The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

I saw three middle-aged men in khaki wizard robes coming towards me.

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 Drum'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 of the 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 full of smiles, 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 other party's previous achievements 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 current strength of the other party.

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 fact that the opponent can kill Greg the Corpse Splitter makes Harold pay more attention. As a wizard, he is still very familiar with some bloodlines.

He knew that Greg had the blood of a giant, and 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 it was naturally not worth his worry, 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 female wizard Caroline, seeing that she admired Harold the most in her heart, actually showed a little surprise on her face, and immediately became curious about this Ryan.

"Well, good strength, you can take a look." Harold handed the information about Ryan to Caroline.

"What is the Duke's plan?" Harold turned to ask 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, who would wantonly kill a person for money or an item.

In particular, this Ryan also has a very clear official identity - the Imperial Gold Sword Bearer, plus the official 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 is considered to be emotional."

"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, 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 stopped just now and did not understand Duke Drum's intention.

"Haha, Mr. Darren, of course we know that we can't win this lawsuit, but we just need the official process of being summoned by the court."

"According to regulations, when summoned by the court, everyone must cooperate and explain the situation at the scene."

"At this time, once this Ren refuses to cooperate, Sir Harold and you will naturally take action in a legitimate manner." At this point, Duke Drum showed a hint of pride.

"That's it." Darren glanced at Duke Drum, nodded, and said to himself, "Old Fox."

As expected, all of these veteran nobles are talented people. Even if they are not familiar with them personally, there are always people in the family who are familiar with the rules and regulations of the empire, large and small, and they can actually find this entry point.

"However, these actions need to wait for a formal ruling from the Sword Bearer Headquarters. It is expected to take two to three days. Once the ruling is made, we will make an appointment with Ren to negotiate somewhere outside the imperial capital."

"During the negotiation, the court summons personnel will arrive at the scene. At that time, this Renne will refuse to cooperate."

"What if the other party actively cooperates?" Caroline couldn't help but wonder.

"Haha, most of the court executives who went to summon us are our people. Even if the other party cooperates, they will become uncooperative." Duke Drum smiled and said.

Although the two people in front of him are both second-level liquefaction wizards, in his eyes, in terms of tactics, they are as pure as the white ice cap grass on the ice field.

"Okay, since the Duke has a complete plan, we will wait for notification." Harold stood up and said.

"Thank you, Lord Harold! By the way, the people below me have found some clues about the Heart of the Mountain. I think, after this incident, we should be able to solve it." When Duke Drum stood up to say goodbye, he inadvertently Mentioned something.

Harold, on the other hand, glanced at Duke Drum and said, "Then please don't worry about it, Your Majesty the Duke."

He didn't know that the Heart of the Mountains actually had one in the Durham family's collection. It was just that before the matter was completed, the news about the Heart of the Mountains from Durham's mouth would always remain at the level of having certain clues.

But it's okay, the other party at least agreed.

Once you kill this Renne, the Heart of the Mountain will be given to you.

Harold has reached the stage where he is about to break through to the fourth level Dawn Wizard, and he needs a lot of rare resources to assist in breaking through.

Some things are extremely difficult to find. Even if he wants to collect them all, he will have to spend a lot of time and energy. If he can use the help of the great nobles of the empire, he can get twice the result with half the effort by collecting many things.

Especially the Duke of Durham in front of him, Harold knew that he was one of the shareholders of Axon Auction House, the largest auction house in the Dragon Empire, and was the controlling shareholder of branches in many provinces.

It has natural convenience in material collection.

And he also learned from a secret channel that the Drum family treasured a mountain heart that he urgently needed.

The Heart of the Mountain is an extremely rare and precious earth treasure that can only be generated in the bodies of dead mountain giants. Super giant creatures with epic combat power such as mountain giants have not appeared in the empire for at least hundreds of years. Inside.

In addition to the fact that the mountain giant's combat power is far beyond what he can contend with, even if it does appear, he will be killed by a group of guardians of the empire with epic combat power, and it will not be his turn at all.

Therefore, now he still needs to make peace with these old nobles.

However, once he breaks through to the fourth level of Dawn Wizard, he will basically ignore these messy things.

at the same time.

Bavarian mansion.

Renn also came back from his thoughts in the room.

There were about three days left until the restriction ended. Renn thought for a while and then came to the exchange office at the school's residence again.

I saw a rare girl who seemed to have the blood of a halfling or a dwarf at the counter, because she was only about 1.2 meters tall, but she had a well-proportioned figure, well-proportioned, and was not deformed.

"Hello, can you help me check what metal witchcrafts I can redeem?" Ren asked.

With that said, Ren handed the other party the identity certificate of the school and an object similar to a memory crystal to the other party.

"Okay, Lord Ren, according to your authority, you can query and redeem all witchcraft at level two and below in the school." The dwarf girl took Ren's crystal certificate and put it into the card slot. Soon, she was enthusiastic said.

"Oh? What if you want to inquire about third-level witchcraft?" Ren said with a raised brow.

He had naturally expected this situation. Just like the Sword Bearer Headquarters, the authority was different and the levels of exchangeable items were also different.

"If you want to view third-level witchcraft, according to the school's regulations, you need more than 10,000 historical contribution points."

"Historical contribution?"

"Yes, even if your total contribution to the school exceeds 10,000 points, including those you have used, it will be counted."

"To put it simply, after counting the contribution points from historical consumption and your current contribution points, the cumulative total can exceed 10,000 points." The dwarf girl explained.

"I understand." Renn nodded and said.

"By the way, Lord Ren, there are four types of metal witchcraft you are looking for, level two and below."

"I have presented it on the Wisdom Slate, you can check it out." Ryan raised his brows, obviously quite surprised, but after reading it, most of the joy in his heart disappeared.

Because among the four metal magics, he has already mastered the three of them, ‘Sharpness’, ‘Metal Transfiguration’ and ‘Metal Barrier’.

The only one he has not mastered is the 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 thought before, ‘maybe I can find a second-level magic for attack’.

And the exchange price at the bottom is 3,500 contribution points, which is just enough for him. He handed in the metal arm wreckage to the school before and received 3,700 contribution points as a reward.

However, he only has so many contribution points, so he still has to take a look at the description of this magic first.

After a moment of thought, Ryan continued to ask: "Can you show me the specific description of 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 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.

No one would think that "layered armor" is too thick!

Moreover, if he had mastered this "Iron Armor" before fighting with 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 seems that because of his super affinity with metal elements, plus the increase of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the effect of the current second-level witchcraft "Iron Armor" is more powerful than the one described in the parchment scroll.

It exceeds the half-finger thickness mentioned in the parchment scroll, and is 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 - Armor]

[Your skill Armor is improved, experience +4]

At the same time, a new icon appears 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 text below the icon is as follows:

Armor lv1 (1/100)

Effect of Armor lv1: 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 armor.

(Note: The casting time is 3 seconds.)

After practicing for a while, Ryan planned to add some 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 best to add points directly and quickly form combat power.

But the problem is that he does not 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 find him dumbfounded.

Both of them had bloodshot eyes, obviously they did not rest well.

"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 ruling come out?" Ryan was still making the pearl embroidered tunic in his hand seriously.

"Yes, it was just announced this morning. Many people support you, and many people think you are too cruel." Claire nodded quickly 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 mission?" Claire and Beyonce looked at each other again. They found that they could not keep up with their captain's train of thought.

Captain!

There is a lot of noise outside. These old nobles are obviously planning to attack you.

Are you going to take the mission?

This.

In fact, Ryan knew yesterday that the headquarters would announce the ruling today. Yesterday, the female major general Tatia visited again secretly.

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.

This, to a certain extent, means taking the initiative, and one's side can choose the venue and time.

At the same time.

The entrance of the noble court of 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 door 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 Bearer colleague Ryan."

"Yes, Your Honor, my child Chandler"

Everyone spoke with deep emotion and tears, which made the young male judge who did not know the truth feel a little indignant for a while.

"Didn't the Imperial Sword Bearer Headquarters make a ruling on this matter?" After thinking about it, 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.

"Your Excellency, although this Ryan is young, he is very powerful and is highly appreciated by the Sword Holder upper echelons. Therefore, the Sword Holder Headquarters is obviously unfair in handling this matter."

"Your Excellency, in this case, the Sword Holder Headquarters' response is actually not very important. Why not 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 Holder Headquarters seemed to have made a decision, 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 task at the Sword Holder Headquarters and left the imperial capital Tamriel with Claire and Beyonce.

This news was naturally known to some people at the first time, 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, a team of people wearing the uniforms of the court execution department blocked him, Claire and the other two.

"Sir Ryan, I'm sorry, according to the letter from the Imperial 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 title knight and a third-level crystal wizard, and couldn't help laughing in his heart.

When did the execution department of the Noble Court become so strong?

There are actually two legendary strongmen in an execution team.

When the two women saw this scene, they were 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 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 and 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? Why

"It's 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 enforce it!"

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 your way of turning black and white." Ryan glanced at the three people in the distance and smiled.