Dear Broom Knight

Although High Priest Schroeder had commanded the winds and rains for decades, his influence was actually limited to the Northern Lands.

Even the Storm Church only placed a high degree of importance on his life and death, making slight adjustments to their subsequent arrangements, but certainly not to the point of crippling themselves.

Even the faction to which High Priest Schroeder belonged wouldn't necessarily suffer much damage, after all, the greatest competitor of the Schroeder family, Macmillan, belonged to the Storm Knight lineage.

Although their power was also very strong, their traditional sphere of control was far removed from that of the priests.

The Macmillan family couldn't guarantee that they would produce another Archbishop of the High Priest level every hundred years.

As long as they waited a little while, they would always have a chance to recover what they had lost.

Such confidence was given by the incomparably powerful Lord of Storms.

Therefore, the struggles of the Northern Storm nobles were only their own affairs, and the Storm God Temple didn't care... even if neither of the two families could withstand the suppression of the traditional nobles, it would only mean sending some more people over.

But if they succeeded in obtaining their own power, the Main Temple would not send anyone else to take a share of the pie.

However, there were bound to be some things that the Main Temple wouldn't discuss with them.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a Storm Knight, whose origins were unknown to High Priest Schroeder, dying in the wilderness of the Northern Border.

High Priest Schroeder's life and death were even less likely to attract the attention of the Lord of Storms... even if the Storm Avatar in the Northern Border really noticed, it was more likely to stem from Lowry's reaction.

He only cared about Lowry, who could catch his eye.

Earl Hamilton didn't care about the affairs of the Cathedral for this reason.

After all, even his own main god was enjoying the show! What major event could happen?

But now Ezra was a little worried... when the heretics thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of, it could only prove that his territory was full of loopholes.

The Countess pondered for a moment before saying, "We know too little about the affairs of the Northern Border, it's better to wait in silence than to do anything rash.

Protecting our own home is better than anything else."

"Father..." Almes asked in confusion, "Isn't Lowry the most well-informed person in the Northern Border?

Why don't you go ask him?

I remember, when Prince Leon was here, he was always very proactive in this regard.

As long as it wasn't a particularly confidential matter, Mage Lowry never kept it a secret from him.

Although you don't have the childhood friendship with Mage Lowry that Prince Leon had, but... haven't you inherited all the rules and regulations of the Hamilton County!

There must be a contract in there to establish a friendly alliance with Green Maple Territory.

You just need to follow it.

Why do you have to slowly struggle like this on your own?"

Ezra was silent for a few seconds before sighing, "Almes, you're right, Bowen showed me those alliance contracts a long time ago.

But, do you know how unfair the contracts that Leon signed with the neighbor are?"

Almes was stunned for a moment, "How could that be? That one isn't the type to bully others..."

"What your father said is both right and wrong." The Countess chuckled lightly, "Almes, the most fundamental reason for those contracts is that they are too fair.

The Border Earl's advantages are not reflected in them at all.

Those contracts were only signed based on Leon and Lowry as individuals.

Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"What's wrong with that?" Almes said calmly, "Among the three forces in the Northern Border, the strongest one is Lowry Montes anyway!"

Leon isn't even a max-level knight, and the Knights he brought... ah... Almes understood: "Father~ You don't think that just because you have a Knights团 with six max-level professionals, you can fight against the Archmage with the White Dragon, do you?

Are you still going to dedicate the rest of our lives to them!

His Majesty the King is the one you need to be loyal to!"

"I'm not stupid!" Ezra waved his hand helplessly, "How could I still listen to them.

But, Almes, I can't openly oppose their unanimous decision.

Besides, even if I don't do it, will they stop?

The mark of the army on me is too deep, even if I say I didn't participate, it's useless.

It's better to distance myself so that everyone is not affected."

Almes couldn't understand, but he also knew that Ezra, who had been in the army for too long, was already doing well to be able to turn a deaf ear to the movements of the army.

Rather than saying that Ezra didn't dare to resist, it was better to say that he couldn't bring himself to directly turn against his comrades who had fought side by side for many years.

The noble faction and the royal faction in the army, as well as the so-called neutral faction, actually have a lot of infighting between them, but they have never crossed a certain bottom line, and everyone will not completely destroy their defeated opponents.

Therefore, the Northern Army has always been very stable.

But, all of this is based on the premise that the throne is stable.

Even if many of them are unwilling to participate in the struggle for the throne, there will always be someone who wants to speculate.

Once the speculation arises, it is no longer a matter of whether or not one can stop.

The reason why his father was so eager to become the deputy commander was actually related to these struggles... Only when he reached that position would all the disturbances automatically bypass him.

Only then would neutrality be truly neutral.

Just like now, even though Ezra, the Earl of Hamilton, will inevitably follow the command of the royal family, he can't really betray those old comrades who come to him with their past friendship.

No wonder Celestine Macmillan's information to him was so erratic and unreliable.

"Father... Although you have your own difficulties, in my opinion, Mage Lowry is more important." Almes pondered for a while and still gave his opinion, "I can't understand why your 'old friends' are hostile to Baron Lowry.

He clearly has no interest in power struggles, including military power."

"Does he need it?" Ezra asked rhetorically, "Lowry Montes doesn't even need people.

His White Dragon, his wolves, his birds, and the plants under his command... He can even cultivate livestock into types with full combat power!

Almes, although you are not a pure mage, your thinking is no longer that of a warrior.

From the perspective of the royal family, if I had a strong person who could form an army on his own, I would definitely be very satisfied.

But what about from the perspective of the army?

He alone can抵千军万马... It sounds very nice, but in essence, it may mean the disappearance of an army."

Almes thought his father really had a problem: "There is only one Lowry Montes..."

"Who knows if there is only one?" Ezra interrupted him seriously, "Is his current ability an accident, or is it his dragon bloodline? Can you be sure?"

Almes suddenly reacted: "The Northern Army is still brooding over the White Dragon!"

The Northern Army was not as strong as it is now from the beginning, strong enough to suppress all the great nobles combined.

There are many soldiers in it who have been passed down for generations, and in essence, they are all descendants of families who suffered in the White Dragon disaster.

Just like Gezhar back then, if he hadn't been lucky enough to meet the Gale Wolf who had also suffered, he would have had to go to the only army that could fight against the White Dragon in order to avenge his family and revive his family.

The Northern Royal Family was indeed more stubborn than other royal families back then, and never showed weakness to the White Dragon, even sacrificing two kings for it.

Otherwise, the King who caused the Gezhar family to turn would not have been able to stay on the throne for so long, until he caused a major event that almost collapsed the traditional noble forces before being ordered to abdicate.

At that time, the nobles remembered the dedication of his great-grandfather and slightly tolerated him, and letting him abdicate was not to let the throne fall to other branches, but to give it to his son... Of course, if he wasn't an only child, it might have become his younger brother.

However, the reason why he was able to be so willful and think he could do whatever he wanted was also related to the fact that he had been a single heir for three generations.

Who told his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather to die so early, and an adult heir rushed to the battlefield!

Of course, the reason why the next few generations were also single heirs, in addition to the fact that the King's grandfather also went to the battlefield very early, his father mainly focused on government affairs because the country was in ruins, and he simply had no time to mess around in the harem.

But these two kings were extremely strong because of the existence of powerful foreign enemies... In addition to their own efforts, they should have also contracted powerful magical creatures, so they lived quite long.

That King who caused trouble was really... He grew up in endless pampering and hands-on education of a king.

Therefore, he didn't know that treating the Gezhar family that way might cause trouble, but he simply took the first step because he felt that the Gezhar family would do that sooner or later... And that's what the nobles hated the most.

The other side is not a non-human creature like the White Dragon, nor is it another country. When the family can't survive, choosing to change its position is a tacit understanding that all proper nobles know.

The reason why everyone didn't leave is not because of unwavering loyalty, but because the royal family didn't force them to!"