The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 398 Explosion
That afternoon, Ryan came to the Sword Bearer headquarters again.

"Lord Ryan, your airship is ready and can depart at any time. Your Excellencies Claire and Beyonce are already waiting for you at the airship berth at the headquarters."

Olena walked out of the office quickly and reported to Ryan.

"Okay, Lady Olena, thank you for your hard work." Ryan nodded and smiled.

The Swordbearer Headquarters has its own airship docking spot, which is very convenient.

Especially like this time, his Hellfire Golem weighing more than ten tons is very convenient to transport over long distances, and can be directly placed in the bottom cabin of the airship.

If transported by horse-drawn carriage, it would take at least half a month to reach the vicinity of the Sword Blade Volcano in Moselle Province.

There is a world of difference in efficiency!

"It's my honor to serve you, Lord Ryan." Olena covered her mouth and chuckled.

Soon, the two arrived at the airship berth on the north side of the headquarters training ground.

"Captain!" Claire, who was wearing a blue wizard robe, showed joy when she saw Ryan and saluted immediately.

"Captain Ryan!" The other hot woman in leather armor next to her was Beyonce. When she saw Ryan, her eyes lit up and she bowed respectfully.

As a quasi-legendary ranger, Beyonce is much stronger than Claire.

Therefore, she could clearly feel the aura of her captain, Ryan, which was stronger than before.

It’s been less than a month!
The strength of our captain Ryan seems to have improved significantly.

Is this the growth rate of the empire's top talents?
It's really terrible.

"Hello, Claire and Beyoncé." Ryan smiled and nodded.

"Hey, Claire, you seem to be on the verge of a breakthrough?"

Ryan took a quick look at the two of them and found that Claire, who was originally at the peak of the first-level wizard, had become more and more mentally mature, and seemed to be about to break through to the second-level liquefaction level.

"Hehe, Captain, you really have a keen eye."

"After I return from this mission with you, I think I should try to break through." Claire said with a smile.

"Well, if you're not sure, you can come to me." Ryan nodded.

"Thank you, Captain! Captain, shall we set off now?" Claire said naturally.
"Wait, something is about to arrive. It's already here." Ryan looked straight ahead and smiled.

"Huh?" The two girls looked around first, but didn't see anyone coming towards them. For a moment, they couldn't help but look at each other.

"In the sky." Ryan said with a smile.

"Huh? This seems to be the airship of the wizarding school!" Claire reacted after hearing what Ryan said and immediately looked up.

Not far away, there was indeed an airship flying towards the Sword Bearer's headquarters.

No wonder they ignored it.

This was Tamriel, after all, and the sky was always bustling with activity.

There are large airship berthing points in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, as well as the airship berthing points of special institutions and top families. There are at least a dozen airships floating in the sky almost every moment.

It is naturally easy to overlook an airship in the sky.

However, this also made the two women even more curious.

After all, what needs to be transported by airship?

Soon, as the academy airship landed, Olena stepped forward quickly and quickly communicated and coordinated.

I saw a huge object covered with a tarpaulin, which was carried by more than 20 strong guards and loaded onto the Sword Bearer headquarters airship that was about to depart.

"Is this a puppet?" Claire said with her beautiful eyes wide open, seeing the outline and some vaguely exposed components.

Beyonce was also watching the scene in surprise.

After all, in her opinion, her captain was strong enough.

But this time, he actually brought along a metal puppet that was obviously very powerful.

I remember that the last time I went on a mission to kill the Venom Dragon, I wasn’t that careful.

"Then let's go, Lady Olena, goodbye."

"Lord Ryan, goodbye to both of you." Olena bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Ryan chose this time to set off, and he would arrive at Blade County in Moselle Province around eight or nine o'clock the next morning.

In terms of timing, it can be said to be just right.

And it was almost three hours after Ryan set out.

Located in a valley manor on the outskirts of the imperial capital of Tamriel, adjacent to the town of Luward.

Several middle-aged men in robes looked anxious.

"It's almost evening, why hasn't Lord Staven finished yet?"

"Yes, sir, if we keep dragging it on like this, I'm afraid it will be too late!" Another middle-aged man looked at the old man in the middle of the room and frowned.

"Should we go and urge them?"

"No!" The old wizard in charge of this place thought for a moment and shook his head.

"What we need is someone who can complete the task smoothly and give the other party enough time."

"As for other difficulties, we will find a way."

Hearing the old man's words, several people were stunned for a moment, but then nodded.

This is the truth.

But missing the planned ambush point, and the subsequent coordination and preparation again, would be a lot of trouble.

The ambush point naturally could not be arranged near the imperial capital of Tamriel. In addition, once the airship accelerated, it would be extremely difficult to intercept it in mid-air.

So, this time, the ambush point they arranged was located at the foot of the Sword Blade Volcano in Moselle Province.

Although generally speaking, an ambush would be arranged when the enemy has completed a mission and is injured or tired, Staven requested that an ambush be arranged when the enemy has just arrived and is in the best mental state.

"Lord Staven."

Suddenly, the old man's eyes lit up, he stood up, looked at the door, and exclaimed.

"We can set off now." Staven nodded calmly.

Suddenly, everyone was delighted!
Soon, Staven and his considerable number of Undeads boarded a specially modified airship.

"Mr. Staven, this airship is called the Swift. It has been equipped with new technology from the Federation. It has a particularly strong power and is 50% faster than ordinary airships."

“At this point, you should be able to arrive at the designated location about two hours earlier than the target,” the old man introduced.

"okay, I get it."

Soon, the airship quickly disappeared into the distant sky.

The next morning, Ryan's airship arrived at the airship berth in Blade City on time.

At this time, at the anchorage, there were already several teams of fully armed guards and a Diamond-level team belonging to the Sword Bearers Branch of the Moselle Province waiting.

The team was led by a great knight of the highest caliber holding a sword and shield.

He saw Ryan and his three companions coming down the gangway, and he hurried forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Lord Ryan, your Excellencies, welcome to the Province of Moselle."

"My name is Dick, and I am honored to have the opportunity to accompany you to the Blade Volcano."

"Mr. Dick, thank you for your hard work." Ryan nodded with a smile.

"There is another puppet in the cargo hold at the bottom of the airship. I need you to arrange for someone to move it."

"Of course, don't worry, I have prepared a reinforced cart." Dick said, pointing to a huge cart pulled by four horses.

He also took the opportunity to quickly take a look at the three adults who came from the Imperial Capital Headquarters.

Except for the young woman in the blue wizard robe, whose strength he could vaguely sense, he could not even feel the upper limit of the strength of the hot woman in leather armor.

Not to mention the one in the middle, Mr. Ryan, the famous captain of the adamantium-level sword wielder in the Imperial Sword Wielder System.

If it were any other captain of the adamantium-level sword-wielding captain, to be honest, he would not be optimistic about the outcome of the mission, as the lava dragon 'Hermades' was not so easy to deal with.

But the person in front of me is another matter.

Soon, Ryan and the other two followed Dick into a luxurious carriage with double doors, and the Hellfire Golem covered with a tarpaulin was also moved onto a cart by dozens of guards.

A group of dozens of people walked out of the city gate and headed towards the Sword Blade Volcano.

"Mr. Dick, what is the current situation in Moselle Province?"

"Alas! Lord Ryan, recently all kinds of evil cults have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, coupled with some strange things that pop up from time to time in various places. Our Sword Bearers branch in Moselle Province is already overwhelmed."

Speaking of this, Dick couldn't help but sigh and said.

After some small talk, the carriage returned to calm.

About two hours later, a huge active volcano, still emitting black smoke, appeared before everyone.

The volcano looks quite majestic and steep. In the plain area, there is such a towering volcano abruptly, like a sword blade. No wonder it is named Sword Blade Volcano.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly opened his eyes and said to the two women beside him:
"Claire, Beyoncé, be alert later. If you can't, tear open the defense scroll and ensure your own safety first."

Ryan's words immediately made the two women feel a chill in their hearts.

"Captain, what do you mean?" Beyonce said with a serious expression.

You know, Harold, the 'Sculptor' who was known as the strongest legend, died at the hands of his own captain. How dare anyone launch another attack?

Isn't it?

"Be careful." Ryan didn't say it explicitly.

Just now, there was a vague sense of threat in his heart, which flashed by for a moment.

However, when he mobilized the blood feathers in the sky to observe, he did not find anything, as if the other party was hiding very well.

"Okay, Captain (Captain Ryan)!" The two women looked at each other, their faces serious, and said.

Dick on the side thought that Ryan was reminding his two teammates specifically for the upcoming battle with the lava dragon.

Also.

If I were Lord Ryan, I would naturally take good care of such a young, beautiful and unique beauty.

At this time, the team marched a few hundred meters further, and Ryan suddenly showed a smile.

There was indeed a problem ahead.

"Sir Dick, it looks like we have guests coming." While Ryan said this, he was also secretly observing the micro-expressions of the sword-bearing captain of the Moselle Province in front of him.

"What?!" Dick's pupils shrank. He looked at Ryan's expression and knew that he was not joking. "Everyone, alert!" Dick quickly jumped off the carriage.

"Captain, this Dick..." Claire was quite cautious after experiencing the last incident with Mia. She glanced at Dick who got off the car and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"It shouldn't be the enemy's accomplice." Ryan shook his head and said.

With his perception close to that of a level 2 liquefied wizard, Ryan can make auxiliary judgments based on aspects that ordinary people cannot see, such as the opponent's blood flow rate and heartbeat.

He was basically certain that the Captain Dick in front of him was not the enemy's accomplice.

"Let's go down too. They can't deal with the enemy in front of them." Ryan said as he got up and got off the carriage.

The two women naturally got off the carriage as well.

At this moment, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that in the dense forests on both sides, there are seven or eight gray lines, gathering from all directions and rushing towards the convoy he is currently in.

A few seconds later, many trees in the dense forests on both sides of the convoy began to shake violently and quickly fell down like grass being mowed, as if a cutting machine was pushing them all the way.

"Shhhhh!"

The sound of some kind of sharp blade cutting was getting louder and louder!
"Whizzing!"

I saw several tall grey shadows rushing out from the dense forests on both sides of the convoy at a very fast speed. At the same time, the stench of corpses came from the air.

"Watch out both ways!" Dick shouted.

The members of his team, commanding the guards, began to quickly deploy defenses with Ryan's carriage as the center.

"Hey!"

At this time, a warhorse in front of the convoy seemed to block the gray shadow's attack route, and was directly ripped open and cut into several pieces.

Other directions were not so lucky.

In a few seconds, the guard was cut into slices by the nearly half-meter-long claws of the Claw Ghoul.

Even Dick could only barely hold off the next one, but there were at least seven or eight Sharp-Clawed Ghouls attacking the scene from multiple directions.

This made everyone present look anxiously at Ryan and the other two who had just got off the carriage.

"Sharp-clawed Ghoul!" The pause of the gray shadow allowed Claire to see the other party's appearance clearly. As a knowledgeable wizard, she exclaimed immediately.

"And there were six of them at once!"

This special type of ghoul is extremely powerful and extremely rare.

In terms of combat power, he is roughly at the level of a peak great knight.

But the problem is that if this kind of ghoul exists, it means that there is a high probability that there is a controller behind it, such as a high-level wizard who specializes in necromancy.

"Captain, this is a Claw Ghoul. The enemy is most likely a high-level wizard of the necromancy." Claire said with a serious face.

"Oh? A necromancer?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

Facing everyone's hopeful gazes, Ryan did not hesitate. He quickly chanted the activation spell.

As he pointed his finger lightly, a thumb-thick ochre-colored beam of light shot onto the Hellfire Golem covered with a veil.

A low mechanical roar came from Mombune.

And the tall Hellfire Golem began to stand up.

"Huh? This is a golem!" Claire was casting fire magic when she heard the noise coming from the cart and took a quick glance.

However, she was confused at first, but after a little thought, she was sure that what was in front of her was not an ordinary puppet, but a golem.

Because the opponent's power device was actually a small furnace. Based on this alone, Claire could be sure that the behemoth in front of her must be a golem.

"Golem?" Beyonce, who was shooting, also looked shocked.

Although she is not a wizard, she cannot quickly identify whether the other party is a puppet or a golem like Claire.

But she had heard of the Golem, a thing of legendary combat power, but she had not expected that her captain would be carrying such a thing this time.

However, she was still a little worried whether this huge and slightly bulky thing could hit the extremely fast Claw Ghoul.

"Overclocked attack!" Ryan muttered to himself.

The strength of the Claw Ghoul is quite strong, so Ryan directly let the Hellfire Puppet activate the "ultimate move"!
The left and right chests of the Hellfire Golem opened with a "click", revealing two pitch-black holes. Then, like a Gatling gun, it started rapid-fire mode, flashing red and black lights.

"Boom! Boom!"

Dense red fireballs and black shadow arrows, with long tails of flame, attacked a clawed zombie right in front like pouring hail.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Although one fireball can only injure a few parts of the Claw Ghoul's body, it is a rapid and continuous shooting!

This clawed ghoul held out for three seconds and was hit by six fireballs and shadow arrows before being blown in half.

"Watch out, Captain, behind you!"

Seeing their companions being killed, several other Sharp Claw Ghouls launched attacks from behind and on the left side of the Hellfire Golem, seemingly intending to use close combat to destroy the Hellfire Golem in front of them.

"Hey!!"

Sparks fly!

A fierce claw attack from a Sharp-Clawed Ghoul only left a half-inch scratch on the Hellfire Golem's forearm covered with hardened adamantium.

"Oh!"

The opponent was immediately hit by a heavy punch from the Hellfire Golem and flew into the air about four or five meters high.

Immediately, the Hellfire Golem fired a wave of Gatling-style fireballs and shadow arrows!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The clawed zombie, which had nowhere to hide in mid-air, was directly blasted to pieces.

At this time, the third Sharp Claw Ghoul leaped onto the head of the Hellfire Golem with incredible speed, but was directly grabbed by a huge metal hand and thrown to the ground.

"Oh!"

Next, the thick legs of the metal tower weighing several tons, driven by a small furnace, stomped violently repeatedly, directly turning it into meat paste!
For a moment, the Hellfire Golem was unmatched in power.

The remaining few Sharp Claw Ghouls did not dare to surround and attack again in a short period of time, but began to run around quickly.

"So strong!" Dick was shocked and couldn't help but blurt out.

"This is too strong!" As a wizard, Claire could better understand the exaggerated combat power displayed by her captain's golem.

Although in general the combat power of golems is comparable to that of legends, their flexibility is always inferior to that of true legends, so they are merely comparable, in fact, they are mostly just a little bit short.

But the frequency of witchcraft attacks and the defensive power of her captain's golem were far beyond Claire's understanding.

She believed that even an ordinary legendary warrior would not be a match for the golem of her own captain.

Just when the two women breathed a sigh of relief, Ryan's eyes were fixed in one direction.

"coming!"

Ok?
What's coming?
Just as the two women looked puzzled, suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and the trees in the forest crackled, as if some huge beast was rushing towards them quickly.

"careful!"

"Oh my God! What a horrible monster!"

I saw a monster about three and a half meters tall, with a strong man with muscular upper body as hard as a rock and a giant scorpion lower body, rushing towards the golem rapidly.

A powerful and tyrannical aura instantly filled the entire place!
"Oh!"

The opponent's speed was extremely fast and his strength was even more terrifying. He actually knocked the Hellfire Golem weighing more than ten tons away.

And the next second, an even more shocking scene occurred.

The thick metal arm of the Hellfire Golem was actually tightly grasped by the opponent's hands, and then it was ripped off with a spin!

"It seems that your golem is in trouble." At this time, a low voice sounded, and a middle-aged wizard wearing a black wizard robe with three skulls on his chest walked out of the dense forest.

"I heard that your combat power can be greatly improved after your transformation. Perhaps, you can save your golem." Staven said with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Oh? That's not necessarily true." Ryan said calmly, looking at the Hellfire Golem, which was obviously at a disadvantage and had one of its arms torn off.

"Although the test time was a little shorter, it was completed."

"Huh?" When Staven heard what Ryan said, he seemed a little confused for a moment.

But before he could figure it out, suddenly, his eyes widened and he looked at the two huge monsters that were fighting.

This energy is.
The energy fluctuations of the golem, which was already pinned down by the scorpion man, suddenly magnified several times!
The next second, a dazzling green light ten times brighter than the sun flashed by!
Immediately afterwards, there was a hemispherical transparent shock wave visible to the naked eye, spreading out at an extremely fast speed.

Two seconds later, a deafening roar similar to that of an armory explosion was heard!
Although Dick and others were hundreds of meters away from the center of the explosion, they were still blown away by the air wave. All the surrounding trees fell like wheat, and even the sturdy carriages were mostly knocked over.

"You!" Although Staven released the third-level defensive magic in an instant and resisted the damage of shock waves and sonic waves, his brows were furrowed, and it was as if a knife was inserted into his mind at this moment.

Because the Scorpion Man is the most important undead under his command, there is some kind of spiritual connection between him and the Scorpion Man.

However, the sudden death of the Scorpio man caught Staven off guard, and he suffered a strong backlash mentally for a while.

"Oh!"

A huge pile of charred corpse, as big as a water tank, fell heavily between Ryan and Staven.

On the surface of this half-charred corpse, one can still vaguely see a dark metal breastplate with intricate patterns.

"It seems that there is no need for me to transform." Ryan looked at Staven and smiled.

Although Ryan had spent a lot of rare metals on this Hellfire Golem, he didn't feel bad about it as it had used self-destruction to directly kill a legendary peak-level undead.

In terms of heartache, the other party felt much more heartbroken than he did.

"Damn it!"

"Do you know what you have done?" Staven took one look at the charred corpse, and his eyes turned red instantly!

The Scorpion Man, on whom he had placed great hopes, and the Iron-Spine Undead Breastplate were simply destroyed by the opponent's golem's self-explosion!

It also ruined his chance to become a Dawn Wizard through the orthodox necromancy wizard promotion method, which he had been working hard for!

In this case, he has no choice!

at the same time.

Dozens of miles away, below the Sword Blade Crater, in the hot magma nearly a thousand meters below, there is a huge creature, immersed in it, seemingly sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, the other party's huge eyes, which were originally closed, opened in an instant, and a pair of huge vertical pupils looked in the direction of the explosion.

It seemed to sense something and began to stand up.

"hold head high!"

As it spread out its huge fleshy wings covered with red scales, a giant beast resembling the red dragon that Ryan had seen let out a loud dragon roar, then suddenly flapped its huge wings, leaped out of the magma, and rushed straight towards the crater above its head!

(End of this chapter)