The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 382 Undercurrent
"Okay, Donald." At this time, General Augustus tapped the table with his fingers and made the decision.

"Ryan, at present, your actions are all considered self-defense. Of course, the headquarters still needs to investigate the specific circumstances. Therefore, you cannot leave the imperial capital of Tamriel for the next two weeks. Is there a problem?"

"Of course no problem, I will cooperate with the headquarters' investigation." Ryan said with a smile.

"very good."

"By the way, Ryan, you just arrived at the headquarters and completed the task of killing the venomous dragon. You performed well. Before the results of your investigation come out, your mission reward will be settled normally and will not be affected."

"Thank you, General Augustus." Ryan bowed slightly and expressed his gratitude.

Obviously, the General Augustus in front of him seemed to be a little biased towards him, and his speech that started with criticism and ended with praise proved this.

Although Ryan didn't know the specific reason, it would be great if it didn't affect the settlement of mission rewards and the exchange of special items.

Ten minutes later, Ryan left the meeting room.

He first went to the mission hall and completed the settlement of the Venom Dragon mission. Then, he walked towards the stand-alone accommodation area prepared for the Platinum-level sword bearers.

It can't be called a villa because there is almost no yard.

In fact, in the imperial capital of Tamriel where every inch of land is valuable, it is already quite difficult for the Sword Bearer Headquarters to set aside a part of the area to arrange independent accommodation areas for the Adamantite-level Sword Bearers.

What's more, this condition far exceeds the treatment of diamond-level sword holders in the Munster branch, so Ryan naturally has no dissatisfaction.

The first floor is the training room, the second floor is the living room and dining room, and the third floor is the study and bedroom.

The training room is placed on the first floor. This is because some of the Platinum-level sword wielders follow the path of knights and have too much physical strength. Even if the ground can be reinforced, the second and third floors can still be easily penetrated.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just as Ryan walked into his dormitory, there was a knock on the door.

"Sir Ryan, General Augustus asked me to tell you to pay attention to the recent movements of some families." The young female major general who had just been in the meeting appeared at the door, smiled at Ryan and said.

"Okay! Tell General Augustus to thank him for his concern." Ryan nodded.

Although Ryan didn't know why General Augustus, whom he met for the first time, was willing to help him, Ryan was not too curious. He believed that he would know the reason soon.

at the same time.

In a luxurious mansion in the inner ring of the imperial capital.

Butler Owen walked quickly in the carpeted corridor with a slight panic, completely ignoring the servants' greetings on both sides. He did not slow down his pace until he arrived in front of the study.

He straightened his collar slightly, took a deep breath, and then walked up and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" the Duke of Durham's deep voice sounded.

As the butler Owen entered the study, he saw Duke Durham reviewing documents behind a large mahogany desk. He only heard him report in a low voice: "My Lord, the mission failed!"

"Hmm? Did the 'King of Killers' of the Black Blade Organization fail to arrive in time? Or is there something wrong with the Venom Dragon mission?" Duke Drum didn't expect Ryan to be able to 'kill three at once', so he instinctively thought that there was some problem with the coordination.

"No, the 'King of Killers' of the Black Blade Organization arrived on time, but including the Venom Dragon, they were all killed by that Ryan."

Hearing his butler's words, the quill in Duke Drum's hand couldn't help but stop. He was slightly stunned, but then he realized that the mission failure his butler mentioned was different from the mission failure he thought of.

Duke Durham asked anxiously, "What about Greenwood?"

"Master Greenwood also died at Ryan's hands."

"What!" Duke Durham stood up suddenly, his face filled with shock!
"What about Greg the Corpse Ripper? As a family advisor, did he escape back alone?" Duke Drum said angrily.

"Uh, Consultant Greg also died on the spot!" When saying this, there was still a trace of horror in the eyes of butler Owen.

When he received the news just now, he was more shocked than Duke Drum in front of him.

For a moment, the entire study fell into a long silence.

After a long while, Duke Durham sat back on the wide chair again. He seemed to be hunched over a lot. He asked slowly:

"Tell me the whole story in detail."

"As you command, Your Excellency the Duke."

Immediately, Butler Owen repeated the information he had obtained to Duke Durham in detail and without missing a word.

After thinking for a moment, Duke Durham asked, "So, Chandler, the second son of Marquis Ulrich, and Mia, the heir of the Jenkins family, also died at the hands of this Ryan."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke." Butler Owen nodded and said.

"Contact Marquis Ulrich and Marquis Jenkins. This Ryan is too bold and presumptuous. I will make him pay with blood!" The Duke said in a deep voice, his heart burning with anger.

"As you command, Your Excellency the Duke."

Butler Owen naturally understood what Duke Durham meant.

The Ulrich family and the Jenkins family are both very powerful. As old families in the imperial capital, they both have advisors at the legendary level, and their influence in the imperial capital is also intertwined.

If they join forces with the Durham family, unless Ryan has a powerful background, he is doomed!

A few hours later.

Butler Owen came to the Duke's study again and reported:

"Your Excellency the Duke, according to the news from the Sword Bearer Headquarters, this Ryan has both human witnesses and physical evidence. The current situation is that he will most likely be found not guilty."

"At present, General Augustus has made the final decision to only restrict Ryan's freedom and prohibit him from leaving the imperial capital of Tamriel within two weeks."

"In addition, according to Admiral Donald's judgment, it seems that General Augustus and Marshal Alfred who is away both admire this Ryan. It is difficult for him alone to change the nature of this matter."

At this time, Duke Durham had returned to his original expressionless state, with a calm face, and it was completely hard to tell that he was a father who had just suffered the pain of losing his son.

After listening carefully to the report from his butler Owen, he pondered for a while and said, "Did you just say witnesses?"

"Yes, there are five people in total, three from the Blade Squad of the Sword Bearer Branch of the Gnom Province, and two from the Sword Bearer Headquarters."

"Contact the Gnome Province and have them arrange the sword-wielding team you just mentioned to carry out the mission. Then contact the Black Blade Organization and have them handle it cleanly, preferably as if it were an accident."

"Tell them that because of their last mistake, the Durham family suffered heavy losses. We hope that there won't be any problems this time." Duke Durham said in a deep voice.

"As you command, Your Excellency the Duke. What about the two men at the headquarters?"

Because no one in the Imperial Capital dared to act rashly, the previous battle in the Imperial Capital made Tamriel's defense unprecedentedly strong, with at least two epic-level warriors stationed there.

"Investigate the other party's family background. If they are not from the imperial capital, find their family members, then contact them to leave the imperial capital, and deal with them on the way."

"I understand, Your Majesty. This way the other party will have no witnesses." Butler Owen's eyes lit up.

"Well, as for the physical evidence, what is it?" asked Duke Durham.

"The body and weapons of the Black Knife Organization's 'King of Killers', and the body of the family advisor, Lord Gregg, 'Corpse Ripper'." Butler Owen said respectfully.

"What is the connection between the killer of the Black Knife Organization and Greenwood? Without any witnesses, a dead body alone is meaningless."

"As for Greg's body? Where is it stored now? Is it at the Sword Bearer Headquarters in the Imperial Capital?" Duke Drum frowned slightly.

"That's not the case. Lord Greg's body is still stored in the Sword Bearer branch in the Gnom Province, but the next step should be to send it to the Sword Bearer headquarters in the Imperial Capital."

"That's no problem. Arrange people to deal with it along the way." Duke Drum waved his hand and said.

"Without witnesses and physical evidence, we are once again in control of this matter."

"The most troublesome thing about Ryan is his official identity - a platinum-level swordsman. Without this, he has nothing to rely on. Alfred's appreciation of him doesn't help him at all." Duke Drum's expression finally looked better, and he spoke slowly.

"Your Excellency the Duke, I'll do it right away." Butler Owen said with a delighted look on his face.

Owen now had a general understanding of Duke Durham's plan.

Erase all evidence that is unfavorable to his side, and then accuse Ryan of killing his own team members at will. Once the other party is identified as at fault, there will be a lot of room for maneuver.

"I heard that Ryan's family is in Munster, Your Excellency the Duke, do you think we should send someone?"

"No, this is meaningless. Instead, it will provoke the other party to do something irrational. If the other party doesn't care about his life and directly stabs me, will you resist?"

"Uh, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I overlooked this." Butler Owen bowed deeply and said.

"By the way, Your Excellency the Duke, there is one more thing. Our investigation revealed that Ryan has a close relationship with the Bavarian family. Currently, he is temporarily living in the Bavarian family mansion."

"Normal. The Duke of Munster must be thinking of winning over such a talent in his own province. I will talk to the Bavarian family."

"Also, Ryan's strength." Butler Owen thought about it and was still frightened by Ryan's strength, so he reminded.

"With the ancestor of Pantoskok here, the other party can't make any waves."

"Of course!" Upon hearing the name, Butler Owen's body trembled.

That's the Guardian of the Empire!

An epic strong man, it is because of him that the Drum family can be called a wealthy family in the empire.

I didn't expect that this time I would alarm this adult.

Well, this Ryan really deserves to die. He is so cruel and unscrupulous. People like him should be completely eliminated.

Sword Bearer Headquarters.

Inside the training building.

Ryan came to the service desk and asked, "Excuse me, is there a witchcraft power test room here? Oh, I want a single room?"

"Yes, sir, but it will cost extra."

"Okay." Ryan nodded and handed over his adamantium badge.

When the young female staff member saw it, her mouth slightly opened, her face showing surprise, and she immediately took it respectfully and said, "Sir, please follow me."

Soon, Ryan followed the young staff member to the third floor, and heard the young girl say, "Sir, this row of single rooms are all level 2 witchcraft test rooms, and the last two are level 3 witchcraft test rooms."

"Let's go to the third-level witchcraft testing room." "Okay, sir." The girl knew that Ryan was a fine gold-level swordsman, so she naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with the lord in front of her going to the third-level witchcraft testing room.

As the girl opened the door, Ryan saw that the room was at least four or five hundred square meters in size. There were also several devices that he was vaguely familiar with, but they seemed to be more sophisticated.

For example, there are four devices that look like Gatling guns with multiple tubes. Ryan knows that they are used to test defensive witchcraft.

The giant cylindrical metal ingot with a magic silver paint is used to test the power of witchcraft attacks, but it is much larger than the one in the Munster branch and weighs at least tens of tons.

"Sir, this should be your first time here, do you need me to introduce you?"

"No need." Ryan waved his hand and said.

He basically knows all about these devices.

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to test the attack power first.

He walked to the giant cylindrical metal ingot placed on the slide rail, waved his hand, and a huge silver net appeared out of thin air and shot towards the smooth cross-section of the metal ingot!

"Hey!"

The metal net formed by the second-level witchcraft "Cutting Net" was directly and deeply embedded in the metal ingot.

At the same time, the metal block weighing tens of tons swayed slightly along the slide rail.

This is not because Ryan's witchcraft is not powerful, but the characteristics of the witchcraft "Cutting Net" determine its power, which is extremely condensed and not outward.

If it is a witchcraft with strong outward power such as fireball, it will naturally move the metal block violently.

At this time, a huge number was displayed on the black wisdom slate next to it - 118!

Relying on his super affinity for metal elements and the Iron Heart advanced meditation method, the lethality of Ryan's pure second-level witchcraft is close to the lower edge of third-level witchcraft.

You should know that the power of third-level witchcraft is basically between 120 and 200 degrees.

This is not the witchcraft killer move "Multiple Cutting Nets" that Ryan has mastered.

Immediately afterwards, Ryan began to test the damage of the killing move.

"Metal Transfiguration!"

"Cutting Web!"

"Sharp Technique!"

"Witchcraft Killer Move: Multiple Web Cutting!"

As Ryan's lips slightly opened and closed, three closely arranged metal nets suddenly appeared in front of him, and in an instant, they rushed towards the test metal block!
"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

This time, the metal block weighing tens of tons vibrated violently back and forth along the slide rail. The amplitude was also not large, but the frequency was very high.

Suddenly, Ryan's face froze!
On the stone slab nearby, there was a number displayed that would astonish everyone else - 185!

"During the last test, I had not yet mastered the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method. The attack power value of the witchcraft killing move seemed to be 143 degrees."

"But now its power surpasses more than 80% of level three witchcraft." Ryan thought.

"The super affinity for metal elements, plus the special effects of the advanced meditation method Heart of Steel, the increase is too great."

"I should hurry up and collect metal magic. Maybe I can combine it into a new killer magic move."

"The headquarters only has one third-level spell left, the 'Iron Ball of Thorns'. It seems that we have to focus on the school from now on."

ten minutes later.

The exchange hall of the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

"Hello, sir, how may I help you?" A young and beautiful female employee saw Ryan coming forward, stood up, bowed, and smiled sweetly.

"I want to exchange witchcraft." Ryan said as he handed his fine gold badge to the other party.

"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment." The female employee was surprised when she saw the fine gold badge. She immediately took it respectfully with both hands and put it into the card slot.

"Help me exchange for the third-level sorcery 'Iron Ball of Thorns'."

When the girl heard that it was third-level witchcraft, she was even more shocked. That was witchcraft that could only be practiced by third-level crystallized wizards. Even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, there were only a handful of third-level crystallized wizards.

"Okay, sir, the exchange price is 3 adamantium medals plus 27000 merit points. Are you sure you want to exchange it?"

"Ah."

After Ryan completed the mission of killing the venom dragon, he obtained two platinum-level evaluation medals and a large number of merit points. After allocating a small portion to Claire and Beyonce, Ryan plus the remaining portion for himself was enough to exchange for this third-level witchcraft.

Since coming out of the test room, Ryan thought about it and decided to lock in the prize first.

Since Greenwood was no unknown figure in the Sword Bearer headquarters, and Mia and Chandler also died together, this incident quickly spread throughout the Sword Bearer headquarters like a whirlwind.

"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and several others are dead." A young man who seemed to have just heard the news whispered to several companions beside him.

"Ah? Is it the Greenwood from the Durham family?" the companion exclaimed immediately.

"What mission?" A companion nearby assumed that several people died while carrying out the mission.

"It's not the mission of Venom Dragon. They were killed by someone!"

"Which cult is it?"

"It's not a cult, nor is it someone else, but an adamantium-level swordsman from our headquarters!"

"what!"

"I go!"

“So exciting!”

"Yeah, who is so bold? Don't you know that the Drumm family is a guardian family?" The sword-bearer who spoke was a native of the imperial capital Tamriel, and he knew too well the power of the Drumm family.

At this time, several people looked at the young man who spoke first, hoping to hear more secrets.

You know, the Sword Bearer Headquarters has been receiving a lot of missions recently, and the difficulty is much higher than in previous years. Therefore, many Sword Bearer teams have suffered casualties when they went out.

Therefore, if Greenwood and the other two died due to mission failure, although the death toll is a bit high, it would not be such a sensation.

Who would have thought that these three people were killed by their own people from the headquarters.

There are a lot of things revealed here.

"Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

"Well, I only heard a general idea. You can ask someone to find out later." After thinking for a while, the young magic iron-level swordsman began to tell the story.

"Hey, have you heard? Greenwood and others were killed." The speaker was a nobleman who was familiar with Greenwood.

Their situations were similar to those of Greenwood and his companions. They were all descendants of powerful nobles in the imperial capital of Tamriel, so naturally they knew Greenwood.

"What! Is there such a thing?"

"It's absolutely true. The one who killed them was an adamantium-level swordsman from our headquarters named Ryan!"

"Will the Durham family let this go? Even a fine gold-level swordsman can't stand it!"

This scene was repeated frequently in the Sword Bearer's headquarters.

But when Ryan returned to the Bavarian family mansion, he met an old friend from the Marne Province - the Chimera Knight Luther.

I saw that the other party was chatting with Hallowen.

"Sir Ryan, we meet again." Luther saw Ryan, who looked a little surprised, and said with a smile.

"Sir Luther, you came to the imperial capital faster than I expected." Ryan also welcomed him with a smile.

"Haha, Lord Ryan, have you forgotten that tomorrow is the registration day for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"

"Ok?"

Ryan then remembered that he always remembered that the assessment day was on the first Sunday of the Harvest Month, and he had forgotten about the registration day.

Luther's arrival made the Bavarian family mansion more lively, and as the host, Hallowen naturally arranged a sumptuous dinner, and Ryan and Anna both attended.

That night, Ryan did not mention anything about the other party's mother to Anna. He planned to talk about it after he had clarified it.

The next morning.

Ryan and the other two rode on their flying mounts and arrived early in the northeast corner of Tamriel, in front of a towering building outside the sixth ring.

There stood a tall and simple circular building in front of him, similar to the ancient Roman Colosseum that Ryan had seen in his previous life. It had a three-story structure, and each floor had Doric stone columns and arched roofs.

At this moment, eight fully armored guards holding swords and shields stood at the spacious entrance.

At the fountain at the gate, there stand five giant dragons over ten meters high, in different postures, soaring or diving, looking lifelike.

There was no text on the doorplate. Obviously, the pattern of five giant dragons represented everything.

Seeing Ryan and the other two slowly descending on their flying mounts, the guards seemed to have seen it all before and were not panicked at all. They stepped forward and said:

"My three lords, are you here to sign up for the Dragon Knight Reserve?"

"That's right." Luther nodded and showed the letter.

"Please go in directly, my three lords. Someone will be there to receive you."

Soon, as the three people entered, Ryan finally saw the whole picture inside.

I saw that it was at least the size of three or four football fields, but it still didn't seem very spacious because there were already dozens of flying mounts of all sizes in the venue.

Even the Hippogryphs, he saw several species, and the larger ones were even larger than Luther's Chimaera.

(End of this chapter)