Throne of the North

Looking ahead, the soldiers of the army pulled the gate of the castle on the hillside, and the heavy gate hit the ground heavily, stirring up a large amount of dust.

Ryan was on the warhorse behind, watching the people of the Harper family being brought out and slowly coming to them.

"Your Excellency, Grand Duke, I think you also know the purpose of this war."

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, Grand Duke Harper roared angrily.

"Establish a kingdom? Become a king? Is McReynolds qualified? The inheritance of their McReynolds family is not as ancient as my Harper family. What qualifications do they have to establish a kingdom!"

Grand Duke Harper stared at Ryan like an angry old lion, and then saw the emblem of the empire on Ryan's body. The golden flower clusters surrounding the long sword belonged exclusively to the Flor Empire.

"Are you a noble of the empire? Is his establishment of the kingdom supported by the empire?"

Grand Duke Harper calmed down. This matter seemed to be more troublesome than he thought, involving the empire.

"His Majesty the Emperor has not given any order yet. This is my choice. Why does Grand Duke Harper seem unconvinced?"

Grand Duke Harper was somewhat helpless and avoided the question.

"It took less than three days to capture my castle. You are far better than your title."

"With the establishment of the Kingdom of Serra, your territory will remain your territory. The King and the Harper family will still exist. You will become the only two duke families in the Kingdom of Serra."

Ryan said this, which shocked Grand Duke Harper. He looked over and asked in disbelief.

"Has that old guy Carlos agreed?"

"Yes, Grand Duke Carlos has sworn allegiance to McReynolds under the banner of the Griffin. From now on, all Carlos members will be loyal followers of McReynolds."

The change of the old opponent made Grand Duke Harper look ugly all of a sudden, and he did not clamor for his soldiers to take back his own castle.

"How is this possible..."

Grand Duke Harper still couldn't believe it.

...

When Ryan led the army to the Earldom of Olson, the earl... ran away.

Yes, he ran away, leaving behind some troops to fight Ryan's army to the death, but they were captured in less than a day.

"How could he give up his territory? And he fled with his whole family. Where did they go?"

No matter how I think about it, it feels wrong. An independent earldom, huge wealth and power, just say no? Is this reasonable?

"My Lord Earl, Earl Olson left a letter."

The soldier sent the collected letters to Ryan. He opened them and frowned.

"The blood of Carlos will never allow other kings to override their own heads."

"This land will always belong to Carlos!"

Earl Olson wrote the letter with his own blood, which gave Ryan a headache. This was actually an absolutely loyal worshiper of Carlos' blood, claiming to be the orthodoxy of Carlos and would inherit Carlos' will.

Now, Ryan's army helped him solve all the troubles. Whether it was the Carlos family, the Harper family, or another Earl Flynn family, they would all become subjects of the new Serra Kingdom, and directly let the remaining Olson completely inherit the ancient Carlos honor and reputation.

No one knew whether Carlos would be recognized by the southern world or the new Serra Kingdom would get the orthodox attributes for the ownership of this land.

This was one of the huge hidden dangers, but it was not something Ryan should worry about. Since McReynolds had made a choice, he had to bear all the grievances and contradictions behind this matter.

Half a month, it only took half a month, the four noble lords in the south and the nobles around McReynolds all gathered in the city of the McReynolds family, where, with the help of Chaofan, a luxurious mansion had been built in a short time.

The brand new king's robe was draped on the Grand Duke, and the temperament of the Griffin Grand Duke gradually changed from a powerful magician to a distinguished majesty.

Just as Ryan thought, Carlos, Harper, Flynn, and a young man of Olson family bloodline who was captured and became the new Earl of Olson, who was one of the people that Earl Olson could not take away, swore allegiance to McReynolds in the square of the mansion under the gaze of countless eyes.

Every noble took a long oath of allegiance, and this link took almost six hours.

Swearing an oath is not just an oath. Every noble must hand over his flag and noble badge to the king with both hands. After the king's blessing, they will loudly say their oath of loyalty to McReynolds under the king's witness.

Some people will carve these oaths on the stone wall and place them in his palace with the king. Then the king will grant a series of things such as fame and power. After that, it is a prayer to the gods. The process is very smooth, so the holy light of the Lord of Dawn falls on Grand Duke McReynolds, the current King of the Kingdom of Serra.

This means that the faith of the Sera Kingdom still belongs to the Lord of Dawn, not some alien god.

This scene also made many loyal nobles feel relieved. They were really afraid that the king would suddenly say that he believed in light and drive away the clergy of the Dawn Church.

But obviously, if this happens, the establishment of the Sera Kingdom will not receive much support from the empire.

Because in the king's oath, it was the Lord of the Morning and not the God of Light. Although they were both the same great being, they represented the dispute between the Holy See and the Empire in Norris Continent.

This is also McReynolds's choice. In the southern land, the new Serra Kingdom wants to gain widespread recognition from the nobles. The best choice is the Holy See, because the Holy See affects all lands except the Empire.

But Ryan felt like he wanted everything. After all, he, an imperial baron, also had the identity and status of a count in the Kingdom of Serra.

"The great Lord of the Dawn witnesses the glory that belongs to McReynolds. Under his eyes, the Kingdom of Serra will become his devout kingdom of faith on the continent of Norris."

The voice of Archduke McReynolds resounded in the sky and the earth. At this moment, the Serra Kingdom was completely established.

In the following three days and three nights of carnival, Ryan also got his own reward.

Outside of Unicorn, he will own a manor, a six thousand acres of land, most of which is cultivated land that can be directly planted, and two thousand slaves, responsible for planting and manor slave positions.

This is naturally not the most important thing. What is important is that all of Ryan's actions within the Kingdom of Serra are not done as outsiders, but as the Count of the Kingdom of Serra. This is the greatest invisible benefit.

“I didn’t expect that Baron Ryan would become the biggest winner.”

Commander Farrell said with envy. He drank strong wine depressedly, not expecting that things would go in a completely unknown direction.

Nor did he expect that Baron Lane would suddenly have a distinguished status in the Kingdom of Serra.

Ryan smiled, the biggest winner? Hard to say.

"Your Majesty still hasn't given you an order?"

The Violent Elephant Legion has been stranded for a long time. Although the McReynolds family is responsible for daily expenses, there is still no order from the emperor of the empire, which is strange.

"Yes, but His Majesty still seems to want us to help His Highness Adams from the Andala royal family become the new king."

Damian has been cursed to death by the blood curse. The only children left by the old king of the Andara royal family are Adams and another guy named Macpherson. However, the emperor gave an order, but did not give any instructions to help Adams fight against the blood curse. means.

"I got news from King McReynolds that the Holy See should choose His Highness McPherson to be the new king of the Kingdom of Andara."

Ryan said meaningfully that after the death of the old king, a series of problems occurred in the Andala Kingdom, which made the nobles in the kingdom begin to waver. They re-established contact with the McReynolds family. After all, in the past, their circle The McReynolds family is undoubtedly the big brother.

However, this connection is no longer close, after all, both sides are now not in the same kingdom.

On the contrary, after a series of changes, the nobles of the Andala Kingdom began to gradually accept the Grand Duke Leta. The Andala Kingdom is now the only Grand Duke family left. In the past, no one accepted them due to witches and historical reasons. , now everything has changed.

It can be said that the Leta family's goal has been achieved, but the problem is that the development of the matter is difficult even for the Leta family.

The nobles are waiting for the new king of the Andara Kingdom with indifferent gazes. Perhaps at that time, the Andara Kingdom will declare war on the ninth kingdom on the Serranoris continent, the Serra Kingdom.

Not far away, Otto and Roland also approached Ryan. The two members of the empire were relatively dazzling in this banquet.

"Your Highness Otto, His Highness Roland."

Ryan followed the aristocratic etiquette towards the two of them. In one leap, McReynolds became the royal family, and together with these two people, he also became the noble prince. Before, he could ignore it because there was no exact title after all, but that is no longer the case. .

"Sir Ryan."

Otto and Roland said that Ryan is a baron and a count in the Kingdom of Serra. But after all, he is a lord of the empire and a descendant of a great noble. Therefore, the two of them did not know how to address each other for a while. They could only address each other as Your Excellency. Honorific title.

It is indeed an honorific, and this term is often used for those legends.

The status of a legend is not inferior to the status of a great noble in the world.

The purpose of their visit was also very simple. Under the watchful eyes of the nobles around him, he invited Ryan to become the military advisor of the Kingdom of Serra. This was something Ryan had proposed before. He had no rights, and he could not even do anything to control it. Any military, strictly speaking, is a false position.

But Ryan must be paid 10,000 gold coins every year.

The king agreed, and Ryan understood that this meant that the Serra Kingdom was unwilling to give up the friendship of the empire. King McReynolds wanted to play both sides between the Holy See and the empire.

Ryan didn't know whether he could succeed, but five days later, at the coronation ceremony in the Unicorn Fortress, a red archbishop came from the Holy See to crown King McReynolds, and the empire once again sent His Highness Volvo to watch the ceremony. This emperor-chooser probably turned back here again before he even returned to the imperial capital city.

Different from the last time in the Kingdom of Andala, this time when the Kingdom of Serra was established, the number of noble representatives arriving was only one-third of the last time. This one-third was still based on the attitude of the Holy See and the Empire. Otherwise, I'm afraid, No noble family would send anyone to witness the birth of a kingdom.

This is the dilemma that the McReynolds royal family is facing now, just like the relationship between the McReynolds family and the Leta family when they were in the Kingdom of Andara.

When they were still in the Griffin family, the nobles in the southern lands all praised and envied them. However, after becoming the royal family, the nobles' malice was also born, and they no longer looked at them with the same expressions as in the past.

The Kingdom of Serra was indeed established, but it was not an easy task to gain a foothold in the southern lands.

During the coronation ceremony, the gift of the morning light came again. This was a routine practice. After watching a useless speech for a while, Ryan lowered his head and stared at the map of the current Serra Kingdom.

From the map, the current territory of the Serra Kingdom is like a carrot. Ryan feels this way because he is chewing a carrot in his hand, which was sent from another kingdom in the south near the ocean. Yes, the McReynolds family has put a lot of effort into today's coronation ceremony.

The southern part is thicker, and the northern part is thinner represented by the Griffin Mountain Range, which is the overall appearance of the Serra Kingdom. This territory is about the size of two and a half provinces of the empire... maybe three if all the Griffin Mountain Range are included.

With three-fifths of the land of the Kingdom of Andala, after all, the Kingdom of Andala has now lost a huge territory, and the Griffin Mountains as the center no longer belong to Andala.

But no matter what, the two northernmost kingdoms on the Norris continent are undoubtedly the two weakest among the nine kingdoms on the continent.

It's hard for Ryan to judge who is better between the Kingdom of Andara and the Kingdom of Serra.

After all, you can't have the king personally go to the battlefield in every war, right? In that case, the recognition of the Serra Kingdom among the nobles may continue to decrease.

"Actually, it's quite simple. As long as the Kingdom of Serra can survive on the continent for a hundred years, the influence of time will erase all disapproval. The Kingdom of Serra is the truly respected bloodline of the kingdom on the Norris Continent."

Raymond Cardinal Archbishop from the Holy See presided over the coronation ceremony of King Serra, and then went to the Kingdom of Andara with some anger, because during the coronation ceremony, he did not condescend to let King Serra bow his head to him.

This 'Wind Emperor' king allowed the faith of Dawn to appear in the Kingdom of Sera, but did not allow the majesty of the Holy See to override the king.

This also caused some nobles to look deeply into their eyes.

"In the future, the archbishop will come to the Kingdom of Serra and be responsible for all the will of Dawn in this land."

"That Cardinal Archbishop Raymond will go to the Kingdom of Andara to hold a coronation ceremony for His Royal Highness MacPherson. He will become the new king of the Kingdom of Andara. This Cardinal Archbishop should be able to solve the blood curse that has descended."

The Holy See's foundation is still strong, and it can solve the curse of the gods. Roland said this with a bit of sourness.

"In order to maintain its influence in the north, the Holy See should help the Andara royal bloodline to be baptized and wash away the hidden dangers of being unable to transcend after being cursed."

In the past, it was absolutely impossible for the Holy See to do this due to the blasphemy of the Andala royal family. However, the emergence of the Serra Kingdom made the Holy See feel that its control in the north had begun to decline. This was a very bad thing in their view. signs of.

Therefore, re-supporting the Kingdom of Andala became the best choice, allowing the Andala royal family to completely become believers of the Dawn, loyally attached to the Holy See, and become their eyes and nail in the north.

Strengthen the authority of the Holy See in Norris Continent and begin to block the empire's resistance to them from all aspects.

This is still a battle between divine power and royal power.

"The dust has settled after the birth of the new king. Commander Farrell should be the saddest one."

Ryan looked at Farrell and said, he was not joking. The hope of the Legend was shattered. The emperor's order should come soon to let him return to the Wing Canyon. There will be no more Legend events here, allowing him to obtain the Legend factors. The power of Flying Wing Canyon will also fall, and the transaction with Mr. Lane will be interrupted.

At this moment, Commander Farrell was finally unable to suppress the boiling energy and blood in his body. The frenzy of Commander Violent Elephant made him very dissatisfied with the result.

But what's the use, he can't change it.

He suddenly looked at Ryan and said:

"Baron Lane, how about we support His Highness Adams as the new king of the kingdom."

Ryan rolled his eyes at the legion commander and only asked a question that was probably least relevant to the matter.

"Commander Farrell, what are you going to do against the red archbishop who just arrived?"

Farrell was discouraged and defeated. Not to mention Red Clothes, he couldn't solve it even with Priest Soto, the Yulong Legion and the Eiffel Legion Commander.

Indeed, the Kingdom of Serra was established under the witness of the Holy See and the Empire, and the Kingdom of Andara also welcomed a red archbishop to sit in person. The apparent stability of the two kingdoms meant that the disputes on this land had settled. The subsequent disputes will all be disputes and conflicts between the two kingdoms and within the kingdom.

"You think, will such a big event have an impact on the world and history? Will it give birth to a legendary factor?"

Farrell asked reluctantly, but Ryan was still a problem.

"The establishment and birth of the kingdom must be considered, but Commander Farrell thinks, who is more likely to receive that legendary favor, you or His Highness Otto?"

Ryan pointed at Otto. Indeed, the establishment of the Kingdom of Sera actually represents another thing. That is, His Highness Otto, the heir of the Kingdom of Sera, may no longer have a muddy road to legend, but a smooth one.

"Instead of thinking about these things, you might as well pray... for that guy in the north."

Hernan.