The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man nodded and said: "I am a staff member of the Empire's Conferment Assessment Committee in the Münster Province. Your Excellency, Ren, please get on the carriage and discuss it in detail."

Um?

From the canonization assessment committee?

No wonder he dared to use a dragon as a symbol on the carriage.

After all, the other party is an organization directly under the Council of Elders, the highest authority in the empire.

"Okay." Ren didn't dare to express his displeasure, so he nodded quickly and followed the middle-aged man into the car.

As soon as they entered, they saw that the interior space of this carriage was extremely spacious. The two rows at the front and back could sit facing each other, and there was a medium-sized long coffee table in the middle.

And a middle-aged man with a mustache and wearing a black hunting jacket with gold trim was sitting on the left side, calmly looking at Ren as he entered the carriage.

"Your Excellency Renn, this is Special Envoy Javier Stewart." The man in the tuxedo then introduced.

"Hello, Mr. Special Envoy." Ren bowed slightly in greeting.

special envoy?

Renn couldn't tell at once how high the level of this position was.

However, it is obvious that the other party is a high-ranking noble.

"Your Excellency Renn is really young and promising. Please take a look at this information." Javier looked at Renn up and down and couldn't help but smile. As he said this, he pushed a file-like file on the coffee table to Renn. .

"Okay, sir." After Ren took it, he began to read it carefully.

A few minutes later, after reading the information, Renn looked thoughtful.

At this time, seeing that Ren had finished reading, the special envoy named Javier said: "Due to the need for confidentiality, these information cannot be handed over to you. If you don't remember it, you can read it again now. "

"No need, I think I have remembered it, thank you, envoy."

"By the way, please be sure to keep this credential badge for participating in the canonization assessment." Javier pointed to the coffee table again.

Ren nodded, and he picked up the purple-gold emblem on the coffee table that was slightly larger than the gold coin. The pattern on the emblem was of a knight riding a horse holding a sword and shield. He looked mighty and mighty.

"Well, Sir Ren, please be sure not to be late. Being late will disqualify you from the canonization assessment."

"Excuse me for disturbing you today, I wish you good luck in your assessment!" Javier said with a smile.

Ren knew it was time to talk.

Presumably, this special envoy should have other people participating in the canonization assessment to be notified.

"Thank you, Mr. Special Envoy." After Ren picked up the voucher badge, he stood up and left the carriage.

Immediately, the carriage started to move slowly.

In the carriage compartment, the man in tuxedo asked curiously:

"Sir Special Envoy, why did you make a special trip to see this Ren?"

"The other person is just a commoner. Although it is rare to be able to reach the extraordinary level at this age, it does not seem to be unusual if it is placed in the entire province of Munster."

Javier smiled and said: "Haha, the latest news is that this young Lord Ren, some time ago, independently killed several monks of the Black Flame Cult and foiled an operation of the other party."

"Huh? This is really rare!" the man in the tuxedo said with a hint of surprise on his face.

"Doesn't that mean that this young Lord Ren is very likely to have the strength to rival a senior knight?"

"Not only that, it is said that among the Black Flame monks, there is also a Black Flame apostle. This has also been confirmed by the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church in Meister County." Javier continued.

"What?" The man in the tuxedo's eyes suddenly widened. This time he was really shocked.

At Renne's age, being able to kill masters at the apostle level is quite rare even if you look at the entire province of Munster.

If this range is further reduced to young people around the age of fifteen who are from civilian backgrounds, it seems that there is none!

At least in his impression, that's the case.

"It seems that Lord Ren is likely to be a potential 'sword bearer'." The man in the tuxedo exhaled softly and said.

He finally understood why the special envoy came here!

I see.

"Well, there are still some uncertainties about becoming a member of the 'Sword Bearers'. We'll see."

Soon, the luxury carriage disappeared at the end of the road.

After watching the other party leave, Renn began to make some preparations in his mind. The content of the information in the file bag had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

The first is the time and place of the canonization assessment: half a month later, in the city of Rosby in the province of Munster, which is the county seat of Rosby County.

This is also the first time Ren heard about it.

But fortunately, judging from the map in the information, it is located right next to Meist County. According to the distance, it can be reached by horseback in about five days, which is not too far.

In addition, the map also shows that this is a large city close to the coastline, with islands dotted around Rosby City.

From this point of view, it seems that the content of this assessment may be related to the island, or even directly related to the ocean.

Eliminate the pirates entrenched on certain islands?

Or is there border friction with the emerging Eagle Federation?

Renn shook his head slightly. None of this was known until he arrived in Rosby City.

In addition, he currently does not know whether he will be assigned a single-person assessment task or a multi-person team assessment task, so Renne can only prepare carefully.

However, Renne is still very confident in his own strength.

After all, his current strength has surpassed Hamilton, and Hamilton participated in the canonization assessment and received a second-level evaluation similar to 'good', and received the title of Lord.

In other words, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to win the title of Lord after participating in the canonization assessment this time.

Instead of returning to the utility room on the second floor, after thinking about it, Renn decided to go to the town administration hall first to find Hamilton.

After a while, Lane arrived at Hamilton's office.

As soon as he entered the door, there was the smell of herbs that hit his nostrils, and then Renn remembered that Hamilton was seriously injured last night.

Seeing Ren come in, Hamilton smiled and said, "Ren, why are you here? I was just about to send someone to find you, but you came here unexpectedly."

"Sir, how is your health?"

"It's not a big problem, it just needs to be taken care of in the past few days."

Renn nodded and continued: "That's good, sir, the people from the canonization assessment committee came to see me."

"Huh? So fast?" Hamilton said with a serious look on his face.

Immediately, Renne briefly talked to Hamilton about the people he met and some of the content of the conversation.

He mainly wanted to listen to Hamilton's analysis and see what aspects he still needed to prepare for. After all, Hamilton had relevant experience.

After listening, Hamilton began to think carefully, paused and said:

"I don't know much about the position of special envoy. After all, any staff member who comes from the canonization assessment committee can be regarded as a special envoy at the provincial or county level as long as he shoulders specific tasks or responsibilities."

"But that's not your focus."

"Ren, judging from your gathering place, there is a high probability that the content of this batch of canonization assessments should be related to the ocean. There are still about ten days left, so you have to prepare well."

"For example, in a water environment, a heavy knight's plate armor can sometimes be a burden. Therefore, I suggest you prepare a set of leather armor."

"In addition, you also need to think carefully about other situations that you may encounter."

Ren nodded, indeed.

But immediately an idea flashed in Renn's mind.

Perhaps, he could go to the bat market and browse around, maybe there would be some potions or rare items suitable for use in water environments.

"By the way, Renn, the county messenger just informed me that tomorrow, Dean Rudolf of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church will lead a team again to go to Yesong Forest to deal with the evil ghost knight."

"Originally, I thought I was injured, so I planned to ask you to accompany me."

"However, since you are about to take part in the canonization assessment, so still"

When Ren heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, interrupted the second half of Hamilton's sentence, and said:

"Wait a minute, sir, you are feeling sick, so it would be more appropriate for me to go. In addition, if I want to further improve my strength, I think I need to go through more actual combat tests!"

He didn't expect that just as Lagrei came to find him, someone from the church would come.

In addition, having a church colleague will naturally provide a greater guarantee of safety. After all, he is an expert in handling mysterious events and has rich experience.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ren is still considering whether he can improve his own strength through the task of dealing with the evil spirit knight.

Because currently, his knight (extraordinary) career panel is not far from being upgraded.

Hamilton glanced at Renne.

Do you still need to improve your strength?

This is a canonization assessment, not a life and death trial!

Hamilton couldn't help but cursed.

Of course, you can't say that. Hamilton looked at Renne and asked seriously: "Renne, are you sure you don't need to spend some time preparing?"

"Sir, the mission of the Evil Spirit Knight shouldn't take too long. I think I will have enough time to prepare after I come back."

"Okay!" Hamilton nodded and agreed.

After all, for him, the current injury is not serious and it will take a few days to recover. It is definitely the best choice to go to Rennes.

When Ren returned home and told La Gray the news, the barbarian girl couldn't help but beam with joy.

She had been waiting for this day for too long.

"Besides, if nothing else happens tomorrow, I should accompany you." Renn thought for a while and added.

"Huh? Isn't it Lord Hamilton?"

"He was injured, so I will lead the team this time in Goldsmith Town," Renn explained.

"Well, then I'll go get ready." Judging from LaGrei's expression, her brows seemed to be more energetic.

At this time, Ren was free and began to look at the two witchcraft scrolls.

Ren first took out one of the witchcraft scrolls, opened it carefully, and read it.

There are two ways to trigger the witchcraft scroll. One is to tear it directly, which is suitable for everyone, including ordinary people.

The other method requires injecting a bit of mental power. This method is relatively more suitable for wizard apprentices. In this way, the angle and range of witchcraft can be slightly controlled.

I saw that the first witchcraft scroll had complicated lines, triangles and circular patterns on it, and it exuded a faint cold air. There was a small spiritual text (Akkadian) on the side that said, 'extreme cold wind'.

The effect of the witchcraft'extreme cold wind': Starting from the caster, it summons extremely cold airflow, blowing tens of meters ahead, and causing the temperature in the area to drop drastically in a very short period of time.

Frost witchcraft?

Ren was lost in thought.

From the description, it seems to be a range-type witchcraft, and the power is not weak, but I don't know how drastic the temperature drop is.

For example, can seawater freeze instantly?

After thinking about it, Ren put it away and slowly opened the second witchcraft scroll.

The same complicated pattern, but this time the faint energy fluctuations on the scroll are completely different from the previous one.

The spiritual instructions on the side read 'Summon a hurricane'.

The effect of the witchcraft 'Summoning Hurricane': Instantly summons a hurricane containing powerful energy to attack the fan-shaped area directly in front of the caster.

for this vague expression.

Renn can only say that he is deeply disgusted!

Powerful energy?

How powerful is that?

Does this hurricane inflict damage like a knife to the enemy? Or just blow the enemy away? Or can you brag to the sky?

Ren was puzzled!

Unfortunately, there is only one witchcraft scroll with the same effect, so this means that it is impossible for Ren to test the actual effect of the witchcraft scroll in advance.

In addition, Ren was also confused as to why Adams, who majored in negative energy, had these two scrolls, which were obviously ice and wind scrolls.

Could it be that it was stolen from his mentor Thorin many years ago?

Or the spoils of a covert operation?

After thinking for a moment, Renn shook his head slightly. None of this had anything to do with him.

After Ren put away the two witchcraft scrolls, he took out the book recording the witchcraft 'High Temperature Force Field' again and read it carefully.

Half an hour later, Ren crossed his arms and began to pace in the utility room.

Since the first witchcraft that Ren mastered, 'Seering Touch', was also a fire witchcraft, it was natural that he compared the two witchcraft models of 'High Temperature Force Field' and 'Seering Touch'.

Obviously, the difficulty has skyrocketed!

The difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft's "Seering Touch" model is like learning the English word "big" after learning the English abcd (rune of will), but the difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft's "high temperature force field" is completely different. After learning abcd, it's straight to 'congratulation'.

Therefore, although Ren's mental power has increased to 20 points, and he can sense and guide the surrounding fire energy particles much faster than last time, he still wants to visualize the 'High Temperature Force Field' witchcraft simultaneously and completely. The model is extremely difficult.

After thinking about it, Ren decided to give it a try first.

After all, he has succeeded. As long as he succeeds once, it means that it is engraved on the panel and he can steadily improve in the future. There is no need to worry about forgetting, regressing or even making mistakes like ordinary wizard apprentices.

After failing more than ten times in a row, Ren finally succeeded once!

I could see that there seemed to be slight refraction in the air within a few meters around Renn, and in the air in farther areas. Although I didn't distinguish it carefully, I couldn't really see it. .

But you should know that according to the refraction and reflection of light in elementary school physics, this should not happen in the same medium.

Because of the same medium, the conductivity is fixed.

But at this moment, it appeared.

Obviously, this shows that the temperature of the air around Rennes is higher than other places, which causes this situation. The medium is air, but due to the changes in air density and humidity caused by the temperature difference, there are differences in conductivity.

This is the principle of mirage.

In addition, Lane also discovered that the force field heated up extremely quickly, similar to the effect of combining a microwave oven and an air fryer.

It can heat the air to a specified temperature in just seconds.

Therefore, in order to measure the power of this 'high temperature force field', Renn had already placed three basins of water on the table in advance, about one meter, two meters and three meters away from him.

Ten seconds later, Renn took the initiative to stop the witchcraft 'high temperature force field'.

To his disappointment, none of the three basins of water boiled.

This shows that the temperature of the witchcraft's "high temperature force field" should be much lower than the witchcraft's "scorching touch".

After all, given the power of the witchcraft 'Scorching Touch', the water would have evaporated directly rather than boiling at this moment.

After Ren stopped, he stepped forward and touched the water temperature in the basin.

Well, this three-meter basin seems to be suitable for soaking feet, about 40 to 50 degrees.

The two-meter pot is about 70 or 80 degrees, which is quite hot, but the one-meter pot is actually about the same temperature as the three-meter pot.

This actually surprised Ren.

He originally thought that the one-meter pot would be the hottest.

It seems that the maximum radius of the killing power of this 'high temperature force field' is about two meters. No matter how far or how close it is, the power will weaken.

At this time, the system prompt also comes:

[You have studied high-temperature force fields, and your relevant understanding has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - high temperature force field]

[Your skill High Temperature Force Field is improved, experience value +1]

At the same time, there is a new icon below the Sorcerer's Apprentice (Extraordinary) panel, above the Searing Touch icon.

I saw a slight light around the border of the icon. The pattern on the icon was a vague figure wearing a hood, surrounded by an oval transparent eggshell-shaped film.

Renn focused his attention on the new icon and saw a line of small words below the icon.

High temperature force field lv1 (1/100)

High-temperature force field lv1 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to induce surrounding fire energy particles, and generate high-temperature air within a certain range around the host, which lasts for about one minute.

(Note: The casting time is 3 seconds, and the power is proportional to the host's mental power. At the same time, the closer to the core area, the greater the power. The current effective killing distance: 1~3 meters.)

To be honest, the power of this witchcraft is far from what Ren expected.

Isn't it called a high-temperature force field?

Why is it not even 100 degrees?

Is this high temperature?

Renn couldn't help but curse a little.

However, Renn thought about it again.

He seemed to have misunderstood the temperature.

Because from the definition of meteorology, if the temperature exceeds 35°, it is considered a high temperature.

The highest temperature ever recorded in the Sahara Desert in the previous life was 58°. It should be noted here that many temperatures that say 70 or 80 degrees refer to the surface temperature, not the air temperature.

It's already 70 or 80 degrees, it must be considered a high temperature!

In addition, in terms of human body temperature, if it exceeds 40°, it is considered a high temperature, which is 70 or 80 degrees.

All right

Some master who named this sorcery 'high temperature force field', you win.

In addition, Ren also discovered that this is a force field type of witchcraft, which lasts much longer, so the mental power consumed each time is much higher.

As the saying goes, ‘learn and apply’!

Now that you have learned it, you need to find a suitable scenario for use.

Soon Ren began to think about the applicable scenarios of this witchcraft.

First of all, regarding the killing range of the 'high temperature force field', Renn feels that it is very suitable for melee combat range in a general sense.

Because the general melee combat range between the enemy and ourselves is only two or three meters.

Basically, if the battle lasts for more than ten seconds, the opponent will be sweating profusely and have certain symptoms of heat stroke. Even if the knight's extraordinary physique is several times that of ordinary people, as time continues, his combat effectiveness will inevitably decrease significantly!

Looking at it this way, this ‘high temperature force field’ is not that useless.

After thinking for a moment, Renn had a bright smile on his face.

Of course, the disadvantages are not without, that is, when fighting, it is best to keep the enemy within a range of two or three meters, and not let the opponent be far away from you, or suddenly far away and suddenly close.

Secondly, it is not suitable for use against long-range attack professions such as archers.

Throughout the whole day, Lane basically studied this new witchcraft 'high temperature force field' and read books and information from Adams.

Ren felt that the biggest gain this time was not the one or two witchcraft, nor the precious witchcraft scrolls. The most important thing was that it gave him a preliminary understanding of some things.

For example, the concept of affinity for mysterious side energy particles, and the attitude of the upper echelons of the empire towards wizards and wizard apprentices, etc.

Before this, Renne could be said to be in chaos.

——

Early the next morning, Lane and La Gray arrived at the town administration hall early, accompanying Hamilton, waiting for the arrival of the church team.

After a while, a long team slowly entered the town of Gold from the direction of the northern county. Judging from the characteristics of the clothing, it was the team of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church.

Soon, Renne saw an old man surrounded by knights in shining armor, wearing an aqua blue robe with gold trim and holding a heavy book. It was the Reverend Rudolf whom he had interacted with last time.

After some pleasantries, Renne, Lagret and more than ten night watchmen from Goldsmith Town rode on horses and joined the team from the county.

This time, Viscount Hamady did not come, so although it was a team from the county, it was actually almost a team from the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church.

As they entered Nightsong Forest, the team got closer and closer to the target area. Renn discovered that, except for the few Templars of the church and Dean Rudolf, there were others, especially those who followed him, the vigils of Goldsmith Town. People are more or less nervous.

So, Ren rode his horse and came to the side of the night watchman captain Mateo and said: "When we reach the target area, Mateo, please tell everyone to be careful."

"For the evil spirit knights, leave it to the Templars of the church. For you, just take care of some security work."

"Yes, Lord Adjutant!" Mateo was naturally overjoyed when he heard Ren's arrangement.

For ordinary people like them, they are often helpless when faced with mysterious incidents. Once they encounter a boss who cannot understand clearly and use them as the main force, they will be in misery and will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

at the same time.

The edge of the northwest corner of Nightsong Forest.

A tall, slender female elf with jet-black hair had just come to Yege Forest after a long journey.

Thanks for the 500 starting point coin reward!