The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 360 Liquefaction
"However, this is a good thing. It's a pity that I can't learn it all at once."

"To perform second-level witchcraft, one needs to achieve spiritual liquefaction, which is also a prerequisite for learning second-level witchcraft." Ryan thought to himself.

At this time, the girl Georgia nearby started to walk around curiously. This was her first time to come to the so-called storage room of Poseidon Cult.

She randomly picked up an old book from a pile of junk nearby, dusted it off, and then saw the large words on the cover. She whispered softly, "Otakar's Diary?"

"Ok?"

Ryan, who was about to open the parchment scroll to check the second-level metal magic "Cutting Net", was suddenly stunned.

Otakar?

Isn't this the real name of this 'Cutter'?
Ryan immediately turned to look at Georgia and said, "Georgia, please let me see the diary in your hand."

"Of course, sir." Georgia stuck out her tongue, ran over a little embarrassedly, and respectfully handed the unopened diary in her hand to Ryan.

"Don't move anything here without Lord Ryan's order." Brother Fandral whispered in Georgia's ear.

"Well, I just flipped through it casually. Lord Ryan won't mind." The young girl Georgia was speechless as she looked at her brother who had become a loyal fan of Lord Ryan.

As Ryan turned the pages, his brows became more and more relaxed, and in the end, an unconcealable smile appeared on his face.

After flipping through a dozen pages, Ryan let out a long sigh.

He closed the diary and stood up.

Perhaps, the biggest gain this time is not the second-level metal magic "Cutting Net", but this diary.

It turns out that Otakar the Cutter was not born in a wizard school. At first, he was just an apprentice of a wandering wizard, but he was a person with extremely good luck.

With the favor of the goddess of luck, he explored an ancient relic when he was a third-level wizard apprentice, which allowed him to obtain a incomplete inheritance of an ancient wizard school.

Yes, it is not a certain witchcraft or a certain potion recipe, but an inheritance that includes multiple witchcrafts and step-by-step training experience.

If this kind of situation still exists among a hundred wizard apprentices, there are still a few of them.

But it is very rare that the inheritance happens to be extremely suitable for one's own situation. This kind of luck is probably one in a thousand.

After practicing it himself, Otakar realized that his incomplete inheritance contained a witchcraft killing move.

To put it simply, a witchcraft killing move is a form of attack that involves two or more witchcrafts performed in a specific manner, thereby increasing the power of the witchcraft exponentially.

The incomplete inheritance of Otakar included a killer witchcraft move consisting of the second-level metal witchcraft "Cutting Net" and the zero-level witchcraft "Sharp Magic".

A combination of what can be said to be the simplest metal-based witchcraft killing moves, which only includes two witchcrafts, one of which is a zero-level witchcraft.

Of course, although it is the simplest witchcraft killing move, it also has requirements. It needs to solidify the second-level metal witchcraft "Cutting Net" as a natural witchcraft. At the same time, the casting time of the zero-level witchcraft "Sharp Magic" must be compressed to within 0.1 seconds.

This is why Ryan couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

It was a witchcraft killing move tailor-made for him. If anyone saw it, they would probably laugh out loud.

You know, after Otakar became a second-level wizard and solidified the "Cutting Web" into a gifted magic, he spent a lot of time practicing the "Sharpness Technique".

And Ryan can naturally skip the latter process. As long as he solidifies the "Cutting Net" into a second-level talent magic, he can cast the combination magic.

Eventually, he mastered this documented combination of sorcery, but no one else knew about it.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the 'Cutting Net' performed by Otakar was extremely powerful, and they thought he was gifted, which also earned him the nickname 'Cutter'.

In fact, this is because metal wizards are rare, and even fewer know that "Sharpness" and "Cutting Net" can form a combination of wizardry.

Therefore, even if some wizards were confused, they attributed it to Otakar's outstanding talent, who was able to modify and enhance the power of the second-level metal magic "Cutting Net".

If it weren't for the fact that Ryan was in the Poseidon Cult's lair in Howling Fjord at this time, it would not be suitable for further in-depth research.

I'm afraid Ryan will immediately immerse himself in it without sleep or food.

"Georgia, thank you very much. This diary is very useful to me. Please help me continue searching for some information related to Otakar here." Ryan picked up Otakar's diary in his hand, raised it to indicate, and smiled.

"Of course no problem, Lord Ryan, these are your spoils of war, and I discovered them by accident." Georgia was quite excited when she heard Ryan's praise, and she tilted her head slightly to glance at her brother.

Look! You actually criticized me, but Lord Ryan praised me!

Fandral looked at his sister and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

At this time, Ryan smiled and said to Fandral: "Captain Fandral, try to carry away the valuable and light items here. We will evacuate in half an hour."

"As you command, Lord Ryan." Fandral was much more respectful than his sister and bowed slightly.

Half an hour later
Although Georgia searched very carefully, she still couldn't find anything more valuable in the pile of junk. Ryan looked at some of the potion formulas he found and gave up.

They are all apprentice-level potion recipes.

Of course, it is very likely that a more valuable formula had already been given away by Havers.

As a record of a metal wizard, Otakar's diary is probably not that valuable in the eyes of Havers and others, so it was casually discarded here.

After a while, more than ten war horses, all loaded with spoils, mission certificates from the Slippery Blade Naga and Thick-Shelled Lobster People, etc., returned to the town.

Among them, the heaviest were the three simple carts pulled by the team at the end, on which were placed two mixtures of flesh, blood and soil shoveled from the ground, and the huge head of Dune, the leader of the deep-sea giants.

The two portions of mixture of flesh, blood and soil were the meat-patty-shaped bodies of Havers and Ursula. Since they were mixed with compressed soil, their weight was naturally not light.

According to Fandral, although it is heavy, it is still worth moving and collecting a high bounty from the Empire.

As for the giant Dune's head, although it was just a head, it was more than one meter long and as big as a large vat, and quite heavy.

Fortunately, all three carts were covered with tarpaulins, otherwise, many passers-by along the road would have been scared.

However, even though they were covered with tarpaulin, the strong smell of blood, mixed with the smell of giant claw seafood in the sacks on both sides of the other horses, still drifted all the way, attracting many people to look at the team curiously.

This situation continued until everyone arrived at the small town of Ilgala, and began to reach a climax.

"Hey! Fandral, are you and your Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries going fishing? It stinks!" A burly, scarred man, carrying a square iron shield on his back, walked up and said with disdain.

"Spencer, no matter how smelly your mouth is, it's not as smelly as yours!" Vandal immediately retorted.

However, after the two came closer, they hugged each other tightly, patted each other on the back, and then laughed.

This is the rough way of greeting used by the mercenaries who fight on the edge of a knife.

"Fandar, it seems you have made a good harvest this time."

"By the way, have you heard? A breaking news! The Proto-Dragon Corasius was killed by an adult. Everyone was talking about this just now." Spencer immediately began to share a breaking news with Fandral.

"Are you talking about the Proto-Dragon Corasius? The mutated Proto-Dragon that even the Dean of Winterhold Academy, Lord Batalov, couldn't deal with?" Fandral said with a look of surprise.

He originally wanted to share his legendary experience with the other party, but unexpectedly, the other party told him a shocking news first.

"Yes, it is said that a man named Ryan directly killed the Proto-Dragon Corasius, and also gained the loyalty of multiple clans of ice bear monsters."

"Now, this Lord Ryan who suddenly appeared has been called the 'King of Fur Monsters' and the 'Proto-Dragon Slayer'. This matter has spread among the Winterhold College and some nearby forces."

"Huh? What's your name? Lord Ryan?!" Upon hearing the news, all the members of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group, including Vandal, stood still as if they were struck by lightning!

"What do you think? Are you shocked?" Spencer couldn't help but feel very satisfied when he saw the dazed expressions of Vandal and others.

Damn, he was also shocked when he heard the news.

That was the Proto-Dragon Corasius. Even Lord Batalov, who was quite prestigious in the area of ​​the Snow Tundra and the Ice Field, couldn't deal with him.

However, the next second, Spencer felt a little strange, because everyone, including Fandral, seemed to be unable to help but look at a young man in a white wizard robe in the team.

Spencer looked Ryan up and down. He naturally couldn't tell how good Ryan was, so he soon stopped paying attention to him.

However, he was very curious about what his old friend Vandal had in the rear panel car this time, and why it smelled so bloody.

Spencer walked to the side of the cart, and before Vandal could open his mouth to stop him, he pulled the cloth away with a "clatter".

Spencer and the people beside him took a closer look, and the next second, they were so scared that their faces turned pale. They took several steps back and fell to the ground.

"Fuck me!"

"Fuck! What is this!"

A huge head appeared on the cart in front of everyone, especially the pair of huge lantern-like eyes glaring at them, which seemed to be staring at Spencer.

This feeling of oppression was so strong that it instantly swept through the hearts of everyone around.

No wonder Spencer, who was quite powerful just now, was almost scared to death!
The mercenaries around him all stepped back in fear, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

"Is this the head of a giant?!"

"It smells like the sea. It should be the head of a deep-sea giant."

"But the head of a deep-sea giant isn't this big, right?"

"Yes! The deep-sea giant head that the Blood Wolf Mercenaries brought back last time was not even half the size of this one. Could it be some leader among the deep-sea giants?"

"When did the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group become this powerful?"

For a moment, people around began to whisper.

Mercenaries and wizard apprentices further away also gathered around curiously. Even the guards patrolling the town of Ilgala squeezed over out of curiosity.

A middle-aged man with a mustache who was riding a horse and wearing aristocratic hunting suit also saw this scene from a high position and could not help but be deeply moved.

He turned his head and asked the guard beside him, "Go and find out what the mercenary group is called?"

"The deep-sea giant with legendary strength, could it be that he is the deep-sea giant leader Dunn, who is ranked second on the bounty list just announced?" the middle-aged man with a mustache murmured.

However, without Ryan's permission, Fandral would naturally not reveal Ryan's identity.

The outside world also said that they were lucky, as they met a strong man who killed the leader of the deep-sea giants, and they just took advantage of the opportunity.

But Fandral's words made everyone around him drool with envy.

When Ryan returned to the woods and met Anna again, the delighted Anna flew into Ryan's arms like a light butterfly.

Seeing this scene, the other members of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries were fine. At most, they thought that this girl must be Lord Ryan's sweetheart. However, the girl Georgia felt a little strange at the moment.

After all, a boyfriend like Lord Ryan is the prince charming in every girl’s dreams!
Of course, this sour feeling comes and goes quickly.

The girl had only known Ryan for a short time, so her jealousy soon disappeared without a trace.

After Anna hugged Ryan tightly, she noticed that there was someone else behind him, which made her blush and she left Ryan's arms a little shyly.

Of course, she was naturally very curious as to why Ryan brought back ten strangers after being gone for most of the day.

"Anna, this is Fandral, the leader of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries."

"This is his sister Georgia."

Ryan introduced them one by one.

Obviously, compared to Fandral, Anna was more interested in Georgia, who was of the same age as her. She looked at her up and down with interest with her beautiful eyes.

"Hello, Sister Anna, it's an honor to meet you!" Georgia bent her knees slightly and saluted Anna like a lady.

"Uh hello Georgia, nice to meet you."

Anna didn't quite understand why the other party was so respectful to her, as if she was treating an important person, but she immediately smiled and greeted him.

After some greetings, Ryan and Anna rode on blood-feathered hippogryphs and returned to Winterhold College first.

The Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries followed suit on horseback.

Fandral and his companions looked at the flying Blood-Feathered Hippogryph and could not help but sigh!
After returning to the College of Winterhold.

Ryan, Batalov and other senior members of Winterhold College had a brief discussion about the trip to Howling Fjord.

Soon, Melita brought some information about witchcraft killer moves, namely combined witchcraft, and placed it on Ryan's desk.

And Ryan immediately began to read it carefully.

Half a day later, after careful consideration, Ryan decided to use "Cutting Web" as his second-level talent magic.

It's not like he hasn't considered the problem of having stronger metal-based combination witchcraft.

But after looking through the information, Ryan discovered that very few of these witchcraft killing moves have been passed down, and even fewer metal-related ones.

Ryan couldn't just keep on not upgrading, even if it was to find a stronger witchcraft killer move.

In addition, according to ancient books, many witchcraft killing moves were discovered by accident during battles between ancient wizards, which gave Ryan a vague guess in his mind.

However, this guess can only be verified after he becomes a second-level liquefaction wizard.

Since the 'Cutting Web' is a second-level magic, if you want to learn it, you naturally have to improve yourself to the level of a second-level liquefaction wizard first.

Ryan opened the wooden box and took out seven soul energy crystals, holding them in his hands, and quickly started to use the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method. The system prompt also sounded:

[Ding! Soul energy crystals that can improve the atomization of spiritual power have been detected. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can eliminate impurities and can be absorbed all at once.)]

"Yes!"

In an instant, Ryan felt the silver mist in his spiritual sea begin to increase rapidly. Soon, about 90% of the area in his spiritual sea was filled with silver mist.

Ryan glanced at the system panel:
Spirit: 73 (vaporization 92%)

"Huh? I added 5 points of spirit during the previous battle, and the degree of atomization increased to 72%. Now it has reached 92%. With this calculation, the increase of one soul energy crystal is less than 3% now."

After thinking about it, Ryan used up the remaining three soul energy crystals in the wooden box.

Soon, Ryan raised the degree of atomization of his mental power to 98%, exceeding the minimum requirement of 90% atomization to be promoted to a second-level liquefied wizard by eight points.

(End of this chapter)