Throne of the North

Boom! ! !

Dust rose everywhere in the mountains, and a huge cliff collapsed with a roar in the sky, causing countless beasts and insects to flee. Then hundreds of gargoyles fluttered their wings and took off into the sky, dispersing the dust in the sky and stabilizing their feet. land.

Tap tap tap~

The sound of horse hooves from far to near was clearly transmitted in this quiet mountain forest. In the thick fog in the early morning, one could vaguely see the arrival of tall figures. The war horses breathed loudly, as if they were not very used to this land that had just fallen and filled with air. Dusty environment.

"Ah, fortunately those legends have cleared away the monsters. Otherwise, with such a big movement, the monsters would have launched an attack long ago."

Ryan's voice came out, as if the light of the fog had been lifted, and then the whole person was exposed on the broken earth. Beside him, Mr. Rose was also riding on a war horse, looking at the towering peaks on both sides.

"In the face of Mr. Rose's power, even a thousand-meter mountain peak will collapse. From now on, the Griffin Mountain Range will be divided into two parts, the north and the south."

Ryan said with a smile that Rose's arrival was aimed at those monsters that sacrificed themselves to dusk but did not die. He seemed to be very interested in capturing the mysterious laws he needed.

But it also helped Lane speed up the construction of roads.

Rose smiled at Ryan's compliment and didn't know how to reply, so she could only say something else.

"If the coming god from the Kingdom of Andala hadn't died, it would have been very troublesome to deal with. I captured a trace of his divinity. He neither entered heaven nor stepped into the abyss at dusk. He was on the edge of the cliff, shining with flames. The darkness of the bright abyss also drives away the light of the sun.”

"Even the gods cannot easily escape the gaze of dusk. The great being will come back in the form of fire from the embers of ashes."

Rose said this, and Ryan roughly understood.

"So, the Grand Duke and the King are not the only ones left in the Kingdom of Andala."

The alchemist Mr. Rose followed Ryan, and then more than two hundred knights and attendants rushed forward. At this time, a gargoyle fell.

"Lord Baron, we cannot enter the territory of the Kingdom of Andara. The empire's gargoyle army will not approach the territory of other kingdoms by visiting."

The tall gargoyle said this. Ryan couldn't tell the difference in appearance of these gargoyles, but he was still a little reluctant because gargoyles were very useful.

"We're just heading to Archduke McReynolds' territory."

"That is also the kingdom's land. Your Majesty the Earl will not allow us to start a war."

Count Pascal, in the struggle between royal power and divine power, was very embarrassed and tried his best to avoid any topics that might be detrimental to him.

"Okay then, go back and say hello to the Earl for me."

Ryan could only say this, after all, the gargoyles did not belong to his extraordinary army.

…

The huge roar coming from the mountains and forests to the west had already alerted Fragoso's slaves. They thought in horror that it was the king's army coming and ran towards the castle in the territory.

After a while, Viscount Fragoso came out with a dozen soldiers. Of course he did not think the same as the slaves.

"Baron Ryan is so powerful? He is able to create such a huge movement. Is it the power of a magician?"

Viscount Fragoso was looking forward to it, and finally saw tall figures in the increasingly clear mountain forest. When hundreds of war horses appeared in Viscount Fragoso's eyes, the Viscount's pupils couldn't help but He shrank sharply.

What did he see?

Seeing the wealth, the huge wealth represented by hundreds of war horses, and also seeing the strength of Baron Lane, the pen pal who only existed in letters suddenly came into the world, but it shocked him in the way of falling from the sky.

Ryan saw Mihai, the viscount's daughter, so he also understood the identity of the middle-aged man standing next to her.

"Viscount Fragoso, Ryan says hello to you. Although it's not morning, I still hope the morning light will shine on you."

Ryan smiled and greeted him with noble etiquette, while Viscount Fragoso focused on the morning sun.

"Do the nobles of the empire also greet you with the morning sun? Dear Baron Lane."

He said dryly that the relationship between the empire and the Holy See was not good.

"The morning light illuminates the night, and the people are bathed in His light. He does not only belong to the Holy See, but to each of our devout people."

Ryan said this, and the politeness between the two nobles was finally over.

"Ryan, you came to the kingdom at this time. Does the empire plan to bring in reinforcements?"

Viscount Fragoso said this while taking Ryan into his territory.

"No, the empire has not ordered anyone to come to Beifeng Province. Maybe the situation here will not reach the ears of the emperor for a while."

"That's it."

Viscount Fragoso is a little regretful. He is in a panic now and desperately hopes to have more power to help his side fight against the king's army. Otherwise, Viscount Fragoso's family may become history.

He was echoing between excitement and panic, like a person standing on the edge of a cliff, leaving Ryan speechless. If he had known this, why would he do it.

He didn't know what benefits Archduke McReynolds had promised him.

Walking in the territory of Viscount Fragoso, the slaves and civilians looked at him, and he also looked at the sallow and thin people. In this regard, the bottom of the kingdom and the bottom of the empire are the same, perhaps because they can no longer It's too low.

There were not many men visible to the naked eye. The few men that could be seen were old guys or disabled, and half-grown boys were also pulled out to do farm work.

The war is still going on, and the production in the territory can only rely on the old, weak, women and children. The nobles here are different from the North Wind Province. They have no mines to rely on to become mine masters. The source of wealth in the Viscounty of Fragoso is from planting on the land. When they come out, they may occasionally hunt in the Griffin Mountains. Every time there is a big movement, it can cause a sensation in the territory, as if it is a festival.

So strictly speaking, I am afraid that Viscount Fragoso's income in the territory will not reach the average annual income of the Baron of North Wind Province from the mines.

All the wealth in this vast land was concentrated in the hands of the Grand Duke.

"The war is not optimistic. Our army is retreating steadily on the front line. Baron Talbot's territory has been caught in the flames of war. The king's army has flooded his land. If the archduke hadn't sent a griffon to save him, I'm afraid the baron's head would be gone now. It’s already on the king’s table.”

"I don't know how long the Grand Duke can hold on. The Griffin Legion has never launched an attack on those extraordinary legions. In this case, perhaps victory will not belong to us."

"The king shouldn't be like this. We are all nobles of the kingdom. He should not betray the interests of the nobles. The four territories in the south have been defeated. They can no longer occupy the Griffin Mountains. Why does the king still not pardon us?"

Fragoso kept telling Ryan that he also needed to relieve his inner tension and panic in this way.

After listening for half an hour, Ryan finally had no more information, so he changed the topic and said:

"I heard that His Highness Hernan did not die in the hands of the Holy See? Where did he go?"

"No one knows. Some people saw him going to the North. Maybe he died there."

"Pastor Soto slew the descending god, and with just a glance from Him, the Holy See gave a huge boost to the morale of the King's troops."

Viscount Fragoso was not only worried about the king's army, but also worried that the clergy of the Holy See were among the king's army.

In the viscounty, Lane stayed until the next morning and continued to lead the soldiers to the territory of Archduke McReynolds.

He was also very curious about what kind of person the legendary Grand Duke named Emperor Feng was.

In this era and in this environment, the Grand Duke dared to openly oppose the king, which can almost be said to be a rare talent at the level of a national treasure.

But halfway through, Ryan stopped because of a village.

The population of this village is only one or two hundred, and it is extremely deserted. There seems to be no nobles ruling here. They rely on the Griffin Mountains to survive. Maybe every once in a while, knights and monks will come to collect taxes and take away the wealth they have accumulated.

The reason why Ryan stopped was because his spiritual panel responded.

[Divinity: Dusk]

"There is the belief in that god."

Ryan said this, and Rose next to her narrowed her eyes. The next moment, the soil under her feet came to life and turned into a tall knight who rushed into the village. Soon, dozens of villagers followed amid a burst of wailing. A huge stone was brought out.

"Is this the thing?"

Rose looked at Ryan, who nodded. This stone contained about one percent of Taisu's twilight divinity.

"Is it left behind by Hernan?"

He was curious, then came to the villagers, pointed to the stone and asked:

"When did you start enshrining this stone?!"

Ryan's voice was not loud, but the innate majesty of the nobles and the villagers' deep-blooded fear of the master made them tremble and dare not hide anything.

"A week ago, the noble lord sent knights to come to our place and took away most of the food and farm tools. He said that it was this month's tax. We almost couldn't survive..."

The villagers began to cry, and Ryan understood that they probably couldn't survive, so they placed their hopes on the illusory gods, hoping that the gods would give them food.

...It can only be such a simple hope.

"Can the territory of Archduke McReynolds not even be able to sustain food for this war?"

Ryan was a little surprised. As far as he knew, this was the place with the richest food cultivation in the kingdom, which could supply the consumption of the Griffin Legion.

There were even surplus grains sold to him, the imperial baron.

Ryan took away the divinity on the stone, told the villagers that the ancient tree in the distance was the object that the gods were looking at, and then continued south.

Finally, on the third day, he arrived at the Grand Duke's territory. The tension here was visible to the naked eye. Every village and every person's face was full of panic and urgency. The entire Grand Duke's territory was fighting for the war on the front line. As for Lao Cao, they almost reacted to Ryan's arrival and thought it was the king's army coming.

The king's hereditary majesty occupies an absolute advantage in such a war. As the subjects of the betrayer, the civilians in the Grand Duke's territory are all frightened.

"Ryan, you're finally here."

Roland appeared in front, greeted Ryan excitedly, and took him to a distant city near the Griffin Mountains, where the Grand Duke's mansion was located. This city had been the castle of the McReynolds family for generations.

"Your Majesty the Grand Duke."

Ryan's aristocratic etiquette was beyond reproach, and he was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the legendary Grand Duke. He was surprised that the war was so anxious and the Grand Duke was still in his mansion.

"Baron Ryan, you are indeed no ordinary baron."

Archduke McReynolds looked at Ryan. He could see that the baron in front of him was very different from the barons he had seen before. His energy and confidence far exceeded his status as a baron. His knowledge would not make him think that this was an empire or a kingdom. gap.

The biggest gap is between people.

"I heard from Roland that you are the most talented military commander in the empire. If I leave this war to you, can you help me win?"

McReynolds asked and took out a map, but Ryan refused without even looking at it:

"Your Majesty the Grand Duke, I am a noble of the empire. If I command the army here without the emperor's order, I am afraid the emperor will regard it as a betrayal of him."

Ryan declined, and the Grand Duke was only slightly dissatisfied and stopped asking the question.

"Then I don't know why Baron Ryan came to the land of the Kingdom?"

Ryan said seriously:

"The Kingdom of Andala has a land that is the envy of others. On this land, a large amount of food can be grown. Even under the threat of the north, it is still enough for the stomachs of the people of the kingdom."

"In the middle of the kingdom, there is the inland lake closest to the west coast. It is the six largest inland lakes in the southern lands. The tributaries and catches it produces nourish the surrounding noble territories."

"Not only that, there are also a large number of cattle and goats raised on this land, which are the daily food of the nobles and are indispensable."

Ryan listed some of the rich specialties in the kingdom and finally said:

"These are all things I lack. My tundra territory goes deep into the north, is covered in wind and snow, and is covered with snow for more than six months a year. My territory lacks many, many things. output."

"So I had to come because my territory is actually closer to here than to the south of the empire."

"Beifeng Avenue has been built. I think I can quickly transport fresh food to my territory, of course, by purchasing it."

This reason was also recognized by the Grand Duke, so after a simple exchange, he asked Roland to receive Ryan.

The Grand Duke is different from Viscount Fragoso. Of course, he will not reveal too much information. The same goes for Roland. This guy is very shrewd.

"There are many specialties in the Griffin Mountains, such as this kind of scimitar-horned ram, which is the favorite food of the Griffin. Its meat, especially the legs, is really delicate and fragrant. It can be enjoyed without any more seasoning. People’s appetite increases.”

"This is a sweet fruit. It is very fresh and sweet. It sells well to every noble in the kingdom every year."

Roland introduced the specialties only available here, which made Ryan greedy. The specialties of the Grand Duke were simple, but the McReynolds family, with their backing to the Griffin Mountains, had countless good things that were not found in other places.

If it were him, he would never give up the Griffin Mountain Range just because of the king's order.

At this moment, he finally understood the civil war in the kingdom. The Griffin Mountains contained unimaginable wealth and were inexhaustible. As long as they occupied this place, the McReynolds family would not decline.

The beasts and monsters inside are only a small part of the wealth. What is really important are various plants and special extraordinary crops.

Most of these things have never been known to the outside world because they have never left the territory of the McReynolds family.

"I believe that McReynolds will definitely defeat the coalition of nobles."

After Ryan said this, he headed south. If it hadn't been during the war, he might have seen the work of countless serfs in the vast fields.

He appears in the kingdom in his current capacity and will not have too many or too deep interactions with the nobles here. He is not here to participate in the war. The Grand Duke does not care what Ryan wants to do, because this is his territory, no matter what Ryan wants to do Nothing can escape the Grand Duke’s decision.

Finally, we arrived at the Unicorn Fortress, which was Ryan's first destination after entering the Kingdom of Andara.

However, he stood hundreds of meters away, looking at the tall mountain-like city wall in front of him, his eyes a little stunned.

"This...how was this fortress breached?"

He looked at the Unicorn Fortress in shock. This fortress was the most magnificent and powerful city he had ever seen. Its hundreds of meters of walls were destined to be impossible to be made by humans, even without any magical inscriptions. , this fortress can also resist most legendary powers.

The moment they saw it, no one would imagine its failure, so Carlos dared to leave only 10,000 semi-full-time soldiers stationed here.

Therefore, no one can understand how powerful Archduke McReynolds was, who captured the Unicorn Fortress in one day.

The Wind Emperor didn't face a city or a unicorn fortress. He faced a legend, and within one day, he killed that legend.

"This kind of fortress, this kind of fortress... can actually be breached."

Ryan was still shocked. Is the extraordinary world so unreasonable? Emperor Feng's power has exceeded his understanding of the extraordinary path.

The Unicorn Fortress already belongs to the Violent Elephant Legion.

"Baron Ryan, why are you here?"

Commander Farrell looked at Ryan curiously, and Ryan also got straight to the point.

"I'm here to make a deal with the four Carlos bloodlines in the south."

"Them? You make a deal with them?"

Ryan laughed.

"Of course, Commander Farrell, don't you want to see what kind of wealth you can earn after the North Wind Avenue is built?"

"The noble territories of Carlos can have independent sovereignty, which is not something that can be achieved by simply saying that they don't want to establish a kingdom."

"The four noble territories all have unique resources, especially the Carlos family. The wealth they control makes elves come from far away to trade."