The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 374 Tamriel
Ryan briefly told everyone about the situation in the Howling Tundra.

Although Admiral Edward had received an official letter from the Sword Bearer Headquarters regarding Ryan's promotion and transfer many days ago, he was not very clear about what Ryan had done in the Howling Tundra.

It was only mentioned briefly in the official letter.

As for Neolo, Angus and others, they were completely unaware of the situation.

So, when Ryan told him that he first killed the mutated proto-dragon Corasius in the Howling Tundra, and then swept through the Poseidon's stronghold in the Howling Fjord and killed the three giants, he was stunned.

Including Colonel Stanley and Olena, they all looked shocked with their eyes wide open and their mouths slightly open.

And when Ryan mentioned that on his way back, he fought a fierce battle with the projection of Hela, the goddess of the underworld worshipped by the Poseidon Cult, and repelled it, even the knowledgeable Admiral Edward's eyes widened and his head was buzzing.

The others looked at each other with expressions of disbelief.

But they knew that Ryan never had to lie.

After all, his contribution in single-handedly destroying the Poseidon stronghold in Howling Fjord was great enough to allow Ryan to be promoted to the Platinum-level swordsman.

What's the point of him bragging about this?

Therefore, what Ryan said is most likely true.

"Ryan, tell me in detail about the battle with that guy." Admiral Edward, who had come back to his senses, couldn't help but look excited. He pulled Ryan to a room and asked Ryan to tell it in detail.

No wonder his captain always looked calm when facing an old duke family like Durham or the name of the Sword Saint.

Evelyn's beautiful eyes flickered over and over at Ryan, and she thought to herself.

Neolo couldn't help but let out a bitter smile, and said helplessly to Evelyn beside him: "I originally wanted to shock the captain with my entry into the official wizard, but I didn't expect this to happen."

"Hehe, who made us meet such a monster captain." Evelyn couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

And the other side.

Greenwood covered his injured hand and quickly came to the airship docking station in Munster with his butler Owen, and boarded the nearest airship returning to the imperial capital.

Inside the airship cabin.

Greenwood's hand injury was treated and bandaged simply. As for the specific treatment, it would have to be carried out after returning to the imperial capital Tamriel.

"Master Greenwood, I'm really sorry that I didn't investigate the situation clearly this time and caused you serious injuries." Butler Owen bowed deeply to Greenwood.

"But the fact that he has become a platinum-level swordsman at such a young age is really beyond my expectation." Owen frowned.

"You can't be blamed entirely for this. I didn't expect that he would be promoted to a platinum-level swordsman without even going to the headquarters. You may not come across such a person in ten years." Greenwood nodded grimly, reluctantly accepting the apology from the butler Owen.

After all, Owen was his uncle's confidant, and, as Owen said, this matter was really beyond his expectations.

"Master Greenwood, can you ask someone at the Sword Bearer Headquarters to investigate why the other party was promoted to the adamantine-level Sword Bearer?"

Although Owen is the steward of the Duke of Drum and has extensive connections in the imperial capital, he is still unable to investigate certain circumstances of a fine gold-level sword wielder.

"Difficult! Information about the adamantium-level sword holders is confidential to the headquarters."

"Moreover, the other party has never appeared in the headquarters before. The sword bearer in the headquarters naturally cannot know this Ryan. Otherwise, I would be able to understand some of the situation." Greenwood shook his head and said.

"It seems that in this matter, only His Excellency the Duke can personally take action and contact the relevant person in charge of the Sword Bearer Headquarters in the Imperial Capital." Owen nodded, agreeing with Greenwood's analysis.

"However, although I am no match for this Ryan, I have a basic understanding of his strength. This Ryan relies on his amazing talent and actually pursues both the way of a knight and the way of a wizard. He is really foolish."

"I can be sure that this situation occurred because the other party has never had any guidance from a famous teacher."

"By the way, Mr. Owen, do you really want to persuade my uncle to give up his shares in the Munster branch?"

"Hahaha, how is that possible? It's just a stopgap measure for us to get out as quickly as possible." Owen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What if he comes to the imperial capital and asks for it? Wouldn't that bring shame to the Durham family?" Greenwood said hesitantly.

He still attaches great importance to family honor.

"Haha, I'm just worried that he won't come. As long as he comes to the imperial capital, he will know what an imperial family is. Even if he is a fine gold-level swordsman, he will find it difficult to move forward."

As if he had thought of something, Greenwood's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked, "What does Sir Owen mean?"

"As long as this Ryan reports to the Sword Bearer Headquarters in the Imperial Capital, I will know immediately. By then, I believe that the Duke will use his connections to let this Ryan complete some sufficiently difficult tasks."

"That's right! Even the adamantium-level sword wielders have assigned tasks."

"Moreover, the situation in the empire has been particularly turbulent over the past six months. Many missions are extremely dangerous. Even among the adamantium-level sword wielders, there have been double-digit casualties." Greenwood's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded in agreement.

In Greenwood's view, this is the foundation of the Durham family as an imperial family.

Although the other party is incredibly talented, he comes from a small town test-taker background and will never understand what a wealthy family is.

He didn't even need to have a head-on conflict with Ryan. Over hundreds of years, the dense network of connections woven by the Durham family was enough to drive the other party step by step to death, and even at the moment of death, he wouldn't know who did it.

"That's right! By then, our Lord Ryan will most likely be honored by His Majesty the Emperor after his sacrifice."

"There's a saying that a dead hero is the best hero," said the butler Owen with a sly smile.
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In the following time, Ryan continued to go out early and come back late, and plunged into Julis's tailor shop.

Of course, he tries to be with his family for three meals a day.

During this period, the Duke of Munster, Bishop Theon and the Knight of Punishment Brandoel all invited Ryan to dinner and had a small gathering.

Day 8.
Ryan has already upgraded his tailoring to level 9 (22/10000). Logically speaking, referring to the previous blacksmith, after level 5, he should be able to get clues or hints for promotion to the subsequent career panel.

But Ryan has already upgraded his tailoring to level 9, but he hasn't received any relevant prompts. This is obviously unreasonable.

This made Ryan frown and think, because after the tailor reached level 9, the long experience bar had been increasing very slowly. A preliminary estimate showed that it would take at least half a month to advance to level 10.

This didn't fit in with Ryan's plan.

He planned to save up at least 15 skill points before heading to the imperial capital, 12 of which would be used to upgrade a certain second-level witchcraft that he might obtain at the headquarters and quickly build up combat effectiveness.

The remaining 3 points are used to upgrade the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

After a little thought, Ryan felt that the problem might be that he knew too few styles of tailoring clothing.

Because up to now, he has been improving his tailoring career level by making mithril-patterned shirts.

"Julis, please teach me how to make some other clothes, such as trousers, gloves, etc." Ryan turned around and said to the gentle and beautiful woman beside him.

"Uh sure."

Julis had asked Ryan before if he wanted to learn how to make other kinds of clothing, but Ryan found that he had enough experience in making the mithril-patterned shirt, and after he became proficient in it, he could make it very quickly, so he naturally would not waste time learning how to make other kinds of clothing.

However, things are different now.

Several hours later, as Ryan mastered several new tailoring skills, the system prompt for the subsequent job transfer finally arrived:
[You have made linen soft shoes, and your understanding of the relevant knowledge has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - making linen soft shoes]

[Your skill in making linen shoes is improved, experience value +5]

[You successfully made a pair of linen soft shoes, tailoring professional experience +2]

[You have made a white woolen robe, and your understanding of the relevant items has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - white woolen robe]

[Your skill in making white woolen robes is improved, experience value +7]

[You successfully made a white woolen robe, tailoring professional experience +3]

[Ding! It is detected that the host has mastered the tailoring skills of five different types of clothing, triggering the job change - Master Tailor! ]

[Prerequisites for a tailor to be promoted to a master tailor are: 5. Tailor level 7 or above; 7. Strength 9 points or above, physique points or above, spirit points or above; . Master the tailoring skills of ten different types of clothing. The current conditions are not met! Failed to be promoted to a master tailor! ]

Seeing this scene, Ryan smiled slightly.

"It seems that my previous idea was correct."

"Huh? Master tailor is still an ordinary profession, not extraordinary?" Ryan frowned and said.

However, soon, Ryan's brows relaxed and he couldn't help but smile in his heart, saying, "That's right, the blacksmith's subsequent job change to armor forger was not extraordinary either. I was misled by the word 'master'."

After another half day, Ryan mastered five new skills from Julis, and the system prompt sounded again:

[Prerequisites for a tailor to be promoted to a master tailor are: 5. Tailor level 7 or above; 7. Strength 9 points or above, physique points or above, spirit points or above; . Master the tailoring skills of ten different types of clothing. If the current conditions are met, is it promoted to a master tailor? ]

[Note: After changing to Master Tailor, the original Tailor panel will be integrated into the Master Tailor occupation panel. ]

"Yes!"

[Ding! Successfully changed to Master Tailor! Agility +1, Spirit +2! Tailor's core skill 'Skillful Hands' was promoted to Master Tailor's core skill 'Skillful Hands'. ]

"Interesting, the core skills of tailoring can actually be promoted."

Ryan couldn't help but focus his attention on the new core skill 'Skillful Hands', and saw the skill description as follows:
[Core Skills: Dexterity (Active)]

Dexterity (Active) Effect: After the skill is activated, concentration and hand speed will increase.

(Note: The duration of this skill is proportional to the host's physical fitness and mental strength.)
Out of curiosity about the new core skill, Ryan activated the core skill of "Dexterity" with a slight thought. Suddenly, due to Ryan's extremely sharp perception, the whispers of the female clerks in the next room and the hustle and bustle of the street beside him suddenly faded away from his ears.

It was as if the whole world was left with only him, the cloth and needle and thread in his hands.

At the same time, he could feel that the flexibility of his hands had improved significantly.

Ryan's extremely high agility makes his hands extremely fast. At this moment, after activating the core skill of "Dexterity", his hands have reached a level that is completely invisible to the naked eye.

Moreover, this kind of speed is not the chaotic speed, but the orderly speed.

After a few seconds, a shirt with mithril patterns was completed.

Julis, who was shocked, instinctively picked up the mithril-patterned shirt that Ryan had just made in a few seconds. After just one glance, her beautiful eyes widened, her mouth slightly opened, and she was stunned!
After a few seconds, she said in a daze, "Sir Viscount Zi, I think your tailoring skills have completely surpassed mine."

I saw that the spacing between each needle hole of the mithril lines on the shirt was as if it was sewn by a machine, with extremely high precision. Moreover, the two mithril decorative lines on the chest were like parallel lines, and the spacing between them was exactly the same from beginning to end.

An ordinary tailor may not be able to acquire such tailoring skills even if he practices hard for his entire life.

Even Julis, the talented master tailor, could only make one or two pieces reach this level when she performed at her best.

But she started learning tailoring at the age of eight and is now 42 years old.
"No, Julis, I'm still a new tailor and need to learn some new styles." Ryan said with a smile.

Just now he saw on the system prompt that after he was promoted to Master Tailor, the experience points that the mithril-patterned shirt could bring him had dropped significantly.

He needed a more complicated and expensive clothing production to quickly upgrade his career level as a master tailor.

But the problem was that after some small talk, Ryan discovered that the more complicated clothing styles that Julis mastered were all women's dresses, which also required the mastery of various lace and embroidery techniques.

This made Ryan frown slightly.

After all, it was already exaggerated for a male noble to learn tailoring, but it was a bit abnormal to stay in a tailor shop every day to make women's dresses.
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to continue making the mithril-patterned shirt.

Although it is a bit slower, it is not too slow because I am proficient enough and have the support of new core skills.

Of course, the main reason is that the time to the imperial capital of Tamriel ahead of him is getting closer and closer.

接下来的两天时间里，他顺利将裁缝大师的职业等级提升到了lv4（3/1000），又获得了3点技能点和3点属性点。

At this point, plus the rewards he received when he upgraded his career level as a tailor, the total remaining attribute points are now 12 points, the remaining skill points are 16 points, and as for the gold skill points, it is 54 points.

It can be said that the predetermined goal was successfully achieved.

At this moment, Ryan was thinking about two things in his mind.

The first thing is whether he should take Anna with him when he goes to the imperial capital?
For the wealthy Durham family in the imperial capital, there is no scruple in taking action in the city of Munster. Once he is not in Munster, Vieri alone will probably be unable to stop the opponent.

But if Anna were to go to the imperial capital together, there would be a problem.

The residence arranged by the Sword Bearer Headquarters is inside and outsiders are not allowed to move in. In other words, Ryan has to find a place to stay in the imperial capital.

Of course, the safest approach is to let Anna return to Ferdinand Forest, and then contact Anna after he has found the trace of Anna's mother.

The second thing was that a few days ago, the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries sent a letter saying that the escort of Lagre was on the way to Munster.

But in terms of time, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to make it.

"No, Ryan, I want to go with you." Anna said, looking at Ryan with her beautiful eyes.

"this."

"Don't worry. If it doesn't work, there is a mansion of our elven ambassador in Tamriel. I can wait for your news there."

"Hmm? There's an ambassador's residence?"

"Yes!" Anna nodded heavily.

"Okay then." Ryan nodded.

In this case, there would be no problem. After all, the safety of the ambassador's residence represents the face of the empire and can be said to be one of the safest places in the entire imperial capital.

The next morning.

After another tender farewell to their family, Ryan and Anna boarded an airship bound for the Imperial capital of Tamriel.

On the airship platform, Admiral Edward came in person to see them off, while Olena, Vieri and other people familiar to Ryan were also there to see them off.

A day and a half later.

The airship was getting closer and closer to the imperial capital of Tamriel.

At this time, many people, like Ryan and Anna, had walked out of the cabin and stood at the side of the ship, looking into the distance.

"Ryan, look!"

Anna suddenly pointed to a vast, lush forest in the distance and exclaimed.

Ok?
Ryan looked in the direction of Anna's slender fingertips, and saw a large area of ​​criss-crossing roads and towering buildings in the dense forest in the distance. Although the distance was very far, he could still vaguely make out that these buildings were tall and of various styles.

As the airship got closer, the others saw the outline of the imperial capital becoming clearer and clearer, and they all exclaimed in surprise.

The passengers in the cabin came out one after another, and in just a few minutes, the ship's side was crowded with people.

Since the ticket for the Imperial Airship is expensive, and those who are on this floor are either wealthy businessmen or nobles, they have basically seen the world. But even so, when everyone saw the giant city in front of them, they couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Mother, is this Tamriel, the capital of our Dragun Empire? It's so spectacular." A little girl in her early teens, not much older than Ryan's sister, wearing a white lace dress, exclaimed in amazement.

"Well, this is Tamriel, the heart of our entire empire." The noble lady at the side also looked at Tamriel in the distance and said.

"Every time I come here and look down at Tamriel from the air, I have different feelings about this great city." An old man with a mustache nearby exclaimed.

This was not his first time to visit the imperial capital, but every time he came, he was shocked by the greatness of the civilization and the power of the empire.

"Yes, the imperial capital is so magnificent!" A middle-aged man in aristocratic hunting suit couldn't help but agree as he looked at the scene in front of him.

Ryan discovered that Anna, who was standing beside him, was surprised but had a strange look on her face.

"Anna, what's wrong with you?"

"Uh, Ren, do you know what Tamriel means in Elvish?"

"Oh? Could it be that the imperial capital Tamriel was once an elven city?" Ryan suddenly thought of something and said in surprise.

Because the pronunciation of Tamriel is very different from the common language.

Moreover, with his far superior vision, he had already discovered some buildings with obviously different architectural styles, cylindrical towers, round arches, and spires. Ryan could even see the ancient and complex patterns on the outer walls.

These seem to be the writing and architectural styles of the elves.

"Yes, Tamriel means 'eternally beautiful' in the Elvish language. It was once the imperial capital of the elves in ancient times."

"But later, with the war, the elves slowly retreated into the depths of the forest, and this place became the capital of the human empire." Anna seemed a little depressed when she talked about this.

"That's it." Renn nodded.

No wonder the Imperial capital of Tamriel is in the center of a vast forest.

As the airship got closer, the roads below became more and more crowded, but every road was filled with various caravans and travelers coming and going.

Even the sky seemed crowded at this moment.

"Wow, so many airships, are they all flying to the imperial capital from different provinces?" The little girl just now asked in surprise, pointing at the dozens of airships scattered in the sky.

The airships varied in size, but all were heading toward or away from Tamriel.

You know, in Münster, being able to see three airships in the sky at one time is basically the limit, and they are generally small airships.

But what caught everyone's eyes now were mostly medium-sized airships, and there were even two large airships.

"Look! What is that? Why are there so many huge pits!" A male noble seemed to have seen something that frightened him, and his voice trembled slightly.

Ryan narrowed his eyes and looked at the ground.

Just below them, at the edge of the city near the forest, in the lush woodland, they could see a number of obvious huge pits.

Just now they were all looking at the airship in the sky and ignored the ground.

"There's one over there too!" another person shouted.

“There are more in the city!”

Immediately, Ryan looked towards the most central building complex in Tamriel.

I saw that the huge white pointed-roof building complex with independent walls actually had many buildings still under repair, and traces of repairs on many potholes could be vaguely seen on the ground.

As you walk outward from the palace, you can clearly see potholes and damaged houses that have not yet been fully repaired.

Although many people on the airship did not know what happened in the imperial capital a month ago, Ryan knew very well that these were the traces of the great war.

(End of this chapter)