The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

When Ryan slowly controlled the horned eagle to land, he found that the road leading to the Stone Hammer Fortress was full of caravans and travelers.

Obviously, since his last time, the underground lava monsters in the tunnel should have been cleared by the Empire, otherwise there would not be so many caravans.

So Ryan and Anna passed the Stone Hammer Fortress smoothly all the way.

After several hours of flying, the majestic and familiar Hrothgar Mountains finally appeared in their sight.

And Minster, built along the mountain, naturally came into their sight.

A few minutes later, Ryan's mansion.

"Brother, brother is back!" Mint, the sister who was playing with the greyhound war dog Cookie in the front yard of the mansion, was the first to see the horned eagle landing.

However, Mint gave Anna the first hug.

"Sister Anna, I miss you so much." Mint rubbed against Anna's chest and said coquettishly.

"Mint, I miss you too." Anna kissed Mint lovingly, her eyes full of love.

Ryan's return is naturally a big deal.

Soon, the mansion became lively.

After having dinner with his mother Emma, ​​father Old Ryan and others, Ryan came to the study alone.

As for the Sword Bearer Branch, he plans to talk about it tomorrow.

Now, he needs to think about some things.

Before going to the imperial capital Tamriel, some preparations and matters need to be sorted out.

In addition, there is another important thing, which may be ranked first in terms of priority, that is, he needs to accumulate some attribute points first.

After experiencing the battle with Hela's projection, Ryan felt at the time that for him with thick skin and flesh, having enough remaining attribute points is of great significance.

The method is very simple, just raise the level of the tailor profession, not only can you gain a lot of attribute points, but also improve the reserve of skill points.

As for skill points, Ryan considered that after arriving in the imperial capital, whether it is to upgrade the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method or to learn new witchcraft, skill points will be consumed.

Adhering to the principle of "having enough food at home means no worries", Ryan plans to spend the next half month to improve his tailoring level.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Come in."

As the door opened, the beautiful woman Jennifer, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared at the door of the study with a smile.

The beautiful woman was wearing a one-shoulder aqua blue silk long skirt today, showing her curvy figure. At the same time, because it was a one-shoulder long skirt, a large area of ​​white and towering chest was exposed.

There was only a string of shiny pearl necklaces on her swan-like neck, but the pearls were round and large, and it was obvious that they were extraordinary. Moreover, the combination of the long skirt and the pearl necklace was just right, giving people a sense of elegance and luxury.

"Dear, you are finally back."

"I have done everything you asked me to do last time. In addition, I also bought something. I believe you will like it." Jennifer walked in and said with a smile.

"Oh? What did I ask you to do last time? Have you collected almost all the raw materials for the secret potion?" Ryan thought for a moment, then realized something.

"Hehe, although the raw materials for the secret potion are rare, I have collected thirteen of them this time. There are other things besides this, dear, guess again?" The beautiful woman Jennifer took out a brown wooden box from behind her, shook it, and said.

"Are there any other surprises?" Ryan also laughed.

He remembered that last time he asked the beautiful woman Jennifer to use the top channels of the Yaxon Auction House to collect some dragon-related items, such as dragon bones and dragon blood.

But he obviously didn't feel any breath related to this in the box.

That left things related to improving mental strength.

Huh?

This is

Ryan's perception, through the wooden box, he felt a familiar breath.

"Huh? Jennifer, where did you buy the soul energy crystal from?" Ryan couldn't help but look surprised.

You know, soul crystals are extremely precious, and even in the Sword Bearer Branch, they are not exchanged.

Occasionally, they appear at major auctions and are sold at a sky-high price.

He didn't expect that the beautiful woman in front of him could actually get this, which was really beyond his expectation.

"Ah, dear, you can guess this?" The beautiful woman looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, thinking that Ryan would never guess it.

First of all, this soul crystal is in addition to the things Ryan told him to pay attention to last time.

Secondly, she also saw an auction list by chance, and then spent a lot of money to get it.

The list was submitted by the branch in Dorne County. It was a list of treasures in the home of a defeated earl family in Dorne County that planned to apply for auction at the Axon Auction House.

When she saw the soul crystal on the list, she thought for a while and felt that the soul crystal might be of great use to Ryan. She immediately stopped the auction of the item and bought it directly at a premium of 40%.

This is also her privilege as a shareholder of the Minster Axon Auction House.

In the Minster area, as long as there is an auction item she likes, most of the time she can operate the backstage and purchase it at a premium in advance. Of course, other shareholders also have this right.

Ryan took the wooden box and opened it. Sure enough, there were three soul crystals neatly arranged in the box.

Ryan picked up a soul crystal, thought about it, and used it.

The effect of soul crystal is to promote the speed of atomization and liquefaction of mental power.

Before, Ren used soul energy crystals only in the first-level atomization stage. Now that he has entered the second-level liquefaction, he has not used them once. Naturally, he wants to know the promotion effect of soul energy crystals in the second-level liquefaction.

【bite! Soul energy crystals that can increase the liquefaction level of mental power have been detected. Should/should the absorption be accelerated? (Note: Systemic absorption can eliminate impurities and can be absorbed in one go.)]

"yes!"

In an instant, Renn felt the silver liquid in his mind begin to increase, but it only lasted for less than a second before the growth stopped.

Obviously, in the liquefaction stage of mental power, the effect of soul energy crystallization is far from as good as in the atomization stage.

Ren glanced at the system panel:

Spirit: 90 (liquefied 28%)

"Only 1% improvement at a time?" Renn raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.

"Previously, in the atomization stage, one soul energy crystal could increase the energy from 5% at the beginning to 3% in the later stage, which was quite impressive. However, I didn't expect that in the liquefaction stage, the improvement would drop so much."

"However, looking at it from another perspective, if you want to increase the liquefaction level by 1%, even a second-level wizard will spend months to years depending on the difference in talent. Three soul energy crystals can increase the progress by 3%. Then It’s already pretty good.”

After thinking about it, Renn picked up the two remaining soul energy crystals in the box and used the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

In an instant, these two were also absorbed by Ren.

The mental attribute on the panel clearly showed: 90 (30% liquefaction).

When the beautiful woman on the side saw this scene, she couldn't help but be stunned!

Now as a shareholder of the Munster branch of Axon Auction House, her horizons have broadened a lot, and she has heard a lot about wizard secrets that she had no idea about before.

Huh?

Doesn't it mean that this soul energy crystal can only absorb one at a time, so a longer period of inactivity is needed to eliminate impurities?

Why does my dear seem to absorb all three of them at once?

"I have a special physique and can absorb a few more pills than an ordinary wizard." Renn naturally saw the confusion in the beautiful woman's eyes and explained casually.

"That's it, dear, wouldn't it mean that the more soul crystals are for you, the better." The beautiful woman seemed to have thought of something, and her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

Because of Renne, her status in the province of Münster has also increased. As a baroness before, she was at most a beautiful widow with no worries about food and clothing.

But after hugging Ren's thigh, she realized that the scenery from high up was so shocking.

However, Jennifer is particularly sure of one thing, that is, she is very conscious, and everything about her is tied to Ren.

When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed.

Therefore, anything that can improve the strength of her men is what she wants to strive for in business.

"I will immediately ask the people below to focus on this soul energy crystal. As long as it flows into the auction, I will do my best to win it." The beautiful woman said seriously with a serious face.

"Well, but will this affect the liquidity of the Chamber of Commerce?" Renn nodded, smiled and patted the back of the beautiful woman's fair hand and said.

He knew that even if he could acquire it at a premium in advance in the background, it would definitely cost a lot of gold coins. In addition, he would sometimes face competition with other shareholders.

This matter is not as simple as the beautiful woman said.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, that's what it means.

Although he promoted the beautiful woman to be a shareholder of the Münster Province of Axon Auction House, in addition to this position allowing the beautiful woman to use her business talent, the other purpose was to accumulate enough wealth to acquire some rare treasures. resources and feedback on his wizarding ways.

But Renn never thought about killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

But he didn't expect that there would be good feedback so quickly, which was an unexpected surprise.

"Dear, don't worry, I will take care of all the business matters," the beautiful woman said.

"By the way, maybe after a while, a mercenary group called the Ice Claw Bears will come to Munster. Remember to arrange them properly. They are quite capable and well-known in the North. I think, for you It should be a good boost.”

Ren suddenly thought of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group and said to the beautiful woman.

"Huh? That's really great!" the beautiful woman said happily.

Since both the Crowley family and Renn's side have too little background, training extraordinary level knights or wizard apprentices from a young age cannot be accomplished overnight.

Therefore, many of Jennifer's business ideas had to be temporarily abandoned without the support of force.

If a strong mercenary group can join the Warhammer and Rose Chamber of Commerce this time, then there are so many things she can do, such as opening up new trade routes, negotiating the transportation of valuable resources, etc.

"Boo~" The beautiful woman's delicate red lips were printed on Ren's cheek. At the same time, Jennifer's huge round buttocks wrapped in aqua blue dress took the initiative to sit on it.

"Honey, I need a little reward."

The beautiful woman looked at him with big watery eyes, how could Renn not know what she meant.

(Ten thousand words are omitted here.)

After a fierce battle in the study room, the beautiful woman, who was as limp as mud, leaned on Ren's arms and panted.

"By the way, the tailor master you found last time is called Julis, right? Ask her to go out of business in the next few days and come to the mansion to teach me some formal tailoring skills." Ren said refreshingly.

"Okay, dear."

The beautiful woman obviously didn't understand what was going on. Shouldn't her dear practice extraordinary combat skills or witchcraft?

Why did she suddenly start learning tailoring again?

Last time, she made stretch underwear as a necessity for transformation. What about this time?

Could it be that Ryan fell in love with this Yulis?

After all, the other party is also a gentle-looking beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman thought of a lot of things in an instant.

"Forget it, tailors should need a lot of things, maybe dyeing or something. You tell Yulis to close her shop for a week starting tomorrow."

"I will go to her shop and learn tailoring skills." Ryan thought about it and decided to go there in person.

Because it's not like the apprenticeship period, formal tailors involve a lot of tools and materials.

As for closing the other party, it is also a trivial matter for Ryan. You know, these tailor shops are all industries under the name of the Chamber of Commerce.

Compared with his improvement in strength, the closure of the tailor shop is a small matter.

As for the profit? That can be almost ignored

"Okay, dear." The beautiful woman naturally had no objection to this.

However, when the beautiful woman thought that Ryan might have taken a fancy to the gentle Julis, she mustered up her remaining strength and took the initiative to shake her waist.

This surprised Ryan.

Huh?

Is this not satisfied?

Next, there was another fierce battle.

The battle ended only when the beautiful woman was obviously exhausted.

The next morning.

In Julis's tailor shop.

Accompanied by the beautiful woman Jennifer, Ryan visited the tailor shop of the master tailor Julis.

The tailor shop is located in a busy street area in the Munster trade district. There are many people coming and going, and Julis's craftsmanship is extraordinary, so the business is very good every day, but today is an exception. The door is extremely rare to hang a sign saying "Closed for Business".

When the tall, mighty, handsome and young Ryan walked into the tailor shop, all the female clerks and several female tailors were surprised.

It was also the first time for them to see the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce, Viscount Ryan. They didn't expect that he was such a young and handsome aristocratic man.

"Respected Viscount Ryan, good day." Yulis had seen Ryan before, so she naturally recognized him at a glance and respectfully bowed as a lady.

"Good day, Viscount!" After the female clerks and female tailors came to their senses, they followed Yulis to bow and said.

Ryan smiled and nodded, saying, "Hello. Yulis, I may disturb your normal business this time."

"Viscount, your presence is an honor for our tailor shop." Yulis bowed again respectfully.

It was not her business to ask why Ryan came to learn tailoring.

Ryan looked around and saw that the entire tailor shop was not big, about 70 or 80 square meters, and it was divided into several compartments such as ready-made clothing production and fitting rooms.

As he entered the production compartment, Ryan saw several long tables with a wide variety of raw materials, including common linen, linen rolls, silk, silk rolls, various thick and thin lines, etc.

As for tools such as scissors and cutters, they can be seen everywhere.

"Julis, I want to improve my tailoring skills as soon as possible. Which part do you think is more suitable for me to practice making?" Ryan said directly without much greeting.

"This. Lord Viscount, you have tried to make simple clothes last time, such as underwear." Speaking of the word underwear, Julis blushed slightly.

"My suggestion is that you can still start with parts with simple but slightly more complex lines this time, such as linen coats." Julis suggested.

"After you get familiar with it, you can learn to make linen shirts. Since shirts have collars and need to be installed with buttons, it will be relatively troublesome, but shirts have various colors and styles, which is perfect for improving tailoring skills."

"In addition, if you are interested, you can also learn how to dye fabrics." Speaking of tailoring, Yulis is very knowledgeable and talks about it.

"Okay, then let's do as you say, and start with linen coats." Ryan nodded and agreed.

With Yulis's teachings and Ryan's excellent learning ability, a few minutes later, the system prompt sounded:

[You have made a linen coat, and your understanding has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - making a linen coat]

[Your skill in making a linen coat has been improved, and your experience value is +3]

[You focus on making a linen coat for ten minutes, and your tailoring professional experience value is +1]

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The imperial capital of Tamriel.

In the lush and low-density inner ring, there is a luxurious single-family mansion with a manticore pattern carved on the gate.

Since the population density of the imperial capital is much higher than that of ordinary cities, the entire city governance is divided into multiple ring structures, including the inner ring (the first ring), the second ring, the third ring and the fourth ring.

The fourth ring and beyond are the trade zone and the civilian area. For civilians, being able to own a house in the fourth ring of the imperial capital is the best affirmation of a lifetime of hard work.

The third ring has restrictions on purchasing status, and most of them are nobles, church members and top wealthy businessmen.

As for the second ring, except for the middle and high-level church members, at least the earl starts.

The inner ring is even more incredible.

Basically, if you are not a duke, you can't have a place at all.

You should know that the royal family of the Dragun Empire has been passed down for thousands of years, with many descendants and a vast territory. The ruling dukes of each province need to have a mansion in the imperial capital, and the church leaders and major guardian families, etc., including the iconic buildings such as the Imperial Capital Cohen Cathedral, are also here.

Therefore, living in the inner ring is a symbol of power and status for the entire Dragun Empire.

This mansion in the inner ring is the mansion of the top wealthy family in the empire, the Drum family.

A white-haired nobleman with a back hair was sitting majestically behind a large mahogany desk, listening to the report of the butler Owen.

A few minutes later, the white-haired old man slowly asked: "So, you have confirmed that the Sam Group was wiped out by the young swordsman named Ryan in the Munster Province?"

The old man was the Duke of Drum, and the master behind the Sam Group.

Although there are no less than ten elite mercenary groups like the Sam Group, or teams that work for him, Sam himself is quite pleasing to him. This time he died like this, so he naturally has to ask about it.

"Yes, we have investigated the other party's resume and background in the past few days."

"This young man does not have a big background, but he is gifted and his strength is improving very quickly. He is now a diamond-level sword bearer of the Munster Sword Bearer Branch."

"In addition, the other party has participated in many imperial actions and events, and is highly appreciated by Admiral Edward, the head of the Munster Sword Bearer Branch. Moreover, we have also found that even the Duke of Munster seems to appreciate him."

Butler Owen reported respectfully.

This is why it took so many days to report after the destruction of the Sam Group.

He spent a lot of time arranging special people to investigate the strength and background of the young man Ryan in detail.

In his opinion, if Ryan only had some strength but no background, he would not need to report to the Duke at all, and he could arrange someone to deal with him. It is precisely because the other party has the official background of the Empire Sword Bearer that it is much more difficult to deal with him.

"Sword Bearer?"

"The family heir with the highest status among the Sword Bearers should be Greenwood, right?" The white-haired old man frowned and said.

"Yes, Lord Duke, it is Lord Greenwood. He is now a Mithril-level Swordholder of the Swordholder Headquarters, second only to the highest-level Mithril-level Swordholder."

"Well, since the other party relies on being a Swordholder and feels fearless, let Greenwood go."

"Tell this young man that since he can kill Sam, it means that he is quite strong, and you also said that he is very young."

"I admire young people with strength and am willing to give him a chance. If he is willing to work for me on behalf of Sam, I can forgive the past of Sam's group."

"Of course, the elf girl mentioned in Sam's previous report will naturally be sent over." Duke Drum thought for a while and said slowly.

"Yes, Lord Duke, I will contact Lord Greenwood and set off for Munster as soon as possible!" Butler Owen bowed respectfully.

This is what he admires most about his Lord Duke.

When considering things, he never starts from his own likes and dislikes. As a superior, his Lord Duke obviously saw the talent of this Ryan, so he threw out an olive branch.

This is also the reason why the Durham family has been prosperous for a hundred years.

In Owen's view, his mission this time is very simple.

Invite Lord Greenwood to go with him to show the strength of the Durham family as the top wealthy family in the empire. After the other party understands the gap between the two, he will extend an olive branch to the other party.

At this time, as long as the other party is not a fool, he will definitely seize this opportunity and work for the Durham family.

As for the elf girl, she will naturally give up.