The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 242: Training Begins (Two Chapters in One)

The official training ground was behind a garden with trees of different heights. Ryan was amazed when he saw it for the first time.

The Sword Bearer Branch is indeed very wealthy!

In the provincial capital of Münster, where every inch of land is valuable, the Sword Bearers' branch's formal training ground covers a vast area.

At this moment, on the right side of Ryan's field of vision is a white three-story indoor training building with a concave arc shape. The building is also built with white stone strips, and the columns and top of the surface have some simple spiral carvings.

It looks grand and beautiful.

Right in front of Ryan is a green meadow. This is an outdoor training ground that is several times the size of a normal horse farm, and there are several stables on the side of the ground.

At this moment, there were many people holding swords on the horse field, controlling the horses to circle, jump, and sprint.

Ryan looked carefully and found that most of the horses were about the same height and strength as his black horse, with a conspicuous tuft of hair on their calves.

This should be the high-level horse breed 'Lockhorse' that Veronica mentioned before.

Zooming a little further, what Ryan saw was a griffin platform that looked like a plate.

That’s right, this is a huge round platform, about two meters above the ground, supported by a hard and thick white stone pillar underneath. The only problem is that the number of griffins is a bit small.

Including the two griffins soaring in the sky and the only two left on the platform, there are only four griffins in total. I wonder if there were so many originally, or if many of them were sent out on missions.

At this moment on the platform, the two griffins, each with three or four staff members in charge of feeding them, surrounded the griffins and cleaned and combed their feathers.

This platform should be an independent griffin platform of the Sword Bearer Division, and should not be affiliated with the griffin platform on top of Minster.

"Control the griffin?"

Ryan was quite moved by what he saw, and an idea immediately came to his mind.

After showing the bronze badge to the heavily guarded guard nearby, Ryan was allowed to enter the training ground.

After a little questioning, Ryan found out that only silver-level swordsmen were qualified to undergo griffin training, and the training fee was extremely expensive, reaching fifty merit points per hour.

This is due to stupidity.
That’s quite a hefty expense!

In addition, training is training, and renting griffins for missions is another expense.

Of course, assigned tasks are excluded.

Assigned tasks are equivalent to "business trips". If you are required to ride a griffin, then it is considered a "public bus" trip and is naturally not affected by authority. At the same time, it is free of charge.

"Fortunately, I also have a Blood-Feathered Hippogryph. I can wait a few more months."

"By the way, I should go check on some pets these days. I can consider feeding Xueyu more mutation growth potion. I don't know if the naturally ferocious species will mutate after taking it, but it should still have the effect of accelerating growth."

"Also, why hasn't the black horse transformed into a ferocious beast yet?"

"Remember that 'cookie' is about two months."

Ryan's thoughts are scattered
A few minutes later, Ryan followed the guard's instructions and came to the tall curved building with white stone exterior walls.

Even standing outside the building, Ryan could feel waves of mysterious energy particles coming from inside it. These waves were complex and varied.

What is more obvious is the fluctuation of several energy particles such as water and earth.

Apparently, as Instructor Kuhlmann said, witchcraft was used to strengthen the bodies of knights and great knights.

This would be an unimaginable luxury in Meester County, but in the sword-wielding branch in the provincial capital of Munster, it seems to have become a common training content.

This shows how huge the gap is.

Ryan stepped into the lobby on the first floor and saw an arc-shaped service desk not far in front of him. Three young female employees were busy at the desk.

Outside the service desk, there was a girl who seemed to be in charge of guiding. When she saw Ryan come in and look around, her eyes lit up immediately. She took the initiative to step forward and bowed politely, saying:
"Hello, sir, this is the training building, how can I help you?"

Huh?
nice!
There are actually shopping guides similar to those in the shopping malls of the previous life.
Ryan thought for a moment and then asked directly, "Well, this is my first time here. Can you give me a brief introduction to the training building?"

"Of course, sir. On the corridor to your left are the Quicksand Hall and the Swamp Room, and on the corridor to your right is the Rapids Room. If this is your first time here, I suggest you start with the Rapids Room."

"The whitewater rooms are divided into ordinary whitewater rooms and advanced whitewater rooms." The reception girl said confidently.

"The ordinary rapids room is mainly used to simulate the vortex environment for you adults. Under the resistance of water, you can practice the accuracy and stability of extraordinary combat skills. Of course, it will also have a certain effect on improving physical fitness."

"And the advanced rapids room is mainly prepared to improve the physical fitness of you adults."

"The method used is to use high-speed water jets to impact various parts of the human body. It has a strong water impact effect, which can improve blood vessel elasticity, muscle fascia tension, and nerve response, etc."

"In an advanced whitewater room, the longer you stay, the better the effect. Of course, this depends on the physical condition of each adult."

Ryan found it quite interesting and glanced at the girl. Judging from her breath, she was just an ordinary person. How could she know anything about fascial tension?
Therefore, what the welcoming girl said was obviously memorized by rote.

It's like a two-year-old child reciting ancient poems in his previous life. He can recite them fluently, but when asked, he doesn't understand them at all.
"At the same time, in the advanced rapids room, there are many options, such as alternating hot and cold, cold water baths and cool water baths to make the exercise more effective. Of course, as for the cost, you need to add another five merit points per hour."

"In addition, you can choose to add igneous rock particles to further enhance the water jet effect. However, you will need to pay an additional 15 merit points per hour."

“Of course, while the above options will enhance the effect, they also greatly increase the stimulation of the rapids on the body, so adults are advised to exercise caution.”

Alternating hot and cold?

Adding Igneous Ore Particles?

Why does it sound like a high-intensity version of SPA?

Ren looked thoughtful.

In addition, the ordinary rapids chamber is mainly used to train the accuracy and stability of extraordinary combat skills, which is inconsistent with the purpose of this trip.

However, you can try it later and practice Lockon's axe and shield fighting skills to see the effect.

Now, according to Instructor Kuhlmann's suggestion, it is natural to go to the advanced rapids room first to experience it.

So, Ryan tilted his head and asked, "Well, please tell me, is there any room available in the Advanced Rapids Room now?"

"Sir, you are so lucky. All the ordinary rapids rooms are full, but there is one advanced rapids room that is still vacant. Would you like to use it now?"

"Well, right now."

"Then please show your badge at the front desk." The receptionist brought Ryan to the service desk.

"Oh, by the way, help me choose the alternation between hot and cold, and add that igneous rock ore particles." Ryan thought for a moment and said.

"Sir, can you do this?"

"No, no, sir, what I mean is that you can proceed step by step." The reception girl covered her mouth and blinked her big eyes at Ryan with an apologetic look on her face.

Obviously, he said the wrong thing and was afraid that Ryan would pursue the matter.

Ryan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, add them all."

"As for time."

"As for the time, I suggest that you don't need to set it in advance. Once you feel anything wrong with your body, you can press the red handle in the room to stop. Is that ok?" the girl said hurriedly.

"Okay. By the way, how much will it cost if it's less than a full hour?" Ryan suddenly thought of a question.

"As for the charges, sir, if it exceeds the full hour, any hour less than half an hour will be charged as a half hour, and any hour more than half an hour will be charged as a full hour."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Ryan nodded with a smile.

Seeing Ryan's smile and agreement, the receptionist finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her service attitude became even better. She took the initiative to ask:

"Sir, shall I take you there now?" said the welcoming girl, pointing to the corridor on the right.

In fact, the welcoming girl's duty is to greet guests at the door, and she has no responsibility to accompany them.

But perhaps to make up for the mistake of saying the wrong thing just now, or perhaps because of Ryan's handsome appearance, the girl was quite enthusiastic and proactive.

"OK thanks."

"It's my honor, sir. Please follow me. On the right side of the first floor are the ordinary rapids room and the advanced rapids room. Every day, many adults come here to train." The girl introduced as she walked.

Soon, Ryan followed the girl through a long corridor and came to a spacious hall. There were many long chairs covered with soft suede and shaped like sofas in the hall.

There were many strong men sitting in groups of three or four on the long chairs, each of them was as big as Ryan.

Come to think of it, this rapids chamber was designed for knights and great knights.

However, Ryan also found that almost all of them were holding weapons. This meant that these people should be waiting for the ordinary rapids room to practice extraordinary combat skills.

It seems that my choice was correct. If I had chosen an ordinary rapids room, I would still have to queue up now.

"Sir, these are all high-level rapids rooms. You have just completed the relevant procedures at the service desk. You only need to use your sword bearer's emblem to swipe this black wisdom slate to enter."

"Until you cancel, this advanced rapids room is only for you to use," the girl introduced.

"Okay, thank you." Ryan followed the girl's instructions and swiped the bronze badge.

I saw a few lines of words appearing on the black wisdom slate:

"Start counting time: 13:33."

"Charge standard: 15 merit points per hour."

"Extra One"

And the girl was seen taking Ryan into an advanced rapids room.

Many strong men in the hall looked over with envy.

"Girls are so popular. I've never met a girl who would take the initiative to accompany him here." Baltan said enviously.

"Baltan, with your size, you can crush the girl to death." A companion teased Baltan, a sturdy man who was two meters and three meters tall.

"Don't mention it. He can go to the advanced rapids room. Obviously he has a lot of merit points. He might even be the captain."

"How could he be the captain when he is so young and unfamiliar? He must come from a powerful family and must have earned a lot of merit points in the functional departments of the empire before joining the Sword Bearers." A young man with a moustache who looked to be in his twenties analyzed.

"That's right. Kim makes a lot of sense." After hearing this, the others couldn't help but nod.

But Kim thought about it and seemed a little curious about how long the young man was going to stay in the advanced rapids room, so he stood up and walked quickly to the door of the room Ryan had just entered.

He casually glanced at the black slate of wisdom, and the next second, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Sigh~"

It turns out that there are a few lines of small white words below the charging standards:
"Additional Addition 5: Alternating between hot and cold, cost +15" "Additional Addition : Igneous ore particles, cost +"

"Total cost: 35 merit points/hour."

Thinking about how she had to spend five merit points per hour in the ordinary rapids room, Kim couldn't help but swear:
"Fuck! So fucking rich!"

When the people around saw Kim's expression change, they all came up curiously and said in surprise:
"Is this how you spend your merit points?"

“So rich!”

It's not that they can't afford the expense, but their expenses in other places are greater, such as purchasing more advanced extraordinary combat skills, some combat potions and auxiliary training potions, etc., so they naturally have to spend their merit points sparingly.

Although the fully upgraded rapids room is the most effective, it costs too much and is far less cost-effective than practicing extraordinary combat skills in an ordinary rapids room while slowly improving your physical fitness.

In addition, it is too stimulating and the endurance time is too short, so the effect is not very good.

"Hey, that's not right, Baltan, have you seen this person?"

"No, this is the first time we meet today." Baltan looked thoughtful, and after a while, he shook his head.

Kim looked at the others, only to see them also shaking their heads.

"Hahaha, that's interesting. This young man must be here for the first time." Kim said jokingly.

"If nothing is added, a normal knight can stay in there for two hours. But if it's hot and cold, he'll probably have to come out in an hour."

"The key is that he also added a particle of igneous rock ore! This is interesting."

"How long do you think he'll be out?"

"Ten minutes? Or a quarter of an hour, hahaha." Kim laughed.

"A quarter of an hour,"

"I'll add another five minutes, twenty minutes."

"I think it can take half an hour. After all, young people like to save face!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

At this time, a sturdy man with thick eyebrows came over and asked with a smile: "What happened? Why are you guys so happy?"

"Hey, it's Captain Waynes."

Everyone said hello.

"Boss, this is what happened." Kim gestured, smiled and told the story again, "Captain, you are here to use the advanced rapids room this time, right?"

"Then let's queue this one? It should be out soon, maybe a few minutes."

"No wonder the front desk said it's full just now. Okay, then I'll listen to you and get this room." When Waynes heard this, he smiled immediately and without thinking too much, he walked up and swiped the emblem on the black wisdom stone slab at the door of Ryan's room.

Soon, a line of words appeared at the bottom of the wisdom slate:

"New people in line: 1."

When Ryan closed the door, he found that the room was not small, about 50 square meters, and in the center was a huge bathing pool with a diameter of about four meters.

There is a striking red handle next to the bathtub. Just flip it to stop all the rapids in the rapids room.

In addition, the bathtub is surrounded by a special kind of white stone bricks that are built tightly together. The most eye-catching thing is the densely packed holes of different sizes on the bricks.

The holes are of different sizes, with the thick ones having a diameter close to that of a fist and the thin ones being smaller than the diameter of a little finger.

There is a circular metal nozzle at the front end of each hole.

Even when Ryan walked forward, he could see many holes at the bottom of the pool through the slightly rippling clear red water.

I think these holes are used to spray torrents.

In addition, the depth of the pool reached three meters. Of course, the water level was not that high. When Ryan took off his clothes except for his underwear and entered the pool, he found that the water level was only up to his knees.

At this moment, the light around suddenly dimmed.

It seems to be designed to better allow trainees to focus their minds on their bodies.

"Chichi!"

The sound of dense water flow was heard!

High-speed water began to spurt out of the holes in the pool, hitting Ryan's exposed, muscular body.

"That's it?"

“I don’t feel anything.”

Ryan only felt that the water temperature was quite cold, including the bottom of the pool where he was standing. At this moment, water was gushing out and hitting the soles of Ryan's feet, giving him a tingling and numb foot massage feeling.

The next second, Ryan suddenly realized!

His talent, "Intermediate Steel Body", is a passive ability. Under the defense of the intermediate steel body, the high-speed water flow that would have caused skin tingling made Ryan feel like he was taking a shower.
Immediately, Ryan concentrated his mind and dispersed the defensive effect of his own talent.

Suddenly, there was a stinging pain on the skin!
But soon, the sting and shock began to take effect.

Ryan felt that changes were taking place inside his body. His muscles and fascia began to tremble slightly, as if they were stimulated by something and began to become active.

After a while, the temperature of the water suddenly changed, from nearly zero degrees to thirty degrees.
Forty degrees.
It soon reached 70 or 80 degrees, such a scorching temperature!

Two heavens of ice and fire!
Sour and refreshing!

But the effect is also significant.

The muscles and fascia in Ryan's body became more active at this moment. He could feel that some small muscles and fascia that were not trained by the Bear King Breathing Method were also activated this time and began to tremble slightly.

After a while, the lights dimmed again.

Suddenly, the sound of the water jetting became sharper, as if mixed with some tiny particles.

At this time, Ryan closed his eyes slightly. He could see that the water flowing out of the holes in the wall of the pool had turned light red. This should be the so-called igneous rock particles.

These tiny particles hit Ryan's skin and it hurt!

But the effect is also excellent.

After hitting certain fascia joints, some of the muscle adhesions that were caused by previous explosions are now vibrated and loosened.

But the pain was real. Even if Ryan didn't look down, he knew that his skin must be like a roasted lobster.

As time went on, the pain became more and more severe and unbearable, as the girl said.
After thinking about it, Ryan tried to slowly restore the defensive effect of the 'Intermediate Steel Body'.

Of course, in order to achieve the torrent effect, Ryan controlled the steel body effect to about 10%.

I saw that the pain was weakened immediately, but the overall impact of the torrent was not greatly affected.

This made Ryan happy!
And after he originally took the powerful strength potion, the medicinal effect that was lingering in his body began to be absorbed into his body at an accelerated rate due to the torrent.

Soon, fifteen minutes passed.
At this time, the people outside the door began to look up at Ryan's room, waiting for the sound of the door opening.

After a few minutes, everyone couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Kim, this young man is quite capable." Baltan said in a muffled voice.

"Well, yes!" Kim was also very surprised.

"But it should be soon."

Another five minutes passed, and this time, no one said anything.

Because they knew very well that there were not many people on the scene who could hold on for twenty minutes under these two additional situations, and even if there were, they were all great knights with extremely strong wills.

However, they believed that the young man was almost reaching his limit.

Because this torrent of stimulation will become stronger and stronger, and more and more difficult to endure.
And inside the advanced whitewater room.

Ryan discovered a little trick, that is, under the impact of the high-speed torrent mixed with igneous rock particles, if he performed the training movements of the Bear King Breathing Method, the effect of the torrent would be better.

At this moment, he felt warm all over, and the original damage to his muscle fibers was gradually repaired by the accelerated flow of blood.

Most of the adhesions caused by muscle strain during the earlier outbreak were now broken up.

The capillaries immediately replenish these repair areas with various nutrients.

At this moment, a system prompt suddenly appeared:
【Congratulations! Your strength attributes are improved! 】

"what?"

"The effect of this drug is released so quickly?"

"According to the instructions on the label, the effect of this powerful strength potion will be slowly released over about half a month."

"Although it was faster at the beginning and slower at the end, it wouldn't be this fast."

"Logically speaking, it would be reasonable to increase it a little bit after four or five days, and then a little bit more in the last half month, and the overall increase would be about 10%." Ryan said to himself.

As the strength attribute increased from 28 to 29, Ryan suddenly became as vigorous as a dragon and a tiger. While enduring the impact of the high-speed torrent, he once again increased the intensity of his practice of the Bear King Breathing Method.

Ryan was practicing happily in the room, but the people outside the room were already staring at each other in amazement.

It's been forty-five minutes.
How could this young man inside
Kim glanced at his captain Waynes and couldn't help looking embarrassed. It was he who asked the captain to reserve this room, but until now, the other party had not come out.

However, at this moment, Waynes did not notice Kim's little movements, but frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.

After a few minutes, Waynes couldn't help but look puzzled and asked:

"Are you sure that the person who entered was a young man who was unfamiliar to me? And not the captain of another team?"

“Never seen it before!”

"Yeah, even the captain who was promoted last year, we've met him once or twice, but this one is definitely the first time I've met him."

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Kim's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh heavily, with an expression of sudden enlightenment, and said:

"Hey, you guys, is it possible that the young man fainted inside before he could pull the handle?"

(End of this chapter)