The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 353: Unexpected Gains (Two chapters in one)

Ryan waved at the bear monster priest wearing bright feathers and said, "You call."

"Respected King, my name is Urusen, and I am in charge of the tribe's sacrificial work." When the bear monster priest saw Ryan calling him, his face lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply.

Ryan looked the white-haired bear monster up and down and saw that it was only about 1.8 meters tall, which seemed very short compared to the other bear monsters who were often 2.34 meters tall.

But among the many white-haired bear monsters present, they seemed to regard it as the leader. It turned out to be the priest of the bear monsters. No wonder.

In terms of strength, he is roughly at the level of a second-level liquefied wizard, which is quite strong.

Considering that he will not stay in the ice field for a long time in the future, he still has to rely on Urusen in front of him to control the white-haired bear monster tribe. Therefore, Ryan plans to issue a few orders to see the other party's execution and efficiency.

"Very good, Urusen, arrange for someone to take an ice bucket and help me collect Colasius' blood." Ryan issued the first order to the bear monster priest who had just surrendered.

"As you command, my king." Urusen bowed again and stepped back.

Under the command of Urusen, these white-haired bear monsters began to take the freshly dug ice buckets and place them under the wounds of the proto-dragon to collect blood. Some of them shoveled up and collected the blood that had already dripped on the ice surface.

Seeing this scene, Ryan nodded slightly.

Obviously, the intelligence of an ordinary bear monster is only equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old child, but the intelligence of this bear monster priest is far more than that.

This was a good thing, because it meant the other party could understand his more complex commands.

Seeing that Ryan seemed to be intent on dealing with the body of the Originating Ancestral Dragon, the Chimera Knight Luther beside him couldn't help but say enviously:
"Sir Ryan, the Proto-Dragon Corasius is extremely large. You can keep its head. Perhaps you can put it on the wall of the banquet hall. That will be the best proof of your strength!"

"Good advice," Ryan said with a smile.

At this time, the beautiful woman Welty blushed, glanced quickly at Ryan's lower body, and said:
"Sir Ryan, are you planning to deal with the body of the Proto-Dragon? Dragon skin has very good elasticity. Perhaps you can consider making a set of inner armor with dragon skin."

"It's very stretchy? Inner armor?"

Ryan naturally noticed the beautiful woman's sneak glance at him just now, and when he heard what she said, he immediately understood what Welty meant and nodded.

After all, the style of pleated shorts is a bit too niche, and leather shorts would be slightly better.

At this time, Anna walked up and handed Ryan a new set of white wizard robes, which helped Ryan regain his decent appearance.

"Sir Ryan, do you have any specific plans for the use of dragon corpses?" Batalov, the dean of Winterhold College, walked up slowly and asked with a smile.

"Well... To be honest, I don't have any other plans except for the dragon blood. Dean Batalov, do you have any suggestions?" Ryan thought about it and didn't hide anything.

His current combat power, especially after transforming into the form of a dragon general, is comparable to that of a peak legend. However, when it comes to knowledge, he is far inferior to Batalov, a third-level crystal wizard who has lived for more than a hundred years.

"Although the Proto-Dragon is not as good as a real dragon, it is also full of treasures. Dragon skin can also be used to make top-grade leather armor, and dragon tendons are the best bowstring material for bows and arrows." Batalov introduced with a smile.

"Also, I wonder if Lord Ryan has heard of the Dragon Soul Potion?"

"Dragon Soul Potion? Dean Batalov, are you talking about the ancient potion that can greatly enhance mental strength? Isn't it said that the formula has been lost?" Luther suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise.

"Haha, Lord Luther is indeed knowledgeable. Yes, it is the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion. I dare say that even the Royal Pharmacist Association may not have the formula for this ancient potion."

"Several years ago, I happened to find a recipe for Dragon Soul Mixture while exploring a site." Batalov stroked his white beard and smiled as he talked about the recipe for Dragon Soul Mixture.

"It has only one effect, which is to greatly enhance mental strength. It has a strong effect on people including third-level crystallized wizards." Batalov began to describe the ancient dragon soul mixture in detail.

After some narration, Ryan learned.

This dragon soul potion does not require a real dragon soul, but a dragon's brain. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it dragon brain potion.

Ryan was naturally very interested in the ancient potion that could greatly enhance mental strength.

Especially when he heard that it had a strong effect on level 2 liquefied wizards and even level 3 crystallized wizards, his eyes lit up.

One of the prerequisites for him to change his job to 'Dragon Vein Wizard' is mental strength. He needs to reach the third-level crystallized wizard as soon as possible. If he has this so-called ancient dragon soul mixture, the improvement speed will surely be even faster.

"However, in addition to the most important raw material, dragon brain, other rare raw materials are also needed, such as purple lotus, nightmare vine, lava heart, etc. Currently, Winterhold College is still collecting them."

"So, Lord Ryan, I have an idea. If you agree, why don't our two families work together to make the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion. According to the brain capacity of the Proto-Dragon, at least five portions of the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion can be made."

Batalov looked at Ryan and expressed his thoughts.

"By the way, when a person takes the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion, the effect is best only the first time, and the effect is greatly reduced thereafter." Batalov added in time, as if he had thought of something.

Ryan thought about it for a moment and agreed, nodding and saying, "Of course, I'll trouble Dean Batalov to take care of the preparation of the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion."

First of all, he didn't have the formula for the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion, so there was no way he could make it himself.

Secondly, collecting other raw materials is also a time-consuming and laborious task.

In fact, if he had not acted in time to kill the Proto-Dragon Corasius and avoided the huge casualties of Winterhold College, I am afraid that the dean of Winterhold College, Batalov, would not have revealed that he had the formula of the ancient dragon soul potion.

"Don't worry, Lord Ryan, I will take charge of this matter myself. After all, I also need the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion. Let's try to see if I can take another step forward." Batalov said with a smile on his face.

"Dean, you have a chance now," the beautiful woman Welty beside him realized something instantly and said in surprise.

"I have some insights, but it is still very difficult to make a breakthrough." Batalov nodded and smiled.

"That's great!" The senior leaders of Winterhold College congratulated one after another.

"Congratulations, Dean Batalov!" Ryan also smiled and congratulated.

A third-level crystallized wizard, if he takes one more step forward, will become a fourth-level wizard.

Their strength is almost equal to that of the Imperial Dragon Knights, and they are epic-level fighters, but their numbers are extremely rare.

He had heard Admiral Edward mention it before, that more than 70% of the guardians of the entire Dragun Empire were dragon knights, and the rest were only fourth-level wizards.

"Mr. Ryan, compared to you, it's nothing." Batalov waved his hand and smiled bitterly.

"According to Melita, you are only about 159 years old. You may not know that it took me years to get from being a wizard apprentice to where I am now."

"But even so, in the history of Winterhold College, this is already considered a very fast promotion speed."

"Dean Batalov, you are too kind." Ryan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Indeed, if compared with him, Batalov's current combat power is slightly short of the legendary peak, which may cause him some trouble, but he will never be his opponent after he transforms into the Dragon General.

In addition, Ryan had a rough idea of ​​how difficult it was for a wizard to advance to the next level. The further you advance, the more difficult it becomes.

But 159 years was still considered fast, which was really beyond his expectations.

It can be seen how difficult it is for a wizard to improve all the way to the level where he has a chance to become a fourth-level Dawn Wizard.

Fortunately, he has the system to support him, which will greatly shorten the promotion time.

At this time, Melita suddenly stepped forward, pointed at the dragon corpse being processed, and said solemnly: "Master Ryan, mentor, I think you two need to come and take a look."

Ok?
Out of curiosity, Ryan, Batalov and others followed Melita to the belly of the proto-dragon, only to see that its stomach had been cut open, and there were huge, undigested bones scattered in the stomach.

"What is this?" Ryan was a little confused for a moment.

"Lord Ryan, several wizards from our academy have identified this as the bone of a proto-dragon," Melita said in a deep voice.

"Hmm?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.

He immediately understood what Melita meant.

"You mean, Corasius might have eaten one of his kind?" Ryan looked at Melita.

"Yes!"

Ryan waved to the bear monster priest who was commanding other white-haired bear monsters not far away. Urusen immediately ran over and bowed respectfully, saying, "Great King, please give me your orders."

"Urusen, did you know that Corasius had devoured a similar proto-dragon before?"

"Well...it's true. Lord Diam was devoured by Lord Colasius before." Urusen told the truth without any hesitation. After all, Colasius was dead now, and there was nothing to hide.

Hearing the answer from the bear monster priest Urusen, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"What a cruel guy! If other dragons knew about this, Colasius would definitely be hunted down and killed by the dragons." Welty on the side sighed.

"Yes, he is both cruel and cunning. I really don't know how such a cunning guy could appear among the proto-dragons." Batalov couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

You know, although most proto-dragons are brutal, they are not very intelligent.

In this regard, the Proto-Dragon is far inferior to the Empire's five-colored dragons. The gap is equivalent to the intelligence gap between an adult and a seven or eight-year-old child.

Perhaps due to their weak intelligence, the Proto-Dragons are almost incapable of casting spells and can only fight with melee and dragon breath.

This also made the five-colored dragon look down on the Proto-Dragon, which had an imperfect level of evolution. At one point, it even wanted to classify the Proto-Dragon as a dragon beast.

Since it was also the first time for Ryan to enter a dragon's lair, after he instructed his subordinates on how to deal with the corpse, he took Anna, Lagre and others to wander around the lair.

"Wow, Ryan, look, this large area should be snow moss, right? It is very rare in the outside world." As a druid, Anna has a natural advantage in identifying herbs. She pointed to a corner of the glacier wall and shouted in surprise.

"Hey, why is it a little different?" When Anna walked over quickly, squatted down and picked one, she frowned slightly and said.

"Ms. Anna, if I'm not mistaken, this is not ordinary snow moss, but extremely rare and precious ambergris moss." Batalov, the dean of Winterburg Academy, came over and said with a smile after taking a closer look.

As a master of alchemy, he was even better at identifying herbs than Anna, the young druid.

"Oh, Ambergris, that's so precious." Anna looked at the white herb in her hand that looked like an oyster mushroom, and her beautiful eyes were filled with shock. Soon, everyone discovered that there were several herbs in the nest that had been mutated by the dragon's breath, all of which were extremely precious.

This made Ryan's smile even more obvious.

Now, these things naturally belong to him.

Maybe it was because Colasius had just revived, but there was no legendary glittering dragon treasure in the lair. There were only some shining knight armor, weapons, and a pitiful few hundred gold coins.

Judging from the antiquity of the armor, it seems to be recent equipment.

Ryan naturally looked down upon such things.

"Huh? Ryan, what is that?" The barbarian girl La Gray pointed to the ground at the deepest part of the nest in front.

Ryan looked in the direction pointed by Lagre, and saw that the ground on the north side of the nest seemed to be shining with a faint golden light.

"Such a big piece of nugget-head gold (note: a bare block of bright gold, shaped like a dog's head)!" Luther seemed to recognize its origin as soon as he saw it, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

But then, he suddenly thought of something and quickly dug up the ground to check.

"Sure enough, there is a rich gold mine here!" Luther said excitedly.

Rich gold mine?
Ryan raised his eyebrows and hurried forward to check.

When they heard about the gold mine, Batalov, Welty, Anna and others gathered around.

"It is indeed a rich gold mine. The gold content of this gold mine is more than 40%. Judging from the purity, it is about 60% gold." Batalov, the third-level crystal wizard, asserted after a careful inspection.

Everyone discussed it one after another, and soon, they analyzed the situation in detail.

Adding the word "rich" in front of the gold mine means that the gold content of this mine is far higher than that of ordinary gold mines.

Moreover, most of the gold veins here are exposed in the shallow layer of the surface, making them easy to mine. In addition, rich ores are often accompanied by some rare minerals that are more precious than gold.

Hearing Luther and Batalov's affirmation, Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he waved again to the bear monster priest Urusen in the distance, saying:
"Urusen, there is a rich gold mine here, did you know about it before?"

"Oh, my king, I really don't know. For us, gold mines are not as practical as food." Urusen said, looking at the freshly unearthed gold nuggets on the ground with a confused look on his face.

"Well, it's okay, just go and do your thing." Ryan couldn't help but fall into thought.

Whether it is the knight's path or the wizard's path, a large amount of resources are required in the process of improvement.

In other words, only if you have money can you improve your strength with twice the result with half the effort.

At this time, Luther seemed to have thought of something, shook his head and sighed:

"Sir Ryan, what a pity! This place is deep in the ice field. It's unlikely that miners will come here to mine. However, we can take this big piece of nugget gold away."

If this gold-rich vein was in the Howling Tundra, he would have his family spend a huge amount of money to mine it, but the location of this rich gold mine was too remote.

Not to mention the potential dangers lurking on the ice field along the way, it is difficult to transport the miners' daily necessities alone.

A piece of nugget gold, even if it is as big as a washbasin, does not mean much to someone at Luther's level.

"Yes, what a pity! Lord Ryan, not only mining, but smelting is also impossible here." Barotaf looked at the surrounding glacier walls and shook his head.

The temperature inside the glacier nest is extremely low. If you try to set up a furnace directly for smelting, not only will you get half the result with twice the effort, but there is also the risk of collapse.

It is likely that the gold ore will have to be dug out and transported outside before it can be smelted.

"If it's about transporting the refined gold ingots, the Ice Giants of Winterhold College can be of some help," Barotaf added.

"No, maybe the bear monsters can do it." Ryan smiled.

Ryan pointed behind Urusen, and soon, a bear monster guard handed him the rough iron stick.

After Ryan took it, in the blink of an eye, the iron rod transformed into a miner's pickaxe.

Moreover, Ryan was very careful and covered the top of the miner's pickaxe with a small layer of hardened gold to prevent the miner's pickaxe from wearing out too quickly during the excavation process.

"Urusen, let your people try."

"As you command, my king."

Soon, a strong bear monster went to mine with "ding ding dang dang".

In just a few minutes, the bear monster dug up a lot of gold ore.

"This..." Luther's eyes bulged out.

Can you still do this?
Let the ferocious white-haired bear monster go mining!

Batalov and Welty looked at each other, and saw shock in each other's eyes. They had heard of ice field gnolls mining, but they had never heard of ice field bear monsters mining.

At the same time, several people reacted instantly.

This represents a huge business opportunity that can produce gold continuously.

"Sir Ryan, there is only one problem left to be solved, which is the smelting problem." Luther said with a smile.

“Maybe this thing”

Ryan waved his hand and said, "Smelting is not a problem!"

"Lagre, can you leave the smelting problem to the Norton tribe? Of course it's not in vain, the Norton tribe will get their share of the profits." Ryan turned his head and said with a smile to the barbarian girl Lagre beside him.

"Ah? Of course you can!" Lagre was stunned, and she obviously felt like a piece of cake had fallen from the sky.

She didn't expect that Ryan would actually hand over such a good thing involving huge interests to her Norton tribe to handle. Looking at Ryan, her eyes became more affectionate.

Whether it was the Chimera Knight Luther or the people from the Winterhold Academy, they were all smart people. Seeing how Ryan treated the barbarian girl Lagre, how could they not understand what Ryan meant.

He stopped talking immediately.

Melita looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes almost tearing out.

Oh my god! Lord Ryan is strong, handsome, and caring.

It's over! It's over! She felt like she had completely fallen.
"Everyone, it seems that we can have a good discussion about the utilization of the gold mine." Ryan said with a smile.

"Of course!" Everyone nodded in praise.

With Ryan, the lifesaver, taking the lead, the framework was immediately agreed upon.

It was initially agreed that several companies would be jointly responsible for the mining, transportation and sales of gold.

Generally speaking, the mining is done by the white-haired bear monster, namely Ryan, the Norton barbarian tribe is responsible for building blast furnaces and smelting outside the nest, the Winterhold College is responsible for sending people for transportation and escort, and the final sales are handed over to the Snyder family where Luther is.

Duke Snyder is the governor of the Imperial Province of Marne, and Luther is the second son of Duke Snyder.

As for the profit share, Ryan accounts for 40%, and the other three companies each account for 20%.

After the general framework was finalized, Ryan had already sent a message to the beautiful woman Jennifer as to the remaining details, asking her to send someone to be responsible for the specific operations.

After all, it is impossible for his precious energy to be focused on business.

"What! That's great. I didn't expect that Erikson, the high priest of the Black Flame Cult in the Province of Marne, had died in your hands. Lord Ryan, thank you so much." Luther couldn't help but said with joy.

He just learned the news.

You have to know that Erikson's strength is slightly above his. That's why, even though three counties in the Marne province have been lost, the Snyder family still hasn't taken any action.

The main reason was that before the Imperial Guardians arrived, the Snyder family did not have the ability to deal with the Black Flame Cult entrenched in the Marne Province on their own.

"I will communicate with my father immediately and quickly organize elite troops to pacify these three counties." Luther looked at Ryan with more gratitude.

"Sir Luther, this is what I should do as the sword bearer of the Empire." Ryan said with a smile.

"What! Lord Ryan, you are the sword bearer?!" The beautiful woman Welty, standing next to him, said with her eyes wide open in surprise.

"Yeah!" Ryan nodded and said.

Others did not ask any specific questions, but they just assumed that Ryan must be a powerful person affiliated with the Sword Bearer Headquarters in the Imperial Capital.

Are you kidding? How could a provincial-level Sword Wielder branch have someone as powerful as Lord Ryan?

After hearing what Ryan said, others including Batalov and Luther couldn't help but look at Ryan in surprise.

If the previous cooperation plan was mainly promoted by Ryan's personal strength, then now, some other things have been added.

Unconsciously, the level of cooperation among the parties has been greatly enhanced.

"Ryan, this news is very important to the tribe. I want to go back to the Jikal Valley first to report this matter to the high priest and the tribe leader." Lagre could hardly hide her excitement and whispered to Ryan.

"Although smelting gold doesn't require many people, they still have to be arranged in advance. In addition, we have to prepare smelting agents, charcoal, and build furnaces." As if afraid that Ryan would disagree, Lagre added hastily.

"Okay, when I come back from Howling Fjord, I will come to Jikal Valley to find you." Ryan nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)