The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Ren took the invitation letter and already had some suspicions in his mind.

It was a light cyan invitation made of unusual paper material. What surprised Ren the most was that there were five giant dragons flying in the air with different postures on the surface.

Ren opened it and saw a line of words written inside:

"We hereby invite Ren Callan to participate in the selection of the 'Sword Bearer' in the Empire's Munster Province in three months' time."

But if you look carefully, there is a line of small words in the lower right corner, which says the time and place of the selection: the first day of the month of vitality, Münster, No. 1 Boulevard.

It is indeed an invitation from the sword holder!

But there is still a big difference from what Ren expected.

Originally, Renn always thought that through the so-called invitation letter, he could directly become a member of the Empire's Sword Bearers, but now it seems that this is not the case.

It turns out that the meaning of this invitation letter is to invite someone to qualify for selection.

This is like a certain crew in the past life being invited to participate in a film festival. It is not certain whether it will win or not, but the implicit meaning is, 'This film made by your crew is good, our jury has paid attention to it, and it may win. . ’

Similarly, the invitation letter from the sword holder also means: ‘Ren, your performance is good, we have paid attention to it, you may succeed. ’

However, as long as there is an opportunity, Renn believes that he can seize it.

Thinking about it from another angle, most people will never have this kind of opportunity in this life, nor will they have the opportunity to receive an invitation from the sword holder.

Although there will still be selections in the future, this is certainly good news.

Two pieces of good news in a row made Renn unable to conceal his excitement.

At this time, Viscount Theo on the side saw that Ren had finished reading the invitation, so he reminded him with a smile:

"Not every new knight who receives an excellent evaluation will receive an invitation letter as a sword bearer. Only a few people who are also ranked among the top among excellent evaluations will receive an invitation letter."

"By the way, Ren, maybe you should take some time to consider designing a noble coat of arms to represent your baron in the near future."

"Noble coat of arms?" Renn came back to his senses immediately and nodded.

He had an impression of this, just like the carriage that the Baron Crowley family had come to pick him up many times before had the exclusive emblem of the Crowley family: it was a kite-shaped shield with a rose-like flower on it.

However, according to Jenny, the design of noble heraldry seems to follow some established rules.

This kind of rule has gradually formed a consensus among the nobles over the years since the establishment of the Dragon Empire.

For example, designs such as lions and crowns, generally speaking, would not be included in the design of the family coat of arms for a second-class family other than a duke or marquis family.

For another example, if there is a shield pattern in the coat of arms, it may mean that the family's combat skills are famous for a certain shield combat skill. Of course, it may also be sword and shield, hammer and shield combat skills, etc.

But if your family is not good at shield-related combat skills but uses shields as heraldic patterns, you will be ridiculed by other nobles.

When Ren thought about it, it seemed that he would have to ask Baroness Crowley or Jenny about this issue after he returned.

"Yes, of course. This is plenty of time. Ren can wait until you are sure before submitting it."

"One more thing. Every year on the last Sunday of the Grass Moon, within the province of Munster, newly promoted barons and viscounts within a year need to go to Munster, the provincial capital, to accept the official canonization of the Duke of Munster."

"Of course, this is just a knighthood ceremony. Currently, Ren, you are already a baron and can enjoy all the noble privileges of a baron."

"The Duke of Münster is only ennobling you on behalf of His Majesty the Great Emperor. You are swearing allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire."

Since Theo had already known from his resume that Renne was the son of a commoner, he deliberately explained it in detail.

Ren nodded, indicating that he understood.

Grass Moon?

The time marked on the invitation letter of the sword bearer is the month of vitality. According to the calendar algorithm of the previous life, it is almost March, while the month of green grass represents April.

It seems that after three months, I will definitely need to go to Munster.

"In addition, you will enjoy a series of noble rights after becoming a baron, such as rights of discussion, immunity, etc. You can slowly understand them after you return."

Theo said as he handed a pamphlet to Ren.

"Ren, I look forward to your future performance. If nothing else happens, maybe we will meet again in Munster." Viscount Theo smiled and left the room.

The two attendants at the door followed closely behind, and the group left the Navy House Hotel.

For Renn, this canonization assessment trip has ended almost perfectly.

He didn't expect that in just three days, he would be waiting for the assessment results and the invitation letter to be the sword holder.

The empire's efficiency suddenly gave him a big surprise.

After thinking for a moment, he planned to pack his bags and return early, telling his parents and sister Mint the good news as soon as possible.

However, when Ren went downstairs, he unexpectedly saw a beautiful figure waiting for him on the first floor of the Navy House Hotel.

I saw the female major Marika looking at Ren with his luggage with a smile, took two steps forward and said: "Knight Ren, no, should be called Baron Ren, are you ready to go back now?"

"Major Marika, you can just call me Renn." Renn could naturally tell that there was no malice in the other person's words.

"Baron Wren, have you ever considered joining the Navy?"

"With your ability demonstrated in this canonization assessment, you will definitely be reused. The South China Sea Fleet also needs capable young talents like you to join."

Ren raised his eyebrows. He did not expect that the female major Malika would directly recruit him to join the navy.

To be honest, if he hadn't gotten the invitation letter from the sword holder, he would have seriously considered the other party's suggestion.

Because in terms of opportunities and the size of the institutions where they serve, the Imperial Navy, no, the South Sea Fleet alone, far exceeds Meister County.

The opportunities for promotion and the possibility of being exposed to various witchcraft are naturally much greater than those in Meist County, which is located in a remote corner.

But now this solicitation is not attractive to Renne.

On the contrary, during this coming and going, many trivial matters would involve a lot of his energy.

For now, Renn plans to find time to go to the Gold Coast after settling down at home to find Master Gunther to further improve his strength.

Because this should be the most efficient and risk-free option to increase strength.

Of course, dealing with certain mysterious events will bring huge rewards to Renn, but the risks involved cannot be completely ignored.

"Thank you, Major Marika, for the invitation. I have also longed for the Imperial Navy for a long time. Unfortunately, I have already been invited by the Empire's special department, so I am really sorry." Ren said sincerely.

As for not talking about the sword holder, the main reason is not to give Marika a feeling of showing off.

"Huh? So fast?" A trace of surprise flashed across Marika's beautiful face.

How could the empire's special department come to Renn so quickly?

With this kind of energy and efficiency, could it be said that

"Baron Wren, the special department you are talking about, shouldn't it be the Imperial Sword Bearers?" Malika couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Huh? How did you know that it was indeed the sword holder." Renn nodded.

It was Ren's turn to be surprised. Viscount Theo would most likely not take the initiative to spread this kind of news, which meant that Marika had guessed it herself.

The female Major Marika looked like she suddenly understood something.

No wonder, when she was chatting with General Silva just now about 'Why not invite Ren to the South China Sea Fleet? No more. ’

It seems that General Silva already knew that Ren had received the invitation from the Empire's Swordsman.

As a result, she happily took the initiative to act as a ‘lobbyist’.

The 'Old Fox' was trying to see if he could attract Ren to stay.

Thinking about this, Marika couldn't help but feel a slight blush on her face.

Ren looked at Marika in front of him and felt a little strange.

Why does the female major have a shy expression, but the other party is wearing a navy uniform and has such a shy expression, which is indeed a beautiful scenery.

No, there were several men nearby who were stunned.

"Baron Wren, I wish you a safe journey! Remember to write to me." Since there was no hope for Wren to join the navy, Marika quickly adjusted her attitude and waved with a smile.

"Thank you, Major Malika, I will. At the same time, you are welcome to come to Meister County at any time." Ren said with a smile.

After saying goodbye to Marika, Ren, carrying his luggage, came to the stables on the side of the Navy House Hotel, put his luggage on the brown horse, and then rode on the black horse, joining the flow of people on the street.

However, Renn did not go north directly to Meister County, but headed to the noble residence area west of Rosby City.

Soon, he came to the door of a luxurious mansion. When the servant at the door saw Renn, he immediately opened the door and greeted with a smile: "Knight Renn, Miss Evelin is at the training ground with her friends."

This is Evelyn's home.

Ever since Ren met Evelin by chance at the Nightingale Market last time, the two quickly became familiar with each other.

Yesterday, Renne came to Evelin's home as a guest at Evelin's invitation, so the servants at the gate all knew Miss Renne's new friend.

At first, Viscountess Norman was very curious and a little worried that her daughter actually invited a young man she had never seen before to visit her home.

Because after she and Ren briefly met, she realized that the other person was a descendant of a commoner, which was quite different from Evelin's status.

Even if the opponent is a new knight.

But when Evelin said, ‘Mother, Renn is probably the first in this canonization assessment. ’

After that, Viscountess Norman no longer objected immediately, but strongly supported her beloved daughter's invitation to Renne, saying that she wanted to fulfill the host's etiquette.

This made Evelin quite speechless.

At the training ground with friends?

Ren didn't think much and stopped the servant from taking the horse to the stable to take care of it. Instead, he chose to follow the servant and drove the horse directly to the training ground next to the back garden of the mansion.

Because he planned to say hello and then return directly to Goldshire.

I saw Evelin, a red-haired woman, competing in combat skills with a male knight of about the same age. In addition to the servants who were obviously wearing servants and guards, there were three men and one woman beside her, wearing aristocratic hunting clothes or It was the knight in armor watching.

And when Renn rode a black horse into the training ground, he immediately attracted the attention of these noble heirs.

Ren took a glance and found that many of them were familiar faces, and they were all among the people taking part in the assessment in Rosby County.

After just a few glances, Renn focused his attention on the competition in the field.

Although Renn didn't pay much attention to those people, these noble heirs were curious about Renn's appearance and looked them up and down.

However, after just a few glances, they realized that Ren was not the same type of person as them.

There are no additional decorations on the horses, which is too simple.

Ren was also wearing a chrome suit, just an ordinary knight's armor.

As Ren approached, they could clearly see that there was no noble crest on the front of the knight's breastplate.

Therefore, they were basically certain that Ren was not a descendant of a noble family, but a commoner.

"It seems that he is a new knight from another county who participated in the canonization assessment this time. I saw him at the Navy House Hotel." One of them said.

"Well, I also have the impression that he seems to be hanging out with the civilian knight Haas."

"Why is this person here?"

"When you said that, I also remembered it. However, on the night of the assessment, I didn't seem to have seen him. I went to the 'Ruhr'. Osby, you went to the 'Hook', right?" Have you ever seen this person?"

"No!" The young man named Osby said firmly after staring at Ren's black hair for a few seconds.

"Haha, is that one of the people who went to the small fortress?"

"Then it is unlikely that the other party was invited here by Evelin. There is a high probability that he is also Evelin's suitor."

"There are people in every county who overestimate their abilities." The young man next to him said with a sneer.

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Renn didn't pay attention to what the onlookers were saying at all. He glanced at it and ignored it.

However, his eyes were on Evelin’s opponent, and he took a few more glances.

Male, peak knight, holding a sword and shield, superb fighting skills, very good strength.

Due to the good strength of her opponent, although Evelin saw Renn from the corner of her eye, she had no chance to stop and say hello.

Their eyes quickly met and they exchanged a hasty greeting.

"Bang!!"

Evelin clashed with the opponent's shield, each took two steps back, and the battle suddenly stalled.

At this time, Evelin was heard saying: "Stop! Salem, this is the end of the day."

"Huh? Evelin, you were having a great time fighting, why did you stop?" The other party took off his knight's helmet, revealing blond hair. He was a handsome young man with a high nose, about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"A friend of mine is here." Evelin pointed to Ren, who was riding a black horse, and said.

At this time, the young man named Salem squinted his eyes and looked at Renn up and down.

It seems that I have never met this friend of Evelin.

However, judging from Evelin's attitude, it seems that she values ​​this friend very much. Could it be that he is a competitor?

Huh? Judging from the appearance, the other party does not seem to be a noble.

Moreover, the opponent should not be from Rosby City, because if it is a young man from Rosby City and has the strength to become a formal knight, I have seen it more or less.

At this time, Evelin waved to Ren, glanced at the luggage behind him, and said: "Ren, are you ready to go back? Why don't you stay a few more days."

Seeing Evelin coming over, Ren also jumped off the dark horse and said with a smile: "Yes, Evelin, I plan to return to Mayist now, so I came to say goodbye to you."

"Evelin, is this friend of yours also here to participate in the canonization assessment?" Salem stepped forward and asked.

When they saw Salem, they all took the initiative to come forward. Evelin knew that it would be too rude not to introduce him.

"Salem, this is Renn, from Meister County. He is a new friend I met during the canonization assessment."

"Ren, this is Salem, the second son of Earl Zeman."

"Hello!"

The two nodded to each other as a greeting.

At this time, several people watching on the side also came up, and one of them said to Renn: "This, Mr. Renn, please leave tomorrow. It is a rare occasion for everyone to get together and exchange combat skills."

"This." Renn thought about it.

The few people in front of me seem to be good candidates for 'gaining experience', because my Tokkal Hammer Technique is already level 4 (843/1000).

Looking for these people to gain experience in the hammer technique seems to be a good choice.

Not sure, you can go up a level.

"Geez, Osby, don't make things difficult for Ren."

"Perhaps, Salem and I can have a little competition with Ren, although there is a high probability that we will be defeated." Evelin saw what Osby said and immediately knew what the opponent was playing with. , couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In Evelin's impression, Osby was not a bad person, and he was an old acquaintance. She felt that there was no need to make him embarrassed in public, so she warned him verbally.

"Um?"

Hearing what Evelin said, the second generation nobles present didn't realize that this Renne was definitely not simple.

In an instant, four or five eyes were focused on Ren.

Renn seemed to ignore these scrutinizing glances and remained calm.

But there was actually a wry smile in my heart.

All right! Evelin, you are trying to scare away my ‘experience NPC’. Renxin said.

"Ren, he is probably the first place in this Münster province's canonization assessment. I say this, do you understand?" Evelin introduced with a smile.

"What?" Several people's eyes suddenly widened twice, their mouths opened wide, looking extremely surprised.

"First place? Is this too exaggerated?" The young man named Osby stuttered at this time.

After getting nervous, Osby's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately questioned: "Even though Mr. Ren is very powerful, the results of the assessment have not been released yet, right?"

"Yes, and the assessment results are only divided into excellent, good and qualified. Evelin, how do you know that Ren is the first?" Salem on the side also questioned.

"yes!"

"Besides, Evelin, you may not know how awesome Bridger Sanchez from Dorne County I am following is!"

"Along the way, I saw with my own eyes that he killed Bilkiel Jamal, the captain of the Hook, and at least five Bloodsail pirate leaders." Osby held out five sticks and gestured.

"Sir, Ren, no matter how powerful you are, you can't be more powerful than this Bridger Sanchez!"

After listening, several people nodded and agreed with Osby's analysis.

yes!

Killing a captain and five leaders of the Blood Sail Pirates. This kind of achievement is almost impossible to surpass!

Even Evelin only killed the bosun of the 'Blood Sail'. Of course, the 'Blood Sail' was the flagship, and its bosun's gold content was higher than that of the bosuns of several other pirate ships.

But Bridger Sanchez from Dorne County killed the captain of the Hook.

If the Lord Renne in front of me surpasses Bridger Sanchez's record, could he simply kill all the pirates on a ship?

This is impossible!

"Huh? So you don't know." Evelin was surprised at first, and then looked like she suddenly realized.

This made the second-generation nobles next to them even more surprised, and their eyes turned to focus on Evelin.

In Renn's opinion, he looked like a primary school student waiting for the teacher to announce the final exam results.

This made Ren on the side look a little funny.

But it was obviously not convenient for him to say anything at this time. It was not his character to boast or belittle himself.

"Ren is the one who turned the 'Shipwreck' directly into a sunken ship. Didn't you hear the huge explosion at that time?" Evelin asked in return.

Although this sentence was a bit awkward to say, somehow, when Evelin said it, she felt so proud and happy.

In addition, she also felt a little strange at this time.

Because generally speaking, she used to be in Ren's position and was quoted by her friends, but now it's the other way around.

If Ren could hear what Evelin was thinking at this time, he would understand immediately.

Isn't it like a good friend of yours in the past life won the first place in the 100 meters in the school sports meeting, and then someone else asked, who is this person next to you? Usually I would be quite proud to say that this is the first place in the 100 meters in that school. Don’t you know it?

"ah?"

"Didn't it say that it was caused by the actions of the Imperial Navy?"

"Yes, the Sunken Ship was blown into two pieces. How could this kind of power be achieved by the new knights participating in the assessment?"

Several people immediately started questioning him.

"If you don't believe it, then I can't help it, but I saw it with my own eyes." Evelin shrugged.

Hearing what Evelin said, several people suddenly fell silent.

Because based on their understanding of Evelin, they knew that the other party never bothered to lie.

As a result, several people focused their attention on Renn again.

"Sir Ren, although I believe what Evelin said, it makes me even more curious about your strength. Can you give it a try?" Salem on the side said with an extremely serious expression. said the voice.

He is a newly promoted knight who participated in the canonization assessment in the last term.

Although he also received an 'excellent' rating, he knew that for the same excellent rating, the difference between the first place and the last place could sometimes be very large.

Because some people get excellent evaluations because they try their best, but some people get excellent evaluations because the highest evaluation is just excellent.

The first place often belongs to the latter.

Renn was stunned at first, and then felt happy in his heart.

Yes, just now he was feeling regretful that a wave of experience would slip away from his hands.

But now, the NPC with the highest ‘experience value’ is back.

Because it was impossible for Ren to take the initiative to compete with Evelin, a female friend he had just met, so among everyone present, the strongest one was undoubtedly the second son of the earl in front of him.

"Of course." Ren nodded and agreed.

At the same time, in order to avoid Evelin's obstruction, he had already taken steps towards the center of the field.

Evelin pursed her red lips twice, but when she saw Ren's interested look, there was a hint of worry on her face.

This made another female knight on the side feel a little strange and asked: "Evelin, didn't you say that Lord Ren is the number one? Why are you still worried about him?"

"I'm not worried about Ren, but I'm worried that Salem may be seriously injured." As Evelin said, she remembered the scene that night when Renn smashed through the thick hull of the 'Wreck' with a hammer.

That time, she was really shocked!

Hearing these words, several people nearby looked at each other.

Not so!

Salem is not an ordinary person. He is also a master who received excellent evaluations in the last canonization assessment. Even compared to Evelin, he is still on par.

Even though he might not be Renne's opponent, there wouldn't be a big difference in strength.

At this time, Renne and Salem had arrived and stood in the center of the training ground.

Renn took off the 'Indestructible Power' pig-headed hammer from his back and held it in his hand. He looked directly at Salem, and his burning eyes made Salem's heart skip a beat.

Because Salem had a very strange feeling. It seemed that Ren across from him looked at him as if he was looking at a... How should I say, object?

But it’s not like looking at the expression of a living person anyway.