Chapter 256: Exceeding Authority

Chapter 256: Exceeding Authority



However, Rain suddenly remembered that he hadn't checked the system prompts yet.

He pulled up the system and saw:

【You have experienced a battle, and the Weapon Master (Legendary) has gained 3,711 experience points.】

(Note: The above skill experience has already benefited from the exclusive talent 'Primary Transcendental Understanding', with a 30% increase.)



【Congratulations, you have defeated a formidable foe and gained 7 Golden Skill Points!】

【Congratulations, your Weapon Master (Legendary) profession level has increased!】

Rain discovered that the Weapon Master (Legendary) profession level had increased by one level, reaching lv8 (612/7000), which also granted him an additional attribute point and skill point.

However, Rain also noticed that the experience required for lv8 was relatively high, and it was unlikely that the Weapon Master (Legendary) profession level would increase again in a short time.

Flipping to the attribute page.

Name: Rain Kaelan

Profession: Weapon Master (Legendary) lv8 (612/7000) / Beast Priest (Legendary) lv3 (12/500) / Apprentice Wizard (Transcendental) lv6 (792/3000) / Master Poisoner (Transcendental) lv6 (69/3000) / Armorer lv6 (211/3000)



Constitution: 35

Strength: 38

Agility: 32

Spirit: 39

Remaining Attribute Points: 6

Remaining Skill Points: 2

Golden Skill Points: 7

"Basically, except for the Beast Priest (Legendary), which can still be raised in a relatively short time, the other professions will be quite challenging to level up."

"It seems that the matter of job transfer needs to be planned immediately."

"Transferring to a Wizard shouldn't be a problem. As for the subsequent professions of Master Poisoner and Armorer..."

Rain's face showed contemplation, but soon, he seemed to have a sudden realization, as if he had thought of something crucial.

The airship's speed wasn't particularly fast, but its advantage was flying directly to the destination without the need for detours or being affected by terrain.

Therefore, after only a few hours of flight, the enormous white city built on the mountainside, Minster, came into view for the passengers on the airship, and the azure still water lake was right beneath the airship.

The airship's docking point was next to the Griffin Platform at the top of the mountain.

As soon as Rain and Alasha disembarked from the airship, they saw a familiar middle-aged man with a goatee waiting by the side.

Javier, of course, was also looking at his beloved daughter with a smile, no longer appearing as burdened as he had before.

"Father!" Alasha exclaimed with delight and ran towards Javier.

Rain smiled as he watched this scene, not wanting to interrupt.

After a while, Javier approached after a brief exchange with his daughter, looking slightly apologetic as he said:

"Baron Rain, please excuse me."

"I've asked the butler to prepare everything, Baron Rain. Please do us the honor."

"Baron Rain, please do us the honor," Alasha also sincerely invited.

"Well..." Rain hesitated.

Rain had intended to go to the Swordsman Squad's Task Hall immediately, but he looked at the sky and realized it was already nearing dusk. He also thought about the subsequent profession of Master Poisoner, which might require Alasha's help as an official researcher of the Royal Pharmacists' Guild.

So, after some thought, Rain nodded and said, "In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Envoy, Miss Alasha."

"However, I might need to go back first to settle my beast companion," Rain pointed to the tall black horse and Lindy War Dog beside him.

"Of course, Baron Rain, then we'll see you in the evening," Javier said with a smile.

"Baron Rain, see you in the evening," Alasha also said with a smile.

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Since the Griffin Platform was not far from the new villa that Jenny had recently purchased, Rain quickly arrived at the new villa near the Swordsman Squad's headquarters in Minster.

"Your Excellency Rain, you're back so soon?" Jenny was delighted to see Rain return, her white dress in hand as she ran over.

Rain's return was much faster than she had anticipated.

These past few days, various rumors had been flying around from Myester, making her worry endlessly.

"Jenny, perhaps we'll need to move to another house?" Rain said with a smile after dismounting and taking a look at the new villa.

Although this villa was newly purchased, it was still intended for the two women to live in, with Rain occasionally staying for short periods. Therefore, it was evident that it wouldn't be sufficient if his family and Jennifer were to come over.

Moreover, there were also accompanying servants who needed accommodation.

"Oh? Do you mean that Mother and the others are almost here?" Jenny was quick to understand Rain's implication.

"That's right. They're already on their way and are expected to arrive in Minster the day after tomorrow. So, you and Agatha will need to work hard these next few days to find a large enough mansion."

"Wonderful! Your Excellency Rain, I'll get started on it right away." Jenny was delighted.

She had been worried about this issue, but Rain had unknowingly resolved it.

"By the way, I'll prepare your dinner right away."

"Jenny, there's no need to arrange it. I'll be attending a banquet in the evening.

Rain waved his hand dismissively.

The banquet hall in the noble district of Minster, Javier's mansion, was lavishly decorated. Dozens of mountain-shaped candles illuminated the entire hall, and the gilded decorations on the surrounding walls shone brightly in the candlelight.

This mansion once belonged to a baron, and now served as Javier's temporary residence in Minster, as he was an envoy of the Imperial Ennoblement Committee.

On the long dining table in the banquet hall, rare delicacies, large bowls of fruit, and fresh flowers were carefully arranged.

Although only Javier, Alasha, and Rain were dining, the dishes were extremely abundant.

Whether it was the grass-spiked wild boar liver pie, the marsh crocodile soup, or the delicious and juicy mountain sheep leg of lamb, they were all rare and delicious beast meat dishes, and the cooking techniques were exquisite, immediately making Rain's appetite surge.

"Baron Rain, I'm extremely grateful for your bravery in rescuing Miss Alasha. Please allow me to express my gratitude," Javier said with a smile, raising his glass to Rain and downing the wine in one gulp.

It was only on the carriage ride back with Alasha that Javier learned of the great danger Rain had faced to rescue her.

The situation had been perilous, and if not for Rain, even an entire elite squad from the Empire's special department might not have been able to complete the rescue mission.

This made Javier not only grateful for choosing the right person but also amazed by Rain's rapidly growing strength.

"You're too kind, Envoy," Rain said, raising his glass in response and taking a sip.

"Baron Rain, thank you for saving me. Your outstanding strength has left a deep impression on me," Alasha said with a smile, raising her glass.

"Thank you, Miss Alasha. By the way, I heard from Envoy Javier that you are already a senior pharmacist at the Royal Pharmacist's Guild. Your talent is truly admirable," Rain said with a smile, not holding back his praise.

"Thank you, Baron Rain. My father's words are an exaggeration. Compared to your talent on the path of knighthood, my skills are insignificant," Alasha replied.

"By the way, Baron Rain, if you have any needs regarding the production of potions, perhaps I can help in some small way," Alasha said, as if she had thought of something.

"That's wonderful! The cultivation of a knight indeed requires the assistance of potions," Rain said with delight.

"I'm also quite interested in potion-making. Unfortunately, I haven't had many friends who are pharmacists," Rain added.

"Hmm? Baron Rain, do you also study potion-making?" Alasha's beautiful eyes lit up, looking at Rain in surprise.

To be honest, she didn't quite believe it.

In her understanding, even with Rain's exceptional knightly talent, to achieve his current strength, he would have to practice tirelessly and research various extraordinary combat techniques daily. How could he possibly have the time and energy to study pharmacology?

"Baron Rain, have you made any potions recently?" Alasha asked, her beautiful eyes fixed on Rain.

"The last time, I mixed the poison sac of a night-walking spider with the venom of a whip-tailed scorpion in a certain ratio to create a potent paralyzing poison that was 20-30% more effective than regular paralyzing poison. The key point is..."

"Hmm?" Alasha's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing Rain's words.

The banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and one could hear a pin drop.

Alasha's beautiful eyes were wide with disbelief, looking at Rain as if she had seen a ghost.

She wondered if she was hallucinating.

But Alasha knew that the formula and the details of the potion-making process were so clear that the Rain in front of her must have at least an intermediate, if not a senior pharmacist's level of skill.

At this moment, even the well-traveled Javier was shocked.

Rain was not only a senior knight but also a rare poison master?

The servants were frozen in place, their expressions momentarily stunned.

"Baron Rain, I never expected that you, in addition to being a senior knight, are also a rare poison master?" Alasha was so surprised that she stumbled over her words.

"Haha, I wouldn't call myself a poison master. I occasionally need poison in battle, so I self-studied a little," Rain explained.

"This time, I wanted to seek advice from you, Miss Alasha, the real pharmacist. If I want to further improve my poison-making skills..." Rain asked, taking the opportunity.

After the banquet, on the way back, Rain had a smile on his face.

He had obtained a letter of introduction from Alasha addressed to the Minster branch of the Royal Pharmacist's Guild.

The main content of the letter was that Alasha, as the recommender, acknowledged Rain's good pharmaceutical skills and suggested that the Minster branch include Rain as a part-time researcher.

(End)

Rain, who was already a Baron and a Swordsman, found it relatively easy to handle this matter, especially since the Royal Pharmacist's Guild was also an organization affiliated with the Empire.

The most challenging part was the need for an introduction, and Alyosha perfectly played this role.

After returning to the Swordsman Division, the day had already turned to night.

Waking up to the morning light, Rain, after a quick wash, headed towards the Task Hall.

He first needed to complete the confirmation and reward collection for the two tasks of serving as the Security Advisor in the Trade District and rescuing Alyosha.

The necessary communication and coordination had already been handled by Javier.

However, for the final reward collection, Rain still needed to go to the Task Hall himself.

Additionally, the Boulder Squad's task was a bit more troublesome. Even with the verification letter, the Swordsman Division would likely need some time for review and confirmation.

Soon, Rain quickly made his way through the bustling hall, filled with people coming and going, significantly more than the last time he was here. It seemed that the attacks by the Sea Tribe and the Cult had led to a substantial increase in the number of tasks issued by the division.

Naturally, the number of people completing tasks had also increased.

Despite the crowd, it wasn't chaotic or noisy.

Most acquaintances merely nodded or exchanged brief greetings, their expressions serious or hurried.

It seemed that this incident had put considerable pressure on the Swordsman Division of Minster.

As a newcomer, Rain didn't know many people to greet.

The few he was familiar with, like Remir, were now at the front lines accompanying their captain, Bartholomew, for emergency treatment.

However, once Captain Bartholomew's injuries stabilized, they would quickly return to Minster, and fourth-ranked Knights, and Bartholomew would come to Minster for further treatment.

Rain found a counter with a shorter queue, and waited. The three people ahead of him, two submitting tasks and one accepting a task, all had only one task, so after about seven or eight minutes, it was Rain's turn.

"Hello, sir. How can I help you today?" asked a beautiful female staff member as she saw Rain approach, standing up with a smile and a bow.

"Hello, please confirm my task completion first," Rain said, handing his Bronze Medal to her.

Hearing that Rain was there to confirm his task completion, the female staff member's smile became even sweeter. She respectfully took the medal with both hands and said, "Alright, sir, please wait a moment."

"I've found it, sir. Your previous task was serving as the Security Advisor in the Trade District of Minster. Yesterday morning, the Minster Administration sent the completion letter to the division."

The female staff member paused as she realized that Rain, the young sir before her, had already completed his task, which was quite rare for a new Swordsman.

However, there were exceptions.

Some Swordsmen with special backgrounds had such situations.

"The division's evaluation of your task is... Huh? Three Bronze Medals and 500 Virtue Points?" The female staff member's eyes widened in surprise.

Normally, it would be just one Bronze Medal with some fluctuation. It was rare to hear of two medals, especially for a new Swordsman's task.

But this young sir...

The female staff member double-checked and looked at the task completion statement again.

Only then did she realize that this young sir had killed a native who was suspected to be a Senior Knight.

So that was it!

"Is there a problem?" Rain frowned slightly, looking at the female staff member.

Could it be that Javier hadn't coordinated with the Minster Administration?

If the first task already had issues...

"No! No! There's no problem, sir. It's just that your task evaluation is exceptionally high."

"Your task completion rewards are three Bronze Medals and 500 Virtue Points. Please confirm," the female staff member said respectfully, standing up and handing Rain the paperwork to sign.

Rain nodded.

He already knew about the task evaluation.

"Sir, you've obtained three Bronze Medals, meeting the conditions for upgrading from Bronze to Silver Medal. Please wait for two minutes while I help you with the medal upgrade. Is that alright?"

"Upgrading to Silver Medal?"

"Yes, sir. Upgrading won't consume any medals, but I need to go to the Administrative Vice Chancellor to activate your Silver-rank permissions, allowing you to accept Silver-rank tasks. So, please wait here for a few minutes."

"Alright, I'll wait," Rain nodded.

The female staff member hurriedly took the documents and quickly walked towards the office behind the counter.

Two minutes later, the female clerk hurried back, slightly out of breath. She handed Rain a badge that was slightly larger than the bronze emblem, shining with a silver glow, and said, "Sir, here is your silver emblem. Please keep it safe."

"Your task reward has also been recorded. With this emblem, you can inquire and use evaluation medals and merit points in any department of the Swordbearer Division."

"Thank you," Rain said, taking the badge. Upon inspection, the silver emblem didn't seem to be made of pure silver but was mixed with other metals, creating a beautiful silver sheen. The front of the badge featured the image of a knight holding a long sword, and the back displayed Rain's name.

At this moment, Rain handed the silver emblem back to the clerk and said, "There's also a rescue task that I should have completed."

"Hmm? There's another one?" The surprised clerk took the emblem again and began to check.

Under normal circumstances, completed tasks would be displayed.

The clerk couldn't help but look puzzled.

Huh?

It's true.

This... Is this a completed silver-level rescue task?

But this gentleman's badge permissions were only for bronze-level tasks.

The clerk was a bit confused.

However, as a junior clerk, she naturally wouldn't question the situation but promptly processed it according to the regulations.

Soon, she told Rain, "Sir, the rescue task to save the trapped personnel has been confirmed by the division. The reward of two silver medals and 1500 merit points has been recorded on your badge."

"Okay," Rain nodded.

He was already aware of the rewards.

Before departing for the task, Jarvis had frankly informed him that this was the highest reward amount he could coordinate with the Mingster Swordbearer Division.

"Well, sir, you now have two silver and three bronze medals, along with 14,341 merit points. Among them, 2,000 merit points are from these two tasks."

The young clerk had already gained some familiarity with Rain.

Rain nodded.

He had spent some merit points on purchasing medicine and training in the Advanced Torrent Room.

Just as the clerk was about to return the silver emblem to Rain, he waved his hand and said, "Wait, there's one more task. However, this task was originally taken by the Boulder Squad, and now it's been completed jointly by me and the Boulder Squad. We agreed on a 60-40 split of the reward."

"Here's a letter of proof from the Boulder Squad."

In fact, Rain had wanted a 50-50 split, but he had only helped out casually.

Battista insisted on a 70-30 split, and only after Ramil's persuasion did the stubborn Battista finally agree to a 60-40 split.

Of course, Rain would get 60%, and the Boulder Squad would get 40%.

The Swordbearer Division encourages mutual assistance among internal teams to reduce casualties.

Hmm?

Hearing Rain's words, the clerk was slightly stunned.

Did she hear correctly?

The Boulder Squad?

She had been working in the task office for two and a half years and was well aware of the famous Swordbearer Squad that had completed numerous challenging tasks.

When she took the letter of proof from Rain and checked the task name, she was shocked: "Investigate the disappearance of multiple elite squads of the Empire (Golden Level). On a near-shore island off the coast of Meiste County, a Sea Tribe altar was discovered. Recently, two elite squads from the Empire's special department, the Earthshakers, who were sent to investigate, have gone missing..."

"Task Requirements: Investigate the situation within three days. Task Reward: Three Golden Medals, 4,500 merit points."

"(Note: If survivors are found and rescued during the investigation, the reward will be increased.)"

"This is a basic reward of three Golden Medals for an investigation task!"

"I'm sorry, sir, but my permissions are insufficient. This matter requires Olena Field, the Vice-Secretary of Affairs, to personally handle it for you. Please wait, and I'll report it immediately."

"Okay," Rain nodded.

The clerk hurried back to the Vice-Secretary's office behind her.

The Swordbearer warrior standing behind Rain, seeing Rain seemingly glued to the chair, couldn't help but feel speechless.

He had chosen this line because it had the shortest queue.

Unexpectedly, he had now become the slowest among all the queues.

Damn, he had been waiting for fifteen minutes.

Why so long?

However, he had overheard something that piqued his curiosity.

He had been a Swordbearer for two and a half years and had never heard the clerk mention insufficient permissions.

He couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Could it be that this Rain is not a Swordbearer?

But he did have a Swordbearer badge.

The clerk was also acting a bit strange.

He decided to stay and observe.

When the clerk came out again, she was followed by a middle-aged woman with a dignified air.

The woman's face was stern, and her eyes were sharp. She wore a formal wizard's robe, and a golden robe.

The woman looked at Rain and said, "You are Rain, the young man who completed the golden-level task?"

Rain nodded.

The sound of one's own blood flow that is amplified by the wisdom stone plate.

The woman said, "You have indeed completed a golden-level task. However, this task is a special case, and the reward is not three golden medals but a heroic medal."

Rain was slightly surprised.

The woman continued, "The heroic medal is a special medal awarded for outstanding contributions to the empire. You have completed a task that the empire considers significant. Therefore, you will be awarded the heroic medal."

Rain was a bit surprised. He had never imagined that he would receive such a high honor.

The woman said, "You will be invited to the royal academy to receive the medal. Please wait here. I will report this matter, and someone will come to escort you."

Rain nodded.

The woman left, and Rain waited.

After a while, a young man dressed in the noble hunter's outfit came. He had a proud bearing and a confident smile. He said, "I am Battista, the vice-captain of the elite knight team. I have come to escort you to the royal academy."

Rain was slightly surprised. He had heard of the elite knight team but had never imagined that he would be escorted by them.

Battista said, "Please come with me. The royal academy is not far from here."

Rain followed Battista and left with him.

(End of Chapter)

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