The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

"Have our people prepared the special communication devices in the secret realm?"

"There is still one missing. Since it has just been confirmed that Lord Ryan will also participate in the operation, his device is still being made and will be completed the day after tomorrow." Tatia said softly.

This communication device in the secret realm is quite special and complicated to make, but it has two functions.

First, it is to allow the commanders of the Astrologer's Platform to communicate with the operators in the secret realm in a timely manner.

Of course, there is a prerequisite here, that is, communication can only be carried out after the secret realm is opened.

Secondly, it is the positioning function.

The operators in the Dragon Valley secret realm can check whether the three "rift closers" have arrived at the designated location and opened on this communication device, which is the main task of this time.

In case the personnel carrying the "rift closer" fail to act, other personnel can quickly check their location and carry out the task.

"Well, speed up. After the initial test is over, the communication device will be issued." General Augustus nodded and said.

"Okay, sir."

"By the way, sir, since Mr. Ryan is a new member, does he need to be included in the 'rift team'?" Tatia asked.

Three 'rift teams' were deployed for this operation, including the sword bearer, the imperial military and the internal security forces, each sending personnel to form a team responsible for the placement of the 'rift closer'.

Three teams, corresponding to the placement of three 'rift closers'.

The three teams are not subordinate to each other, but are under the command of the astrologer's platform.

The reason for this situation is that the cult and the federation have deeply infiltrated various departments of the empire, including this time, the three teams of different departments are not subordinate to each other, and it is also to avoid putting all eggs in one basket.

Otherwise, the best plan is naturally for all members of the three teams to meet and get familiar with each other in advance, and then reasonably deploy them according to their specialties.

The 'rift team' on the sword bearer's side has already had fixed personnel, so Tatia asked this question.

"No, let Ryan be the reserve candidate. If there is a problem, let him take over." After a little thought, General Augustus shook his head and said.

"Okay, sir."

Ryan's residence.

In the study.

Facing Claire's half-smiley eyes, Ryan felt as if he was poured with a basin of ice water from head to toe.

The joy of winning the competition just now had long disappeared. What he was thinking at this moment was whether to tell the truth or a lie?

If he told a lie, what if Claire already knew about Anna's situation? It would be a deliberate lie.

It would probably cause irreparable deductions in Claire's heart.

If he told the truth, even among the imperial nobles who had a more open private life, which woman would not be jealous?

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to tell the truth.

Jealousy is jealousy!

"Anna is actually a half-elf?" Ryan opened his mouth and dropped a bombshell.

"What?" Now it was Claire's turn to be surprised!

You know, the number of half-elves is even rarer than that of elves.

I didn't expect that Anna was actually a half-elf girl.

I heard that half-elves are very beautiful.

Claire's eyes softened slightly when she looked at Ryan.

"When we were in Shining Gold Town, Anna lived next door to my house, and her mother disappeared." Ryan slowly told Claire the story of Anna.

Except for some intimate interactions between him and Anna, other things were basically not concealed.

"I know." Claire nodded and said.

In fact, Claire had learned a lot about Miss Anna from Ryan's sister Mint in the past few days.

Although Claire was not sure whether Ryan and Anna had had an intimate relationship, it was inevitable that they had feelings for each other.

Of course, even if Ryan knew this situation, he could not blame Mint for the information leak. No matter how smart a little girl was, she could not be a match for Claire, who was well versed in conversation skills.

Moreover, as a brother, he had also expressed his position and asked Mint to accept Claire's gift generously, which showed that Claire was trustworthy.

In Mint's eyes, this beautiful long-legged sister spoke nicely and generously, so she naturally told everything she knew.

Therefore, Mint naturally told Claire everything about Sister Anna.

By the way, Mint also told Claire about some of the barbarian sister Lagre.

This made Claire feel a little depressed.

Well, it's only been a year, and he has provoked two girls.

One is a rare beautiful half-elf.

The other is a barbarian girl with a delicate face who doesn't look like a barbarian at all.

This is also one of the reasons why Claire asked Ryan to compete, and she was depressed.

At the same time, before coming, Claire also asked herself a question, does she really like Ryan?

Or to put it another way, what does she like about Ryan?

First of all, it should be strong enough.

At that time, Ryan was in Meister, helping the Habsburg family resist the attacks of the Black Flame Cult and the Secret Snake Cult, showing super strong strength.

Secondly, the potential is great enough.

At this age, he has reached the current level of strength. It can be said that if nothing unexpected happens, Ryan will most likely become the guardian of the empire.

Finally, during the period of Shining Gold Town, Ryan's first impression on her was that he was relatively simple, kind and honest.

Of course, now the item of honesty should be crossed out and changed to fickleness, and the others remain unchanged for now.

Now the question is, after changing to being a playboy, will she still choose Ryan?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that she will still choose "yes"!

In fact, regardless of the last item, Ryan can attract girls from the entire empire with just the first two items.

However, she felt that she had to talk to Ryan about the playboy item, and she couldn't continue like this.

"Ryan, if you go to the orchard, will you pick a big, red apple and put it in your pocket when you see it?" Claire said meaningfully.

"This... should be as many as you can eat, right?" Ryan said.

"Huh?" Claire was immediately choked with anger, looking at Ryan with a knife-like gaze.

She didn't believe that Ryan didn't hear the meaning of her words.

However, this topic could not be continued after all, because at this time the door of the training room was suddenly opened.

Outside the door was the barbarian girl Lagre, who looked surprised. She didn't expect that when she was about to come to the training room to practice her fighting skills, she saw Ryan and the noble girl named Claire inside.

"Ryan, I'm leaving first. You should pay attention to the Dragon Scale Brotherhood." Claire said as she prepared to leave.

Ryan is currently facing many enemies.

At that moment, Claire suddenly figured out something.

From her point of view, it is not appropriate and should not be entangled with this issue at the moment, so as not to distract Ryan.

"Okay, Claire, thank you for your help."

When leaving the training room, Claire nodded to Lagre and smiled slightly, which was considered a greeting.

And Lagre also smiled back.

The next day.

In the Bixiu Construction School's residence.

Ryan is helping his mentor Mogaro to complete the production of the second improved version of the Hellfire Golem.

"With you here, the entire progress is more than twice as fast. Next time you are free, you must come to help."

Mogaro looked at the behemoth in front of him, clapped his hands, dusted it off, picked up the flat iron wine pot, drank two gulps, and said with great satisfaction.

"No problem, mentor, if you want to make a golem, you can let me know in advance." Ryan smiled.

With this improved version of Hellfire, he now has two golems.

At the same time, at his request, the two six-meter-tall golems were each carrying a four-meter-long two-handed sword and a four-meter-long two-handed warhammer.

"Ryan, these two weapons are a little too big. It feels a little uncoordinated." Mentor Mogaro touched the wine on his beard, as if he had discovered something, frowned slightly, and said.

With Mogaro's experience, he could easily find the inconsistency.

"It's a little longer, but it's about the same." Ryan smiled and said.

Although he didn't explain it deliberately, he actually knew in his heart that these two giant weapons were mainly prepared for him to transform into a dragon man.

Although the Dragon Valley Secret Realm has an upper limit of individual strength at the epic level, once he transforms into the Dragon King form, he may be squeezed out of the secret realm, but fortunately Ryan has three stages of transformation.

In the first form of dragon warrior and the second form of dragon captain, his strength after transformation will be closer to epic, but will not reach the epic level.

With a hammer and a sword, two heavy weapons in hand, Ryan is basically sure that he can sweep the legendary opponents with the first form or the second form.

Don't forget that Ryan's epic profession, the King of Thousand Blades, has never been fully exerted in the dragon form.

After hearing the words of his proud disciple, Mogaro naturally said nothing more.

"Ryan, are these two golems transported now?" Mogaro asked.

"Well, please arrange an airship to transport them to the Sword Bearer headquarters. I will arrange someone to receive them."

"Okay, Audrey, go contact the airship hall and have someone transport them now."

"Okay, instructor." Audrey nodded immediately and left the laboratory.

Two more days passed, and finally arrived at the first test day.

That is, the first Sunday of the harvest month.

Nearly a hundred powerful men of the imperial legend level gathered in the Dragon Knight Reserve Camp located in the sixth ring of the imperial capital Tamriel, and Ryan, Luther and Harlowen had also arrived.

Because each of them had a strong aura and rode on flying mounts that were several times the size of war horses, even though there were less than a hundred people, they filled the camps the size of several football fields.

The empire has a vast territory and a population of billions, but the small group of people in front of them at this moment is second only to the top of the imperial guardian pyramid.

The strength of these legendary strongmen is not at the level of entering the legend, at least they are senior legends.

"That is the second prince Everton." Luther whispered to Ryan beside him.

Ryan followed Luther's line of sight and saw a slightly feminine young man sitting in the center of the rostrum, talking about something with an old man next to him with a smile.

At this time, Ryan clearly felt that many obscure eyes were focused on him, but most of them looked away quickly.

After all, with their strength, they are still very sensitive to gazes.

However, what made Ryan a little unhappy was that several eyes stayed on his right rear for a long time, and this long-term gaze and scrutiny seemed a bit unscrupulous.

Ryan seemed to look around casually, and immediately saw the faces of the people behind him on the right.

The leader was a middle-aged man with dreadlocks, riding a ferocious beast - a bone-eating vulture. The overall impression was that it was not easy to mess with.

The size of a bone-eating vulture was several times that of an ordinary vulture, with bloodshot eyes and a bald neck without a single feather, only thick skin wrinkles, and an iron beak on its small head that looked extra large.

From the word "bone-eating", it is not difficult to know that the iron beak of a bone-eating vulture has amazing attack power, which can easily break the hardest bones of beasts and suck the bone marrow.

And from the flying mount, the other party was not alone.

Although the two people beside the other party were wearing different clothes, they were also riding bone-eating vultures. Obviously, the three people should be in the same group.

This surprised Ryan a little, because he recalled that he didn't seem to know these three people.

However, he still remembered the other party's breath.

Although the breath of various ferocious beasts at the scene was mixed and chaotic, Ryan still keenly captured a hint of strangeness in it.

"Huh? This seems to be the breath of dragon blood."

"Could it be a member of the Dragon Scale Brotherhood?" Ryan couldn't help but think.

And these three people are indeed as Ryan guessed. Although everyone has an official identity as a cover, they have already joined the Dragon Scale Brotherhood in private.

The dreadlocked man in the lead is named Barnes, and the other two are Reagan and Bronson.

A few days ago, the three received a secret mission notice from Buchanan, knowing that they would find an opportunity to get the blood essence of this Ryan during the re-examination in the secret realm.

As one of the examiners of the Dragon Knight's initial test, the second prince naturally did not worry about not passing the initial test.

But after the three of them learned about Ryan's information, they all felt that this guy was a bit tricky and not so easy to deal with.

You know, 'Engraver' Harold is called the strongest legend, and it is not completely bragging.

Even Barnes, who is the strongest among the three, thought to himself that even if he used blood transformation, he might have a chance to tie with Harold, but it would be difficult to win.

Harold's earth magic defense is too strong.

But the young man in front of him was able to kill Harold, which shows how strong his attack power is.

However, they are three people, so they still have confidence. At the same time, Buchanan has prepared a set of sensor beads for them to use in the secret realm.

Once they enter the secret realm, the three can quickly gather according to the internal connection of the beads and then find this Ryan.

And this time, they mainly want to evaluate Ryan's strength again through his performance in the initial test.