The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

However, Ryan thought about it and remembered what Claire had reminded him before.

The second prince Everton is not as friendly as he seems. If we use an animal as a metaphor, perhaps... a venomous snake is more appropriate.

The other party should be waiting for an opportunity

Ryan's eyes flickered, as if he thought of something.

At this time, the next candidate began to play, which made Ryan's attention focus on the field again.

The following battle was colorful, and at the same time, it also allowed Ryan to further understand the descendants and disciples of the imperial giants, various wizard schools and sword saint schools.

The opponent drawn by Harlowen was the hurricane element.

Although he successfully solved it in the end, his performance was generally not much different from Luther, hovering around the passing line.

"Next, please invite No. 81, Lambert to play." The waiter shouted.

I saw a middle-aged man with a two-handed sword on his back, his hands folded across his chest, standing on a relatively rare flying sea ray slowly flying to the front of the field.

That's right!

It is standing, not riding.

Before, when Ryan looked around, his eyes swept across the other party, because the middle-aged man's eyes also stayed behind him for a long time, but at that time, he didn't care much.

Because there are relatively more candidates like this who carry two-handed swords and follow the path of knights in the preliminary test.

Although there are also strong ones among them, their strengths are uneven.

Sometimes, in four or five games in a row, the legendary knight candidates failed to successfully solve the opponent within three minutes.

But just hearing the other party's name, Ryan's eyes suddenly condensed.

Because he immediately remembered the person mentioned by Carl, the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint, who was also called Lambert.

Although there are many people with the same name in the world, Ryan instinctively felt that the Lambert in front of him should be the Lambert that Carl said.

"I didn't expect Lambert to come too." Luther on the side said with a serious face.

"Oh? Luther, do you know him?" Hallowen couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I know him, remember Carl?" Luther asked back.

"Remember, it was the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint who was defeated by Lord Ryan, right?" Harlowen nodded.

"Well, this is the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint, Lambert."

"What! It turned out to be him." Harlowen's face changed and he whispered.

Immediately, he looked at Ryan beside him.

Obviously, in Harlowen's view, the appearance of this Lambert is likely to target Ryan.

Ryan, however, had a calm face, nodded, and said, "It seems that my guess is right."

On the field, the opponent drawn by Lambert's turntable was the Shadow Eagle, a violent species with the innate ability of the shadow system.

After the turntable was drawn, Lambert still stood upright on the flying sea ray with his hands on his chest, and slowly flew towards the center of the field.

"Chi~"

At this time, the thick metal fence on the side of the field was lifted up, and a huge eagle creature with a black body and black airflow all over its body rushed out with a cry.

Its wingspan was more than eight meters, and its flying speed was extremely fast.

"The Shadow Vulture has a fast flying speed and strong defense and attack power. It's a good opportunity to see the changes in Lambert's strength."

"The last time I saw him was five years ago. Even with my current strength, I am no match for him back then." Luther said in a deep voice.

Luther's words naturally aroused Ryan's interest.

At this time, the Shadow Vulture discovered Lambert in the center of the venue, and immediately shook its wings and rushed towards the disciple of the Tide Sword Saint.

And Lambert still stood on the Flying Sea Manta with his hands folded on his chest, his face calm, and he didn't even draw the big sword on his back, as if he didn't care about the Shadow Vulture.

"This is a bit arrogant." Harlowen whispered.

He felt that this Lambert was a bit too pretentious.

Suddenly, there was a change in the venue.

It seemed that the Flying Sea Manta carried Lambert with his hands folded on his chest and rushed towards the attacking Shadow Vulture.

Just when the two were about to collide!

Suddenly, Lambert's right hand pulled out a greatsword from behind like lightning, and slashed forward. In an instant, seven or eight silver arcs of light burst out from the position where the Shadow Vulture was.

The arcs were vertical, horizontal, and lateral, but they all flashed away!

The next second, the two barely crossed each other.

At this time, Lambert still kept his hands on his chest. I don't know when the two-handed greatsword had been put back on his back, as if it had never been unsheathed.

As for the Shadow Vulture, it seemed to have been hit by a stiff witchcraft, with its wings spread out flat, motionless, and falling diagonally towards the ground.

But before it fell to the ground, a hissing sound came from its body!

Seven or eight blood arrows shot out from all parts of the Shadow Vulture's body at the same time, and the next second, it disintegrated in mid-air with a "crash"!

And the crowd watching also burst into exclamations instantly.

"Hiss~ This is the Tide Eight Segment Slash!"

"The top secret created by the Tide Sword Saint when he was young?"

"Yes, this is Lambert, the eldest disciple of the Tide Sword Saint."

"I heard that he has been practicing hard before, but I didn't expect him to participate in the Dragon Knight Reserve Selection this time."

Ryan saw it clearly. At that moment, Lambert slashed a total of eight swords, and the speed of the sword was the fastest among all the people he had seen.

You know, Lambert used a heavier two-handed sword, not a lighter one-handed sword like a knight's long sword or a half-handed sword.

Within one second, he completed a series of actions such as drawing the sword, slashing out eight swords, and putting away the sword. It was really fast!

Moreover, Ryan also keenly noticed one thing.

That is, at the moment before the opponent's attack broke out, it seemed that there was a momentum that seemed to affect the Shadow Eagle.

This caused the legendary Shadow Eagle to be stunned for a moment, and almost took Lambert's eight swords without any resistance.

Otherwise, the Shadow Eagle should have more or less avoided the vital points and would not be killed instantly.

"It should be the spiritual will, a considerable part of which has been transformed into a more condensed sword belief."

"The sudden outbreak of this belief power will make the Shadow Eagle lose his mind for a while and lose the initiative."

"For such an opponent with extremely fast attack speed, losing the initiative means being passive, or even being killed instantly like now!" Ryan thought to himself.

"I am not an opponent with this kind of strength." Harlowen said with a serious face.

"Stronger than five years ago. If I'm not mistaken, the opponent should have reached the half-step sword saint." Luther said in a deep voice.

"Sir Ryan, you have to be careful."

Ryan nodded and looked at Lambert with a calm face in the venue.

In fact, after arriving in the imperial capital Tamriel, Lambert wanted to challenge Ryan directly.

However, after listening to the advice of the Drum family, he decided to join the selection of dragon knight reserves.

After all, under the current situation in the imperial capital, it is unwise to fight a life-and-death duel with an imperial adamantine sword holder.

But in the secret realm, it is different.

Because there are other people and other creatures in the secret realm, once Ryan dies, due to the special nature of the Dragon Valley secret realm, the empire cannot send people to the secret realm for a second investigation.

This matter is likely to be left unresolved.

Therefore, Lambert decided to enter the secret realm before taking action.

At this time, the candidates all focused their attention on Ryan.

Because before Lambert, although many people's killing speed had entered the "10-second club".

But among them, Ryan's killing speed was still the fastest, taking only three seconds.

Now Lambert appeared, and the previous attack, even if the time when the Shadow Eagle was dismembered in the air was counted, it was only two seconds.

If only the time Lambert used the fatal blow was counted, it was a complete kill!

It took less than a second.

So, everyone would naturally compare Lambert and Ryan.

However, Lambert in the center of the venue did not look at Ryan, as if he didn't notice it, and controlled the flying sea ray to fly back to the crowd slowly.

But because of this, Ryan concluded that there was a high probability that the other party had a problem.

He had learned that this Lambert was good friends with Greenwood and had a close personal relationship with the Durham family. In this case, the other party didn't pay any attention to him at all.

This is the biggest problem!

In addition, Carl, who was also a disciple of the Tide Sword Saint, reminded him before leaving that day.

It is very likely that the other party did this to avoid suspicion.

As for why he avoided suspicion?

Ryan had already made up his mind.

After Lambert finished, two more people came on stage, and the preliminary test officially ended.

After sorting, the second prince Everton read out the names of the top 30 candidates.

"The following are the candidates who entered the re-examination."

"Congratulations to everyone who passed the preliminary test! See you at the Astrologer's Platform in the morning three days later!"

Unfortunately, neither Luther nor Harlowen made it into the top 30.

On the contrary, the three people from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood entered the re-examination.

After comforting Luther who failed twice, Ryan returned to the mansion.

However, when Ryan just stepped into the mansion, he found that there were several familiar figures in the house.

The first person who caught Ryan's eyes was Jennifer, a beautiful woman in a purple one-shoulder silk dress.

She was holding her mother Emma's hand and chatting eagerly. Standing next to her was a man and a woman, the leader of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group, Fandral, and his sister Georgia.

"Jennifer? When did you arrive in the imperial capital?" Ryan said in surprise, and at the same time, he nodded to Fandral and Georgia.

"Lord Ryan." The tall Fandral and the young and energetic Georgia immediately saluted.

"Just arrived." Seeing Ryan coming back, Jennifer smiled and stood up.

Although she didn't say much, the beautiful woman looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, and some emotions didn't need to be expressed in words.

Besides, there were people around, and she couldn't express it in words.

Ryan nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Have you told the kitchen? Arrange the dinner well."

"It's all arranged." Mother Emma was happier than Ryan about the arrival of the beautiful woman Jennifer. Before the servant answered, she rushed to say it.

"Okay, mother, then you chat."

After that, Ryan smiled and gestured to the Fandral brothers and sisters. The two immediately understood and followed Ryan to the outer courtyard.

The three of them immediately walked in the courtyard and chatted.

"How is the situation in Munster recently?" Ryan asked.

Hearing Ryan's words, Fandral and his sister Georgia looked at each other and said, "As the provincial capital, Munster does not have much security problem, but the situation in the county towns below is not very good."

"After you left, the activities of the cult became more active."

"Also, I heard from Lord Vieri that there were several cases of ancient creatures reviving, and when dealing with them, the sword bearers of the branch suffered heavy casualties."

Fandal thought about it and decided to tell the truth.

Originally, after he arrived in Munster with the Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Group, he thought he could take a break.

After all, the safety of the Munster Province is far superior to that of the Marne Province located in the northern border of the Empire.

But with the reappearance of the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon, the security situation in the Munster Province also took a sharp turn for the worse.

"In addition, in the waters of Meister and Rosby County, the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon has reappeared, and its strength is even stronger than before. It is said that the Empire has sent more than one guardian to go there, but still failed to defeat the opponent."

"The Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon?" Ryan frowned slightly.

He naturally knew about the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon, an epic ancient creature, and it was Her Royal Highness the Red Queen Menia who went to deal with it last time.

Unexpectedly, the opponent has made a comeback now, and its strength is even stronger, and it takes multiple imperial guardians to resist!

It seems that the record in ancient books that the Demon Tail Three-Headed Sea Dragon had the strength of a demigod in its heyday should not be groundless.

"Yes." Fandral nodded and said.

As the head of the mercenary group, he was well-informed, but the transfer of the imperial guardians was top secret, and he didn't know which ones they were.

After the sumptuous dinner.

The beautiful woman Jennifer finally found an opportunity to spend time with the two of them on the pretext of reporting the business situation of the Chamber of Commerce.

She went to the study on the second floor with Ryan.

"Click."

As soon as the door closed, the beautiful woman who drank a lot of aged wine at the dinner stopped, reached back, and locked the door directly.

Then, Jennifer leaned against the wall gently.

Her beautiful face was flushed, as beautiful as a flower, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be able to drip water, staring at Ryan affectionately.

Ryan, who was walking in front of the beautiful woman, was slightly stunned when he heard the door lock, but immediately understood something, turned around with a smile, and looked at Jennifer.

For Jennifer, she hadn't played cards for two months. At her age, it was naturally a great torment.

Before, Ryan was not around, so she just had to endure it.

But now, there was no need to endure it.

The beautiful woman lifted the hair that fell from her forehead, and her eyes seemed to be able to draw silk. She lowered her eyes slightly shyly and took the initiative to walk towards Ryan.

Her snow-white arms took the initiative to hug Ryan.

The beautiful woman took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, and Ryan naturally wanted to

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For the two who hadn't seen each other for two months, playing cards in the study naturally couldn't be just one game, and in order to prevent the sound from spreading, the beautiful woman bit the small piece of lace cloth tightly.

More than an hour later, the beautiful woman, with satisfaction and joy on her face, began to lie lazily on the leather sofa and reported the recent situation.

"By the way, dear, take a look at that first." Jennifer pointed to the wooden box she placed on the coffee table at the entrance and said.

Huh?

Ryan walked forward out of curiosity and opened it. There were twelve soul crystals inside.

"I used the gold coins you gave me last time, plus the recent profits of the Chamber of Commerce and the auction house, to buy this." The beautiful woman smiled.

"This" Ryan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Although he has now entered the third-level crystal wizard, the effect of soul crystals has been greatly reduced, but Jennifer didn't know.

She is still in Munster, trying her best to help him buy soul crystals.

So this is the reason why Jennifer insisted on staying in Munster.

This made Ryan's heart surge with warmth.