The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Renn quickly found the skill icon of Iron Heart on the Warhammer Wizard (Legendary) career panel and checked the change in expression.

I saw the new expression as follows:

Iron Heart advanced meditation method lv4 (1/1000), with special effect 'Metal Control lv2'.

[Metal Control Level 2 (Passive) Effect: Your ability to control metal energy particles has been slightly improved. 】

"Does the first level correspond to lv1~lv3?"

"In this case, the second level should correspond to lv4~lv6."

"Then there is the level 2 metal control. The system description has changed from 'a little improvement' to a 'small improvement'."

Although Ren didn't know how long it would take other second-level liquefaction wizards in the school to learn the second level of the Iron Heart advanced meditation method at the fastest, but it was impossible to learn it in a few hours.

"It's a pity that this kind of happiness cannot be shared with others." Renn shook his head and sighed.

Overjoyed, Ren quickly focused his attention on the thickened base in the spiritual sea.

"It has become thicker. It is precisely because of this that the power of metal witchcraft has been further enhanced."

"I can try witchcraft later and compare the power increase."

At the same time, Ren also discovered that around the sea of ​​consciousness crystal, the volume of the silver liquid after the mental power was liquefied seemed to be slightly larger, but the volume of the silver mist seemed to be smaller.

Looking at the system panel, Renn couldn't help but be slightly startled.

I saw that the mental power value on the attribute panel was actually the same as when I practiced the first level last time, but it had dropped.

What is clearly displayed is: "Spirit: 88 (liquefied 32%)"

You know, before he added some points, his mental power was 90 points. He added another 3 points. It should be 93 points, but now it is only 88 points, a full 5 points less.

However, the liquefaction progress increased by 2%, from 30% to 32%.

"It should still be the advanced meditation method that further refines mental power and eliminates impurities."

With the last experience, Renn was not too surprised this time.

After thinking about it, Renn invested 2 skill points in a row on the lv4 Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

As the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Technique stepped from level 4 to level 6, in an instant, a wave of training memories about the second level of Iron Heart poured into Ren's mind.

In an instant, Ren seemed to be in a mysterious space, undergoing decades of second-level penance in the meditation method.

A few minutes later, when Ren was sketching the second-level meditation model again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the visualization process was much smoother than before, nearly three times faster!

After thinking for a moment, although he knew that he had reached the upper limit, he still wanted to try it out of excitement.

Sure enough, the system prompt suddenly appeared:

[Failed to add points! The current limit for the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation method has been reached. 】

However, this was expected. Renn was not depressed at all. After thinking about it, he decided to report to the Sword Bearer Headquarters early tomorrow morning.

There are two reasons. First, the one-month deadline is not far away.

Ren didn't think it was appropriate to postpone it until the last day or two.

Second, considering the exchange hall at the Sword Bearer Headquarters, there should be a lot of witchcraft and items available for exchange.

For example, rare metal witchcraft.

Maybe it can also be exchanged for soul energy crystals.

The reward he received for killing the three giants of the Poseidon Cult in Howling Fjord last time has not yet been redeemed. If the investigation report on the projection of the Goddess of the Underworld is also taken into account, he should be able to get a pretty hefty reward.

In other words, his number of mission evaluation medals and merit points should be enough to exchange for one or even several metal-based witchcrafts.

In contrast, if the school wanted to exchange for witchcraft, he would have to accumulate a lot of contribution points.

This cannot be done in a short time.

Because unlike the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the exchange prices for witchcraft, especially second-level witchcraft, at the school all start at a few thousand contribution points.

If he wanted to earn enough contribution points just by making puppet parts, it would not be enough to take over all the metal work and let Ren do it alone.

There is a high probability that he will have to go on an overseas combat or garrison mission to have a chance to accumulate enough contribution points.

The next morning.

Renn rode the Bavarian family's luxurious carriage and soon arrived at the sword-wielding headquarters.

As soon as Ren got off the carriage, he was attracted by the majestic momentum of the main entrance of the headquarters.

In the center of the main entrance, there is an oval fountain, and there stands a tall bronze statue of a man with a height of more than ten meters, holding a sword in both hands. The other person has a resolute face, looking into the distance, lifelike.

Behind it was an extremely spacious door. Standing at the door were eight guards armed with swords and shields, all in plate armor.

As for Ren's perception and clear feedback, these guards have the strength of third-level knight attendants.

The only way to reach the transcendent realm is the lack of an opportunity, a chance to obtain the magic potion.

There is no house number and no written description.

"interesting."

Ren nodded slightly and walked towards the door.

"Your Excellency, this is the headquarters of the Imperial Sword Bearers." A guard came forward and said, his words were quite polite, because he could also see that Renn got off the luxury carriage.

Although he was not familiar with the Bavarian family emblem of the Python Shield, it seemed to be the family emblem of a certain Duke.

"Well, this is my official letter. I'm here to report." Ryan simply showed the transfer letter.

The captain of the guards didn't care much at first. After all, basically every one or two days, there would be a magic iron-level sword holder from the provincial branch below to report to the Sword Holder Headquarters.

However, this time was different.

He just took a quick glance and saw the words "Made-Gold-Level Sword Holder" written on it, which made the captain of the guard tremble in his heart.

The captain of the guards' expression changed all of a sudden, and he stood at attention and saluted Ryan.

"Lord Ryan!"

Ryan waved his hand and said, "Where should I go to report?"

"Gavin! Accompany Lord Ryan immediately to the reception desk of the administrative building to report." The captain of the guards shouted, and soon, a capable guard ran over quickly.

"As you command, Captain. Lord Ryan, this way."

"Thank you!"

However, what Ryan didn't notice was that among the eight guards at the door, one of them had a flash of light in his eyes when he heard Ryan's name.

Half an hour later.

In the Sword Bearer Headquarters, in a Mithril-level Sword Bearer Suite.

"Master Greenwood, someone from our family just told me that the young man named Ryan has arrived at the headquarters."

"Huh? Finally here!" Greenwood's face lit up, he had been waiting for Ryan for many days.

"Let Mia, Nathan and Chandler come over immediately."

A quarter of an hour later.

A woman of about 26 or 27 years old, wearing a slim-fitting aristocratic hunting suit, with a hot body and bright red lipstick, and two noble men who looked elegant, walked into the room chatting.

During the non-mission period of the headquarters, most of the Sword Bearers were dressed casually.

The three were all people in Greenwood's circle. Among them, Chandler had the lowest family status, but he was also the second son of the Earl of the Imperial Capital.

It's not that Greenwood's social circle is so large.

Rather, these people are from the imperial aristocratic circle, and they happen to work in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, and they are considered to be the few people headed by him.

In the headquarters, there are of course noble heirs of higher levels than him, but they are not the kind that Greenwood can command, and he has to visit them and ask for help.

"That person is here."

"Oh? Is it the young adamantine sword bearer who injured you last time you mentioned?" Mia, the only female present, had bright eyes. She was quite interested in Ryan, who injured Greenwood.

"Is it the one called Ryan?" Nathan also asked.

"That's right."

"Then follow the plan. We will let him know that the imperial capital is not so easy to get along with." Chandler, who looks like a gentleman, shook the red Bordeaux liquid in his hand and said with a smile.

"Mia, you and Chandler, take the initiative to contact the other party first. If you can gain the other party's trust, it will be the best." Greenwood said.

"Hehe, no problem. The other party is now at the reception of the administrative building, right? Chandler, let's go and meet this Lord Ryan." Mia laughed.

Reception of the administrative building.

Due to Ryan's identity as a fine gold sword holder, the reception work was personally done by Director Anthony, a middle-aged man with a slicked back hair.

"Lord Ryan, due to your outstanding performance in the Marne Province, you cleared the Poseidon stronghold in the Howling Fjord and killed three legendary cult masters and quasi-legendary cult masters, and won a total of three Mithril Medals and 16,500 merit points."

"Hey, there's more." Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with his narrowed eyes suddenly widened.

On the wisdom slate in front of him, there was the word "top secret", and a long section of the content was invisible, only the final reward amount could be seen.

"And you provided some top-secret intelligence, and you will be rewarded with a fine gold medal and 10,000 merit points."

"So, Mr. Ryan, you will get a fine gold medal and three mithril medals this time, plus 26,500 merit points."

"I wonder if you have any objections to this?" Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with a smile.

Ryan raised his eyebrows and was delighted.

He had thought that the information about Hela, the goddess of the underworld, should be more important, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

It even exceeded the reward for him to eliminate the three giants of the Sea God Cult.

Sure enough, there is no trivial matter when it comes to gods.

"Of course not, thank you, Mr. Anthony." Ryan bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

At this time, a female staff member came quickly.

She was holding a tray, and on the tray, there was a golden round badge half the size of a palm.

Ryan picked up the fine gold badge in the tray and handed the diamond star badge to the female staff member.

On the heavy fine gold emblem, there is a lifelike image of a knight standing with a sword. With Ryan's understanding of metals, he naturally knows that the emblem is made of precious fine gold.

But compared with the honor and authority represented by this emblem, the fine gold itself is not worth mentioning.

"Do you need to arrange someone to accompany Mr. Ryan to familiarize yourself with the environment?" Anthony, the director of the reception office, said with a smile.

"No, I can walk around and take a look by myself." Ryan smiled and declined.

"Well, Mr. Ryan, you can come to me at the headquarters if you have any questions."

"Thank you, goodbye, Mr. Anthony."

A few minutes later, Ryan left the reception office.

He always felt that Anthony, the director of the reception desk, had a very fake smile, which gave him a bad feeling.

But maybe this is a common problem among imperial bureaucrats. Renn shook his head slightly and didn't care.

Soon, he followed the signs on the road and arrived at the exchange hall of the headquarters.

After all, Ren was looking forward to higher levels of witchcraft and soul energy crystals that might be exchanged.

After going through many turns along the long corridor, Ren came to the special items exchange hall of the headquarters, in front of a three-story building with a white marble facade.

The style of the building is similar to the Baroque architecture of Rennes' previous life.

It has round columns, obvious concavities and convexities on the wall, and is decorated with many patterns and reliefs, making it look grand and exquisite.

When Renn walked into the exchange hall, he found that the hall was designed with a vault and the ceiling was quite high, making it appear extremely spacious. The number of people traveling inside was more than four or five times greater than that of the Munster branch.

At this moment, there are many people queuing in front of each counter in the lobby. In addition, the black wisdom stone in front of the counter is larger and looks more upscale than the branch.

Not long after, it was Ren's turn.

A female staff member stood up and said with a smile: "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

"I would like to inquire about all the metal witchcraft in the headquarters." As he said this, Renn handed the other party his freshly made fine gold emblem.

"Okay, my lord."

"Ah, the adamantine emblem!" The female staff member whispered, obviously very surprised.

After being stunned for a moment, the female staff member quickly took it with respectful hands and put the fine gold emblem into the special groove.

"Sir, since you have the highest authority, you can view all redeemable items in the headquarters. Currently, regarding metal witchcraft, I have found a total of four items here. Sir, please look at the wisdom slate." The girl staff said.

After the girl finished speaking, the black slate in front of Ren was updated with dense white characters:

"Sharpness Technique: Zero-level witchcraft, which consumes a certain amount of mental power and uses a specific witchcraft model to induce surrounding metal energy particles to increase the sharpness of the designated metal weapon, which lasts for about one minute.

Exchange price”

"Metal Barrier: Level 1 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, drives a certain amount of metal pieces with a specific witchcraft model, floats within two meters around the caster, and blocks any attack intended to harm the caster.

Exchange price”

Because these two Rennes have long learned.

Renne naturally skipped quickly and focused on the last two.

"Metal Cage: Level 2 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to induce surrounding metal energy particles, and quickly forms a metal cage around a single target.

Exchange price: 2 Mithril medals plus 15,000 merit points.

Source: Harsh site. "

"Thorn Iron Ball: Level 3 witchcraft, consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to induce surrounding metal energy particles, forming a giant thorn iron ball, and crushes the target.

Exchange price: 3 fine gold medals plus 27,000 merit points.

Source: Olson Farthing. "

Seeing the above content, Renn's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although compared to other types of witchcraft, the number of metal type witchcraft is still pitiful even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, but there are both second-level and third-level witchcraft, which makes Lei quite satisfied.

Judging from the description, the second-level witchcraft 'Metal Cage' is actually a rare metal-controlling witchcraft.

Moreover, he was satisfied with the mission evaluation medals and merit points required for redemption.

In other words, he can redeem it at any time.

As for the third-level witchcraft 'Iron Ball of Thorns', he is not in a hurry. Not to mention that Renn currently does not have enough medals. Even if he gets it, he is only a second-level liquefaction wizard and cannot learn the third-level witchcraft.

So, Ren looked at the description of the second-level witchcraft 'Metal Cage' again and nodded slightly.

Even if this move will cause the enemy to break away, as long as it can be delayed for a moment, given Ren's speed, the situation of the battle is likely to be reversed.

"Help me exchange the metal cage."

"Okay, my lord."

"By the way, can souls be crystallized and redeemed?"

"Yes, Lord Ren, the exchange price for soul energy crystals is 1 Diamond Star Mission Evaluation Medal, plus 2,000 merit points."

Huh? Still need to evaluate the medal?

Sure enough it was expensive.

In this case, your Mithril Medal can be exchanged for 9 Diamond Star Medals, and with the remaining 2 Diamond Star Medals, you can exchange it for 11 Soul Energy Crystals at one time.

"Use the Mithril Medal to exchange for 11 soul energy crystals for me."

"Ah? Sir, are you sure you want to exchange the Mithril Medal for a lower-level medal?" the female staff member couldn't help but remind.

You must know that it is very difficult to obtain the Mithril Medal. Even in the Sword Bearer Headquarters, there are very few people who do this.

"Um."

"Okay, my lord."

Soon, Renn left the exchange hall with satisfaction, holding the parchment roll and a wooden box.

After five minutes, Mia and Chandler hurried to the exchange hall. Chandler stepped forward and had a heated chat with several female staff before returning and saying:

"They said the tall, unfamiliar young man had just left."

"So fast?" Mia was a little speechless. She and Chandler had just arrived from the reception desk of the administration building.

I didn't expect Ryan to be so efficient. He left in less than ten minutes.

"Let's go and look for him again!" Mia walked out of the hall angrily.

Half an hour later.

"I'm so angry! After Ryan left the reception desk, he went straight to the exchange hall, exchanged something, and left."

"Later, I asked the guard and he said he left the headquarters." Mia said angrily.

She also put on a delicate makeup and sprayed the expensive Royal No. 5 perfume.

This is a top-level perfume with a complex fragrance of rosemary, rose and jasmine. Mia usually doesn't want to use it.

Because for a wizard with strong mental power like Ryan, any witchcraft that confuses the mind is a taboo. Once it fails, the consequences can be imagined.

"It's normal. A countryman like him came to the imperial capital, especially knowing that there are so many good things in the headquarters, how can he bear not to exchange?" Nathan said with a smile.

Although he was born in a good family, the second son of the Marquis of the Imperial Capital, he couldn't help but salivate after seeing those special items that could be exchanged since he joined the Sword Bearer Headquarters.

Even though he was born in a Marquis family, it was extremely difficult to get some things in the headquarters.

"By the way, Chandler, the other party just came and should not have many merit points. Do you know what the other party exchanged?" Nathan couldn't help but ask curiously.

Chandler is handsome and elegant, and he is usually familiar with many female employees in the headquarters.

"I don't know the details, but the other party seems to be holding a parchment scroll, which should be either extraordinary combat skills or witchcraft." Chandler recalled a little and said.

Chandler's answer surprised Nathan.

"Huh? These two things are not cheap. Could it be that the other party has accumulated a lot of task evaluation medals and merit points in the original branch?" Nathan looked puzzled.

"But that's not right."

"Don't guess. The other party wiped out the Poseidon stronghold in Howling Fjord alone last time. Medals and points are naturally not lacking." Greenwood said in a deep voice.

He heard that Ryan exchanged for witchcraft or combat skills, and he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

No!

We can't let the other party continue to strengthen their strength. It seems that we have to speed up the action plan.

"Stronghold? But even if you kill a legendary cult strongman, the reward is not much, right?" Chandler was stunned.

His Mithril-level team also worked together to kill an enemy cult legend in the last mission.

"There are three Poseidon legends in the stronghold." Speaking of this, Greenwood's face became more and more ugly.

Not long after he returned to the imperial capital, he heard the news from the butler Owen.

His first reaction was also disbelief. He thought it was impossible. How could the other party be so strong!

Although he lost the last time he fought with Ryan, he thought that the gap was not big.

But what does it mean to be able to kill three cult legends in one battle?

But the butler Owen said that this was told to the Duke by a certain senior official of the Sword Bearer Headquarters when they had dinner together, and the news was absolutely reliable.

"What?! So strong?!" Several people turned their heads, looking horrified, and suddenly understood why Greenwood valued him so much.

"This is not easy to deal with. Do you know what he is good at?"

"He is good at metal witchcraft. At the same time, he is proficient in many extraordinary combat skills and has no obvious weaknesses. However, his attainments in witchcraft should be better than close combat." Greenwood touched his finger that had just been treated and said.

I don't know if it's an illusion. Although he has recovered as before, he often feels a dull pain in his fingers, which makes him hate Ryan even more.

"Metal wizard? This is rare." Mia raised her eyebrows and said.

"But you don't have to worry about this. As long as you get in touch with this Ryan and gain a certain amount of trust from him, it's fine." Greenwood waved his hand and said.

"By the way, the other party hasn't recruited any members yet. I think it won't be long before Ryan will recruit any members. You guys spread the word that Ryan was promoted to the adamantium-level swordsman by luck."

"Good idea. No one at the headquarters will risk their lives to join a team whose captain is not strong enough." Nathan smiled and nodded.

"Then you will take the initiative to join the other party's team."

"I see. When the other party goes out on a mission, we will deliberately leak their whereabouts or information to kill them," Chandler said with bright eyes.

"No, it's to sacrifice for the country!" Greenwood couldn't help laughing and said.

"I will let the family contact the specific assignment and choose the most difficult one among the adamantium-level ones for him. Of course, don't worry, I will let the family send strong men to the side. After Ryan dies, we can continue to complete the task."

"Haha, what a well-thought-out strategy!" Mia's beautiful eyes narrowed when she heard it.

"Haha, I said, I will let him know what a wealthy family is!"

"Small town youths like him who think they have some talent but don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is should just go back to the countryside." Greenwood moved his still not very flexible fingers and said bitterly.

He had read Ryan's information and naturally knew that he came from a place called Shining Gold Town.

Some time ago, he even sent someone to investigate that place to find out how Ryan grew up.

As a result, the original residents of the town of Shining Gold were almost killed or injured after the Black Flame Cult attacked it last year, and the investigation ended in vain.

"Wait, there is another question here. According to the regulations, the assignment of the adamantium-level sword holder is only once every three months. If the same-level task is completed, it can be postponed."

"In other words, the other party can delay for nearly three months at most before going out to complete the task?" Chandler suddenly frowned and said.

"No, since he reported today, he has entered our rhythm."

"Soon, he will go out to complete the assigned task." Greenwood smiled confidently.