The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 405 Attack
"That metal magic just now is rare, right?"

"Does any of you know what kind of witchcraft this is?"

"I don't know, but judging from the power, the defense of a normal third-level witchcraft cannot withstand Carl's teleportation attack."

For a moment, people were talking about it.

At this moment, Carl stared blankly at the two-handed sword with only the hilt left, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Sir Ryan, I lost!"

The other party's straightforward attitude of admitting defeat actually gave Ryan a bit of favor towards him.

At this time, another young man who was also wearing a linen coat, with a flushed face, took a step forward, as if he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Karl.

"I believe what Lord Ryan just said is true."

"With Lord Ryan's strength, it is enough to defeat Greenwood with one move. There is no need to say that to him."

After hearing Karl’s words, the young man seemed to understand something and nodded slightly.

The reason is indeed very simple. Even Carl, a formal disciple, was taken down with one blow. Greenwood was no match for the opponent at all. The elephant does not need and will not talk nonsense to the ant.

"Sir Ryan, not everyone thinks the same as I do, especially Mr. Lambert, the teacher's eldest disciple." Carl paused before leaving, then turned around and reminded.

"Thank you." Ryan nodded to show that he understood.

Just when Ryan was challenged in the Dragon Knight Reserve Camp, Olena immediately rushed to Ryan's mansion after receiving a notification from Major General Tatia.

Since Ryan was not there, Olena was received by the short man Matteo.

Matteo naturally knew the identity of this capable young woman who had come here many times before, as well as the close working relationship between her and his Lord Ryan.

"Lady Olena, Lord Ryan went to the Dragon Knight Reserve Camp early in the morning with Lord Luther and Lord Harlowin." The short Matteo did not hide anything from the capable young woman who hurried over.

"Did Lord Ryan say when he would be back?" Olena asked with a slightly worried look on her face.

Seeing Olena's expression, Matteo immediately understood that there must be something urgent. After thinking for a while, he said, "Lord Ryan didn't say, but it will probably be at least in the afternoon. However, he will definitely be back for dinner."

"Oh? Dinner time?"

"Yes, because Miss Lagre is here, Lord Ryan will definitely be back for dinner." Matteo said.

At this time, La Ge Lei happened to be still awake. She heard someone mention her name downstairs, so she immediately got up and looked out of the second-floor window.

She saw Matteo, a short man who she was slightly familiar with, talking to a capable young woman. But she was a little confused as to why Matteo mentioned her name.

But soon, she heard the word "Olena" and immediately remembered that Ryan had mentioned this person in front of her. It seemed that she was his contact in the Sword Bearer.

"Well, but my news is more important, so I'd better inform Lord Ryan as soon as possible. Well, I'll go directly to the camp to find Lord Ryan." Olena nodded and said.

She had just received news about the Secret Snake Cult, and she felt that she should inform Lord Ryan as soon as possible.

As Olena left the mansion and got on the carriage again, the coachman slowly drove the carriage forward.

Suddenly, two men in black robes came quickly from the roadside, one in front and one behind, towards the carriage in which Olena was riding.

I saw a man in black robe in front of the carriage. He jumped onto the empty passenger seat nimbly, put the dagger in his hand on the back of the coachman's neck, and forced him to control the carriage to stop.

This made Olena in the carriage feel a little strange. She didn't ask the driver to stop, so why did he stop?

"crunch~"

The carriage door opened and a man in a black robe rushed in as nimbly as a squirrel.

"Don't get excited, Ms. Olena, and don't shout or resist, otherwise there will be more holes in your beautiful body." The man in black robe who spoke was pointing a rapier at Olena with a smile on his face.

Olena's body stiffened. The other party's aura was probably that of a great knight. At this distance, although she had a witchcraft scroll in her arms, she did not dare to use it.

Because she was a second-level wizard apprentice, within a one-meter range, even if she wanted to take out the scroll and trigger it, it would take time.

She was sure that once she did that, it would be too late.

This made Olena's heart sink to the bottom.

If she were in Münster, she would have arranged for guards to accompany her, but now in the imperial capital, with her level, it was not yet possible for the Sword Bearer headquarters to arrange for guards.

In her heart, she also assumed that the safety of the imperial capital was guaranteed, so she naturally would not ask Ryan for protection.

At this moment, a young woman in aristocratic hunting clothes not far away was watching the scene with her beautiful eyes, looking thoughtful.

In addition to her outstanding appearance, her pair of long and round legs are particularly eye-catching.

The noble girl in front of him was Claire.

In fact, it has been some time since she returned to the Imperial Capital Royal Academy from Meister.

But some time ago, she was in a critical period of improving her strength, so she had been meditating in the academy.

At this moment, because of the stimulation of her family bloodline, her strength has increased by leaps and bounds, and she has already entered the level of a peak knight.

In the past few days, even in the Imperial Capital Royal Academy, the news that the "Sculptor" Harold was killed caused quite a stir.

After all, most of the people in the Royal Academy are direct or collateral descendants of major families and are well-informed.

Some of Claire's friends even asked her if she knew a young man named Ryan who was also from the province of Munster.

This surprised Claire, but she just said, "I know, what's wrong?"

When her friend told Claire about the situation, Claire was so shocked that she couldn't recover for a long time. She said:
"I don't know if the other party is the one you are talking about. I need to confirm it."

But in fact, in her heart, Claire was almost 90% certain that the Lord Ryan who killed the most powerful legend her friend mentioned must be her Ryan.

At that time, in Mayist's own mansion, after Claire witnessed the strength that Ryan showed in defeating the cult, she knew that Ryan's strength would definitely be able to enter the legendary level.

But she didn't expect it to happen so soon.

In just a few months, Ryan has entered the legendary realm, and it seems that he is also a top-level powerhouse among the legends.

this.
So, today she came to see Ryan on purpose, and at the same time, she also wanted to give Ryan a surprise, but she didn't expect to see such a scene.

She still had a deep impression of the capable young woman just now.

At that time, Ryan introduced him when he was in Meister, and the other party had also come to his mansion several times. It seemed that he was an internal staff member of the Sword Bearer of the Munster branch.

Although she didn't know how the other party appeared in the imperial capital, it was obvious that he was kidnapped this time, and the purpose was self-evident.

However, there are two people on the other side. If she attacks from the front, it is hard to say whether she can fight two alone with her strength.

More importantly, if she attacked head-on, Claire couldn't guarantee that she could save the other person.

After thinking for a while, Claire pretended not to notice what happened here, and walked straight on the sidewalk without looking around.

The black-robed man next to the coachman looked around, as if he was on guard, or observing the strength of the people around him. When he saw Claire, his gaze paused for a moment.

Obviously, he found that Claire was quite powerful.

However, when he saw that Claire was very relaxed, especially with her hands not clasped on the hilt of the knight's sword at her waist, he glanced at the others again.

No! Just when the other party felt something was wrong.

In a flash, Claire's strong legs suddenly touched the ground, and she rushed towards the carriage diagonally like a female leopard that suddenly attacked.

The sudden attack, coupled with the speed boost from Claire's bloodline talent, made the black-robed man sitting next to the driver want to stop it with bloodshot eyes, but it was too late.

As soon as he turned around, he saw a beautiful figure rushing into the rear carriage.

"boom!"

At this time, the man in black robe inside naturally realized something was wrong. He immediately showed a fierce look on his face and was about to stab the capable young woman Olena with the knight's sword in his hand.

"clang!"

At this time, it was blocked by another knight's sword.

Olena showed joy on her face and immediately took out the defensive witchcraft scroll from her arms. A light blue film covered her body.

As the carriage broke into pieces, passers-by around it screamed.

The two men in black robes glanced at Olena, then looked fiercely at Claire, knowing that this mission was likely to fail.

However, if he returned empty-handed, he would definitely be punished by the church.

Well, if you can’t bring back the living ones, the dead ones will do.

Although this noble girl was quite powerful, she was only on par with them and was just caught off guard.

The most important thing is that there are two of them, and if they attack from the front and back, they can also defeat the opponent in a short time.

The two of them exchanged glances quickly, and then rushed towards Claire one after the other. This made Claire's heart tighten, and she immediately held her sword in a defensive posture.

But just as the two opponents were about to attack her, suddenly, the man in front threw a gray bottle at her.

As the bottle shattered and smoke came out, the two men turned around at the same time and attacked Olena who was running towards Ryan's mansion!

"Oh no!" Claire was shocked. She understood that the other party's target had always been Olena.

The two black-robed assassins were quite powerful. Just as they were about to catch up with Olena and showed joy on their faces, suddenly, a whirring sound of breaking through the air was heard on their left.

When the two of them turned their heads to look, their pupils suddenly shrank!
Because what was attacking them was actually an extremely huge round shield.

The whirring sound just now was the sound of the shield spinning at high speed!

For a moment, the two men did not dare to take the attack head-on, and immediately stopped suddenly to avoid the attack of the shield. However, because of this setback, a nimble barbarian female warrior holding a battle axe in one hand suddenly jumped between them and the target person.

"again?"

The two couldn't help but be shocked and angry!
Is this a poke at a woman's nest?
It is rare to see strong female knights.

And there are even fewer female warriors.

But two of them suddenly appeared in front of me, what the hell!

Time waits for no one. At this moment, they can already hear the sound of orderly footsteps coming from all around.

This is the imperial capital of Tamriel. A minute or two is enough for the patrol to arrive.

They had to take action immediately, but just as they bent their knees slightly and were about to launch an attack, the shield suddenly spun back, which made the two men even more speechless!
Mudd!

"Oh!"

One of them turned around and kicked the shield up into the air, but the battle axe in Lagre's hand chopped down on his head!
Another man in black robe was about to help, but suddenly, a strong wind came from behind him, and he quickly turned around to block it!
"clang!"

The person who came was Claire. Although she had never seen Lagre, she saw that the other party rushed out from the Ryan Mansion, so she was undoubtedly a friend, not an enemy. Now, the situation has reversed.

As long as she could hold off the two black-robed assassins for a minute or two, they would be surrounded by the patrol team.

Therefore, Claire immediately adopted the strategy of mobile fighting, focusing on the tactic of "when the enemy retreats, I advance, and when the enemy advances, I retreat", making you uncomfortable.

The commotion that happened here at this time naturally attracted the patrol personnel around.

"I am the Imperial Swordsman, and these two black-robed soldiers are assassins." Olena, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately revealed her identity and shouted when she saw a team of patrolling guards coming over.

The guards had taken a look at the situation on the field before they arrived and had a rough judgement in their minds.

After all, two beauties and two men in black robes, which one would you think is the enemy?

Anyone can tell the difference.

Not to mention that the capable young woman in front of him has also revealed her identity.

"Surround them!" The leading knight captain gave an order, and a group of guards immediately surrounded them.

At the same time, the cry of griffins was heard in the sky, and a team of three griffins swooped down towards this side.

This is the defense strength of the Imperial City of Tamriel. Someone will definitely arrive within two minutes.

When the two men in black robes saw this scene, they immediately went crazy and tried to break out without dodging.

"Pfft!"

Claire immediately seized the opportunity and stabbed a man in black robes in the back with her sword.

At the same time, Lagre flashed in front of another black-robed man with a huge shield in hand and blocked the opponent back.

The man in black robe looked desperate, and it seemed that he had bitten something with his mouth. A stream of black blood immediately flowed out. His whole body trembled a few times and then he fell down with his head raised.

Another black-robed man who fell to the ground had a ruthless look on his face and fell to the ground in the same way!

"Cult?" Claire asked with a fixed gaze.

The only ones who are fearless enough to face death are the fanatics who are influenced by the evil cults. Ordinary assassin organizations are not as fearless as them.

At this time, the griffin in the sky had landed, and three griffin knights jumped off the griffin.

Olena also walked up from behind and said, "My Lords, I am Olena, the deputy director of the reception department of the Sword Bearer Headquarters. These two men in black robes just attacked and killed my driver."

"Thanks to the help of these two people, I was able to escape danger."

Olena was worthy of being a member of the imperial system. She explained the situation clearly in a few words, eliminating the need to introduce the identity of the barbarian girl Lagre.

Ok?
From the Sword Headquarters?
The leading griffin knight was a mighty middle-aged man with a beard. When he heard Olena's introduction, his eyes jumped and he looked her up and down. A second-level wizard apprentice?
Obviously, the other party is a civilian staff member, but according to the deputy director of the reception office, this matter needs to be taken more seriously.

"Deputy Director Olena, leave this to us. We will investigate the situation thoroughly."

"I suggest letting the sword bearer take over, because I suspect that although the other party's target is me, the ultimate target may still be my boss, Lord Ryan." Olena said with a serious face.

"Lord Ryan?" The three griffins couldn't help but look at each other. The one who could make a deputy director of the reception office call him his superior must be a big shot in the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

Moreover, the name Ryan sounded familiar to them.

"Is it Lord Ryan who defeated Harold the Sculptor?" The bearded Griffin Knight suddenly asked with a look of surprise.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Understood, Deputy Director Olena, we will hand over the affairs here after your personnel arrive."

"Okay, thank you all for your cooperation." Olena bowed slightly.

"Haha, you're welcome."

At this time, Olena walked to Claire's side, bowed slightly, and thanked her:

"You must be Miss Claire, right? Thank you for your help this time."

Just now, Olena recognized the young noblewoman who saved her. It was Claire, whom she had met several times. She also knew that she had a close relationship with her boss, Lord Ryan.

Because Ryan asked her to send messages several times to warn the other party of the cult attack.

Moreover, she was the legitimate daughter of Count Habsburg and was from the same province of Münster as her, so she was naturally more friendly.

"Hello, it's me." Claire said as she put away her knight's sword and walked to Olena's side.

However, after looking at Olena, she looked at the barbarian girl not far away.

The woman's wonderful intuition told her that the relationship between the girl and Ryan should be unusual.

"Hello, I'm Olena, thank you for your help." Olena immediately walked to Lagre and bowed slightly to express her gratitude.

"Norton tribe, Lagre."

Ok?
So this is the Lagre that the short Matteo just mentioned?
Olena was slightly stunned, and quickly looked at the other party. The barbarian girl was exotic. Her boss was really...
However, Olena quickly glanced at the two women with her beautiful eyes and felt a little strange in her heart.

She always had a feeling that the barbarian girl in front of her seemed to have a close relationship with her boss, Lord Ryan.

Moreover, judging from the expressions on the faces of the two women as they looked at each other, they did not seem to know each other.

This is interesting.

But the problem was that Lord Ryan was not here and she was caught in the middle, so Olena immediately decided to quickly divert the attention of the two.

Otherwise, if any problem really arises, I would be afraid that I would not be able to explain it to my parents.

"You two, the other side should be cultists. Should we send someone to inform Lord Ryan immediately?" After being attacked, Olena naturally would not consider going to the camp alone again.

The two girls who were originally looking at each other seemed to be diverted by this question and nodded immediately.

Half an hour later, Ryan, Luther, and Harlowen, who received the news, quickly flew back to the mansion.

Before Ryan landed, he found that besides Lagre, Claire, who had not been seen for a long time, was also in the open space of the mansion.

His heart immediately skipped a beat. Could it be that these two people
"Hey, Claire, why didn't you tell me you were coming to the capital?" Ryan, who jumped off the horned hippogryph, greeted Claire first.

"Ryan, long time no see. I've only been in the capital for a short time. I've been consolidating my strength for some time. I just found out yesterday that you've also come to the capital." Claire said with a smile.

"Ms. Claire, long time no see." When Harlowen saw Claire, he bowed slightly and said.

As the most promising heir of the Duke of Munster, he was naturally familiar with Claire, a talented female knight who was also from Munster.

"Good day, Lord Harlowen." Claire bowed like a lady and said.

"Lagre, thank you." Ryan said.

"Yeah." With outsiders present, the barbarian girl didn't say much, just nodded.

He was originally worried that Lagre and Claire might not get along.
After all, unlike Anna, Lagre and Claire were not familiar with each other.

Moreover, one of them is a talented female knight, and the other is a rare barbarian female warrior. If they were to compete with each other, he would be in big trouble. It would be a typical "Shura Field".

Fortunately, at present, there is no conflict between the two.

"Ms. Olena, are you okay?" Ryan came to Olena and comforted her.

"It's okay, Lord Ryan. Thanks to the timely help of the two ladies. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would be..."

"It's my fault. When you came to the Imperial Capital headquarters, some things were hard to talk about. Also, I was too confident about the safety of the Imperial Capital." Ryan said with some self-blame.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Ryan. The imperial capital of Tamriel has strict entry and exit checks and has similar witchcraft detection devices. Wizards of unknown origin will be subject to special inspections, breath detection, etc.

This is because once those cultists have participated in a prayer ceremony of a certain god, they will more or less carry the special aura of that god on them.

Of course, all checks have loopholes.

Because if someone has just joined a cult, has not yet performed specific cult rituals, and is not yet a wizard, then it will be difficult to detect.

This is also why the two cultists just now both followed the path of chivalry.

Moreover, the two had probably joined the cult not long ago, and their auras were still relatively pure.

"Uh, Lord Ryan, it was my own carelessness." Olena waved her hands quickly and said.

Olena, who is well aware of the unspoken rules within the system, naturally would not let her boss bear this responsibility.

"By the way, Lord Ryan, I came here because I received urgent intelligence from Major General Tatia, saying that the Secret Snake Cult sent the 'Twin Snakes' among the twelve Secret Snake Messengers to lurk in the imperial capital area."

"According to the intelligence hall's analysis, there is a 70% chance that the other party's target is you."

After hearing Olena's words, everyone present, including Claire and Harlowin who were chatting, shut their mouths and turned their eyes to Ryan.

Although they were not clear about the strength of the 'Twin Snakes', since it was emergency intelligence issued by the Sword Bearer Headquarters, the strength of these two people should be very strong, so strong that Ryan had to pay attention to it.

"Oh? Do you have any specific information about them?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, Lord Ryan, I have collected it for you." Olena said as she took out a piece of information and handed it to Ryan.

Ryan nodded, took it and started reading.

Ryan was very satisfied with Olena, his contact. She had rich work experience and worked well with him. Basically, whatever ideas he had, she could consider and prepare in advance.

At this time, a young man in sword-bearing clothes suddenly came to the door of the mansion, bowed slightly to Ryan and Olena, and said:
"Lord Ryan, Lady Olena, although the two assassins have committed suicide, we have basically confirmed their identities. They should be followers of the Black Flame Cult."

"Black Flame Cult?" Ryan frowned slightly.

It seems that the consequences of the conservative noble's last leak of the details of his mission within the Sword Bearer have begun to slowly emerge.

Two cult organizations have already approached him.

Perhaps, in the near future, other cult organizations will come knocking on our door, such as the Poseidon Cult and so on.

He himself is not afraid, but the problem is the safety of his family and friends.
This gave Ryan an idea. Although his own strength was the cornerstone, it was still necessary to build up some power. Apart from anything else, at least he could take better care of the safety of his family and friends.

For example, if the cult knew about his relationship with Claire and attacked the Habsburg family mansion far away in Meister, he would not be able to teleport there instantly and resolve the crisis.

This is not the first time Ryan has had this idea.

But before that, Ryan believed that a person's energy was limited and it was impossible to improve his strength and build a force at the same time.

Even the beautiful woman Jennifer, what she established was more of a chamber of commerce, which was different from the kind of force that Ryan mentioned. In other words, the chamber of commerce was only a small part of the force.

Speaking of Claire, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Ryan's mind.

That’s right! I can definitely let Claire take the lead on this matter!
As for him, all he needs to do is to keep improving his strength.

(End of this chapter)