The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 397 Ironback Undead
"Well, there are two places, one of which will be reserved for a male team member. You tell Claire. As for the interview time, let's put it after I return from the mission." Ryan thought for a moment and said.

Since we have already selected a list of four female team members, it would not be appropriate to completely overturn it now, and we still have to choose one of them.

In addition, it takes time to screen the male team members, so we can only wait until they come back.

It is not appropriate to have all female team members. Imagine, for example, after slaying a dragon, he takes a rest on the side. There must always be a strong male team member responsible for skinning the dragon and collecting the spoils.

I'm afraid that most women are not capable of doing this job.

"Okay, Lord Ryan, I'll go and notify them right away."

"Oh, by the way, help me take on this mission to kill the lava dragon Hermadeus, and by the way, apply to the headquarters for a small airship to carry out the mission."

"Hmm? Lord Ryan, are you sure you want to choose this mission?" Olena was stunned.

It was not until now that she realized that Lord Ryan in front of her probably did not listen to what she said two days ago.

"Sure." Ryan nodded and said.

"Okay, Lord Ryan." Olena nodded.

Although Olena wanted to say something more, she was very clear about her position. Now that she had made all the necessary suggestions, she only needed to follow orders instead of continuing to make suggestions or question the decisions of the chief officer.

Considering past battle records, Olena had reason to believe that Lord Ryan must have been quite confident in making the above decision.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, according to the regulations, when the adamantine-level sword-wielding team performs a mission, it can mobilize a mithril-level team and two magic iron-level teams to cooperate."

"Do you need to be transferred this time?"

Ryan thought for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "No, just me, Claire, and Beyoncé."

Considering that this was his first mission after the purge, he didn't want too many people to pay attention to his whereabouts.

In addition, in the battle with the lava dragon, no matter how many low-level team members there are, it will be of little significance.

"Okay, my lord."

After Olena left, Ryan thought for a moment and then set off for the school's headquarters.

As soon as he stepped into Mogaro's laboratory, Ryan saw Mogaro dusting his hands and then gulping down two mouthfuls of liquor, as if he had just completed the final modification of the Hellfire Golem.

Because Audrey and Alicia were doing the final polishing step.

"Teacher, is the final transformation completed?"

Ryan originally wanted to check the progress before going out on a mission, but he didn't expect that mentor Mogaro's progress exceeded his expectations.

"It's just been completed. You came at the right time. We can test it now." said Mogaro.

"However, driving it once may consume a lot of mental energy. At least I can't do it." As if he thought of something, Mogaro added.

"Okay, mentor, I'll pay attention."

The last time Ryan came to check on the progress of the Hellfire Golem, he suggested whether it was possible to add one or two small furnace devices to give the Hellfire Golem a similar "overclocking" capability.

Since converting the 'overclocked' power into the golem's mobility would involve issues such as the strength and durability of most component structures, the 'overclocking' he refers to here is witchcraft overclocking.

That is, by adding one or two small furnace devices and increasing the number of witchcraft inscriptions, the frequency or power of witchcraft release can be increased.

In this case, the entire transformation process does not involve the adjustment of the overall components.

It will be easier to transform, otherwise it will be a huge transformation project.

This is like modifying a vehicle in the past life, upgrading a 2.0 engine to 4.0, and adding a T, then the body structure, brakes, etc. almost all have to be adjusted accordingly, which is extremely difficult.

But if you simply feel that the exhaust sound is not cool enough and want to double the volume, it is much easier to do this, just change the exhaust.

No? Add two more speakers.

"Lord Ryan." Seeing Ryan coming, Audrey and Alicia bowed.

"Lord Ryan!"

Now seeing Ryan again, Alicia, who has always been passionate, also showed a little restrained and was no longer as unscrupulous as before.

After all, after seeing Ryan's strength, any normal person would be quite awed.

Ryan nodded slightly towards the two women and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

As the spell sounded, Ryan lightly pointed his finger, and a thumb-thick ochre-colored beam of light shone on the Hellfire Golem in front of him. It was the lv4 activation technique.

Ryan also discovered that the mental power consumed to drive this Hellfire Golem was five times that of the original intermediate combat puppet. If quantified using the mental power given by the system, the consumption was approximately fifty points of mental power.

Compared to his mental strength of 98 points, this consumed nearly half of it.

No wonder, normally, to drive a golem to fight, one needs to be a level 3 crystallized wizard. After all, the golem corresponds to a combat power comparable to the legendary level.

Of course, if the affinity is above high-level metal, a wizard at the peak of level 2 liquefaction can barely give it a try.

For someone like Ryan who has a super affinity for metal, the control threshold can naturally be further lowered, but this is also close to the limit.

After all, it is impossible for a wizard to consume most of his mental power for a puppet. During a battle, he must retain a considerable amount of mental power to deal with enemy attacks and cast other witchcraft.

This is also the reason why wizards from the Bishu Construction School cannot sweep away the enemy by relying on battle puppets all over the mountains.

Because the more puppets there are, the more mental energy is consumed. Instead of doing this, it is better to use the mental energy to control more powerful puppets.

When the heavy four-meter-tall Hellfire Golem stood up, a surge of energy waves emanated from its body.

"Boom boom boom!"

Since an intermediate control core is installed inside the golem, Ryan only needs to give simple commands, such as attack, and the Hellfire Golem will automatically lock onto the target and launch a combination attack.

"Attack the iron man target in front." Ryan gave the order.

At this time, the Hellfire Golem immediately rushed towards the target, as if it had determined that this target could be smashed with one punch.

"Stop! Cast a witchcraft attack!" What Ryan wanted to see most was naturally the witchcraft attack ability of the Hellfire Golem.

The two thick breastplates on the left and right chests of the golem suddenly popped open, revealing two black gun barrels. Then, strong witchcraft lights, one red and one black, began to flash inside the gun barrels.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There is about one shot every two seconds. If you add them up, that means there is one fireball or shadow arrow per second, dragging a brilliant tail of flame, bombarding the iron man target.

As the smoke cleared, all that was left was a pile of red, steaming iron slag.

"Hiss~ Such power." Audrey and Alicia on the side were amazed.

If this hit the two of them, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to hold out for more than three seconds and would become targets.

"defense."

After witnessing the Hellfire Golem's witchcraft attack, Ryan issued a defensive order.

A red light flashed across the patterns on the golem's surface, and a shield-shaped red energy shield appeared and lingered on its body.

"This is a fire shield, a first-level defense against witchcraft." Mogaro introduced on the side.

"By the way, Ryan, you can try the effect of overclocking." Mogaro said with a mysterious smile.

"Okay, mentor."

"Overclocked attack!" Ryan gave the order.

The low roar from the Hellfire Golem's body suddenly accelerated, as if it was originally an Alto engine, but suddenly when the accelerator was stepped on, it turned into a large-displacement naturally aspirated Ferrari!
"Shhhhh!"

This time, the two black gun barrels on the golem's chest suddenly began to accelerate their attack. Fireballs and shadow arrows were fired at the target at a rate of 0.5 seconds, just like the machine guns in the previous life.

Audrey and Alicia looked at each other in shock for a moment.

"Hiss~ If only I could have a golem like this one, I wouldn't have to look for a partner!" Alicia said with envy, her beautiful eyes wide open.

"Alicia, perhaps you can talk to Lord Ryan. Lord Ryan might give you one. Even if he doesn't give you a finished product, a Hellfire Crystal will be fine." Audrey couldn't help but joked as she listened to Alicia's mumbling.

"Okay, Audrey, you're laughing at me. Why don't you ask Lord Ryan yourself!" Alicia immediately started to pull and play with Audrey.

"Teacher, I am very satisfied. Thank you for your hard work." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Although he had some other ideas, they would have to take a lot of time to redesign, modify and debug.

We can talk about these after we return from the mission.

In addition, Ryan naturally has plans for the use of higher-level Abyss Fire Crystals, but it is a pity that even his mentor Mogaro is only a peak first-level wizard.

It is beyond my ability to create a higher-level golem or engrave higher-level inscriptions.

This time, it was said that mentor Mogaro put aside his pride and asked several second-level liquefied wizards of the school, as well as deputy school leader Bradley, a third-level crystallized wizard, to help out and resolve the issue.

"By the way, I used the magicized thorium you provided to reinforce key parts. It has a stronger defense against witchcraft attacks."

"Generally speaking, the Hellfire Golem may be a bit of a stretch to deal with Legendary-level warriors, but it is perfect for dealing with small fry, no matter how many of them there are."

Mentor Mogaro concluded.

"One more thing. I have set up a self-destruct device at the Hellfire Crystal Furnace. Once a special situation occurs, the three small furnaces will self-destruct at the same time. The power is incomparable!"

"I think this can be used as a trump card for you when necessary, what do you think?"

"Of course, mentor, thank you for your trouble!" At this moment, Ryan felt that he had made the right choice to choose Mogaro as his mentor. Although Mogaro's strength was not strong, he still treated his disciple with impeccable attitude.

"Teacher, I will take this Hellfire Golem away first. I have a mission soon, and it is a good opportunity to test it in actual combat." Ryan said as he said goodbye.

"Okay, after the actual combat test, if there is anything that needs to be improved, remember to tell me as soon as possible." Mogaro said with a smile.

at the same time.

A valley in the southeast corner of the suburbs of the Imperial Capital Tamriel.

This place is adjacent to a small town called Luwad, which is considered the outermost area of ​​the imperial capital.

In a beautiful manor villa, seven or eight men in robes of various colors were busy surrounding an old man in a wizard robe.

It looks like this should be a secret base of some organization.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a gray robe, after receiving instructions from the old man, walked quickly along the winding cobblestone path on the west side of the manor. After more than a hundred meters, an extremely hidden cave appeared in front of him.

The middle-aged man in gray robe did not rush in, but bowed slightly at the entrance of the cave and said loudly:
"Lord Staven, we have received the latest news that our target has just accepted a mission at the Sword Bearer Headquarters. If nothing unexpected happens, the other party should leave the Imperial Capital Tamriel soon."

"Oh? What specific task is it?" Staven, who was meditating with his eyes closed in the cave, asked lightly.

Next to him stood a huge man who was as strong as a rock, and his lower body was a strange giant scorpion. It was Staven's legendary stitched monster 'Scorpion Man'.

Behind the scorpion man, there are many tall zombies that emit a foul stench. Their huge and sharp claws indicate their unusual identities.

These are the elite undead under Staven's command - the Claw Ghouls. Their combat power is far superior to that of ordinary Plague Ghouls, and there is a world of difference between them and those Rot Ghouls.

Staven himself did not need to hide in the cave with the concealing magic array, but because this place was close to the imperial capital of Tamriel, the undead servants he brought with him were emitting special energy fluctuations all the time.

Only then did he take the initiative to choose to stay in the cave.

"The mission the other party has accepted is to kill the lava dragon 'Hemados'" the middle-aged man who came to report said with a serious face.

Although his strength is far from that of various dragons, he has also heard of creatures like fire dragons.

It is said that even compared with a real dragon, its strength is only slightly inferior.

"Do you have any specific information?"

Staven, who heard the news in the cave, suddenly opened his eyes, and a breathtaking light flashed across his eyes!
The bloodshot eyes had long since disappeared, as if it was because he had stopped the sleepless experiments during the journey in the past few days and had gotten a good rest.

"Yes, we are ready." The middle-aged man walked in cautiously and respectfully handed a stack of information to Staven.

Then, he looked at the horrible undead creature behind Staven with a little fear, and quickly retreated from the cave.

After Staven received the information, he carefully checked the mission information of the lava dragon 'Hermades'.

After a while, he closed his eyes and began to think.

"The fact that the other party accepted this mission shows that he is confident, or is sure of killing the lava dragon Hermadeus."

"But even for me, my chance of winning against this lava dragon is less than 40%."

"There are two possibilities. One is that the other party has some special killer weapon to deal with dragon creatures. The second possibility is that your intelligence is wrong! The other party's strength is stronger than the intelligence you gave me before."

After saying this, Staven stared at the person in front of him with a stern gaze.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the first-level wizard who came to report.

After all, there are countless cases where intelligence omissions have led to mission failures, and this situation is also the most criticized thing by operatives.

"Lord Staven, please calm down. I will report right away! Please wait a moment."

As the wizard hurried away, less than three minutes later, the old man in the manor hurried over.

Judging from the aura, the other party's strength is about in the early stage of the third level crystallization, and he should be the person in charge here.

"Sir Staven, we have checked the enemy's intelligence repeatedly and it should be true. Are you saying that even Sir Harold the Sculptor was unable to bring out the enemy's full combat power?"

"I'm afraid so." Staven nodded.

Previously, after looking at a crystal that recorded traces of the battle between Ryan and Harold in the town of Tavlin, Staven concluded that although Ryan was strong, he would still not be his opponent.

He judged that if he faced Ryan, he would have a 70% chance of winning.

As for Harold's title of the strongest legend, in his eyes, it was more of a flattery, especially since the other party belonged to the Isolde School.

Don't forget that the Isolder School and their Tutkash School are both located in the Cyrodiil Plateau. He is naturally aware of the strength of these earth-specialized wizards.

When he became famous, this Harold was just a young up-and-coming guy.

"Then Lord Staven, what if I dispatch two more assassin kings from the Black Knife Organization to cooperate with you?" The old man said after a little thought.

"It's not enough. Besides, I'm not used to others' cooperation." Staven shook his head and rejected the old man's proposal.

"So what do you mean?" The old man couldn't help but look gloomy and said.

"I need something. If I have it, I will have a better chance of winning."

"what?"

"Ironback Necromancer Breastplate."

"What!" The old man's eyes widened and he took a breath.

As a third-level crystal wizard, he had certainly heard of this thing.

But the problem is that this thing is currently sealed in the Cologne Cathedral, and it is almost impossible to get it. At least for him, there is absolutely no way.

"I need to use it to strengthen the undead under my command. Only in this way can my winning rate exceed 70%."

"You can think about it on your own. If not, don't blame me if the mission fails." After saying that, Staven closed his eyes and continued to meditate.

"This..." The old man groaned in silence.

After a while, the old man said, "Sir Staven, I have to contact the higher-ups immediately about this matter. Please continue to prepare. I'll take my leave now."

After one hour.

The news that Staven wanted the Ironback Undead Breastplate has been reported to a conservative leader.

"Go do it." A dignified white-haired old man behind the desk thought for a moment and then made the decision.

"But the Iron-Spine Undead Breastplate of Your Excellency the Duke is currently sealed in the Cologne Cathedral. If you want to take it out, if you send someone to steal it, I'm afraid it will take at least half a month. It's impossible at all."

A middle-aged man in noble hunting clothes nearby couldn't help but look surprised and said.

"If we want to get it within half a day, there is no other way except to mobilize the hidden players. I am afraid that this will mean that a hidden player at the bishop level will be dismissed."

If the seal is lost, someone in the church must be held responsible.

"It's too late to change people now. Besides, who do you think can have a higher chance of success than Staven?" the Duke said in a deep voice.

"But isn't this loss too big?" another person also frowned.

After all, placing a bishop-level spy in the Goddess Church is not an easy task. It requires more than ten years of continuous attention and support. This time, there was a direct loss, which was quite painful even for them.

"Everyone, I think you have all seen the information about Ryan. If it is not curbed, I don't want to see the emergence of another Alfred." The Duke looked around and said expressionlessly.

After hearing these words, the room suddenly became quiet.

After thinking for a while, the others nodded and said, "Okay, I agree!"

"I agree."

In less than half a day, a one-piece breastplate similar to the one worn by ancient Spartacus warriors was delivered to the cave where Staven was.

The breastplate was dark in color, with complicated inscriptions on the surface. As soon as Staven got hold of it, the breastplate began to glow with a strong witchcraft aura.

"Very well, I'll need half a day."

"Sir Costaven, the target has already been set." The middle-aged wizard who delivered the breastplate couldn't help but reveal an embarrassment.

"Prepare the fastest flying mount for me!" Staven waved his hand and said nothing more.

Staven first cast a silencing spell, and then he put the breastplate on his stitched monster 'Scorpion Man'. The Iron-Spine Undead Breastplate, which was obviously too small, was just right after it was put on.

As the low incantation sounded, rich shadow energy began to gather towards the Scorpion man from all directions.

"what!!!"

The upper body of the Scorpion Man, the Brighton warrior with a strong face and muscles like rocks, let out a painful roar.

This is the process of the Iron-Spine Undead on the breastplate infusing its indomitable will and surging shadow energy into the scorpion man's body.

After completion, the Scorpion Man's strength can be increased by about 30%. This is the value of the Iron-Spine Undead Breastplate.

His Scorpio Man was the result of the forced fusion of two legends. Although his strength had reached the peak of legend, due to the forced fusion, it was easy to discover any lack of coordination during the battle with the top warriors and target him.

But it's different with the Ironback Undead Breastplate.

With the addition of the Iron-Spine Undead's will, his Scorpion Man will not only become perfect, but his strength will also be further enhanced.

More importantly, through fierce battles, the three elements are perfectly integrated into one.
Perhaps, he will be able to reach the level he has been waiting for for so long!
(End of this chapter)