The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

"Colonel Stanley, is Admiral Edward here? I have something important to report." As he spoke, Colin planned to knock on the door.

"etc!"

"Colin, you are in your forties, why are you still so unstable?" Colonel Stanley looked up at Colin, who was sweating on his forehead, and said calmly.

As Admiral Edward's secretary, the Admiral didn't take a break, so it was naturally impossible for him to go back and take a rest early.

This is the disadvantage of being a top secretary. Normally, it would be more difficult. Of course, normally, efforts will be rewarded. Being Admiral Edward's secretary can be regarded as a fast track to promotion.

"Colonel Stanley, this... I have received Olena's urgent and confidential information. According to regulations, I need to notify Admiral Edward as soon as possible."

Colin put down his hands in a dignified manner.

As the Undersecretary of Affairs of the Intelligence Hall, he is nearly two levels behind Colonel Stanley in terms of position. When he speaks, he is naturally more reserved.

"Admiral Edward has an important guest here. What's the matter?" Stanley said Ming, not wanting to embarrass Colin.

Because Archbishop Gomes happened to come over in the evening. As the person in charge of the Goddess Church of Münster Province, there must be more important things to discuss between him and Admiral Edward.

If it's not a very urgent matter, it's the same thing to wait until the archbishop has left before reporting.

Colin then thought about it. According to regulations, Stanley, as Admiral Edward's secretary, naturally had access to confidential information due to his authority.

"Colonel Stanley, take a look at this content for yourself." Colin didn't know how to evaluate this content for a while.

So, he handed the original document that Olena sent to Stanley.

Stanley glanced at Colin suspiciously, not knowing what Colin was selling. He immediately opened the letter and read every line.

"What!"

Stanley exclaimed!

After just a few seconds, his eyes widened and he looked at the letter in his hand with an expression of disbelief.

"this"

Stanley looked at the letter and then at Colin, as if seeking confirmation.

Originally he wanted to say, how is this possible?

But the problem is, the letter makes it very clear that the ancient hero Monger of the Black Flame Cult was recognized as an epic powerhouse, not by Olena, but by the Imperial Dragon Knight, known as the 'Red Queen' 'His Royal Highness Megna personally recognized it.

As one of the guardians of the empire, would His Highness Menia make a mistake in judgment?

This possibility is almost non-existent.

Then there is only one truth, and this matter is most likely true.

"Although I couldn't believe it when I received the information, I believe in His Highness Menia's determination, and I also believe that Your Excellency Olena will not report this matter to Admiral Edward under uncertain circumstances."

Colin saw Colonel Stanley's expression of shock and confusion, but he couldn't help but believe it. He smiled and thought to himself: 'Well, you are in your forties, and you are not stable either. ’

After hearing this, Stanley nodded, looking thoughtful.

After thinking about it, Stanley felt that it would be better to let Admiral Edward know about this matter immediately.

After all, it involves the news about His Highness the Dragon Knight Menia. Presumably, Admiral Edward will not blame him for this matter.

At this time, in Admiral Edward's office.

Archbishop Gomes and Admiral Edward were sitting opposite each other, talking seriously.

"Old friend, according to the news you conveyed last time, our operatives in Wales County have directly uprooted the Black Flame cult in Wales County in the past two days. After some torture, we have obtained a lot of useful information. ”

"One of the pieces of news that you will definitely be interested in is the reason or purpose of the Black Flame Cult being so active in Meister County this time."

At this point, Gomes paused.

"Old friend, I think you may want to apply for the Empire Guardian to take action." Archbishop Gomes said with a solemn expression.

"Huh? Is the matter so serious? Do you need the Empire Guardian to take action to solve it?" Edward's face condensed and he said.

"I think so. Because the ultimate goal of the Black Flame Cult is to resurrect an ancient cult leader. Although the specific identity is unclear, the location should be somewhere underground in Meist County."

"A strong man from ancient cults?" Admiral Edward looked confused.

"After such a long time, even if you can still be resurrected, the weakening of the soul's origin is inevitable, right? How strong can it be?"

"Yes, but no matter how weakened it is, it will at least have the strength of a legendary level. Otherwise, there is no need for the Black Flame Cult to go to war in such a big way." Gomes explained.

"Legend? That is indeed a big trouble," Admiral Edward said with a serious look on his face.

"Dong dong dong!"

At this time, a knock on the door suddenly sounded at an inappropriate time.

This made Admiral Edward frown and said slightly displeased: "Come in!"

I saw Colonel Stanley step forward respectfully and said: "My lords, please forgive me for interrupting. This is an urgent and confidential letter sent from Meist by the Undersecretary of the Mission Hall, Olena."

"My lord, I think you need to take a look at it immediately."

Admiral Edward glanced at his secretary Stanley. He knew that the other party was always steady. This time he came to disturb him even though he knew that there was an important guest like Archbishop Gomes in his room. There must be a reason.

So, he nodded and said, "Okay, let me take a look."

Hearing the news from Meist, Archbishop Gomez's attention was also attracted.

After all, the issue he just talked about was about the Black Flame Cult in Mayist.

Admiral Edward took the letter and opened it. He was suddenly startled and couldn't hide the shock on his face!

This made Archbishop Gomes look worried. His old friend rarely acted like this.

"Is it possible that I said it too late?"

"The Black Flame Cult has found and resurrected the ancient powerful man?" Archbishop Gomes asked in his heart.

The next second, I heard Admiral Edward lose his voice: "Epic strong man?"

"this"

Even though Admiral Edward has experienced many storms, this is the first time he heard that a sword-wielder under his command killed an epic hero.

You know, he has been the head of the Munster Sword Bearer Branch for eight full years!

During his term of office, it was very rare to kill an enemy legendary strongman, not necessarily once a year.

Most of them are still at the quasi-legendary level.

But this time, information about killing an epic powerhouse came out. No wonder he lost his composure.

"Your Excellency Edward, is it possible that you have received accurate information that the Black Flame Cult will resurrect an epic strongman this time?" Archbishop Gomes couldn't hold back, interrupted the shocked Admiral Edward, and asked .

"Archbishop Gomes, you'd better read it yourself." After thinking about it, Edward handed the letter in his hand to Gomes.

His mind was a little confused all of a sudden, and he didn't know how to explain this matter clearly to Gomes. The best way was to let the other party see for himself.

Although it is confidential information from the Sword Bearer branch, because it involves a cult organization, the Sword Bearer usually exchanges intelligence information with the Goddess Church.

In addition, as the head of the Munster Sword Bearers branch, Edward naturally has the right to make his own judgment on whether to share relevant information with the church.

At this moment, Edward was thinking about a person's name - 'Ren'.

Of course he was impressed by this newly promoted young man, and he was deeply impressed from the moment the opponent defeated the Obsidian Giant with one blow.

In addition, the remains of the golem guard two days ago surprised him again.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party actually did another big thing in just a few days, and it was almost an earth-shattering thing - 'Killing an epic strongman'!

Although a suffix must be added-'the strength is greatly reduced'.

But no matter how you add the prefix, it’s still epic!

"What? Already killed?" Archbishop Gomes's eyes, which had been half-closed, suddenly widened as he stared at the letter with shock on his face.

"Yes, and it was personally confirmed by His Highness Menia, one of the guardians of the empire. I think the result should be correct." Edward understood the shock of his old friend and nodded.

He also didn't expect that when the two of them were discussing how to deal with this problem, unexpectedly, the problem was already solved.

"Old friend, I want to ask you a favor." Edward said.

"This is the sword-wielder Renn who killed the ancient cult hero Monger. The person mentioned in the letter also saw it. He has been hit by some kind of mark. I want you to find a way to help remove it."

"I'm not shirking this. I've never encountered the will mark of an epic strongman, so there's no guarantee of success." Archbishop Gomes thought for a while, but did not agree.

"However, this young man, Renn, should be your favorite general. I will definitely do my best in this matter."

"Besides, I also want to meet this young man. The letter didn't say how he killed a powerful cult epic man. I'm really curious about this."

"Haha, old friend, I have the same question. I think we will know in two days." Hearing Gomez's doubts, Admiral Edward couldn't help laughing.

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at the same time.

Meist County City, the training room on the first floor of Earl Habsburg's mansion.

At this moment, Ren is controlling the innate witchcraft "Metal Transformation" to constantly change the hardened fine gold in his hands, sometimes transforming into a two-handed sword, sometimes transforming into a two-handed war hammer.

The main purpose is naturally to test the differences from before.

He remembers Renn very clearly.

When he was still an 'intermediate steel body', it would take him about 0.3 seconds to transform about fifty kilograms of hardened fine gold into a pseudo-pig hammer.

But now, he has just tested it nearly ten times, and the average time is about 0.18 seconds, which is about 40% shorter.

This improvement is not small!

Obviously, after the 'Intermediate Steel Body' was upgraded to the 'Advanced Steel Body', his affinity with metal elements also increased a lot.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have such a good effect.

Don’t underestimate the improvement in such a small amount of time.

From another perspective, in the same time as before, Renne can deform more metal for offense and defense.

For example, instead of transforming into a three-sided kite-shaped shield, Ren can now transform into a four-sided kite-shaped shield for defense. This is an immediate improvement in defense.

It used to take the time to transform into a two-meter-long sword, but now it can transform into a three-meter-long sword.

Although it is not 40 meters long, it can still have an unexpected effect in battle.

"The most important thing is that the improvement of affinity with metal elements not only drives the power of innate witchcraft, but all metal witchcraft."

With the low sound of the spell, Ryan cast a "sharp spell" on the two-handed sword that had just transformed.

The light silver light was also more intense than before.

This also means that the effect of "sharp spell" is better!

"It seems that the next step is to find more metal witchcraft." Ryan thought to himself.

At this time, Ryan suddenly looked up and looked at the door of the training room.

I saw a familiar graceful figure in Ryan's eyes.

It was Claire.

"As expected, you are the one who killed the epic strongman, Ryan, your perception is really sharp, you found it as soon as I came in." Claire smiled and teased.

But Ryan could sense that there was a hint of fatigue on the other party's beautiful face.

"Miss Claire, are you done?"

"Yes, it's over for now. I just finished the aftermath of the injured and fallen guards. I also arranged for people to fill up the two tunnel entrances in the garden overnight."

"I also coordinated with the Griffin Squadron in the fishing port town. I hope they can increase the frequency of air patrols." Claire simply talked about what she had just handled.

Ryan nodded frequently.

Claire usually has to deal with a lot of trivial matters, especially after this battle, she is even busier.

Because Count Habsburg, the highest governor of Mayest, was seriously injured, Claire not only had to manage family affairs, but also had to take on the management of the entire Mayest County government.

Fortunately, Claire had been trained in government affairs since she was a child, so she was not too busy when she took over.

"Ryan, you just experienced such a fierce battle today, don't you want to take a break? No wonder, Ryan, you can make such great progress in such a short time."

"Talent is a prerequisite, but your diligence is also beyond the reach of most people." Claire couldn't help but sigh.

Although she still had many doubts in her heart, such as the witchcraft that Ryan cast to absorb the soul, such as the witchcraft that Ryan cast to absorb the vitality of his war pets to recover from injuries.

Where did Ryan learn all these?

It doesn't look like the witchcraft that can be learned from the sword holder.

Maybe there is another adventure.

"Uh, this, thank you, Miss Claire, but I am not as diligent as you think." Ryan smiled.

"By the way, Ryan, just call me Claire from now on."

"And the mark on your body that His Highness Menia mentioned, do you feel uncomfortable?" Claire walked closer, glanced at Ryan with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said apologetically.

"Don't worry, Claire. After returning to Munster, I will go to the Monsoon and Goddess Church. I think it should be no problem."

"Well, Ryan, because of your bravery, the Habsburg family survived. If it weren't for you, this time, not only my father, but I am afraid that I will also be in trouble."

"This is an excellent level of breathing method. It is also the only excellent level breathing method collected besides the Habsburg family bloodline breathing method, the 'Fire Iguana Breathing Method'."

"I'm not asking you to change your breathing method. The price is too high and it is very risky. I want you to take a look. Maybe with your outstanding knight talent, you will be inspired."

"If I had known that you had such a strong talent, I shouldn't have taught you the Giant Bear Breathing Method at that time. This is really a waste of your knight talent. I don't want the breathing method to become your shortcoming in entering the legend."

As Claire said, she took out a light yellow parchment scroll from her arms and handed it to Ryan.

"This. Okay, thank you." Ryan thought about it and took the parchment scroll with the 'Fire Iguana Breathing Method'.

Ryan is no longer a rookie, so he naturally knows that there are many problems involved in changing the breathing method.

The biggest problem is that the body is already familiar with the original breathing method, and has taken the corresponding advanced potion to enter the extraordinary. At this time, changing again will involve adaptability issues.

Those who are lucky, or whose bodies can withstand such changes, can have a chance to start over after wasting a few years, but more often fail and their strength is greatly reduced.

However, for the excellent level of breathing methods, he had previously thought about looking for them in the Sword Bearer Branch for reference, but later he was delayed because of the exchange of witchcraft.

Unexpectedly, this time Claire prepared a copy for him.

In addition, when Ryan was still a child servant, Claire was very grateful that she could teach him the Giant Bear Breathing Method.

Moreover, it was relying on the Giant Bear Breathing Method that Ryan awakened two extraordinary characteristics, "Giant Strength" and "Iron Skin", with the help of the Iron Mane Bear King's "Giant Bear Palm" advanced potion.

It is also the predecessor of the current talents "Intermediate Giant Strength" and "Advanced Steel Body".

"Ryan, the moon is so beautiful tonight." At this time, Claire walked to the window of the training room and looked up at the night sky.

"It is indeed beautiful." Ryan suddenly realized that he had never looked at the moon carefully in this world for so long.

The moon in this world is bigger than that in the previous life, but it seems that due to the distance, there are no spots on the stars, so the moon is brighter.

Neither of them said much, but looked at the night sky quietly.

The next morning, the dawn was slightly broken.

Through the window, Ryan could see that the garden, which was full of potholes after the battle yesterday, had been leveled. Although flowers and shrubs had not yet been planted, the row of trees in the corner of the garden was still lush and green.

It should have rained a little in the second half of last night. At this moment, the leaves were still wet, and there were still water drops on the tips of the leaves. Under the morning light, they reflected a faint golden haze.

Ryan thought about it and came to the training room again. He wanted to test the effect of the advanced steel body last night.

But this idea was interrupted by Claire's sudden appearance.

As for the fire iguana breathing method, he planned to study it carefully later.

So, Ryan didn't eat breakfast and came to the training room alone.

With the metal transformation, the hardened fine gold in his hand quickly turned into a two-handed sword. At the same time, four-cornered darts appeared on the surface of the wide sword.

"Blade Storm!"

Instantly, Ryan held the two-handed sword and spun like a gyroscope. As the powerful whirlwind swept around, the four-cornered darts also spun at high speed, accompanied by strong airflow, impacting all directions!

"Ding! Ding! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

If you listen carefully, you can find that the metal collision sound this time is much denser than when Ryan used the blade storm before.

The reason is that Ryan could only generate seventy or eighty four-cornered darts in a short period of time before. If you want more, you have to spend more time, which will cause obvious pauses in your moves.

This is quite fatal in battle.

And now, with the improvement of Ryan's affinity for metal elements, in the same period of time, the number of his four-cornered darts has reached about 120, stacked on the two-handed sword.

When the dust cleared, Ryan went forward to check.

Sure enough, this time, he found that there were twelve or thirteen four-cornered darts on the iron and wooden dummies in the range of about thirty meters, and as few as six or seven four-cornered darts.

From this perspective, his advanced secret, ‘Blade Storm·Modified’, is also the beneficiary of this ‘Advanced Steel Body’ talent.

The power has increased by about 20% to 30%.

“It’s just that it consumes more hardened gold!”

“It seems that it can be used at most three times. For the fourth time, hardened gold may not be enough.” Ryan suddenly thought of a problem, and his face was a little ugly.

After thinking about it, Ryan didn’t think of any particularly good way to make up for this shortcoming.

“However, in a battle, it is probably difficult to encounter such a situation where you have to use ‘Blade Storm’ three times in a row, right?”

In addition, for the talent ‘Advanced Steel Body’, its main purpose is naturally defense.

Ryan instantly transformed into a dagger and used 50% of his strength to scratch his arm. In an instant, there seemed to be a faint silver-gray halo on the surface of the skin, and there was not even a white mark left.

This immediately made Ryan happy.

"This level of defense strength seems to be much stronger than the original intermediate steel body."

Next, Ryan kept increasing the strength of each slash of the dagger.

In the end, even when it was increased to 100%, it only left a white scratch on the skin, and it still didn't break.

This surprised and delighted Ryan.

After thinking about it, Ryan began to apply the "sharpness technique" to the dagger, and gradually increased the strength of the slashing dagger again.

This time, the hardened fine gold dagger only slightly scratched the skin under the blessing of the "sharpness technique" and 70% of the strength.

"It seems that if measured by 'degrees', the defense of my 'high-grade steel body' is about 15 to 20 degrees. The specifics will be known after returning to the Sword Bearer Division for testing."

"However, generally speaking, even if an ordinary great knight activates the limit-breaking function, it is probably difficult to hurt me."

"I just don't know if the defense will change when facing a witchcraft attack?"

"If I face an energy attack and have the current strength of defense, then I can basically ignore the entry-level attacks such as witchcraft."

Thinking of this, Ryan's eyes lit up!

After testing the impact of the talent 'high-grade steel body' on his own combat effectiveness, Ryan returned to his room.

After a short rest, he opened the parchment scroll that Claire gave him last night, which recorded the 'Fire Iguana Breathing Method'.