Chapter 382 Undercurrent
"Okay, Donald." At this time, General Augustus tapped the table with his fingers and made the decision.
"Ryan, at present, your actions are all self-defense. Of course, the headquarters still needs to investigate the specific situation. So, in the next two weeks, you can't leave the imperial capital Tamriel for the time being. Is there a problem?"
"Of course no problem, I will cooperate with the headquarters' investigation." Ryan said with a smile.
"Very good."
"By the way, Ryan, you just came to the headquarters and completed the task of killing the venom dragon. You did a good job. Before the results of your investigation come out, your task reward will be settled normally and will not be affected."
"Thank you, General Augustus." Ryan bowed slightly and thanked him.
Obviously, the General Augustus in front of him seemed to be a little biased towards him, and his speech that first suppressed and then praised proved this point.
Although Ryan didn't know the specific reason, it would be great if it didn't affect the settlement of task rewards and the exchange of special items.
Ten minutes later, Ryan left the meeting room.
He first went to the mission hall and completed the settlement of the Venom Dragon mission. Then, he walked towards the single-family accommodation area prepared for the adamantium-level sword holders. It
can't be called a villa because there is almost no yard.
In fact, in the imperial capital of Tamriel, where every inch of land is valuable, it is not easy for the Sword Holder Headquarters to allocate a part of the area to arrange a single-family accommodation area for the adamantium-level sword holders.
Moreover, this condition is far better than the treatment of the diamond-level sword holders in the Munster branch, so Ryan naturally has nothing to be dissatisfied with.
The first floor is the training room, the second floor is the living room and dining room, and the third floor is the study and bedroom.
The training room is placed on the first floor because some adamantium-level sword holders follow the way of knights and have too strong physical strength. Even if the ground can be reinforced, the second and third floors are still easy to be penetrated.
"Dong Dong Dong!"
Just as Ryan walked into his single-family dormitory, there was a knock on the door.
"Sir Ryan, General Augustus asked me to tell you to pay attention to some family movements recently." The young female major general who was in the meeting just now appeared at the door, smiled at Ryan, and said.
"Okay! Tell General Augustus for me to thank him for his concern." Ryan nodded.
Although Ryan didn't know why the general Augustus, whom he met for the first time, was willing to help him, Ryan was not too curious. He believed that he would know the reason soon.
At the same time.
In a luxurious mansion in the inner ring of the imperial capital.
Butler Owen walked quickly on the carpeted corridor with a little panic. The servants on both sides saluted him, but he completely ignored him until he came to the study, then he slowed down his pace.
He just adjusted his collar slightly, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" The deep voice of Duke Durham sounded.
As the butler Owen entered the study, he saw Duke Drumm reviewing documents behind the large mahogany desk. He only heard him report in a low voice: "My Lord, the mission failed!"
"Huh? Did the 'King of Killers' of the Black Knife Organization fail to arrive in time? Or is there something wrong with the mission of Venom Dragon?" Duke Drumm did not expect Ryan to be able to 'one-on-three', so he instinctively thought that there was a problem with the coordination in the middle.
"Neither, the 'King of Killers' of the Black Knife Organization arrived on time, but including the Venom Dragon, they were all killed by Ryan."
Hearing his butler's words, the feather pen in Duke Drumm's hand could not help but stop. He was slightly stunned, but then he reacted. The mission failure that his butler said was different from the mission failure he thought of.
Duke Drumm asked anxiously: "What about Greenwood?"
"This. Master Greenwood also died in Ryan's hands."
"What!" Duke Drumm stood up suddenly, with a look of shock on his face!
"What about Greg the Corpse Splitter? As a family consultant, did he escape back alone?" Duke Durham said angrily.
"Uh, Consultant Greg also died on the spot!" When he said this, there was still a trace of horror in the eyes of the butler Owen.
When he got the news just now, he was more shocked than the Duke of Durham in front of him.
For a moment, the whole study fell into a long silence.
After a long time, Duke Durham sat back on the wide chair again, and it seemed that the whole person suddenly hunched over a lot. He only heard him slowly ask:
"Tell me the whole thing in detail."
"Yes, my Lord."
Immediately, the butler Owen repeated the information he had obtained to the Duke of Durham in detail and without missing a word.
After thinking for a moment, the Duke of Durham asked: "So, Chandler, the second son of Marquis Ulrich, and Mia, the heir of the Jenkins family, also died at the hands of this Ryan."
"Yes, my Lord." Butler Owen nodded and said.
"Contact Marquis Ulrich and Marquis Jenkins. This Ryan is too bold and presumptuous. I will make him pay with blood!" The Duke, whose anger was burning in his heart, said in a deep voice.
"Yes, my Lord Duke."
Butler Owen naturally understood what Duke Drum meant.
The Ulrich family and the Jenkins family are both quite powerful. As old families in the imperial capital, they both have legendary advisors, and their power in the imperial capital is also intertwined.
Add to that the Drum family, and if they unite, as long as Ryan does not have a powerful background, he can be said to be dead!
A few hours later.
Butler Owen came to the Duke's study again and reported:
"My Lord Duke, according to the news from the Sword Bearer Headquarters, this Ryan has not only witnesses, but also physical evidence. The current situation is that the other party will most likely be found not guilty."
"At present, General Augustus has made a decision to only restrict Ryan's freedom and order him not to leave the imperial capital Tamriel within two weeks."
"In addition, according to Admiral Donald's judgment, it seems that General Augustus and Marshal Alfred who is away are quite impressed with this Ryan. It is difficult for him to change the nature of this matter alone."
At this time, Duke Drum has returned to his original expressionless appearance. His face is calm, and it is completely impossible to tell that he is a father who has just suffered the pain of losing his son.
After listening carefully to the report of his butler Owen, he pondered for a while and said, "Did you just say witnesses?"
"Yes, there are five people in total, three people from the Blade Squad of the Sword Bearer Branch of the Nome Province, and two people from the Sword Bearer Headquarters."
"Contact the Nome Province and have someone arrange the Sword Bearer Squad you just mentioned to carry out the mission, and then contact the Black Knife Organization and let them deal with it cleanly, preferably as if it was an accident."
"Tell them that because of their mistakes last time, the Drum family suffered heavy losses. I hope there will be no problems this time." Duke Drum said in a deep voice.
"As you command, Lord Duke. What about the two people at the headquarters?"
Because no one in the Imperial Capital dared to take action easily, the previous battle in the Imperial Capital made Tamriel's defense unprecedentedly strong, with at least two epic-level strongmen stationed.
"Investigate the other party's family background. If they are not from the Imperial Capital, find their family, then contact them to leave the Imperial Capital, and deal with them on the way."
"Understood, Lord Duke, this way the other party will have no witnesses." Butler Owen's eyes lit up.
"Well, as for the physical evidence, what is it?" Duke Drum asked.
"The body and weapons of the Black Knife Organization's 'King of Killers', and the body of the family advisor 'Corpse Splitter' Lord Greg." Butler Owen said respectfully.
"What is the relationship between the Black Knife Organization's killers and Greenwood? Without witnesses, a single body is meaningless."
"As for Greg's body? Where is it currently stored? Is it at the headquarters of the Sword Bearers in the Imperial Capital?" Duke Drum frowned slightly.
"That's not the case. Lord Greg's body is still stored in the Sword Bearer branch in the Gnomes Province, but the next step should be to send it to the Sword Bearer headquarters in the Imperial Capital."
"That's no problem. Arrange someone to deal with it on the way." Duke Drum waved his hand and said.
"Without witnesses and physical evidence, we have the initiative again in this matter."
"The most troublesome thing about Ryan is his official identity - a fine gold-level sword bearer. Without this, he has nothing to rely on. Alfred's appreciation of him doesn't help him." Duke Drum's face finally looked better, and he said slowly.
"My Lord, I'll do it right away." Butler Owen said with a happy face.
Owen had roughly understood Duke Drum's plan at this time.
Erasing all evidence that was unfavorable to him, and then accusing Ryan of killing his team members at will, once the other party was identified as at fault, there would be a lot of room for manipulation.
"I heard that Ryan's family is in Munster, Your Excellency the Duke, do you think we should send someone?"
"No, it's meaningless. Instead, it will provoke the other party to do something irrational. If the other party doesn't care about his life and directly assassinates me, will you resist?"
"Uh, sorry, Your Excellency the Duke, I overlooked it." Butler Owen bowed deeply and said.
"By the way, Your Excellency the Duke, there is one more thing. We found out that Ryan has a close relationship with the Bavarian family. At present, he is temporarily living in the Bavarian family mansion."
"Normal. The Duke of Munster has such a talent in his own province, so he must have the intention to win him over. I will talk to the Bavarian family."
"In addition. This Ryan's strength." Butler Owen thought about it, and was still afraid of Ryan's strength in his heart, so he reminded.
"With the ancestor of Pantoskok, the other party can't make any waves."
"That's natural!" Hearing this name, Butler Owen's body shook.
That's the guardian of the empire!
An epic strongman, it is because of him that the Drum family can be called an imperial family.
I didn't expect that this time I would alarm this lord.
Well, this Ryan really deserves to die, he is cruel and has no scruples, this kind of person should be completely eliminated.
Sword Bearer Headquarters.
In the training building.
Ryan came to the service desk and asked: "Excuse me, is there a witchcraft power test room here? By the way, I want a single room?"
"Yes, sir, but it costs extra."
"Okay." Ryan nodded and handed over his fine gold badge.
The young staff member looked at it, her mouth slightly opened, her face showing surprise, and immediately took it respectfully, saying: "Sir, please follow me."
Soon, Ryan followed the young staff member to the third floor, only to hear the girl say: "Sir, this row of single rooms are all second-level witchcraft test rooms, and the last two are third-level witchcraft test rooms."
"Go to the third-level witchcraft test room."
"Okay, sir." The girl knew that Ryan was a fine gold sword holder, so she naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with this sir going to the third-level witchcraft test room.
As the girl opened the door, Ryan saw that the room was at least four or five hundred square meters. At the same time, there were several devices that he was slightly familiar with, but they seemed to be more sophisticated.
For example, there were four devices with multiple tubes that looked like Gatling guns. Ryan knew that this was used to test defensive witchcraft.
The giant cylindrical metal ingot with magicized thorium coating was used to test the attack power of witchcraft, but the volume was much larger than the one in the Munster branch, and it weighed at least tens of tons.
"Sir, this should be your first time here. Do you need me to introduce it to you?"
"No." Ryan waved his hand and said.
He basically knew all these devices.
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to test the attack power first.
He walked to the giant cylindrical metal ingot placed on the slide rail, waved his hand, and a huge silver net appeared out of thin air and shot towards the smooth cut surface of the metal ingot!
"Chi!"
The metal net formed by the second-level witchcraft 'Cutting Net' was directly embedded deeply into the metal ingot.
At the same time, the metal block weighing tens of tons swayed slightly along the slide rail.
This is not because Ryan's witchcraft is not powerful, but the characteristics of the witchcraft 'Cutting Net' determine its power, which is extremely condensed and not outward.
If it is a witchcraft with a strong outward characteristic such as Fireball, it will naturally move the metal block violently.
At this time, the black wisdom stone slab on the side showed a large value - 118!
Relying on the super affinity of metal elements and the advanced meditation method of the Heart of Steel, Ryan's lethality of a simple second-level witchcraft is close to the lower edge of the third-level witchcraft.
You must know that the power of a general third-level witchcraft is basically between 120 and 200 degrees.
This is not the witchcraft killer move 'Multiple Cutting Nets' that Ryan has mastered.
Then, Ryan tested the damage of the killer move.
"Metal Transfiguration!"
"Cutting Net!"
"Sharpness!"
"Witchcraft Killer Move: Multiple Cutting Nets!"
As Ryan's lips slightly opened and closed, three closely arranged metal nets suddenly appeared in front of him, and in an instant, they quickly attacked the test metal block!
"Chi! Chi! Chi!"
This time, the metal block weighing dozens of tons vibrated violently along the slide rail. The amplitude was also not large, but the frequency was very high.
Suddenly, Ryan's face was stunned!
On the stone slab beside him, a value that could make others stunned was displayed - 185!
"During the last test, I had not yet practiced the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, and the attack power value of the witchcraft killer move seemed to be 143 degrees."
"But now the power has almost surpassed more than 80% of the third-level witchcraft." Ryan thought.
"Super affinity for metal elements, plus the special effects of the advanced meditation method Iron Heart, the increase is too great."
"I should hurry up and collect metal-related witchcraft. Maybe I can combine new witchcraft killer moves."
"There is only one third-level witchcraft 'Thorny Iron Ball' left at the headquarters. It seems that I have to pay special attention to the school in the future."
Ten minutes later.
The exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Headquarters.
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" A young and beautiful female employee saw Ryan coming forward, stood up and bowed, and smiled sweetly.
"I want to exchange witchcraft." Ryan said while handing his fine gold badge to the other party.
"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment." The female employee saw the fine gold badge with astonishment on her face, and immediately took it with both hands respectfully and put it into the card slot.
"Help me exchange for the third-level magic 'Iron Ball of Thorns'."
The girl was even more shocked when she heard that it was a third-level magic. That was a magic that only a third-level crystal wizard could practice. Even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, there were only a handful of third-level crystal wizards.
"Okay, sir, the exchange price is 3 adamantium medals plus 27,000 merit points. Are you sure you want to exchange it?"
"Yes."
After Ryan completed the task of killing the venom dragon, he obtained two adamantium evaluation medals and a large number of merit points. After allocating a small part to Claire and Beyonce, Ryan, plus the remaining part of himself, was enough to exchange for this third-level magic.
Because after coming out of the test room, Ryan thought about it and decided to put the money in his pocket first.
Since Greenwood was not an unknown little person in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and Mia and Chandler died together, this matter quickly spread like a whirlwind throughout the Sword Bearer Headquarters.
"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and the others are dead." A young man who seemed to have just heard the news whispered to several companions beside him.
"Ah? Is it the Greenwood from the Durham family?" The companion exclaimed immediately.
"What mission?" The companion beside him thought that several people died while performing the mission.
"It was not the mission of the Venom Dragon. They were killed by someone!"
"Which cult?"
"Not a cult, nor anyone else, but a fine gold-level swordsman from our headquarters!"
"What!" "
Oh my god!" "
So explosive!"
"Yeah, who is so bold? Don't you know that the Durham family is a guardian family?" The swordsman who spoke was a native of the imperial capital Tamriel, and he knew the power of the Durham family too well.
At this time, several people looked at the young man who spoke first, hoping to hear more secrets.
You know, recently the Sword Bearer Headquarters has a lot of missions, and the difficulty is much higher than in previous years. Therefore, many Sword Bearer teams have suffered casualties.
Therefore, if Greenwood and the other two died in a failed mission, although the death toll is a bit high, it would not cause such a sensation.
Who would have thought that these three people were killed by the headquarters' own people.
There are many things revealed here.
"Tell me quickly, what happened?"
"Well, I only heard a general idea. You can find someone to find out later." After thinking for a while, the young Magic Iron Sword Bearer began to talk.
"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and the others were killed." The speaker was a noble heir familiar with Greenwood.
Their situation was similar to that of Greenwood and the others. They were all powerful noble heirs in the imperial capital Tamriel, so they naturally knew Greenwood.
"What! Is there such a thing?"
"It's true. The one who killed them was a fine gold sword bearer from our headquarters, named Ryan!"
"Can the Drum family just let it go? Even a fine gold sword bearer can't stand it!"
This scene was played out repeatedly in the sword bearer headquarters.
When Ryan returned to the Bavarian family mansion, he met an old friend from the Marne Province - Chimera Knight Luther.
He was chatting with Harlowen.
"Sir Ryan, we meet again." Luther said with a smile when he saw Ryan, who was a little surprised.
"Sir Luther, you came to the imperial capital faster than I expected." Ryan also smiled and welcomed.
"Haha, did Sir Ryan forget that tomorrow is the registration day for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"
"Huh?"
Ryan remembered that he always remembered that the assessment day was on the first Sunday of the Harvest Month, and forgot about the registration day.
Luther's arrival made the Bavarian family mansion more lively, and as the host, Harlowen naturally arranged a sumptuous dinner, and Ryan and Anna both attended.
That night, Ryan did not mention the clues about the other party's mother to Anna. He planned to talk about it after he was clear.
The next morning.
Ryan and the other two rode on flying mounts and arrived early in front of a towering building outside the sixth ring in the northeast corner of Tamriel.
I saw a tall and simple circular building standing in front of me, similar to the appearance of the ancient Roman Colosseum that Ryan had seen in his previous life. It has a three-story structure, and each floor has Doric columns and arch shapes.
At this moment, at the spacious gate, there are eight full-body armored guards holding swords and shields.
At the fountain at the gate, there are more than ten meters high, five dragons with different postures, soaring or diving, lifelike.
There is no word on the doorplate at the door. Obviously, the pattern of five dragons has represented everything.
Seeing Ryan and the other two slowly descending on their flying mounts, the guards seemed to have seen it all before, and were not panicked at all. They stepped forward and asked,
"My lords, are you here to sign up for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"
"Yes." Luther nodded and showed the letter.
"My lords, please go in directly. Someone will be there to receive you."
Soon, as the three entered, Ryan finally saw the whole picture.
It was at least the size of three or four football fields, but it still didn't seem very spacious, because at this moment, there were already dozens of flying mounts of all sizes in the venue.
He saw several types of horned eagles, and the big ones were even bigger than Luther's Chimera.
(End of this chapter)
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