The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 401: Steel Armor
"Sir Ryan, we meet again." Augustus said kindly.

Moreover, the wording was different from the first time they met. This time, even he, the general and the actual second in command of the Sword Bearer Headquarters, used the word "Sir" when addressing Ryan.

Perhaps, the two young people, Claire and Beyonce, at the scene did not notice the subtle difference in the address.

But Tatia, Olena and others heard it with their beautiful eyes flickering.

Obviously, this shows that young Lord Ryan's status is higher than before in the eyes of the higher-ups at the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

"Good day, General Augustus." Ryan said with a smile.

Claire and Beyoncé were quite nervous as it was their first time meeting such an important figure. They quickly followed their captain and bowed and greeted him.

"Don't be shy, please take a seat," Augustus said kindly.

After everyone was seated, Olena quietly left the small conference room. With her level of rank, she was not qualified to sit in on such an important meeting.

"Sir Ryan, please describe in detail the unexpected situation you encountered during the mission." Tatia said with a smile.

"Well, at the foot of the Blade Volcano, we were attacked by a wizard from the Tutkarsh School. Clawed ghouls. Golem self-destructed legendary stitched monsters."

In the conference room, everyone, including General Augustus, listened attentively. Apart from Ryan's narration, the only sound was the rustling of notes.

"The other party's spirit seems to have been seriously injured by the death of the stitched monster. He took the blood of the evil god and took over his body."

Hearing this, Tatia couldn't help but look up and glanced at Ryan with a little surprise, and confirmed: "Sir Ryan, are you talking about the incarnation? Not the projection?"

"Well, I'm sure it's an incarnation." Ryan nodded and said.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a pair of golden leaves and two suns on his shoulder straps next to General Augustus coughed and said:
"Hey, Lord Ryan, you may not be very clear. When gods want to descend and incarnate, they have very special requirements for the humans they want to possess. It is not easy to find a vessel that is suitable for the incarnation of gods to descend."

“Moreover, even for the guardians of the empire, it would be difficult to deal with the incarnation of a god.” The other party added tactfully.

But Claire, who had already been impressed by her captain's strength, couldn't help herself when she heard this.

After all, direct combat did not help their captain at all.

Well, we have to do something in this kind of investigation of the headquarters. Claire couldn't help but interrupt:

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, my captain has made it very clear. We were all present at the time and saw it clearly. The other party was definitely an incarnation, not a projection."

"Yes, I can testify to that," Beyoncé nodded and agreed.

"Don't get excited, ladies. This is not a hearing, it's just a record of the situation." The lieutenant general couldn't help but smile helplessly and said.

After thinking for a while, Ryan nodded and said, "I think the wizard of the Tutkash School who was possessed must be quite special."

"The other party's name is Staven, and he is quite powerful. Perhaps Major General Tatia can check it out later. I think there should be relevant records in the headquarters."

"Stavian?" General Augustus suddenly said with a serious expression.

"Yes, sir." Ryan nodded.

"No need to check. If it's him, he must be the incarnation of a god." Augustus waved his hand and said.

"I know Staven. Thirty years ago, he was already a wizard at the peak of the third-level crystallization. Moreover, he is also a rare genius wizard of the shadow system. He is fully qualified to be the vessel for the advent of the gods."

However, after Augustus finished speaking, he looked at Ryan carefully again, as if he was surprised that Ryan could deal with the incarnation of God.

At this moment, Tatia suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Lord Ryan, do you know part of the true name of that god?"

"Well, Staven told me before his soul dissipated that they called this evil god the Spider God Nayobrekan. I think these words should be part of his real name."

The real names of gods are generally very long, and at the same time, this is also a kind of top secret of the gods.

"What! It's actually Neyobrekan, the Spider God?!" General Augustus, who always had a calm expression, lost his voice this time.

Everyone else present, including Ryan, could not help but feel surprised at General Augustus's loss of composure.

After all, cults are springing up like mushrooms in the empire now, and there are many projections and even incarnations of evil gods.

Even a few months ago, an evil god descended upon his clone and directly interrupted the emperor's promotion to demigod.

Logically speaking, General Augustus, as the second-in-command of the Empire's Sword Bearers, should have been used to it.

Could it be that this Spider God is different from other evil gods?
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure." Augustus pondered for a moment, as if he was recalling something.

After a while, he said:

"Thousands of years ago, there was an extremely tyrannical and brutal spider empire on the Cyrodiil Plateau. Its earliest origins are no longer traceable, but they worshipped the spider god Neyobrekhan."

"Afterwards, the Spider Demon Empire was defeated by the coalition forces of several human kingdoms at the time and retreated deep underground."

"In order to avoid too many casualties, the human kingdom coalition did not continue the attack. Instead, it mobilized a large group of wizards, led by three level five full moon wizards, and used the artifact 'Scepter of Blazing Light' to completely seal the entire territory underground."

"So, I'm worried that the appearance of this evil god means that there is a problem with the underground seal, or that the other party intends to destroy the seal?"

"Mr. Ryan, thank you for reporting such important information."

"Thank you, General Augustus. As the sword bearer of the empire, this is what I should do." Ryan said with a smile.

"Sir Ryan, do you have anything else to add?" Tatia stopped writing and said with a smile.

After thinking for a while, Ryan said again: "Before Staven's soul dissipated, he told me that the assassination attempt on me was actually orchestrated by the Isolde School."

"Of course, this is just what the Staven family said. I don't have any evidence at the moment."

"But I have some doubts about whether the Isodrai School, which is also located in the Cyrodiil Plateau, has fulfilled its supervisory duties."

"Also, Graham, the leader of the Tutkarsh School, is believed to have fallen. That's all."

"Thank you, Lord Ryan. Headquarters will evaluate the corresponding points reward as soon as possible based on your information." Tatia quickly recorded.

"Tatia, please send a copy of Lord Ryan's report to the great astrologer Lord Darien later." General Augustus said with a serious expression.

"Okay, my lord."

When the meeting ended, Ryan ran into Olena who was waiting at the door of the meeting room. He immediately thought of something and said, "Sir Olena, I have something to ask."

"Lord Ryan, please go ahead." Olena took out a palm-sized notebook and a feather pen, ready to take notes.

"Please contact the provincial branches in the area where Ferdinand Forest is located. I want to learn about the latest developments and key intelligence of the evil Mother Tree Sect there."

"Also, find out if there are any sword bearers in the headquarters who are going to the elf land to carry out missions for special reasons. If so, find out the specific procedures."

Due to various historical disputes, the elves are extremely wary of humans.

The elves are almost isolated from the outside world except for their only embassy in the imperial capital of Tamriel, which is used as a communication point with humans.

Therefore, even if Ryan wanted to go to Ferdinand Forest to provide some help to Anna, it would not be that simple. It also depended on the attitude of the elves.

In addition, as a race with a much longer history than humans, many individuals of the elves have long lifespans and are very powerful.

Ryan didn't think that the Mother Tree Sect alone could cause serious damage to the elves, which meant that under normal circumstances, Anna would not have any safety issues.

"Okay, Lord Ryan, I'll make the contact right away."

When Ryan returned to the mansion, his sister Mint quickly found him and said with a frustrated look on her face, "Brother, Sister Anna left again. Do you know when she will be back?"

"Don't worry! Anna should be back soon." Ryan slowly squatted down, rubbed Mint's head with a smile, and comforted her.

"My brother said the same thing last time, but Anna didn't come for half a year."

"If Sister Anna doesn't come back within a month, I will go find her, okay?" Ryan continued, seeing that Mint was still not happy.

"Yeah!" Mint smiled after hearing her brother's promise, her big eyes curved like crescent moons.

The next morning, Ryan arrived at the headquarters of the Bishu Construction School.

In the office of mentor Mogaro.

"Huh? Ryan, you completed the mission so quickly this time?" Mogaro couldn't help but feel quite surprised that Ryan returned to the imperial capital in just three days.

Normally, for a sword bearer to return within a week after completing a mission is considered fast.

"Something went wrong, so I came back first. By the way, instructor, I tested the Hellfire Golem in actual combat and it was very useful."

"Haha, as long as it's useful!" Mogaro was very pleased with the words of his favorite disciple. He stroked his big red beard and said.

"By the way, did you bring the golem back this time? Tell me if there's anything that needs improvement." Speaking of the golem, Mogaro was in high spirits.

"Uh, it blew itself up." Ryan said rather embarrassedly.

After all, his Hellfire Golem took up a lot of time and energy from his mentor Mogaro. In addition, Audrey and Alicia also helped a lot, so it was completed so quickly.

"What! What exactly is going on?" Mogaro stood up in astonishment and asked.

"Is such that."

When Ryan talked about how the Hellfire Golem's self-detonation directly killed a legendary stitched monster, there was no trace of heartache on Mogaro's face, but he burst into laughter.

"Good! Good! Great!"

"I never thought that the golem I, Mogaro, made would one day be able to destroy a legendary peak-level stitched monster." Mogaro's face flushed with excitement as he paced back and forth in the room.

He took out a bottle of aged Bordeaux from the cupboard nearby, uncorked it and started drinking directly from the bottle without waiting for it to be poured.

Mogaro drank half the bottle in one breath before he remembered something and said, "Ryan, do you want to have a sip too? Hiccup."

"Thank you, mentor, but it's okay." Ryan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"Well, since it blew up, let's make another one. By the way, after this actual combat, what do you think needs to be improved on the golem?" Mogaro calmed down and asked. Ryan had already thought about this before coming.

In the confrontation with the Stitched Monster, the Golem is clearly at a disadvantage.

It's not that Ryan hadn't thought about improving the level of witchcraft, that is, from level one to level two, but this means that the difficulty of inscriptions will increase exponentially, which is too difficult for his mentor Mogaro, who is only at the peak of level one wizard.

The simplest way to increase the power of the golem is to make it thicker, taller and larger.

As for witchcraft, you can consider adding shooting parts.

"Teacher, can we add two more cannon barrels on the shoulders of the Hellfire Golem to fire witchcraft fireballs and shadow arrows? For this purpose, can we consider adding an additional small furnace device?"

Mogaro thought for a while, looked at Ryan, and said:
"It's not impossible, but if you do this, the size of the Hellfire Golem will increase significantly, and it is likely to be more than six meters tall. It may be very difficult for you to drive it."

"Teacher, there's no problem on my end." Ryan said with a slight smile.

One of the important reasons why he considered shrinking the golem as much as possible was because he was only a wizard in the late stage of the second-level liquefaction. Although he had a super affinity for metal elements, it was still difficult to drive the golem.

Ryan remembered clearly that driving the Hellfire Golem consumed nearly 50 points of his mental power at one time. You have to know that he only had more than 90 points at that time.

However, things are different now.

Currently, his mental power has reached 123, and the quality of the crystallized mental power is even higher than that of the liquefied one, so it will be much easier to drive the golem.

Mogaro looked at Ryan suspiciously, then showed horror on his face and said, "You wouldn't..."

Although Mogaro could no longer see through Ryan's current strength, not to mention that Ryan was still wearing the "Robe of Concealment", but from the calm smile on Ryan's face, Mogaro vaguely guessed something.

Ryan smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Teacher, I'll trouble you with this matter."

at the same time.

The imperial capital of Tamriel, in a luxurious mansion to the left of the Royal Palace.

A middle-aged nobleman with a mustache was standing respectfully next to a feminine-looking young blond man.

The blond young man was sitting on a chair, flipping through a stack of documents.

"Buchanan, so now we can be sure that this young man named Ryan must have some unknown dragon bloodline?"

"Your Highness, the Second Prince, judging from the information, it should be so." The middle-aged nobleman named Buchanan bowed.

"Very good, you go and invite him to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood." The second prince Everton showed an inexplicable smile and closed the information.

"Okay, Your Highness the Second Prince." Buchanan slowly left the room.

Although Duke Drum had approached him before with the purpose of asking him to whisper in the Second Prince's ear in the hope of getting rid of this Ryan, it now seems that His Royal Highness the Second Prince is still more interested in this young man with dragon blood.

The Dragon Scale Brotherhood is a monastic order established under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, specifically for non-royal members with various dragon bloodlines.

After Ryan returned to the mansion, he went to the training room and began to study the second-level magic 'Iron Armor Magic' and the third-level magic 'Steel Armor Magic'.

Long before he learned the third-level witchcraft "Steel Armor", he had seen the relevant description at the school's exchange office and felt that there should be some kind of intrinsic connection between the two.

After many times, Ryan was vaguely certain that there must be some kind of intrinsic connection between the two witchcrafts.

But the problem is that Ryan felt that something seemed to be missing.

Ryan was seen performing these two spells in succession in the room.

"Second-level magic 'Iron Armor'!"

"Third-level innate magic 'Steel Armor'!"

A layer of dark iron armor was covered with a thicker layer of silver metal. The defense seemed to be superimposed, but Ryan knew that this was only a superficial superposition and not a significant increase in power like a killing move.

After performing it repeatedly, Ryan always felt that something was not going well.

After thinking for a long time, Ryan seemed to have realized something and tried to add the first-level talent magic "Metal Transfiguration".

After performing it twice, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to Ryan's mind. That's right, it should be the metal transfiguration!

At the same time, the system prompt sounded:

[Ding! The host has comprehended the prototype of combined witchcraft. Yes/No, consume 42 gold skill points to perfect it? ]

"Sure enough, it showed up!"

Ryan couldn't help but pump his fist and said excitedly.

Immediately, he was overjoyed and chose "yes" without hesitation!
In an instant, a vast memory of witchcraft training flooded into Ryan's mind, as if he had been practicing these three witchcrafts for more than a hundred years in some mysterious space!
When Ryan opened his eyes again, his understanding of these three witchcrafts had broken through a certain limit, and he knew how to integrate these three witchcrafts into one.

[Ding! Deduction successful! The host comprehended the metal-related third-level combination sorcery "Iron Armor"! ]

"Iron Armor?" Ryan showed joy.

"The first-level talent spell 'Metal Transfiguration', the second-level spell 'Iron Armor', and the third-level talent spell 'Steel Armor' are released in succession to form a combined spell: Steel Armor!"

Just as Ryan was about to conduct a test, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Lord Ryan, there is a count named Buchanan outside the door asking to see you. He said he is the steward of the Second Prince." The short Matteo said with a little hurried breathing.

"Huh? The second prince's butler?" Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously a little surprised.

No wonder Matteo came to bother him.

"Please ask the other party to meet in the living room." After a moment of thought, Ryan said.

A few minutes later, in the living room.

"Sir Ryan, I came here this time because I heard that you also have the rare blood of dragons flowing in your body. I have been entrusted by the Second Prince to invite you to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood." Buchanan said with a smile and went straight to the point.

"This is a small gift from His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

"This is a special potion developed by the Dragon Scale Brotherhood. It has a promoting effect on the owners of dragon blood. His Royal Highness the Second Prince named it the 'Dragon Vein Evolution Potion'."

As he spoke, Buchanan took out a brown wooden box, opened it and handed it to Ryan.

"This"

Ryan saw clearly that there was a bottle of dark red unknown potion shining with bloody witchcraft light.

Because of Anna's mother's matter, Ryan had already thought about how to deal with the second prince.

However, Ryan did not expect that the other party would come directly to his door and invite him to join an organization he had never heard of.

Buchanan saw Ryan's thoughtful expression and immediately became happy. He continued:

"Sir Ryan, the original intention of His Royal Highness the Second Prince to establish the Dragon Scale Brotherhood was to provide a platform for communication and an opportunity for further improvement for those who have accidentally awakened their dragon bloodline."

"For example, you can imagine a group of like-minded people working together to study how to further develop the special abilities of their dragon bloodlines, and research related special potions, etc."

"In addition, this is a pure monastic order. It has no impact on your current status as a sword bearer, and there will be no mandatory tasks."

I have to say that this Buchanan has great eloquence and tactics.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be tempted.

However, Ryan is different. He is quickly weighing the pros and cons.

First of all, from his previous understanding of the Second Prince, the Dragon Scale Brotherhood was most likely not a purely secret training organization as the man in front of him said.

Ryan himself is a wizard and pharmacist, and he can figure out the key to the problem with just a little thought.

How to research and develop your own dragon bloodline?
Bloodline research must necessarily involve drawing fresh blood, and may even require providing a small amount of body tissue in order to be able to discover anything.

To put it another way, if his bloodline is really researched to have something special, that would be even more disadvantageous.

In addition, Ryan knew very well that the improvement of his bloodline depended on the system, that is, by killing dragon creatures step by step, he could continuously improve and enhance the bloodline of the mutant dragon.

As for the whereabouts of Anna's mother, other methods can be sought.

"I'm sorry, Lord Buchanan, please tell His Royal Highness the Second Prince that I thank him for his kindness. But as a sword bearer, I have no plans to join any secret organization of any nature for the time being." Ryan thought for a moment and said politely.

At the same time, he also stated that he would not join any secret organization, in order to show that he was not prejudiced against the second prince.

"Haha, Lord Ryan, you may not know how many people in the outside world are eager to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood of His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

"Especially those with bloodline pollution and degeneration, who are even willing to pay a huge price to seek to join."

Buchanan didn't seem to mind Ryan's refusal and just listened to him talk.

"By the way, I heard that you recently participated in the selection of the Dragon Knight Reserve?"

"Yes."

"Then you should join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood. Let me tell you a little secret. His Royal Highness the Second Prince is one of the examiners this time."

"It's almost time. Sorry to bother you, Lord Ryan." Buchanan smiled meaningfully and prepared to leave.

"I understand, Mr. Buchanan, I need time to think about it." Ryan stood up and said.

"Of course, if you decide to join, you can contact me anytime in the next few days."

(End of this chapter)