The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 552: Hidden Artifact

"You're welcome." Elder Nesa bowed slightly, motioning for Ryan to continue.

"What I want to ask is, do you know anything about the evil demon?" Ryan looked around and asked slowly after making sure that there were no unreliable people around except Anna and others.

"Devil?" Elder Nesa's originally smiling and dignified face froze slightly, and her beautiful eyes revealed obvious surprise. After a pause, she restrained her emotions and said, "Your Majesty Ryan, could it be that you have encountered a demon?"

Elder Nesa's emotional fluctuations surprised Anna who was standing by.

You have to know that Elder Nesha is one of the most powerful elders of the elves and has experienced countless storms. At least, it is difficult for him to be moved by ordinary things.

"Yes." Ryan thought about it and did not choose to hide it, but nodded in agreement.

Then, before Elder Nesa could continue to ask, Ryan continued, "I met him in a ruins of the Federation. He was very difficult to deal with."

"So it's on the Federation side." Elder Nesa was visibly relieved. "No one has mentioned the matter of the evil demon for a long time. However, with the revival of the energy tide, it's not surprising that the evil demon appears again."

"I have seen relevant records in the classics of my clan. About ten thousand years ago, humans did not have a unified empire. Many kingdoms existed independently. There were more righteous churches than there are now. We experienced a fierce confrontation with evil gods and demons that lasted for decades."

"In the end, it seems that a certain artifact was used to seal the evil demon and the evil god. It seems that the use of that artifact caused the energy tide to fall into a trough."

"Some of our tribe's classics record the prophecies of many sages at the time. The general idea is that in the future, as the energy tide reappears, the gods will revive and the evil demons will reappear."

"Artifact? Prophecy?" Ryan was obviously stunned.

What he intended to understand was actually the relationship between the evil god and the demon, but unexpectedly, he heard such a new situation.

"Yes, that's all I know." Elder Nesa nodded and said.

After thinking about it, Ryan decided not to dwell on the artifact or the prophecy. After all, what he had to figure out first was whether the relationship between the evil god and the evil demon was as hostile as shown in the mural.

"Elder Nesha, do you know the relationship between the evil god and the evil demon?" Ryan asked again.

"Well, perhaps there are more detailed records in the elves' classics. Perhaps, if Your Majesty Ryan is free, you can go to Ferdinand Forest." Elder Nesa shook her head and said.

Ryan nodded, and after a little thought, he decided to go there now. Of course, the main reason was that this matter had to be determined before exploring the floating city ruins again.

"Anna, how about I take you back to Ferdinand Forest? It's a good opportunity for me to look up some information."

"That's great, Ryan." Anna's beautiful eyes lit up when she heard the news, and she immediately tightened her grip on Ryan's little hand.

Since they had decided to go, the group soon arrived at the station square. At this time, Anna seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly pulled Ryan's sleeve, saying mysteriously: "Ryan, I can fly now."

"flight?"

"Ok!"

Anna nodded heavily, then let go of Ryan's tender little hand and took two light steps. The next moment, Anna disappeared from the spot, and an eagle with a wingspan of several meters suddenly appeared.

Then, the eagle blinked at Ryan with its sharp and familiar eyes, flapped its wings, and soared into the sky.

"Druid Transfiguration, transform into an eagle?" Ryan couldn't help but look at the eagle circling above his head in surprise and said.

Ryan had seen the same transformation into an eagle a long time ago from Anna's aunt, Ms. Delanna. Unexpectedly, Anna had mastered it now.

It is said that this transformation is quite difficult to learn and difficult to master.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Anna is very diligent in her studies. Coupled with her talent, she has made rapid progress. If we classify her according to the level of human wizards, she is already a wizard in the late stage of second-level liquefaction."

Elder Nesa on the side looked kindly at Anna in the sky, then turned her head to explain to Ryan.

Ryan nodded in agreement, Anna had indeed made great progress.

Although the strength division of elven druids is not as detailed as that of wizards, but basically, every additional transformation ability mastered means a significant increase in strength.

Generally speaking, those who can master three or more transformations and corresponding combat skills, supplemented by multiple natural witchcrafts, can be recognized as high-level druids, and later, they can be considered archdruids.

Soon, the eagle in the sky swooped down, came to a few meters in front of Ryan, and quickly transformed into a pretty and beautiful elf girl.

"That's amazing! Anna, I didn't expect you to have mastered the transformation into an eagle. I remember the last time I saw you was on Ms. Delanna." Ryan walked up to the girl, took her hand, and praised her with a smile.

"Well, although I'm still not as good as you, I will try my best." Hearing Ryan's praise, Anna felt as happy as if she had eaten honey, and smiled shyly.

"By the way, where is Ms. De Lana?" Ryan suddenly remembered and asked.

Logically, Delanna should have been with her sister, Darien Hawkmoon, but Ryan did not see her.

"Aunt Delanna is in charge of the rest of the people's return. She said that she will come to thank you in person later." Anna whispered.

"I see. Tell Ms. Delanna for me. She is so polite. This is what I should do."

"Well, Ryan, I heard from Ms. Olena that you have contracted a dragon?" Anna asked curiously.

Olena had told her about this incident on the airship, but she looked left and right and could not see the dragon.

"Yes, look, it's right there." Ryan smiled slightly and looked up to indicate.

Anna followed Ryan's gaze and saw a dark cloud quickly appear in the distant sky and approach this side rapidly.

As the 'Wings of Madness' Metes approached, the beautiful eyes of Anna, Lady Dareen, and Elder Nesha began to widen slightly, and Anna even opened her mouth slightly in shock.

"Hiss~ It's so big!" Anna stared at the huge body of Metes as it landed with her beautiful eyes, and said in disbelief, "Leileon, why is your dragon so big?"

"Your Majesty Ryan, if I'm not mistaken, your dragon companion seems to be a black dragon at the level of an extremely old dragon?" Elder Nesha came back to her senses and answered Anna's question on behalf of Ryan.

"Elder Nesha, you have a keen eye, indeed." Ryan nodded with a smile.

"Anna, there is no need for you to transform into an eagle to travel this time. Come, my lady." Ryan smiled and gave Anna a gentleman's salute, then took Anna's fair little hand.

“Ah, Coco, I heard that some dragons will refuse to ride anyone other than the dragon rider himself, even the dragon rider’s relatives.” Anna seemed a little at a loss. She covered her mouth with her other hand and said with half surprise and half hesitation.

"Well, that's the dragon of other dragon riders, but not Metes." Ryan patted the back of Anna's hand and said.

Just kidding, his relationship with Metes was governed by a system contract, so naturally this problem does not exist.

Sure enough, as Ryan finished his words, the giant dragon like a black hill slowly lowered its majestic body, as if to make it easier for Anna to get on its back, which made Anna even more surprised.

Elder Nesa was even more shocked to see that the black dragon, which was at the very old dragon level, actually listened to Ryan so much.

This was not the first or second time she had dealt with the dragon knights of the Dragun Empire. Even for dragon knights who had been contracted for many years, their dragon partners might not be as obedient as the black dragon in front of her.

What's more, the strength of the black dragon in front of him is extremely powerful.

Soon, the black dragon Metes carried Ryan and Anna and soared into the sky.

Elder Nesha and Anna's mother, Darien Hawkmoon, looked at each other and laughed. "Although His Majesty Ryan is powerful, he is still just a big boy with a kind heart."

"Look how happy they are together."

"Now you can rest assured, Darien." Elder Nesa said to Darien Yingyue beside her. As the other's former teacher, she naturally understood her own disciple.

"Well, I feel relieved. His Majesty Ryan is a good person and treats Anna very well." Darien nodded.

In addition to expressing her gratitude to Ryan, another main purpose of her trip was to see what Ryan and Anna were like together.

Although Ryan saved her, if he could not bring happiness to Anna, she would not agree to them being together because she had quite painful experiences and memories.

But now that she had seen with her own eyes the state of the two together, Darien knew that this was a kind of love and joy that came from the bottom of their hearts, and this expression was hard to fake.

Even if it was a lie, it would be almost impossible to deceive her and her teacher, Elder Nesa.

Next, the two, accompanied by Olena, boarded the Sword Bearer airship and headed towards Ferdinand Forest.

With his dragon companion Metes, it only took Ryan more than three hours to travel from the Cyrodiil Plateau to the Ferdinand Forest.

Although Ryan's arrival was a bit abrupt, he was still warmly welcomed by the elves' high-level leaders headed by Great Elder Auburn.

After declining the lengthy and warm welcome ceremony and explaining his purpose, Ryan was soon invited to the elves' library.

Even in the library of the elves, there are not many ancient books with records of evil spirits. After all, what happened happened a long time ago. Apart from the books that only mention a few words, there are only four or five books with larger paragraphs.

It only took Ryan a few hours to finish reading the book and gain a deeper understanding of the evil spirits.

Basically, he could confirm two points.

First, in the Middle Ages, multiple races led by the righteous gods fought brutal and long-lasting wars with evil gods, giant beasts and demons.

Although they won in the end, they suffered heavy casualties, including the surviving elves, who migrated to the Ferdinand Forest from that time on.

Almost all of humanity's gods have perished, and one of the surviving gods is the goddess of monsoon and ocean, and it is this goddess who controls the unknown artifact.

Secondly, the relationship between the evil demons and the evil gods is indeed as recorded in the murals. They are not in the same group and there are conflicts between them.

The second point is exactly what Ryan focused on this time.

"It seems that my plan to get promoted in the ruins of the floating city has a better chance of success." Ryan's mind moved slightly when he saw this.

"As for that artifact, it is not something I should consider now. Perhaps, after I become a demigod, I can search for relevant clues."

After getting the information he wanted, Ryan, in a good mood, naturally made good use of his limited time to spend more time with Anna.

However, when Ryan saw Anna skillfully transforming into an eagle and a giant bear in a corner of the garden, he suddenly thought of something and smiled.

It didn't take long.

Ryan came to Anna with a complete set of leather goods called 'Eagle Feathers'.

This is completely different from the previous Thornwood Vest and Moonlight Vest. It is a wizard-level leather armor with special effects.

It is divided into three pieces: shoulder armor, chest armor and leg armor. The main raw materials required are two wind-breaking owl feathers, one eagle feather and eight mature furs.

The high-standing wind-breaking owl feathers on its shoulder armor are its distinctive feature. Their function is to enhance the effect of transformation into an eagle, including a certain degree of enhancement in size and endurance.

Therefore, it is only suitable for high-level druids who have mastered the eagle transformation. For ordinary druids, it will be a burden.

If Ryan had not changed his job to Elf Leatherworking, he might not be able to make it even if he wanted to. And if Ryan did not have the core skill "Elemental Leatherworking", the effect of the "Eagle Feather" he made might not be so good.

Of course, the three-piece set of 'Eagle Feathers' is naturally the most suitable for Anna at the moment.

"Wow! Ryan, this is the 'Eagle Feather' suit, it's so beautiful, is it for me?" Anna was pleasantly surprised.

Although Anna's current status in the elves makes it easy for her to get the 'Eagle Feathers' if she wants them even if Ryan doesn't make them for her, the girl naturally wants to wear the one made by her lover.

However, Anna also knew that with Ryan's current status, he was very busy, so she naturally never thought of making this small request.

So, when Anna saw the unexpected surprise, she was naturally moved.

"Of course, if you like it, try it on."

"Yes!" Anna nodded heavily.

A few minutes later, Anna, wearing the 'Eagle Feather' suit and with a unique druid temperament, walked up to Ryan.

"very beautiful"

Before he finished speaking, Ryan felt a warm sensation blocking his mouth, and in his arms, there was an elf girl with a blushing face but rarely taking the initiative.
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At this time, the Sword Bearer's high-speed airship where Olena was located had just arrived at Ferdinand Forest.

"Wait, Darien, don't go looking for Anna yet." Darien, who had just got off the airship and was about to go to the garden to find Anna, was stopped by Elder Naiser standing beside her.

"Huh? Why?" Darien looked confused.

"Young people are doing something they like, so we should not disturb them." Elder Naiser said with a smile.

Darien Yingyue was stunned at first, then she understood something, her face turned red, and she said, "This is in the garden."

Early the next morning.

Ryan and Anna said goodbye to each other reluctantly, stepped onto the back of the black dragon Metes, and flew towards the northern sky.

At this moment, Ryan seemed to have thought of something, and took out the secret letter from the palace that Olena had given him and began to read it.

This is a map of the province of Caswith. In the lower middle part, there is a red dot symbol, which is the possible location of the steel dragon that Menia told him.

"Huh? This location is not far from the Beverly Mountains."

Ryan just thought of the Queen of the Wind Peng - Trist, the 'Lightning Walker', who had suffered a great loss at the hands of the other party. If it had not been for the help of the Imperial Guardian Walkermas, he would have been in great trouble.

"However, my strength is enough now, but the opponent is known as the 'Lightning Walker' and is extremely fast. Even if he can't beat me, escaping will definitely be no problem."

"Moreover, according to intelligence, the other party is currently very honest and has not taken any action while His Majesty Vockmas is away."

"Half a year has passed. One month won't make a difference. I'll be promoted to a full moon wizard." Ryan thought for a moment, then smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"Now, let's go to where the Steel Dragon is first."

(End of this chapter)