The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 239: Exchange Conditions for Metal Magic (Two Chapters in One)

"If lost, please report the loss immediately."

At this time, the middle-aged knight asked the servant beside him to issue sword-bearer badges to everyone. Since everyone's name was on the back of the badge, Ryan soon got his own sword-bearer badge.

It’s just that the color and size of his swordsman emblem are a little different from those of others.

Ryan glanced around and found that the emblems of others, including Veronica, were made of some dark metal material and were the size of a gold coin, while his emblem was a circle larger than the gold coin and had a light yellow metallic luster.

Obviously, this should be what the middle-aged knight just said. This is because he enjoys the treatment of a bronze-level swordsman.

The styles of emblems vary at different levels.

After everyone received the badge, the middle-aged knight continued, "Here, I want to emphasize the significance of the retest, and that not everyone is suitable to participate."

After hearing the second half of the middle-aged knight's words, most of the people present showed puzzled expressions.

"The members of the Imperial Sword Bearers are divided into multiple levels. Just like you are the Black Iron level, also known as the reserve, and Ryan is the Bronze level. There will be Silver level, Gold level, etc. later. These are the levels."

"But within the same level, there are two types. For example, if they are all bronze level, there are bronze level captains and bronze level team members."

At this time, a young man who was jealous of Ryan immediately raised his hand and asked, "Coach Callum, is Ryan a bronze-level captain or a team member?"

Although the middle-aged knight had just said that Ryan would be promoted to captain of the sword-bearers and enjoy bronze-level treatment, some people were still unwilling to accept it and wanted to confirm it again.

"Ryan is a bronze-level captain." The middle-aged knight said with certainty.

After a second of silence in the hall, there was an uproar again!

"I'm so envious!"

“It’s done in one step!”

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Everyone couldn't help but look at Ryan frequently, with different expressions, and most of them revealed envy in their eyes.

Ryan had gradually gotten used to everyone's gaze, and his face was calm at this moment. Only then did he realize that the middle-aged knight was named Callum.

Callum stretched out his hands and pressed twice in the air. After everyone quieted down, he continued:
"The difference between the two is that as an ordinary team member, even if you are promoted to the silver or even gold level, you are not eligible to form a team or accept team missions."

"The reason is simple. As a team member, even if you are at the silver or gold level, you may be very strong in one aspect, but your weaknesses are too obvious. You may be easily attacked and killed by the enemy."

"For example, if you are a top archer, but you encounter a spell that restrains you, such as fog, and the enemy attacks you by surprise, it will be difficult to resist."

"But the captain is different. The captain himself represents someone who has been assessed and recognized by the organization, has very comprehensive abilities, and can almost solve problems independently."

"So, this is why most sword-wielding teams are usually captained by formal wizards with defensive force fields, or tough and strong peak knights."

At this time, Callum paused, as if to let everyone digest what he had just said, and then continued: "The retest will be held in a month, on the first day of the Hundred Flowers Month."

"Then during this month, the organization will provide you with free special training for new recruits. The content of the special training will be based on your performance in the preliminary examination, and will also take into account your personal wishes."

"During this month, you can carefully consider your own positioning and whether to participate in the re-examination."

As if to make everyone pay attention to this special training opportunity, Callum paused and reminded:

"The one-month special training for new recruits does not require you to spend any merit points. But in the future, if you still want to seek guidance from instructors or masters, you will naturally have to spend a lot of merit points, or even precious mission evaluation medals."

Callum's words immediately made many people's faces become serious.

Obviously, most people have already understood that this one-month new employee training is equivalent to a welfare.

If I don't improve myself within this month, I'm afraid I won't have such a good opportunity in the future.

"Now, who has any questions?" Callum looked around and asked.

"Coach Callum, when does our special training begin?" Vieri, the young man who had practiced with Ryan before, raised his hand and asked.

"It will start at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and the location will still be here."

As if he had thought of something, Callum reminded:

"Oh, one more thing. If any of you have worked in an imperial department before, then your merit points can be used universally."

"As for the special item exchange list within the organization, each person can only query the details of items with their own authority plus two levels. You have just obtained the Black Iron authority, which means that you can at most query the details of items with Silver authority and below."

"By the way, Ryan can check the details of items with gold authority and below." Callum glanced at Ryan with a smile and added.

This made several people at the scene turn their attention to Ryan again.
Ryan couldn't help but be stunned!
I thought to myself, OK! Sir, your show of goodwill has caused me a lot of hatred.
"As for the good stuff on the list, of course, we have everything, including rare potions, some special ingredients, and even all kinds of extraordinary combat skills and witchcraft. However, most of them require mission evaluation medals to exchange, not just merit points."

"As for this, you can slowly understand it on your own in the future." Callum saw the eager look in everyone's eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Hearing this, Ryan nodded slightly. Can he finally check the special item exchange list?

As early as during the joint mission with the Imperial Navy's South Sea Fleet, he heard Veronica say that the 'Tide Walker' was also modeled after the 'Sword Bearer' structure. Now it seems that it is not an imitation, but a replica!

Even the names are exactly the same.
"I now have bronze-level privileges. According to what Colum just said, I can check the exchange details of special items of gold level and below."

After a while, he planned to check the exchange requirements for metal witchcraft.

I just don't know if the gold level permissions are sufficient, and whether I can check it?
this is a problem!
"Disband!"

Just as Ryan was about to leave, Angus, Vieri and others came over and said with a smile:
"Sir Ryan, now that everyone has received the badge and has become an official sword bearer, how about having a simple meal together in the private room of the restaurant on the second floor?"

Although Angus is bigger than Ryan and is a strong man, he has been in the imperial army for a long time and is very meticulous.

For a talented young man like Ryan, although he is ten years younger than him, it does not prevent him from taking the initiative to make friends with him. Today is a suitable opportunity.

Vieri on the side also said with a smile: "Yes, Lord Ryan, let's go together!"

Ryan thought about it for a moment, then smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay!"

Although he wanted to inquire about the exchange of metal witchcraft now, it was almost lunchtime and it would probably take a while to complete the inquiry.

Besides, these guys have been practicing with him for three consecutive days.
At this time, Angus said to Ryan meaningfully: "Sir Ryan, do you need to invite other people?"

After hearing what Angus said, Ryan couldn't help but look puzzled, but when he followed the other person's gaze, he immediately understood!

It turns out that the other party refers to Veronica and Evelyn
After thinking about it, Ryan invited the two women.

The two girls readily agreed, and soon the group of eight came to the restaurant box on the second floor of the newlyweds' building to have dinner.

The food in the restaurant is excellent, and you can pay with imperial gold coins or merit points.

But gold coins are easy to earn, but merit points are not so easy to earn, and almost no one chooses to pay with merit points.

After some pleasantries.

Angus asked, "Sir Ryan, you are the first one among us to have the authority of captain. What kind of team members do you plan to select?"

To be honest, Ryan had thought about this question, but he was not sure yet. He just shook his head slightly and said:
"I haven't thought about it yet, what about you?"

Argus is very powerful and is considered to be among the top three in this batch. There is basically no problem for him to pass the re-examination and obtain the authority of the Sword Bearer Captain, so Ryan asked this question.

"us?"

"There are only five of us, and we plan to form a small team at that time!" Argus said with a laugh.

After hearing this, Ryan was stunned!
The two women beside him, Veronica and Evelin, also stopped their knives and forks at this time, and suddenly, their two pairs of beautiful eyes were fixed on these burly young men.

There was shock, confusion and incomprehension in her beautiful eyes.
A great knight leading a team of four top knights?

What kind of weird team is this?
Ryan couldn't help but whispered: "This is a pure kitchen knife team!"

"Hmm? Lord Ryan, what did you say?" Vieri asked puzzledly.

"Oh! I mean, I plan to invite the two beautiful ladies next to me to join my team."

This made Veronica and Evelyn immediately turn their heads to look at Ryan.

"Of course, it's my honor, Lord Ryan." The red-haired beauty Evelyn immediately said with a smile.

Veronica nodded almost at the same time, her bouncing twin ponytails expressing her eagerness to join in.

In fact, Ryan had also thought about inviting the two women to join the upcoming team.

Because for him, he can be the spear and shield of the whole team, and he can also be the sharpshooter of the team.

To put it bluntly, with the Weapon Master (Legend) profession panel, he can take on any position related to physical attack in the team.

Therefore, the best choice to pair with him is naturally a third-level wizard apprentice, who can make up for his shortcomings in witchcraft.

Veronica is a water wizard who specializes in bird transformation, so there is naturally no problem for her.

Although Evelyn was practicing both arts and magic, her strength as a senior knight was not good enough among sword-wielders. She was able to pass the assessment of the Obsidian Giant mainly because of the fire magic "Flame Acceleration", so she was more like a wizard apprentice.

This time, it was the turn of Angus and the other five to be stunned, staring at Ryan with eyes as sharp as copper bells. Tsk tsk, it turns out that being strong is awesome!

Ryan, this guy is planning to carry out the mission while hugging girls left and right.
The key point is that these two beautiful and capable girls actually agreed!

This is so enviable!
In an instant, several people felt lost!
Because they found that the combination of five rough men was indeed not as good as other people's combination.
In addition, there are two kinds of fragrance
"Um, Lord Ryan, are you planning to have only three people in the team?" Vieri asked, having come back to his senses.

"Hmm? Are there any restrictions or requirements on the number of team members?" Ryan really didn't know much about this aspect, and according to Callum, the earliest he could start general education courses was tomorrow morning.

"Huh? Lord Ryan, haven't you heard about it yet? Then let me give you a brief introduction." Vieri and Angus couldn't help but look at each other, and Angus spoke.

"Generally, the number of people in a sword-wielding team ranges from three to five. This number has been tested. If there are more people, each person will receive fewer mission evaluation medals and merit points. If there are too few people, the team's combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed."

"Also, regarding the tasks that a team can take, it is based on the captain's authority. The higher the captain's authority, the more tasks he can take."

"In addition, promotions are based on a three-three system. For example, Mr. Ryan is currently a bronze-level captain. After obtaining three bronze medals, he can be promoted to silver level and receive silver-level missions, and so on."

Angus's explanation was quite detailed, and Ryan nodded frequently.

After lunch, Ryan returned to his room, tidied himself up a bit, and then walked towards the exchange hall.

The newcomer building where Ryan has been living these days is located on the left side of the towering building seen at the gate of the Sword Bearer branch.

Since he could not move freely in the Sword Bearer branch before obtaining the emblem, this was the first time that Ryan went inside the branch.

This time, after checking Ryan's emblem, the guards readily let him go.

Ryan first walked through a long white corridor. At the end of the corridor, an arrow-shaped sign appeared in front of him, indicating three directions.

Going straight is the mission hall, turning left is to the training ground and lounge, and turning right is to the redemption hall.

Following the road signs, Ryan turned right and walked for a while before arriving at the special item exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Branch for the first time.

This is an independent three-story building with a facade made of white stone strips, which is consistent with the architectural style and color of the entire branch, and it is majestic and impressive.

After Ryan walked in, he found that the roof was more than six meters high, as if the first and second floors were connected. It was extremely spacious, similar to the certificate processing hall in his previous life.

Among them, four or five young girls in uniform were standing at the windows, helping many people exchange their items.

However, apparently for the sake of confidentiality, each window has a partition and only receives one person at a time. If other people need to process, they have to wait for a while on a seat ten meters away.

It didn't take long before it was Ryan's turn.

When Ryan walked into the partition, he found a black stone slab on the table, about thirty to forty centimeters long and wide, which kept emitting witchcraft light. It seemed that it was solidified by some kind of spell.

The young girl stood up, bowed and said:

"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

"I think I'd like to look up some metal sorcery."

"Yes, sir, please show me your emblem."

Ryan nodded and handed his freshly made bronze badge to the other party.

The girl took a look and placed the emblem into a specially made adapter groove. Soon, some white text information appeared on the black stone slab in front of Ryan.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by the effect of this witchcraft.

Slate display?
Isn't it a touch screen?

"Lord Ryan, you are currently at the bronze level, and can only view the list of redeemable items for gold-level permissions."

"Excuse me, what you just said, is it to inquire about metal witchcraft?"

"Okay, please wait a moment." The girl quickly flipped through a thick directory.

After a while, the girl's eyes lit up and she said, "Sir, I found it. The metal magic you are looking for only exists at the gold level and below. The name of the magic is 'Metal Transfiguration'."

Ryan raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask: "Can you show me the relevant information? For example, the description of witchcraft and the exchange price, etc."

"Of course, Lord Ryan, I have described the effects of the magic spell 'Metal Transfiguration' on the Wisdom Slate. Please take a look."

After the girl finished speaking, a few lines of small white words suddenly appeared on the black stone slab in front of Ryan:
"Metal Transfiguration: A first-level sorcery that consumes a certain amount of mental energy and changes the shape of the metal that the caster touches with a specific sorcery model."

"Exchange price: 1 gold medal plus 5500 merit points."

"Source: Provided by the Bixiu Construction School."

Ryan looked at the above text and remained silent.

Metal Transfiguration?

If you can control the deformation of metal, wouldn't it be possible to turn a war hammer into a greatsword or even a bow?
After a moment's thought, Ryan couldn't help but feel overjoyed!
Judging from the description of this transfiguration, once I learn it, it means I won’t need to carry multiple weapons anymore.

After all, I am not a sage, so it is impossible for me to use a two-handed greatsword, a two-handed warhammer and other weapons at the same time.

When fighting, you only need to carry one weapon, such as the heaviest two-handed warhammer.

You only need to carry the weight of a weapon, which is equivalent to reducing the total load by more than half.

In this way, your physical energy consumption will be greatly reduced. At the same time, more importantly, there will also be a significant improvement in speed. In general, it is of great significance!
but
Ryan thought of something, his face changed immediately, and he said, "Can I see this magic scroll of metal transformation?"

"I'm sorry, sir, it's forbidden according to the rules." The girl said apologetically.

Ren nodded.

Because he just thought of a problem. In terms of forging technology, the forging technology for sharp objects and blunt objects is different. One of the most significant differences is that the surface of sharp objects generally undergoes multiple quenching to strengthen the surface.

The manufacturing process for blunt instruments is different.

In this case, even if the witchcraft "Metal Transfiguration" can transform the warhammer into a greatsword, will the sharpness of the greatsword be affected?
From this perspective, perhaps I will have to find a special metal in the future that does not require a quenching process, so that it can be switched between blunt and sharp weapons.

However, the details will only become clear after the witchcraft is exchanged.

The exchange price is 1 gold medal plus 5500 merit points?
"By the way, can you help me check how many merit points I have now?" Ryan asked again.

Because Ryan had heard from Callum in the morning that if one had worked in an official functional department before, the merit points could be used universally. Coincidentally, this was something Ryan had always been satisfied with.

"Of course, please wait a moment."

Soon the little girl reported a number: "2736 points!"

"Huh?" Ryan was stunned. This number was much higher than he expected.

"Sir, you had a record of joint combat with the Imperial Navy some time ago, and you received two merit points." The girl seemed to see the doubts in Ryan's heart and took the initiative to speak.

Ren nodded.

Yes, the Imperial Navy is quite reliable, but it’s possible that most of the credit lies with Major Marika.

"Thank you, I don't have any questions."

"You're welcome, sir." The girl stood up and bowed again, watching Ryan leave.

Ryan checked the time and rushed to the lobby of the new building.

The merit points are quite different, but the bigger problem is the mission evaluation medals.

When I find some time in the next few days, I will go to the mission hall to see if I should accept a few bronze-level missions first to see how they go.

2 p.m.

Swordbearer Munster branch, lobby of the newcomer building.

Ryan discovered that in addition to Callum, there were six or seven calm middle-aged men who came to the hall this afternoon. Some of them were wearing knight armor, some were holding short staffs and wearing wizard robes, and some were dressed as archers, etc.

Even with Ryan's mental power, he was unable to judge the strength of these people for a moment, but it was obvious that these people should be the instructors of their special training this time, and each of them was very powerful.

Seeing that everyone was present, Callum looked around and said, "When your name is called, come forward."

"First, the people that Instructor Kuhlmann is in charge of, Ryan and Jonas."

After hearing this, Ryan immediately walked out of the crowd and, under the guidance of a servant, came to a knight in plate armor who was carrying a two-handed warhammer on his back.

The Warhammer man was holding a stack of papers in his hand and was reading them carefully. The first one seemed to be Ryan's report. He looked puzzled, looked up at Ryan and said, "Are you Ryan?"

"Yes, Instructor Kuhlmann." Ryan nodded and said.

"Well, your report says that you scored excellent in all aspects of your last preliminary examination. The five examiners at the time did not give any suggestions on where you need to improve, which makes it difficult for me to judge."

"So, I need to practice with you, and then we can see which aspects of you need to improve?" Coleman said seriously.

So, this request is reasonable.
Immediately, Ryan nodded and said, "Of course!"

(End of this chapter)