At Richard's request, the trial build was placed in the laboratory of Duke Greywolf's chief mage. This man possesses fourteen levels of magic and is highly accomplished in pharmacy. He was already over fifty years old, so when he saw young Richard and Reilly, his face was inevitably a little strange.

The build that Richard prepared for Duke Blue Wolf was a general-purpose power amplification build with six sockets that could be implanted with magic crystals, which could provide a 20% power bonus. In addition, the build has been added with an overclocking function.

"It's unbelievable that there was such a big increase. With that, the Duke took off his coat, revealing his muscles of steel.

Richard put a scouting technique on the duke, but it turned out to make his face change drastically. The carrying capacity of the duke is quite high, and there are as many as six construction positions on his body, which is fully qualified to become a third-order construction knight. If you load Duke Blue Wolf with a suitable build, he will instantly reach the level of the Thirteen Knights of Gordon!

Noticing the change in Richard's expression, the Duke stretched his body and asked casually, "What, am I not suitable for loading the structure?"

"No, it has nothing to do with the build, I'm just shocked by your strength. I didn't expect your strength to surpass that of the eighteenth-level Zhenguo powerhouse!" Richard said after a pause.

Hearing this, the duke smiled and said nothing.

However, the Duke's chief mage once again showed a strange look. After all, Richard himself was only level eleven, while the Duke had level eighteen strength. It is not uncommon to know the Duke's rank with the power of magic, but it is rare for Richard to be able to cross such a large level gap to make the Scouting technique work and get accurate results. At least, the Chief Mage knew that he would definitely not be able to do it at level eleven.

Richard tried his best to hide his strangeness and got busy at his workbench. After using the reconnaissance technique, he knew that the duke's strength was about to reach level nineteen, so he used this excuse to cover up the secret of carrying capacity and construction position.

Reilly was amazed by Richard's reaction. In the face of a strong man like Duke Blue Wolf, who is almost discerning, if he can't give a reasonable explanation for his every move, it will have an extremely bad impact on their fragile alliance.

Richard put the mixed solvent into a spray bottle, then took out the construction plug-in from the sealing box, and inlaid the six magic crystals into the corresponding positions in front of the Duke of Blue Wolf. Soon, the originally bright magic crystal became dim, and its volume was reduced by more than half.

Before loading the structure, Richard said solemnly: "Your Excellency, I have something to explain about this power structure. Since we didn't know what the qualities of your strength and fighting spirit were, this build was made with safety in mind, and it was less effective to use than those tailored builds, with the benefit that it wouldn't affect the trajectory of your fighting energy. In addition, the energy used in this structure comes mainly from the magic crystal, which can last for eighteen months every time it is fully charged. Since it doesn't need to drain the user's own energy, it won't put an extra burden on you in combat. However, this build provides a somewhat less power bonus and has a much shorter lifespan than a build that consumes energy. Finally, when you're in a real crisis, you can activate the build's overclocking feature, which increases the power bonus to 30 percent. However, this can do a great deal of damage to the build itself. ”

The Duke smiled and said, "It's okay. And you're very thoughtful. ”

A big man like Duke Blue Wolf, who combines personal force and family power, will certainly not easily let Richard change the trajectory of his vindictiveness. In addition, although building overclocking will bring a lot of financial burden to users, in real combat, 10% of the power is likely to be the difference between life and death. For the duke, buying a chance to defeat a strong enemy with tens of thousands of gold coins is a good thing that can be met but not sought.

Richard first sprayed the solvent onto Duke Greywolf's shoulder, then chanted a spell softly to activate the plug-in on the build. Then he carefully spread the fit onto the duke's shoulder. Soon, the costume melted into the Duke's skin.

With a wave of his hands, Quicksand applied a healing spell to the Duke, eliminating the pain caused by implanting the structure. In fact, for a strong person above the eighteenth level, this pain is nothing at all, and Quicksand just wants to take the opportunity to let Duke Blue Wolf see him perform his magic skills.

Duke Blue Wolf moved his body for a moment, not feeling any discomfort. He was very pleased with the power brought by the formation, so he put on his coat and said, "Let's go, let's go to the martial arts arena to try the power of this thing!"

The duke's soldiers soon erected three targets on the arena and equipped them with a chain mail, a plate armor, and a thickened plate armor. The Duke's weapon is a normal two-handed axe with no enchantment on it, and the material itself is only ordinary steel.

The Duke of Blue Wolf lifted the giant axe and cut the target with chain mail and plate armor into four pieces in one fell swoop! Next, he walked up to the thickened plate armor and slashed it down! This blow did not bless any fighting energy, but just swung the giant axe with pure power.

The next moment, a deep crack appeared in the thickened plate armor, and then gradually twisted and deformed, becoming a pile of scrap metal. The giant axe in Duke Wolf's hand was also twisted, and the handle made of stainless steel was twisted into a ball. Obviously, it could no longer withstand the formidable power of the duke and was completely scrapped.

Duke Blue Wolf laughed and said, "Good! Very good! Now I want to see what the old thing of Grand Duke Baiyan can rely on to resist my battle axe!"

The atmosphere of the dinner was very warm, and everyone felt the delight of the duke. He kept describing the scene of leading a large army into the capital of the Principality of White Rock in the future, and the powerful gestures and vigorous voice made most people's blood boil a little.

The banquet was very large, and in addition to the sons of the Duke of Blue Wolf, his chief mage, chief administrative officer, chief financial officer, and several generals with heavy armies were also present. It can be said that all the people in Deep Rock have gathered here.

In Reilly's opinion, at least seven points of Duke Wolf's joy came from the hope of saving Perrin, and the other three points came from Richard's construction.

For the next few days, Richard's time was spent almost exclusively on the various officials in the dukedom.

A series of tasks, such as confirming the boundaries of the territory, reporting to the Kingdom House, and formulating the family coat of arms, fully demonstrated the difference between the actual knighthood and the pioneer knight.

In addition, Marven, who had not been seen for a long time, also appeared the day after the dinner. Previously, he had been living in a certain inn under the name of Duke Greywolf, and had been treated with due courtesy. However, both Richard and Reilly knew that if they couldn't be allies with the Duke, Marven would never be seen again.

It was a week before Richard was freed from the tedious formalities. All this time, Reilly stayed in his room studying a black sword.

The moment Duke Blue Wolf canonized Richard as a knight, the Dark Sword flew out of the Tower of Eternity. Upon closer study, Rayleigh discovered that it was an epic longsword that surpassed the legendary level, and in addition to its own strength and sharpness, it also allowed Rayleigh to cast curse-based spells to ignore the target's three levels of magical defense.

In addition, after the first side quest is completed, a new quest is immediately released.

【Side Mission 3: Pioneering】

Objective: Conquer the Bloodstained Lands

Reward: Shield of the Dead.

"Interesting...... Reilly smiled and said, "This task is so much to my liking!"