The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Renn removed a small wooden cylinder about the thickness of a thumb from the leg of the Blue Helmet Pigeon and opened the stopper. Inside was a note from the Crowley family:

"Baron Norman proposed a bloody duel to you today. It is reported that the other party also submitted an application to Earl Habsburg at the same time. According to reliable information, the other party took the secret medicine and his strength has returned to its peak, and he seems to have the strength to challenge the great knight ( Undecided), please consider carefully whether to return to Meist in the near future - Jennifer”

After reading the letter from the perfect woman, Renn's first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief!

"Fortunately, nothing happened to her family or Jennifer herself."

"A bloody duel?" Renn murmured with a thoughtful look on his face.

He had learned about this word after being granted the title of Baron. It was generally used to resolve certain irreconcilable conflicts between nobles, and was divided into ordinary duels and bloody duels.

In an ordinary duel, there is a saying of admitting defeat, but in a bloody duel, the word "bloody" means a lot of things. If you cannot admit defeat, it will end only if one party dies!

If ordinary duels can still be seen from time to time, bloody duels are much rarer. In Meister County, it is normal not to see a bloody duel in a year or two.

However, the next second, Ren was very confused, where did this Baron Norman come from?

He was familiar with the name, but couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Ren thought for a few seconds, his eyes lit up, he remembered!

A few months ago, he was practicing giant bear swordsmanship in the dense forest in front of his home in Goldshire. At that time, he was attacked by a middle-aged man holding a sword.

The other party said something that still impressed him deeply.

Renn still remembers the other party's original words: "I will give you a chance now. If you are willing to be loyal to the Norman family, this will be the most correct decision in your life."

Well, that’s it!

Moreover, when the other party said this, his condescending attitude and words of solicitation clearly sounded like he was giving alms. At that time, he thought he was some kind of big noble, but in the end...

It turned out to be Dennis’s family!

In this case, this Baron Norman is Dennis's father.

But is the hatred between oneself and the other party to this extent?

Renn was quite puzzled!

At best, he and Claire had some contact. Is this worthy of a baron's father standing up for his son and having a bloody duel with him?

When Ren thought about it, he felt that this was really ridiculous!

"I've always heard in my previous life that a loving mother often loses her children. Does this mean that a loving father often loses his children?" Renn shook his head, speechless!

etc!

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Ren's mind.

It's him!

He remembered.

After Adams, the third-level wizard apprentice, attacked him, the young clerk at Adams' store said:

"Not long after a middle-aged man came in, Adams rejected him. Therefore, the details of the discussion between the two parties and the specific identity of the middle-aged man are not clear, but since the middle-aged man came, Adams disappeared. ”

Afterwards, the little captain of the night watchman, Matteo, gave himself a portrait of the middle-aged man based on the memory of the young clerk.

Ren took out the thin parchment roll from his arms.

As he looked carefully, sure enough, the middle-aged man above looked more and more familiar. He was clearly 80% or 90% similar in appearance to Dennis.

"It turns out that this middle-aged man is Baron Norman, and it was him who hired or invited Adams to attack and kill him!"

At that time, Ren had always felt that the appearance of this middle-aged man seemed a bit familiar, but he couldn't find the source of this familiarity at that time. Where did it come from.

Now, all the truth is revealed!

After thinking about this, Ren couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart!

"Because of the trivial matter of my son being jealous, he attacked and killed me again and again! If I weren't strong enough, I'd be afraid that grass would grow in the cemetery!"

"This is another bloody duel. Are you sure you're going to kill me?"

"However, Baron Norman's strength should be quite strong! Although Jennifer is not sure, if the opponent really has the strength to challenge the Great Knight, then he must be at least as strong as himself."

"interesting!"

Renn has nothing to fear!

One of the most important gains from his special training with Master Gunther was about faith.

If a great swordsman has the invincible belief in his sword to cut through everything, then Ren is slowly realizing that if he has a firm belief in his ability to defeat powerful enemies, it is also an extremely powerful weapon. Help!

"Don't worry, we will arrive in Meist on time in four days! Under the premise of ensuring safety, we will collect relevant information about Baron Norman. Also, take care of my family's emotions. - Ren"

After thinking about it, Ren quickly wrote the reply with a quill pen, put it in a small tube and tied it to the blue-helmeted pigeon.

With the sound of fluttering wings, the blue-helmeted pigeon flew straight into the northern sky like an arrow from its string!

With his thoughts turning around, Ren began to cut the shells of the scaly-bearded ironback turtle into large pieces, and after roasting them on the campfire, he stacked them up. These turtle shells with their own bulges were thick, hard, and heavy. Excellent shield material.

Even Ren, it took a lot of effort to cut it open.

In addition, the huge carcass of the Scale-bearded Ironback Turtle is as big as a sand dune. With a little processing, one or two tons of ferocious beast meat can be harvested. The meat of this large ferocious beast is of high quality, so it would be a pity to throw it away.

After thinking about it, Renn had already thought of a solution.

It’s better to give it to Haas than to waste it!

"Also, it seems that I don't have time to go to Rosby City this time. I originally wanted to see Evelin and Major Malika."

"Now, we can only wait for another day!"

At the same time, Ren recalled the feeling of holding the hammer when Tokkal's hammer skill had just been upgraded to level 7.

This should go beyond the mastery level and reach a higher level.

But he also knows that this relies heavily on the lv3 level of hammer specialization. Otherwise, there is no reason that the lv7 giant bear swordsmanship is still at the proficiency level, while the lv7 Tokkar hammer skill has entered the next level. A realm.

Ren vaguely heard Master Gunther mention that the level after mastery is the master level.

However, the way he managed to reach the level by relying on hammer specialization can be regarded as a half-step master level at most, which is still different from the serious master level.

At this time, Ren suddenly remembered that because of the sudden appearance of the drift bottle and that he was busy dealing with the heart of the scaly-bearded ironback turtle, he didn't even bother to check the system prompts:

[Your skill Tokkal Hammer has been improved, and the experience value is +1336]

[You have experienced a battle, knight (extraordinary) experience value +379]

After this battle, the level of the Knight (Extraordinary) reached lv5 (597/2000), and the Tokkal Hammer Technique was upgraded to lv7 (1690/5000).

There was only 1 remaining skill point, and 3 remaining attribute points were not used.

Soon, after Ren had disposed of the turtle shell, he mounted his horse and walked south for a short distance before returning to Larchmond Fishing Port. He found two town residents who looked honest and honest and gave them a silver coin. Leave a message to Haas:

"The problem has been solved. Go to the beach at the estuary to collect the loot and bring more people. By the way, take the time to find a caravan to send the turtle shell to me. - Ren."

The shells of these scaly-bearded ironback turtles were too heavy, so Ren planned to ask Haas to find a caravan to transport them to him.

After doing all this, Renn mounted the tall black horse and accelerated towards Meister County.

Larchmond fishing port, at the doorstep of Haas' home.

"A message from Ren?"

"You want me to go to the beach at the mouth of the sea?" Haas was still confused at first.

But when Haas heard the person who brought the message say: "Find some time to find a caravan and send me the turtle shell!"

Haas's eyes suddenly widened twice, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, his mouth opened slightly, and he murmured to himself: "Is it possible?"

"No way, no way!"

Haas's younger brother looked up at his brother in confusion. His brother Haas rarely behaved like this. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother, what's impossible?"

"Let's talk about it when we get back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Haas, who was still injured, rushed out. As soon as he reached the street, he immediately shouted to two patrolling security guards: "Jermy, call ten people and follow me!"

Half an hour later.

When Haas brought many security guards and night watchmen to the beach near the seaport, there were already many birds of prey biting on the bloody mountain of meat.

Everyone looked at the scene in front of them with horrified eyes!

Isn't this the scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle whose strength is comparable to that of the great knight?

Although the shell of the turtle was peeled off, he was still recognized by everyone immediately.

But then, everyone cheered.

Because they know that the trouble plaguing Larchmond Fishing Port has been solved!

Haas murmured to himself: "How can Ren be so strong!"

"Isn't he just a little better than me? The assessment is just a good evaluation."

Suddenly, Haas realized something and his eyes lit up!

"It seems that this information is all made up in his head. If you think about it carefully, it seems that Ren has never answered his questions directly!"

"In Rosby City, at the training ground of the Navy House Hotel, Renn declined his suggestion to compete. Later, when the canonization assessment was over, he would ask himself."

"Now it seems that I have made a great friend!"

"Being able to kill a scale-bearded iron-backed turtle that is comparable to a great knight, what kind of strength does this have?"

"Besides, Ren is still so young!"

"Captain Haas, I think you should take a look at this." A security guard said with a slightly unnatural expression.

"Um?"

Haas walked over and took a look and saw a pile of thick cut turtle shells neatly placed aside.

It's true that Renne brought a message to Haas, but the security guards don't know yet!

They thought it was some other powerful ferocious beast that killed the scaly-bearded ironback turtle, but now it seems that it is not the case at all.

Because wild animals don't cut open turtle shells and arrange them neatly.

Therefore, for a while, everyone did not know what to do with this 'meat mountain' and the precious turtle shell, because according to tradition, whoever kills has the ownership and distribution rights of the spoils.

As soon as he saw the neatly cut, iconic shell of the scaly-bearded ironback turtle, Haas immediately realized what Ren meant in his previous message that "the turtle shell will be shipped to him by a caravan"!

"Hahaha, yes! It's this guy Ren!" Haas laughed and said.

With two confirmations, Haas has no doubts anymore!

At the same time, he also understood that Ren asked him to send him a turtle shell, but there was no explanation for so much ferocious beast meat. Obviously, Ren planned to hand over the body of this scaly-bearded iron-backed turtle completely. He'll handle it.

Hassan suddenly became excited. This was a great fortune for him!

——

The county town of Meister.

Not long after Alonso returned to the mansion from prison, butler Michelle came to report with a smile:

"Baron, I think you should take a look at this." Michelle respectfully handed Alonso a thin piece of information.

"Oh?" Alonso saw the smile on Michelle's face, and he knew that there should be some good news in this information.

Sure enough, after taking the information and flipping through it, Alonso soon started laughing and said:

"Is this news true?"

"It has been verified and it is true! Sir, according to the news, Baron Norman is determined to have a bloody duel with Renn."

"After submitting the bloody duel document to the new residence in Rennes, Baron Norman immediately submitted an application for a bloody duel to your father, Count Habbs."

Hearing this, Alonso smiled and said, "What did my father say?"

"After receiving the application for the bloody duel, the Earl originally wanted to persuade Baron Norman to give up the duel, but Baron Norman declined!" Michelle said with a smile.

"Huh? Baron Norman doesn't even show respect to his father?" Alonso was stunned when he heard this.

You know, this situation is extremely rare!

"Yeah! It is said that Baron Norman's strength has returned to its peak, and he has begun preparing items to break through to the Great Knight in the past few days. It is likely that he plans to try to break through after the duel with Ren."

"If there is a breakthrough, Baron Norman will likely be promoted or serve in the Imperial Navy again." Michelle explained.

Alonso nodded, he understood.

It turned out that this was Norman's idea. No wonder he didn't even have to sell his father's face.

"Hahaha! It's really interesting!" Alonso suddenly laughed.

"When did this Ren have such a deep grudge against Baron Norman?"

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have had to waste so much time with Magis."

Alonso knew the background of Baron Norman very well. The opponent was retired from the Imperial Navy and had extremely rich combat experience. If he had not been injured and never recovered, he would have had the opportunity to attack the Grand Knight and obtain the rank of Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy.

But now, a few years ago, he returned from retirement as a captain in the navy.

"By the way, Michelle, take three bottles of divine blood and give them to Baron Norman, and say it's my heart." Alonso thought for a while and said.

"Yes! Sir!" Michelle bowed and slowly exited the room.

but

The housekeeper Michelle, who had just left the house not long ago, suddenly returned with a strange expression.

This made Alonso a little confused and asked: "Is there anything else?"

"Um, Lord Baron, a secret message came from Lord Maral, saying that Lord Giovanni, the 'Beast Knight', has recovered from his injuries and stated that he will look for opportunities to kill Renn in the next few days."

"Huh?" Alonso's face suddenly became weird when he heard the news, and then he laughed a little uncontrollably.

This time I came back, there was good news one after another! Alonso said to himself.

"This Renn is really in demand! He is on the Black Flame Church's must-kill list and is also the target of Baron Norman's duel. I really don't know in whose hands he will die. Michelle, what do you think? Haha Ha ha!"

"This time, even the goddess of luck can't bless him." Butler Michelle also echoed with a smile.

"That's right, the goddess can't protect him! Apart from these two, there is the last insurance." Alonso said with determination.

This made the housekeeper Michelle look at her master with confusion.

These two are already close to the peak of Meister County's combat power. Is there someone stronger who wants to take action?

‘Beast Knight’ Giovanni, as the president of the Wilderness Brotherhood, is a peak knight in terms of strength, but he has the unique ability to transform into a beast. When he explodes with all his strength, even a big knight can withstand one or two.

Baron Norman, whose strength has returned to its peak, may be stronger. He has served in the navy for many years and has extremely rich combat experience.

In addition, it is said that the opponent planned to attack the Great Knight after the bloody duel with Ren, and he must be on the verge of a breakthrough now!

But the Baron also invited a third person to act as a backup to deal with Renn?

Is the strength still higher than the two of them?

This made Michelle's expression froze for a moment!

Is there really a strong man at the level of a great knight who wants to deal with Renne directly?

No matter how talented Ren is, he is still doomed this time!

Also in Meister County.

A study in the Crawley family mansion.

The beautiful woman Jennifer was wearing a one-shoulder lavender dress embellished with fine golden lace. She was sitting behind the desk with a straight waist and an elegant posture.

"Jenny, has there been any news from Ren?" The beautiful woman frowned and asked her daughter anxiously.

"Not yet, mother, don't worry yet."

Seeing that her mother was so worried about Ren, Jenny felt an indescribable sourness in her heart. Originally, Ren never expected that he would become her mother's man.

However, she quickly adjusted her mentality and said with relief:

"You know Lord Ren's strength. He is already very strong. Now that he is going to further training this time, he will probably become even stronger!"

"So, I do think that this Baron Norman is not necessarily the opponent of Lord Renne."

Although she heard her daughter's words of relief, the worry in the beautiful woman's brows still did not dissipate. She shook her head and said:

"It's different. This opponent is different from the opponents Rennes has encountered before."

"Baron Norman is a man of the same generation as your father. He is very strong. When he was young, he had the opportunity to reach the level of a great knight. However, he was seriously injured in a battle when he was serving in the navy, and the injury still persists after recovery. He retired due to hidden injuries that led to the failure of the attack on the Great Knight."

"Now the opponent has returned to his peak combat power through some kind of rare secret medicine. Such an experienced and powerful opponent is probably something Renne has never encountered before." The beautiful woman looked worried. explained.

Hearing her mother's explanation, Jenny couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Mother, why did Baron Norman initiate a bloody duel with Lord Renne?" Jenny's consolation failed, and she tried to change the subject. Besides, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Since Baron Norman was of the same age group as her father and had little interaction with Renne, how could he suddenly invite Renne to a duel?

Fortunately, the guards at Renn's new mansion were all from her family. The guards immediately realized the importance of the matter and came to report to her mother.

Now, Ren's parents and sister don't know the news yet.

She discussed it with her mother and felt that telling them would only make them more worried.

Of course, in the end, it was Ren who had to make the decision on this matter.

"I don't know the details, but I sent someone to inquire about it. This matter can no longer be reconciled, because when Baron Norman issued the duel letter to Renn, he also applied and reported it to Earl Habsburg."

"In addition, I also heard that the other party directly declined the Earl's persuasion."

"In other words, the other party made up its mind from the beginning, refused any mediation, and wanted to carry out this bloody duel!"

"This" Jenny didn't know what to say at the moment.

How could there be such deep hatred between these two barons, old and new, who were at least one generation apart in age!

"Mother, is Baron Norman's current strength a peak knight? Have you investigated?"

"Well, it can be said that he is a peak knight, but he is not much different from the great knight. I bribed a servant of the Norman family and learned that the other party seems to be preparing to attack the great knight in the past two days. I am currently preparing some necessary supplies. Things to prepare.”

"I don't know the specific time yet," the beautiful woman added.

"Ah? What if the other party succeeds?" Hearing this, Jenny couldn't help covering her mouth with her hands and exclaimed.

This couldn't help but make her worried.

You know, this is a great knight!

Among dozens of formal knights, it is difficult for a high knight to appear. Whether placed in the imperial military or administrative agencies, a high knight can be regarded as a very important figure.

——

Three days later.

After passing through this forest, it would take more than half a day for Renn to reach the county town of Meist.

At this moment, there are many people scattered in the dense forest that stretches along the trail. These people are all in pairs, and they seem to be observing and looking for something.

"Look! Haji, is this the person the Wilderness Brotherhood asked us to pay attention to?" A thin middle-aged man turned his head and said to his partner next to him.

"It should be him! Dark horse, carrying two weapons, a big sword and a two-handed war hammer, both of which match well, should be this person. Hurry, go and report!" The middle-aged man named Haji looked happy. ,road.

Renn had already noticed the scrutinizing eyes that were staring at him from time to time. After entering this forest, the gazes from time to time became more and more intensive.

He knew that soon, the other party would take action!

Sure enough, a large group of people dressed as mercenaries appeared not far ahead, holding various weapons, blocking his way.

He who was riding the horse also slowly stopped.

but

After Ren just glanced at these people, he never looked at them again. Instead, he focused his attention on a tall carriage behind these people.

Although Ren's sight could not penetrate the carriage, his level 3 'danger perception' was vaguely giving him an early warning.

He knew that the real owner was inside, and the group outside were just 'miscellaneous fish'.

In the carriage, a tall and thin man wearing a gray knight's plate armor suit was sitting.

Even when he was sitting, he was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his knight's helmet almost reached the top of the carriage.

On his knees, there was an extremely weird long-handled weapon lying flat, like a drawn sickle. The handle was about one meter long, and the sickle's blade was also one meter long.

Outside the carriage, a strong man with a beard said through the small window on the carriage:

"President Qiao, can you really get a reward of two thousand imperial gold coins by killing this kid?"

When the strong man asked, he looked sideways at Ren's young face, his eyes flashing with the desire for money.

"Eh? Captain Sim, are you interested in giving it a try? Of course, if you, the Wild Wolf Bandits, can kill him, you will get two thousand imperial gold coins, which is a lot." Giovanni's face hidden under the armor showed a hint of meaning. A deep smile.

It is natural that he would like someone to take the lead for him.

"President Qiao, don't worry! Leave it to us." The bearded man patted his chest and said with certainty.