The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 340 News from the Frost Tundra (Two chapters in one)

"My Lord Viscount, you are truly a rare tailoring genius. If you were to become one..." Julis couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement when she saw Ryan's rocket-like learning speed.

But soon, Julis realized that the person in front of her was a noble, the Viscount, not an apprentice in her tailor shop. It was quite inappropriate to praise him as a tailoring genius.

So, Julis quickly changed her words:
"No, no, Lord Viscount, what I mean is that no matter what skill it is, you learn it very quickly."

Ryan waved his hand and didn't take it seriously.

"Julis, I have a problem now. The pants are not elastic enough. How can I solve this problem?"

"The waistband can be made of cow tendons or something like that, but the fabric doesn't seem to be very elastic."

"Because if the body swells up, it will tear apart."

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, the entire study fell silent!

Swell?!
Will it tear?
My Lord Viscount, is it really okay for you to talk to me about this?

Besides, this is too much self-praise.

I've never heard of anyone tearing their underwear apart.
Ryan's fierce words made Julis, a woman with experience in that area, feel a little overwhelmed at the moment, and her fair face immediately turned red.

Jennifer, the beautiful woman standing by, was also stunned at the moment. Her beautiful eyes were rippling as she looked back and forth at Julis and Ryan.

Ok?
Aren’t these words from my dear too tempting?

The other person is about the same age as me, but his skin is not as good as mine. His face is more dignified and his style is different from mine. Could it be that my beloved really likes him?

Wait, it should be the other person’s professional attributes that make my dear more interested!
The beautiful woman's eyes immediately lit up.

She thought she had hit upon the key.

After all, this habit is actually quite common among the upper class.

Not to mention the nobles, even among wealthy businessmen one can often hear these scandals and gossips.

For example, a certain wealthy businessman liked to have fun with maids the most, or some nobles were particularly interested in female teachers, and last time she heard that a certain viscount who was only 1.6 meters tall liked to find women who were over 1.8 meters tall, and so on.

Jennifer thought of a lot of things at once.

Seeing the expressions of the two mature women, Ryan immediately came to his senses. His choice of words seemed a bit ambiguous, but he couldn't reveal his transformation into a dragon man.

After thinking for a while, Ryan said, "Well, it's like this. When I'm fighting, my muscles will swell, so I need underwear with better elasticity."

“I see.” Julis nodded, although she still didn’t believe it in her heart.

After all, as a master tailor, he was not from the lower class of society, and I had never heard of a great knight tearing his underwear during a battle.

"Um, Lord Viscount, how much can it expand approximately? This is related to the choice of materials." Julis took a deep breath before asking this question.

"At least twice, right?" Ryan said after thinking for a moment.

"Twice? Hmm. If we talk about elasticity, silk has the best elasticity among all fabrics."

"However, relying solely on the elasticity of silk may still not be able to meet your requirements." After being shocked, Julis thought for a moment and said.

"Is there no solution? No other materials?"

"Well, some animal skins have good elasticity, but when it comes to underwear, you still have to consider comfort."

Animal skin?

Ryan thought about it and decided to give up.

It's so uncomfortable.

And the leather shorts easily reminded him of a gigolo or something, which was too trendy.
"By the way, if you don't mind other styles, I have another suggestion, which is to make the underwear into pleats to avoid tearing, just like a pleated skirt."

Julis saw Ryan's frown and came up with another idea.

"Add wrinkles?" Ryan quickly understood what Julis meant.

The waistband of underwear is made of elastic material such as tendon, but the fabric of underwear, even silk, cannot meet this elastic requirement, so it can only be achieved by adding wrinkles.

As your body expands, the underwear compensates for the lack of elasticity by flattening out the wrinkles.

Although the 'pleated underwear' seems a bit weird, it's better than exposing yourself after the transformation!
Moreover, comfort is also taken into consideration.

"Julis, good idea."

Ryan's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned to the beautiful woman and said, "Jennifer, have someone prepare some beef tendons immediately. I'll try it."

"Ah? Oh, okay, Your Excellency the Viscount." Jennifer came back to her senses when she heard Ryan talking to her. Besides, she still adhered to calling Ryan by his title in front of outsiders.

Jennifer left the study to prepare the beef tendon, but Ryan did not sit idle and started the previous process, proofing.

"My Lord Viscount, you dug a hole in your underwear. This is..."

Julis looked surprised and thought, My Lord Viscount, it's ok that you just boasted about the size of your thing, but isn't it a bit too exaggerated to dig a hole specifically to avoid it from tearing your underwear?

“Haha, this has a special use.”

Now Julis really couldn't resist it, especially at this time, Jennifer went out to arrange people to prepare beef tendons.

Even though she is an experienced person, she can't stand such teasing!
The face of Julis, the master tailor, was red at this moment.

But Julis observed the location where Ryan dug the hole again and thought, I know it has a special purpose, and besides, isn’t the aperture too large?
Hey, why is this direction behind?
"Um, Lord Viscount, didn't you draw the hole in the wrong position?" Julis couldn't help but remind him.

"No, that's it." Ryan shook his head naturally.

The tail, naturally, is behind the butt.

If it's long in the front, is it still a tail? !
Suddenly, Julis froze and her eyes were blank.

Soon, a large handful of beef tendons was brought in.

Since Ryan had already started the preparatory work, he quickly completed the production of the first pair of cowhide shorts.

The system prompt also sounded:
[You have made cow tendon pleated silk shorts, and your understanding of the relevant items has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - making cow tendon pleated silk shorts]

[Your skill in making cow tendon wrinkled silk shorts is improved, experience value +5]

[Ding! The host has been detected to have created a tailoring product, triggering a job change - Tailor! ]

[Prerequisites for promotion to tailor: 3. Tailor apprentice lv5 max level; 5. Agility points or more, Constitution points or more; . Produce pieces of any qualified tailoring products! Current conditions are not met! Promotion to tailor failed! ]

"Huh? Experience points +5?"

"Have the subsequent promotion conditions been triggered?"

“Innovation is indeed the primary productive force.”

Ryan couldn't help but be overjoyed!
So, next, Ryan made ten pairs of cowhide pleated shorts in succession, and the whole process went from being bumpy at first to being smooth.

Yulis was almost dumbfounded.

She had a vague feeling that the young and handsome Viscount Ryan in front of her was not trying to flirt with her, but was really learning how to make underwear.

"My Lord Viscount, do you need to learn how to make other parts of the clothes?" Julis asked.

"No, by the way, let's stop here for today's tailoring training. Thank you for your hard work, Julis."

"Jennifer, please send Julis away. I will practice making shorts for the next few days and then learn other things later." Ryan said to Jennifer again.

"Yes, Lord Viscount."

After the two left, it only took Ryan half a day to upgrade the tailor apprentice from lv1 to lv3 (127/500), gaining two attribute points and two skill points.

The seventy or eighty pairs of cowhide pleated silk shorts piled up next to them were the fruits of Ryan's labor.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 7 points, the remaining skill points are 6 points, and the gold skill points are still 23 points.

Just when Ryan was planning to push the tailor apprentice to level 3 in one go, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Your Excellency, Viscount Hammadi from Meester County is visiting the gate of your mansion." The servant announced at the door.

"Viscount Hammadi? Huh? Why is he visiting suddenly?" Ryan looked puzzled.

Although the other party was the boss of his former boss, he always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the other party, so they never had any in-depth interaction.

"Please ask him to come to the reception room, I'll be there soon." After thinking about it, Ryan decided to meet him and listen to the other party's purpose.

In the reception room.

"Mr. Ryan, long time no see." Hammadi said with a smile.

"Lord Hammadi, long time no see." Ryan smiled and used the name he used in Meister, which was quite polite.

"No, Lord Ryan, with your current fame, I should call you my Lord."

"I'm sorry to bother you this time, but I'm actually asked to do this by someone else." Hammadi laughed and placed a dark brown wooden box on the coffee table. He opened it with a click and turned the box toward Ryan.

Ok?
There were complex array patterns engraved inside the wooden box. Three hexagonal crystals emitting energy fluctuations were neatly placed in the box. In addition, there was a letter underneath the crystals.

Ryan looked at the three crystals in the inner wooden box with surprise.

Although he didn't know what it was.

But judging by the box and the items inside, it seems to be very valuable.

Moreover, this wave can vaguely evoke some kind of connection with spiritual power, as if this is.
Hamadi looked around, as if to confirm that he and Ryan were the only ones in the living room, and then said with a smile:

"This is from Special Envoy Trena, who asked me to deliver it to Lord Ryan."

"Special Envoy Trena?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.

In an instant, he understood a lot of things. It turned out that Viscount Hammadi had always been a member of the Federation. He might be an insider or a noble who had been won over.

No wonder, when he was in Meister, he always felt that something was wrong with the other party.

At first, he thought that the other party was a member of the rebel army, but it turned out that they were from the Federation.

However, Ryan did not understand the other party's intention, so he naturally could not accept the gift. He just waved his hand and said, "This is too expensive. I can't accept it."

"Mr. Ryan, you might as well take a look at the handwritten letter from Special Envoy Trena first."

After thinking about it, Ryan nodded and said, "Okay."

Then, Ryan took out the letter from the wooden box. The red wax on the letter was intact. In addition, Ryan could also feel a faint witchcraft fluctuation in the envelope.

"Mr. Ryan, for the sake of confidentiality, the letter will self-immolate after reading."

Hammadi, who was standing by, saw Ryan suddenly stop and immediately understood what was going on. At the same time, he also admired Ryan's prudence and sharpness.

"I see."

Ryan nodded and opened the letter.

The content is as follows:

"Dear Lord Ryan: Your strength and talent are among the best among the young people I have ever seen. The Eagle Federation welcomes you to settle here."

"If you are interested, I can guarantee that you will receive treatment and development prospects far exceeding your current situation in the Dragun Empire. At the same time, we will also arrange for someone to secretly transfer your family to the Federation."

"Of course, if you don't have this intention for the time being, we also hope to maintain a good friendship and contact with you."

"In the past few years, the Federation has developed rapidly, far beyond the imagination of many people in the Dragun Empire. For example, the Federation has achieved several times the output of soul energy crystals. I look forward to your joining the Federation as soon as possible."

“If you have any questions, you can contact and ask Hammadi.”

"Here, I would like to present three soul crystals as a gift to you, Trena Hayden."

After a few seconds, the letter paper slowly burned with a light blue flame and quickly turned into ashes.

"Sir Ryan, I have delivered the gift from the special envoy and look forward to your contact. I think I should take my leave now." Hammadi stood up and said with a smile.

"Okay, Viscount Hamady, I'll take you there."

After Hamadi left, Ryan paced back and forth in the room, thinking about the other party's purpose this time.

"No wonder the Federation is developing so rapidly. It has infiltrated the Empire very well. Moreover, it has spared no effort in attracting talents."

After seeing the words "Soul Energy Crystal" in the letter just now, Ryan knew what these three hexagonal crystals were.

Generally speaking, potions or items that can increase mental strength are already very precious.

The preciousness of soul energy crystals is even higher, because their function is to speed up the atomization and liquefaction of mental energy.

Ryan had asked Olena before, but unfortunately there was no quota for soul energy crystals in the branch.

Of course, there is a headquarters located in the imperial capital, but it is also extremely precious.

In other words, if Ryan wants to exchange it, he has to be transferred to the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

"What's even more amazing is that sentence - 'The output of soul energy crystals is several times higher than before'. It not only reveals the strength of the Federation, but also is a great temptation."

"If it weren't for my extremely fast atomization speed, I'm afraid it would be hard not to be tempted."

Ryan walked to the wooden box, picked up a soul energy crystal and looked at it.

"Soul energy crystal, it's a good thing."

This is also the reason why Ryan did not refuse the other party's gift. At this stage, the soul energy crystal is indeed very useful for improving his strength.

Renn glanced at the attribute panel:
Spirit: 62 (vaporization 6%)

Mental strength increased from 60 to 62, one point of which was due to the previous bonus points, and another point was due to the improvement effect of the advanced meditation method in the past few days.

The atomization level also increased by 1 percentage point.

After checking the soul energy crystal again and making sure there was no problem, Ryan immediately decided to use a soul energy crystal to see the effect.

This thing is also very easy to use, just hold it in your hand and practice meditation.

A few minutes later
As Ryan practiced the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the soul energy crystal in his hand seemed to resonate in some way. A wisp of transparent breath emanated from it and quickly merged into Ryan's body.

Ryan felt that the huge spiritual power in his sea of ​​​​consciousness was being slowly purified, and the silver mist became more and more numerous.

At this time, the system prompts:
[Ding! Soul energy crystals that can improve the atomization of spiritual power have been detected. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can eliminate impurities and can be absorbed all at once.)]

"Hmm? Eliminate impurities?"

"Can it be absorbed all at once?"

Ryan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.

He just tried it. If he meditated for about half an hour every day, it would take him more than half a month to absorb all the soul energy crystals the size of a thumb.

It is naturally a good thing that the system can absorb it instantly.

"Besides, if I can remove the impurities, doesn't that mean I can use it continuously?!"

Normally, although soul energy crystals are good, wizards only use them for a period of time. When the impurities absorbed into the body reach a certain concentration, they need to stop using them for a while.

The soul energy crystal can only be used again after the body has eliminated the impurities in it. It cannot be used continuously.

Judging from the system prompts, Ryan should be able to absorb continuously.

Without further hesitation, Ryan immediately chose "Yes!"

In an instant, Ryan felt the silver mist in his mind rapidly increase at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon it reached almost twice its previous size.

This feeling is indescribably good.

The mental power has become more refined. Compared with before, the same amount of mental power can mobilize more energy particles around.

Ryan glanced at the system panel:
Spirit: 62 (vaporization 11%)

"Hiss~ 5% increase in one go? No wonder it's so precious!"

"The spirit value is no longer decreasing. It seems that the previous impurities should be almost removed."

Seeing the effect was so good, Ryan thought about it and used up the other two soul energy crystals in the wooden box.

Finally, the spirit value on the attribute panel is displayed as: 62 (atomization 20%).

According to the calculation that the power of witchcraft increases by 0.5 points for every point increase in the degree of atomization, the power of witchcraft currently cast by Ryan is about % higher than when he just changed his job to a wizard.

Don't underestimate this achievement. Many times, the improvement in strength is achieved through the accumulation of small steps, which leads to qualitative change.

Obviously, when the atomization degree reaches 90%, the increase in the power of witchcraft will be very significant, increasing by about %.

As for why it can’t reach 100%?

Generally speaking, when the atomization degree of first-level wizards reaches over 90%, they can choose to break through to second-level liquefaction wizards.

Because the difficulty of mental power atomization is not linear, that is to say, it becomes more difficult as time goes by.

This can be seen from the increase in the soul energy crystal just now. Because in theory, if each soul energy crystal increases by 5%, Ryan's current atomization level should be 21%, but now it is only 20%.

This shows that the degree of atomization is not linear and will become more and more difficult in the later stages.

After testing a few spells and feeling the increase in power, Ryan once again focused his attention on learning new tailoring.

He planned to change his job to tailor as soon as possible. After all, he was just one step away from success.

At this time, there was another knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The person who came in was the capable young woman Olena. She smiled and congratulated him, "Sir Ryan, I heard that you slayed a dragon yesterday? Congratulations on becoming a dragon slayer."

"Thank you. Has this matter spread?" Ryan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Of course, this is about slaying a dragon. Besides, it wasn't just us sword bearers who saw it. The griffin knights and the defenders of Brightxin also saw it. They were all helping to spread the word for you."

"I think your fame will soon spread to several nearby provinces." Olena covered her mouth and chuckled.

Ryan couldn't help but shake his head, thinking to himself, good intentions lead to bad results.

This meant that his stay in Munster was even shorter.

"By the way, Mr. Ryan, there is news about those people from Sam's group that you asked me to investigate last time." Olena handed a stack of papers to Ryan.

Ryan nodded and compared Olena's information with that of the beautiful woman Jennifer, and basically confirmed that it was correct.

"Perhaps you are more concerned about the following news."

"Oh?" Ryan couldn't help but look at Olena.

"You asked me to focus on the news from the Barbarian Tribe in the Frost Tundra. Coincidentally, an acquaintance of mine in the intelligence department of the Imperial Capital Headquarters told me about a message for help that he received in the Imperial Capital three days ago."

"At present, the situation of the Barbarian Tribe is worrying!"

"Oh? Lady Olena, please tell me in detail." Ryan raised his eyebrows.

"Well, the barbarians in the Howling Tundra are mainly divided into two tribes. One is the Norton Tribe, also known as the Norton people, and the other is the Reach Tribe, also known as the Reach people."

"Although I don't know which tribe you asked me to focus on last time, Lord Ryan, but from the intelligence I've gathered, both tribes are having a hard time."

"The Black Flame Cult is rampant in the Howling Tundra. As a cult that worships fire and hunting, it has spread very quickly in the Howling Tundra. Many indigenous tribes have become believers of the Black Flame Cult."

"The Barbarian Tribe is quite powerful, so they have been involved in fierce battles with the Black Flame Cult."

"But after a period of time, the Black Flame Cult mobilized many powerful people, which made the Barbarian Tribe unable to resist and retreated step by step. Therefore, the Barbarian Tribe sought assistance from the Empire some time ago, but at present, the Empire has not sent a guardian to go."

"Now, the two barbarian tribes are migrating to the more remote areas north of the tundra."

"Huh? It's the Black Flame Cult again, a bunch of lingering creatures." Ryan said with narrowed eyes.

"Doesn't the Empire have taken action?"

"It's unlikely to be a good situation in the short term. The Empire will definitely focus on the domestic front and may not have the time to take care of the Frost Tundra."

Ryan nodded. Indeed, under the current circumstances, the Empire would most likely do so.

"By the way, Lady Olena, the barbarian tribes should be much safer after their migration, right?" Ryan couldn't help but ask.

"Uh, Lord Ryan, I'm sorry, I didn't finish what I was saying just now. The problem now is that the north of the Howling Tundra is also unstable." Olena said apologetically.

"Hmm?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

"It is said that a proto-dragon named Corasius was revived from the glaciers in the far north not long ago. It is currently expanding its territory and gathering followers. It is said that several large northern bear monster tribes have taken the initiative to surrender."

"If these two barbarian tribes continue to migrate, they will inevitably be noticed by the other side."

Olena's words immediately made Ryan's expression uncertain.

(End of this chapter)