The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 528: Alien Spider Swarm
Strong people who can communicate politely and equally can often quickly gain the favor of others.

After just chatting for a while, many people in the Breton caravan let down their guard against Ryan and began to talk and laugh, especially a Breton girl named Aiyana, whose eyes were bright and full of curiosity about Ryan.

"Those wizards wearing black robes with bones or skulls tattooed on their chests are the most hateful. They actually secretly stole the bodies of warriors from our tribal tombs." Aiyana said angrily.

"Oh? Bones or a skull on the chest?"

"Are they wizards from the Tutankhash school? I heard that they are more active in the west of the Cyrodiil Plateau?" Ryan asked with a little confusion.

"Well, it was once, but now there are many wandering black-robed wizards near our tribe." Aiyana nodded and said crisply.

"Sir, you just said they are from the Tutkash school?"

The girl's question inadvertently reached the ears of the old man and the young man nearby. The two men stiffened slightly. Ryan naturally noticed this scene and smiled slightly.

Obviously, as the main fighting force in the tribe, they knew who their enemies were, but they did not tell the girl.

"Yes." Ryan nodded with a smile.

"I see. By the way, I also heard that the number of missing persons in several Breton tribes to the west is getting more and more serious. It seems that this is also related to the Tutkash School."

"Sister!" The Brighton youth who first talked to Ryan couldn't help but remind his sister not to talk nonsense.

After all, in his eyes, Ryan was a stranger.

Although what she was wearing was not a wizard robe of the Tutankhash school, one could not be sure whether there was some kind of connection between them. His sister was so outspoken that it was easy for her to cause trouble.

"Don't worry, I'm not familiar with them, let alone friends."

"By the way, didn't you report this situation to the Empire?"

"Also, I heard that the Isoldre School is quite powerful in the Cyrodiil Plateau. Don't they care about this matter?" Ryan smiled and tried to steer the topic towards the Isoldre School.

Because while the upper echelons of the empire allow large wizarding schools to enjoy preferential rights in a region, they also require them to shoulder the responsibility of ensuring the security and orderly development of that region.

"It was not so bad before. The yellow-robed wizards who controlled rocks and soil would intervene and sometimes fight with the black-robed wizards. But in recent years, this situation seems to be less and less common, and they don't even care anymore."

This time, the Brighton youth spoke on behalf of his sister.

However, he seemed to be wary of both schools, using yellow robes to refer to wizards from the Isoldere school, and black robes to refer to those from the Tutkash school.

“As for the Empire, there is no one anywhere else except Nilheim,” the young man said with a hint of disdain.

Although the words were blunt, Ryan knew that the other party was telling the truth.

Even the Imperial Sword Bearers did not set up a proper branch in the Cyrodiil Plateau. They only left a base similar to a contact point in Nilheim, with only a few people.

"By the way, it seems that your ore is to be sent to a designated chamber of commerce?" Ryan remembered the old man's embarrassed expression just now and couldn't help asking.

"Yes, sir. These ores are to be sent to the Great Stone Chamber of Commerce, which is the chamber of commerce under the Isoldere School you just mentioned."

"Do you know what they want these metal ores for?"

"I'm not sure, but I did accidentally hear a yellow-robed wizard muttering something about metal puppets last time." The Brighton youth thought for a moment and said.

Just as Ryan was about to continue asking, suddenly, a sharp bone whistle sounded:
"Left front, a swarm of alien spiders! Lots of them!"

"Oh no!" Upon hearing the warning whistle, Brighton youth Antaruka suddenly jumped up like a leopard and rushed forward quickly.

Ryan couldn't help but narrow his eyes and look in the direction where the Brighton people were quickly gathering for defense.

I saw a group of fist-sized black-striped spiders rapidly attacking the caravan. There were so many of them that they looked like a large black cloth of dozens of square meters, floating rapidly along the ground.

"A swarm of alien spiders?" Ryan couldn't help but feel confused.

"Yes, sir. These black spiders have become more and more numerous in recent years, but I hardly ever saw such a thing when I was a child. I heard from the elders of my tribe that these are foreign creatures." The Brighton girl Aiyana explained.

"Oh? Is it difficult to deal with?"

"If there are a small number of them, it's actually not that difficult to deal with them. An experienced member of the tribe can handle four or five of them. The key is that every time these alien spiders appear, they are in a group, at least a dozen of them."

"So, once the elderly, the weak, the women and the children in the tribe go out and encounter them, they will definitely be killed. Even the young and strong have to be careful when they encounter them." Aiyana introduced with a worried look on her face as she looked at the black mass of alien spiders rushing towards her.

At this time, Ryan saw that the so-called alien spider swarm and the Breton warriors had already started fighting.

As the axes slashed in arcs, black blood and chitinous shells splattered, and a large number of black-striped spiders in the front row were chopped down by the Breton warriors, but the spiders in the back continued to pour up.

At the same time, these spiders began to spit out spider webs that emitted a faint black glow, or spit out oily green venom.

"careful!"

This spider web was very special and extremely sticky. The Breton warriors who were accidentally caught in it were like being stuck by super glue. It was extremely difficult to get rid of it and their movement speed was greatly reduced.

The oily green venom was like sulfuric acid. Once contaminated, even with the strong physique of the Breton people, their skin would instantly become red, swollen, blistered and begin to fester.

"These spider webs and venom are the most troublesome." Aiyana said bitterly.

But she was not too worried. Sure enough, as the leading Brighton youth, Aiyana's brother Antaruka, turned red and grew bigger, the battle began to come to an end.

"Sure enough, he has the blood of giants. Although the concentration of the blood is only at a weak level, it can still determine the outcome of a small battle." Ryan saw the depth of Antaruka at a glance.

"Huh? This faint breath seems to be..."

Ryan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking thoughtful.

As a high-level wizard in the late Dawn period, Ryan's perception was extremely sharp. He had just noticed that after the death of those black-striped spiders, in addition to the smelly blood and internal organs, there was also a faint and familiar smell.

The breath was extremely weak and Ryan didn't notice it at first, but as more and more alien spiders died, he noticed it.

"It seems to be almost the same as the aura that erupted from Staven at the last moment."

After thinking for a moment, Ryan was sure of this.

"These alien spiders don't seem to be very powerful? Or are there other individuals with stronger strength?" Ryan asked again.

"Yes, sir, the strength of these alien spiders varies, and some individuals are very strong." The Breton elder just walked over and said.

"However, the most troublesome thing is that these alien spiders have a strong reproductive capacity. They will bring the corpses of their prey into deep holes dug underground and lay eggs on the corpses. It won't be long before more spiders are produced."

"There should also be a nest of alien spiders near here."

"Oh? Can you take me to see it?" Ryan thought for a moment and said.

"Of course," the old man agreed happily, and at the same time, he also wanted to see Ryan's strength.

"I'm going too! I'm going too! I've never seen an alien spider's nest before!" Aiyana said excitedly.

"younger sister!"

At this time, Antaruka, a young man from Brighton, whose body was stained with blood, walked over quickly with a battle axe in hand.

"Brother, with you and the elders here, I will be fine, right?" Ayana couldn't help but pull her brother's hand and shook it hard.

"Okay! But you have to stay with me and don't run around." The young man shook his head helplessly and said.

Ryan couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, as if he was thinking of his sister Mint.

At this moment, I saw a huge eagle in the sky, circling in the northwest sky for a while, as if indicating the direction.

"over there!"

Soon, Ryan, Elder Brighton, Antaruka and several others came to the edge of a yellow-brown land.

This place is about several hundred square meters. The original alpine meadow on the ground has long dried up and turned into yellow dead grass covering the ground. What is more eye-catching is the fist-sized holes that are densely packed like scars on the earth.

At the same time, groups of small gray spiders were crawling out of this hole from time to time, and then quickly entering from another hole, in an endless stream. "It really is related to Neyobrekan." Ryan thought to himself.

Here, the aura had obviously become slightly stronger, but it was almost undetectable to anyone below the Dawn Wizard level.

"But this is the sphere of influence of the Isolde School. Even if ordinary wizards of the school are not aware of the secrets behind the alien spider swarm, Stuart, the Dawn Wizard with the title of 'Rock Shield', should have heard the reports from his subordinates!"

"Then why did the other party allow the Tutkash School to do this?"

"Could it be?" Ryan narrowed his eyes, with a vague guess in his mind.

At this time, Elder Brighton said:
"Sir, although these caves are small, they are dug very deep. We have tried methods such as pouring boiling water on them, but they are not very effective. Only a high-level earth wizard can use earth magic to completely eliminate the alien spiders in this area."

Ryan nodded and said nothing, but he had already decided in his heart that since he had encountered it, he would take advantage of it to get rid of this nest.

After all, it couldn't be simpler for him.

He took a few steps forward again, bent down and gently placed his palms on the ground.

Seeing Ryan's move, several people including Elder Brighton looked at him curiously, as if they wanted to know what this strange wizard was going to do.

suddenly!

They saw that the ground, centered around the palm of the young human wizard, was emitting waves of dark silver that covered the entire area.

The next moment!
There were continuous "chi chi" sounds, and sharp dark silver metal spikes grew on the ground and in the cave, like a thorn forest!

"Fizz!"

From the densely packed cave entrances came the dying screams of alien spiders, but the sounds soon fell silent.

After doing all this, Ryan stood up slowly with a smile on his face, but found that everyone, including Elder Brighton, seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, with their mouths wide open and eyes wide open, staring at the scene in front of them for a long time without being able to come back to their senses.

"Are you a high-level wizard?" Elder Brighton couldn't help but ask.

Ryan looked at the vague outline of the city of Nilheim in the distance, and did not answer Elder Brighton's question. Instead, he smiled and said, "Everyone, I have something else to do, so we'll say goodbye now."

"Sir, what is your name?" Aiyana couldn't help but shout.

"Sister!" Antaruka quickly stopped her!
The strength of the young wizard in front of him was simply unfathomable, and the energy fluctuation just now was simply terrifying.

How could he not know that the other party had no ill intentions from the beginning? Otherwise, in the eyes of the other party, not only him, but even the entire caravan would be no different from the alien spider nest in front of them and could be destroyed with ease.

The next moment, Ryan disappeared from the spot.

"My name is Ryan!"

However, a voice came from afar.

"This"

The scene before them was even more unimaginable for the Brighton people. They had seen wizards before, and there were even high priests in their tribe who were comparable to wizards. But the problem was that they had never seen such a situation of disappearance out of thin air.

“What a miracle,” Elder Brighton murmured.

"Lord Ryan?" Aiyana tried hard to engrave that figure in her mind.

Since the current location was not far from the Isolder School, Ryan simply used the "Shadow Shuttle" and arrived outside the city of Nilheim.

"Hey, the defense is pretty tight."

Ryan could naturally judge that the entire city of Neilheim in front of him was shrouded in a super-large magic array, but this magic array seemed to have only a detection function.

After a little thought, Ryan flashed again. In an instant, he seemed to be squeezed into a bubble, and then his figure came to the roof of a house.

His action did not cause the super-large detection magic array to sound an alarm, as if his previous behavior was integration rather than invasion.

Ryan looked around the entire city. In addition to the densely packed two- or three-story stone flat-roofed houses, the tall palace in the center of the city and the magnificent Isodolite School were the most eye-catching.

In the evening, there were quite a few people around, but judging from their clothes, most of them were nomads or ethnic minorities like the Bretons.

“It actually occupies the most central location of a city.”

"It's a pity that he allowed the evil gods and secret sects to wreak havoc. He is unworthy of his position."

Ryan shook his head, and the next moment, he appeared in front of the Isolde School's headquarters.

"Huh? Why is there suddenly one more person?" Several guards rubbed their eyes, looked at each other, and said in disbelief.

"Who are you?" a guard asked cautiously.

"Please tell them that Ryan is here to visit." Ryan said calmly.

"Hold on."

Seeing Ryan's almost weird appearance, the guards did not dare to neglect it and immediately ran to a sentry box at the back and reported to a third-level wizard apprentice who seemed to be the person in charge of the guards:

"Sir, someone is visiting."

The third-level wizard apprentice was flipping through an ancient book. When he heard the guard's announcement, he casually looked up and saw Ryan, who looked very young. He thought to himself, "Another young man who wants to join the school?"

"What is he here for? Have you asked?" the third-level wizard apprentice said lazily.

"This... I forgot to ask. I'll go ask right away." The guard was so shocked by Ryan's strange appearance that he really forgot to ask.

"Forget it. This young wandering apprentice is most likely here to seek to join the school. Tell him that the selection time has passed and to come back next year." The third-level wizard apprentice said, waving his hand without even raising his head.

"This." The guard instinctively felt that the other party was not like that, but he indeed forgot to ask just now, and he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

"By the way, what's his name?" The third-level wizard apprentice asked casually as if on a whim.

"He said his name was Ryan!"

"What! Ryan?" The third-level wizard apprentice suddenly looked up and looked at Ryan!

He had just received a notice that if a Dawn Wizard named Ryan came to visit, he must report it immediately, but the superiors did not say that the other party was so young!

But at this time, Ryan was already quite impatient. He just mobilized his mental strength a little and said, "Sir Stuart, Ryan is here to visit!"

Suddenly, an invisible sound wave spread out towards the main hall of the Isolde School with Ryan as the center. Especially the last four words, the sound became louder and louder. When the sound wave reached the front of the main hall, it was like a tsunami sweeping across the hall, and like a bolt from the blue!

At this moment, in the meeting hall of the Isolde School.

Four crystallized wizards, including the deputy sect leader Malcolm, and the dawn wizard Stuart Abel, who was titled "Rock Shield" and was sitting at the head of the long wooden table, were discussing something.

"Master, do you really think that Ryan will come directly to the Cyrodiil Plateau?" asked an old wizard with gray hair.

"This is no longer a hypothesis. According to reliable information, Ryan left Munster half a day ago, and the airship was heading northwest at the time. In other words, the other party is very likely heading straight for the Cyrodiil Plateau and straight to our school." Malcolm explained.

"This young man is really too arrogant. He has just entered the level of Dawn Wizard, but he dares to offend like this!" Another old wizard with a mustache shook his head.

"Yes, the Isolder School has stood on the Cyrodiil Plateau for nearly a thousand years. How can such a young man shake it? I'm afraid that once he arrives at the school's residence and discovers the huge defensive magic formation, he will be scared and run away."

The old wizard, who was playing with an ochre-colored sphere, made a joking remark.

"Hahaha!"

Several people found this interesting and started laughing.

At this moment, suddenly, a thunder-like voice came into the meeting hall!

".Ryan is visiting!"

(End of this chapter)