The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 412: Tidal Eight-Section Slash

However, Ryan changed his mind and remembered what Claire had reminded him before.

The second prince Everton is not as friendly as he seems. If he were to be compared to an animal, perhaps a poisonous snake would be more appropriate.

The other party should be waiting for an opportunity
Ryan's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something.

At this time, the next candidate came on the field, which made Ryan focus on the field again.

The following battle was spectacular, and at the same time, it allowed Ryan to further understand the descendants and disciples of the imperial nobles, various wizard schools, and sword saint schools.

The opponent that Harlowen drew was the Hurricane Elemental.

Although he successfully solved it in the end, his performance overall was not much different from Luther's, hovering around the passing line.

"Next, please welcome number 81, Lambert," the waiter shouted.

I saw a middle-aged man with a two-handed sword on his back, his hands folded across his chest, standing on a relatively rare flying manta ray slowly flying towards the front of the venue.

That's right!

It's standing, not riding.

Before, when Ryan looked around, his eyes swept over the other person, because the middle-aged man's eyes stayed behind him for a long time, but at that time, he didn't care much.

Because there are relatively more candidates like this who carry two-handed swords and follow the path of knighthood in the preliminary examination.

Although there are many strong people among them, their strengths vary.

Sometimes, for four or five games in a row, the legendary-level knight candidates were unable to successfully defeat their opponents within three minutes.

But when he heard the other party's name, Ryan's eyes suddenly fixed.

Because he immediately remembered the person mentioned by Carl, the disciple of the Tide Sword Master, who was also named Lambert.

Although there are many people with the same name in the world, Ryan instinctively felt that the Lambert in front of him should be the Lambert that Carl was talking about.

"I didn't expect Lambert to come too." Luther on the side said with a serious face.

"Oh? Luther, do you know him?" Hallowen couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Yes, remember Carl?" Luther asked.

"Remember, he was the disciple of the Tide Sword Master who was defeated by Lord Ryan, right?" Harlowen nodded.

"Yes, this is the eldest disciple of the Tide Sword Master, Lambert."

"What! It's him." Harlowen's face changed and he exclaimed.

Immediately, he looked at Ryan beside him.

Obviously, in Hallowen's view, the appearance of Lambert is likely to target Ryan.

Ryan's face was calm. He nodded and said, "It seems that my guess was correct."

On the field, the opponent drawn by Lambert's turntable was the Shadow Eagle, a ferocious species whose innate ability was shadow ability.

After the turntable was drawn, Lambert still stood upright on the Flying Manta ray with his hands on his chest, and slowly flew towards the center of the venue.

"Chirp~"

At this time, the thick metal fence on the side of the venue was lifted up, and a huge eagle-like creature, completely black with black airflow all over its body, rushed out with a cry.

Its wingspan was over eight meters and it flew at an extremely fast speed.

"The Shadow Vulture has a fast flying speed and strong defense and attack capabilities. It's a good opportunity to see how Lambert's strength changes."

"The last time I saw him was five years ago. Even with my current strength, I am no match for him back then." Luther said in a deep voice.

Luther's words naturally aroused Ryan's interest.

At this time, the Shadow Eagle discovered Lambert in the center of the venue, and immediately flapped its wings and rushed towards the eldest disciple of the Tide Sword Master.

Lambert still stood on the Flying Sea Manta with his hands folded across his chest, his face calm. He didn't even draw the greatsword on his back, as if he ignored the Shadow Vulture.

"That's a bit overconfident," Hallowin whispered.

He felt that this Lambert was a little too pretentious.

Suddenly, something changed in the venue.

As if receiving an order from its master, the Flying Manta ray, carrying Lambert with his arms crossed, also rushed towards the attacking Shadow Vulture.

Just when the two were about to collide!

Suddenly, Lambert's right hand pulled out a big sword from behind his back like lightning and slashed forward. In an instant, seven or eight silver arcs of light burst out from the location where the Shadow Eagle was.

The arcs were vertical, horizontal, and lateral, but they all flashed by in a flash!
The next second, the two just passed each other.

At this time, Lambert still kept his hands on his chest, and the two-handed sword had been put back on his back at some point, as if it had never been unsheathed.

As for the Shadow Vulture, it seemed to be under a spell of stiffness. It spread its wings flat, remained motionless, and fell diagonally toward the ground.

But before it hit the ground, a hissing sound came from its body!

Seven or eight blood arrows shot out from all parts of the Shadow Eagle's body at the same time, and the next second, it disintegrated in mid-air with a "crash"!

And among the crowd watching, exclamations suddenly broke out.

"Hiss~ This is the Eight-Section Tide Slash!"

"The ultimate secret created by the Tide Sword Master when he was young?"

"Yes, this is Lambert, the chief disciple of the Tide Sword Master."

"I heard that he had been practicing hard before, but I didn't expect that he would also participate in the selection of dragon knight reserves this time."

Ryan saw it clearly. At that moment, Lambert slashed out eight swords in total. The speed of the sword was the fastest he had ever seen.

You have to know that what Lambert used was a heavier two-handed greatsword, not a lighter one-handed sword like a knight's longsword or a half-handed sword.

Within one second, he completed a series of actions including drawing the sword, slashing out eight swords, and putting the sword away. It was really fast!

Moreover, Ryan was keenly aware of one thing.

That was the moment before the opponent's attack broke out, as if there was a tangible aura that affected the Shadow Eagle.

This caused the legendary Shadow Eagle to be stunned for a moment, and he took Lambert's eight swords with almost no power to resist.

Otherwise, the Shadow Eagle should be able to dodge the vital points more or less and avoid being killed instantly.

"It should be the spiritual will. A considerable part of it has been transformed into a more condensed sword belief."

"It was the sudden outburst of this power of faith that caused Shadow Eagle to lose focus for a moment and lose the initiative."

"For an opponent with such a fast attack speed, losing the initiative means becoming passive, or even being killed instantly like now!" Ryan thought to himself.

"I am no match for this kind of strength." Harlowen said with a serious face.

"Stronger than five years ago. If I'm not mistaken, the opponent should have reached the level of a half-step sword master." Luther said in a deep voice.

"Mr. Ryan, you have to be careful."

Ryan nodded and looked at Lambert who had a calm face in the field.

In fact, after arriving in the imperial capital of Tamriel, Lambert wanted to challenge Ryan directly.

However, after listening to the advice of the Drum family, he decided to join the dragon knight reserve selection.

After all, under the current situation in the imperial capital, it would be unwise to engage in a life-and-death duel with an Imperial Platinum-level swordsman.

But in the secret realm, it’s different.

Because there are other people and other creatures in the secret realm, once Ryan dies, due to the special nature of the Dragon Valley secret realm, the empire will not be able to send people into the secret realm for a second investigation.

This matter will most likely come to nothing.

Therefore, Lambert decided to enter the secret realm before taking action.

At this time, the candidates all focused their attention on Ryan. Because before Lambert, many people's killing speed had entered the "10-second club".

But among them, Ryan's killing speed was still the fastest, taking only three seconds.

Now Lambert appeared. The previous attack only took two seconds, even including the time the Shadow Eagle was dismembered in the air.

If we only count the time it takes Lambert to deliver the fatal blow, it would be an instant kill!

It probably takes less than a second.

So, naturally, people would compare Lambert and Ryan.

However, Lambert, who was in the center of the venue, did not look at Ryan, as if he was unaware, and slowly controlled the Flying Manta ray to fly back to the crowd.

But because of this, Ryan concluded that there was a high probability that there was something wrong with the other party.

He had learned that Lambert was on good terms with Greenwood and had a close personal relationship with the Durham family. Under such circumstances, the other party did not pay any attention to him at all.

This is the biggest problem!

In addition, there was the reminder given by Carl, who was also a disciple of the Tide Sword Master, before he left that day.

It is very likely that the other party is doing this to avoid suspicion.

As for why avoiding suspicion?
Ryan already had a plan in mind.

After Lambert finished, two more people came on stage and the preliminary test officially ended.

After sorting, Second Prince Everton read out the names of the top 30 candidates.

“The following are the candidates who will enter the retest.”

"Congratulations to everyone who passed the preliminary exam! We will meet at the Astronomy Master's Platform in the morning three days from now!"

Unfortunately, neither Luther nor Hallowin made it into the top thirty.

On the contrary, the three people from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood all entered the re-examination.

After comforting Luther who failed for the second time, Ryan returned to the mansion.

However, when Ryan just stepped into the mansion, he found several familiar figures in the house.

The first person that caught Ryan's eye was Jennifer, a beautiful woman wearing a purple one-shoulder silk dress.

She was holding her mother Emma's hand and chatting eagerly about something. Standing next to her were a man and a woman, the leader of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries, Fandral, and his sister Georgia.

"Jennifer? When did you arrive in the imperial capital?" Ryan asked in surprise, and at the same time, he nodded to Fandral and Georgia.

"Lord Ryan." The tall Fandral and the young and energetic Georgia immediately saluted.

"Just arrived." Jennifer stood up and said with a smile when she saw Ryan coming back.

Although she didn't say much, the beautiful woman looked at Ryan with her watery eyes, some emotions needed no words.

Besides, there are people all around and I can’t express it in words.

Ryan nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Have you talked to the kitchen? Make arrangements for the dinner."

"Everything has been arranged." Mother Emma was happier than Ryan at the arrival of the beautiful woman Jennifer. She said before the servant could answer.

"Okay, mother, you two can chat then."

After saying that, Ryan smiled and gestured to the Vandal siblings. The two immediately understood and followed Ryan to the outer courtyard.

The three of them immediately walked in the yard and chatted.

"What's the situation in Munster recently?" Ryan asked.

After hearing what Ryan said, Fandral and his sister Georgia looked at each other and said, "Munster, as the provincial capital, does not have much security problem. However, the situation in the county towns below is not very good."

"After you left, the cult's activities became more active."

"Also, I heard from Lord Vieri that there were several cases of ancient creatures reviving, and when dealing with them, the sword bearers in the branch suffered heavy casualties."

Fandral thought about it and decided to tell the truth.

Originally, after he arrived in Munster with the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries, he thought he could take a break.

After all, the security of the Province of Münster is far greater than that of the Province of Marne, which is located on the northern border of the empire.

But with the reappearance of the three-headed sea dragon with a devil's tail, the security situation in the province of Münster took a sharp turn for the worse.

"Also, in the waters of Meister and Rosby County, the three-headed sea dragon with a demonic tail reappeared, and its strength is even greater than before. It is said that the Empire sent more than one guardian to the area, but they still failed to defeat it."

"The three-headed sea dragon with a demonic tail?" Ryan frowned slightly.

Of course he knew about the Demonic Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon, an epic ancient creature. The last time it was dealt with by Her Royal Highness the Red Queen Menia.

Unexpectedly, the enemy has returned with even greater strength, and it requires multiple imperial guardians to resist!
It seems that what is recorded in ancient books, that the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon possessed the strength of a demigod in its heyday, is not groundless.

"Yes." Fandral nodded and said.

As the leader of the mercenaries, although he was well-informed, the transfer of the Imperial Guardians was top secret and he did not know who they were.

After a sumptuous dinner.

The beautiful woman Jennifer finally found an opportunity to spend time together with him under the pretext of reporting on the Chamber of Commerce's business situation.

She went to the study on the second floor with Ryan.

"Click."

As soon as the door was closed, the beautiful woman who had drunk a lot of aged wine at the dinner stopped, reached back, and locked the door directly.

Then Jennifer leaned gently against the wall.

Her beautiful face was rosy, as pretty as a flower, and her pair of beautiful eyes seemed to be dripping with water. She was gazing at Ryan affectionately.

Ryan, who was walking in front of the beautiful woman, was slightly stunned when he heard the sound of the door being locked, but he immediately understood something, turned around with a smile and looked at Jennifer.

For Jennifer, she hasn't played cards for two months, which is naturally a great torture for her age.

Ryan was not around before, so I just had to bear with it.

But now, there is naturally no need to endure it.

The beautiful woman lifted the hair that fell on her forehead, and her eyes seemed to be able to draw silk threads. She lowered her eyes slightly shyly, and took the initiative to walk towards Ryan.

The snow-white arms took the initiative to hug Ryan.

The beautiful woman took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, and Ryan naturally wanted
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For two people who had not seen each other for two months, playing cards in the study naturally meant more than just one game. Moreover, in order to prevent the sound from being heard, the beautiful woman bit the small piece of lace cloth tightly.

More than an hour later, the beautiful woman, her face filled with satisfaction and pleasure, began to lie lazily on the leather sofa and reported on her recent situation.

"By the way, dear, take a look at that first." Jennifer pointed to the wooden box she had placed on the coffee table at the entrance and said.

kindness?
Out of curiosity, Ryan walked forward, opened it and saw that there were twelve soul energy crystals inside.

"I used the gold coins you gave me last time, plus the recent profits of the Chamber of Commerce and the auction house, to purchase this." The beautiful woman smiled.

"This..." Ryan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Although he has now entered the third-level crystallization wizard, the effect of the soul energy crystallization has been greatly reduced, but Jennifer does not know it.

She was still in Munster, trying her best to help him acquire soul energy crystals.

It turns out that this is why Jennifer insisted on staying in Munster.

This made Ryan feel a warm current surge in his heart.

(End of this chapter)