Throne of the North

Every stone on the tall white city wall is engraved with the teachings of Dawn. This glorious city is called the Wall of Dawn, and at this moment it belongs to Ryan.

The War in the Royal City ended and a new day arrived. Lane's army could not rest. They hunted down the clergy of the Holy See from one battlefield to this place.

It is not difficult to conquer this city. Perhaps the Holy See has never thought that one day this city will be attacked.

The army flooded the city, and then everyone, yes, everyone in the city, without exception, was arrested.

"Believer of the Dawn?"

Ryan stood on top of the ruins, bearing the angry gazes of thousands of people here.

Because the ruins under his feet were once the church that served the Lord of the Morning, and what Ryan stepped on was the land where they knelt down in pious awe time and time again.

"There are a total of 120,000 people in this city. According to the rules, I will kill all of you because I am not sure that you will no longer serve Chenxi."

"In this case, you will always be enemies of the empire."

"As long as you live, more soldiers of the empire will die."

Ryan didn't care at all about the countless angry eyes that could kill. He kicked a Vatican priest next to him and cut off the opponent's head with the knight's sword in his hand. The priest struggled, but he was too weak.

"The great and immortal light is the faith that should be truly served. The morning light is only short-lived, but the light can be eternal."

"The Empire's Church of Light is the true servant of the great god."

"I think I can gain more if I escort you back to the Imperial City."

Ryan's sword fell one after another, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground. He stood in front of a female missionary, but did not draw his sword again.

"I'll give you three days to go back and tell the Holy See behind you, and ask them how many gold coins they plan to use to redeem the people in this city."

The female missionary stared angrily at Ryan, her sharp voice filled with incomparable hatred and heartache for the city being devastated.

"Morning Sun will not let go of any heretic."

She ran towards the city gate, but the next moment, the long sword that pierced her chest turned blood red. Ryan looked back with empty hands and shrugged helplessly.

"Her faith is too devout, and I am afraid of having such an enemy who is not afraid of death."

He looked at the next person, an old man with a gray beard, looking at Ryan with infinite hatred.

"You killed my daughter."

Ryan blinked and raised his hand to find that the knight's sword was still stuck in the woman's body.

A knight attendant came up from behind and chopped off the old man's head with a sword until a new priest knelt in front of him.

"I, I, my faith is not religious, I can help you deliver the message."

The priest spoke loudly, terrified, begging Ryan to spare his life.

Around the priest, there was a circle of more than a dozen clergymen shouting. This might be their only chance to survive. They were so frightened that they couldn't control themselves. At this moment, they kept telling what they could do to help Ryan.

In the distance, some people are also ready to make a move.

But Ryan took one look at them and laughed.

"Isn't this how you can tell the difference?"

He looked at these people and said in their frightened and desperate eyes:

"Your beliefs are not pious at all. If you run away, how can I trust you to ask the Holy See to pay a ransom?"

"Only devout believers will risk their lives for these hundreds of thousands of people, because they are all believers of Dawn, and they can make the Lord of Dawn feel more served."

"You look like you don't look like people who can give their lives for Chenxi."

"You are not religious enough."

A group of priests and missionaries fell to the ground in despair. They looked at Ryan in horror and kept mumbling.

"Devil, you are simply a devil!"

"If you can see the devil after you die, say hello to him for me."

Ryan no longer looked at these people and continued to walk forward. Screams and wails were heard behind him, but they quickly disappeared.

He walked among the people who were kneeling on the ground. These people were all believers who served the Dawn. It could even be said that their faith was far more devout than anyone else in the Kingdom of Andara, because only in this way could Pastor Soto Allow them to enter the city and enjoy a better life.

This city is like a flag, allowing believers in the kingdom to strengthen their faith in order to enter this city.

The believers in the city, in order to live a better life, naturally strengthened their faith impeccably.

Over time, I got used to it.

Ryan walked among the crowd, pointing and shooting at random, like a list of the God of Death. The people he pointed out were dragged out by the soldiers behind him, and then killed mercilessly.

Just when he pointed at a woman, the moment the soldiers behind him rushed out, a young man next to the woman suddenly bumped into the soldiers, and then rushed towards Ryan with a dagger in his hand.

The next moment, Ryan's palm crushed the dagger in his hand, and he pinched his neck and raised it while the latter was horrified and looking at him.

"Ah, I found it, the indomitable soul."

"You deserve my respect more than the fanatics who serve the Dawn."

He threw the young man onto the woman's body.

"Is she your mother?"

Ryan asked, nodding at the reaction of the young man and woman.

"It seems so."

"You heard what I said just now, leave this city, go to the Church, and tell them that there are hundreds of thousands of devout believers of the Dawn in this city. Ask them whether they want the people in this city to live or die."

"I can assure you that as long as you can do this, your mother and your family will survive, no matter what the final result is."

Waving his hands, the soldiers grabbed seven or eight people in front of them, and then held the young man and threw him out of the city of the Dawn Wall.

Ryan stood there, looking down at everyone and shouted:

"Your lives will not be decided by me, but by the Church. Let's see if the Dawn Church you serve will work hard for you."

More than half of the troops stayed behind, and the entire Andara Kingdom was shocked by Baron Ryan's cruelty. At the same time, they also knew that the lives of more than 100,000 people in the city would be decided by the Church's response in a few days.

Order the soldiers to guard the city, and these Dawn believers will not be able to escape, while Ryan will lead the other half of the army to the ruined royal city again.

"Baron Ryan, you will be retaliated by the Church."

Stuart said beside him. He knew the cost of this matter very well. The Church must keep those hundreds of thousands of people alive no matter what, and they must hate Ryan very much.

"They should thank me for saving more Dawn believers in the Andara Kingdom."

Ryan said this, his face calm, and he did not explain more to Stuart.

On the other side, the only lucky young man who left the Church city was running wildly in the land in the south. He had only one thought in his mind, that is, three days.

He only had three days, and Ryan only gave him three desperate days.

He was out of breath and no longer remembered whether he had taken the right path. He leaned against a tree in despair to rest.

"Lord, please tell your devout believer Warren how I can reach the land of the Church in three days."

After a long time, he did not wait for his Lord's response, but his physical strength recovered a lot. He looked at the surrounding wilderness and forests and saw a wild boar foraging in the distance.

The war caused humans to no longer appear frequently, so the wild beasts also went farther away.

Warren rushed towards the wild boar. He held down the wild boar that was struggling wildly, and stabbed its butt with a branch, forcing it to run south.

He finally had a mount and could move faster, but there were more troubles waiting for him ahead.

Passing by the field, some villagers surrounded him because they took a fancy to the wild boar under him, which was expensive meat.

Running around, Warren finally broke out of the encirclement, but the price was that he had some more bloodstains on his body, and the mount he had just got was gone.

Sneaking into a territory, this is the territory of a certain baron, but the baron is not at home recently. He went to the royal city in the north and will pledge allegiance to the king.

Warren sneaked into the stable. There was only one old horse left here. It was very old and even the baron didn't like it.

Warren led the horse out and galloped with panic shouts. He had to leave the kingdom within three days, and then find the bishop of the Holy See and tell him about the kingdom.

He was desperate, but he had to take care of his life.

In front of a turbulent river, the angry knight found the old horse eating grass, and his roar made the soldiers behind him bow their heads in fear.

"Damn horse thief!"

After cursing and searching for a while, the knight took the old horse back, and in the river, Warren suddenly got out, gasping for breath. He was very cold and his body was hypothermic. He had a fever when he walked out of the river.

"Can't sleep..."

Warren continued to walk southward, even the darkness could not stop him. The hungry wolf wanted to find food, and eventually became his food. The wounds on his body scabbed, wrapped in wolf skin and rested for less than an hour, he continued to set off.

Royal City.

Except for the tall city walls, it still looks like a ruin. Adams stood on the ruins and laughed.

"Your Majesty, the nobles are rushing to the royal city. I believe that they will kneel in front of you and swear allegiance to you soon."

Count Moses said respectfully, and Adams was more satisfied after hearing it.

At this time, Ryan also re-entered the royal city with the army.

Walking through the ruins, only half of the palace was left. He frowned and looked at the nobles around him.

"Why didn't anyone clean up the bodies in the city?"

"Do you want to wait for those bodies to stink?"

After the nobles were silent, they whispered to the knights behind them. Soon there was a noisy sound outside. Thousands of soldiers began to clean up the corpses of the orcs in the royal city and piled them on the land north of the royal city. Some soldiers dug pits there.

"You can't bury them there. This is the Royal City. How can the damned orcs be buried under the Royal City?"

"What can't be buried? Their bodies will fertilize the land in the north."

Ryan didn't care about Adams' anger. He looked at the half-broken palace. This was Farrell's masterpiece.

Adams stared at Ryan angrily, but didn't dare to scold him. He still remembered the sword Ryan used to kill the legendary cardinal. At the same time, he also remembered that at dawn when he killed the cardinal, Ryan led his army to angrily slaughter the knights and clergy of the Church. Finally, he kicked McPherson down and dragged him into the Royal City like a wild dog.

The battle that night allowed the kingdom to see the military strength of the empire, and in the morning, all the nobles saw the cruelty and ruthlessness of Baron Lane.

He killed all the Skitarii Legion soldiers, an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people. They were slaughtered mercilessly under Ryan's order. The blood flowed into a lake, and the flames where the corpses were piled up still have black smoke rising into the sky.

After that, Baron Lane led his army to the Wall of Dawn, a city that belonged to the Holy See. Everyone knew what he was going to do. He was seeking revenge against the Holy See and the Red Archbishop for killing him in large numbers with his legendary power. soldiers.

How many soldiers Ryan died in that war, and the Holy See buried them with ten times the number of lives afterwards.

Such methods frightened the nobles, so when Ryan asked why no one had disposed of the orc corpses, the nobles were unwilling to refute him.

Ryan looked at the palace here, frowned, and then stared at Adams.

Under his gaze, Adams subconsciously retreated.

"Your Highness Adams, are you planning to accept the allegiance of the nobles here?"

He pointed at the dilapidated palace, which had lost its former splendor.

Adams was speechless for a moment and looked around, yes, this environment is too shameful, and how could the majesty of the king and the glory of the royal family be in such a broken royal city.

He didn't know what to do for a while. If he accepted the allegiance of the nobles here, he would probably become the most embarrassed king.

He cares about this.

Ryan waved his hand, and soldiers from afar drove the carriages over one by one.

Ryan stepped forward and tore apart the rotten wooden carriage carriages with a slap. They were originally boxes that Ryan had hastily put together with wood. Within the boxes, dazzling gems and crystals as well as some precious treasures were exposed.

There are these things in every carriage box.

"This is the royal wealth that I plundered from the city of Dawn. Macpherson took them away when he left the royal city. They belong to the king."

The nobles were breathing rapidly, and Adams was trembling all over at this moment. He stared at the wealth.

"Le...Baron Lane."

Adams swallowed and then said:

"Thank you for helping me bring back the wealth that belongs to the king. I think I should reward you."

"Just...just the gold coins in those two boxes."

Adams pointed to a carriage and took a look around. Perhaps the boxes containing gold coins were the least valuable.

Ryan saluted with a smile on his face. One box contained almost two thousand gold coins, which was almost enough as a reward for this line of work.

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty, but I suggest that you use part of your wealth to hire some magicians and knights to help repair the palace."

"Letting the nobles swear an oath to the king in the ruins may make the nobles dissatisfied."

"That's right."

After suddenly gaining a huge amount of wealth, Adams became more confident and agreed with Ryan's words.

"I will use my wealth of one million gold coins to invite magicians to repair the royal city."

"There are not that many magicians in the kingdom. Maybe I can help you think of a solution on this matter."

Ryan said this, thinking how the chambers of commerce in Beifong Province should thank him?

There are still many things to communicate between the nobles and the new king. For example, there are disputes of interest between the Earls of Canterlot and the king. Of course, these nobles have no choice but to support Adams, but this support also depends on the degree of compromise between the two parties.

After all...the current King Adams Andara is weaker than any previous king. If he doesn't seize the opportunity, he may not have another chance in the future.

Ryan did not participate, because no matter what the outcome, his share would never be less.

He is now arranging troops to take back the castle defense lines, but this process is much simpler. There are no enemies. As long as his troops pass by, they can plant the flag of the Light Judgment Legion.

A small number of orcs saw the arrival of the human army and fled back to the north.

In the end, Ryan stood in the north of the kingdom. It was already a little cold here, and the cold wind blew over. He looked at the mountain peak a thousand meters away.

"Is that the peak that grows on a warthog?"

Ryan shook the mist-filled mountain peak, and Rose, Farrell and Stuart around him also became nervous.

"No wonder the Yulong Legion destroyed half of the army here."

Farrell opened his eyes wide. Even if he led the Violent Elephant Legion, let alone deal with the warthog, even if he wanted to destroy this mountain peak, it would still take ten days and a half of non-stop destruction, right?

"Continue?"

The army stopped here. The kingdom's land was still in front of them, at least a few kilometers away, but they could not move forward.

Because I don’t know if the warthog carrying the mountain on its back can possibly wake up.

"If it wants to wake up, it needs a lot of energy, that is, food. Every day it wakes up is a huge consumption. The warthog orcs... will definitely not be able to pay for that energy now."

Stuart said this. The legendary magician was still angry at Ryan's insult to him, but after Ryan killed Raymond, he also recognized the baron's strength and chose to reconcile.

After all, at that time, as Raymond's opponent, he was fully capable of blocking the holy beam, but he did not do it in order to keep his magic power strong.

The present is different from the past. If Ryan was just an ordinary baron, he would not care about anything, but a baron who could kill a legendary cardinal is qualified to question his faults.

He paid the price of heartache in exchange for Ryan's forgiveness.

"Then let's go. Our mission is to help Adams become the king of the kingdom and let the Andara Kingdom and the Empire form an alliance to fight against the Church."

Ryan turned around and took the army back, and the Church also knew Ryan's request on this day.