The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 330: Hippogryph Knight (Two chapters in one)

"Well, it's different from the behemoths that frequently appear in various parts of our federation. I heard that the situation in the Dragun Empire was turbulent some time ago, and many evil cult organizations emerged."

"That's right. With the Dragun Empire's corrupt and backward administrative management methods, it's very difficult to eliminate organizations like cults. They can even be said to be the best breeding ground for them."

"Yes, Lady Trena, so the hope of mankind lies in the thriving Federation, not the increasingly corrupt and decadent Empire."

"Well, however, the Dragun Empire still retains a lot of killer weapons passed down from ancient times, and its strength should not be underestimated, such as the Dragon Knight."

"The entire training system for dragon knights is considered top secret by the Dragun Empire. When it comes to dealing with those awakened beasts, it must be said that dragon knights have more advantages than the giant war golems developed by our empire."

Hearing this, the middle-aged officer thought about it, nodded, and said:
"Indeed, I hope that your visit this time will make the Empire understand that only cooperation between the two sides can better cope with this catastrophe."

The middle-aged officer obviously considered the last word before uttering it.

Because for him and even the Federation, the current situation was something they had never expected, so they used the word "catastrophe" to describe it.

"Well, I hope everything goes well."
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In Ryan's study.

Olena and Ryan's conversation continues.

"By the way, Lady Olena, do you know the purpose of the Federation's visit to the Empire?" Ryan suddenly thought of a question and said.

"Well, this is not very clear. You know, diplomatic affairs are all handled by the Empire's External Liaison Department. However, if you are more concerned, I can ask someone about it." Olena said apologetically.

"Well, it's okay. I just asked casually. What is the situation in other county towns recently?" Ryan shook his head and said.

Ryan didn't really care about the Federation's purpose, he just asked casually.

"At present, the situation in the entire Münster Province is relatively stable. You have solved two of the incidents that were most likely to cause a crisis."

The capable young woman stared at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, covered her mouth and chuckled, saying.

"Oh?" Ryan really didn't expect that he had just completed the tasks within two jurisdictions normally, but they were actually the two tasks most likely to cause crises.

In fact, think about it from another angle. Both the Ancient Blood Curse Naga and the Secret Snake Cult have dispatched legendary warriors this time. The ordinary provincial-level sword-wielding branches may not be able to deal with the other side.

Once the mission fails, there is a high possibility that the situation in a considerable part of the area will deteriorate rapidly.

"Yes, Sir Ren."

"However, the situation in several surrounding provinces is not very good. For example, in the province of Vaze, an ancient evil cult that should have disappeared for a long time, the Plague Cult, has suddenly revived and is showing a trend of getting worse and worse."

"In Gnom Province, in addition to the increasingly frequent activities of the Secret Snake Cult, the Limb-Joint Cult has also been active, causing many tragedies. Admiral Edward has even received a letter for help from the Sword Bearers branch in Gnom Province."

"Huh? Why don't they ask for help from the headquarters?" Hearing the news, Ryan couldn't help but feel a little confused. He looked up at Olena and asked.

"The headquarters is also short of manpower at the moment."

"Because most of the Imperial Guardians have been deployed to defend the Imperial Capital, the responsibility of each province to fight against the high-end combat power of the cult falls on the Sword Bearer Branch and the local governors."

Speaking of this, Olena couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas, most provinces are under great pressure right now! Fortunately, we have you, Lord Ryan, in our branch. Admiral Edward is still very wise."

"In general, we can only hope that His Majesty the Emperor recovers soon! That way, the guardians of the empire can be fully mobilized and the situation can be quickly reversed."

"That's it." Renn nodded.

But Ryan was negative about Olena's last words.

It’s not that he doesn’t want the emperor to recover, but for him, the only thing he can rely on and hope for is his own strength.

Apart from that, nothing is 100% stable.

However, speaking of the Gnom Province, Ryan remembered Langgel, Alex and Fry, with whom he had fought before, and he didn't know how they were doing now.

"In fact, our area is in the eastern part of the empire, so the situation is relatively good. In the provinces in the northern part of the empire, especially those near the Howling Tundra, the cults are even more rampant. I heard that several county towns have already fallen."

Seeing that Ryan was more concerned about the overall situation of the empire, Olena told him another piece of news.

"Huh? Howling Tundra? The situation over there is so bad!" Ryan's eyes suddenly narrowed and he confirmed again.

Olena froze, as if overwhelmed by Ryan's aura. She nodded quickly and said, "Yes, the news came from the official channels of the empire, and the accuracy is no problem."

However, she was also a little curious. Why did Lord Ryan seem to be particularly concerned about the news from the Howling Tundra?
After getting confirmation again, Ryan fell into deep thought for a moment.

When he heard the words "Howling Tundra", an image of a hot girl with a large shield on her back naturally emerged in his mind - Lagre.

After so long, the other party hasn't sent him any letters.

All along, Ryan believed that this situation was because Lagre wanted to return to her original life after returning to the barbarian tribe.

But now it seems that this is not necessarily the case.

This made Ryan feel a little worried.

However, he is no longer alone, nor is he the little deputy sheriff of Shimmering Gold when Lagre knew him before.

Now, he can fully rely on the huge organization of the Imperial Sword Bearers to obtain accurate intelligence first and then make follow-up plans.

"Lady Olena, is there any way to find out the news from the Howling Tundra?" Ryan thought for a moment and said.

"To be precise, it's the barbarian tribe in the Howling Tundra." Ryan added.

After all, the Howling Tundra stretches across the regions of several imperial provinces, and some parts of the tundra are too remote to be outside the imperial borders.

Therefore, it is necessary to make things clear with Olena.

Because for Ryan, what he cares about is naturally the barbarian tribe where Lagre lives.

"Huh? Barbarian tribe?" Olena opened her mouth slightly, obviously a little surprised by Ryan's request.

Because Ryan's focus is indeed a little different.

But soon, Olena realized something and nodded quickly, saying, "Okay, Lord Ryan, no problem! I will contact someone to help investigate the situation of the barbarian tribe in the Cold Tundra."

"Thank you, Lady Olena. Please do this as soon as possible." Ryan nodded and said.

"You're welcome. I'll do it when I get back." Olena nodded and smiled.
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At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Please come in!"

A guard came in and respectfully handed over a stack of papers, saying, "Lord Ryan, the painter has already painted the portraits of the attackers last night according to your request."

"Okay, put it on the table." Ryan nodded slightly and said.

"Yes, sir." After putting it away, the guard bowed respectfully and slowly retreated.

However, the guard's words made Olena's heart suddenly waver!
What! Lord Ryan was attacked again? !
"Mr. Ryan, were you attacked last night?" Olena asked in surprise with her eyes wide open.

She happened to have a rare day off yesterday, and she did not go to the Sword Bearer branch in the morning but went directly to Ryan, so she really didn't know that Ryan's mansion was attacked last night.

Of course, the main reason was that it was resolved by Ryan’s battle, it was too fast!
At this moment, except for a large hole in the west wall of the mansion, the rest of the place is almost intact, and no traces of fighting can be seen without careful observation.

"Oh, by the way, Ms. Olena, it's just right. I would like to ask you to contact the headquarters and investigate a few people for me like you did last time." Ryan handed Olena the stack of portraits.

It was the portrait of Sam, the 'Earth Dragon Knight' Hansal and several others.

However, some of them had their heads smashed by Ryan, which took the artist a lot of time and energy to complete.

Ever since the beautiful woman Jennifer became a shareholder of the Münster branch of the Axon Auction House, although Ryan could conduct some investigations through Jennifer's internal channels, Ryan thought it would be better to run the two lines in parallel.

After all, when it comes to issues such as the people behind Sam's group and clues about Anna's mother, relying solely on the channels of the beautiful woman might lead to misleading, or the information might not be accurate enough.

"Okay, Lord Ryan, I will contact the headquarters immediately. In addition, this act of daring to attack you is a serious provocation to the Munster Sword Bearer Branch. I will report this situation to Admiral Edward immediately."

Olena's face turned serious and she said indignantly.

Just kidding, this has happened more than once or twice. The capable young woman decided to report this to Admiral Edward and have the person behind the scenes severely punished.

"Trouble." Ryan smiled.

After Olena left, Ryan finally had time to look through last night's battle records:
[Congratulations, you defeated a strong enemy and gained 7 gold skill point! 】

[Congratulations, your Will (Hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Thousand Blade King (Epic) class level has been upgraded! ]

[Congratulations, your Thousand Blade King (Epic) class level has been upgraded! ]

After last night's battle, Ryan's new epic class, 'King of Thousand Blades', was upgraded three levels in a row, entering level 4, giving him 3 attribute points and 3 skill points.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 4 points, the remaining skill points are 5 points, and the gold skill points are 28 points.

Ryan was seen pacing back and forth in the room with his arms folded across his chest, thinking.

"After I acquired 'Top Weapon Mastery', except for using 'Soul Shattering Impact' which requires the warhammer, there is not much difference in power when I use any weapon."

"Of course, when performing the ultimate skill, the power will vary greatly due to the different levels of the ultimate skill."

Ryan glanced at the 'King of Thousand Blades' profession panel, which contained rows of densely packed extraordinary combat skills, including two-handed warhammers, two-handed greatswords, shields, one-handed axes, daggers, brass knuckles, iron canes, bows, lances, javelins and other different types of weapons.

Suddenly, Ryan felt dazzled.

If you look closely you will find further differences.

Ryan has already upgraded some extraordinary fighting skills to the top level, such as the two-handed war hammer, two-handed greatsword, etc.

Some are at the advanced level.

Some others remain at the intermediate level of mystery and have not improved much.

"It's still a bit messy. It would be great if so many extraordinary combat skills could be integrated together." "For example, if all of them were integrated into one extraordinary combat skill, and then multiple mysteries were derived, it would be much simpler." Ryan thought to himself.

Just as this thought came into Ryan's mind, suddenly, the system prompt sounded:
[It is detected that the host has a special profession 'King of Thousand Blades', which can integrate all extraordinary combat skills into one. Yes/No? This fusion will consume 22 gold skill points. After the fusion, all derived mysteries will reach the top level. ]

(Note: After fusion, all supernatural combat skills will no longer be displayed separately, except for the ultimate, but the host can still use the relevant supernatural combat skills.)
(Note: After fusion, the new extraordinary combat skills will be refined, and the host's experience points in various extraordinary combat skills will be converted into new extraordinary combat skills according to a certain ratio.)
"Hmm? Really?"

"Is it the special feature of the epic class 'King of Thousand Blades'?"

"Moreover, all the derived mysteries have reached the top level?" When Ryan saw the end, his eyes lit up and he was overjoyed!

"Does it cost 22 gold skill points?"

"At present, there are not many places in my witchcraft that need to use gold skill points. Even if I use 22 points this time, there are still 6 points left, which is 1 more than the number of normal skill points."

"Even if I study puppetry later, it will be enough for a short period of time!"

After a little thought, Ryan decided to merge.

After all, once integrated, all mysteries will be upgraded to the top level, coupled with the talent of 'top weapon mastery', it can be said that Ryan can blast out top-level mysteries with just a move of his hands.

It's simply a humanoid self-propelled artillery!
Ryan felt that this was the correct way to unlock the epic class 'King of Thousand Blades'.

As Ryan chose "yes", a huge torrent of memories about the nine extraordinary combat skills began to flow into Ryan's mind.
For a moment, Ryan seemed to have come to a mysterious space, constantly practicing and comprehending the nine extraordinary combat skills, extracting their essence and integrating them.

When Ryan came back to his senses, it seemed as if he had been in the mysterious space for nearly a hundred years. For a moment, his mind was a little dazed!

At this time, the system prompt also comes:

[Yes/No to rename the new extraordinary combat skills? ]

"Hmm? Another name?"

"Then let's call it the Thousand Blades Fighting Skill!" Ryan, who was too lazy to think too much, glanced at the four big words "King of Thousand Blades" on the profession panel and muttered to himself.

Just as Ryan was about to go to the training room to try out his new fighting skills, he suddenly felt something and looked out the window.

After a pause, Ryan smiled.

“Are you finally beginning to mature?”

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and a clear child's voice called out, "Brother, Sister Anna asked me to come and call you, saying that Xueyu is growing up."

Ryan quickly opened the door, smiled and rubbed his sister Mint's head, and said, "Let's go and take a look together."

"Yeah!" Mint happily held Ryan's hand and led the way.

Soon, Ryan and Mint arrived at the woods in the backyard of the mansion. This was where Bloodfeather's nest was located. At this moment, Anna was comforting Bloodfeather.

Although Anna's breath, whispers and touch calmed Xueyu down a lot, Ryan could see that Xueyu was still a little excited and restless at the moment.

Blood Feather would cry out loudly from time to time, and a pair of sharp claws as thick as ostrich legs would dig the ground continuously. It seemed that there were great changes happening inside his body, so he behaved a little manically.

But this is obviously a good thing!
"Anna, is Xueyu about to enter maturity?" Ryan asked with a smile.

Last night, not long after Dranna left, Ryan fed the feather of the Thunderhorned Hippogryph to Bloodfeather.

He originally thought that Xueyu would break through a certain limit on the spot and enter the mature stage.

But to Ryan's surprise, after excitedly swallowing the feather, Bloodfeather quickly returned to its nest, curled up and fell asleep.

"Well, although Blood Feather has just awakened, the energy of the feather has already spread in its body while it was sleeping. Its current state should be about to break through some kind of limit and enter maturity."

"So, he was very agitated." Anna felt relieved when she saw Ryan coming, and nodded.

Ren nodded.

At this time, he noticed that the system prompt also sounded:
[The host's pet, Bloodfeather Hippogryph, is influenced by the feathers of Thunderhead Hippogryph and begins to grow rapidly! ]

【Rapid growth】

I saw Xueyu became even more restless!

It flapped its huge wings from time to time, and its whole body was trembling, as if ants were gnawing at it.

At the same time, the blue and purple feathers exuded a hazy luster, and the pair of sharp claws grew longer and sharper at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Several minutes passed.
Suddenly, two bulges appeared on Xueyu's forehead, and soon, two long horns "broke out of the ground" from the bulges, and continued to arch and fork, and soon formed a pair of deer antlers!
Seeing this scene, Ryan was slightly stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face.

Yes!

Because this reminded him of a sentence Veronica had mentioned to him, 'One of the notable signs of an adult blood-feathered horned eagle beast is that a pair of antlers will grow on its head!'

A few more minutes passed.

With a loud eagle cry, Blood Feather's body size has undergone a drastic change at this moment!

Its torso was nearly the size of an adult warhorse, and its wingspan reached more than four meters, nearly five meters. The strong muscles on its body were clearly visible, and its claws and beak emitted a faint dark glow.

Judging from its physical characteristics, it is known that it is extremely good at hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, the system prompts to start refreshing the screen:
[The host's pet Blood Feather Hippogryph has successfully entered maturity! 】

[Your skill of animal taming is improved, experience value +1018]

[Your Beast Priest (Legendary) career experience +399]

(Note: The Bloodfeather Hippogryph has awakened the innate abilities of 'claw slam' and 'iron beak piercing'.)
Seeing that Blood Feather had entered maturity ahead of schedule, Ryan couldn't help but smile.

It’s not that Blood Feather can provide him with much help in battle, but because he can finally try riding a gryphon and soar into the sky like a griffin rider.

"Huh? Two talents?"

"Sharp claws? Iron beak? It is indeed a ferocious melee-type raptor!" Ryan thought to himself as he looked at his awakened talent.

Although he did not awaken the long-range attack capability, Ryan was not disappointed at all. After all, most of the time, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

After walking around the Blood Feather, Ryan looked at the majestic Blood Feather and nodded continuously.

He reached out his hand and stroked the blood-feather's bright blue-purple feathers for a few times. It was smooth and soft, and felt very good.

At this moment, Xueyu also gently nudged Ryan with the deer antlers on his forehead, as if to express something.

"Oh? You are more anxious than me." Ryan said with a smile.

He naturally understood what Xueyu meant, which was to let him sit on it and take Ryan for a ride.

As a druid, Anna naturally understood it, and she immediately covered her mouth and chuckled as she watched from the side.

Only my younger sister Bohe didn't quite understand, but she soon understood.

Ryan just tapped the ground with his toes and jumped onto Blood Feather's back.

Xueyu spread his wings and flapped them vigorously a few times, causing a strong wind to blow.

Suddenly, Ryan's body rose and fell like he was riding a horse. Since it was his first time riding, there was no saddle pad or reins installed. Ryan could only lightly grasp the neck feathers and clamp his legs together.

Suddenly, after Xue Yu took off into the air, a faint green airflow lingered around his body, and then he flew into the sky!
"Wow! Brother is flying!" Mint pointed at Ryan excitedly and said.

Oh, the sky!
There is no one who does not yearn to soar into the sky.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly felt the thrill of a roller coaster in his previous life!
He only felt that his whole body was climbing up suddenly, and then Ryan saw that the surrounding ground scenery was moving away quickly.

He rode on Blood Feather, flying higher and higher, and soon he was level with the main peak of the Hrothgar Mountains.

After some gliding, flipping and acceleration, Ryan gradually became familiar with the flying style of the Bloodfeather Hippogryph.

Ryan naturally also felt the light blue wind energy lingering around Xueyu.

After all, his weight plus the blood feathers were comparable to that of a colt. If the laws of physics were followed, he would not be able to fly without a wingspan of ten meters.

But this is the extraordinary world.

At this moment, Ryan saw that Xueyu looked relaxed and knew that the current load was far from its limit.

This gave Ryan an instant flash of inspiration.

"If that's the case, then maybe it's possible." Immediately, Ryan's eyes lit up, and he controlled the Blood Feather to slightly lower its altitude.

At the same time, all the hardened gold on his forearm was mobilized and began to cover the surface of Xueyu's body like mercury.

At first, Blood Feather chirped a few times, as if feeling a little uncomfortable.

But after Ryan made some adjustments and avoided some joints, Blood Feather seemed to calm down a lot.

Soon, a horned eagle with an armored surface appeared in front of Ryan in a majestic and domineering manner.

"This way, it's like wearing a layer of armor, and you won't be easily hurt in hand-to-hand combat."

“It just costs more money!”

"To defend against physical attacks, you need to prepare more hardened adamantium, and to defend against witchcraft energy attacks, you need to prepare more enchanted thorium, especially enchanted thorium, which is not cheap."

"In addition, in addition to covering the blood feathers, I have to keep some for weapon transformation." Ryan quickly thought of some preparations to be made later.

"Oh right, now is a good time for me to try out the power of the lance!"

"With the mount's sprint bonus, to what extent can the power of the lance's top-level secret skill 'Armor Breaking Strike' be increased?"

Ryan's eyes lit up!
Immediately, he focused his eyes on the large white rock wall of the main peak of the Hrosga Mountains in front of him.

(End of this chapter)