The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Faced with Brigadier General Parix's cursing words, none of the strong men around him dared to say a word or talk to him. They all looked intently and patrolled around, as if they were all concentrating on their vigilance work.

This made Brigadier General Parix quite boring.

"Who?" A strong man looked at the dark coast with burning eyes and whispered.

After a while, a thin man wearing leather armor appeared. After seeing Parix, he bowed respectfully and said, "Brigadier General, I am sent by Lord Magis to support you."

"Since the original station has been destroyed, Lord Magis helped find a new station this time. It is also in the Wild Wolf Hills, but the location has been changed. It is at the original station of the Wild Wolf Bandit Group."

"Their main force was just destroyed today. According to reliable information, it was the same person who destroyed our stronghold."

"Huh? Tell me in detail." After hearing this, Brigadier General Parix looked at the thin man with interest and said.

Before he came, he had received Maggie's general information about the entire Meist County. At the same time, the intelligence also pointed out in detail the biggest suspect in the destruction of the stronghold - a newly promoted baron named Renn. .

In Magis's view, if he wanted to raise the flag of the Zalal Resistance Army again in Meist County, this Renne would be the best person to sacrifice the flag to.

However, in the eyes of Brigadier General Paris, he came to Meist because he had more important things to do, and he did not agree with Magis's suggestion.

The Ren mentioned by the other party is just a 'small gravel' that can be crushed with one kick.

Maxis, hey, he’s just a high-level spy, his field of vision is too narrow!

"This, Brigadier General, I only heard the news. It is said that Renn killed Giovanni, the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, and a group of gangsters from the Wild Wolf Bandits outside the city of Meister County. ”

"Huh? This Renn again?"

"Um, what, the Wilderness Brotherhood? President? Is it very strong?" Parix said with a puzzled look on his face.

"There is a local mysterious organization in Emeist. The strength of the president Giovanni is only lower than that of the Grand Knight." The man in leather armor explained.

"Only under the Grand Knight? Does this mean that this Giovanni is not yet the Grand Knight?"

"Well, you are right, Brigadier-General."

"Haha, how long did it take for Ren to kill this president?"

"Evenly matched, the battle lasted a long time."

"Haha, don't make a fuss about this kind of news next time. What you need to focus on are the people with the strength of the great knights in Meister. Do you understand?" Parix chuckled with disdain, road.

"Yes, Brigadier-General!"

——

In the study room of Renn's new residence in the county town of Meist.

Conversations between Rennes and Hamilton continue.

"The biggest difference between a great knight and a knight is the secondary evolution of the body and the use of the Force."

"When we are in the knight stage, as our training gradually deepens, usually when we are at the peak of knighthood, our bodies will gradually begin to generate force, but at this time, we are not yet able to control it freely."

Um?

Hearing this, Renn couldn't help but feel a little confused.

He can control it freely now. There seems to be something wrong with Hamilton's statement.

However, Renn did not interrupt the other party, but chose to continue listening.

Just listen to Hamilton continue:

"The key point why the great knight's combat power can crush the knight is that the great knight can mobilize the force to cover his whole body and weapons, thereby greatly enhancing his own combat effectiveness and defense."

After listening to Hamilton's explanation, Renne's doubts not only did not diminish, but actually increased.

After thinking for a while, Ren asked:

"Lord Hamilton, are there any people who can freely control a trace of the force in the knight stage?"

"Yes, this usually only appears among people with extremely outstanding will or belief. For example, peak knights who devote themselves wholeheartedly to the long sword may be able to freely control that trace of the force to fight."

"In the knight stage, those who can exert the extraordinary combat power of the long sword will be called a swordsman. The swordsman has a lethality comparable to that of a great knight, but the gap is too big in terms of defense."

I see!

That's right. What Hamilton just said is basically consistent with what Master Gunther said. At the same time, the system's job transfer prompts also support this.

Is it comparable to the lethality of the Great Knight?

Ren recalled the scene of him killing the offshore plesiosaur and the scale-bearded ironback turtle. Indeed, the sword blessed by faith and the force seemed to have the feeling of being able to cut through everything.

"Sir, what you just said is that the great knight can mobilize the force and attach it to the long sword to fight. So what is the difference between this kind and the great swordsman?" Ren asked again.

Regarding this answer, Renne had already made a guess in his mind before, and he asked Hamilton this time just to confirm it.

Hamilton shook his head and said: "It's different. You can understand that the great swordsman is the most special group of people among the great knights."

"Their long swords are not only equipped with the force, but also their belief. It is a strange combination of belief and the force, with extraordinary lethality!"

Sure enough, Ren nodded slightly, it was almost the same as what he had thought before.

Now, he has one last question: "Sir, are there any differences in extraordinary characteristics or other specialties regarding the high-level potion beast essence?"

You know, advanced potions have a lot to pay attention to.

Hearing this question, Hamilton smiled and said:

"That's a good question. In fact, long before the emergence of high-level magic potions like Behemoth Essence, it's not that there were no knights who could successfully step into the realm of great knights. It's just that the number was very small. They were almost one in a hundred!"

"Once the forced breakthrough fails, the consequences will be death or injury."

"But with the help of high-level magic potions like Behemoth Essence, the success rate is much higher, almost ten to one. At the same time, the sequelae of a failed attack are also relatively weakened."

"In this regard, Behemoth Essence is different from advanced potions. As a high-end potion, its main function is to provide sufficient energy for your body to evolve to a higher level."

"The essence of secondary evolution is to strengthen your original extraordinary characteristics and gradually take root in your bloodline. This process will not generate new extraordinary characteristics."

Ren suddenly realized that this was the case!

No wonder the advanced magic potion to become a formal knight is so precious. It turns out that the root lies here.

"So, to evaluate the quality of a giant beast essence, it mainly depends on the amount of special evolutionary substances it contains, right?" Renn thought for a while and came to a conclusion.

Hamilton glanced at Ren with approval and said, "That's right! But the more powerful the beast is, the more evolutionary substances it can extract from its heart."

"But in fact, Renn, the most critical or difficult thing about becoming a great knight is to control one's body with extraordinary will. Otherwise, the promotion will inevitably fail."

Ren nodded.

Immediately, he thought that whether he was promoted to a Grand Knight or a Weapon Master, the system had no restrictions on the expression of the essence of the giant beast, it just had to be there.

In other words, as long as he has the beast essence, he will definitely become a great knight. As for the quality of the beast essence, it does not matter at all.

This is the greatest meaning of hanging!

Yes = success!

"Sir, there is something I need to trouble you to contact Colonel Connor. I have a heart of the beast here, and I would like to ask the masters from the military or the Royal Apothecary Society to help me make a bottle of the essence of the beast."

Ren said as he handed Hamilton the Heart of the Behemoth box from the offshore plesiosaur.

"Huh? Do you have the Heart of the Behemoth?" Hamilton looked shocked again, but he soon regained his composure. After all, Ren had killed Giovanni, so getting a Heart of the Behemoth was not enough. No wonder.

"Well, I happened to get one when I went to Rosby County this time." Renn said with a smile.

"Okay! I will contact Connor as soon as possible." Hamilton agreed without much hesitation.

Hamilton, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped and turned around: "Ren, there is one thing. Forget it, I will talk to you after your duel."

——

at the same time.

A luxurious mansion in Meist County, in a dark underground hall.

Black Flame Monk Maral was reporting with sweat profusely: "Master Priest, what's bad, Master Giovanni's action failed, Master Giovanni himself was killed by Ren on the spot!"

"What, Giovanni is dead?" The fat officiant suddenly stood up from the large chair and asked immediately.

"Yes, sir!" Maral lowered his head and replied.

This was the first time he saw the officiant with such a gloomy expression. He saw the officiant's fat body slowly pacing in the underground hall and murmured:

"How is this possible? With Giovanni's speed, even if he can't be beaten, he should be able to escape smoothly!"

"Master Priest, there is another news." Maral had a constipated expression on his face. Although he knew that the Priest would be even more angry if he told it now, he still chose to say it.

"Huh?" The fat body of the officiant stopped and looked at Maral suspiciously, with a sense of scrutiny, as if he was asking, 'Do you have worse news than Giovanni's murder? ’

"Well, after Ren killed Lord Giovanni, he sent his body directly to the temple of the Church of the Goddess of Monsoon and Ocean." Maral spoke softer and softer.

Because the officiant's pale face suddenly turned rosy.

Maral knew that this was obviously not a good thing. It was a sign of the great anger of the officiant!

"boom!"

The officiant had a ferocious face, stretched out his skinny arm, and directly bombarded a large ball of black flames on the ground of the underground hall, exploding a large hole.

"grass"

"This Ren, I must kill him!!"

The impact of this black flame was so powerful that it was several times more powerful than an ordinary black flame monk. It scared Malal to the point where he almost jumped up. As if he was worried that the chief priest would vent his anger on him, Malal immediately said:

"Master Priest, maybe we can achieve the goal of killing Renn without us taking action this time."

"Because there is a news that has spread among the nobles of Meister County. It is said that Baron Norman will have a bloody duel with Renn next Sunday at the duel ground in the county."

"Huh? Is this the case?"

"Yes, officiant." Lamar wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. Now it seems that the officiant is in a much better mood.

"Is that Norman, who retired from the Imperial Navy?" The officiant continued to ask, seemingly recalling something.

"Yes, that's the one."

"I remember, didn't he suffer a hidden injury that greatly damaged his strength? His current strength should not be as good as Giovanni! Wouldn't this kind of inevitable duel only encourage Ren's arrogance?" The officiant said in a bad tone.

"That's right, the news from Baron Alonso says that Baron Norman's strength has been restored to its peak through secret medicine, and he is now trying to find a way to attack the great knight before the bloody duel."

"And once he becomes a great knight, I think this duel will be Renne's last battle."

"That's it." The fat officiant nodded and seemed to be in a much better mood.

I saw him walking back to the chair in the center of the hall and saying:

"Lamar, since Giovanni has returned to the embrace of the God of Hunting, it is your responsibility to contact the Wilderness Brotherhood."

"Well, Lord Priest, just now, the headquarters of the Wilderness Brotherhood in the county town has been destroyed by the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church." Lamar wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"Huh?" The officiant felt that after listening to the report, his mood was like a roller coaster. He suddenly felt angry and had nowhere to vent his anger, and the eyes he stared at Lamar were quite unkind.

"Is this also because of Ren?" He immediately remembered what Lamar said just now, Ren handed Giovanni's body to the Goddess Church and asked.

"Yes, Master Priest."

Lamar nodded and suggested sullenly:

"Otherwise, we will gather our troops in the past two nights and directly attack Renn's new mansion in the noble district at night? I think even if he survives, all his family members will definitely die."

"Not good!" The officiant immediately shook his fat head.

He is not stupid. There is no way that in order to avenge Giovanni, he would involve the entire Black Flame Church and act blatantly in the county. This would only make the Black Flame Church immediately become the primary target of the Empire and the Goddess Church.

Wouldn't this actually benefit other forces such as the Poseidon Sect?

"Don't worry, Ren is going to take up a post in Fishing Port Town. In that case, let the Poseidon Cult deal with him." After a while, the officiant seemed to have figured out something and shrank his fat body into the chair. , said calmly.

——

The next day, the beautiful Baroness Crawley got up early and went out in a carriage.

Today is a slightly busy day for Jennifer.

According to what Ren told her, the first thing she had to do was rush to the blacksmith shop and arrange for someone to quietly purchase ferrochromium ingots on the market, as well as purchase ferrochrome ingots or raw ferrite ore through multiple channels.

Later, she would go to Axon Auction House to inquire about purchasing the essence of the giant beast.

According to the plan agreed on last night, if she could purchase the high-end magic potion 'Behemoth Essence' within a week, then no matter how high the cost, she would choose to purchase a bottle directly at a premium.

But if the delivery time is after the duel, then there is no need.

Finally, she had to go to Master Holland's Pharmacy.

At this moment, there was an exquisite wooden box placed at her feet, which contained a behemoth heart from Ren, which was also the most important raw material for high-end magic potions such as behemoth essence.

After Ren got up, he did not immediately go to the blacksmith shop to upgrade the armor caster's professional level. Instead, he got on the carriage that had been arranged and headed to Earl Habbs's mansion.

As Renn had already made an agreement with the earl, the first thing he did when he returned to the county town was to report to the earl.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the door of Earl Habbs's mansion smoothly. Under the leadership of the butler, Renn soon met Earl Habs in the luxurious study.

The Earl's gray hair was still meticulously combed, and he was dressed in a gray aristocratic hunting suit with gold thread. He was extremely gentleman. The chest of this hunting suit also had a Cali bird pattern woven with gold thread.

It can be seen that Earl Habs attaches great importance to the glory of the family.

"Good day, Lord Earl!" Renn bowed respectfully.

When Earl Harris saw Renn coming in, he put down his pen, raised his head, looked at Renn up and down with a smile, and said: "Renn, it seems that your training has been good."

"It's really not bad. I learned a lot during this training." Renn smiled.

"Very good, young people should have this kind of continuous upward vigor. Just in time, I calculated the time and you should be back. I originally wanted to send someone to find you."

"Tell me, Renn, what do you think of Norman challenging you to duel?"

"Although I can't cancel this matter, I can still send you out to perform official duties for a period of time."

Ren's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and he could naturally tell that the earl was still slightly biased towards him.

However, it’s not necessary!

In addition, for such a Norman family that has been sending people to assassinate him, Renn naturally wants to eliminate them directly.

Normally, Renn wouldn't have a particularly good way to deal with the opponent's continuous assassinations, but this time the opponent proposed a bloody duel. From a certain point of view, it just followed Renn's wish.

Because he wanted Jennifer to understand that Baron Norman was the spine of the entire Norman family. When the spine was interrupted, the ending of the family could be imagined.

Renn shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I just want to fight Baron Norman to see how much progress I have made this time."

Hearing Ren's polite words of rejection, Earl Habs shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay! Then follow the glorious tradition of the empire and let the two of you settle your grievances in the duel field."

"Is it next Sunday? Today happens to be Sunday. In seven days, I will attend in person."

"In these seven days, you should prepare for the duel. Over at Fishing Port Town, I will arrange for others to deal with it first. Let's wait until the duel is over."

"Thank you, Lord Earl!" Renn bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

After one hour.

Wren came to the Crowley family blacksmith shop.

In a separate smelting room, a lot of clay and a large number of chromium iron ingots have been placed aside. As for the ice iron ingots, there are only four or five ice iron ingots. However, the ice iron ingots will not be used in a short period of time, so Renn is not in a hurry. .

Since he had already tried to make spear cavalry breastplates before when he was promoted to Armor Master, but he only gained 5 points of Armor Master professional experience at that time, what Ren planned to try this time was to make chromium iron. Set of related parts.

Adopting the idea of ​​​​integrated molding, the chromium-iron breastplate is a layered and exquisite breastplate. The craftsmanship is much more complicated than the previous spear cavalry breastplate, so naturally it is not Ren's first choice.

This time, Renn chose the chromium iron greaves, which includes the lower leg and is made of two chromium iron plates hinged.

In other words, by relying on the witchcraft 'Scorching Touch', Ren was able to imitate the forging process of the spear cavalry breastplate and quickly produce chromium iron greaves in a short period of time.

This also means that he can quickly gain a lot of professional experience as an armor caster.

At this moment, there were seven or eight burning red iron chromium ingots placed in the blacksmith's furnace.

And Ren raised his hand and whispered the witchcraft's "Scorching Touch" spell.

Soon, a rich crimson light began to appear in front of Ren's palm. For a moment, the free flame energy particles around him were quickly gathering towards the front of his palm.

As his mental power continued to be output, the flames of the blacksmith's furnace suddenly shot up!

The seven or eight iron ingots began to gradually turn red and soft at a speed visible to the naked eye, and turned into molten iron after a few minutes.

Renn immediately opened a small gate of the blacksmith's furnace and poured hot liquid chromium into the clay mold made in advance.

After cooling, Ren took out the two original pieces of greaves from the clay mold, picked up the blacksmith's hammer, and started hammering them.

Due to the improvement in strength, agility and physique, Renn could beat more easily than before. Soon, he spliced ​​the two chromium iron parts at the front and back together to form a whole piece of greaves.

At this time, the system prompt appears:

[You have carried out the forging work of chromium iron greaves, and the related understanding has been improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill—greaves forging]

[Your skill Greaves Forging has been improved, experience value +24]

[You focus on the forging of chromium iron greaves, and the Armor Forger professional experience value +28]

Ren's eyes lit up when he saw it!

Not bad, just as he expected.

After choosing the chromium iron sheath that was a higher level than the spear cavalry in "Crowley's Compendium of Armor Crafting Volume 1", the armor caster's experience value increased significantly.

In addition, Renn felt that when he was forging the greaves, he had an inexplicable feeling about the current success rate of armor casting.

This should be the effect of 'Armor Casting Specialization lv1', which slightly increased the success rate of his armor forging.

After thinking about it, Ren quickly asked everyone in the blacksmith shop to help make about ten matching clay molds (one for the left and one for the right greaves).

Afterwards, Ren used the witchcraft 'Scorching Touch' again and again, and started the continuous smelting and forging mode!

The system almost flashed the screen prompts.

At the end of the day, except for returning home for meals, Renn spent almost all his time in the blacksmith shop.

Although it was hard work, the results were remarkable. Within one day, Renn's armor caster professional level was raised from lv1 to lv2.

And Renne also received an upgrade reward of 1 attribute point and 1 skill point.

After dinner, the beautiful woman, who had been busy outside for nearly a day, came to the blacksmith shop and found Ren.

"Jennifer, from the look on your face, it seems that things are not going well?" Renne, who was forging the greaves, looked up and saw the beautiful woman with an unhappy expression.

"Well, there is a bottle of ready-made behemoth essence at Axion Auction House, but the person in charge of the auction house, Lennon, said that it happened to be reserved yesterday."

"I negotiated for a long time, but even with a 30% premium, I still couldn't get it." The beautiful woman said this, feeling slightly frustrated.

"Oh?" Renn's mind changed and he had already guessed who the reservation person was. There was a high probability that it was either Norman or Alonso.

However, it doesn't matter.

"Where's Master Holland?" Ren asked.

"The other party promised to make it, but yesterday Master Holland received a batch of urgent orders, saying that he would not have time to make it for us in half a month." The beautiful woman said helplessly.

"That's it, it doesn't matter. Let's continue to let Master Holland help with the production." Ren thought for a while and said.

"Huh?" Jennifer looked at Ren with a pair of beautiful eyes in surprise.

She thought Renn would choose to give up. After all, at this time point, it was not in time for the bloody duel. It was a full week away.

"Don't worry, I have plans!" Ren said with a smile.

Rennes had anticipated this situation yesterday.

After learning from Hamilton that the swordsman's combat power was comparable to that of a great knight, Renn made an arrangement in his mind.

If we say that he has improved both the Giant Bear Swordsmanship and the Tokkar Hammer Skill to level 10, his strength is even higher than that of a swordsman. Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to call him a 'quasi-great swordsman'.

No, to be precise, it should be a 'quasi-weapon master'.

If coupled with the extraordinary characteristic 'Iron Skin lv3' and the trump card of 'recovering with added attribute points', Renn feels that even if Norman becomes a great knight, he believes that he will definitely be able to defeat the opponent!

It's not that he is overconfident, but this can be seen from the fact that Giovanni, who was as powerful as the Great Knight after his transformation, was still killed by him.

——

"What? You said, this Renne has been in the blacksmith shop all day?" Alonso looked shocked when he heard the news.

"Yes, many people have seen this, there is no way to fake it." Michelle, the butler, didn't understand either.

"Dong dong dong!" A thin man wearing leather armor walked in and quickly reported:

"Sir, the last time you asked me to keep an eye on Baroness Crowley, she just went to Axon Auction House this morning and stayed for a long time. However, I don't know the specific content of the negotiation."

"In addition, in the afternoon, she diverted to Master Holland's Pharmacy."

"Huh?" Baron Alonso immediately turned to look at Michelle standing aside.

After the two looked at each other, they laughed. Baron Alonso said with a smile: "Look, it turns out that this Ren is deliberately confusing us, but secretly he asked the Crowley family to help him achieve his real purpose. "

"Michelle, do you think this Renne wants to buy something at the Axon Auction House?"

Michelle smiled and said, "If I guessed correctly, it should be 'Behemoth Essence'."

"That's right!"

"Fortunately, you already contacted Axon Auction House in advance yesterday."

"As for Master Holander, naturally they will only get their turn after making the behemoth potion for us."

When he thought that he had predicted Rennes' plan, Alonso laughed very happily!

Michelle also looked confident of winning.

Because he handled both of these matters personally.

——

On the third day, Renn's armor caster was upgraded to lv3.

On the fifth day, promoted to lv4!

At this point, the remaining attribute points on the system panel have reached 6, and the remaining skill points have reached 5.

However, the experience value of the chromium iron greaves also began to drop off a cliff after the Ren armorer entered level 4.

Ren knew that if he wanted to continue to improve rapidly now, he would have to change to a more advanced knight plate armor suit.

However, the problem that hinders him is that the number of ice iron ingots does not seem to be enough. Currently, there are only more than ten ice iron ingots. Plus the unsmelted ice iron ore, it seems that it is not enough for Ren to upgrade the armor caster to lv5.