The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 439: The Power of Crystallized Killing Move
"Thank you, Marquis Javier." Ryan smiled and bowed to express his gratitude.

"The awarding ceremony will be held after His Majesty the Emperor has fully recovered. The time will be notified separately."

"Okay." Ryan nodded.

At this time, Javier gestured to an attendant beside him, and the man smiled and said:

"Count Ryan, the Conferment Committee has considered your position as an Imperial Gold-level Sword Bearer and has specially reserved a new mansion for you in the Second Ring of the Imperial Capital. It has a relatively spacious training room."

"You can come and sign for it anytime you are free."

"Thank you."

Ryan noticed Javier's actions just now and naturally understood that this should be the result of a slight push from behind by Marquis Javier.

You have to know that although there are a few earl's mansions in the second ring of the imperial capital, most of them are marquis' mansions. And most of the mansions allocated to the newly-appointed earls are in the third ring, which is similar to the location of his current mansion.

Not to mention the spacious training room, it must be the result of someone deliberately showing goodwill. A moment's thought will tell that it must have been the work of Marquis Javier, who serves on the Enthronement Committee next to him.

After completing the official procedures, Javier did not stay long because of the presence of other accompanying personnel. He just made an appointment with Ryan to get together.

"Lord Renne, we won't bother you anymore! Congratulations again!"

"Thank you, Marquis Javier, and thank you, your Excellencies." Ryan stood up and said with a smile.

After Javier and his group left, Ryan thought for a moment and decided to take over the new mansion first.

Because he was going on a long journey this time, if the mansion was moved to the second ring of the imperial capital where high-ranking nobles lived, security would naturally be improved.

In addition, with the Eredar sisters, whose strength has reached the peak of legend, stationed in the mansion, it should be safe.

He also had no worries.

So, Ryan called the Ereda sisters and their family, and there were three carriages in total, and they headed towards the new mansion in a mighty manner.

Mother Emma and father old Ryan were a little confused at first, until they heard the story told by the little Matteo, and then they knew that their son had been promoted to the Earl of the Empire, and they were immediately shocked.

It’s been less than a year since he was promoted to Viscount, and he’s already become Earl?
The two old men couldn't help but look at each other in surprise. On the contrary, Little Mint's eyes were bright. He always believed that his brother Ryan was the best and it was natural for him to be promoted to earl.

Although the Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road are adjacent to each other, both the level of greening and the frequency of patrols have been raised to a higher level, fully reflecting the class differences in the empire and clearly distinguishing the treatment between senior nobles such as earls and above and middle and low-level nobles such as viscounts and barons.

After a while, everyone arrived at their destination.

I saw that Ryan's new mansion covered a large area, with front and back gardens. The front yard was slightly larger, where the main building and the auxiliary building were located, and the back yard was slightly smaller, where the stables were located.

The Eredar sisters looked at each other and immediately spoke telepathically:

"Sister, I originally felt that Lord Ryan's mansion was a bit mismatched compared to his strength. This mansion is quite impressive."

"Well, based on Lord Ryan's ability, I think he should move into the inner ring. But let's just talk about this between the two of us in private. Remember not to tell anyone, as it will lead to misunderstandings."

"Yeah, sis, I know. I'm not stupid."

It was no wonder that Alida had complained before, because the lawn of Ryan's mansion was originally very small, and the training room was not big enough. For her, practicing extraordinary combat skills was indeed a bit cramped.

At this time, Little Mint ran over with a smile and said, "Sister Alida, why are you smiling so happily?"

After two days, Bohe had become close friends with the Eredar sisters.

She was very curious and a little reserved about the two twin sisters at first, but after getting to know them, she found that they were easy to get along with, especially the lively Alida, who became familiar to her right away.

Elida and Mint have an especially close relationship.

"Little Mint, because sister has a bigger place for you to play." Alida pinched Mint's delicate and tender face with both hands and said in a doting tone.

"Oh, Sister Elida, you are good in everything, but can you please stop pinching my cheeks? It won't look good if you pinch them too hard!"

"No, no! Little Mint is the prettiest."

"Hehe, really? Sister Alida is so nice. By the way, I just heard from my brother that there is a very large training room on the first floor of the main building. Sister Alida, when can you teach me how to fight with the sword?" Mint said with a smile on her face.

As Mint grew up, she also became interested in fighting skills, but of course she was selective and was particularly interested in "beautiful" fighting skills.

For example, the gorgeous sword flowers created by Elida's sword dazzled Mint the first time he saw it.

"Okay, if you like, I'll teach you." Alida agreed immediately.

Although Alida wondered why Lord Ryan didn't teach his own sister, at first, she thought there was some deeper meaning, but later she found out that it was not.

The key to the problem lies with Mint. She is more interested in gorgeous fighting skills, but has little interest in her brother's low-key but extremely practical extraordinary fighting skills.

It turns out that girls are emotional creatures most of the time!

Of course, it’s not that Ryan’s extraordinary fighting skills are not flashy enough, but that his flashy skills are not something that ordinary people can perform. But sword flowers are different. Ordinary people can also do it after they become proficient.

An hour later, everyone who had finished the tour, including Ryan's mother Emma, ​​were very satisfied with the new mansion and decided to move in immediately.

This was naturally the best thing for Ryan, as it saved him the trouble of persuasion, and soon, the servants and guards began the moving operation.

Ryan found a free moment to talk to the Ereda sisters about some things:
"I plan to go to Ferdinand Forest tomorrow, so you don't have to go. You are responsible for the safety of the new mansion."

"In the imperial capital, it is difficult for the Secret Snake Cult to make any big moves, so safety should not be a big problem. You have just left the Secret Snake Cult, so it would be safer to stay in the imperial capital for a while."

Hearing Ryan's words, the two sisters couldn't help but feel moved. They looked at each other and felt a touch of warmth.

"Thank you, Lord Ryan. However, do you really not need any more help?" Erida couldn't help but ask.

"The Sword Bearer Headquarters will be in charge of the logistics for this operation, so it's convenient for me to go into battle alone." Ryan said with a smile.

"Well, Lord Ryan, then you should be careful. If you need support, write to me at any time." Sister Alida said.

But as soon as she said this, she suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing.

After all, if even Ryan can't deal with the enemy, then the two sisters would just be sending themselves to waste.

"Pooh! Pooh! Sorry, Lord Ryan, I said the wrong thing! Lord Ryan wishes you a safe journey!" Alida quickly changed her words.

"Thank you!" Ryan said with a smile.

He didn't mind Elida's outspokenness.

After spending some time together, he discovered that it seemed that because the extraordinary fighting skills that Alida practiced were biased towards speed, sometimes her hands worked faster than her brain, and her mouth was even faster than her hands!

After explaining some things to his family, Ryan planned to go to the headquarters. He wanted to test the power of the new witchcraft, so naturally he had to go to the witchcraft testing room at the headquarters.

Soon, Ryan arrived at the Sword Bearer headquarters in a carriage.

Under the guidance of the young staff, Ryan came to the third-level witchcraft testing room with familiarity.

"Lord Ryan, if you need anything else, feel free to call me."

"Okay, thank you." Ryan nodded and said.

"It's my pleasure to serve you!" The young female employee smiled, bowed, and closed the door.

After the female employee left, Ryan did not conduct the test immediately, but began to release "Metal Transfiguration", "Cutting Net" and "Serrated Ring" repeatedly to experience the connection between them.

Since Metal Transfiguration has long been an innate witchcraft, and the last two items have also reached level 20, his proficiency is self-evident.

So, soon, Ryan grasped the trick of how to release the three in series.

At the same time, the system prompt sounded:

[Ding! The host has comprehended the prototype of the crystallized killing move. Yes/No, consume 79 gold skill points to perfect it? ]

"Hiss, it actually consumes 79 points." Ryan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Because these three sorceries can form a crystallized killing move and do not require additional deduction, it seems that the deduction and perfection described by the system also includes personal adaptive changes. But it is precisely because of this that Ryan feels that the consumption of gold skill points is too much.

But soon, Ryan seemed to have figured something out and suddenly laughed.

"Because if the greater the consumption, the more powerful the killing move is, then there is nothing wrong with that. It is actually a good thing to consume more gold skill points."

Ryan remembered that the last time he performed the liquefied killer move 'Multiple Cutting Nets', it only consumed 42 gold skill points, but this time, it cost almost twice as much. It is very likely that there will be a surprise waiting for him.

As the points were added, a surge of memories of witchcraft training poured into Ryan's mind in an instant, as if he had been practicing the coordination of these three witchcrafts repeatedly for more than a hundred years in a mysterious space!
When Ryan opened his eyes again, he had fully understood the connection between the three witchcrafts.

[Ding! Deduction successful! The host comprehended the metal crystal killer move "Sawtooth Cutting Net"! ]

"I finally have my own crystallized killer move." After Ryan carefully comprehended the new killer move, he immediately showed joy on his face.

Before, he only had one liquefied killer move, 'Multiple Cutting Nets', and no other witchcraft killer moves. Of course, there was another third-level attack witchcraft 'Thorn Iron Ball'.

However, the power of the former is top-notch if it is placed at the level of a second-level liquefied wizard, but if it is placed at the level of a third-level crystallized wizard, it is only equivalent to the power of an ordinary third-level witchcraft. As for the latter, it is more of a single attack. Although it is powerful, it is not flexible enough. Even though Ryan has upgraded it to level 20, this witchcraft is straightforward and easy for the enemy to dodge. It needs to be combined with the "metal cage" to fully exert its power.

But it's different now.

This crystallized killer move, 'Sawtooth Cutting Net', far surpasses the previous two in terms of power and attack flexibility.

"The first-level innate magic 'Metal Transfiguration', the second-level magic 'Cutting Net', and the third-level magic 'Sawtooth Ring' are released in succession to form a combined magic: Sawtooth Cutting Net!"

Ryan couldn't contain his excitement and started trying it immediately.

"Level 1 Witchcraft Metal Transfiguration!"

"Level 2 Witchcraft Cutting Web!"

"Level 3 Witchcraft Sawtooth Ring!"

"Crystallized killer move: Sawtooth cutting net!"

As Ryan chanted the spell quickly, six serrated metal rings suddenly appeared in front of him, making a buzzing sound and spinning at high speed.

The metal serrated ring is silver in color and about two meters in diameter. Ryan can quickly adjust its direction with just a slight thought. In terms of attack range, it is much larger than the previous liquefied killer move 'Multiple Cutting Nets'.

In addition, according to the information provided by Hammadi, the crystallized killer move "Sawtooth Cutting Net" should normally have four metal serrated rings, but Ryan can perform six.

This was most likely a special situation caused by his super affinity for metal elements, coupled with the bonus of the three-level Iron Heart advanced meditation method.

As for its power, you will know after trying it.

Ryan waved his right hand, and six buzzing metal serrated rings attacked the metal cylinder in front of him one after another!

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

The originally smooth surface of the giant metal block was instantly hit with six horizontal and vertical cutting marks, and then several loud "Boom! Boom!" were heard.

The metal cylinder weighing several tons was actually cut into several pieces and fell to the ground.

On the stone slab beside it, a number that left Ryan speechless was clearly displayed——???

"Three question marks? Is this off the charts?" Ryan was speechless. He didn't expect that even the third-level witchcraft testing room could not test the upper limit of the witchcraft power of his new killer move.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a hurried knock at the door, and at the same time, the female employee's voice rang out, and one could hear obvious anxiety in it:
"Lord Ryan, what happened to you? Do you need rescue?"

"Sorry, I'm fine. But you may need to contact someone to report the repair, and the cost can be deducted from my side." Ryan opened the door and said apologetically.

"Okay, okay, Lord Ryan." The female employee looked inside through the crack in the door and was immediately stunned. Her eyes widened and she stammered.

Noon the next day.

On the small airship that just took off from the Sword Bearer headquarters.

At this moment, Ryan was alone in the cabin making a new leather armor - 'Murloc Scale Breastplate'. As the journey would take a day and a half of flying time, Ryan decided not to waste it and boarded the airship with the raw materials and tools.

The murloc scale breastplate is based on a thick leather breastplate, with the scales of adult blackfin murlocs sewn on both sides. This kind of scale is quite strong, and its defense is even greater than that of chain mail, but it is very light. Of course, it is also very difficult to make.

But it is precisely because of this that Ryan chose it, as it can bring a lot of experience points.

However, Ryan's actions naturally made the headquarters logistics staff who accompanied him quite strange.

They have served many adamantium-level sword-wielders, but this is the first time they have encountered one like this.

"Lady Olena, is this Lord Ryan's hobby?" Claire couldn't help but curiously asked Olena, the capable young woman beside her.

This time, Claire and Beyoncé both came. During a casual chat with Olena, they heard that their captain was going out on a mission.

The two immediately found Ryan and offered to accompany Olena on this mission as logistics personnel.

This immediately left Ryan with no reason to refuse.

After all, if Olena, whose strength is almost that of a second-level wizard apprentice, can go, we can't say that these two sword-wielders, whose strength is at the magic iron level and mithril level respectively, can't go.

"Don't ask too much about Lord Ryan's affairs." Olena gently patted Claire's smooth forehead and scolded with a smile.

Since Ryan, as the captain, has been away from the headquarters for a long time, Olena is more familiar with the two women in Ryan's team.

"You can't even ask that!" Claire shrank her head and said.

"This should be a way to adjust your state of mind before a battle." Olena said softly.

Olena had noticed Ryan's strange behavior once before. When she was in Munster, her young boss, Lord Ryan, was learning tailoring at a tailor shop.

Later, she looked up relevant information and discovered that some fighters would use artistic means such as painting and singing to improve their concentration.

I think Lord Ryan is in a similar situation.

"Is that so? Okay!" Claire nodded, not quite understanding.

However, Beyonce, who was wearing tight leather armor and had a hot body, heard it and agreed with it!

After flying for a day and a half, Ryan also walked out of the cabin and looked into the distance.

After more than a day of work, his leatherworking profession level had been raised to level 9, allowing him to gain another 2 attribute points and 2 skill points.

Currently, Ryan has 14 attribute points, 2 skill points, and 124 gold skill points.

Basically, 14 attribute points can support three medium-intensity battles in his four forms.

"Look over there!"

At this moment, someone suddenly stood on the side of the ship and pointed excitedly.

Ryan followed the crowd's gaze and saw a vast, lush forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. For a moment, everyone seemed to have come to an ocean of forests and felt refreshed!
However, Ryan soon discovered that there was something strange in the forest in the distance.

"Hey, what's that over there?"

Ryan was seen staring at a forest in the distance with a serious expression.

Because his eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary people, he could clearly see that at the end of the forest's field of vision, dozens of kilometers away from the airship, there was a forest with extremely strange colors.

It seemed to emit a faint red glow, and also wisps of gray mist.

Judging from the map Ryan had seen before, that place should be the southern part of Ferdinand Forest.

"This should be the location of the earliest breach, the area where the Mother Tree Cult initially launched the attack." Ryan thought to himself.

At this time, Olena stepped forward and pointed to a rocky outpost several kilometers away and said:

"Lord Ryan, Post No. 7 is just ahead."

"Yeah!" Renn nodded.

This No. 7 outpost was built on a slightly higher hillside. It was a three-story circular outpost constructed with huge rocks, serving as both a lookout tower and a small airship berthing point.

Ryan noticed that the rock of the outpost was quite special, grayish white and looked very solid. This kind of stone was either brought up from underground by high-level earth wizards or transported from other places.

"It seems that the elves are cautious against the Empire, but similarly, the Empire also has necessary defenses against the elves." Ryan said.

"That's right. There are dozens of sentry towers like this, most of which were built hundreds of years ago. They are scattered around Ferdinand Forest. Their main purpose is to monitor the movements of elves on a certain scale." Olena introduced.

As the airship slowly docked on the third floor of the sentry tower, Ryan took the lead and walked off the airship.

"Sir, welcome to Outpost No. 7. I am Ian, the post commander." A burly middle-aged man in the uniform of an imperial colonel, accompanied by two lieutenants, saluted Ryan at the anchorage.

While saluting, Ian quickly looked at Ryan and his group.

He had just received news yesterday that the head of the Imperial Special Forces would arrive soon, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. They were only notified yesterday, but they arrived today.

At first he thought it was a surprise inspection by the military.

The other is
This adult looks too young!
However, this trip was quite impressive. A young woman in a business suit standing beside him was obviously a secretary. The people holding various equipment seemed to be a complete logistics support team. Hey, there was also a beautiful female wizard and a ranger behind them.
Hiss, this Ranger! What a great figure!
For a moment, Ian's mental activity became quite intense.

You know, they have received quite a few special operations teams here, but this kind of configuration is still very rare.

No, it can be said that this is the first time I have seen it!

There seemed to be only one combatant? Or three? But the logistics staff was nearly 20 people.

(End of this chapter)