The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 293 Outbreak (Two chapters in one)

After thinking about it, Ryan walked to the middle machine, the 'Spear Thrower', and directly adjusted the knob to the 'High' position.

One after another, steel spears shot out from the firing holes like a string of cannonballs!
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"

It hit Ryan's kite-shaped shield that was floating in the air, sparks flew everywhere, it was such a lively scene!
After several tests, Ryan smiled.

"Hardened adamantium, good at physical defense, and has a defense of nearly 55 degrees against physical attacks!"

After thinking about it, Ryan picked up the steel shield beside him and cast the "Metal Barrier". Soon, the power of the test was greatly reduced. The steel shield was quickly pierced and shattered under the high-speed and intensive spears.

"If it were an ordinary steel shield, the defense power of using 'Metal Barrier' would only be around 39 degrees, which is about ten degrees less."

Next, Ryan walked to the witchcraft attack power testing device coated with magic thorium.

It is also a huge metal cylinder, placed horizontally on a track similar to a railway track, with the circular cross-section facing the person, but the color of the cross-section is different, with a dark silver metallic luster.

Ryan simply tested it with 'Blazing Light', an entry-level fire magic.

The surface of this demonized silver was almost intact.

"It's just as the young employee said. Demonized thorium seems to have a very high resistance to energy damage."

"In this case, my previous idea should be feasible."

"Perhaps I can prepare a few types of metals with higher resistance. It doesn't need to be much, just a dozen kilograms that can be transformed into the size of a kite shield."

“When facing enemies with different specializations, you can use targeted metals to deal with them.”

"Well, it seems that I accidentally took 'Metal Transfiguration' as my innate witchcraft and gained unexpected benefits." Ryan's eyes lit up.

Other wizards, even if they also specialize in metal, cannot use Ryan's method if their innate magic is not "Metal Transfiguration".

If it weren't for the innate witchcraft, it would be almost impossible to achieve these two points: almost instantaneous and with very little consumption of mental energy.

Can't it be transformed in advance?

Yes, yes.

But isn't it weird that a wizard has to carry three or four shields weighing nearly 50 kilograms all year round when traveling, not to mention that his movement speed is greatly affected?

But Ryan is different. He works part-time as a great knight and has to wear plate armor. He adds some plate armor parts to make it concealed and practical.

Besides, physical strength is Ryan's specialty. After all, if you add some points, you can recover!

After thinking about it, Ryan walked out of the testing room.

He planned to go to the exchange hall to see if there were any suitable special alloys or rare metals.

In the exchange hall.

The young female staff member stood up and bowed, "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

"This is a replica of the Emperor's Scepter. Also, help me find out what rare metals and alloys can be exchanged for it."

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

Ryan nodded and handed his freshly made crystal emblem to the other party.

The girl was slightly startled when she saw it, then she took the badge more respectfully and immediately placed it in a special adapter groove. Soon, some white text information appeared on the black stone slab in front of Ryan.

"Star Iron Ingot, with strong toughness and hardness. Exchange price: 20 merit points per pound."

"Mithril ingot, with excellent elemental energy permeability. Exchange price: 140 merit points per pound."

"Hardened adamantine ingot, with extremely high hardness. Exchange price: 24 merit points per pound."

"Magic thorium ingot, with super high elemental energy resistance. Exchange price: 180 merit points per pound."

“Glow Ingot, made from melted glowstone, has the special effect of exorcising evil. Exchange price: 120 merit points per pound.”

"Sir, which one do you want to exchange?"

"Give me twenty pounds of enchanted thorium first."

"Excuse me, how much do you want?" The young employee was stunned!
This is a sky-high price of 180 merit points per pound.

For twenty pounds, that would be 3600 merit points.

OMG!

"Twenty pounds," Ryan said again patiently.

"Very well, sir. I'll get it for you right away."

The young employee was about to turn around when Ryan suddenly called her.

"Wait, there are others, write them down."

The girl fluttered her eyes and looked at Ryan in surprise.

I want more!
"Okay, sir, please go ahead." The girl quickly came back to her senses.

"Glow ingots, twenty pounds, hardened adamantium ingots, twenty pounds, uh, that's all." Ryan said.

Demonic thorium basically covers all energy resistances. Although it may not be as good as some special rare ores in terms of resistance in a certain system, the difference is not too big.

Besides, there is none in the branch either.

In addition, Ryan did not expect that there were glowstones in the branch, so he immediately decided to exchange some because it is very useful for spirits, undead, etc.

The hardened refined gold is used to make up for the losses from the previous battle.

The girl was stunned!
I only heard her say quickly:

"Sir, let me check with you. 2400 pounds of Radiant Ingots, a total of 480 merit points; 3600 pounds of Hardened Adamantite Ingots, a total of merit points, plus the merit points of the Enchanted Thorium just now."

"The total is 6480 merit points, is that correct?"

"Yeah, that's right." Ryan nodded.

"Please wait a moment. I'll get it for you right away."

The young female employee was shocked, it was too exaggerated, is this the Diamond-level swordsman?

Inhumane!
If converted into imperial gold coins, she counted on her fingers and estimated that she would have to work from two thousand years ago when the Dragun Empire was first established until now to save enough money to buy these things.

Working for two thousand years
After a while, the young employee came back with a red face, carrying three wooden boxes of different colors with great effort.

A few minutes later, Ryan walked towards the dormitory with satisfaction.

He had thrown the box away, and at this moment, there were three different colors of metal coverings on his hand guards and forearms.

"Mr. Ryan?"

Vieri and Angus, who had just arrived at the dormitory door, saw the familiar figure at the stairs and shouted hurriedly.

There was joy in their tone; they were just looking for Ryan to have a chat, but unexpectedly they ran into him here.

"Vieri, Angus, long time no see." Seeing the two of them, Ryan smiled and nodded.

When he was in Meister, he asked Olena to help coordinate, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. At that time, he heard that he was seriously injured in the mission.

Now it seems that the mission the two of them encountered was quite intense.

There was a broken scar between Vieri's left eyebrow on his handsome face.

Angus' injuries were more obvious, with a large area of ​​new skin growing on his neck. It seemed that he had suffered some kind of corrosive or fire damage before.

"Mr. Ryan, long time no see!"

Vieri and Angus looked at each other, and Vieri said anxiously:
"Um, Mr. Ryan, is it convenient for us to find a place to talk now?"

"Of course." When Ryan saw the expressions of the two men, he knew that they must have something to ask him.

"Then come sit in my dormitory."

"Okay, Sir Ren."

After arriving at Ryan's room, the three of them sat down casually.

"By the way, what about the others? I seemed to have heard from Deputy Minister Olena last time that you were seriously injured in your last mission?" Ryan asked with concern.

"More than just serious injuries! Our mission at that time was to protect Wales County." Angus's face darkened and he spoke slowly.

When Ryan heard that they were fighting the Black Flame Cult in Welsh County, he looked strange.

Could it be Galina’s gang?
"I will definitely take revenge on that guy called 'Bison' Bidduls. In order to save me, Chris was knocked more than ten meters away by the opponent's charging horn and died on the spot!" Vieri's eyes were red!

Ok?
Is that the guy?
Ryan is impressed!
The one he killed with one punch by using metal transformation to suddenly lengthen his sharp brass knuckles.

From this point of view, the mission of Angus and Vieri should be before he passes through Wales County.

"Isn't there someone named Galina fighting with you? A woman who is good at illusion." Ryan thought for a while and asked curiously.

"Sir Ryan, there is no such person. I know the person you are talking about. He seems to be the chief priest of the Black Flame Church in Wales County. He is extremely powerful. The Sword Bearer Branch seems to have a gold-level mission to kill him." Angus said.

Ren nodded.

Also.

If Galina was there too, given how difficult that woman is, these two people might not be able to come back.

At this moment, Vieri's eyes flashed with a trace of struggle, his hands clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white. The next second, he looked at Ryan with a firm gaze and said:

"Sir Ryan, Angus and I would like to apply to join your team."

"In addition, I personally ask for your help in revenge. In return, I am willing to become your follower!"

Followers?
Ryan was slightly startled.

He had never expected that the day when someone would actively ask him to follow would come so early, and moreover, the other party would be his fellow Swordsman.

“Actually, this matter.”

Just as Ryan was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.

How do I find myself today? It seems like there are too many people.

Ryan couldn't help but feel a little confused.

He opened the door and saw a red-haired Evelyn, and behind her were two new sword-wielding rookies.
“Evelyn, is your mission over?”

"Well, Ryan, this is Neolo, and this is Caroline. These two gave me a lot of help during the mission." Evelyn introduced.

Neolorien was quite impressed. The opponent was a rare scroll master, which was a sub-profession of wizards. He mainly relied on pre-made scrolls to attack.

Ryan also had an impression of the other Caroline, one of the few female new sword-bearers.

Ryan nodded to the two of them, smiled, and said, "Hello."

"They are all familiar people, let's come together."

Now, his dormitory is a bit small.

"Ryan, I want to ask you, why did you allocate so many task evaluation medals and merit points to me?" Evelyn didn't want to ask this question in front of everyone.

But curiosity overwhelmed everything.

"Well, I have completed several gold-level tasks. I won't go into the specific details." Ryan said with a smile.

"several?"

"And it's a gold-level mission?"

Now, several people were no longer calm.

Vieri and Angus' eyes widened. They both thought that Ryan was promoted to Gold because of the mission he helped the Rock Team.

Who would have thought that the other party was actually capable of completing a gold-level task directly?
Neolo was better off, as he had already anticipated this when Evelyn was promoted to gold level in the mission hall.

Ryan must have received far more than three silver mission evaluation medals to be able to give Evelyn so many merits. He could see that Ryan was not a flower-crazy person. "By the way, Angus, Vieri, the 'bison' Bidars you mentioned and the sorcerer who is good at sorcery arrays should have been killed by me."

"Sir Raylan, are you telling the truth?" This news was like a bolt from the blue to Vieri. It shocked him so much!

"Yes, and Galina, the high priestess of Welsh County, was also killed by me." Ryan nodded.

"Galina was also killed by you?" Neolo said in disbelief.

"Well, I was passing through Welsh County and they ambushed me, so I killed them along the way. That woman's illusion technique was pretty good and she was a bit difficult to deal with." Ryan nodded.

Is it just difficult?

That's quite difficult!

Neolo was very clear about Galina's strength. He knew a gold-level swordsman who was much stronger than him, but he failed in the attack on Galina and was seriously injured instead!
"So, Vieri, this is the situation, as for what you said about becoming my follower, don't mention it anymore."

"As for you two joining my team, there is no problem at all."

"Sir Ryan, thank you for avenging Clear, but I still want to be your follower." Vieri bowed deeply to Ryan and said.

In Vieri's mind, Ryan's level of mastery in extraordinary combat skills amazed him.

At the same time, he was the person who made the fastest progress he had ever seen.

Moreover, Ryan is so young, and it is obvious that his current level of strength will definitely not be the end!

Vieri felt that if he didn't seize the opportunity to study with Rennes now, he might not have it again in the future.

"This." Ryan looked thoughtful.

In Munster, there has never been a suitable person to be responsible for protection at home. As a great knight, Vieri's strength is just enough.

As for his character, it seems reliable from the current contacts. After all, someone who always thinks about avenging his comrades cannot be a person with bad character.

"Okay! I agree, Vieri. If you have any questions about the path of knighthood, you can always ask me." Ryan nodded.

"Thank you, Lord Ryan." Vieri showed joy.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Neoro, and said, "Mr. Neoro, may I ask."

"That's right, Lord Ryan, I also hope to join your team."

"Welcome." Ryan thought about it and nodded in agreement.

The other party was a rare scroll master, and he had no reason to refuse.

"What about this one?"

"No, no! Lord Ryan, I'm not here to join your team. I'm just curious, so I came to take a look."

When the round-faced girl Caroline saw Ryan asking her, she was very self-aware and quickly waved her hand to refuse.

"No, no! What I mean is that my own strength is too weak, not that I don't want to."
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Dinner time.

Inside Ren's new mansion.

"Hey, why are Jenny and Agatha gone?" Ryan asked while cutting the steak with a silver knife and fork.

The beautiful woman Jennifer blushed slightly and said, "The two of them should have gone shopping."

"Brother, I want to go shopping too." Bohe said enviously.

She had hardly been out since she came to Munster.

"Haha, when I'm a little free in a couple of days, I'll go shopping with you." Ryan nodded with a smile.

After dinner, it was the customary time for the beautiful ladies to report on their work.

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Not long after the report was finished, Ryan suddenly heard Cookie's cry and the faint sound of voices coming from downstairs.

"Cookie, stop yelling at us! I'm Agatha and this is Jenny. You'll wake the others up!"

Agatha was a little at a loss. She didn't know what was going on. Cookie, the greyhound war dog who was always understanding, kept barking at her and Agatha.

"Cookie, what's wrong with you today?" Jenny bent down and wanted to reach out to comfort Cookie.

But as soon as she squatted down, Cookie took a step back warily, staring at her with his eyes fixed.

Ryan stood up and looked down from the window.

The greyhound war dog stopped Jenny and the other girl. At the same time, it lowered its body, bared its teeth slightly, and let out low growls, as if facing a powerful enemy!
"Ok?"

Ren's pupils shrank!
Because he saw that behind the two women, there was a transparent little boy, about eight or nine years old, following closely.

The other party was extremely close to the two women, less than half a meter away. In addition, these two identical weird little boys were holding a puppet in their hands.

"Evil spirit?"

For Ryan, whether it is his Warhammer Wizard or after he has 1 point of Will Radiance, he can easily see the scene under the field.

Naturally, spirits have nowhere to hide.

The Greyhound Cookies are inspired by the animals' own super senses.

"Is it the Axon Auction House behind this again?" Ryan frowned slightly, anger rising in his heart.

Without hesitation, Ryan walked downstairs quickly.

at the same time.

The glow ingot on his forearm also immediately transformed into the form of a sword and shield.

When the two women saw Ryan striding towards the room, they were also stunned!
"Cookie, look, you woke up Lord Ryan!" Agatha complained.

"Don't move, you two. There is an evil spirit behind you!" Ryan said lightly.

Ryan's words naturally startled the two girls, and they realized why Cookie had been barking at them.

Evil spirit? Immediately, the two women looked at Ryan in horror.

"Don't be afraid, it's a small matter!"

Seeing Ryan coming over, the two identical little boys behind the two girls seemed to feel some kind of threat. They tilted their heads slightly and stared at Ryan with eyes without any whites.

"Whoosh!"

Ryan took a step forward, creating a gust of wind. He bypassed the two women and used the glowing sword in his hand to slash at one of the little boys from top to bottom!

"Buzz!"

It seemed that he didn't expect Ryan's movements to be so fast. With a sharp scream, the little boy was split in half by Ryan.

When the other little boy saw this scene, his face became ferocious. He immediately waved his hands and rushed towards Ryan, but was hit hard by the glow shield in Ryan's hand and was knocked away.

Also let out a scream.

However, the little boy who was split into two halves by Ryan quickly reunited not far away.

"Huh?" Ryan frowned slightly, a little surprised.

Because even spirits, whether they are vengeful spirits or evil spirits, will become weak after being hit by the glowstone.

But the strength of the opponent's spirit seemed to have not decreased at all.

At this moment, Jenny suddenly frowned, and began to squat slowly. The expression on her pretty face was extremely painful, and her spirit was extremely weak and tired.

Ryan narrowed his eyes!
Only then did he see clearly that there was a very thin black line connecting the two strange little boys and the two girls.

Because it was dark, even with his dark vision, he just discovered it.

After a moment's thought, Ryan came up with a guess.

It is very likely that this black line, like the straw-like mouthparts that a spider uses to feed its prey, absorbed some kind of soul energy from the two women.

Therefore, after causing harm to the little boy, the other party quickly recovered himself by absorbing the damage, which resulted in the damage being ineffective.

In an instant, Ryan infused a ray of will into his sword, and the sword emitted a richer white light.

Ryan aimed at the black line and slashed with his sword!
"Buzz!"

Sure enough, the black line broke!
Immediately afterwards, Ryan struck with another sword, cutting off the thin black line behind Agatha.

This immediately made the two little boys feel seriously threatened. The two little boys looked at each other, then quickly moved closer, and almost in an instant, they merged together.

At the same time, the strength of the spirit suddenly increased!

If the opponent's aura just now was that of a third-level wizard apprentice, now it is almost possible to compete with a formal wizard.

"interesting."

Ryan watched this scene and did not take any action in advance, but watched the other party merge.

This time, the little boy seemed to be proportionally enlarged by about 1.2 times, and he rushed towards Ryan again with great confidence!

Ryan's expression remained unchanged, and the glowing sword in his hand suddenly turned into a war hammer. Facing the attacking little boy, he gently swung it!
It is the top secret technique 'Hammer of Annihilation'!
As soon as contact!

The little boy was struck by lightning after the fusion!
The entire transparent shadow melted immediately, just like white snow meeting boiling water!
This time, as Ryan guessed, after the black line was broken, the two little boys did not come back to life.

"Huh? No soul energy?" Ryan was a little confused.

Just now he used a hammer instead of a sword to kill the evil spirit, with the purpose of accumulating soul energy.

However, the expected soul energy did not appear, which made him ponder.

Could it be that.
Are these two actually clones? Not the original body?
"Where did you two go just now?" Ryan turned around and asked.

Agatha looked horrified, and supported Jenny with lingering fear, saying, "Lord Ryan, we just went to the exhibition of the oil painting master Franco Van Cleef."

"Art exhibition?" Ryan frowned slightly.

If the other party really had some kind of ability to clone himself as he guessed, then in such a crowded place like an art exhibition, there might be more than just one or two people who were affected.

Ryan felt that it was necessary to report this matter to the local sheriff immediately.

"Yes, it's in a wealthy businessman's villa in the upper town of Münster not far away." Agatha nodded and said.

The battle just now has already alarmed all the guards in the mansion!
"Matteo, notify the night watchmen on patrol immediately and have them contact the sheriff."

"As you command, Lord Ren."

What Ryan didn't know was that when he killed the two little boy evil spirits, almost at the same time, hundreds of little boys in different locations looked in Ryan's direction at the same time.

If you look down from mid-air over Munster and mark the locations of these evil little boy ghosts, you can find them.

The spirits of these little boys have spread all over the upper city like fireflies, and have even spread to the aristocratic district and the trade district.

In the shadows of a street in Munster, a man in a black robe raised his eyebrows slightly and said softly:
"Eh, have you been discovered? You reacted pretty quickly. But... your energy is almost gone now."

"Then let's move the time forward a little bit."

The man in black robes silently chanted a spell, and the painting of "Gazing Eyes" in the gallery suddenly gave off a frightening aura.

Soon after, little boys came rushing over from all directions. Suddenly, hundreds of little boys gathered like moths to a flame.

The next second, these little boys began to merge with each other one after another!

The boy's body also began to grow larger, and his aura gradually became stronger! And stronger!

Soon he surpassed the quasi-legendary level and entered a level very close to the legendary level!

Such a strong fluctuation of aura immediately alarmed the patrol team in Munster City, the Goddess Church, the Duke's Mansion, the Sword Bearer Branch and the strong men from other departments.

Ryan, who was in the front yard of his house, suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the gallery, saying:

"Matteo, it seems there is no need to inform them. I have to go out for a while. You all should stay at home."

(End of this chapter)