The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 292 Defense Test (Two chapters in one)

But what scared Brino even more was this.

Logically speaking, her scream just now should have quickly attracted the attention of her family and servants.

But so far, she hadn't heard anyone talking or moving.

This made her increasingly uneasy.

Brino planned to escape through the window. As long as she opened the window, she could
But the next second, she was stunned.

Because she just looked up at the window.

The boy who was supposed to be in the corridor outside the door was now sitting on the windowsill, still holding the female puppet in his hand, staring at her blankly.

"what!!!"
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at the same time.

Sword Bearer Division.

Ryan did some quick mental calculations as he walked down the road.

"If we add points to the new spell 'Metal Barrier' and upgrade it directly to level 2, the casting time should be reduced by about 20% from before, that is, from 3 seconds to 2.4 seconds."

"But 2.4 seconds is still too slow."

"If you add 2 skill points and reach level 3, it will be further reduced from 2.4 seconds to 1.9 seconds."

"If you add 3 points, it will be level 4, and the casting time will be about 1.5 seconds."

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"If you add all 5 skill points, it will be level 6, uh, the casting time is 1 second."

“It can be further optimized.”

"That is, if you practice and first upgrade 'Metal Barrier' to level 2, and then add 5 skill points, it will be level 7, which means it only takes 0.8 seconds to cast the spell!"

Ryan raised his eyebrows!
With this casting time, it is basically quite practical, after all, the casting time is less than 1 second.

If it were an ordinary wizard or wizard apprentice, to reach this level of proficiency, it would probably take six or seven years of hard training, including syllable compression exercises, etc.

Of course, it would be better to continue to reduce it and make the time shorter!
"But for this, you need at least 5 more skill points!"

Ryan glanced at the combat professions on the system panel. Both the Warhammer Wizard (Legendary) and the Weapon Master (Legendary) were difficult to upgrade quickly.

"It seems that the only way to quickly gain skill points is to seek a career change."

"Inscription?" Two words flashed through Ryan's mind.

Ever since Claire told him about learning inscriptions, he had decided to find an inscription master as soon as possible to give it some preliminary lessons.

"It is very likely that the inscription is related to the subsequent job change of the armorer."

While thinking, Ryan soon arrived at the training hall.

He remembered it very clearly. The proactive receptionist last time had told him clearly that there was a witchcraft testing room on the third floor, and the attack power testing room on the second floor where he had been before was mainly used to test extraordinary combat skills.

Soon, Ryan arrived at the third floor, where a door with the words "Witchcraft Power Testing Room" was written on it.

The door was open, and inside was a room similar to an indoor training room, with an area of ​​four to five hundred square meters, but the number of people there was much smaller than that in the attack power test room on the second floor.

Yes, judging from the time when Ryan joined the sword bearer assessment, the number of pure wizard apprentices accounted for less than one-tenth.

Even if we include those who also practice the path of knighthood, the total number is estimated to be no more than one-fifth.

Relatively speaking, within the Dragun Empire, there are far fewer people with wizard qualifications than those with good knight talents.

As for the sword bearers or some special departments, why are there so many wizard apprentices and wizards?
That's because after going through layers of selection across the empire, those who possessed this qualification were gathered together.

This is just like the research institutes in Ryan's previous life, where there were basically no people with less than a master's degree. It's the same principle.

There were seven or eight sword-wielding warriors wearing colorful wizard robes conducting tests. When they saw the young Ryan standing at the door, they all turned around to look.

Ryan just glanced around and walked out again.

He didn't really want to expose his super-level affinity for metal elements.

When he was in the test room before, he looked at the standard classification posted on the wall. If it was over 90, it would be considered excellent.

An affinity that is extremely rare among the largest fire and water elements.

Not to mention the extremely small metal system.

The witchcraft power test will most likely expose the qualifications of the tester. After all, if the witchcraft power varies greatly under the same witchcraft and similar mental strength, then it is only a difference in qualifications.

Ryan came to the service desk and asked, "Excuse me, is there a single room in the witchcraft power test room here?"

"Yes, sir, but you will need to pay extra for the energy consumption. Is that okay with you?"

"Okay." Ryan nodded. Although he didn't know what energy consumption was, he believed that he could afford it.

At the same time, Ren handed over his crystal emblem.

When the young employee saw it, her mouth opened slightly, her face showing surprise. She immediately took it respectfully and said, "Sir, please follow me."

Soon, Ryan followed the young employee to a room on the left side of the corridor on the third floor, close to the innermost room, and heard the young girl say, "Sir, this is it."

As the girl opened the door, Ryan saw that the room was about 100 square meters in size and contained several uniquely shaped devices.

From left to right, there are two Gatling-like devices with multiple tubes, and the one in the middle is a device similar to the tennis ball launcher in the previous life.

The one on the far right is an attack power tester device similar to the one on the second floor, except that it is painted bright silver.

"Sir, this should be your first time here, do you need me to introduce you?"

"it is good."

"Sir, these two are defense testing devices, a flamethrower and a torrent jet, which can spray flames and torrents. The power of a single hole is about ten degrees, and the maximum power test limit is eighty degrees."

The girl pointed to the Gatling device on the far left.

Ryan looked at it and asked, "No other elemental damage, such as frost?"

"Uh, sorry sir, there are only these two types in the branch."

Ryan nodded, the two were similar.

"Well, what about this one?" Ryan pointed to the device in the middle.

"This is a short spear thrower, with three speeds to choose from: fast, medium, and slow," the girl introduced.

Short spear? That's used to test physical attack power.

"By the way, sir, when you are testing your witchcraft defense, please proceed step by step. At the same time, you need to pay attention to safety and do not point your vital parts towards the transmitter. This is reminded on the nameplate on the device." The girl added.

Ryan nodded and said, "The last one is to test the attack power of witchcraft, right?"

"Yes, sir. If you have been to the attack power test room on the second floor, you should be able to see that this one is very similar to the one downstairs, except that it is coated with this magicized thorium that can greatly reduce energy damage."

"Magic Thorium?"

"Yes, sir. It is said to be a special metal that can significantly weaken energy attacks. I'm not sure about the details." The girl introduced.

Ryan nodded and memorized the term.

He planned to go to the library later to look up relevant information.

"Okay, go do your thing, thank you."

"You're welcome, sir. Please be careful. Call me anytime." The girl bowed respectfully and left.

After thinking about it, Ryan began testing the first device.

Ryan first debugged the flame launcher. He planned to conduct a two-hole flame attack test, that is, a flame attack test at about 20 degrees.

As the countdown red light on the flamethrower turns on:
"3"

"2"

"1"

"Oh!"

Two beams of flame spurted out from it and directly hit Ryan's kite-shaped shield made of hardened adamantium.

Ryan took the twenty-degree witchcraft attack steadily.

Next, there are three holes.
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Up to five holes
When it came to five holes, even if Ryan put three kite shields in front of him, the kite shields began to melt after just a few seconds, and it was obvious that the upper limit of fire defense had been reached.

"It's about 40 degrees of fire defense."

Immediately afterwards, Ryan began to experiment with the jet jet.

Just now it was fire, and this is a simulated water magic "torrent impact".

This time, Ryan directly opened three holes for testing.

Next, there are four holes.
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"Hey, you can still resist?"

After many attempts, Ryan made a pleasantly surprised discovery.

"It turns out that the defensive power of this sorcery 'Metal Barrier' is related to the resistance of the metal piece itself."

"Hardened adamantium is generally resistant to fire, but is quite resistant to water impact, so the difference in defense between the two is nearly 10 degrees."

"In this case."

Ryan seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up slightly.
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Sword Bearer Division, inside the mission hall.

In the team waiting to hand in their tasks, Evelyn, with her red hair, was still beautiful, but she could not hide the fatigue on her face.

She had just returned from Rossby County to hand in her new assignment.

The situation in Rossby County was worse than she had expected.

Her family, the Norman family, as an old viscount family in Rosby, suffered heavy losses in this turmoil.

In fact, the situation in the entire Rosby County is almost the same as that in Meister. The attack of the sea giants and the secret instigation of the Black Flame Cult have caused the living environment in Rosby County to plummet.

This time, she had brought her mother and some young elites of the Norman family to the provincial capital of Munster.

This was also the last-ditch preparation made by the Norman family to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, in order to cope with the worst possible outcome. However, she was still very worried about her father.

As a feudal noble, Viscount Norman naturally could not leave Rosby County.

At this time, the line came to Evelyn.

"Hello, how can I help you?" The young employee stood up and said with a smile.

"Hello, please help me complete the bronze-level quest 'Transportation Line in Rossby City'," Evelyn said as she handed over the black iron badge.

"Okay, my lord."

Although it was only the lowest-level black iron badge, the young female staff member would not be negligent in the slightest.

After all, although the level of the Black Iron Badge is low, he is still a transcendent and a lord swordsman!
There is a huge gap between them and ordinary people.

"Well, sir, the bronze mission 'Rosby City's Transportation Line' has been completed, and 150 merit points have been recorded in your emblem."

Evelyn nodded, a look of relief on her face.

Finally completed the newcomer mission!
These 150 merit points are not easy to earn!

Many new sword-wielding warriors were injured in this newcomer mission.

She was lucky because she was a top knight and a second-level wizard apprentice, so she could often cast spells to assist, so the danger level was relatively lower.

The Poseidon Cult was much more difficult to deal with than she had expected.

If this wasn't a mission for rookies and there wasn't an instructor leading the team, I'm afraid the losses would have been even greater.

From this rookie mission, Evelyn discovered that although the sword-wielders were treated very well, they were also quite dangerous.

Although most tasks have been evaluated, changes often occur. If you want to continue to complete them smoothly, the requirements for strength are almost harsh!

For example, Nereo behind her performed very well. In this rookie mission, he killed a deacon of the Poseidon Cult.

According to the instructor, I should be able to get an additional reward of three bronze mission evaluation medals.

This means that the opponent can directly be promoted to a silver-level swordsman, and all aspects of treatment and the types of exchangeable items will be qualitatively improved.

"Sir, could you please wait a moment while I help you change your emblem?"

"OK, thanks."

This time the rookie mission was completed successfully. In addition to 150 merit points, the most important thing was that I was promoted from a reserve sword-bearer to an official sword-bearer, which can be exchanged for a bronze badge.

It can be considered that he has escaped from the status of a 'rookie' sword wielder.

However, it is only a status. There are still 1000 points of loans from the Student Aid Department.
"Sir, here is your golden badge." The female staff respectfully handed Evelyn a huge golden badge with both hands.

"Ok?"

Evelin's beautiful eyes widened, and she waved her hands repeatedly, refusing with certainty: "No, no! Are you mistaken? I should be the bronze badge!"

What is the concept of gold level?
They are the most elite group in the entire Sword Bearer Division.

Most of the sword-wielders who have been in the branch for one or two years are at the silver level, while the gold level accounts for less than one-third.

Seeing that Evelin's expression of denial did not seem fake, the female professional looked puzzled, looked at the name displayed on the badge again, and confirmed:
"Excuse me, you are Lady Evelyn Norman from Rosby County, right?"

"Yeah." Evelyn nodded.

"That's right!"

"Coco. How could it be a golden emblem?" Evelyn's brain was still in a state of shutdown and she couldn't figure it out at all.

"Well, the records show that you are an official member of the 'Meist Battering Ram' team. When the captain, Mr. Ryan, handed over the team's mission, he allocated three silver medals and 2,000 merit points to you."

"So, it's true! You can be promoted to Gold level."

“What!” This time, Evelin was completely stunned!

What mission did Ryan complete?
Besides, why should so much be allocated to her?
Evelin felt like her brain was totally inadequate.

In fact, when Ryan was handing in his task yesterday, he was asked by a female employee how to divide the task evaluation medals and merit points. After thinking about it, he casually allocated a few silver evaluation medals that he did not need much at the moment to Evelyn.

In Ryan's opinion, they are all in the same team, so it's only a small effort and they should help when necessary.

Because he remembered that Evelyn seemed to have borrowed 1000 merit points that time, so he just helped out.

As for the twin-tailed girl Veronica, Ryan naturally gave her more. After all, their relationship was much closer. He casually gave her a gold evaluation medal and 5,000 merit points.

Nereo and another new sword-wielding man who were queuing behind Evelyn had their eyes wide open and looked dazed!

They were not far away from Evelin, only four or five meters away.

When Evelin looked shocked, the two of them listened carefully at the side with curiosity.

When she heard with her own eyes that the mission evaluation medals that Ryan allocated to Evelyn could be promoted to gold level, she was extremely shocked!

Then wouldn’t Ryan be at least a gold-level sword-wielding captain!

Oh my god!
Soon, the news spread among the new sword holders!
The second floor of the training building.

In the attack power testing room, many sword-wielding masters at the level of great knights were testing themselves in twos and threes.

"Captain Angus, have you heard? Lord Ryan has been promoted to the captain of the gold-level sword bearers?" Vieri, who had just recovered from his injuries and was undergoing rehabilitation training, said to Angus beside him.

"What? Gold level?" the sturdy black-faced man with a resolute look asked in surprise.

"Vieri, how did you know that?"

"I heard about it from a fellow from the Rock Team. He's also from Bobigny County. His name is Remire. He just entered the official wizard level two days ago. I heard about it during a dinner party."

"So, Captain, tell me, how about asking Lord Ryan for help in avenging Chris and the other three?" Vieri was furious when he thought of his dead comrades!

Since the five of them had once been affiliated with the military, they had rich combat experience.

So unlike Evelyn and other newcomers, they were seconded by the military again, mainly responsible for the security of the supply line from Wales to Mayest.

However, during one of the escort missions, they were ambushed by the Black Flame Church in Wales County. Although the transport team was successfully evacuated, it was almost impossible for them to return!
Chris and the other two were killed by the opponent's masters, one of whom was called "Bison" Bidduls. The opponent's knight armor was very distinctive, with two sharp metal horns on each of the left and right shoulder armors.

I don’t know the name of the other one, but he is good at sorcery arrays. Five black flame fireballs killed one of their men at the beginning!
"The opponent is very powerful. Even if Lord Ryan can defeat him, I'm afraid he will take a big risk."

"And, please, Lord Ryan, Vieri, have you thought about the price you will have to pay?"

"If Lord Ryan is willing to take on the mission of these two guys, Captain Angus, I am willing to become Lord Ryan's follower!" Vieri said in a deep voice.

He and Chris have a close relationship. This time, Chris's death was largely to save him!
Therefore, if there was a chance for revenge, he would not wait even a quarter of an hour.

Angus was silent for a while after hearing Vieri's words!
He never thought that Vieri would be willing to pay such a price. You know, Knight Vieri is extremely talented. If he wants to become a follower, I'm afraid the Marquis of the Empire will not refuse.
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Munster, inside Ryan House.

"Huh? Lord Ryan is back?" As soon as Jenny came back, she heard Mint talking about this happily and her face showed surprise.

She turned to her mother Jennifer and said, "Mother, the problem you encountered this time can be solved by Lord Ryan."

"Yeah." The beautiful woman, who originally had a sad look on her face, was also quite surprised when she heard that Ryan had returned.

Due to the turbulent situation in Meister, the sea trade routes from the Eagle Federation to the fishing town were almost completely cut off, forcing Jennifer, the beautiful woman who was the head of the Chamber of Commerce, to explore new business channels.

The problem she is facing now is not a business problem.

Although Jennifer took the first step through Ryan's introduction last time, now with the expansion of her business, she has recently contacted several larger chambers of commerce.

However, the communication with the presidents of these chambers of commerce was not smooth. The other party all expressed, either explicitly or implicitly, that they wanted to cooperate.

can.

It just requires the beautiful woman to have in-depth communication with them before they can cooperate normally.

Of course, they had also heard more or less that although this beautiful woman was a small baroness who moved from Meister, she seemed to have an imperial swordsman as a support behind her.

But unlike other county towns, Munster is a provincial capital and the location of the Munster branch of the Sword Bearers.

Sword-wielders are not uncommon, and they all have backers, so they are not so afraid of sword-wielders.

Of course, they won't use force.

Just use coercion or inducement.

Therefore, the beautiful woman has only made some minor progress through her efforts during this period, but if she wants to take a bigger step, it would be extremely difficult.

After all, business competition in Münster is fierce.

This lucrative industry already has fixed people and forces doing it.

If you want to join in and get a piece of the pie, it is like snatching food from a tiger's mouth. Without a certain level of strength, it is almost impossible to succeed.

At this time, Jenny seemed to have thought of something and joked, "Mother, it seems that Agatha and I should go out and have some fun tonight. What time do you think it would be appropriate for us to come back?"

After saying that, Jenny blinked.

The beautiful woman naturally understood her daughter's joke immediately!

Immediately, two red clouds appeared on her fair face. Jennifer patted Jenny gently and said shyly, "You even joked about your mother. That's too much!"

After a while, Jenny found Agatha and said, "Agatha, I'll go shopping with you tonight."

"Eh? Jenny, isn't Lord Ryan coming back today? How come you are free?"

"Lord Ryan has just returned, and he probably has a lot of things to do. By the way, didn't you say a few days ago that a viscount's eldest son was pursuing you?"

"Do you want me to check it for you?" Jenny changed the subject at the right time.

Speaking of this, Agatha blushed a little. At the same time, her attention was focused on the fact that the Viscount's eldest son was pursuing her. She said:
"It's not a formal one. They invited me to go to an art exhibition these two days. I think it's an exhibition of oil painting master Franco Van Cleef. I haven't agreed yet."

"Hmm? An exhibition of oil painting master Franco Van Cleef?" Jenny became interested.

As a descendant of the nobility, Jenny has studied and loved painting since she was a child. It would be great if she could visit a master's exhibition while accompanying her best friend.

"Yes, but you were busy the past two days, and I don't think it would be reserved if I went alone. Jenny, are you interested in the exhibition as well? How about I ask him to go to the exhibition tonight?"

"I heard that the exhibition will last for a week and there will be dinners every day."

"Well, the paintings of the oil painting master Franco Van Cleef are also very famous throughout the empire. We can go and appreciate them." Jenny nodded.

"That's great. I'll send someone to contact them right away. Jenny, I love you so much." Agatha hugged Jenny excitedly and said.

(End of this chapter)