Chapter 384 Collision
Three middle-aged men in khaki wizard robes came towards them.
The three were two men and one woman. The middle-aged man in the lead held a short staff made of gnarled wood, but on the top was a fist-sized khaki sphere.
Even the servants around who knew nothing about witchcraft could feel that there seemed to be some kind of substantial energy surging in the khaki sphere, which made them feel uneasy.
Duke Durham's eyes also quickly swept across the short staff in the other party's hand.
He knew that the khaki sphere on the top of the other party's staff was actually infused with a large amount of earth element essence.
It was extremely difficult to collect earth element essence, and the crystal sphere was even more difficult to make. Overall, this was a treasure that could significantly enhance the power of earth element witchcraft and was extremely rare.
At the same time, it was also the staff of Harold, the legendary "sculptor" in front of him.
The male wizard on Harold's left was about the same age as Harold, but his aura was much weaker in comparison, about the peak level of a second-level wizard.
Although he was a quasi-legendary strongman outside, he looked a little pale in comparison next to Harold.
As for the female wizard, she looked to be in her thirties or forties, the most charming age for a woman, but in fact, she was already over fifty. It was
just that as a wizard, she aged more slowly than ordinary people, and at the same time, she was well maintained, so her face looked quite charming.
But her thin and slightly upturned lips looked a little arrogant and sharp, giving people a feeling that she was not easy to get along with.
"Sir Harold, welcome!" Duke Durham stepped forward and said enthusiastically.
"You're welcome, Duke." Harold bowed slightly and smiled.
Although Harold's face was also filled with a smile, the pride that seemed to come from his own strong strength made people feel alienated.
Soon, several people sat down in the luxurious reception room of the Durham family.
"My Lord, I heard about Greenwood. Please accept my condolences."
"Thank you!"
After a brief greeting, Duke Drum asked the butler Owen to hand a stack of papers to Harold.
"Sir Harold, these are some of the opponent's previous records and intelligence."
After Harold took it, he looked at it quite casually at first, but when he quickly glanced at the end, he said softly, and a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes.
"Hey, killed the Venom Dragon and Greg the Corpse Splitter."
The last one is naturally the latest record, which can best reflect the opponent's current strength.
But Harold was just moved.
If the Venom Dragon can avoid or resist the opponent's poison attack, the difficulty of killing the opponent can be greatly reduced.
This is equivalent to the strength of the Venom Dragon being reduced from the peak of the legend to the late legend.
On the contrary, the opponent's ability to kill Greg the Corpse Splitter made Harold pay more attention. As a wizard, he is very familiar with some bloodlines.
He knew that Greg had the blood of a giant. When he activated his blood talent, the Giant Rock Battle Body, his defense was comparable to that of a rock giant.
If this Ryan waited until Greg's physical strength was exhausted and he was forced out of the Giant Rock Battle Body before killing him, then he naturally didn't need to worry about it. But if the other party killed Greg when he activated his battle body, then it was worth paying attention to.
"My lord, is the other party very strong?" The witch Caroline, who was standing by, was surprised to see Harold, whom she admired the most. She immediately became curious about this Ryan.
"Well, he has good strength. You can take a look." Harold handed the information about Ryan to Caroline.
"What is the Duke's plan?" Harold turned around and asked Duke Drum.
Although Harold had no doubt that he could get rid of this Ryan, at his level, it was impossible for him to be like the top killers of the Black Knife Organization and wantonly kill someone for money or an item.
In particular, this Ryan also has a very clear official identity - the Imperial Gold Sword Bearer, plus a formal noble canonized by the Empire.
Therefore, Harold needs a suitable reason to take action, or at least a reasonable "excuse".
"It's like this, Sir Harold, I have contacted some female family members who were killed by this Ryan, including Greenwood's mother, and went to the Imperial Capital Noble Court to cry."
"Although this matter, according to our intelligence, will soon be classified as legitimate defense by the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and in principle the Noble Court will not accept it, but we will let the elderly, women and children start from the emotional point of view and tell the judge about this matter, which can be regarded as appealing to the emotions."
"In addition, we will also mobilize our connections to lobby the judge and explain the reason."
"The main purpose is naturally to let the judge of the Noble Court summon this Ryan to the scene and understand the situation."
"Duke Drum, even after being summoned, this Ryan has the ruling of the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and you will definitely lose this lawsuit, right?" Another male wizard Darren frowned and couldn't help but interrupted.
Although he was a second-level liquefaction wizard, he had a hot temper. He just stopped and did not understand the intention of Duke Drumm.
"Haha, Lord Darren, we naturally know that we can't win this lawsuit, but we just need the official process of court summons."
"According to the regulations, when the court summons, everyone must cooperate and go to the scene to explain the situation."
"At this time, if Ryan does not cooperate, Lord Harold and you can naturally take action with justification." At this point, Duke Drumm showed a hint of satisfaction.
"I see." Darren glanced at Duke Drumm, nodded, and secretly said that he was an old fox.
These old nobles are indeed all shrewd people. Even if they are not familiar with them, there are always people in the family who are familiar with the rules and regulations of the empire, big and small, and can actually find this kind of entry point.
"However, these actions need to wait for the Sword Bearer Headquarters to issue a formal ruling. It is expected to take two to three days. Once the ruling is issued, we will invite this Ryan to negotiate somewhere outside the imperial capital." "
During the negotiation, the court summons will arrive at the scene, and then this Ryan will resist cooperation."
"What if the other party actively cooperates?" Caroline couldn't help but wonder.
"Hehe, most of the court enforcement officers who go to summon are our people. Even if the other party cooperates, they will become uncooperative at that time." Duke Drum smiled and said.
Although the two in front of him are both second-level liquefied wizards, in his eyes, in terms of power and intrigue, they are all pure like the white ice grass on the ice field.
"Okay, since the Duke has a perfect plan, then we will wait for the notice." Harold stood up and said.
"Thank you, Sir Harold! By the way, my people have found some clues about the Heart of the Mountain. I think it should be solved after this incident." Duke Drum mentioned it inadvertently when he stood up to say goodbye.
Harold glanced at Duke Durham and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Your Excellency."
He knew that the Durham family actually had a Heart of the Mountain in their collection. It was just that before the matter was accomplished, the news about the Heart of the Mountain from Durham's mouth would always remain at the level of having certain clues.
But it was okay, at least the other party agreed.
Once he killed this Ryan, the Heart of the Mountain would be delivered.
Harold was about to break through to the fourth level of the Dawn Wizard, and he needed a lot of rare resources to assist in the breakthrough.
Some things were extremely difficult to find, and even if he wanted to collect them all, he would have to spend a lot of time and energy. If he could use the help of the great nobles of the empire, many things could be collected with half the effort.
Especially the Duke Durham in front of him, Harold knew that the other party was one of the shareholders of the largest auction house in the Dragun Empire, the Yaxon Auction House, and was the controlling shareholder of many branches in many provinces.
There was a natural convenience in collecting materials.
And he also learned from a secret channel that the Durham family had a Heart of the Mountain that he urgently needed.
The Heart of the Mountain is an extremely rare and precious earth treasure that can only be generated in the body of a dead mountain giant. Mountain giants, super giant creatures with epic combat power, have not appeared in the empire for at least hundreds of years.
In addition to the fact that the combat power of the mountain giants is far beyond his ability to contend with, even if they really appear, they will be killed by the empire's epic combat power guardians, and it will not be his turn at all.
Therefore, now he still needs to pretend to be friendly with these old nobles.
However, once he breaks through to the fourth-level dawn wizard, he basically doesn't have to care about these messy things.
At the same time.
Bavaria Mansion.
Ryan also came back to his mind from his meditation in the room.
He still has about three days before the restriction ends. Ryan thought about it and came to the exchange office of the school's residence again.
I saw a rare girl who seemed to have halfling or dwarf blood at the counter, because the other party was only about 1.2 meters tall, but her figure was well-proportioned and well-proportioned, not deformed.
"Hello, can you help me check what metal-based witchcraft I can exchange?" Ryan asked.
As he spoke, Ryan handed the other party the school identity certificate, an object similar to a memory crystal.
"Okay, Lord Ryan, according to your authority, you can check and exchange all the second-level and lower witchcraft in the school." After the dwarf girl took Ryan's crystal certificate and put it into the card slot, she said enthusiastically soon.
"Oh? What if you want to check the third-level witchcraft?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.
He had naturally expected this situation. Just like the Sword Bearer Headquarters, different authorities have different levels of exchange items.
"If you want to check the third-level witchcraft, according to the school regulations, you need to have more than 10,000 historical contribution points."
"Historical contribution points?"
"Yes, that is, the total contribution you have made to the school exceeds 10,000 points, including those you have used.
" "In short, it means that the total amount of contribution points you have spent in the past and your current contribution points exceeds 10,000 points." The dwarf girl explained.
"I understand." Ryan nodded and said.
"By the way, Lord Ryan, there are four types of metal magic at level 2 and below that you are looking for."
"I have presented them on the Wisdom Slate, you can check them out."
Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously quite surprised, but after reading it, the joy in his heart was mostly gone.
Because among the four metal magics, he had already mastered the three of them, 'Sharpness', 'Metal Transfiguration' and 'Metal Barrier'.
The only one he had not mastered was a second-level magic, 'Iron Armor'.
From the name, it is not difficult to guess that this is a second-level magic for defense, which is slightly different from what Ryan had thought before, 'maybe I can find a second-level magic for attack'.
And the exchange price at the bottom, 3,500 contribution points, was just enough for him. He had submitted the metal arm wreckage to the school before and received a reward of 3,700 contribution points.
However, he only had so many contribution points, so he had to take a look at the description of this magic first.
After a moment's thought, Ryan continued to ask, "Can you show me the specific description of the witchcraft?"
"Of course, all right, Lord Ryan."
After the dwarf girl finished speaking, she skillfully operated, and the content on the black wisdom stone tablet in front of Ryan was updated again:
"Iron Armor: Second-level witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and covers the host's body with a layer of iron armor."
Ryan nodded slightly and said, "Help me exchange this Iron Armor."
"Okay, sir."
Soon, Ryan was satisfied with a parchment scroll emitting witchcraft aura and left the school exchange office.
Soon, Ryan returned to the Bavarian mansion again. After closing the door of the study, he calmed down and began to seriously study this new witchcraft.
The previous first-level defensive witchcraft "Metal Barrier", under Ryan's multi-faceted amplification, the defense power is comparable to the second-level witchcraft.
Ryan believed that if he could quickly transform the second-level defense of "Iron Armor" into a combat-effective witchcraft, the defensive power would probably be comparable to the effect of the third-level witchcraft.
"Stacked Armor" is naturally not too thick for anyone!
Moreover, if he had mastered this "Iron Armor" before fighting the projection of the goddess of the underworld, Hela, the whole battle would surely be much calmer.
One hour later.
As Ryan silently chanted the spell, three seconds later, his body was covered with a thick, gray-black, metallic-luster water film-like covering.
It seemed that because of his super affinity for metal elements, plus the increase in the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the current second-level witchcraft "Iron Armor" was more powerful than the one described in the parchment scroll.
It exceeded the half-finger thickness mentioned in the parchment scroll, and was nearly one-third more.
At this time, the system prompt also came:
[You have studied the Iron Armor, and your understanding of it has improved! 】
【You have learned a new skill - Iron Armor】
【Your skill Iron Armor has been improved, experience +4】
At the same time, a new icon appeared below the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel.
The pattern on the icon is a wizard with a thick and slippery gray-black covering on his body. Its smooth surface with a faint metallic luster will not be misunderstood as armor.
After all, armor has joints, but the covering in front of you does not.
The small words below the icon are as follows:
Iron Armor lv1 (1/100)
Iron Armor lv1 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and cover the host's body with a layer of iron armor.
(Note: The casting time is 3 seconds.)
After practicing for a while, Ryan planned to add points, because the three-second casting time is basically difficult to integrate into his current fighting style. In addition, the proficiency of the second-level witchcraft is quite difficult to improve, which is several times that of the first-level witchcraft.
Next, he will face the threat of the conservatives, so it is natural to add points directly to quickly form combat power.
But the problem is that he doesn't have enough skill points.
He currently has only 6 skill points left. If he wants to upgrade to level 12, he needs 5 more points.
So, for the next few days, Ryan was in the Bavarian mansion, making high-end ready-to-wear clothes, which made Beyonce and Claire who came to visit him dumbfounded.
Both of them had bloodshot eyes, obviously they didn't get enough rest.
"Captain Ryan, why are you still making clothes? It's urgent. After you killed Greenwood, this matter caused an uproar in the entire Sword Bearer headquarters." Claire said hurriedly.
"Oh? Has the verdict been announced?" Ryan was still working hard on the pearl embroidered tunic in his hand.
"Yes, it was just announced this morning. Many people support you, and many people think you are too cruel." Claire nodded and said.
"Okay, it's almost done, let's go back to the headquarters and take a mission." Ryan put down the coat in his hand, smiled, and said.
In the past few days, Ryan finally found a high-end ready-to-wear style with high experience value rewards, and rushed the tailor master from lv4 all the way up.
Now, the skill points are ready.
Without hesitation, Ryan invested 11 skill points and 8 gold skill points in the second-level witchcraft "Iron Armor".
As the second-level witchcraft "Iron Armor" suddenly increased from lv1 to lv20!
In an instant, a surging torrent of memories about the second-level metal witchcraft "Iron Armor" entered Ryan's mind.
And Ryan seemed to have come to a mysterious space, and he had been practicing the second-level witchcraft "Iron Armor" for more than a hundred years. Various insights on improving the speed of casting came to his mind like a revolving lantern.
"Take the task?" Claire and Beyonce couldn't help but look at each other again. They found that they couldn't keep up with their captain's brain circuit.
Captain!
There is a lot of noise outside. These old nobles are obviously planning to attack you.
Are you still going to take the task and go out?
This.
In fact, Ryan knew yesterday that the headquarters would announce the ruling today. Yesterday, Major General Tatia visited again in secret.
In addition, Tatia also conveyed the above meaning, hoping that Ryan could act quickly, because once he left the imperial capital, the other party would never miss this God-given opportunity.
To a certain extent, this means taking the initiative and being able to choose the venue and time.
At the same time.
The entrance of the noble court in the imperial capital Tamriel suddenly became lively. Many luxurious carriages with noble emblems came at once, and then many old, weak, women and children in gorgeous clothes got off the carriages.
Faced with these old, weak, women and children who were either from the duke's family or the marquis' family, the guards at the entrance of the court were naturally quite cautious. Soon, these people were welcomed into the mediation room inside the court.
"Your Honor, my child Greenwood has been very filial since he was a child, but he was brutally killed by his sword-bearing colleague Ryan."
"Yes, Your Honor, my child Chandler"
said one by one with deep feelings and tears, which made the young male judge who did not know the truth quite indignant for a while.
"Didn't the Imperial Sword Bearer Headquarters make a ruling on this matter?" After thinking for a while, the young judge asked back.
At the same time, the young judge also asked his subordinates to contact the Sword Bearer Headquarters as soon as possible to understand the situation.
"My lord, although this Ryan is young, he is very powerful and is quite appreciated by the upper echelons of the Sword Bearers.
Therefore, the Sword Bearer Headquarters' handling of this matter is obviously unfair." "My lord, in this case, the Sword Bearer Headquarters' reply is actually not very important. Why don't you let this Ryan come to the Noble Court and ask him in person?"
At this time, several insiders of the court looked at each other and began to lobby the young judge.
"This..." After several words, the judge fell into thought.
Although the Sword Bearer Headquarters seemed to have made a judgment, it was within his rights to let the parties come to the court for questioning. In addition, this was also to calm the public anger.
Soon, a letter inviting Ryan to come to the court for questioning was issued.
That afternoon, Ryan accepted a mission at the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and left the Imperial Capital Tamriel with Claire and Beyonce.
Naturally, this news was first known to some people, and after deliberate misleading, Ryan's behavior was interpreted as wanting to escape.
When Ryan came to a small town called Tavlin, more than a hundred miles away from the Imperial Capital, and stopped for a while, a team of people wearing the uniforms of the court execution department blocked him and Claire.
"Sir Ryan, I'm sorry, according to the letter from the Imperial Capital Noble Court, you have to go back with us and be questioned." "
Oh? Noble Court?" Ryan looked at the team in front of him, which had at least one titled knight and a third-level crystallization wizard, and couldn't help laughing in his heart.
When did the execution department of the Noble Court become so strong?
There were actually two legendary-level masters in an execution team.
When the two women saw this scene, they felt nervous, and Claire had already placed her hand on a second-level defensive witchcraft scroll.
The scroll was provided by the female major general Tatia, and was given to the two women by Ryan. You know, the more advanced the witchcraft scroll is, the more difficult it is to make, and naturally the more precious it is, and the more valuable it is.
"Okay, let's go." Ryan smiled and said.
Hmm?
Now, it was the turn of many people in the court execution team to look at each other.
Isn't it said that Ryan relies on his strength and is very unruly? How come
"What a pity, Mr. Ryan, your cooperation is too late." A middle-aged leader in uniform shook his head, and then his face became serious and he said loudly:
"Everyone pay attention! Ryan refused to obey the court summons, and now it is enforced!"
At this time, three middle-aged men in khaki wizard robes happened to pass through the town and watched this scene with a smile.
"Oh? Is this what you rely on? Very good, I like the way you are confusing black and white." Ryan glanced at the three people in the distance and said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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