The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Half a minute ago, a carriage guarded by several knights happened to turn the corner of the winding path in the forest, and the power of Ren's hammer was fully visible.

The expressions of the knights who saw this scene changed drastically, and at this time, a corner of the curtain was opened from the carriage window.

A beautiful young face under the hood stared curiously in the direction of Ren. Suddenly, a pair of beautiful eyes widened uncontrollably, and the small cherry mouth quickly turned into an O-shape!

What caught the girl's eyes was a tall humanoid creature with unbelievably bulging muscles. He held a dark iron hammer high and hit the ground hard, causing everyone to feel like a mountain falling apart.

In an instant, the ground cracked open inch by inch, and an invisible concussive force spread rapidly with the striking point as the center.

The stones and gravel that were originally on the ground turned into powder in an instant after encountering this concussive force.

So, with 'Beast Knight' Giovanni's expression of panic and confusion, a very strong concussive force hit him!

Although he was protected by plate armor, and even though he was protected by black flames that were like vines and seemed to be alive, he still stood frozen for about half a second under Ren's full blow.

The battle between masters changes rapidly!

Half a second may be just enough time for an ordinary person to throw out one punch, but for Renne, he can already hit at least three powerful and heavy hammers!

"Bang! Bang!"

The third blow was the secret skill of Tokkal Hammer, ‘Rising Dragon Hammer! ’

I saw Ren twisting his hips, mobilizing the strength of his core muscles, and waved a dark afterimage with both hands, hitting Giovanni's wolf-head jaw from bottom to top.

"Crack!"

Giovanni's wolf head and lower jaw were directly hit to pieces. At the same time, his whole body was hit four to five meters above the ground, and the whites of his eyes were knocked out!

But it's still not over!

Ren kicked off his feet, quickly followed up with Giovanni's twitching body in mid-air, and then quickly caught up with him and struck with a heavy hammer!

"Bang bang bang!"

With each blow, the vine-like black flames on Giovanni's body grew dimmer, and the plate armor on his body shattered into pieces, accompanied by the crisp sound of bones breaking.

This crackling sound is like a firecracker, and it keeps crackling!

"Boom!"

There was a sound as a heavy object hit the ground!

This is because Renn interrupted the heavy hammer attack, and Giovanni's body hit the ground heavily.

The beast-turned-Giovanni, whose vitality was comparable to that of the Great Knight, was still twitching violently at this moment, but he was already in the stage of recovery. The wolf's mouth was beaten to pieces, he was vomiting blood, and his whole body showed various strange distortions.

Judging from the posture, there is a high probability that there is no intact bone in the whole body, and it is like a puddle of mud lying on the ground.

I saw that Giovanni's body was rapidly changing at this moment. His black hair faded away and his face changed from a wolf head to a human face. However, the crushing injuries to his jaw and broken bones throughout his body did not recover.

Soon, a human corpse appeared in front of Renn.

At this time, Renn was also holding the pig-headed hammer, panting heavily. He had just exploded with all his strength, and his physical strength was also extremely exhausted.

However, Ren's eyes were shining at this moment!

For Renn, an opponent of this strength is really rare. It can be said that he fought heartily in this battle.

Almost all of his progress during this period was put to use and tested in this battle.

However, neither Ren nor the people in the convoy noticed that on a tall tree in the distance of the forest, there was a thin man wearing patterned leather armor, holding a copper monocular telescope, observing The situation here in Rennes.

After seeing Renn kill Giovanni, he looked shocked and murmured: "Impossible! How can this Renn be so strong!"

"This horse is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, Giovanni, nicknamed the 'Beast Knight'. He was actually killed by an unknown young man!"

"Before, I thought the Baron was making a fuss out of a molehill, but now it seems that he has underestimated Renn."

"No, I have to report to Baron Alonso immediately!"

I saw a thin man, as quick as a monkey, climbing down from the tree extremely quickly, and after a few runs, he disappeared in the direction of the county town.

After a while, the girl in the carriage finally regained her emotions and asked in a voice as clear as an oriole: "Knight Laurence, how strong is this one?"

"Very strong! No, very strong!" A knight wearing knight armor next to the carriage gave Ren a solemn look and said.

"Stronger than you?" The girl was puzzled.

"Yes, if I read correctly, his opponent just now should be Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, nicknamed the 'Beast Knight'. It is said that the opponent has the experience of escaping from the great knight several times."

"I didn't expect that I would die here this time." A middle-aged knight named Lawrence said with emotion.

"So strong!" The girl covered her mouth and whispered softly.

Although she didn't know about the Beast Knight, she knew about the Great Knight, who was an existence that even the strongest in the family could not match. The young man could kill such a powerful person, so one can imagine his strength.

"Then Knight Lawrence, tell me, who is more powerful than my father's friend - the young man Lord Hamilton mentioned last time who might be able to solve the matter?"

"I haven't seen this young man, so I can't make a judgment." Lawrence thought for a while and replied wisely.

But he was thinking in his heart, how could he be as powerful as the young man in front of him.

He had never heard of such a powerful young man, let alone met him.

At this time, Ren glanced at the system prompt:

[Your skill Tokkal Hammer has been improved, and the experience value is +1034]

[Your skill Giant Bear Swordsmanship has been improved, experience value +232]

[Your skill High Temperature Force Field is improved, experience value +12]

[You have experienced a battle, the knight (extraordinary) experience value +298, the wizard apprentice (extraordinary) experience value +13]

In the battle just now, Renn used the hammer technique the most, followed by the sword technique, so the same goes for the experience points, with the hammer technique accounting for the majority.

In addition, the level of the Knight (Extraordinary) has reached lv5 (795/2000), and the Tokkal Hammer Technique has been upgraded to lv7 (2724/5000), and the experience value has exceeded half.

Due to the addition of 1 point of agility during the battle, the remaining attribute points are now only 2 points, while the remaining skill points are still 1 point unchanged.

At this time, the sharp-eyed Ren suddenly discovered that a damaged waist bag slipped out from the opponent's corpse in a puddle of mud.

This made Ren's heart move slightly. What on earth is this thing that masters at this level carry with them?

He stepped forward to open his waist bag and took a look. A token made of unknown metal came into view. The pattern on it was three blazing black flames. This shape was similar to that of the black flame apostle he had killed before. The apostle token is very similar.

It should be some kind of proof of identity within the Black Flame Church.

Renn shook his head slightly. This was of little use to him, but the Goddess Church seemed to value this very much.

Huh?

This is

There was also a special animal skin scroll in his waist bag. Ren opened it carefully and took a look, and found that the content written inside was some prayers written in spiritual script.

After thinking about it, Ren felt that this should be a prayer used in some kind of ritual of the Black Flame Cult, but it was still of no use to him.

This made Renn feel a little disappointed. After all, the trophies that he had been looking forward to originally turned out to be just these two things.

However, suddenly, Ren's eyes lit up, as if he thought of something, and said to himself:

"Maybe the Goddess Church will like this gift."

Renn glanced at the caravan at the corner who did not dare to step forward due to fear, and ignored it. Instead, he dragged the guy who could transform into a werewolf, and the opponent's iconic weapon, and threw them On the carriage.

At this moment, the convoy that had just hesitated to move forward seemed to feel that Renn was not a bad guy after seeing Renn's body return to normal and cleaning up the battlefield, so it slowly approached from behind.

However, Ren didn't want to have any contact with strangers at this time, so he mounted a black horse, drove the carriage and brown horse, and quickly headed to the county town.

After entering the county town, Renn did not go home immediately. Instead, he came to the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Temple, which he had never been to before.

The tall and majestic temple can be seen from a distance. The tall square temple is supported by more than ten tall columns that are very similar to the Ionic style of the previous life.

A major feature of this column style is that there are two symmetrical tendril-shaped scrolls on the top of the column, and there is a small decorative belt between the two scrolls. The overall shape is very conspicuous and beautiful.

It is also very in line with the goddess’s soft temperament.

At the same time, in front of the temple, down the steps, there is a circular fountain. In the center of the fountain is an extremely beautiful statue of a woman about three meters high, holding a conch.

The gurgling spring water flows out from the conch held by the goddess all the time, forming a miniature waterfall that flows vertically down.

And a row of temple guards wearing silver armor stood around.

When they saw the majestic Ren coming over on a tall black horse, they couldn't help but look at each other for a while, and then immediately stepped forward and said: "My Lord Knight, what's the matter with coming to the Goddess Church? "

Just when Ren appeared at the corner of the road, the temple guards had already noticed it.

Firstly, Renne's black war horse was too tall and eye-catching. Secondly, Renne himself had a strong aura of killing the 'Beast Knight', which made the temple guards, who did not have the strength of formal knights, feel a little trembled in their hearts.

If their belief in the goddess was not strong enough, they might have already felt cowardly in their hearts.

"Excuse me, is Dean Rudolph here?" Renn said politely with a smile on his face.

"Do you know the Reverend Rudolf? The Reverend just came back yesterday. What should I call you? I will go and announce it to you." The temple guard who asked the question immediately relaxed when he heard that Ren seemed to know the Reverend Rudolf. many.

"You and Dean Rudolf will inform you that it's Ren who is visiting."

"Okay, Lord Ren."

The temple guard quickly walked up the steps and trotted towards the temple.

After a while, an old man wearing aqua blue robes with gold trim and holding a heavy book walked out of the temple.

Seeing the old man appear, Renn smiled and jumped off his horse.

Rudolph also immediately saw Renne riding on the tall black horse. He couldn't help but smile and greeted him, saying: "Now, I should call you Baron Renne."

The temple guards nearby couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, with astonished expressions on their faces.

At such a young age, he is already a baron?

They thought it was a certain knight master, but they didn't expect it to be an imperial baron. Such a young baron was really rare.

Renn smiled and said: "Master, you're welcome, you can still call me Renn."

At the same time, Renn nodded slightly to the two Templars behind Rudolph.

These two people had fought together in the Yege Forest last time, so they were familiar with each other. One of them seemed to be named Machini, and Renn had an impression of them.

"Lord Baron!" the two Templar knights said, bowing slightly.

"Your Excellency, there is something I need to trouble you about this time." Renn turned his head and motioned to the tall carriage behind him, and then remained silent.

Rudolf was old and mature, and he immediately understood what Ren meant, and said: "Baron Ren, then come and sit at my place."

Then, he signaled to the two Templar knights and led the carriage into the temple.

In the front yard of the temple, Ren's face became solemn and he said: "Your Excellency, the leader, I was assassinated by the Black Flame cult on my way back to the county. Maybe you should take a look at the other party's body first."

"Huh? Assassination?" Rudolph's expression changed and he immediately signaled the two Templars to open the carriage.

I saw two Templars opening the carriage compartment and taking out the tall and thin body of the 'Beast Knight'.

However, as soon as they lifted the body, they found that the body was like a puddle of mud, and the bones all over the body were almost broken. As soon as they lifted it, it fell straight down. In addition, there was an iconic strange-shaped sickle weapon on the side.

The two looked at each other immediately.

"What a powerful hammer skill!" a Templar knight exclaimed.

He was also practicing the hammer technique, so he could tell at first glance that the wounds and mud-like condition on the corpse were clearly caused by the extremely powerful hammer technique.

Such a masterful use of the power of shock would be impossible without decades of hard training!

The key is that this Baron Wren is so young.

The Templar glanced at Renn, feeling extremely horrified!

"Hey! This is Giovanni." Priest Rudolf glanced at the corpse and the iconic weapon placed next to him - the long-handled strange-shaped sickle, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Even though his face was still calm, his heart was extremely frightened.

This guy is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, and many of the shitty things that are done secretly are done by the Wilderness Brotherhood headed by him.

In fact, the Goddess Church wanted to remove this cancer for a long time, but because many nobles in the county firmly opposed it, and there was no clear evidence that the other party was controlled by the cult, so the matter was delayed.

In addition, the opponent was quite powerful. After his transformation, even the Great Knight could compete with him. Unexpectedly, he died in Ren's hands this time.

Huh! Renne can kill the opponent, doesn't this mean that Renne.

Rudolf immediately thought of something.

"This is the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, Giovanni, known as the 'Beast Knight'. Renn, was he the one who attacked you?" Rudolph looked at Renn in surprise.

"That's right, Your Excellency the Master. However, maybe you will be more interested in his other identity." As he said that, Ren took out a diamond-shaped token from his arms with three black flame-shaped tokens, and The prayer written in spiritual writing appeared in front of the three of them.

"The Black Flame Guardian Token and the Black Flame Protection Prayer!" Rudolph took it, looked at it, his eyes suddenly widened, and he exclaimed.

"What!" The two Templar Knights gasped.

"It's actually the Black Flame Guardian Token!" The two looked at each other, and both saw extreme shock in each other's eyes.

The exclamations of several people, especially those of the usually calm Dean Rudolf, immediately attracted the attention of many Templar knights and guards who were practicing combat skills in the front yard of the temple.

Renn looked at Rudolph and the two temple knights, and asked doubtfully: "What is the Black Flame Guardian? I remember that last time I killed the Black Flame Apostle, there was also such a Black Flame Token "

"However, that one is a black flame, and this three black flames seem to be a little more advanced than the apostle's."

"That's right, Renn. The level of this Black Flame Guardian is second only to the Black Flame Priest. Not only is he extremely powerful, but he is also deeply hidden. We only knew that the Black Flame Cult had two Black Flame Guardians before, but we never knew that the Black Flame Cult had two Black Flame Guardians. Know their specific identities.”

"I didn't expect Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, to be a Black Flame Guardian!" Rudolph sighed.

Although it was hard for him to believe that the death of the Black Flame Guardian was caused by the childish-looking young man in front of him, the last time Renn killed the Black Flame Apostle seemed to keep reminding him that this was reasonable. !

In addition, this Black Flame Guardian Token and the Black Flame Protection Prayer are the best proof!

This matter is obviously a good thing for the Goddess Church. The president of the Wilderness Brotherhood has been killed, and now is the best time to sweep away.

"Machini, you call the team immediately, and I will report to the Bishop to launch a raid on the Wilderness Brotherhood immediately!"

"Selkin, hand these two items to the Bishop, and at the same time, report the situation." After thinking about it, Rudolf immediately gave the order.

"Ren, maybe you should meet the Bishop. I believe Bishop Xion will be very happy to see you." Rudolph turned to Ren and said.

Ren thought for a while, then nodded quickly and said, "It's a great honor. I'll trouble you."

The purpose of his coming to the church this time was to seek support from the church.

However, he did not expect that he would be personally received by Bishop Sheehan, the highest person in charge of the county church.

Because, considering that he was about to have a bloody duel with Baron Norman, Ren didn't want to be distracted from dealing with the Black Flame Cult for the time being.

In the county, if he can get the support of the Goddess Church, then the safety of his family will be equivalent to a double insurance, and he will have one less thing to worry about.

After all, the goddess church's protection methods and response methods are much better than him for some mysterious side magic or curses.

Looking at the leaving figures of Ren and Rudolph, many young Templar knights and guards in the front yard of the temple whispered:

"Guardian of Black Flame, hiss!"

"It seems that we have never killed such a high-level figure in the Black Flame Cult, right?"

"Yes, it is said that the strength of the Black Flame Guardian is even higher than that of the Peak Knight?"

"This young man is too strong!"

"Ren? The rumored duel partner of Baron Norman?"

"So he is Ren?"

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Compared to outsiders, it is obvious that as church members who believe in gods, they understand the value and extremely high difficulty of killing the Black Flame Guardian.

Although these words vaguely reached the ears of Ren, who was far away, because the hatred between him and the Black Flame Cult had become irreconcilable, Ren didn't really care whether the news was leaked.

Soon, Renn came to the central area of ​​the temple, which was a magnificent hall with high vaults. There were various reliefs, murals, etc. closely related to the goddess on and around the top.

I saw an old man wearing aqua blue robes with thick gold trim and holding a scepter. He was looking at Ren as he walked into the hall with a smile.

The other person has gray hair and looks very old, but he is very energetic.

Ren's brows raised slightly, and he took the initiative to step forward and salute: "Your Majesty, it's an honor to meet you."

"Hello, my child!" Bishop Xion stepped forward very kindly and hugged Renn gently.

"I heard from Rudolph that you killed a guardian of the Black Flame Cult. My child, if you have any needs, you can tell me."

This is not the first time that Ren has dealt with the Goddess Church. He has already understood before that the Dragon Empire is a situation where imperial power and theocratic power co-govern. Of course, in the current situation, the imperial power is stronger.

But as a bishop, his status in the entire Meist County can be said to be second only to the consul Earl Habus. Even in terms of the right to exterminate cults, the bishop’s opinions carry more weight. This is also the reason for the empire and the goddess Some kind of tacit agreement between churches.

For such a big shot to meet him, this was a much better outcome than what Ren had imagined before.

Originally, he just wanted to mention it to the familiar Rudolf and gain the favor of the church. Unexpectedly, he directly attracted the bishop of the County Goddess Church.

Now that the big shot has spoken, Ren thought it would be a good idea to give his opinion at the right time.

"My Lord Bishop, it is my unshirkable responsibility to kill the cultists. However, I am a little worried about the safety of my family in the county. You know, cults have some evil skills that are hard to guard against."

"Hahaha, so you are worried about this, Rudolph. Later, we will arrange for two temple guards to go to Ren's mansion to set up a magical ritual - 'detect evil'."

"Once the ritual is triggered, the temple will sense it, and then we can arrange for church forces to rush to the rescue quickly." Bishop Xion turned his head and said to Ren.

Rudolf on the side added in a timely manner: "There have been a lot of mysterious incidents and cult incidents recently, which have involved a lot of our manpower. Otherwise, we wouldn't have just sent two temple guards."

Ren nodded, he understood this.

In addition, if the Templars were really stationed in his mansion, it would make him a little uncomfortable and feel a little over-emphasized. After all, every Templar has the strength of a formal knight, and it would be almost the same if he was an earl.

"By the way, there has been a lot of noise in the county in the past two days. It is said that Baron Norman wants to ask you for a bloody duel. My child, do you need the church to come forward and help you negotiate?" Bishop Sheen thought of something and took the initiative. said.

"Thank you, Lord Bishop, for your concern. There will definitely be a battle between Baron Norman and me. This duel is what I am looking forward to."

"Well, in that case, may the goddess bless you. My child, this is a silver conch medal from the goddess church, which is used to commend those who have made outstanding contributions in exorcising evil."

"In the last and this battle with the cultists, I think you have every reason to get this medal." Bishop Xion said as he picked up a tray from the tray held by the attendant beside him. A medal the size of a child's fist, shining with silver light.

There is an exceptionally clear conch pattern on it, lifelike!

"Thank you, goddess, thank you, Lord Bishop!" Renn took it carefully and wore it inside the lining.

"Baron Wren, please keep this medal safe. You can seek and receive help anywhere in the empire as long as there is a temple of the Church of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess."

"In addition, this medal solidifies the magic of detecting evil. When evil approaches, it will vibrate slightly to alert you." Rudolph explained at the side.

Renn nodded, bowed slightly to Bishop Xion, and expressed his thanks again.

"In addition, considering that you are about to face a battle, I have a blessing from the goddess here, which may be helpful to you." Bishop Xion looked at Ren and said with a smile.

"Blessing?" Renn was stunned when he heard it, but Rudolf on the side winked at him repeatedly, indicating Renn's agreement.

Ren thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Lord Bishop!"

Originally, Ren was a little wary of this kind of blessing from God, but then he thought about it and it seemed that his own system could absorb all the energy of the blood crystal and the black crystal.

Then the blessing from the goddess should be regarded as some kind of energy.

Following the high-pitched chanting, the gray-haired bishop looked at Ren, raised his scepter, and saw the aqua blue light becoming more and more intense and dazzling. The next second, this aqua blue light enveloped Lei En. On the body.

A cool and strange energy penetrated into Ren's body.

The system prompts immediately:

【Ding! The test found that there is a large amount of unknown absorbable energy lingering around the host. Yes/no? (Note: After absorption, it can be converted into designated professional experience points.)]

Renn was inexplicably happy!

Sure enough it can.

Immediately silently say "yes" in my heart!

Immediately, this aqua blue energy was quickly absorbed.

【Ding! A total of 1976 points of extraordinary experience points have been converted. Please choose Knight (extraordinary)/Wizard Apprentice (extraordinary)/Beast Tamer (extraordinary) to upgrade. 】

Huh!

sure!

This time the Goddess Church came to the right place.

But which extraordinary profession is it added to?

This suddenly put Renn in a bit of trouble.

Because if added to any extraordinary profession, he can get a reward of just one level.

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At the same time, in a study room in Earl Habbs's residence.

"What? Giovanni died in the battle?" When Alonso heard the news, he stood up suddenly and asked with a look of horror on his face.

"Yes, according to the report from the spy, this is what he saw with his own eyes. Ren killed the 'Beast Knight' Giovanni in the battle." Butler Michelle wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Just now, when he heard the news, he was shocked. You must know that as the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, Giovanni not only helped the Black Flame Church, but also helped many nobles in the county and dealt with many problems. Things that are convenient to take action.

Among the upper class society in Meister County, the 'Beast Knight' was very famous, but just such a person was killed on the spot by Renn one on one.

"Are you sure no one else is helping?" Alonso asked again in disbelief.

"Confirmed not! The spy made it very clear that it was one-on-one. I have also asked repeatedly about this." Michelle nodded, affirmatively.

Alonso frowned and paced. After a few seconds, he seemed to have thought of something and quickly issued an order:

"You should notify Baron Norman immediately and tell him the news. If he needs any help, if he can help, please agree to it for me."

"As you command, Lord Baron." Butler Michelle bowed slightly and quickly left the room.