbulent situation in the empire this year, the Sword Bearer Headquarters has more missions than in previous years. Of course, the degree of danger is far greater than before, but with the full help of the Durham family, he has accumulated enough mission evaluation medals and merit points to be promoted to the adamantium level Sword Bearer .
This also confirms the saying that "opportunities and risks coexist"!
The only thing that hinders him is his strength. As long as he can fully comprehend the glory of will, he can enter the legendary level and be promoted to the adamantium level. After
joining the Sword Bearer for so long, being promoted to the adamantium level can be said to be the goal of every Sword Bearer.
And he, Greenwood, is only one step away from this.
"Master Greenwood, this is the information of the target person this time."
Butler Owen handed Greenwood a thick stack of information. It was Ryan's growth resume all the way from Mayster County to Munster, his outstanding achievements, etc., which were quite detailed.
Even Ryan himself would probably be amazed when he saw this report.
Almost all of the things except Ryan's whereabouts in the Wind Tundra have been investigated. The reason
why the investigators sent by Butler Owen did not go to the Frost Tundra for investigation was not because they were lazy.
But from the normal logic of the investigation, although the target person left for a few days and went to the Frost Tundra.
But since all the growth trajectories of the target are in the province of Munster, the focus of the investigation is naturally Munster. It is impossible to go to the northern border thousands of miles away to investigate what he did in the past two days.
This does not conform to the logic of the investigation and will also take a long time.
"Oh? It turns out that he is a diamond-star sword holder. No wonder my uncle wants me to go there in person." Greenwood glanced at the first page and nodded.
Then, he quickly flipped through it. After a few minutes, Greenwood closed the information and said:
"He is less than 20 years old. With this talent and strength, it is already very good for a commoner to have this strength. I will talk to him later. If he is willing to follow me, I can make an operation to transfer him to the Sword Holder Headquarters."
"Haha, of course, it's rare that Master Greenwood has someone he likes. I think the Duke will agree." Butler Owen said with a smile.
"Well, Lord Owen, let's go now."
"Of course, we'll go to the airship platform now."
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At the same time.
In the Munster Trade Zone, in Julis's tailor shop.
With Julis's guidance, it took Ryan just over an hour to upgrade his tailoring professional level from lv1 to lv2 (17/300), gaining a few attribute points and a few skill points.
The forty or fifty linen coats piled up next to him were the fruits of Ryan's labor.
However, Ryan also found a problem. It seemed that because the linen coat was less difficult, even though he had mastered it very well, the experience reward for making a linen coat was not high.
In other words, if he wanted to quickly upgrade his tailoring professional level, he needed to choose more difficult parts to make.
After a little thought, Ryan said, "Julis, teach me how to make a shirt now."
"Oh, yes, Lord Viscount, of course." Julis said respectfully.
In her opinion, Ryan was a natural tailor. He learned the linen coat right away. It was enough to practice a few pieces. There was no need to practice the linen coat all the time.
Moreover, the material and style of the linen coat were only suitable for civilians. The nobles would not choose to wear it. It would be meaningless for the Viscount to learn it.
"My Lord, I suggest you start learning with silk materials. Perhaps you can make a shirt for yourself." Julis suggested with a smile.
"That's fine." Ryan nodded.
Although silk is much more expensive than linen, Ryan did not consider the loss of the material. In addition, a more advanced material, once successfully made, may bring more experience points.
Then, under the full teaching of Julis, ten minutes later, Ryan found that the system prompt sounded:
[You made a silk shirt, and the relevant understanding was improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - making a silk shirt]
[Your skill in making silk shirts has been improved, experience points +7]
[You focus on making silk shirts for ten minutes, tailoring professional experience points +4]
"Sure enough." Ryan's eyes lit up.
Compared with linen outerwear, silk shirts with more complicated processes and more precious materials have several times more experience points than the other.
Then, Ryan tried a few linen shirts for horizontal comparison.
He found that the experience points reward increased from linen to the more precious silk, but the increase was not very large, only about 20% to 30%. In other words, the experience points reward given by the system are more focused on the changes in the difficulty of production.
Shirts need collars, cuffs, and buttons, which seems to be the key to significantly increase the experience value reward of shirts compared to linen outerwear.
"If that's the case,"
after making more than ten pieces in a row, Ryan thought he had mastered the skills of ordinary silk shirts. He turned to Julis and said,
"Julis, can you make it more difficult or more fancy on the basis of ordinary shirts?"
"Of course, generally speaking, if it is a male noble shirt, we will add silver and gold threads to the collar and cuffs. Going a step further, we will use gold and silver threads to embroider specific family emblems on the chest." "Of course
, although the texture of gold and silver is soft, it is quite difficult to sew, and the difficulty is much higher than ordinary fine threads. You can try it, Viscount, but it is normal to fail the first time."
Although Julis didn't know why Lord Ryan in front of him suddenly wanted to challenge the high difficulty.
But for her master's wild ideas, Yulis knew that she just needed to cooperate with him instead of questioning them. Lady Jennifer had repeatedly reminded her of this.
Therefore, Yulis naturally told him everything she knew.
At the same time, she also foreshadowed the sewing of metal wires.
In case the young viscount in front of him failed, he would not be able to accept it psychologically and take his anger out on her.
"Silver wire? Gold wire? Isn't that metal wire?" Ryan's eyes lit up when he heard Yulis' words.
He was familiar with this! He
was really familiar with it and very skilled.
One of the pre-processes of the witchcraft killer move "Multiple Cut Nets" was to instantly transform into multiple thin metal wires.
Ryan just glanced at the neatly arranged gold and silver wires on the table, memorized the length and diameter, and in a blink of an eye, he turned part of the mithril in his hand into mithril wire of the same specification.
This scene immediately stunned Yulis and the other female tailors.
"This, this." Julis' eyes widened, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Only then did she realize that her master was not only a noble knight, but also a wizard.
And Ryan began to sew several mithril threads on the collar and cuffs of the shirt with ease. Soon, a simple and noble mithril-decorated shirt was completed by Ryan.
After thinking about it, Ryan embroidered the family emblem of a two-handed warhammer and a greatsword on the left chest of the shirt.
And the system prompt also sounded:
[You have made a mithril-decorated shirt, and the relevant comprehension has been improved! ]
[You have comprehended a new skill - making a mithril-decorated shirt]
[Your skill in making a mithril-decorated shirt has been improved, and the experience value is +24]
[You have successfully made a mithril-decorated shirt, and the tailoring professional experience value is +19]
Compared with before, the speed of improving the tailoring professional level is like going from riding a pedal electric donkey to the level of a Ferrari 458, which is more than four or five times faster!
Seeing this speed, Ryan couldn't help but smile.
A few hours later.
Ryan upgraded the tailoring profession level from lv2 to lv4 (778/1000).
So far, plus the level he just upgraded, the remaining attribute points are now 4 points, and the remaining skill points are 8 points.
As for the gold skill points, the 14 points obtained from killing 'Heartbreaker' Merrick last time, the total is 54 points.
Just as Ryan was about to rush the tailoring to lv5 in one go, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Sir Ryan, no, Lord Ryan, long time no see."
A capable young woman, Olena, wearing a hip-wrapped lace skirt and a light red women's lace shirt, appeared at the door.
"Sir Olena, it's been a while since we last met." Ryan smiled and made an invitation gesture, motioning Olena to talk in the room next to him.
In the morning, he asked Jennifer to send someone to the Sword Bearer Branch to inform Olena that he had arrived in Munster.
"Julis, I have some official business to discuss. We'll continue later."
"Of course, please, Lord Viscount." Julis bowed like a lady and took away a group of curious seamstresses and shop assistants.
In Julis's workshop.
Ryan and Olena sat down.
Although Olena was very curious about why Ryan came to the tailor shop as soon as he returned to Munster, she did not ask why, but talked about more important things.
"Lord Ryan, you should have received the notice, right?"
"Congratulations on your promotion to the highest sequence of the Imperial Sword Bearer - the Gold-level Sword Bearer. Moreover, you have not yet reported to the Sword Bearer Headquarters and received this honor. This situation is very rare even in the history of the Sword Bearer since its establishment."
Olena smiled and congratulated.
"Thank you!"
"By the way, Lord Ryan, it seems that your family doesn't know that you are going to the headquarters?" Olena looked at Ryan with a little confusion and asked.
Just now, she arrived at Ryan's mansion first, and then she knew that Ryan was in this Yulis tailor shop.
However, she keenly discovered from the conversation between Ryan's family that both Ryan's sister Mint and Ryan's mother Emma seemed to have no idea that Ryan was about to be transferred to the Imperial Capital Headquarters.
"Yes, I just came back from the Howling Tundra this time, and I plan to spend more time with my family. I plan to tell them in ten days." Ryan nodded and explained.
On the way back, he also specifically told Anna about this.
"You are so thoughtful." Olena instantly understood Ryan's intention, and immediately looked at Ryan with a more respectful look.
Perhaps, there are still a few people in the empire who are as young and powerful as Ryan, but I am afraid that there is no one who can take care of his family so well.
"Alas! It's a pity that Minster is too young. It is really my honor to work with you during this period." Olena seemed to think that Ryan would leave soon, and said with a little sadness.
"Sir Olena is serious and careful in her work, which is also my luck." Ryan smiled slightly and said.
"By the way, when is Admiral Edward free? I want to visit him."
"What a coincidence. The Admiral went to Rosby County a few days ago and has not returned yet. However, I heard that he should be back soon. He should be back today or tomorrow."
"Oh? Is there any emergency in Rosby County?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.
Because according to the previous task allocation, Rosby County and his hometown of Meister County are both areas under his jurisdiction.
"Yes, the Poseidon Cult has been very active recently, and you happened to be away, so..."
"By the way, the other people in your team also went this time."
"No wonder, Jennifer told me that they all went to perform the mission." Ryan nodded and said.
"Sir Olena, please contact Admiral Edward and let me know that I have returned to Munster. If there is any mission required, you can contact me."
"Before leaving the Munster branch, I was a member of the Munster Sword Bearer."
"Okay, Lord Ryan. Admiral Edward will be very touched to hear you say this."
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A day and a half later.
Vieri, Neoro, and Angus arrived at the door of the Ryan Mansion.
"Neoro, your promotion to a formal wizard this time will definitely surprise the captain." Vieri said to Neoro with a smile.
"Yes! When the captain returns from the tundra and finds that you have been promoted to a formal wizard, he will definitely be surprised." The red-haired beauty Evelyn also said with a smile.
In the past, it was their own captain who shocked them, and this time, it was finally their turn.
"Lord Vieri, my lords, the viscount has returned yesterday." A guard saw everyone and immediately reported.
"What? The captain is back?"
"Yes, Lord Vieri, but the viscount went out with Baroness Crowley early this morning. It seems that they went to a tailor shop. I don't know the details." The guard said respectfully.
Ryan had gone to Julis's tailor shop early in the morning to practice tailoring skills, so he was not there.
"Well, Vieri, don't worry. It's almost dinner time. The captain should be back soon." Neoro looked at the sky and said.
"That's right."
At this time, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded at the gate of the mansion.
A luxurious carriage stopped at the door of the mansion.
"Excuse me, who is this lord looking for?" The guard stepped forward and asked.
Seeing this, Owen, the butler of Duke Durham, was about to take out the coat of arms representing the Durham family, but was stopped by Greenwood on the side.
"The other party may not know the coat of arms of the Durham family."
Greenwood did not get off the carriage, but handed his mithril sword bearer emblem through the small window of the carriage and said, "Let your master, Ryan, come over."
This kind of behavior of coming to the master's door without getting off the carriage is naturally quite rude.
The guards were about to reprimand the other party on the spot when they saw that the other party was so arrogant and rude, but when the captain of the guard saw the sword bearer emblem handed over by the other party, which was very similar to Lord Vieri, he was stunned.
Because from the material point of view, although it is very similar to Lord Vieri's emblem (silver), it is obviously larger in diameter.
This made the captain of the guard a little unsure of the other party's origin, so he turned around and walked quickly into the mansion.
Since Ryan was often away, they usually reported directly to the beautiful woman Jennifer, the nominal housekeeper, or Vieri when they met a strange noble.
At this time, the beautiful woman Jennifer was away, so the captain of the guard naturally went straight to Vieri.
At this moment, Vieri was practicing fighting skills with Angus in the training room.
"Lord Vieri, there is a man outside. He seems to be a swordsman, but he is quite arrogant. He did not get off the carriage, but handed us this emblem. The other party also said that Lord Ryan should go to the carriage to meet him."
"Huh?" Hearing this news, the two figures who were competing suddenly stopped.
Including Neoro and the red-haired beauty Evelyn, who were watching the battle, they also looked at the guards in surprise.
Sword bearer?
Let their captain go?
Even if Admiral Edward came in person, it would not be so impressive, right?
"Sword bearer emblem? Let me see it." Neoro seemed to have thought of something, his face became serious, and he walked towards the guard.
"Huh? This is made of mithril." Neoro instantly discovered that the sword bearer emblem handed over by the other party was not silver, but mithril. As a wizard, he naturally could not distinguish the two.
"But if it's mithril, wouldn't it be only..." Neoro's eyes widened instantly.
"It's a mithril-level sword bearer from the Imperial Capital Sword Bearer Headquarters, second only to the adamantium level!" Neoro said in a deep voice.
Generally speaking, the strength of a mithril-level sword bearer is between the quasi-legendary and the beginning of the legend. Of course, if it is the captain of the sword bearer, it must be stronger.
"What?! But judging from the other party's attitude, it seems that he is here to cause trouble for the captain." Evelyn couldn't help but say.
"Let's go and take a look."
A few minutes later.
Vieri and his men hurried to the door of the mansion.
"My lord, Captain Ryan is not in the mansion. If you have anything to say, you may as well sit in the living room." Vieri stepped forward and said neither servilely nor arrogantly.
At this time, Anna also saw the movement at the door of the mansion and could not help but walk out of the villa.
"You are Ryan's team members. If you are in the branch, your strength is not bad." Greenwood looked at Vieri and others with contempt and said.
In his eyes, these young people at the level of "small town test-takers" in front of him are not worthy of his attention at all.
"Huh?" However, when the butler Owen saw Anna, his eyes lit up and he whispered something to Greenwood.
"Well! So that's it, this is easy."
The next second, the carriage opened, and Greenwood flashed and came to Anna's side, which immediately scared Anna.
"Stop, what do you want to do!" Vieri shouted angrily.
As a follower of Ryan, he knew very well the position of Anna in Ryan's heart.
"Noisy!"
"Pah! Pah!"
With just two moves, Vieri flew backwards at a very fast speed, fell heavily to the ground, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Greenwood took out a white handkerchief slowly, wiped his hands, and said: "Hasn't your captain taught you to show due respect to the strong?"
"You" Angus glared at Greenwood.
"Don't be impulsive, contact the captain immediately!" Neoro also looked ugly. After he was promoted to a formal wizard, his perception was greatly improved.
Neoro could clearly sense that the light on the opponent's fist just now was not only the original force, but also a ray of will. In other words, the strong man in front of him was at least a quasi-legendary level.
At this time, Anna quickly walked to Vieri's side and cast a healing spell on Vieri.
With the flashing green light, Vieri's injury quickly improved.
But Greenwood saw this clearly, and he couldn't help showing a strange look, saying: "Miss, I think you need to go back to the imperial capital with me first."
"That's impossible!" Vieri struggled to stand up and stood in front of Anna.
The same was true for Neoro, Angus and Evelyn.
"Oh? Interesting, but from the perspective of strength, you are not qualified to refuse my proposal." Greenwood smiled and said.
But the next second, his face suddenly changed drastically, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and threw a punch at him like lightning.
"Hey!"
Greenwood's eyes widened, roared, and crossed his arms to resist with all his strength.
"Bang!!!"
He retreated more than ten steps and bumped into the luxury carriage he had just taken, and then he managed to resist, but his hands were still shaking at this moment.
"Crash!"
The luxury carriage also fell apart due to the collision, and the butler Owen ran out of the ruins of the carriage with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Captain!" Vieri said excitedly.
"Captain!" Neoro and the others were relieved.
Ryan first took a quick look at Vieri's injury, then looked up at Greenwood, narrowed his eyes, and said:
"You injured my people, and you still speak so shamelessly. From the perspective of strength, who gave you the courage?"
(End of this chapter)
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