The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 285 Talent Enhancement (Two chapters in one)

"It really is an ancient legend of the cult. Thassa can smell the other party's rotten soul."

Ryan looked up in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a dark red wizard robe floating down from the back of a red dragon.

The opponent's wizard robe seemed to be specially tailored, with a wide collar, squeezing a pair of white and tall weapons, giving people the feeling that they were about to burst out.

In comparison, the waist is much thinner.

The hem of the wizard robe was very long, dragging all the way to the heels, but the slit was extremely high, almost reaching the thighs. I don't know if it was for the convenience of riding a dragon.

This bold yet somewhat reserved dressing style made Ryan unable to help but look closely at the other person's face.

The other person had a high nose bridge, and a pair of extremely deep, bright, and blue-purple eyes, with a hint of charm, as if one look at them for just a second would make one fall in love with them.

On both sides of the light red hair, there was an inconspicuous small hairpin, and the two strands of hair were wrapped around the back, while the rest of the hair was naturally draped behind the back.

Ryan's overall impression was that apart from her beauty, it was difficult to judge her age.

It’s fine if the other person is in his twenties, thirty-something is also fine, and even forty-something is possible.

At this time, Viscount Felke, the deputy captain of the Griffin Squadron of the Munster Province, who was wearing light gold armor, immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Highness Menia, Felke Finch, salutes you."

"Oh, you are the youngest son of the Finch family. I remember I held you in my arms when you were a child." Menia glanced at Viscount Felke, a look of realization on her face, and said.

This made Felke blush slightly, and he said, "Yes, Your Highness."

But obviously, Menia's focus this time was not on Felke. She only said:
"You must have been the one who killed this ancient legend of the evil cult, right? Heroes are born young."

When Menia said this, his face showed appreciation, and at the same time, his penetrating eyes were focused on Ryan.

"Your Highness, I greet you." Ryan bowed slightly and said.

"Yes, Your Highness Menia, this is Lord Ryan from the Munster Sword Bearer Branch. It was he who killed this cult legend." Claire stepped forward and curtseyed.

Menia glanced at Claire and nodded: "Hello, descendant of the Habsburg family."

"Huh?" Menia was still looking at Ryan curiously, and suddenly, with a look of surprise on her face, she said.

"Ryan, maybe you haven't realized it yet, but you've been cursed by this cult legend."

Ok?
curse?

Ryan was stunned when he heard this, and immediately opened the property panel to check.

Sure enough, the first line read: 'Ryan Kalan (Mark of the Evil Flame)'

However, he had been focusing on the remaining attribute points at the bottom of the panel, so he didn't notice it.

No wonder, even though he had just used the special skills of the beast sacrifice to recover from his injuries, he always felt something was wrong.

However, the word used on the attribute panel is "mark" instead of "curse".

Ryan didn't know if this was just a difference in system expression.

"Excuse me, sir, is there any way to eliminate this curse?" Ryan asked with a somewhat grim look on his face.

"Removing curses is not my specialty. Generally speaking, the Goddess Church can help you remove this curse."

However, Menia thought about it and changed his tone: "Forget it, let me do it. I can still remove the curse of a legend."

"The Great Fire Spirit" Menia chanted softly as she waved the staff inlaid with fiery red crystals in her hand.

As Menia pointed with her cane, a red ring of fire suddenly appeared on Ryan's body.

But the weird thing is.

The next second, the fire ring suddenly collapsed and disappeared into the air.

Ok?
Menia opened her beautiful eyes wide, her cherry lips slightly parted, and she looked at her ineffective curse-removing spell in astonishment.

"How could this be?"

"How is this possible? Could it be that..."

Menia walked quickly to the side of the dead ancient hero Mung. Her high-slit wizard robe revealed the beautiful scenery inside as she walked.

When Menea was viewed in a squatting position, her exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio was fully displayed.

Soon, Menia frowned slightly, turned to look at Ryan and said:

"Young man, it seems that I cannot help you solve your problem. Because what was imposed on you was not a curse, but a mark. In other words, this is actually an epic-level strongman."

"What!" Viscount Felke's eyes bulged out in surprise and he looked at Ryan with an expression as if he had seen a ghost!
"An epic master?" Claire opened her mouth slightly, her beautiful eyes widened, and she was completely shocked!
"Oh my God!" Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena followed behind, also covering her mouth with her hands, with a dazed look on her face.

Menia's words caused an uproar, and the guards around him were more confused.

What does epic power mean?
Obviously, this is also the blind spot of most people's knowledge.

Because I've never heard of it.

Including Ryan, everyone looked confused.

"Didn't I kill a legendary warrior?"

"How did you become an epic warrior again?"

"Only an epic-level expert can cast a mark, so the opponent's true strength should be epic-level without a doubt. But the opponent is likely to have been sealed for too long, and his strength has been greatly reduced."

"Your Highness Menia, is there any way to remove the mark on my body?"

"Of course, you can go to the Imperial Capital. Many Imperial Guardians can remove the curse from you."

"Is it possible only by going to the imperial capital?" Ryan frowned slightly.

"That's not the case. Perhaps you can try to find the Archbishop of Munster and see if he can use a prayer ritual to remove the mark."

"By the way, Ryan, you don't have to worry too much. I feel a violent and restless power coming from this mark."

"The effect of this mark is that your temper will become more and more violent, and finally, you will completely lose yourself."

"However, since the opponent's strength has been greatly reduced, the mark he left on you is not very strong. It is more of a subtle influence. It will take at least several months or even half a year to slowly change your temperament."

Ren nodded.

What a sinister mark.

This mark is much more difficult to guard against than the usual curse that reduces physical fitness.

If he didn't have the system panel, he wouldn't even know he was hacked.

However, if it's only a few months, there's no need to worry too much.

"What a lucky young man." Menia said, looking at the war hammer in Ryan's hand.

"Then the war hammer in your hand should be the opponent's titled holy weapon."

"A titled holy weapon?" Ryan asked doubtfully.

He just felt that the opponent's weapon should be extraordinary, but he didn't know what level this weapon was.

"Well, the blue and white square warhammer has a unique shape. Perhaps you can look for the Church of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess, there should be relevant information there." Menia nodded and said.

"Ryan, judging from your appearance, you should be less than 20 years old, right? You are such an outstanding young man. You have already begun to touch the radiance of will. This situation is very rare even in the entire empire."

"Perhaps, you could consider joining the Royal Griffin Guard."

"If you are interested, you can take Thassa's scale and go to the imperial capital to find General Clifford." Menia said as he took out a piece of red dragon scale.

Ryan took the floating red dragon scale, but his whole body froze slightly, and then he said, "Thank you, Your Highness Menia."

"Well, since there are no problems here, I have to go back to the front line." Menia nodded to everyone, then performed the levitation spell again and slowly flew onto the back of the red dragon.

The huge red dragon then spread its wide fleshy wings and flapped them into the sky.

Soon, its huge body began to reflect light like transparent glass, appearing and disappearing.

The next second, it suddenly disappeared in mid-air.

"This is the effect of invisibility. There are more dragon knights in the imperial capital, but in order to prevent the huge dragons from disturbing ordinary residents, and to prevent potential enemies from knowing too much about the whereabouts of the imperial dragon knights."

"Basically, every dragon rider will conceal the traces of himself and his dragons." Claire explained to Ryan.

"Miss Claire is well-informed, that's true." Viscount Felke, who was standing aside, looked at Ryan with a smile, nodded and said.

Olena, who was standing aside, looked at Ryan with worry on her face.

She was not worried about the mark that Ryan was hit with, because His Highness Menia had just explained the issue of the mark very clearly.

Although even His Highness Menia is unable to help Ryan remove the spell for the time being, both the Imperial Guardians and His Excellency the Archbishop of Münster are capable of doing so.

What Olena was worried about was His Highness Menia's recruitment of Ryan.

You know, the Munster Swordbearer branch finally had a talent like Ryan, who is a top talent at the imperial level. If he was poached just like that.

Admiral Edward would be so regretful.

No!

She had to report the situation immediately and suggest that the higher-ups ensure that all benefits and reward conditions were maximized.

"Sir Ryan, you will not choose to join the Royal Griffin Guard, right?" Olena stepped forward and said to Ryan with a little anxiety.

"Hmm? Lady Olena, aren't the Royal Griffin Guards good enough?" Ryan, who was still staring at the red dragon scales, couldn't help but feel a little curious about Olena's question.

"This." Olena wanted to say that it was of course not a good idea, but after glancing at Viscount Felke, the Griffin Knight, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this time, Ryan's mind was not on whether to join the Royal Griffin Guard.

Because just when he touched the red dragon scales, he got a system prompt:
[Ding! The host is detected to have touched the dragon scales, triggering a special advanced job change - Dragon Knight (Epic)! ]

[The prerequisites for changing to Dragon Knight (Epic) are: 5. Contract any dragon; . Behemoth Knight level or above; ??? The current conditions are not met! Failed to change to Dragon Knight (Epic)! ]

At this time, Langer and Fry rushed out of the tunnel, their faces covered with dust, looking quite dirty. The guards beside them were also somewhat discouraged.

"Sir Ryan, I'm really sorry. Freeman was seriously injured by us, but the other party in the tunnel used powerful witchcraft and blew up the tunnel. We didn't have any good solution for the time being." Langgel blushed a little.

As a captain of gold-level sword bearers, he patted his chest and made assurances before catching up, but the result now is that the enemy is still not dealt with.

"It's okay, Captain Langgel, you have worked hard, take a good rest." Ryan didn't care.

As the opponent rushed into the tunnel, Ryan found it difficult to keep him.

First of all, due to the special terrain of the tunnel, once it collapses, if you want to open it again, unless there is an earth wizard, otherwise, it will be a matter of luck and the people would have disappeared long ago.

Secondly, the strength of Freeman from the Black Flame Church is even higher than that of Laxul. Although he has no desire to fight now, it is not easy to kill him.

Especially if the other party is determined to escape, even if he chases him personally, there may not be any result.

Inflicting severe damage to the opponent is already a very good result.

After saying hello to everyone, Ryan returned to his room.

Ryan began to think about what Menia had just said.

Being able to become a member of the Royal Griffin Guard is a combination of honor and opportunity. In the eyes of most knights, this is already the best choice.

But in fact, Ryan knew best that his ability to quickly improve his strength was largely due to the various tasks of the Sword Bearer Organization.

Without the battles, he wouldn't have been able to improve so quickly.

Ryan still enjoys his current status as a swordsman.

The initiative of the task is basically in his own hands. Although there are assigned tasks, the frequency is very low, less than once a month.

In addition, he had just joined the Munster Sword Bearers branch and had only just started to learn a lot of things.

Therefore, in the short term, he would most likely not consider going to the imperial capital.

However, speaking of this, he would like to go back to Munster as soon as possible.

"First of all, we must naturally get rid of the evil flame mark, otherwise, it will always be a hidden danger."

"However, with the Golden Conch Medal, I wonder if I can get Archbishop Gomes of the Goddess Church to help me remove the curse?"

"But I think it shouldn't be a big problem. If it doesn't work, we can ask the Sword Bearers Division to step in."

In addition, after returning to the branch, Ryan would see if there was a quasi-legendary instructor who had mastered the will. If so, even if it would cost a lot of merit points, Ryan would ask for advice.

Because although he now knew a way to master the brilliance of will, that is, to ascend through fighting.

But Ryan always felt that predecessors must have some methods to speed up this process.

Finally, after submitting the task this time, he should have sufficient task evaluation medals and points. He can consider inviting some great knight instructors to serve as sparring partners to improve his newly acquired extraordinary combat skills.

After witnessing the power of the core skills of the Warhammer Wizard (Legendary) profession, Ryan felt that he should meet the promotion requirements of the only epic profession at present - King of Thousand Blades as soon as possible.

Now the prerequisite 9 'Weapon Master lv or above' has been met.

The next step is the second prerequisite, 'Mastering the nine different mysteries'.

This item requires a lot of time to improve.

This is the reason why Ryan had been hesitant about adding talent points.

If both 'Primary Weapon Mastery (Passive)' and 'Primary Supernatural Enlightenment (Passive)' are upgraded to intermediate talents.

Then, not only will the power of the secrets of other weapons be enhanced, but the speed of practicing extraordinary combat skills will also be further improved.

Simply put, you can meet the promotion requirements for the epic profession 'King of Thousand Blades' in a shorter time.

"But, we only have one life!"

Ryan thought about the mark he had been hit with.

"But if something special happens during this period, then improving defense and combat power is still the most important thing!"

After thinking for a moment, Ryan decided to upgrade 'Intermediate Steel Body (Passive)'.

Because he had guessed last time that after his innate steel body was upgraded from primary to intermediate level, his affinity with metal elements also increased.

You know, for ordinary wizards, elemental affinity is determined at birth.

However, he was able to improve his affinity with elements by enhancing his talents.

This means that once his innate steel body is upgraded to a high level, his affinity for metal elements will be further enhanced, and thus the power of the metal witchcraft he casts will also be enhanced.

From this perspective, adding the talent of steel body not only improves his defense, but also improves his attack power.

After making up his mind, Ryan silently recited the points for "Intermediate Steel Body (Passive)" in his mind.

In an instant, a strange heat current flowed through the body surface. Ryan stretched out his right hand and looked down, only to see that the skin on his right hand suddenly lit up with a rich silver-gray metallic halo.

This halo created ripples like water waves, and after lasting for a few seconds, the halo gradually converged.

At this time, a system prompt appears:
[Congratulations, your talent 'Intermediate Steel Body (Passive)' has been upgraded to 'Advanced Steel Body (Passive)'! 】

When Ryan saw the first newly generated advanced talent on the attribute panel, he couldn't help but smile brightly.

It's night in Münster.

The Sword Bearers are located underground in the brightly lit intelligence hall.

Due to the recent turbulent situation in the empire, the hall is bustling with activity at this moment, with dozens of staff members coming and going, almost too busy to keep their feet on the ground.

The person on duty at the intelligence hall tonight is still the deputy minister with a small belly - the bald middle-aged man Colin.

He was seen leaning back against a soft and spacious suede chair, with his legs crossed on the desk, sipping Yodon black tea leisurely, with an expression of taking a break from his busy schedule.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Lord Colin, here is an urgent intelligence from Ms. Olena, the Under-Secretary of Mission Hall Affairs." A pretty female staff member walked quickly to the door, knocked on it, and reported in a hurried tone.

"Huh? Was it sent by Olena? Read it!" Colin frowned and took another sip of Yodon black tea. He didn't know how Olena got such urgent information.

Moreover, as the Deputy Minister of Affairs of the Mission Hall, shouldn't Olena stay in the Sword Bearer Branch and handle official business honestly?
Why did you run outside?

It seems that work in the mission hall is really leisurely.

".Meist, Count Habsburg's residence was attacked by the Black Flame Cult's ancient legendary warrior 'Ancient Hero Monger' whose strength has not yet fully recovered."

". Our gold-level sword-wielding captain, Lord Ryan, killed the ancient hero Monger on the spot in a one-on-one fight."

"Puff~" Colin sprayed the Yoton black tea in his mouth all over the young and pretty female employee in front of him.

Especially the other person's chest, which was wet all over, but Colin did not take the opportunity to wipe it off, but froze in place.

When Colin heard the previous sentence "legendary cult master" just now, his face changed!
He thought that there would be news about the number of deaths and that it was likely that Count Habsburg had also met with misfortune.

There were even tragic situations like the entire Earl's mansion being destroyed with no one left alive.

Who would have thought that the next sentence would suddenly take a turn and say that Ryan killed the cult legend on the spot?
and many more?

Wren?

Is it the new guy Ryan, Ryan who has been in the branch for less than two months?
"You just mentioned Ryan? The Ryan nicknamed 'Meister Battering Ram'?"

Ever since Ryan killed Galina, the chief priest of the Black Flame Cult in Wales County, and destroyed a golem guard, Colin has remembered Ryan's name.

The cute female employee took out a tissue and wiped the red tea foam on the white weapon. She looked at her boss and said with a hint of anger: "Yes, Master Ke Kelin."

"A legendary warrior? Seriously injured?"

"Yes."

"That's amazing! It's so amazing!"

"It's only been a short time since you joined the Sword Bearers, and you've already become so powerful? Your future is truly limitless." Under-Secretary of Affairs Colin touched his bald baldness and couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, there was another knock on the door, and another female employee was seen waiting anxiously at the door.

"Enter!"

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Master Colin, I can't tell you this."

"This is urgent intelligence from Deputy Minister Olena of the Mission Hall, and it is marked confidential. Currently, in the entire intelligence hall, only you have the authority to view it." The female employee looked around and said.

Ordinary staff in the Intelligence Hall have no right to view confidential intelligence. According to regulations, only Deputy Ministers of Affairs and above can view it.

"Huh? Olena again?" Colin was stunned.

After Colin took it, he waved his hand and asked the two female employees to move away.

He first checked whether the red wax was intact according to regulations, and then checked whether the seal ring mark on the red wax was consistent with that of the sender before opening the envelope.

A few seconds later, after reading the confidential information, Colin was shocked, his eyes widened and his mouth opened.

The two female employees looked at each other when they saw their boss's expression. They wondered in their hearts, could it be that something major had happened to Meister? Was the cult so powerful?

Colin's head was buzzing at this moment!
Several key words lingered in Colin's mind.
'His Royal Highness Menia, the Imperial Dragon Knight', 'Epic Power', 'Title Holy Artifact'.
No matter which word it is, it should be extremely far away from a new sword-wielding person.

But now, everyone is focusing on a newcomer!
"Lord Colin?"

"Sir? According to regulations, confidential information must be reported to the higher authorities as soon as possible. Have you forgotten?" the female employee asked cautiously.

"Oh, that's right!" Colin reacted and patted his shiny forehead. He said, "I'll go to Admiral Edward and be back soon."

"Yes, Master Colin!"

Colin quickly moved his slightly bloated body and trotted out of the intelligence hall.

(End of this chapter)