The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 294: The Battle of Evil Spirits (Two chapters in one)

Ryan did not stray too far from his own residence.

The reason why he left the mansion and went to check was mainly because he considered that the two strange little boys he had just killed might be two clones of some evil spirit.

If the other party came to seek revenge on him, Ryan didn't want his family to be implicated.

Otherwise, Ryan’s first choice would naturally be to protect the safety of his family.

In fact, this also reflects the lack of foundation of the Ryan family.

but
During the day, Vieri took the initiative to ask to become a follower of Rennes.

If Vieri helps to protect the safety of the mansion, Ryan will naturally be more worry-free.

at the same time.

The Münster Temple of the Goddess, in the grand and magnificent prayer hall.

Archbishop Gomez looked up into the distance with a frown on his face.

After thinking for a while, he turned to a knight beside him who was carrying a bright silver two-handed warhammer and said:
"This aura is ancient and evil. It is likely some evil spirit. The City Guards and the Night's Watch will not be able to deal with it. Branduer, you should go and take action."

"As you command, Archbishop Gomes." The Punishment Knight named Brandul bowed and led a team of Templar Knights out of the prayer hall.

As it was late at night, with Brando's departure, there were fewer people in the prayer hall, leaving only a few Templars guarding it.

It didn't take a while.

Suddenly, Archbishop Gomes turned around and stared at the corner of the prayer hall, the wrinkles between his brows deepening.

"Who's there?"

"As expected of you, the Archbishop. Your perception is really sharp. But I really hate this place. I feel uncomfortable all over!" As the low voice sounded, a black shadow appeared.

"Who!" The four Templar Knights were shocked and angry. They immediately drew their swords and rushed towards the black shadow.

But the next second, four huge black misty hands suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed several Templar Knights like grabbing a chicken!
For a moment, the four of them were suspended in mid-air, and were wrapped up by a huge black mist hand. Their faces were red, and they struggled hard.
"I originally wanted to talk to you more, but Your Excellency Archbishop, I'm sorry, we have to hurry, so I can only send you to see your goddess as soon as possible." The black shadow said jokingly.

At this time, Archbishop Gomes turned his head to his left and saw another man in black robe appearing there. It was he who performed the Shadow Hand.

If Ryan was at the scene, he would be able to recognize at a glance that the other party was Freeman of the Black Flame Cult.

Then the other person is about to emerge.

"You two, don't you take the Goddess Church too seriously?"

All I heard was a brief chant from Archbishop Gomes!
Then, he raised his finger and four light blue beams shot out continuously, immediately defeating the shadow hand that trapped the Templar.

But this was not the end, Archbishop Gomes chanted the spell again.

Where he was, there was a bright blue light, and his entire body was wrapped in an egg-shaped energy shield.

"Second-level divine spell 'Protection Shield'? It's really difficult to deal with."

Freeman and Burriggs looked at each other and simultaneously launched a wave of "Shadow Blast!" towards Archbishop Gomes.

Suddenly, two black energy beams as thick as bowls and the divine arts of Archbishop Gomes engaged in a fierce clash!
Although Freeman and his companion were very powerful, they were still unable to defeat Archbishop Gomes, who was stronger than them, in the prayer hall of the temple.

The two of them worked together, and only caused the blue shield on Archbishop Gomes to shake slightly, and then it stabilized again.

Suddenly, a black spiral beam of light flashed across the hall!

Gomez, who was concentrating on fighting Freeman and Briggs, two masters of the Black Flame Cult, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest!
He looked down, and suddenly there was a look of disbelief in his eyes!
I saw that there was a fist-sized hole in his chest where his heart was.

At this time, Exter walked out calmly with a smile on his face and said, "Archbishop Gomes, I'm sorry."

"Just now, your witchcraft was..." Archbishop Gomez said with a pale face.

"That's right, the third-level shadow magic 'Shadow Light Killing Cannon'." Exter nodded.

The power that can break a second-level magic with one strike is naturally a higher-level force.

If he had not been promoted to a crystallized wizard, Exter would naturally not have been able to kill Gomes, the Archbishop of the Goddess Church, with one strike.

Even if it's a sneak attack.

But after becoming a crystallized wizard, things are different.

The sudden attack of the third-level single-target witchcraft created a one-hit-kill effect. Of course, the effect of Freeman and the other man's containment in front also contributed greatly.

next second!
Archbishop Gomez's body began to decay, and shadow energy quickly spread throughout his body. His figure swayed, and he could no longer hold on and fell down!

"Sir, your 'Shadow Light Killing Cannon' is truly amazing." Berrigs stepped forward at the right time, smiling and praising.

"Okay, quickly destroy the defensive formation and we'll leave immediately."

"After all, this is the provincial center of Münster, and there are many strong people here," Exter urged.

The huge city of Munster has set up multiple defense formations to defend against various enemies, and the core of the formation related to defending evil energy is set up in the Temple of the Goddess.

Exeter had planned this several days in advance.

Utilizing the evil spirit within the painting of 'Gazing Eyes' to launch an attack, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Goddess Church. When the formation cannot suppress it, the Goddess Church will inevitably send elite forces to deal with it.

And this is the best time for them to take action!
Now, everything is going according to his plan.

Because once the core of the formation in the Goddess Church is destroyed, it is basically impossible to repair it in a short period of time.

Then, Exter's big plan on the day of the official awarding ceremony in Munster could be successfully implemented.
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Ryan stood in the street and looked up.

At this time, he could clearly see that the strange shadow of the little boy hundreds of meters away was rapidly growing larger.

At the same time, the originally transparent body of the evil spirit has become more and more solid, and the terrifying aura it emits is becoming stronger and stronger.

At this moment, even if they were not wizards with super-strong perception like Ryan, ordinary Night Watchmen and City Guards could see each other clearly.

This can be seen from the horrified faces.

In less than a minute, the opponent's height suddenly increased to about five meters.

What made people feel extremely uncomfortable was that the other party looked like a giant, but still maintained the appearance of a little boy. The female doll he was holding in his hand was about three meters tall at this moment.

At this time, the evil spirit of the little boy seemed to be impressed by Ryan who killed its two clones.

The other party slowly turned around and looked towards Ryan.

A huge pressure fell on Ryan along with the other party's dark eyes.

In an instant, even though he was hundreds of meters away, Ryan could still feel an invisible and heavy pressure coming towards him!

As Ryan focused his attention, the glowing sword in his hand shone brightly.

He just waved his sword lightly, and it was as if a bubble was cut open, and some invisible thing was cut open by the sword.

The pressure suddenly disappeared!

This made the giant evil spirit even more angry, and it walked towards Ryan quickly, taking four or five meters at a step.

At this time, people who were awakened by the powerful and terrifying aura opened their windows and looked out. When they saw the huge and strange shadow of a little boy, they couldn't help but scream in fear.

"Monster! Monster!"

When the evil spirit saw these frightened ordinary people, it took a deep breath.

I saw these ordinary people who were originally terrified fainting on the ground!

The next second, a transparent shadow emerged from the fallen body, and then the shadow representing the soul was sucked towards the little boy's open mouth by some powerful suction force, like a dragon sucking water.

“Sizzle! Sizzle!”

Just like eating noodles, everything was swallowed up by the evil spirit of the little boy.

"spread!!"

At this time, Brando had arrived with a team of Knights Templar. When he saw this scene, he looked annoyed.

He pulled out the silver-white war hammer behind him and rushed towards the evil spirit of the little boy.

"Hammer of Justice!"

The silver-white warhammer in his hand suddenly emitted a deep blue light, and a giant hammer shadow several meters long flew out from the warhammer and slammed into the giant evil spirit.

But the evil spirit of the little boy quickly blocked the hammer with the female puppet in his hand!
Although the shadow of the female doll dimmed a lot after being hit by the hammer, the next second, an invisible shock wave roared out from its mouth!

Ordinary people within a hundred-meter radius fainted one after another!

Even the elite Night's Watch and City Guards were no exception.

Many official knights and wizard apprentices nearby also covered their ears with their hands, looking in inexplicable pain.

"Banshee's Wail!" Brando frowned.

I saw the Punishment Knight Branduer muttering something.

A blue beam of light as thick as a bucket suddenly shot out from the top of the Goddess Temple hundreds of meters away and poured directly onto Brando's two-handed hammer. The shadow of the hammer expanded by more than three times.

The huge war hammer phantom immediately hit the center of the giant evil spirit's body, and this heavy blow caused a big hole in the evil spirit's chest.

Then, a faint blue light began to emanate from the ground within a diameter of several dozen meters centered on Brandool.

As soon as the giant evil spirit made contact, burn marks appeared at the places where its body touched, and a sizzling sound like sulfuric acid corrosion was heard.

The normal-sized little boy clones that rushed in from all directions quickly melted like candles as soon as they stepped into this area.

At this time, many great knights and wizards came from all directions, some from the Sword Bearers Branch, some from the Duke of Munster's Palace, and some from the administrative district's departments.

The crowd began to gradually surround the giant evil spirit.

This made the giant evil spirit, which was having difficulty recovering, seem to give up the idea of ​​continuing to fight. Instead, it turned around and rushed towards Ryan quickly, as if it was planning to kill Ryan before retreating.

Perhaps because there was no interference from Ryan, it could be discovered later.

"Be careful, get out of the way!" Branduer didn't know Ryan, but seeing that Ryan was dressed like a great knight, he couldn't help but remind him loudly.

As the metal transformation technique was performed, the thing in Ryan's hand began to grow larger.

The hardened adamantium and demonized thorium in his hands began to quickly form a war hammer, and the outside was covered with pyroxene.

In an instant, a huge two-handed warhammer appeared in Ryan's hands.

"Hammer of Annihilation!"

Ryan jumped high, rushed forward, swung the huge war hammer from top to bottom, and smashed it hard on the equally huge evil spirit of the little boy!
The next second! Time seems to freeze!

Everyone looked sideways!

I saw a huge evil spirit that was nearly five meters tall, which turned into grains of sand and drifted away with the wind like weathered rock!
"Such power!" Even Brando was surprised.

When did such a strong man with a hammer come to Munster?
Just as he was about to go up and have a chat, a Templar Knight came quickly and reported:
"Lord Brando, the source of the evil spirit seems to be at the art exhibition."

This forced Brando to temporarily give up the idea of ​​chatting with Ryan. He nodded at Ryan and quickly left with the Templar.

If the source of the evil spirit is not dealt with, it may erupt again in the future!
"Brandur?"

“I seem to have heard of this name.”

Immediately, Ryan's face showed realization!
He remembered that Bishop Meistersheen had given him a letter of introduction, which told him to contact the hammer master of the Goddess Church, whose name was Brando.

"Seems to be a rare Punishment Knight!"

“The fighting power is very strong.”

"Especially for dealing with this kind of evil spirit, it is very targeted."

Ryan had no intention of going to the art exhibition. Instead, he stayed for a while and then walked back to the mansion to ensure the safety of his family first.

At this time, Ryan looked at the system prompt:

[Congratulations, you defeated a powerful enemy and gained 4 gold skill points!] [Congratulations, your will (hidden) attribute has been improved!]

[Congratulations, your Warhammer Wizard (Legend) career level has been upgraded! ]

The Warhammer Wizard (Legend) profession level, which was already about to rise, was upgraded again this time, reaching level 7 (1421/5000), and the skill points and attribute points increased by 1 point each.

Adding his original remaining points, Ryan now has 6 remaining attribute points, 6 remaining skill points, and 9 gold skill points.

"The willpower has increased by another point?"

"This is an unexpected surprise."

Just now, Ryan had a vague understanding of the evil spirit's force field, but he didn't expect that the hidden attribute of willpower would reach 3 points so quickly.

It can be considered to meet the requirements of the primary annihilation field, and the will attribute must reach 3 points.

The next morning, after Ryan got up, he looked out the second-floor window and saw that the number of security guards and city guards on the street had increased several times more than before.

Although he was a little confused, the incident last night should have been handled very quickly, and it would have only taken the comfort of some injured civilians. After all, having so many people patrolling would have made the people uneasy.

Ryan shook his head. Perhaps the Duke of Munster was furious.

After all, there were at least a hundred casualties last night, plus those who were possessed by evil spirits early in the morning, and I don’t know how many people can survive.

After breakfast, Ryan said goodbye to his family and returned to the Sword Bearer branch not far away.

After tidying up the things in the dormitory, Ryan carried the blue and white war hammer and prepared to set off for the Goddess Church.

He planned to have the church check out the weapon as well.

After all, with a specific weapon, it would be easier to trace the origin of the 'ancient hero Monger'.

At the same time, Ryan also wanted to know if there was any way for him to use this war hammer freely.

It is still the same as before. Ryan holds the warhammer in his hand. The warhammer seems to have its own consciousness. There is an obvious sense of rejection coming from it, and he cannot use it freely at all.

"dong dong dong"

At this moment, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Hmm? Who came to see me so early?
Vieri?

Ryan opened the door and found that it was Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena, but at this time, the other party should have just arrived at work.

"Ms. Olena, so early? Please come in. What happened?" Ryan saw Olena's serious face and knew that something must have happened.

Could it be that there is some follow-up to last night’s evil spirit incident?
"Yes, Lord Ryan, Archbishop Gomes was assassinated." The first words Olena said after entering the room made Ryan freeze.

"When did it happen?" Ryan's face darkened.

He also planned to go to the church now and ask Archbishop Gomes to judge whether the mark on his body could be successfully removed.

But just one day later, he heard the news of the other party's death!

This cast a dark cloud over Ryan's heart.

"Just last night, when the giant evil spirit incident occurred, Archbishop Gomes should have been assassinated at that time."

"Have you investigated who did it?" Ryan asked.

"From the traces of the attack, the opponent should be a legendary shadow master, a level 3 crystal wizard."

"But even if he is a legendary warrior, Archbishop Gomes shouldn't be killed so easily by the opponent, right?" Ryan couldn't help but wonder.

He also had some understanding of the strength of the Archbishop of the Goddess Church who was in charge of a provincial affairs.

I heard that although Archbishop Gomes has not yet become a legend, he has been in the quasi-legendary stage for many years.

Moreover, the assassination took place inside the temple. Logically speaking, even a legendary strong man should not be able to gain any benefits.

"It seems that the other party is not just one person. From the on-site investigation of the prayer hall after the incident, there are footprints of at least three different people, and the remaining breath also confirms this."

Olena explained.

"Three against one?" Ryan nodded.

It turned out to be the case.

This is much more reasonable.

"The other party grasped the timing so well. Could it be that the evil spirit in the gallery was also created by the other party?" Ryan suddenly thought of something, looked up at Olena and asked.

"Mr. Ryan, you are so wise."

"That's true. Judging from the remaining aura, we can basically conclude that it was the work of the Black Flame Cult." The capable young woman Olena looked at Ryan with appreciation.

"By the way, this time the enemy not only assassinated Archbishop Gomes, but also destroyed the core of Munster's defensive formation."

"Is it the formation that integrates multiple functions such as detecting evil and exorcising evil spirits?" Ryan asked.

"Yes, Sir Ren."

This gave Ryan a bad feeling in his heart.

He saw it clearly yesterday. With the blessing of the formation, the combat effectiveness of Punishment Knight XX when fighting against evil spirits increased by at least 50%.

Moreover, the formation restricted the intrusion of evil spirits into the noble area and administrative district.

Now that the formation has been destroyed, it means that the defense of the aristocratic district, the church district, and the administrative district, like the upper city and the civilian district, has been greatly weakened.

"The main purpose of my visit this time is that Admiral Edward asked me to tell you that he will ask the Imperial Guardian to help you remove your mark."

"However, this may take some time, and it will most likely require a trip to the imperial capital."

"Okay, Lady Olena, please tell Admiral Edward that I thank him for taking the time to remember me." Ryan nodded.

After Olena left, Ryan put the blue and white warhammer back into the cupboard. At the same time, he crossed his arms and began to think in the room.

"These guys from the Black Flame Cult, is this a demonstration against the failure of the Mayest County operation?"

"No, it should be more than that."

"Because if the other party was just trying to demonstrate, they should have come to me for revenge instead of choosing to kill the Archbishop of the Goddess Church."

"This behavior seems to have some special purpose."

This made Ryan's heart sink.

"As a provincial capital, isn't Munster that safe?"

"I really don't know what the upper echelons of the empire are thinking. Since there are powerful dragon knights like His Highness Menia, these cults should be easy to wipe out, right?"

"Why let them cause trouble? It seems that some things need to be accelerated." Ryan shook his head slightly.

“Always keep yourself and your family safe”

"It seems like it would be a good idea to have Vieri, Angus, Neoro and others join the team. They should be able to help with some of the things that I am unable to do with other people."

Half an hour later, in Ryan's room.

Ryan made a cup of Yodon black tea for Neoro and placed it on the coffee table.

"Neoro, I need to trouble you with something. You have been in Munster for many years. Do you know where to find an inscription master? If you are familiar with an inscription master, can you introduce him to me?"

Ryan got straight to the point.

Neoro looked at Ryan with a strange expression and said, "Sir Ryan, do you want to learn inscriptions, or do you have items related to inscriptions that need to be identified or made?"

"I want to learn inscriptions."

"If it's just introductory learning, maybe I can help?" Neoro said with a smile.

"Huh? Neoro, you know how to write inscriptions?" Ryan was a little surprised.

"Well, he is considered an intermediate inscription master, Lord Ryan. You may not have paid much attention to it, but one of the basics of scroll making is to master certain inscription skills." Neoro said with a smile.

"That's great, can you teach me now?"

"Huh? Now?" Neolo was stunned, but the next second, he laughed heartily.

"Of course! I think I know why you are so strong, Mr. Ryan. You always do things as soon as you think of them. It is a very good habit to never procrastinate."

In response to Neoro's praise, Ryan smiled and didn't explain anything.

Neoro took out a diary and explained:

"This is the pattern of a primary defensive inscription. It is also the first inscription that most wizard apprentices learn when they come into contact with inscriptions."

Ryan looked at it and nodded.

Primary inscription?
The level of complexity was almost the same as that of the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor', but he could tell that the two inscriptions were different.

It seems that the inscriptions on the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor' should be some kind of elementary inscriptions, which are not too difficult.

"Mr. Ryan, I wonder if you have ever learned how to draw a magic array?"

"Witch formation? I have learned a little bit about it. It requires special ink to draw." Ryan thought about it and nodded.

He recalled the days when he studied magic circles with the twin-tailed girl Veronica.

"That's great. In fact, there are many similarities between learning inscriptions and drawing witch formations. For example, they both require drawing, one uses special ink, and the other uses mental power to engrave."

“There is also the concept of nodes.”

As Neoro told the story, about half an hour later.

Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly, because the system prompt sounded:

[You have studied inscriptions, and your understanding of them has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Primary Defense Inscription]

[Your skill primary defense inscription is upgraded, experience value +1]

Just when Ryan thought that was it, the system prompt sounded again:
[Ding! The host is detected to have touched the inscription, triggering the job change - Great Armorsmith (Extraordinary)! ]

[The prerequisites for an Armorsmith to be promoted to a Great Armorsmith are: 5. Armorsmith level 15 or above; 15. Strength 18 points or above, Constitution points or above, Spirit points or above; . Independently forge ten pieces of any qualified inscribed plate armor parts; . Master the knowledge related to inscriptions. The current conditions are not met! Failed to be promoted to a Great Armorsmith! ]

Ryan was slightly startled, but his expression quickly returned to normal.

Sure enough, he had previously judged through the 'mithril carved plate armor' that the follow-up of the armorer was likely related to the inscription.

This has now been confirmed.

But Ryan didn't expect that the subsequent job change would come so soon!

Great Armorsmith
In addition, although there is only one more word "Great", the Great Armorsmith is an extraordinary profession.

Currently, I have not been able to change my job because the only reason I have not been able to meet the third condition, 'Forge ten inscribed parts.'

In other words, as long as you can forge the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor', it means that you can change your job to a Great Armorsmith (Extraordinary) at any time.
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Munster.

In the VIP suite of the Axon Auction House.

After waiting for two days, Draco finally received a reply from his brother, Marquis Orenzi.

Just a quick glance gave him a shock!
The letter read:

"The plan has changed. Something big is about to happen in the Empire. The Bloodtop Mercenaries are on their way."

"According to the divination by the great fortune teller Eugenie Ribeiro, the Ancient Troll Fang no longer exists."

"But the divination results also show that Ryan seems to have used the ancient troll fangs on himself in some way, which makes his heart blood have the same effect as the ancient troll blood."

(End of this chapter)