The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 387 Shock
"Quick! Speed ​​up!"

In the sky, two teams of twenty-four griffin knights swooped down towards the southeast corner of the town of Tavlin.

There were even more operatives on the ground. As they rapidly approached the town, they quickly split into two teams, like a pair of large pliers, surrounding the entire nearby combat area.

Judging from the execution ability, the team in front of us is undoubtedly elite.

The first ones to discover that the situation was a bit unexpected were naturally the griffin knights in the air who had a good vision.

They saw from afar that the designated location ahead was in a mess, with various large and small potholes and various huge rocks scattered around. More than a dozen houses on the edge of the town were left with only ruins.

On the ground, the originally lush vegetation, including bushes and grass, was now completely destroyed.

Looking down from mid-air, it seemed as if a piece of sand suddenly appeared in a large green land, or as if a bald area appeared in the originally dense hair.

A short battle changed the surface environment of the earth, from green bushes and grass to a desert-like surface.

You can imagine how fierce the battle was in just that short minute!
"It seems the other party has already run away!" A Griffin Knight took a quick look and exclaimed, because he did not see anyone wearing the uniform of a court enforcement officer.

"No, there seems to be someone there!" Another person pointed to a deep pit on the ground.

The burly man in charge of commanding the Griffin Knights squinted his eyes and looked over. He nodded and said, "Go, Team One will land with me, Team Two will check the surroundings and be on guard."

"As you command, Lord Edwards!"

Immediately, the burly man controlled the griffin under his crotch and began to land with a team of griffin riders.

At this moment, Ryan had naturally already turned back into human form. He was holding a bulging waist bag in his hand and examining it, with joy in his eyes.

Before coming here, he never thought that he would come across such a good thing again.

There was a pure green, thumb-sized crystal in the waist bag, with a hint of black lines in it.

Judging from the breath, Ryan had a familiar feeling, as if he had met him somewhere before.

Ryan thought about it for a moment, then a look of enlightenment appeared on his face.

He remembered that this aura was extremely similar to the aura of the pale golden sapling he obtained after killing the flesh and blood tree spirit.

"Could it be that this is the crystallization of divine power from a certain god worshipped by the ancient Mother Tree Cult?"

"But how did Harold have this?"

Immediately, Ryan thought of the rumor about the other party and wondered if Harold had obtained it by chance during the battle in the imperial capital.

In fact, Ryan's guess was very close to the truth.

Harold wanted to keep this crystal of divine power and absorb and use it after he became a fourth-level Dawn Wizard.

Because normally, if one's own strength has not reached the epic level, it is impossible to resist the remaining mark of the gods in the crystal of divine power during the absorption process.

If you absorb it forcibly, you will only be affected by the breath of the gods. If you try your best to resist, you will most likely become an idiot. If you are weak-willed, you will most likely be transformed into a follower. There is only a very low possibility that you will be safe.

And because Ryan had the system to help him get rid of that trace of divine imprint, he was able to appear in the second-level liquefaction stage and absorb the divine power crystals.

Absorbing the crystals of divine power at this stage will naturally have amazing effects.

Considering that the support mentioned by Major General Tatia might arrive soon, after thinking about it, Ryan reached out and grasped the green crystal. He decided to absorb this crystal of divine power before anyone arrived.

At this time, the system prompt also sounded:

[Ding! A divine power crystal that can improve the liquefaction of spiritual power has been detected. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can eliminate impurities and can be absorbed all at once.)]

Ryan immediately chose 'Yes!'

Because the system absorbs and has the effect of purifying and eliminating impurities, Ryan is not worried about any side effects at all.

In an instant, the green crystal disappeared in Ryan's hand, and a wisp of green smoke mixed with black threads rose from his palm.

At the same time, Ryan seemed to hear some extremely distant screaming sound, which was very penetrating.

But with his last experience of absorbing the power crystal of Hela, the goddess of the underworld, Ryan was not too surprised.

Just like last time, within a very short period of time, Ryan felt that the light silver mist in his spiritual sea began to decrease rapidly, while the silver liquid increased rapidly.

By the time the transformation was over, the light silver mist in the spiritual sea became less and less, while the silver liquid overtook and occupied the majority.

Ryan glanced at the system panel:
Spirit: 88 (liquefied 72%)

"It was 43% before, and now it's 72%? An increase of 29%!" Ryan knew that it would be a big increase, but he was still surprised by the powerful effect of the divine power crystal.

During this period, due to the second level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, it increased by 1%, from 42% to 43%.

But I didn't expect that today, I would directly step into the late stage of the second-level liquefied wizard.

This level of improvement is unparalleled!
Even for a genius wizard with extraordinary talent, the second-level liquefaction stage would take years to complete, and an ordinary second-level wizard would have to spend ten years on it.

But Ryan is improving almost every week.

After more than a month, the liquefaction process is two-thirds complete!
If we calculate based on the assumption that every time the degree of liquefaction increases, the power of the witchcraft increases by one point, the power of the witchcraft he currently casts is nearly 30% higher than before the increase.

When Tatia arrived at the scene, she saw Ryan standing in the distance and felt relieved, but immediately, a sense of doubt came to her mind.

Since Lord Ryan is fine, what about the 'Sculptor' Harold and the others?
Did they retreat early for some reason?

should be.

The other side must have received news of their actions, so Harold and his men did not linger in the battle. When they saw that they could not capture Lord Ryan in a short period of time, they quickly retreated.

This should be the most likely scenario.

"Sir Ryan, I'm so glad to see that you're okay!" Tatia stepped forward quickly and said with a happy look on her face.

She was seen looking at Ryan quickly, as if to see if he was injured, while looking around to assess the intensity of the battle.

There is no doubt that judging from the degree of damage to the surrounding environment, the battle, which lasted just one minute, was extremely fierce.

This also confirms the strong witchcraft fluctuations that Tatia felt dozens of miles away.

"Hello, Major General Tatia." Ryan nodded.

"Tsk tsk, Lord Ryan, your fighting ability is really beyond our expectations. You didn't suffer any obvious injuries even when Harold was using all his strength." Tatia couldn't help but praise.

But just as he finished speaking, Claire and Beyonce behind Ryan turned their heads and looked at Tatia with rather strange eyes.

The looks in their eyes visibly stunned Tatia!
What does it mean?
They blame themselves for coming too late, so do they have any complaints?
Or did I say something wrong?

"By the way, Lord Ryan, which direction did Harold and the others run to?" Tatia asked quickly with a serious face.

If the opponent didn't run far, he could chase him a little longer. Even if it was not convenient for Lord Duan to attack directly, he should be able to capture the opponent except Harold.

Before Ryan could answer, Claire couldn't help it anymore.

She stretched out her white finger, pointed at the headless body on the ground, and said, "Here, this is it!"

"Hmm?" Tatia's pretty face was confused, which perfectly illustrates what a question mark face is.

"Miss Claire, what did you just say?" Tatia couldn't help but ask again.

"The body on the ground is Harold the Sculptor." Claire pointed to the ground again and repeated.

"What!" Tatia couldn't help but exclaim.

Suddenly, she instinctively wanted to question!
How is this possible?
But she seemed to have thought of something, and immediately turned to look at Ryan beside her. Seeing Ryan nodded, Tatia swallowed back all her doubts.

Because she knew that Ryan would never joke with her about such a thing.

Since I'm not kidding, the answer is clear.

She just took a step forward, not caring about the blood, and started to check it with her own hands.

The elite fighters on the side also looked over sideways.

Several responsible persons immediately stepped forward, squatted beside Major General Tatia, and helped check on the situation.

"By the way, Harold's head is still in there?" Seeing that several people seemed to be identifying the identity of the body, Beyonce thought for a moment and said.

"Inside?" Major General Tatia suddenly found that she hated these two members of Lord Ryan's team.

What are you saying? It's hard to understand at once.

Can't you talk properly?
What does it mean that the brain is still inside?

But soon, Tatia understood what it meant to have a head inside a body.

One of the fighters seemed to understand what Beyoncé meant, and he pulled a head out of the corpse's abdominal cavity with force.

this.
Damn, it turns out the brain was hit into the chest cavity!

Tatia was a little dumbfounded!
How did Sir Ryan manage to beat Harold, the legendary "Sculptor", into this state?
Not only Tatia, but also the landed Griffin Knight Captain Edwards and the elite fighters next to him were shocked and couldn't understand what was going on!
"What about the executors of the noble court?" Tatia had a bad feeling for a moment and asked again.

It seemed that the development of the whole thing was completely beyond her expectations.

"Well, there should be one or two in almost every pit, right?" Claire thought about it and said uncertainly.

After all, with the sky full of dust, she didn't see everything clearly at the time. She just saw a few unlucky guys in uniform who were hit by their captain's claws and buried in the ground.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly felt something and quickly turned around to look behind him.

An old man with white hair and beard, wearing an ordinary gray wizard robe, was walking towards him with a smile.

Seeing the old man coming over, Major General Tatia quickly stood up, walked to Ryan's side, and solemnly introduced: "Sir Ryan, I forgot to introduce you, this is the Empire Guardian 'Amber Seal' Duan."

"Lord Duan was going to Savoy Province on important business and happened to pass by here and met us." Tatia added after looking around.

Tatia's somewhat superfluous words almost made Ryan laugh.

"Hello, Lord Duan." Ryan bowed slightly. He quickly looked at the other party. The other party's aura was as majestic and deep as the ocean. Judging from the title of 'Amber Seal', the other party should be a rare fourth-level dawn wizard.

It turns out that this person is the backup plan we have arranged.

Indeed, facing Harold, the 'Sculptor' who is known as the strongest legend, if one wants to absolutely suppress the opponent, then only an epic-level strongman can do it.

In fact, if Ryan’s strength had not reached epic level after his transformation, he would not have been able to kill the sculptor.

"You are Ryan, young man. Your strength is surprising." Duan looked at Ryan with a slightly surprised look, then looked at Harold's body lying on the ground, and smiled.

"Ryan, if I'm not mistaken, you should be a rare metal wizard, right?" Duan asked again.

"Yes, Lord Duan." Ryan nodded.

"Are you interested in coming to the Tatus School?" Duan asked with interest.

"Sir Ryan, Lord Duan of the 'Amber Seal' is the leader of the large wizard school, the Tatus School." Major General Tatia introduced softly.

From Tatia's attitude, it was not difficult for Ryan to judge that the Lord Duan in front of him should be among the epic-level strongmen, and may even be a very strong one.

In addition, the situation where the other party recruits or extends an olive branch should be extremely rare.

However, Ryan has his own considerations.

He has a system in place. No matter which school he joins, he believes that in the end, that school will be proud of him. He has this confidence even if the other party is a large school.

What's more, after the transformation, he has become an epic fighter.

In addition, his mentor Mogaro at the Bishu Construction School has always treated him well, although there is a huge difference in strength between Mogaro and Duan in front of him.

But when Ryan looks for a mentor, ability comes second and being a good person comes first.

"Lord Duan, thank you for your favor, but I am already a student of the Bixiu Construction School." But the other party had good intentions after all, so Ryan bowed and thanked him.

"That's really a pity. How about the School of Construction? It's quite suitable for you. The metal system there is unique and they are good at making large combat puppets." Duan nodded with a hint of regret on his face.

"Yes, Lord Duan, your knowledge is admirable."

Suddenly, a complex pattern flickered faintly on the right chest of Duan's wizard robe. Then, Duan seemed to be listening to something. He turned his head and said to Ryan:

"Young man, I have to go."

"But I think we'll meet again soon."

"Lord Duan, it's an honor to meet you." Ryan bowed and said goodbye.

Duan nodded with a smile on his face. At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something and said to Tatia beside him, "By the way, Tatia, you may have some troubles next. Harold's death is no small matter."

"Oh!" Tatia's face changed and she exclaimed.

"Oh no, I have to report the situation here to my superiors immediately." After saying that, Tatia hurriedly ran to the side.

Before leaving, he said to Ryan:
"Although we had prepared several contingency plans before, we never expected the current situation to happen. Harold and his men were completely wiped out by you, Lord Ryan."

Ryan nodded, a look of realization on his face.

From what he had learned so far, he could roughly guess what his side's original plan was.

After they had struggled to resist the enemy's attack, their team led by Lord Duan would quickly arrive at the scene and control these people, using them as bargaining chips to negotiate with the conservatives.

Although Ryan did not know the specific content of the negotiations, the plan should be roughly like this.

However, the fact that he killed all the opponents now was completely beyond the organization's expectations.

After a while, the female major general Tatia, who looked happy but also exhausted, hurried over and said, "Sir Ryan, this time... Alas, we need to unify our statements."

Harold is known as the strongest legend. Not only is he famous in the imperial capital of Tamriel, but he is also highly valued by the upper echelons. After all, he is an epic reserve and has a great chance of becoming the guardian of the empire.

If such an important person dies and the situation is not handled properly, the follow-up situation will be quite troublesome.

And Lord Ryan, who killed the opponent, is the one that our side must protect at present.

So, Tatia was feeling both pain and happiness at this moment, and she felt both relieved and troubled!
"Okay." Ryan nodded.

"By the way, the same goes for these two behind you." Tatia pointed at Claire and Beyonce behind Ryan and said.

A few minutes later.

"Sir Ryan, why don't you accept Lord Duan's invitation?" Tatia couldn't help but ask after finishing her work.

"I am already a member of the Bishu Construction School."

"But don't you know? After paying a certain price, the contract can be terminated. An important difference between a medium-sized school and a large school lies in the integrity of the inheritance."

"With your strength, I think you will definitely reach a higher level in the future. If it is because of inheritance..."

Tatia didn't continue, but Ryan naturally understood what she meant.

Is the inheritance complete?

Ren looked thoughtful.

It seems that after returning to Tamriel, he will have to go to his mentor Mogaro to inquire about the relevant situation.

at the same time.

On the side of the road from the small town of Tavlin to the imperial capital of Tamriel, several elite personnel were lurking, but at this moment, they all looked anxious.

"Why haven't we received any news yet? Could there be any unexpected events?"

Since the strong witchcraft fluctuations ended a few minutes ago, the sandstorm has gradually calmed down.

Logically speaking, our personnel should evacuate quickly and pass through here.

But so far, no one has been seen.

"It shouldn't be. After all, the one dispatched this time is the strongest legendary Lord Harold." Another companion also looked puzzled, but after thinking for a while, he rejected the speculation of an accident.

After all, in his opinion, the possibility of Harold getting into an accident was almost zero.

Several of them were conservative nobles, who were arranged to be observers and communicators nearby. There were also several other such observation teams in other places nearby.

"Look! That's the Griffin Knight!" One of them exclaimed after spying for a while with a copper monocular telescope.

You know, they didn't arrange any griffin knights, not to mention there were two teams of griffin knights in front of them.

Soon, they contacted other teams and after some investigation, they immediately figured out the situation. Shocked, several people quickly reported the situation.

Because the small town of Tavlin is not far from the imperial capital of Tamriel.

So, just a few hours later, many important figures who were paying attention to this matter got the news.

Sword Bearer Headquarters.

In the bright and clean office of Marshal Alfred.

After General Augustus read the message from Tatia twice, he was overjoyed at first, but then he frowned.

He stood up and exclaimed: "Marshal, this Ryan is really amazing!"

"Tell me, how did he kill Harold the Sculptor?"

Augustus could not figure out how Ryan killed Harold. You know, this strongest legend took a blow from the divine saint and survived.

"This is not our focus right now. As long as the other party is not possessed by an evil god, the stronger Ryan is, the better it will be for us and the empire." An old man with silver hair and a beard said in a deep voice.

"Besides, this matter will be very troublesome to deal with."

"Augustus, don't forget that Harold has been famous for many years. Behind him, in addition to those conservative nobles, he is also a member of the large wizard school, the Isoldere School, and one of the people most likely to become the guardian of the empire."

"I'm afraid the royal family will personally inquire about this matter. Let's think about how to deal with it first."

In the inner ring of the imperial capital, in the reception room of the Duke of Durham’s mansion.

A group of conservative noble representatives of the empire were sitting around comfortably, drinking tea and chatting.

At this time, the butler Owen was running in the corridor with a pale face. Seeing this scene, two servants guarding the door immediately opened the door of the reception room.

Following Owen's report, the entire reception room suddenly became lively!

"Oh my God! Harold the 'Engraver' died just like that?!" exclaimed a marquis.

"This is the strongest legend! He died just like that!"

"Then how strong is this Ryan?"

"It shouldn't be."

"Do you think it's possible that this Ryan is possessed by a certain god?"

"How else could he be so strong at such a young age?"

"That's right. I suggest that we contact the Inquisition of the Goddess Church immediately and ask them to examine this Ryan." After being shocked, Duke Drum nodded in agreement.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"Also, we must immediately inform the Isolde School of this situation."

"By the way, what do you think we should do next?"

(End of this chapter)