The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Father Ryan's words struck Ryan like a bolt of lightning.

"Father, maybe this legend is true." Ryan looked at his father who was being bullied by his mother Emma and said.

"Hmm? Look, Ryan also agrees." Father Ryan couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

Mother Emma wanted to say a few more words to Ryan, but out of love for her son, she stammered a few times and said:

"Ryan is filial and knows to say what you want."

Sister Mint laughed at the side.

Jenny and Agatha couldn't help but smile at the side.

Only the beautiful woman Jennifer looked at Ryan seriously, her beautiful eyes flickering, as if she was thinking about the meaning of Ryan's words just now.

After dinner, Ryan and the beautiful woman Jennifer chatted for a while in the study, and the focus was naturally on the share delivery of the Münster branch of the Akson Auction House.

"Did things go well this afternoon?"

"Very well. Deputy Minister of Olena's negotiation skills are very strong and his words are sharp. I basically didn't say much. By the way, dear, do I need to say anything to Deputy Minister of Olena?" asked the beautiful woman Jennifer.

"Just do it as you see fit."

Hearing Ryan's answer, the beautiful woman felt a little relieved.

She was quite puzzled before, why this Lord Olena was so dedicated to her family's affairs. Now it seems that Ryan and the other party should not have that kind of relationship, otherwise, he would not have such an attitude.

If Ryan had found a young girl with extraordinary power, the beautiful woman would not be so nervous.

But the other party is obviously a young woman, and she is very capable, which makes her a little nervous. After all, this means that if Ryan has that kind of relationship with the other party, she and the other party are competing in the same track.

"By the way, Jennifer, as a shareholder of the auction house, there should be some special rights and interests." Ryan asked.

Relatively speaking, this is something Ryan is more concerned about.

Because Ryan had thought about whether he could obtain some items that are not easy to obtain in the Sword Bearer Organization through the auction house.

"Yes, I took a quick look at the shareholders' articles of association, which states that shareholders can learn in advance about the items entrusted to the Yaxon Auction House for auction, and enjoy a certain degree of priority purchase rights."

"Of course, even if you have priority purchase, the price is not cheap. You need to buy it at a premium of 130%~150% of the assessed price, and there will be differences in specific categories."

"It's almost the same as I expected, Jennifer, please help me pay attention to the breathing method of excellent quality or above, metal or fire witchcraft, and some related rare items."

"Okay, dear." The beautiful woman naturally had no problem with Ryan's request.

"By the way, as for your security, it is definitely not enough to rely on Matteo and the others at present."

"While you strengthen, if necessary, you can contact Vieri. Although he is also an imperial sword bearer, he may have some official business at ordinary times, but if you tell him in advance, it should not be a problem."

"Vieri? Isn't he your dear colleague? Is it not suitable?" The beautiful woman thought for a while and said tactfully.

"It doesn't matter. He took the initiative to ask to become my follower, and I agreed." Ryan thought about it and told the beautiful woman about this matter.

Followers at the level of the Great Knight?

Or took the initiative?

The beautiful woman was stunned and her beautiful eyes widened.

You know, in order to find a family guardian knight, she almost had to use her daughter Jenny's happiness in the second half of her life as a bargaining chip, but on Ryan's side

The Great Knight actually took the pole to be his follower!

Oh my God! This gap is really too big.

Because the beautiful woman had a full meal in the coffee shop in the morning, she is now in a state of being willing but unable.

So that night, Ryan did not choose to stay in the mansion, but returned to his residence in the Executor Branch. It happened that he had a few things to do.

After practicing making mithril carved plate armor dozens of times, Ryan returned to the study, opened a diary he had searched from Asimov, and read it carefully.

This diary is different from the few not-so-serious diaries Ryan had seized before.

There is no record of any "romantic" love story in it.

The diary mainly records some blood awakening rituals that Asimov knew, blood transplant experiments that he had experienced or led by himself, etc.

After all, no one wants to be troubled by the sequelae of blood transplantation forever.

Ryan was not very interested in this diary at first.

The reason is that he flipped through it casually before and felt that blood transplantation was not a right way. In addition, he himself had nothing to do with blood, and he was not a blood noble.

But since he awakened the dragon blood, the situation is different.

Other people's stones can polish jade.

Even if he didn't transplant blood, it would be good to understand the blood ritual.

"In the first day of the first week of the Green Grass Moon in the year 2324 of the Imperial Calendar, I transplanted a blood essence of the Moon Soul Werewolf into a captive at the level of a formal knight."

"Although the captive was quite strong and withstood the experimental surgery at that time, he still died of physical collapse three days later. Damn, they are all trash!"

"In the second week of the Hundred Flowers Moon in the year 2324 of the Imperial Calendar, Sunday, trash! None of them can resist!"

Ryan read the entire diary from beginning to end. After a while, he closed the book and closed his eyes to think.

He could basically draw several conclusions.

One is about blood transplantation. According to hundreds of experiments led by Asimov himself, blood transplantation has a high success rate.

First, the strength of the experimental subject must be strong enough, and secondly, the desire to survive must be strong enough. In this way, the success rate of the experiment will be significantly improved.

And too much racial difference will make the body more likely to collapse. From the experimental records, this problem exists, especially for those innovative transplant experiments, the probability is very high.

Another is the blood awakening ceremony.

Most of the rituals are different, but the purpose is the same, all to increase the blood concentration of the offspring, so that they become more suitable for practicing the blood breathing method corresponding to the family.

Of course, there are also those who do not perform the blood awakening ceremony and directly practice the blood breathing method.

But there are only two reasons for this situation.

Either the blood concentration is naturally high enough and no blood ceremony is needed. This is what the blood nobles call genius offspring in the general sense.

Or they have extraordinary aptitude and comprehension in the practice of breathing method, which can also activate the thin blood.

And Ryan is the latter.

He uses the legendary quality Fire Dragon Breathing Method to gradually reveal some extraordinary characteristics of his own dragon blood.

Ryan looked at the Dragon Bloodline (Thin) on the panel, and then looked at the remaining 7 gold skill points.

"At least 1 gold skill point should be left, which will be used to comprehend the mystery of Shadow Spear Throwing Technique. In other words, I can use a total of 6 points." Ryan thought to himself.

After thinking about it, Ryan tried to add points to the Fire Dragon Breathing Method.

As he invested a little bit of gold skill points, Ryan could clearly feel that the inside of his body was slowly changing, and there was a feeling of magma flowing in his body and slowly increasing.

After investing three gold skill points in a row and reaching level 15 in the Fire Dragon Breathing Technique, Ryan noticed that the description of the Dragon Bloodline on the attribute panel had changed:

[Dragon Bloodline (Thin) Effect: Affinity with the Fire Element is slightly increased, the effect of the Giant Strength Talent is slightly increased, the effect of the Steel Body Talent is slightly increased, and the War Cry Secret is strengthened. ]

(Note: The Dragon Bloodline has reached the current physical limit, and further development requires an increase in bloodline concentration.)

"Huh? It's still 'thin', but there is an additional description of enhanced War Cry Secrets." Ryan looked thoughtful.

Then, he felt it, and through his keen perception, Ryan could sense that everything, including the affinity with the Fire Element, had actually been improved.

It was stronger than before the points were added.

It's just that the improvement was subtle, so the word "slightly" was still used in the description.

Of course, what Ryan was most concerned about was the description in the notes.

"Do you need to increase the blood concentration?"

"The current 'thinness' of dragon blood is only an enhancement of existing talents or secrets, and no dragon talents have been awakened. Could it be that the blood concentration is not high enough?"

"As for how to increase the blood concentration?"

Ryan focused his eyes on Asimov's diary.

"It is too difficult to directly obtain the essence of dragon blood. The next step is to start with some dragon creatures."

"But there is no rush for this. You can improve the shadow spear throwing technique first."

--

Three days later, early morning.

The training room in Ryan's room.

A tall figure holding a shield is dodging rapidly, while Ryan is standing in place with a pure steel spear in his hand.

As a senior knight, Angus has already mastered the shield defense secret 'barrier', so his strength is not weak.

But facing Ryan's lv8 shadow spear throwing technique, he still has a hard time dealing with it.

Having just taken dozens of spears, his left arm was already aching slightly, and the surface of his beloved shield was even more dented.

If Angus hadn't known that his captain could repair the shield, he would have been heartbroken.

But the problem was that, apart from taking the spears, his high-speed movement seemed to have no effect.

Basically, within a distance of 30 meters, it was almost impossible for him to dodge Ryan's spears.

"Okay, Angus, let's take a five-minute break?"

"Hmm?"

Angus didn't expect Ryan to ask for a break.

You know, in the past few days, he was the first to be exhausted and asked to take a break.

However, Angus would naturally not refuse a rare break, and immediately smiled and said, "Okay, Captain."

In fact, the reason for stopping to rest this time was that Ryan's Shadow Spear Throwing Technique had achieved the expected goal and entered level 9 (1/10000).

And then, of course, it was necessary to rely on adding points to solve it.

After all, after level 9, too many experience points were required.

Even though Ryan had the gift of ‘Primary Supernatural Comprehension’ and the careful guidance of his instructor Yasra, it would take more than a few days to master a new supernatural combat skill from scratch.

Ryan estimated that if he didn’t rely on additional points, he would need at least several more months.

Of course, this was much better than the seven or eight years it took for an average knight to practice a supernatural combat skill.

If you want to get it done in a few days, you can only add points to cover levels 9, 10, and 11, which take the longest time and require a huge amount of experience points.

In the past few days, Renne has promoted the Great Armor Master (Extraordinary) to lv6 through continuous production of mithril carved plate armor, thus gaining two skill points and two attribute points again.

Including the original skill point, there are three skill points in total.

Without any hesitation, Ren invested 3 skill points in a row, directly raising the Shadow Spear Throwing Technique to lv12.

Immediately, a torrent of training memories about the shadow spear throwing technique flooded into Ren's mind, and was quickly integrated into his muscle and fascial memory.

For a moment, it was as if he had been practicing shadow spear throwing for more than ten years alone in a mysterious space.

At the same time, at this moment, Ren can vaguely feel that he is only one step away from the subsequent derived secrets of combat skills.

Faced with this situation, there is naturally nothing to consider.

Keep adding more!

With the investment of 1 gold skill point, the Shadow Spear Throwing Technique successfully entered level 13, and the system's prompt about the secret finally sounded:

[Congratulations, you have understood the primary secret of Shadow Spear Throwing Technique: Phantom Strike! 】

"Phantom blow, done!"

"Now I only need three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon types to meet the requirements for job transfer."

At the same time, Renn saw a brand new icon located directly above the 'Shadow Spear Throwing Technique' on the Weapon Master (Legendary) panel.

The image in the icon shows a strong man holding a short spear. The whole person is striding forward. A spear has been thrown in front of him, but he still seems to be holding a spear in his hand.

If you look carefully, you can find that the spear in the strong man's hand is actually the remaining shadow of the spear, so it appears in a slightly blurry state.

At the bottom left, the text description of the secret is as follows:

Phantom Blow (Elementary Mystery) Effect: Use a special force-generating method that combines the Force with throwing to quickly throw the spear weapon in your hand and launch a powerful penetrating blow.

(To upgrade Phantom Strike to an intermediate secret, the following conditions must be met: 1. Shadow Spear Throwing Technique lv14 or above; 2. Fire Dragon Breathing Technique lv12 or above; 3. Strength 32 points, agility 35 points, and Constitution 32 points or above; 4. Consumption of gold 1 skill point.)

Although Renn still has three gold skill points left at the moment, he has no immediate idea of ​​upgrading 'Phantom Strike' to an intermediate secret.

He planned to leave behind the secrets of the remaining three extraordinary combat skills.

"Angus, let's get started." Renn was delighted with the new secret, so he naturally wanted to try it out.

"Okay, Captain." Angus was in good spirits after the break. He struck hard with his sword and shield a few times and walked to the center of the field.

"By the way, that Neoro, give Angus a defensive witchcraft." Ren thought for a while and said.

"Um?"

Ren's words immediately made four people, including Angus, look at him in surprise.

"I just realized that I might not be able to control the severity when I take action." Ren explained.

"I see, okay, Captain."

Neolo nodded and muttered a spell, which soon gave Angus a defensive witchcraft of water film on his body.

Seeing Angus holding a shield and taking a defensive stance, Renn nodded to indicate that he was about to start.

The next second, everyone clearly saw that the steel spear in Ren's hand was still in his hand, but a silver spear shadow suddenly appeared in front of Angus.

"Clang!!!" A harsh metal clash sounded.

Angus took seven or eight steps back in a row, but the water film on his body had long been pierced, and the specially made hardened adamantine shield was about to be pierced at this moment!

Neolo, Evelin and Vieri, who were on the side, had long been stunned!

Is this called understanding?

I immediately understood the secret!

Neoro's eyes twitched when he saw it, because according to Ren's current spear-throwing power, I'm afraid that some official wizards who are not talented in witchcraft defense would only be able to throw one spear at a time.

The stronger ones can be taken care of with at most two spears.

After his captain mastered this short spear throwing, he was comparable to a wizard killer.

"Dong dong dong!"

"Hey, Your Excellency Olena." After going back and forth, several people in Ren's team also became familiar with Olena, the deputy affairs officer of the mission hall.

"Hello, Mr. Vieri." Olena nodded slightly to Vieri who opened the door.

At the same time, she turned her head and said to Renn: "Sir Renn, the time agreed between you and Master Mogaro is coming soon. Do you think we should set off now?"

"Of course. Give me a moment."

"Neolo, you can continue, I should be back soon."

Renn put down the spear in his hand, tidied it up a little, and set off.

On the carriage.

Ren and Olena sat opposite each other.

In the past few days, Renn has also learned more about the cooperation model between the Sword Bearer Organization and other wizard schools.

Although the introduction letter from the sword holder is equivalent to a token that allows the sword holder to directly enter a certain wizard school to study, in fact this kind of learning is more like short-term training.

It's normal to think about it. After spending three months to half a year, what you learn is naturally only superficial and cannot touch some core things.

But this is actually enough for most sword holders who take the path of wizards.

However, Renn's situation is different from that of ordinary people.

First of all, he really wanted to learn something.

In addition, there was another problem that needed to be solved. That was that it was unlikely that he would be completely separated from combat and purely engaged in witchcraft learning for half a year.

Because he was different from others, if he wanted to maintain a high-speed improvement, he needed to obtain system rewards through various battles.

Only in this way could he improve the fastest.

In this case, the only solution was to formally join a certain school, and at the same time, contact a certain mentor in the school in advance to learn some core things in the relationship of teacher and disciple.

Applying the concept of the previous life, this was like going from a short-term trainee to an exchange student who was jointly trained by the sword holder and the school and could obtain a diploma.

So, Ryan spent a few days to understand some of the situation.

"Master Mogaro of the Bixiu Construction School is currently checking the other half of the Giant Axe Golem Guard in the Goddess Church." Olena's words interrupted Ryan's thoughts.

Hmm?

Ryan looked puzzled.

Half of the Giant Axe Golem Guard is in the hands of the Goddess Church? It shouldn't be.

As if seeing the hint of doubt in Ryan's expression, Olena smiled softly and explained:

"Yes, Mr. Ryan, maybe you don't know yet, there are some reasons for this."

"If a complete giant axe golem guard is stored in our branch, then it is very likely that the headquarters will issue a transfer order to transport this giant axe golem guard away."

"In that case, we have no way to study the giant axe golem guard."

"But if the other half of the wreckage is attributed to the Goddess Church for a reason, it will be different. If the headquarters wants to study it, they have to come to Munster."

"Even if the headquarters really wants to transport it away, it needs to coordinate with the Goddess Church first. The whole thing will be a lot more troublesome, and we can also enjoy some convenience."

"I see." Ryan nodded and smiled.

The game between the headquarters and the local branches is normal.

As a branch that has seized the troll golem guard, it always wants to strive for some autonomy or other rights.

"So, they have finished the research on the other half, and are now in the church, right?"

"Yes, Lord Ryan." Olena nodded.

"In addition, I learned again that among the three masters from the Bixiu Construction School this time, only Master Mogaro is a master who specializes in metal puppets, while the other two masters are clay and rock puppets respectively."

——

At the same time.

Near the provincial capital of Minster, on the edge of the town of Barrington.

I saw a group of four people, capable men wearing knight plate armor and wizard robes, riding horses to the woods beside the town of Barrington.

"Captain, the intelligence said that there seems to be unknown people active here late at night recently, and they are likely to be cult members."

"But this place is so close to the provincial capital, it is unlikely that the Black Flame Cult will set up a base so close, right?" A team member questioned.

"Yes, this place is too close to Minster. If the base is set up here, wouldn't it be courting death?" Another team member nodded and echoed.

"It's the best if it's not. We have completed the investigation mission and can have a good rest." The middle-aged knight dressed as the captain said solemnly.

"Yes, it's true that we can have a good rest!" A low voice sounded in the woods nearby.

"Who?" The four people immediately drew their weapons and became alert.

Following the sight, a tall man in black robes slowly walked out of the dense forest, with a blazing black flame in his hand.

He pushed his hands, and four black flame pillars suddenly appeared and swept towards the four people!

"Black flame wall! It's a second-level evil spell, run!" The middle-aged knight looked horrified and shouted immediately!

But it was obviously too late.

The next second!

"Boom!"

The four black flame pillars immediately caught up with the four people and ignited them into human-shaped fireballs. Soon, the wailing returned to silence!

In Exter's residence.

"High priest, the little mice have been dealt with, but you may need to change places. This is the second batch of spies from the empire." Boriges said respectfully.

"Yes, it's almost time. Tomorrow is their awarding ceremony, but it is also our ceremony, hehe." Exter said with a smile.

"It's time to give the empire a surprise. It's a pity that I have lived in this town for so long."

He raised his head, drank the last sip of Bordeaux aged wine, stood up and left the room.

"Berriges, sacrifice this town with blood directly."