The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 345 Beverly Pass (two chapters in one)

After flying for several hours, the Bloodfeather Hippogryph was also a little tired.

Of course, Ryan, who was sandwiched, was even more exhausted and tormented, even more exhausted than when he passed through the Hammerfall Tunnel and continuously killed the lava creatures.
Since they were riding on a Bloodfeather Hippogryph, they flew directly to the Beverly Mountains. Ryan did not deliberately look for villages or towns to stop along the way, so the three of them landed on an open space by a lake in a dense forest.

As for the fact that the waterside is unsafe at night and wild beasts roam around?

This is basically a cold joke to the three wizards.

It was late at night, and the bright moonlight from the sky shone down, illuminating a scene of mottled shadows of trees. A breeze blew, the leaves swayed, and the lake surface was slightly rippling.

After lighting a bonfire in the open space, the three of them took a rest.

The next day, the dawn broke.

Ryan glanced at the extinguished campfire, then looked at the two people, and found that they had not woken up yet, so he checked the system prompts.

The battle in the Hammerfall Tunnel might be too simple for him at the moment, and the system only rewards him with two gold skill points.

Adding his original remaining points, the total remaining attribute points are now 7 points, the remaining skill points are 0 points, and the gold skill points are 21 points.

However, after practicing advanced meditation for several consecutive nights, Ryan's mental strength increased by another point.

In addition, perhaps due to the follow-up effect of the last absorption of soul energy crystals, the degree of atomization has also increased by 1%.

At this time, the spirit value on the attribute panel is displayed as: 63 (atomization 21%).

Ryan thought about it, then stood up, took off a small cloth bag from the blood-feathered horned eagle beside him, and took out some white silk rolls and thin threads from it.

In an instant, Ryan used the hardened fine gold in his hand to transform into a needle and a cutting knife, and began to repair the white wizard robe that was damaged in the previous battle.

When Ryan's repair was complete, the system prompt suddenly appeared on the screen:

[You have repaired the white silk wizard robe, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[Tailor Apprentice Career Experience +31]

[The host's promotion to tailor is detected as follows: 3. Tailor apprentice level 5 max; 5. Agility points or more, physique points or more; . Produce pieces of any qualified tailoring products. All the current conditions are met, yes/no promotion to tailor? ]

[Note: After being promoted to tailor, the new tailor occupation panel will cover the original tailor apprentice panel. ]

"I originally thought it would take a few days to reach the maximum level 3 of Tailor Apprentice, but I didn't expect that I would be able to reach the maximum level in just these two days."

Ryan couldn't help but feel happy.

Obviously, there was no need to consider whether to change jobs. Ryan chose "Yes" without hesitation.

【Ding! Promotion successful! 】

[Promoted to tailor successfully! Agility +2! Obtained tailor core skill: Dexterity level 1]

[Skillful Hands lv1 (Active): Since the tailor uses his hands all year round, his dexterity is different from that of ordinary people. 】

Huh? Dexterity?

Well, that’s very sartorial!
At the same time, the original tailor apprentice panel had disappeared, and the tailor panel appeared instead.

There was a brand new icon border at the bottom of the panel, and the surrounding area was slightly lit.

Ryan immediately focused his attention on the icon.

The pattern on the icon was a pair of slender hands, one hand holding cloth and the other holding a needle, as if they were flying up and down.

There is a line of small text below the icon:
[Core Skill: Dexterity Level 1 (Active)]

Dexterity lv1 (active) effect: After the skill is activated, hand speed is slightly improved.

(Note: The effect of this skill is increased by a certain proportion based on the host's own hand flexibility, and the duration is proportional to the host's physique and mental strength.)
"Agility +2 is better than nothing, but a blank profession panel can still provide attribute improvements, which is already very good." Ryan nodded slightly.

"Huh? Hand speed?!"

"This kind of statement is easy to be misunderstood." Ryan couldn't help but think of something wrong for a moment.

However, when it comes to new skills, Ryan always adheres to the principle of trying them out before evaluating them.

With just a slight movement of his mind, he activated the core skill of Dexterity.

Suddenly, Ryan could clearly feel that the flexibility of his hands had improved.

When he threaded the needle again, his high agility made his hand speed extremely fast. At this moment, after activating his skillful hands, his speed reached a dazzling level.

At the same time, Melita, who was just awakened by the morning light, seemed to have noticed the movement on Ryan's side.

She tilted her head slightly and looked with her sleepy eyes. She saw Ryan's hands dancing quickly not far away, as if he was holding a needle and thread to mend something.
Ok?
She rubbed her eyes, and the next second, she looked at the scene with an expression of disbelief.

OMG!

Lord Ryan, who is so powerful, can actually sew his own clothes?

A warm-hearted wizard?

Not far away, Ryan was immersed in testing his new core skill "Skillful Hands" and did not notice Melita's extremely surprised look.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly thought of something, and saw two black daggers instantly transformed in his hands. As he swung them quickly, in an instant, it seemed as if Ryan's hands had disappeared, and instead, there were dagger shadows all over the sky.

Ryan smiled.

He has discovered how to apply the core skill 'Skillful Hands' in combat.

The improvement of 'skillful hands' on short weapons such as daggers can be said to be immediate.

"In addition, there are also those special witchcrafts that require hand seals. There should be a certain degree of increase, at least the casting time can be shortened." Ryan thought to himself.

At this moment, Ryan seemed to sense something and turned around to look behind him, only to see Melita looking at him blankly.

"Are you awake? Good morning, Lady Melita." Ryan said with a smile.

Ryan was in a good mood as he unexpectedly gained a core skill early in the morning.

"Lord Leilan, good morning." Melita was stunned for a moment and immediately returned the greeting.

"Ryan, Melita, you two woke up so early!" Hearing their voices, Anna also woke up in a daze.

Soon, the three of them were ready to set off again.

However, when Ryan walked to the side of the Bloodfeather Hippogryph, he was in trouble again. He looked at Anna, then at Melita, and couldn't think of any good suggestions for a while.

Anna seemed to have thought of something as well. She slowed down her pace, clutching a corner of her white wizard robe with both hands, feeling inexplicably nervous and shy.

It’s not like she hasn’t thought about changing her position.

For example, she and Melita could switch places.

But in that case, she would be holding Ryan from behind, and Ryan would be holding Melita.

As soon as this scene appeared, Anna shook her head slightly.

Because in this case, Ryan would probably point a gun at Melita.
Then I might as well keep pointing at her.
Melita seemed to have thought of what happened yesterday, and her pretty face blushed slightly. She rubbed and rubbed yesterday, and it was impossible for her to say that she didn't feel anything, especially since the object was a powerful, rich, and handsome young man.

So, at this moment, Melita had an indescribable feeling about sitting behind Ryan again.

I want it, but I also have some resistance.
This made Melita feel resentful towards the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph.

Can't you just fly properly?

Can't it just fly smoothly like a normal bird?
It has to flap its wings and then go up and down. How can people bear this?
However, although the three of them had different thoughts, they didn't say anything.

It seemed that everything continued tacitly.

Ryan was still in the middle, with the two women sitting one in front and one behind. The three of them sat on the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph and continued to move forward towards the Beverly Mountains.

At noon, Blood Feather landed and took a short rest.

"Lord Ryan, we will reach Beverly Pass in Caswith Province in half a day." Melita, who was relatively more familiar with the route, introduced.

"By the way, Ms. Melita, could you introduce the Wind Peng flock in the Beverly Mountains?" Ryan couldn't help but ask.

Just now, Ryan looked at the map of the northern border of the empire and found that the Beverly Mountains ran from east to west and stretched for thousands of kilometers. In fact, if they could go straight through, they could save a lot of time.

Because Beverly Pass is in the northeast corner of their current location, the two points connected form a diagonal line.

Although the map given by Olena briefly introduced that the Wind Peng was ferocious and numerous, it did not provide any detailed explanation.

"Of course, Lord Ryan, Fengpeng is a naturally ferocious bird of prey that lives in groups. Any creature within its range will be hunted by it."

"Adult Fengpeng has the innate ability of wind blades, which is almost as powerful as the wind blade spell cast by wind wizards."

At this time, Anna also looked at Melita curiously. Obviously, she was also quite interested in creatures like Fengpeng.

"If it was just one Wind Peng, it wouldn't be a problem for a wizard or even a great knight. But the problem is that there are dozens of Wind Pengs out at once to hunt for food. Can you imagine the scene of being attacked by dozens of wind blades that cover the sky?"

As Melita spoke, she seemed to think of that scene, with a look of fear on her face.

Ren nodded.

It turned out to be the case.

Indeed, if dozens of wind blades attack, even a level 2 liquefied wizard would find it difficult to resist. The defensive power of level 2 witchcraft also has its limits.

As for the first-level wizard?
There is a high probability that he will die on the spot. Of course, he is not included in that.

If you want to withstand the attack of dozens of wind blades without any harm, apart from dodging, if you want to resist head-on, you will most likely have to be a level three crystallized wizard.

"By the way, what about Feng Peng's speed?" Ryan asked again.

Logically speaking, if Feng Peng's speed was not fast enough, the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph would be able to cross it.

"Feng Peng is born with the ability to control wind energy particles. Not to mention your Hippogryph, I'm afraid even the speed of the Imperial Griffin is slightly inferior to it."

"If you want to cross it, it's unlikely unless you are an Imperial Dragon Knight."

Melita seemed to have thought of something, and then she paused and continued:

"In addition, there are male hunting Fengpengs in the Fengpeng group, and their strength is stronger than ordinary Fengpengs."

"As for the other mutated Feng Peng and so on, I don't know, but based on the number of more than 100,000, I'm afraid there are quite a few of these mutated Feng Peng, at least over a hundred."

"Of course, the most terrifying one is the Queen Fengpeng!"

"Queen Fengpeng?" Ryan said with surprise on his face.

"Ok!"

"There are more than 100,000 wind rocs in the Beverly Mountains, all led by a wind roc queen of epic strength. It is said that the empire did consider annihilating them, but gave up after considering the huge losses that might be incurred."

"Then why was Beverly Pass able to avoid Feng Peng's attack?" Anna asked curiously.

"The purple tumor wood forest on the other side of the mountain pass releases a strange gas all year round, which can make Feng Peng feel disgusted and uncomfortable, so he will actively avoid that area."

in the afternoon.

Just as the Blood Feather flew over a small town, Ryan could faintly hear screams coming from below even though he was hundreds of meters high in the air.

This made him look down.

Several black-robed men seemed to be driving the crowd into a building in the center of the town, and those who disobeyed were killed on the spot. "Ryan, the other party seems to be the Black Flame Cult." Anna also immediately found these black-robed men a little familiar.

"Hmm!" Ryan's face darkened, and he immediately controlled the Blood Feather to swoop down towards the church-shaped building.

At this time, inside the church hall.

Several Black Flame monks who presided over the ceremony had just finished chanting, and the entire blood sacrifice ceremony seemed to have reached its final stage.

I saw that the originally transparent diamond-shaped crystal on the top of the bone staff located in the center of the evil magic circle was now surrounded by an extremely rich blood color.

Throughout the church, hundreds of residents of the small town were curled up and lying on the ground in all directions, their faces were terrified and haggard, and they had died in a tragic way!
Apparently, all the blood essence of the townspeople had been absorbed into this diamond-shaped crystal through the blood sacrifice ritual.

"Great, it's finally done!"

"This blood crystal is of good quality. We should all receive rewards from the church." A Black Flame monk said with a smile.

Just as he was taking leisurely steps, intending to retrieve the bone staff and blood crystal, suddenly, the glazed spire on top of the church above him suddenly exploded.

Immediately, a strong wind blew, debris flew everywhere, and a huge bird of prey with blue and purple feathers fell from the sky!

"How come ferocious birds of prey suddenly attack us?" The smiling faces of the Black Flame monks froze in an instant, and such a thought popped up in their minds.

Xueyu swooped down and knocked the extremely astonished Black Flame monk to the ground.

"what!!!"

Blood Feather's iron claws were extremely sharp and easily tore the chest and abdomen of the unsuspecting Black Flame monk, causing him to scream in pain.

"Oh no! There's someone on that bird!"

"Enemy attack!!!" The remaining four or five Black Flame monks reacted and shouted.

But the next second!
"Whoosh whoosh!"

The sound of a sharp weapon breaking through the air was heard, and the four or five Black Flame Monks froze in place, their eyes widening with expressions of disbelief.

Immediately afterwards, there were several 'thump' sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground, and all the Black Flame monks fell on their backs.

I saw that each of these Black Flame monks had a four-cornered dart stuck in the forehead.

The one who took action was Ryan.

After killing all the Black Flame Monks in one move, Ryan jumped off the Hippogryph with a serious face and looked around.

The scene before him instantly reminded him of the cult attack that had occurred in Shining Gold Town.

This scene was too familiar to him.

"The Black Flame Cult is a bunch of bastards!" Ryan said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

"It is indeed them, Lord Ryan. In the past year, these Black Flame monks have been active in several provinces in the northern border and have committed many tragedies." Melita came up from the side with a serious expression.

Melita also hates these evil cults that kill ordinary people.

Ryan nodded, calmed down a little, walked to the center of the sorcery circle, took out the bone staff, and crushed the blood crystal.

At this time, the system prompts:
【Ding! The test found a large amount of unknown absorbable energy, yes/no? (Note: After absorption, it can be converted into designated professional experience points.)]

Seeing this tip, Ryan, who should have been happy, was not happy at all and still felt heavy.

However, after thinking about it, Ryan chose "yes"!
At the same time, he said silently in his heart, "Rest in peace, your blood will not be wasted. These bastards will pay a higher price in blood!"

The next second, the rich blood essence in the diamond-shaped crystal, like a flood that found a gap in the dam, began to surge into Ryan's body.

However, it seemed that because of Ryan's current improved strength, he could clearly feel that the energy level of this blood essence was relatively low.

As the blood color of the crystal quickly faded, Ryan also completed the absorption process, and the system prompt sounded again:

[Ding! A total of 1311 points of extraordinary experience points have been converted. Please choose Breaking Bad Master (Extraordinary)/Great Armorsmith (Extraordinary) to upgrade. ]

Ryan took a look and found that Breaking Bad (Super) and Great Armorer (Super) were both at level 6 at this time, but after adding more than a thousand points of experience, Breaking Bad (Super) could be upgraded again.

After a little thought, Ryan chose Breaking Bad (Superb).

The next second, a system prompt appeared in front of Ryan:
[Congratulations, your Breaking Bad (Super) career level has been improved! 】

Ryan's action of crushing the blood-colored crystal did not arouse any suspicion from Melita, who just thought that Ryan acted out of anger.

During the rest of the journey, Ryan and his three companions discovered another small town that had been attacked by the Black Flame Cult.

This gave Ryan a clearer understanding of the situation in the northern border of the empire.

It seems that the situation in the empire is more turbulent than I imagined.
"We're here, Lord Ryan. That's Beverly Pass, look." Melita pointed to the lower left and said excitedly.

Ryan turned his head and looked down, and saw a valley that was obviously much lower in the middle of the towering mountains in front of him, as if a gap had been cut in the middle of the towering mountains.

As the Bloodfeather Hippogryph slowly descended, the purple forest below was seen to be very distinctive, with purple coconut-sized bumps growing on the tree trunks, and a faint pungent smell was emitted.

"Is this the purple knotwood?"

"Yes, Lord Ren."

Beverly Pass.

There were many travelers and caravans coming and going, and they walked into the purple forest in an orderly manner.

At this time, Ryan also saw that the so-called mountain pass was actually just a passage in the purple knotwood forest.

"Everyone, please pay attention. You cannot fight in the passage. The noise of the fight will be too loud and will attract the attention of the Fengpeng group. You must not damage the purple tumor wood," the guard at the entrance of the passage reminded loudly from time to time.

Ryan and his three companions, including Xueyu, followed a caravan and headed towards the passage.

Not long after Ryan and the other two landed, four or five large black birds suddenly flew in from the sky not far away.

On the two big birds in the front, two people were talking.

"Arch Priest Ericson, after your breakthrough this time, your pure physical strength has exceeded the limit of a great knight by several times. I think no one in the entire church can surpass you."

"I heard that the leader of the barbarians in the Howling Tundra is also extremely strong physically. It's a good opportunity for you to test your skills against him."

A hooded man in a black robe spoke respectfully to the middle-aged man in a black robe beside him.

"Haha, I thought so too." The middle-aged man named Erickson seemed quite interested in his subordinates mentioning the barbarian chief.

"By the way, Archbishop Eriksson, I heard from the church last time that our church suffered a severe blow in the Münster Province in the central part of the empire, and suffered heavy losses?"

"Well, that's true. Logically speaking, Exeter is a very strong guy, and this kind of thing shouldn't happen." Hearing this, Erickson frowned slightly and said.

"quack!"

Soon, the other party also landed, and the strange bird singing naturally attracted the attention of Ryan and the other two.

I saw these big black birds with bare necks and blood-red eyes, full of a sense of brutality.

"Giant scavenger vulture!" Melita whispered.

"To use this kind of bird of prey as a mount, the other party is not simple."

"Well, these scavenger vultures are very aggressive." Anna nodded and said.

As a druid, she has the ability to grasp the emotions of wild beasts.

Ryan glanced at the scavenger vulture, then focused his attention on the people who jumped down.

The two leaders were wearing black robes, one strong and the other thin, with a deep aura, and it was obvious that they were deliberately concealing their own strength.

The other three were all dressed as knights with strong build, but they seemed to be followers. Judging from their aura, they should be as strong as senior knights.

However, the other party's breath always gave Ryan an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Step aside!"

"Don't block the road!" The three senior knights shouted as if no one was around.

The other travelers and caravans in the passage seemed to sense that the group of five people who suddenly appeared were not to be trifled with, and they all dodged to make way for them.

Soon, the other party's group of five quickly came to the center of the passage and approached the position of Ryan and the other two.

"By the way, is there any news from Crowley?"

"High Priest Ericson, Crowley just sent a message two hours ago. They have teamed up with the white-haired bear monster to attack the barbarian tribe."

The two men in black robes walking behind continued to talk in low voices.

Although the distance was far, Ryan still heard the words "high priest" and "barbarian tribe" clearly, which made him squint his eyes.

However, he did not continue to stare at the other person.

With their level of strength, they are already very sensitive to stares.

At this time, the other party also saw Ryan and the other two not far ahead. Obviously, seeing the three people wearing white wizard robes, the other party was also surprised.

Especially the three big knights who were responsible for clearing the way. When they passed by Ryan and the other two, they looked at Melita's beautiful face and figure with unscrupulous eyes and even whistled.

"This girl has a really nice figure."

"I heard that female witches are very open-minded."

“Maybe people like you.”

Melita couldn't help but get so angry at the other party's teasing that her breasts heaved violently and her face flushed, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Because the auras of the two people behind her were extremely deep, Melita knew at once that the other party's strength was far superior to hers.

Besides, she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for Ryan and Anna.

However, it seemed that he could see that Ryan and the other two were official wizards. The burly man in black robe said in a deep voice:

"Stop talking nonsense, you guys!"

After the reprimand, the three great knights immediately restrained themselves, but they still looked at Melita unscrupulously.

As they continued to walk forward, a voice rang out from behind: "Wait, you offended my friend, and you want to leave without apologizing?"

It was Ryan who spoke.

He just looked at the five people with a calm expression.

"what?"

"Interesting." Everyone, including the two men in black robes, stopped and turned to look at Ryan.

Melita covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect Ryan to suddenly stand up for her and say such a thing. At the same time, she felt happy and worried.

"Oh? Offense?"

"Young man, do you think you are powerful just because you are an official wizard?"

"If you are not strong enough, it is best not to force yourself. There are at least ten official wizards who have died in my hands, if not twenty. Now, do you still need our apology?"

The thinner man in black robe looked ferocious as he stared at Ryan and said.

(End of this chapter)