The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 518: Romeo in the Past
In the box was the first badge that Ryan had obtained in the Sword Bearer branch of the Munster Province - a bronze badge. Olena had specially contacted Munster to have it sent to him as quickly as possible.

There are naturally many such personal items in Ryan's mansion, but Olena did not want to make Ryan's family too worried before the situation was clear, so she did not reveal this news to Ryan's family. The personal items were also sent from the Munster Sword Bearer branch.

When the great astrologer Dallion took the wooden box and took out the bronze emblem inside, he was slightly stunned. Obviously, a bronze emblem of a sword holder seemed too far away from Ryan's current identity. However, he did not say anything and started to cast the spell immediately.

A few minutes later
"Lord Ryan is still alive, but the starlight is dim, probably because he was seriously injured after the battle." After Dallion finished the spell, his face slightly relieved and he said.

Based on the intelligence, he naturally thought that Ryan was seriously injured rather than for any other reason.

"The question is, why did His Majesty Reginald say that he couldn't find Lord Ryan?" General Augustus asked with a frown.

"Even if Lord Ryan has a magical device like the Concealing Magic Array, it doesn't make sense. The Federation has already launched a carpet search and has almost counted how many ants there are on the island called Reef Island."

"This." The great astrologer Darien was unable to answer Augustus' question at once.

In fact, there was one thing he didn't say, which was that when he used the great astrology to predict Ryan just now, he found that the difficulty of searching for him was extremely great, even greater than the difficulty of searching for His Highness Menia just now.

This means that from a certain perspective, Ryan's strength is above that of His Highness Menia, but how is this possible?
His Highness Menia is a late-stage Dawn Wizard, and he also has royal blood and is a veteran dragon knight of the empire.
Dallion was a little confused about this for a moment.

The key is that the strength of the person being divined is related to the accuracy of the divination.

All divination techniques, whether it is great astrology or other techniques such as crystal ball divination, water grass divination, etc., if the strength of the divination object is greater than that of the caster, then the accuracy of the divination will be greatly affected.

Therefore, the accuracy of divination that Dallion can achieve is limited to this level at present.

At this time, Elder Ivan of the Senate thought for a while and said:

"According to Reginald, they arrived at the vicinity of the island almost at the same time as the Poseidon Cult after the explosion, but by then there was no trace of the incarnation of the Undersea Goddess, Menia, and Ryan."

"So is it possible that after the incarnation of the goddess of the underworld defeated the two people, she controlled them and returned to the temple in the sea?"

Elder Ivan's words caused the hall to fall into silence, and everyone present fell into deep thought.

Yes!

It’s not impossible!
After all, if it was on the island, even if Ryan had a concealing magic formation, he would have found it long ago by searching inch by inch.

After thinking for a moment, Marshal Alfred asked, "Your Majesty Dallion, can you determine the approximate range of Lord Ryan now?"

"Yes, it should still be near the federal waters." Dallion nodded and said.

"In this case, I agree with Elder Ivan's opinion. It is very likely that the incarnation of the Goddess of the Underworld has seriously injured His Highness Menia and Ryan, and abducted them both to the underwater temple." Marshal Alfred said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, everyone thought about it for a while and then showed an expression of sudden realization.

"Well, in this case, it corresponds to the anomaly shown by the great astrology." The great astrologer Dallion also nodded and said.

The three people with the highest strength and status at the scene agreed, and the others naturally nodded as well. Even if they still had some small doubts in their hearts, they had to keep them to themselves.

After all, at least this is good news!
This means that Ryan is still alive, and as for His Highness Menia, it seems that he should not have died completely!

Even with the guidance of the Astrologer's Platform, the imperial high-ranking officials were in a dilemma after their research.

Although the approximate scope has been determined, the headquarters of the Poseidon Cult is on the seabed. Unlike land which is easier to search, the situation in the ocean is complicated and it is still very difficult to find it.

Secondly, even if the location of the Temple of the Goddess of the Underworld is found, a fierce battle will inevitably break out. If the number of strong people who go there is not large enough, they will probably be in danger.

But the problem is that after the Ferdinand Forest incident, the activities of various cults have become more frequent within the current imperial territory. Almost every imperial guardian has his own province or region to garrison. Only the imperial capital of Tamriel has multiple guardians on standby.

However, after the last war in the imperial capital, this number of imperial guardians is necessary.

"In that case, let the Senate send someone over there." Elder Ivan made the decision after looking around.

The news of the high-level meeting quickly spread within the small circle of the empire's top leaders.

When many top nobles first heard the news, they were always a little skeptical, especially in the report from Reginald, which mostly used words like "suspected" and "possible", but now the situation is different.

The news has been confirmed by His Majesty Darien, the empire's foremost astrologer!

In the Duke of Durham's mansion, in the luxurious study on the second floor.

“Hahaha, this Ryan is arrogant and lawless! Now he has been defeated and imprisoned by the incarnation of the Undersea Goddess. Even if he is alive, he will never be able to return to the empire!”

"It's a pity for His Highness Menia." Upon receiving the news, Duke Drum slammed his hand on the mahogany desk, his face flushed with joy and he was extremely excited.

It’s not that he is not cunning, but it is related to his son Greenwood who was killed by Ryan!
He originally thought that his son's revenge would never be avenged, after all, Ryan's strength was improving at such a terrifying speed. But he didn't expect that such a "happy event" would happen during a normal visit.

"Your Excellency the Duke, in this case, Master Greenwood's great revenge can be said to have been avenged!" The new butler on the side complimented with a smile.

"No, it's far from enough!" Duke Drum, who quickly calmed down his excitement, thought about it, shook his head and said.

"Go investigate which people and forces have defected to Ryan before. I want to eliminate them one by one, and then completely eliminate his family!"

"Uh, Your Excellency the Duke, the other party's family seems to have settled in the imperial capital and has the special protection of the Imperial Sword Bearers. In addition, if we take action now, wouldn't it be too conspicuous?"

"So, let's start with the opponent's forces. As for his family, don't be in a hurry. Take your time and wait until people gradually forget about him." Duke Drum said with a sinister smile on his face.

"By the way, remember to inform Marquis Orenz. His family had a conflict with Ryan before and lost shares in the Munster branch of the Axon Auction House."

"Praise be to Your Excellency the Duke. You always make the wisest decisions." The butler complimented.

Below the reef island.

The shore of the submarine volcanic lava lake.

In fact, Menia had already woken up not long after Ryan picked her up.

However, not only did she feel Ryan's warm breath in front of her, but there was also something sticking under her plump buttocks, which made Menia completely at a loss as to how to deal with the situation.

In fact, after Menia's consciousness was separated by Ryan again and returned to his body, he no longer knew how to face a person who knew almost most of his secrets.

She is a woman, but the one who knows her secret is a man.

A young man with extraordinary strength who also has the blood of a multi-headed dragon.

Since Ryan has the system, he does not actually possess the blood of a multi-headed dragon, but only the ability of "multiple heads". However, Menia obviously cannot know this, so naturally judging from the appearance, she thinks that Ryan has the blood of a multi-headed dragon.

For a moment, Ryan seemed like the man she had fallen in love with during her girlhood.

After all, tragedies like Romeo and Juliet are the ones that people will remember for a lifetime.

This was the case with Menia. She was unable to get over this hurdle in her heart, but at this moment, she seemed to see the Romeo in her heart.

So, facing Ryan's rudeness and even that kiss, Menia didn't know how to react correctly.

reject?

It seems that I can't speak instinctively.

As for consent? She is much older than Ryan.
Menia's thoughts drifted for a long time before he finally gathered them together and re-entered a state of deep meditation.

On the other hand, Ryan naturally had no idea what Menia was thinking.

While Menia was deep in meditation, he first studied the goblin engineering knowledge that he had forced himself to memorize in his mind, and then came to the exposed ore on the lava wall.

"Oh!"

With a little force from Ryan's fist, he broke the surface of the ore, revealing a thick layer of dark gray solidified rock. This was high-temperature magma crystallized on the surface of the ore. It was extremely hard, but of course it was not enough in front of Ryan.

"Hey, is this black iron ore? A rich ore at that!"

Although different minerals have different standards for defining rich mines, the black iron ore in front of us has a content of more than 60%, and it can be considered a rich mine among any other ore.

After a brief thought, Ryan pressed his palm, which was emitting a strong dark silver light, on the more than one-meter-long piece of rich black iron ore protruding from the lava wall.

As the light in Ryan's palm flashed, the metallic black iron in the rich black iron ore slowly seeped out like mercury, and quickly gathered into a sphere in the palm of Ryan's hand.

But it's not over yet.

Because the black iron ore contains not only black iron, but also includes small amounts of other metals, such as copper, tin, etc. Therefore, at this moment, in addition to the black iron ball, four metal balls of different sizes and colors have formed in the palm of Ryan's hand.

They are copper ball, tin ball, silver ball and gold ball.

This is one of the abilities Ryan has applied after entering the fourth-level Dawn Wizard. His super affinity for metal element particles and the surging mental power at the Dawn Wizard level allow him to do this easily.

Although he had been able to do this before when he was at the crystallized wizard level, it was quite laborious and he could only do it one at a time. But now it was much easier, as simple as eating and drinking.

"Oh!"

Soon, a sphere made of pure black iron weighing hundreds of kilograms was placed in front of Ryan, followed by four other small metal balls that fell to the ground.

Ryan first looked at the five metal balls, then looked at the hundreds of raw mineral protrusions not far away, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"That's a good thing. Maybe I can gather the raw materials and start making mechanical creations based on goblin engineering."

Ryan's eyes flickered, and he immediately thought of something.

"However, the few metals we have in front of us are far from enough."

A moment later, Ryan flashed to another dark gray ore protruding from the rock wall. After lightly smashing it, he started to operate it in the same way as before with the black iron ore.

"Hey, this is magic iron ore!"

After a quick look, Ryan's eyes lit up. He thought that most of the here were one kind of ore, but he didn't expect that there were other ores distributed there.

"Great! It looks like the plan is working!"

Soon, before long, Ryan had collected seven or eight rare and more than ten common metal materials. He had not expected that the types of ores in the underwater volcano were so rich. It was enough for him to try to make them while studying goblin engineering.

Ryan used magic iron as the main material and mixed it with a small amount of copper and tin to form an alloy. Then he began to use the fire magic "Scorching Touch" he had mastered before to smelt it.

After it cooled down, he quickly performed metal transfiguration and, according to the new introductory drawings of goblin engineering he had learned, transformed the magic iron alloy into the shape of a rifle. The other gun assembly accessories were also transformed by Ryan one by one.

At this time, the system prompt also sounded:

[You have made the primary goblin engineering artifact 'Magic Iron Rifle', and your understanding of the relevant items has improved! ]

[You have mastered a new skill - Magic Iron Rifle]

[Your skill in making magic iron rifles is improved, experience value +10]

[You have successfully made a primary goblin engineering artifact, the 'Magic Iron Rifle'. Since the host has not yet changed his job to a goblin engineer, the progress of goblin engineering comprehension has increased by 1%]

"Great!" Ryan looked at the system prompt and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"As expected, learning this thing requires more than just reading. You have to apply what you learn, combining theory with practice!"

"Wouldn't this greatly improve efficiency?"

You have to know that Ryan had spent several hours on his own to improve his progress by one percentage point before, but just now he spent less than ten minutes to make a magic iron rifle, which immediately improved his progress by one percentage point.

Now the progress of 'Mastering the knowledge related to Goblin Engineering' has reached 65%.

The next day, when Ryan was making a new goblin engineering artifact, the 'Adamantium Stabilizer', he suddenly heard a delicate groan from Menia.

Ryan immediately stopped what he was doing and turned around to see Menia frowning slightly, holding her smooth and white forehead with her hand and slowly standing up.

"Your Highness Menia, how do you feel?" Ryan walked quickly forward and asked with concern.

In fact, without asking, Ryan had already sensed that although Menia's mental stability was much better than three days ago, it still fluctuated violently. In addition, the strength of the other party's mental power also showed a certain degree of decline.

"Not yet. My strength has been declining. Ryan. How many days have passed? I may need more time." Menia glanced at Ryan quickly, then lowered her head, her beautiful eyes flickering, a little afraid to look at Ryan.

"Your Highness Menia, three days have passed."

"If you want to continue deep meditation to recover, why not eat something first? There is a fire beast here that may be of some benefit to your physical recovery." Ryan suggested.

Although the fourth-level Dawn Wizard's demand for food is relatively controllable, he is not at the demigod level like the fifth-level Full Moon Wizard, and still needs food to maintain some essential elements of life.

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

"Hey, is this a Diemetradon?"

When Menia saw Ryan holding a lava dimetradon and starting to deal with it, she couldn't help but be a little surprised and said.

"It's really called Diemetradon. I saw the semicircular fins on its back and just called it Lava Diemetradon." Ryan said with a smile.

"Yes, these are fire-type Diemetradons. They should be the offspring of a red dragon or a fire dragon and a sea ichthyosaur. Looking at the large number of them, there must have been a giant fire dragon living in this lava lake for a long time." Menia said.

Soon, Ryan prepared some grilled Diemetradon ribs.

Menia took a light bite and found it juicy and tasty, but after a few seconds, she looked surprised.

"Your Highness Menia, how does it taste?"

"Ryan, these Diemetradons may not be the offspring of ordinary fire dragons and ichthyosaurs."

"Ok?"

"I can feel the trace of blood essence contained in it. It should come from an ancient red dragon, at least at the level of an old dragon, or even an extremely old dragon."

Menia's words obviously startled Ryan!
He did not leave Menia too far these days, and this lava lake was too vast to be seen at a glance. Now that he thought about it carefully, it was very likely that the lava lake was not located at the bottom of a volcano, but a lava lake shared by a group of submarine volcanoes.

"You mean, there might be a red dragon of the old dragon level sleeping under this lava lake?" Ryan narrowed his eyes and said seriously.

(End of this chapter)