The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 396 Tutkash
"Thank you." Ryan took the information and said with a smile.

"Hmm? The lava dragon 'Hermadeus'?"

The first thing Ryan saw was the dragon killing mission ranked first.

When he saw this, he immediately understood why Olena suggested that he consider the next task instead of the first one.

Because the word "fire dragon" represents many meanings. The fire dragon is a subspecies of the red dragon and has a very high level of control over the fire element.

In addition, as a subspecies of dragon, the combat power it possesses when it reaches adulthood is second only to the five-colored dragon, and far exceeds that of other dragon-born creatures.

"Young dragon, the enemy lives in the Blade Crater in Mosel Province. Currently, a team of adamantium-level swordsmen at the headquarters has failed in their mission. According to reports, the enemy's combat power has reached the peak of legend."

"Especially in a volcanic environment, the opponent's combat power is comparable to that of an epic and their wisdom is outstanding, so it is difficult to lure the opponent into a trap." Ryan immediately looked at it in detail.

Ryan didn't seem to look at the rest of the pages, but instead looked at the first Lava Dragon Mission with great interest.

This made Olena frown slightly, and she thought to herself, 'Did I say something wrong just now, and instead gave Lord Ryan a sense of provocation?'

After hesitating for a moment, Olena said tactfully, "Lord Ryan, the fire dragon's breath of fire is extremely powerful. The ultra-high temperature damage will melt most metals instantly."

"Thank you for your concern." Ryan said with a smile.

Of course he knew that Olena meant well. She was subtly reminding him that the metal magic he was good at might not be very useful when facing a fire dragon.

But for him, he was more concerned about the blood concentration of dragon creatures, or in other words, the purity of dragons.

Generally speaking, a fire dragon like this one contains more dragon genes than the unorthodox dragons such as the Corruption Dragon and the Proto-Dragon that he had killed before.

In other words, if he succeeds in killing him, the concentration of his dragon blood will increase even more.

This is also the reason why Ryan basically decided to choose this mission.

However, since the cleansing of the Sword Bearer headquarters was nearing completion but not yet over, although Ryan had made a choice in his mind, he did not intend to take the task immediately.

"Sir Olena, let me know when the purge is over. Leave these materials with me first, and I'll take a look at them slowly."

"Okay, Lord Ryan." Olena felt relieved.

It seemed that Lord Ryan understood what she meant.

In the next few days, his original routine of going from two points to one line has now changed to going from three points to one line.

That is, the mansion, the school's residence, and the headquarters of the Royal Apothecary Society.

In terms of time allocation, Ryan spent most of his time learning how to prepare potions.

Even though advanced potions were only taken by ordinary people when they stepped into the realm of transcendence, they were quite difficult to make. No wonder he seemed to have asked a master from the Royal Pharmacists Association to help him make the potion he needed at that time.

Ryan still remembers that the potion he took had the words 'Inigo Offastin' written on the label.

And through Alyosha, he also found out about this master pharmacist.

Just as he had expected at first, these potion masters were all official wizards. Even Master Inigo and Alyosha's mentor, Master Cabrera, were second-level liquefaction wizards with considerable strength.

Come to think of it, when preparing potions, the requirements for various dosages are extremely high. Only if one's mental strength is strong enough can this be achieved, and at the same time, there will be basically no mistakes during the long preparation process.

Otherwise, every failure means the loss of various rare materials.

Ryan was holding a glass beaker filled with blue liquid, shaking it slightly to mix it evenly, while with his other hand he was squeezing a dropper and continuously dripping in transparent liquid.

"Mr. Ryan, the accuracy of your configuration is simply amazing." Alyosha, the 'genius potion girl' standing by, couldn't help but admire it.

Although Ryan had demonstrated his excellent ability in potion preparation since he started preparing advanced potions a few days ago, what shocked Alyosha was Ryan's learning speed and extraordinary preparation accuracy.

After Ryan mixed the liquid, he slowly poured it onto a translucent object that looked like beef tendon. This was the tendon taken from the ferocious 'Shadow Leopard'.

When Alyosha saw Ryan successfully complete the last step, he couldn't help but applaud excitedly.

"Ryan, this Shadow Leopard Potion is very well made." Master Cabrera, who was in charge of teaching, looked at this scene, stroked his goatee, and said with a smile on his face.

If Ryan in front of him had not been an Imperial Platinum-level swordsman, he would have tried to take him in as his disciple, but now, he could only hide this regret deep in his heart.

And Ryan also smiled.

This was his second potion-making recipe after mastering the 'Black Water Crocodile's Tail'. He only needed the last one to complete the process of mastering three potions.

"This is thanks to Master Cabrera's careful guidance, and Miss Alyosha's dedicated help." Ryan smiled and bowed to the two of them to express his gratitude.

That afternoon.

In Mogaro's laboratory, the headquarters of the Bishu Construction School.

Mogaro brought Ryan to a huge metal puppet lying on the ground, and said with a little pride:
"Ryan, this is the new golem I transformed from the Black Flame Cult's giant axe golem guard according to your request. It is made entirely of metal components."

"The overall power is a small furnace driven by a hellfire crystal, which can release shadow and fire related witchcraft. Of course, this requires the addition of relevant witchcraft inscriptions."

"Currently, we have added sorcery inscriptions for Shadowbolt and Fireball."

As Mogaro spoke in detail, Ryan nodded frequently.

He didn't expect that he himself had not yet mastered the fireball technique, but his puppets learned it first.

He had been thinking about this matter since he returned from the secret realm of Fiery Canyon that day.

Now that he has obtained thirteen Hellfire Crystals, could he try to make a giant axe golem guard?

But if you think about it carefully, there are still several problems.

First of all, the Giant Axe Golem Guard is essentially a large rock-type constructed puppet. Its entire body is made up of stone parts, not metal, and is not suitable for him to perform.

Therefore, the first difficulty is how to replace all its components with metal materials through the drawings.

Metal puppets are compatible with his super metal and complement each other.

At that time, he will not only be able to change the weapons of the war golem at any time, replace the metal material of specific parts of the golem, etc. From another perspective, the metal golem will also become his "arsenal" in disguise.

Secondly, according to the original blueprint, the giant axe golem guard is seven or eight meters tall, and once it moves, it makes quite a lot of noise.

So, Ryan thought of the iron man's metal arm, and he asked his mentor Mogaro if the size of the golem could be reduced a bit.

Because of Ryan's two requests, Mogaro spent a lot of effort, and after he sacrificed his old face and consulted several puppet masters of the rock department, he finally completed the product in front of him.

"Ryan, after precision processing and proportional reduction, this Iron War Golem is only four meters tall, but its melee power is not reduced at all, and is comparable to the original eight-meter Giant Axe Golem Guard."

"Thank you for your hard work, mentor." Ryan bowed slightly to Mogaro and expressed his gratitude.

Recently, he did not have that much time and energy, nor could he spend precious skill points to study the improvement of the golem, so from the beginning, he entrusted this matter to his mentor Mogaro.

Ryan didn't expect Mogaro to be so attentive.

The war golem he created exceeded his expectations in every aspect.

"Teacher, has this new golem been named?"

"Not yet. I called you here this time to let you choose a name." Mogaro said with a smile.

"No, no, mentor, you have put so much effort into this matter, it would be most appropriate for you to name it." Ryan shook his head and said.

"This"

"How about calling it the Hellfire Golem? The source of its power, the Hellfire Crystal, is the most precious thing."

"Okay! Let's call it Hellfire Golem." Ryan smiled, nodded and said.

Two more days passed.

Inside the Royal Apothecary Society headquarters.

When Ryan successfully made the third advanced potion, 'Lungs of the Bright Scale Electric Eel', the system prompt sounded:

[Ding! It is detected that the host has mastered the production of three advanced potions, triggering the subsequent job transfer of Breaking Bad Master (Extraordinary) - Potions Master (Legendary)! ]

[The prerequisites for changing to Potion Master (Legendary) are: 5. Level 30 or above in a supernatural potion-related profession; . Spirit points or above; . Mastering the production of three or more advanced potions. All the current conditions are met! ]

[.Yes/No completed the job change to Potion Master (Legendary)? ]

[Note: After changing to Potion Master (Legend), the Breaking Bad Master (Extraordinary) occupation panel will be covered. ]

When Ryan saw it, he chose "yes" without hesitation!
【Ding! Job transfer successful! 】

[Job transfer to Potion Master (Legend) successful! Constitution +3, Agility +2, Spirit +5! Obtained Potion Master (Legend) core skill: Potion Mastery lv1 (passive). ]

[Potion Mastery Level 1 (Passive): Since you have devoted yourself to the research of potion making for many years, your potion success rate has increased slightly. At the same time, the effects of all the potions you configure have been additionally improved.]

(Note: If poison is prepared, the difficulty of removing the poison by antidote or witchcraft such as "poison removal" will increase slightly.)
"This new core skill, 'Potion Mastery', is basically an upgraded version of the original Breaking Bad (Transcendent) core skill, 'Deadly Poison', expanding from poison to all Transcendent potions."

"Also, Breaking Bad's other skill, 'Poison Resistance Constitution', has long been integrated into the mutant dragon's bloodline, so it can't be considered to have disappeared." Ryan thought to himself.

That afternoon, when Ryan returned to the mansion, he received a small surprise.

There was a brown wooden box on his desk, with three soul energy crystals inside.

This is the beautiful woman Jennifer, who had just been sent by someone on an airship. When Ryan saw the soul energy crystal, he couldn't help but feel moved.

Obviously, one of the main reasons why Jennifer stayed in Munster was that she wanted to take advantage of the convenience of being a shareholder of the Axon Auction House to help him collect some things, including soul energy crystals.

Fortunately, now including Lagre and the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries, they are all by Jennifer's side. With the care of the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward, we can't say that safety is absolutely no problem, but at least there is a considerable guarantee.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the study door, interrupting Ryan's thoughts.

"Please come in."

Olena walked into the study with a land deed in her hand and said with a smile:

"Lord Ryan, the compensation from the Durham family has arrived. It is a manor in the suburbs of the imperial capital, plus 200,000 imperial gold coins."

As Olena spoke, she couldn't help but be shocked.

Just 273 imperial gold coins, according to her salary level, she would have to save for years without eating or drinking to save enough money.

What's more, there is that suburban manor.

She had also visited the manor in person. It covered nearly twenty acres and had beautiful scenery. According to the market conditions in the imperial capital of Tamriel, it was worth at least one hundred thousand gold.

However, when Ryan heard this amount, he was not very moved. Instead, he flipped through the deed casually, looking thoughtful.

"Lady Olena, please help me put this manor up for sale, and transfer the two hundred thousand imperial gold coins to Jennifer." Ryan said after a while.

"Okay, Lord Ryan. But do you really want to go and see the manor?"

"It's too far out in the suburbs. Even if I dare to live there, the safety of my family won't be guaranteed." Ryan shook his head.

"Okay, Lord Ryan, I'll do it right away." Olena said with a look of realization on her face.

After Olena left, Ryan picked up three soul energy crystals and absorbed them using the system.

After a few seconds, Ryan glanced at the system panel:
"Spirit: 98 (liquefied 85%)"

"Three soul energy crystals, increased by 3%."

"This should be partly due to the fact that I have been practicing the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method every day during this period."

"Otherwise, relying solely on the effect of soul energy crystals, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach 3% of the effect." Ryan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.
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at the same time.

In the westernmost part of the Cyrodiil Plateau, in a deep underground cave.

Many figures wearing black robes with different shapes of skulls or spiders tattooed on their chests were busy coming and going.

This is the headquarters of Tutkash, a secret school that specializes in necromancy.

Deep in the cave, in a spacious grotto, a dishevelled wizard in a black robe was sewing something on a huge table.

From a distance, you can see a huge deformed creature placed on the table.

The upper body of this deformed creature is a strong, muscular man like a giant, while the lower body is a giant poisonous scorpion. The two seem to have been forcibly grafted together using some kind of witchcraft.

Although only the upper body of the muscular man was left, his body was more than one and a half meters long.

Judging from his rugged facial features and stone-carved muscular form, he seemed to be a legendary strongman among the Bretons.

At this moment, the black-robed wizard was slightly bent over, holding a large sewing needle that was flashing with a strong black witchcraft light, and was flying up and down, sewing up the flesh and skin at the seams between the two.

"Lord Staven, the sect master wants you to come over." At this time, a young man in an apprentice robe appeared at the door and bowed.

The black-robed wizard named Staven naturally heard the words of the messenger servant.

But he didn't react at all, still concentrating on sewing the deformed creature in his hands.

The wizard apprentice who delivered the message didn't care at all when he saw this scene and still stood respectfully at the door.

He knew very well that the Lord Staven in front of him was the top expert in his own school.

Decades ago, the other party was a wizard at the peak of level three crystallization. He was particularly good at creating mutated undead creatures and was proficient in curses and shadow witchcraft. His current strength is even more unfathomable.

About ten minutes later, Staven put down the sewing tools in his hands and slowly turned around.

Under the other person's messy hair, there was a pair of almost paranoid and bloodshot eyes, as if he had not had a good rest for a long time. However, the madness and paranoia contained in those eyes could make outsiders feel the owner of the eyes' firm pursuit.

"go!"

"Okay, Master Staven, the leader is waiting for you in the laboratory. Please follow me."

Soon, Staven followed the wizard apprentice and servant to a magnificent underground hall with a height of more than ten meters.

An unusually tall and bloated man in a black robe was hunched over, doing experiments on a long table filled with experimental instruments.

However, when Staven appeared at the door, the man in black robe immediately noticed it.

He turned his head, revealing his thin and pale face hidden under the hood.

However, when he walked towards Staven, the most shocking thing was his lower body.

Although most of the opponent's lower body was covered by the black robe, the exposed part was where the ankles should have been, but now there were four pairs of spider-like arthropods.

No wonder the other party appears bloated.

That's because the other person's lower body is no longer that of a normal human being, but has transformed into a teardrop-shaped abdomen like a spider.

But judging from the rich and evil aura that was faintly emanating from him, the other party was actually an epic-level powerful being at the level of a Dawn Wizard.

"Staven, it seems that your strength has improved again. It seems that you will have the opportunity to become a Dawn Wizard soon." The other party looked at Staven and said with a smile.

"The experiment still failed." Staven shook his head, as if he did not agree with the words of Graham, the leader of the Tutankhamun sect in front of him.

"It's okay. If it really doesn't work, you can choose to follow the same path as me and perform the Spider God prayer ceremony to seek help. This can be considered a shortcut to becoming a fourth-level Dawn Wizard." Graham smiled palely and comforted.

"Okay, if not, I'll consider it." Staven looked at the other party, nodded and said.

"By the way, the reason I asked you to come here this time is because I want you to kill a platinum-level swordsman from the Dragun Empire." Graham got down to business.

"I've been busy with experiments recently, why not let Cyprian go?" Staven frowned and said.

"Two reasons. One is because this request is from the Isolder School of Wizards. You know, we are both in the Cyrodiil Plateau. If they turn a blind eye to some things, our school can live comfortably."

"The second reason is that according to intelligence, this Imperial Swordsman has the ability to transform through blood, and he also killed Greg, a legendary Breton warrior nicknamed 'Corpse Ripper'."

"I know about the experiment you have been doing recently. Although you have obtained the remains of a legendary Breton warrior, the compatibility issue has been bothering you."

"Since this Imperial Swordsman has the ability to kill Greg the Corpse Ripper, and his strength is even greater than your current corpse, perhaps his body will help you solve the compatibility problem."

Hearing this, Staven immediately raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at the leader of the Tutkash School in front of him.

"Okay! Give me a day. I will forcibly fuse this stitched monster in my hand, and then we will set off." Staven thought for a moment and agreed.

"Well, the opponent's information is here. The opponent's combat power seems to have increased greatly after the transformation. You can take this bottle of Spider God's blood first." Graham handed over a blood-colored test tube that exuded a hazy witchcraft aura.

"I understand." After seeming to hesitate for a moment, Staven reached out and took the bottle of Spider God's Blood.

Staven knew very well that once he took the Blood of the Spider God, his strength would skyrocket and he would most likely become the long-awaited Dawn Wizard, but this also meant a choice from which there was no turning back.

At that time, he will be like the sect leader in front of him, and gradually throw himself into the arms of the Spider God Neyobrekhan.

At least in his understanding, if one relies on this to enter the fourth level of Dawn Wizard, then this is not a real Dawn Wizard, but more like a high-level priest of a cult.

So, over the past few decades, he has persisted in trying to fuse two or more legendary creatures together through special necromancy sorcery to create a stitched monster of epic strength.

If successful, he would not only obtain an epic stitched monster, but would also be able to successfully advance to the level of a fourth-level Dawn Wizard.

This is also one of the ways of advancement of the necromancy wizard school Tutkash since ancient times.

three days later.

In the study of the Rennes Mansion in the Imperial Capital of Tamriel.

"Lord Ryan, Major General Tatia asked me to inform you that the purge has been completed and you can accept missions from the headquarters at any time." Olena, who was wearing black hunting trousers and a white floral shirt, smiled.

"Okay, I understand. By the way, Lady Olena, how is the recruitment of team members going?" Ryan asked.

"I was just about to report to you. Both Claire and Beyonce have been very troubled by this matter recently." Olena said, covering her mouth with her hands and chuckling.

"In general, there are too many people who want to join your team, and it's hard for them to decide who to choose. Four candidates have been initially selected, but the final decision will be made by you."

As she spoke, Olena handed Ryan a stack of information, which was an introduction to these four people.

"Why are they all women?" Ryan took a quick look and looked at Olena in surprise.

"Didn't you tell them that it would be best to find two male team members?"

"Uh" For a moment, Olena blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Ryan innocently, not knowing what to say.

(End of this chapter)