The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

"Okay, shut up! Now that you've decided to do it, don't take it lightly!" The strong man holding the copper monocular telescope scolded.

Immediately afterwards, he turned to a lean man next to him who was holding a crossbow and only had one right eye left. "One-eye, you bring a few crossbowmen and fire a volley at the opponent first. Explore each other’s background.”

‘One Eye’ has the strength of a formal knight and is also a crossbowman. He is also considered a capable person among his group.

The lean man named "One Eye" nodded slightly, did not say anything, but immediately began to load the crossbow.

I saw that the crossbow arrow he was installing was flashing with a light green cold light. It was obvious that the crossbow arrow had been poisoned.

Sure enough, people with a muffled voice are often more ruthless!

After reloading, One-Eye waved his hand to greet several other crossbowmen, and carefully took a few steps forward, just in time to include Ren, who was not far away, within the maximum range of the crossbow.

The other people in the team had their weapons ready, with grins on their faces and ready to go.

Once the crossbowmen in the team inflict trauma on the 'young knight', they will swarm in and fight with more!

This tactic is used to deal with stronger teams or masters, and they are already very skilled at it!

They subconsciously believe that this time, they will be as easy to catch as before.

At this moment, One Eye and several other crossbowmen have already found their positions and are raising their crossbows to take aim!

Suddenly, the young knight wiping his sword who was in the sight of several people a second ago suddenly disappeared from their sights.

Huh?

Where are people?

Several crossbowmen, including One Eye, all looked shocked or surprised. Immediately, they put down their crossbows slightly and began to turn around and look around.

The next second, the complexion of the leading strong man behind changed drastically, and he shouted: "Be careful!"

The words have not yet been spoken!

"Pfft!"

‘One-Eye’ suddenly felt the world spinning.

He was still wondering why he was flying, but almost at the same time, he saw an extremely familiar headless body. The smooth neck incision was sizzling with blood, like a bloody fountain!

Isn’t this my body?

One-eyed horror!

But the next second, a deep sense of fatigue began to invade his consciousness.

However, before he completely lost consciousness.

One Eye heard screams coming one after another in his ears, and the owners of these screams were all familiar to him.

But, what’s that weird sound like ‘chichichi’, like high-speed cutting?

I really want to look up and see what is going on!

But my eyelids are so heavy. I really want to sleep.

When the eyelids of 'One Eye' gradually closed, the scene was already in a mess.

Some are more lucky and only have their necks broken, that is, their heads are separated.

If you are not very lucky, it will be even worse. You will be cut into several pieces, with broken limbs and broken arms all over the ground. It is probably not easy to fight.

The strong man holding a copper single-channel telescope was looking at Ren with his eyes wide open and a horrified expression on his face. He covered his neck with both hands desperately, trying to stop the gurgling flow of red blood.

But this was obviously in vain, because the wound was too deep, almost half of the neck was cut open. If it were deeper, he would be directly beheaded.

"Plop!"

The strong man knelt on the ground and fell on his back. The strong vitality of a senior knight made his strong body twitch continuously.

It seems that sometimes too much vitality is not necessarily a good thing!

The pain endured is even more!

The strong man couldn't figure out one thing before he died. It was clearly him and others who attacked the other party, but how could the situation be reversed in an instant.

The other party seemed to have discovered them in advance and rushed towards them without any warning. At a distance of forty or fifty meters, just a face-to-face encounter, the other party arrived in front of themselves and the others, waving the big sword.

That big sword exuded a strange cold light. It was so sharp.

Ren shook the big sword, wiped the blood from the sword, shook his head, and said to himself:

"Familiar smell! How interesting. Basque just told me to be careful of the rebels, and this is when I encountered them!"

"It's just that this kind of strength is really bad!"

Ren discovered that the effect of Sharp LV2 is really useful.

When he used his big sword to break through the chainmail and thick leather armor of these Zalal rebels just now, it was as easy as tearing through tissue paper.

Even the knight's plate armor worn by the strong man at the end, after finding the weak spot in the seam of the helmet and breastplate, he split it open with a sword without much effort!

I'm afraid it wouldn't have been that easy before doing this.

Of course, the effect of precision lv2 also plays an important role.

Or should I say, the two special effects of precision and sharpness are really a great way to kill these low-strength miscellaneous fish!

After thinking about it, Renn did not stay where he was to rest. Instead, he mounted the black horse and started heading towards the fishing port town of Larchmond where Haas was located.

Ren, who was on horseback, switched the weapons in his hands. At this moment, he held the pig-head hammer in his hand and started playing with it.

"What would be the effect if the Force were applied to the hammer?"

——

Meanwhile, in an office at the Meister County Jail.

A middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a prison guard captain frowned, thinking about something.

However, his gloomy face showed that his mood at the moment was not so wonderful.

Indeed, as early as half a month ago, Magis discovered that something was wrong with the situation at the stronghold.

Because normally, within half a month, he will definitely get news from the stronghold. This news may be good or bad, but no matter what, at least there should be news delivered!

But the problem now is that after so long, no news has been sent back from the stronghold.

This made him extremely confused at first!

After waiting for a few more days, he knew that something must have happened over there at the stronghold!

Therefore, Magis immediately dispatched his right-hand man to go to his organization's stronghold in Meist County - the abandoned mine of 'Wild Wolf Hills' to check the situation.

But the report of the situation after the confidant came back made his heart thump!

Because according to close friends, most of the old mine where the stronghold is located has collapsed. Judging from the traces of gunpowder at the entrance of the passage, it is obviously not natural factors such as earthquakes or disrepair, but man-made.

In addition, the several deliberately concealed battle traces found near the mine also support this.

In other words, his organization's stronghold in Meister County was quietly annihilated.

Could it be that after the empire discovered it, it sent people from the special department to do it?

This really made Maggies anxious for several days!

But after a few days, he found that the entire Meister County upper class was calm and there was no special news coming. This confused him. It shouldn't be!

Because if it is a special operation of the empire, then after the stronghold is pulled out, the practice is to clean up, and all the nobles, big families, chambers of commerce, etc. in the county and city that are related to their own organization will be uprooted!

Of course, I will not be spared in this process.

But now, it doesn’t seem to be the work of the empire’s special department!

How is this going?

It's not like Magis didn't think about the young new knight Renn, but in his understanding, Renn, who only had the strength of a senior knight at most, and didn't have any powerful companions, how could it be related to the complete annihilation of the stronghold.

So Magis began to launch various informants to investigate, but so far, the murderer has not been found!

At the same time, during this month, he was also questioned by two barons, including Alonso and Norman, questioning the fact that their resistance was in vain and that they could not even kill a young new knight!

He knew that it was obviously not possible to continue like this.

Once the two of them secretly spread unreliable information about the resistance in the aristocratic circle of Meist County, their organization's actions throughout Meist County will not receive support from some potential nobles.

It can be said that the entire organization's follow-up actions in Meist County will encounter major obstacles, and as a key liaison, he cannot escape the blame!

Therefore, three days ago, he sent a letter asking for help from above!

Magis hoped that the superiors could send powerful people to Meist County to take charge of the work and quickly reverse this unfavorable situation.

According to his estimation, someone should come over in the next few days.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, interrupting Maggie's thoughts.

"My lord, Baron Alonso is here!"

"Why is he here again?" After hearing the report from his cronies, Magis slapped his forehead with a headache.

But obviously, he couldn't refuse the meeting, so he could only nod and said: "Okay, invite him over! Could it be because of that Renn again? Damn it!"

In the past two days, he has sent special personnel to investigate Renn's situation. Although Renn's resume shows that this young man is very good and talented, looking at the entire province of Munster, he is not very conspicuous.

In addition, such young people who have not grown up are always fragile.

Magis is still very confident in his own organization. After the people sent from above arrive, if he can find this Renn and deal with him, it should be quite easy!

After all, the person in charge of the original stronghold was a peak knight. If something goes wrong this time, the organization will most likely send a master at the level of a great knight.

However, the latest news is that this Renne does not seem to be in the county recently, but has gone to other places.

Currently, his right-hand confidants are trying their best to find out where the other party has gone through various channels.

That's what Magis thought. Even if he didn't take action to deal with the boy now, at least he would have an answer when Alonso and Norman asked. After all, the other party was not in Meister County at the moment, and there was nothing he could do about it. Well.

In this case, the other party will not have any emotions after hearing this. After all, he is advancing this matter. Otherwise, how would he know that Renn is not in the county, right?

But the annoying thing is that until now, no news has come back about where Renne has gone. This makes him more passive when facing Alonso now.

Soon, a familiar figure strode into the room. The bearded man wearing a black aristocratic hunting suit inlaid with gold was none other than Baron Alonso.

Seeing Alonso come in, Magis immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Dear Baron Alonso, if you want to see me, just let me know. I should be the one to visit you. "

The task entrusted by the other party was not completed, so Magis had to lower his attitude.

Alonso looked at Magis with a gloomy expression and said: "Maggies, you know why I'm here! How long has it been? Does it take a month to do this? Are you kidding me!"

"Today, if you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I think I will take back everything I promised before!"

After hearing Alonso's words, Magis hesitated!

Alonso's attitude is obviously more determined than last time. Could it be that the other party has also heard the news about the incident at the stronghold?

However, Magis thought about it again and felt that this possibility was not high. After all, the stronghold was not responsible for the contact with the nobles of Meist County. All this was done through him.

But in this situation, I have to give Alonso an explanation, otherwise I will be afraid of the other party.

but

He couldn't reveal the news that his stronghold was completely destroyed by the mysterious man. After all, it was considered a family scandal, and it would be too embarrassing to tell anyone!

While Magis was hesitant, his cronies knocked on the door, walked in, and whispered a few words.

Magis was irritated. At first, he had no intention of listening at all. Just when he was about to send away his cronies, his expression suddenly turned serious and he immediately turned his head and asked, "Is he in the interrogation room?"

"Yes, my lord!"

At this time, Magis thought for a while, then immediately turned his head and said to Alonso seriously: "Baron, please allow me to leave for five minutes. I will give you the explanation you want in five minutes. "

Alonso thought for a moment and said, "Okay! I'll give you another five minutes."

Obviously, he also saw that Magis should have received some news.

——

When Renn arrived at the fishing port town of Larchmond where Haas was located, he felt a little strange, because most of the residents of the town had grim faces, as if they had encountered some difficulty.

However, his purpose this time was to visit Haas, so Renn stopped an aunt casually:

"Hello!"

"Hello, Sir Knight!" Facing Ren, who was riding a tall horse and carrying a weapon on his back, the aunt was obviously a little nervous and hurriedly bent down to greet him.

"I would like to ask, where is Haas Klein's home?" Ren asked.

However, after hearing that Ren asked for the address of Haas' home, the aunt's face became obviously much more relaxed and she replied: "Captain Haas? He was injured and should be recuperating at home now. His home is just ahead at the intersection on the right." Turn around and that’s the first house.”

"Sir Knight, do you need me to take you there?"

"Thank you! No, I think I should be able to find it." Renn smiled and nodded, rejecting the aunt's kindness.

Although Ren was smiling, he was a little surprised in his heart.

Haas injured?

I don't know if it's serious or not.

Controlling the dark horse, Ren continued to move forward, and soon, Ren arrived at the location mentioned by Big Mom.

This is a house similar to Renne's in Goldshire. For ordinary people, it should be considered very good.

But compared to the knight class, it was a bit too shabby.

However, this is normal, after all, Haas's knighthood should not have been awarded yet.

Renn knocked on the iron gate!

"Dong dong dong!"

At this time, a tough-headed kid opened the door and asked, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me, is this Haas Klein's house? I am his friend."

"Yes, are you my brother's friend? But why have I never seen you!" The little boy looked at Renn suspiciously and said.

"Haha, you can tell your brother first that Ren is coming to visit." Ren smiled and didn't mind.

"Okay, please wait a moment." At this time, the little boy also completely saw the whole picture of Ren, riding a tall horse, carrying a weapon, and his tone was calm and friendly, giving people a sense of convincing.

So, the little boy used the honorific title and immediately turned around and ran towards the house.

After a while, a familiar tall figure walked out quickly, but the other person's left arm was obviously wrapped in a white bandage. It was Haas.

The first time Haas saw Renn, he said happily: "Renn, you finally came to see me!"

"Originally, I wanted to come to Meister County to find you, but it turned out to be very unpleasant. I've been injured in the past two days!"

"Haas! Long time no see, how did you do this?"

"Come in first and then talk!"

Haas quickly opened the door and invited Renn in. The two of them walked inside while chatting.

"Some time ago, an immature scaly-bearded ironback turtle came near our fishing port. From time to time, it would attack fishing boats returning with full loads. This made the residents of the town quite distressed. So Sheriff Benhard and I planned to find Time to destroy it."

"After a period of searching, we discovered its nest! However, due to the scaled bearded ironback turtle's strong defense, we spent a few days building a special crossbow."

"We just finished this matter two days ago, but when we went there and prepared to eliminate it, we suddenly discovered that this guy had actually transformed into a mature stage. Sheriff Benhard and I both fought in that battle. Injuried!"

"It turns out that the other party attacked the fishing boats and devoured the fish to continue to increase their energy and plan to break through the metamorphosis stage. After the scaly-bearded ironback turtle was attacked by us, it had a strong desire for revenge. Now the frequency of attacks against fishing boats is obviously much higher. ”

"It will attack even an empty fishing boat!"

"Oh? How strong is this scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle?" Ren asked with a raised brow.

"Now the body length has exceeded ten meters and reached twelve meters. In terms of combat power, I am afraid that only the great knight can deal with it." Haas sighed, as if he was unable to seize the opportunity at that time. The Bearded Turtle kills the opponent before it transforms.

Originally, Ren was just listening to the story. After all, this kind of thing is not uncommon. The empire has special processing procedures. But when he heard that the other party's body length was actually more than ten meters, Ren's eyes lit up!

Because wouldn't that mean that this scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle could barely be considered a giant beast?

In this case, maybe I can get an extra piece of 'behemoth essence'.

So, Renn continued to ask with interest: "Does the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle have any special tricks?"

"Eh? Ren, do you want to kill the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle? No, no! Although you are a little stronger than me, you are still far different from the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle!"

"Um, I just want to know something. I still don't know much about this ferocious sea beast." Renn shrugged and asked in a 'good-natured' way.

"Haha, that's no problem! I thought you were going to try to kill the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle, but don't try it!"

"Sheriff Benhard is also retired from the Imperial Navy. He has the strength of a senior knight, but he is still seriously injured." Haas warned with a solemn expression.

"The most troublesome thing about this scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle is its strong defense, especially its shell, which is simply harder than steel!"

"Now, after the scale-bearded ironback turtle has passed its transformation period, it will also cast an additional earth-yellow shield to further enhance its defense! My knight's long sword slashed at it and couldn't cut it at all!"

"In addition, the Scale Bearded Ironback Turtle itself is extremely powerful and fast. Fortunately, we brought several giant crossbows with us at the time. Otherwise, we might not be able to come back, and we lost two people during the retreat."

While Haas was telling the story, his face seemed to still be filled with fear.

Ren nodded. This kind of super defense is a bit difficult to deal with.

But for him, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Renn touched the pig head hammer behind him.

dinner time.

Renne met Haas's parents. Haas's father was a fat, middle-aged man with a smiling expression on his face. He was the head chef of the nearby Campas Manor.

Haas's mother, on the other hand, runs a bakery. She has a kind face and a slightly bloated figure. This may be due to the need for a strong 'base' for kneading dough all year round.

My parents have been dealing with ‘eating’ all year round!

No wonder a commoner family could raise someone as tall as Haas. Renxin said.

When the two met Renn, they heard that Haas had made a friend during the noble canonization assessment, and they both greeted Renn very warmly.

The dinner ended in a happy atmosphere, and Wren also had the stewed king-spurred salmon that Haas had been talking about!

A salmon weighing more than 20 pounds is sprinkled with garlic, basil, and sage, and stewed for two hours. The aroma and taste are irresistible!

"How about Ren, isn't the Giant Spur Salmon delicious?"

“Very delicious indeed!”

"It's a pity that fishing boats have not dared to leave the port recently. You must know that these days are the most suitable time to catch giant thorn salmon." As if he thought of something, Haas sighed and said.

"Is it because of the scaly-bearded ironback turtle?"

"Yes, it lurks in the narrow channel leading in and out of the port. No fishermen are willing to risk their lives to go fishing."

"After that time, Sheriff Benhard said that due to the recent unrest in the entire Rosby County, it will probably take a few days before the county can send a team over."

It turns out that this is the case. No wonder the residents of the small town all have sad faces. This is a fishing port town, and most of the residents are engaged in fishing-related industries.

"Don't worry! Haas, the empire has a vast territory and there are many masters. Maybe some master will pass by and kill this scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle." Renn smiled and said with relief.

"Haha, I hope Ren can become such a master one day!" Haas burst out laughing after hearing this.

He never thought that Ren, who never talked much, sometimes still had a sense of humor.

Early the next morning, Renn rode on a black horse, said goodbye to the enthusiastic Haas family, and left Larchmond Fishing Port. However, after he walked out of the town, he took a detour and came to the seaside.

During last night's dinner, Ren also learned the specific location of the Scaly-bearded Ironback Turtle.

Renn planned to solve the problems of Haas and the residents of the town before leaving!

Holy Mother?

No!

I can only blame this scaly-whiskered iron-backed turtle for growing too much!

More than ten meters, it is the category of giant beasts that Master Gunther calls. The heart in the body will generate a special substance that can be used to make 'behemoth essence'.

So I can only apologize.

In addition, Ren also wants to try out the special effects of the hammer technique that he learned last night!

Renn focused his attention on the Knight (Extraordinary) panel. A pair of big hands held the icon with a sledgehammer pattern - Tokkal Hammer Technique.

[Concussion lv1 (passive) effect: You have a preliminary understanding of the nature of the Force, and can freely mobilize the Force to enhance the power of the war hammer in your hand, slightly increasing its shock effect. 】

(Note: This effect is only effective when the host has the Force and the Force is not exhausted, and is only effective when the host holds a blunt weapon.)

(Note: This effect is an additional special effect for melee combat skills. Once the conditions are met, the next level will be automatically unlocked.)

This is what Ren realized yesterday, about the special effects of blunt weapons.

However, Renn's pig-headed hammer is special. When attacking with the flat end of the pig-headed hammer, it is a blunt weapon, but when attacking with the spiked end, it is a sharp weapon. The additional special effect is not a shock, but a sharp weapon. Sharp special effects.

But now Renne still needs to do one thing, and that is to add some points!

The reason is also very simple. Currently, his Tokkar hammer level is only lv5 (354/2000), and the two special effects of shock and precision are both lv1.

It may be enough to deal with ordinary enemies, but to deal with the large and violent sea beast that is as powerful as the Great Knight and has far greater defense power - the Scaly Bearded Ironback Turtle, Renn thinks it is better to raise it to another level. !

"Note: To unlock Shock Level 2 with the Tokkal Hammer Technique, the following conditions must be met: 1. Tokkal Hammer Technique is level 6 or above; 2. Bear King Breathing Technique is level 6 or above."

"Note: To unlock Accurate Level 2 of the Tokkar Hammer Technique, the following conditions must be met: 1. The Tokkal Hammer Technique is lv6 or above; 2. Strength is 20 points, agility is 16 points, and constitution is 18 or above."

Judging from the requirements for the next level of the above two special effects, I only need to add a few skill points to reach level 2 with these two special effects.

Excellent value for money!

When the remaining skill points on the attribute panel changed from 3 to 2, Tokkar's Hammer Technique was suddenly upgraded to level 6.

In an instant, a sporadic memory of training in Tokkar's Hammer Technique was instilled in Ren's mind.

These scattered memory fragments of hammer training were like oil paintings, flashing through Ren's mind and quickly integrated into the memory of muscles and tendons throughout his body.

When Ren opened his eyes again, it was as if he had gone through more than half a year of training in the Tokkar Hammer Technique.

What's more important is that the two special effects 'Shock' and 'Precision' have been advanced to the lv2 level.

Ren took a closer look at the new text descriptions of the two special effects. The descriptions of shock and precision are similar. Compared with lv1, the main change at level 2 is that "slightly" has been changed to "small extent".

That is, the power is further improved!

At this time, suddenly, Ren's whole body froze!

Because just now, a system prompt that surprised him suddenly appeared:

【Ding! It is detected that the host's two extraordinary combat skills have reached level 6, triggering a special advancement and career change - Weapon Master (Legendary)! 】

[The prerequisites for promotion to Weapon Master (Legendary) are: 1. Any three extraordinary combat skills of different weapon categories are above lv10; 2. The physical breaking limit reaches 100%; 3. Any breathing method is above lv9; 4. Strength is 20 points Above, Agility is above 20 points, and Constitution is above 20 points; 5. High-level magic potion 'Essence of Behemoth'. The current conditions are not met! Promotion to Weapon Master (Legendary) failed! 】

hiss!

For the first time, Renn's attention was attracted by two words - 'Legend'

Legendary career panel? !

Seeing the system prompt that suddenly popped up, Ren read it silently several times, feeling excited in his heart!