The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 402: Thorn Iron Ball
Ryan first thought about what Buchanan had just said, and found that if he did not have the system, the suggestion made by the other party could be said to be quite tempting, and it would be almost impossible for him to refuse to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood.

"It can be imagined that the Dragon Scale Brotherhood they mentioned should have already recruited quite a number of people with dragon blood to join."

"Although the probability of others in the empire possessing dragon blood is extremely low except for the royal family, even if it is only one in a hundred thousand or even one in a million, it can be calculated based on the vast territory and large population of the empire."

"I'm afraid the number is in the hundreds or even thousands."

"Is the purpose of the Second Prince leading the establishment of this hermitage really to provide a platform for communication and improvement for the owners of the Dragon Bloodline?"

"Also, what do the Bloodline Polluters and Broken ones that the other party mentioned just now mean? It seems that they are very eager to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood."

"It seems I have to look up some relevant information." Ryan looked thoughtful, and in an instant, he thought of several questions.

However, he currently knew too little information to make a judgement.

After thinking for a moment, Ryan turned his attention to the red potion placed in a wooden box on the coffee table.

After a slight sense, Ryan picked up the bottle of so-called Dragon Vein Evolution Potion and looked at it carefully.

The potion emitting a red witchcraft glow was particularly beautiful in the sunlight, but somehow, Ryan always felt as if it was a blooming poppy.

There is a hint of evil hidden beneath the extreme beauty.

His body seemed to have a desire for the mixture in front of him, but the feeling was not strong. What was more peculiar was that when Ryan just had the thought of taking it and trying it, he felt a hint of danger rising in his mind.

"Interesting. It seems that it does have a certain effect on my mutant dragon bloodline, but the benefit should not be significant."

"Besides, there seems to be some potential unknown danger." Ryan stared at the red mixture in front of him and thought to himself.

"If there is a chance, I can learn how this mixture is made. It would be great if we can eliminate the potential harm and only keep the positive effects."

After thinking about it, although the system might be able to eliminate the potential danger, Ryan did not decide to drink it. Instead, he put it back into the wooden box and put it away properly.

Since the test of the 'Iron Armor' had just been interrupted by Buchanan's arrival, Ryan now came to the training room again, intending to test a new combination of witchcraft.

However, Ryan accidentally glanced at the bottom of the attribute panel and was surprised to find that there were still 64 gold skill points remaining.

You know, although he had 95 gold skill points before, he consumed them twice in a row.

The improved second-level talent witchcraft 'Cutting Net' consumed 28 points during promotion, and the deduced combination witchcraft 'Iron Armor' consumed 42 points, a total of 70 points.

But soon he looked enlightened.

Because Ryan has not yet checked the records of his previous battles with Staven and the incarnation of the evil god.

Ryan quickly flipped through it:
[Congratulations, you defeated a strong enemy and gained 39 gold skill point! 】

[Congratulations, your Will (Hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Warhammer Wizard (Legend) career level has been upgraded! ]

[Congratulations, your Thousand Blade King (Epic) class level has been upgraded! ]

"Hey, both professions have been upgraded, not bad."

Although the previous profession level of the King of Thousand Blades (Epic) was as high as lv13, and upgrading required a huge amount of experience points, but due to the accumulation of Ryan's last kill of the Abyss Fire Rock Giant, plus this fierce battle with the incarnation of the evil god Neyobrekhan, he was finally promoted.

King of Thousand Blades (Epic) has entered level 14.

In addition, it was thanks to the fact that Ryan cast witchcraft many times during the battle, including the animation spell to control the Hellfire Golem to fight.

The career level of Warhammer Wizard (Legend) has also moved from lv11 to lv12.

The two combined gave Ryan 2 attribute points and 2 skill points.

Also, Ryan has been training hard to become a potion master some time ago. His professional level has reached level 6, and his attribute points have reached 25 points. After deducting the 5 points consumed in the battle and adding these 2 points, he currently has 22 attribute points remaining.

As for skill points, it was 12 points before, plus the 2 points this time, the total is 14 points.

Although the gold skill points were consumed twice in a row for deduction, the gold skill points gained from the battle were as high as 39 points, so there are still 64 points left.

"So, after I become familiar with the combined magic 'Iron Armor', I can learn the third-level metal magic 'Thorn Iron Ball'."

"The current skill points are enough to upgrade it and quickly form combat effectiveness."

After a little thought, Ryan decided on his next witchcraft practice plan.

"First-level innate magic 'Metal Transfiguration'!"

"Second-level magic 'Iron Armor'!"

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

"Combination Magic: Iron Armor!"

As Ryan cast three spells in a row at an incredibly fast speed, his entire body was covered with a thick armor that shone with a rich dark silver witchcraft aura.

"Huh, it's actually the shape of armor?" Ryan glanced at the mirror in the training room, and couldn't help but be a little surprised at his own appearance in the mirror.

You know, before, whether it was the second-level witchcraft 'Iron Armor' or the third-level witchcraft 'Steel Armor', or even the water-based protective witchcraft 'Water Film', etc., they were all protective witchcraft similar to a membrane or a close-fitting shield.

But the combined magic 'Iron Armor' on him at this moment is a protective magic that looks very much like a knight's armor.

It was the first time that Ryan had seen this kind of protective magic.

In addition, although the effect of this combined witchcraft looks like knight armor, the defensive effects of the two are very different!

First of all, there is the witchcraft defense effect. At this moment, Ryan's entire body is emitting a strong metallic witchcraft aura because of the "Iron Armor". Obviously, he has extremely strong defense against both melee attacks and witchcraft attacks.

Of course, the specific degree of defense can only be known after testing.

The second is flexibility. Ordinary metal armor, no matter what material it is made of, will feel heavy and inconvenient.

Because of the articulation problems at the joints of the armor, even if soft top-grain cowhide is used, not only will the defense be reduced, it will still not be particularly flexible.

But Ryan was now wearing a 'steel armor' that shone with a dark silver light, and the metal at the joints actually flowed like mercury, greatly improving his flexibility.

Ryan's mind moved slightly, and the hardened gold ingot in his hand quickly transformed into a two-handed sword.

Ryan, covered in the "Steel Armor", was seen running, slashing, stabbing, and finally performing his ultimate move.

After a series of tests, Ryan discovered that, not to mention the difference in defense, his flexibility alone was at least a step higher than when he was wearing the enchanted thorium armor.

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Ryan's mind.

He first looked up at the height of the training room, and then he transformed.

However, this time, Ryan only activated the first form, that is, the dragon warrior transformation, and his body suddenly grew to over five meters.

Then, he cast the combination spell 'Iron Armor'.

Soon, his strong body in the form of a dragon warrior was covered with a complete set of thick knight armor that sparkled with witchcraft aura.

"Good! It doesn't affect flexibility at all." Ryan looked down and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Now, if the enemy wants to hurt me, he must first break through this layer of 'iron armor' formed by the combined witchcraft, and then break through my dragon scale defense." Ryan clenched his dragon claws as if wearing crucible gloves, and thought to himself.

"It's flexible and strong, and my melee ability has become even stronger!"

"Hey, this seems a bit wrong! I enhanced my witchcraft strength, but how come when it comes to combat power, it ends up strengthening my melee strength!"

Ryan immediately thought of a question.

After a moment's thought, Ryan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"No matter which side we are on, improving our strength is the most important thing."

After testing it several times, Ryan returned to the study.

Just as he took out the parchment scroll of the third-level metal magic 'Iron Ball of Thorns' and was about to study it, he suddenly remembered another thing.

Ryan was seen concentrating and practicing the second level of the Iron Heart Meditation Method.

"Sure enough, after entering the crystallization stage, the effect of the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method began to decline significantly, and its effect on promoting the crystallization of mental power was even negligible."

This result was expected. Ryan soon focused his attention on the parchment that recorded the "Thorny Iron Ball".

at the same time.

After walking out of Ryan's mansion, Buchanan immediately got into a luxurious carriage waiting at the door.

Soon, the carriage returned to the residence of the Second Prince Everton.

In the study, Everton, who was looking through some information, glanced outside the door and saw that it was Buchanan who came back. He asked casually:

"Buchanan, how is the Mother Tree Cult's operation in Ferdinand Forest going?"

Buchanan immediately realized that the Second Prince must have seen the information from Ferdinand Forest. After a brief thought, he replied:
"Your Highness, the other party launched a surprise attack based on the defense intelligence we provided on the elf outpost camps, and gained a lot. Now they have sent a letter saying that they will take more than ten elven female captives and send them to the Dragon Scale Nest."

"Very good. With this batch of elf captives, the problem of raw materials should be solved in a short time." The second prince said with a satisfied smile on his feminine face.

"By the way, notify Lin Duen and Jinge and ask them to speed up the research and development of the compound."

"As you command, Your Highness. I will contact these two pharmacy masters immediately."

However, before Buchanan left, the second prince Everton asked again, "By the way, the owner of the dragon bloodline you met today is called Ryan, right? What do you think?"

"Well, he is very young and powerful, but he is quite cautious. He politely declined the invitation from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood that I mentioned to him."

"It was not until I told you that you were the examiner for the Dragon Knight Reserve that the other party's attitude of rejection softened." Buchanan reported in detail.

"Well, it's okay. One more or one less owner of dragon blood is not a big deal for the Dragon Scale Brotherhood."

"Our focus now is still on experiments."

Obviously, Everton didn't care at all when they heard that Rennes were not very enthusiastic about joining.

After all, there are many people with dragon blood throughout the territory of the empire.

"By the way, Your Highness, this is a replica of the other party's dragon breath."

At this moment, Buchanan seemed to have thought of something, and took out something similar to a pocket watch from his arms and handed it respectfully to the second prince Everton.

This pocket watch-shaped witchcraft artifact in front of you has only one function, which is to record the dragon breath of people nearby.

With this, the second prince Everton could quickly understand the other party's approximate blood origin, concentration, etc.

When the second prince Everton took it, he had a nonchalant expression at first, but after holding it in his hand and feeling it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed, "Hmm? This dragon's breath."

"Your Highness?" Buchanan looked at his own prince in confusion.

Could it be that there is something strange about Ryan's dragon bloodline?
"The other party's dragon bloodline is very strong. Although not as strong as mine and Lena's, it is no less than that of ordinary royal heirs."

"And what's even more rare is that this breath gives me a feeling that it's not the bloodline of ordinary black dragons, red dragons, or other five-colored dragons. Instead, it's a bit like the breath of a metal dragon that has long disappeared from this world."

"Metal dragon?" Buchanan was even more confused.

"Hmm, there is a faint smell of metal particles in it."

"Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you more." The second prince Everton shook his head and said.

"Adjust the attention level of this Ryan to level one. Also, investigate his interpersonal relationships and see where to find a breakthrough."

"This Ryan must be won over to the Dragon Scale Brotherhood."

"His bloodline may be of great use!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Buchanan bowed respectfully.

Just as Buchanan left the Second Prince Everton's study and walked into the front garden, a guard came over quickly and whispered:
"Sir, the Duke of Durham is here. He is waiting in his carriage not far from the gate of the mansion. Look."

Buchanan thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. I'll go out and meet him right away."

He naturally knew the purpose of Duke Durham's visit.

However, this time the other party might have failed to achieve his goal.

A few minutes later, inside the carriage.

"Lord Buchanan, regarding this Ryan, His Royal Highness," said the Duke of Durham, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Duke, I'm afraid you're disappointed with this matter. His Royal Highness the Second Prince is very interested in this Ryan, and he sent me to invite him to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood, so..."

"What?" Duke Durham said with a gloomy face.

Ever since he received the first-hand news from the stronghold and learned that Staven's attack had failed, Duke Drum had been a little uneasy.

It’s not that he was worried that Ryan would discover the attack. They just played a role in fueling the whole thing, and the one who was really responsible for the execution was the Isolde School.

But he found that Ryan's growth rate was too fast.

Even a veteran wizard like Staven, who has been famous for decades and has the top necromancy weapon "Iron Spine Undead Breastplate" in his hand, is no match for Ryan.

From this perspective, given his talent, he will most likely become the guardian of the empire in the near future.

And if the other party is still thinking about the previous conflict with the Durham family, then Ryan will sooner or later become a major threat to the family.

By then, even with the presence of the ancestor of Pantoskok, he might not be able to suppress the opponent.

"Did the other party agree?" After thinking for a while, Duke Durham asked again.

"Not yet. However, if Ryan is wise enough, he should agree."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Mr. Buchanan."

Upon hearing this, Duke Durham's face returned to calm. After a moment's thought, he said goodbye to Buchanan.

After returning to the Durham family mansion, Duke Durham meditated for a while alone in the study.

"Somebody come!"

"Your Excellency the Duke." A new young butler immediately walked into the study and bowed.

Obviously, the new butler was the one who replaced the original butler Owen.

"Has the news about Ryan spread?" asked Duke Drum.

"It has spread. According to the report from Lord Owen a few days ago, the information about Ryan killing several high-ranking officials of different cults has been leaked to the relevant cults."

"Very good." Duke Durham nodded and said.

Although the Drum family supports the second prince, it does not mean that they need to obey his orders. As a wealthy and powerful family in the empire and a guardian family, it is normal for them to have their own demands without violating the larger framework.

Even if Ryan joined the Dragon Scale Brotherhood, if he was killed by the cult, it was because of his own lack of strength and had nothing to do with the Drum family.

at the same time.

The third ring of the imperial capital, Ryan’s residence.

After about two hours of study, Ryan, who thought he had mastered the new witchcraft, first came to the training room. Just as he was about to raise his hand to cast the "Thorn Iron Ball", he suddenly put it down.

"The power of the third-level witchcraft is still a little too great. Perhaps it would be better for me to go to the witchcraft testing room at the headquarters."

After all, Ryan didn't want his new mansion to be demolished if his new witchcraft failed.

Soon, Ryan arrived at the Sword Bearer headquarters in a carriage.

Under the guidance of the young staff member, Ryan soon arrived at the third-level witchcraft testing room.

"Lord Ryan, if you need anything, you can always ring the bell to call me."

"Okay, thank you." Ryan nodded and said.

"It's my honor to serve you!" said the young female employee with a smile and a bow.

After the other party left, Ryan walked to the giant cylindrical metal block placed on the slide and began to recite a spell silently.

Soon, a solid iron ball with a diameter of two meters, rotating at a high speed, appeared out of thin air.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”

I saw that the surface of the iron ball was covered with dense spikes of varying lengths, and it was rubbing against the ground with sparks flying.

As Ryan waved his right hand, there was a "whoosh" sound, and with huge kinetic energy, the giant iron ball drew a straight line and hit the smooth cross-section of the metal ingot at a high speed!
"boom!!!"

A deafening sound echoed in the room!

The giant cylindrical metal block on the slide was almost hit on the head by this blow.

Even the floor of the room shook slightly.

Ryan looked closely and saw that most of the spiky iron ball formed by the third-level witchcraft "Thorn Iron Ball" was directly embedded in the giant metal ingot.

"Clang clang!"

At the same time, metal blocks weighing tens of tons oscillate back and forth on the slide rails.

On the black wisdom slate next to it, a huge number was clearly displayed - 191!

"It's so powerful!" Ryan said with his eyes lighting up.

"Although the attack method of this thorn iron ball is a bit monotonous, its power is indeed amazing."

You should know that the power of third-level witchcraft is basically between 120 and 200 degrees.

Now, relying on the super affinity of metal elements and the special effects of the Iron Heart advanced meditation method, the lethality of Ryan's level three witchcraft has almost reached the upper limit of the power of level three witchcraft.

According to the description of the effect in the parchment scroll, the diameter of a normal thorn iron ball should be about one and a half meters.

But the iron ball that Ryan had just used, not taking into account the length of the spikes, had a diameter of two meters.

At this time, the system prompt also appears:

[You have studied the thorn iron ball, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Thorn Iron Ball]

[Your skill Thorn Ball is upgraded, experience value +5]

At the same time, a new icon has been added below the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel.

The pattern on the icon is a huge metal ball with jagged spikes.

In addition, the small text below the icon reads as follows:

Thorn Iron Ball lv1 (1/100)

Thorn Iron Ball Level 1 Effect: Consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and forms a giant thorn iron ball, which rams and crushes all targets in a straight line.

(Note: The operation takes 3 seconds.)
"For all targets in a straight line?"

Ryan immediately grasped a feature of this new witchcraft.

Although the proficiency of level three witchcraft is several times more difficult than level two witchcraft, Ryan was well prepared.

Without any hesitation, in a flash, Ryan invested 11 skill points, plus 8 gold skill points, into the third-level witchcraft 'Thorny Iron Ball'.

As the third-level witchcraft 'Thorn Iron Ball' was upgraded from lv1 to lv20, a powerful memory about the witchcraft 'Thorn Iron Ball' flooded into Ryan's mind in an instant.

For a moment, Ryan seemed to have come to a mysterious space, and he had been practicing the third-level witchcraft "Iron Ball of Thorns" for one or two hundred years, compressing the syllables to the extreme, and casting the spell seemed to be instinctive.

The next morning.

In the inner ring of the imperial capital Tamriel, a carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the Snyder family mansion where the 'Chimaera Knight' Luther lived.

As Ryan got off the carriage, two tall and handsome knights who had been waiting at the door of the mansion walked up quickly.

"Sir Ryan, long time no see! Your recent achievements are truly jaw-dropping!" Luther greeted Ryan enthusiastically when he saw him.

"Yes, Lord Ryan, the news that you killed the strongest legendary 'Sculptor' Harold has almost spread throughout the aristocratic circle in the imperial capital recently." Harlowen also echoed with a smile.

"Mr. Luther, Mr. Harlowen, long time no see. Congratulations on your improved strength." Ryan said with a smile.

With just a quick sense, he discovered that the strength of Harlowen and Luther seemed to have improved slightly.

Obviously, these two people have not been idle recently and should be actively preparing for the selection of dragon knight reserves.

After some greetings, the three of them went to the reception room and sat down.

At this time, Ryan asked directly: "Sir Luther, I would like to ask, what is the specific method for the selection of dragon knight reserves next week?"

(End of this chapter)