Throne of the North

The addition of hounds and wolves has added a lot of conflicts in the tundra territory, which is inevitable. Both hounds and wolves have extreme ways of treating life and death.

However, for now, this contradiction has not spread.

Standing high at the foot of the mountain, Ryan could see at a glance the open space in front of him surrounded by mountains on three sides. Countless stones had been piled up there, and the muddy soil mixed with the turbid water settled in the depressions on the ground.

Tens of thousands of people shuttled through this open space, filling many ravines with soil and stones mixed with mud.

Building a city is something that is simple to say but very troublesome to do. It is indeed a pile of buildings from the ground, but at the same time, it is also a battlefield where people can die, especially since Ryan also requires that the city needs ditches. Helps rainwater and snowwater flow out quickly, as well as clean floors and standard houses.

"It will take at least a month to consolidate the land, and it will take about twenty days to start construction."

The land in the north is already hard enough. In the extraordinary world, even the soil needs to be involuted to survive, but Rose still feels that it will take a month and a half before it can officially start.

"Don't worry, that world still has a long life, and you don't need to focus entirely on building a city."

"The hound god is our goal at this stage."

After Ryan finished speaking, he looked at Rose and asked:

"Are you prepared? To deal with a god, our actions are blasphemous."

"If we don't do it right, we may end up with the same fate as the royal family of Andara Kingdom."

To put it bluntly, there is an essential reason why so many conflicts broke out in the Andara Kingdom. It is because the old king ruined the royal family's extraordinary army, and the royal bloodline was cursed by the gods and lost its extraordinary abilities.

"There are not many records about the gods in the place where I used to be, but there are secrets buried in the shadows that countless gods want to know."

Rose said, the group of magicians is definitely the most extraordinary group of people who have done the most research on gods, and this is especially true for magicians who are good at dark element magic.

"In the oldest records of the Church of Shadow, methods of killing gods were discussed."

"There are three conditions in total. The first condition is to extinguish His origin."

"If his origin cannot be extinguished, the great existence has endless energy and cannot be killed."

"The second condition is to fight for His origin."

"The origin will not disappear because of the gods. On the contrary, the gods will become great existences because of the origin."

"Take the initiative to snatch it so that the gods cannot take back their power."

"The third condition is to kill Him."

"No matter what method you use, the last step is to kill Him with a knife, a sword, flames, water flow, and any weapon at your disposal."

This is the deepest secret recorded by the Shadow Church. They hide the records of killing gods.

"The first condition does not require us to fulfill it."

"The Panplane War of Gods is over. The spirit of the Hound has long been weak. He must have no source of power. The two arenas are the reason for maintaining his existence. Those soul crystals are the evidence. He is using this method to survive. "

"The second condition..."

Ryan hesitated, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said firmly.

"I can solve the second condition."

The spiritual panel can intercept even legendary gifts. There is no reason why they cannot compete for the source of divinity, especially the probability that the hound spirit belongs to the spirit than to the god.

"Then, there is only one last condition left."

Rose took a deep breath. He was excited, excited, and could directly kill the gods.

"I need to prepare, using what I have learned throughout my life, and the reasons why I embarked on the path of an alchemist."

Rose turned and walked away, while Ryan returned to Rhinohorn Mountain, learned about the events of the past few days, and then headed to the alien world.

In the city of Skala, Ryan sent hundreds of scouts to the ice-swamped land in the north to search for the ancient heritage of the world. In this city and in another forest city, the mining of gold and silver mines was also accelerating.

The open-air arena outside the city has also become a way for Ryan to change the people of Garm.

They are too keen on blood and death, and long for the sublimation of the soul, which is too detrimental to Ryan.

The cruel way of thinking also makes it difficult for Garm's people to integrate into the tundra territory. Even the fanatical Bilge and the bear people who serve the Frost Lord are not willing to get too close to them.

This will be a long process that may require a new generation to become the main body before change can occur.

Ryan would not deny this decision just because of time. At this moment, he was thinking about whether he could use the gold mine under Skala City to open the door to the southern land.

Bringing the wealth of the North into the lands of the South makes the North no longer just a broad directional description, but a symbol.

Economic warfare is a very simple matter. The first step is to block other people's military actions. The second step is to win over people's hearts with more affordable prices.

It's that simple, but these two steps are also an extension of politics.

The nobles have absolute rights to the territory, and Ryan must first gain the right to speak politically.

"Now I am somewhat famous in the southern lands. The war in the kingdom made them recognize my strength, but this is too far away after all."

Standing on the wall of Skala, Ryan looked at the vast world and thought.

Distance is always a beautiful word.

When the distance is too far, there will be a filter for many people or things.

Distance also distances relationships. Even if Ryan is the most powerful noble in the North, what can it do? For many nobles in the South, the North is a world they will never see in their lives.

The barons in the North are nobles they will never see in their lives.

This makes Ryan's words not very important to them.

"We must narrow the distance between the two sides, at least when we meet, there will be topics between the two sides."

"A little bit of communication, a little bit of distance, will increase my voice in the land of the South, so that I have the opportunity to get more wealth and resources."

Can Ryan give up the land in the South and develop only in the North? This is impossible. First of all, the resources on the land in the South are definitely better than those in the North in the snow and wind, which needs to compete with the orcs. The most obvious one is food. Can you expect the North submerged in the snow and wind to grow food for countless people?

Just like the North has the resources of the North, the land in the South can also breed resources unique to the South, which Ryan needs very much.

At the same time, as a noble in the North, in the North Wind Province, Ryan is still in the human circle and in the Empire circle. He is the lord of a piece of land and the ruler.

He stands on the ladder of power, so he is a member of politics, and he can't escape or avoid it.

The nobles of the North Wind Province have no say, so the overall support of the Empire in defending the orcs this time, the North Wind Province is like being abandoned and only received a little help.

There is no more support, because the Empire does not care about the North Wind Province, and there is nothing here that the emperor and the nobles think is indispensable.

The North Wind Province has the richest iron ore resources in the Empire, but it must be understood that the Flor Empire expelled the Church by relying on military strength.

After Ryan became famous at a young age, the North Wind Province is still treated like this, which means it is not enough.

Ryan's right to speak is not enough.

He can influence the North Wind, the Sera Kingdom and the Andara Kingdom, but this is not enough.

"I need to write a letter to the Melendez family."

Lian needs to use various methods to increase his status in the empire and his voice in the southern land.

Marriage with the Melendez family is the simplest and most effective way. The nobles increase their influence in this way, and Ryan is not opposed to it.

Well, it's mainly because he doesn't reject Avril Melendez as the object of marriage.

Master Ryan still has his own values ​​and aesthetics.

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Blade Rose Territory.

This is the earl's territory, the most dazzling female earl in the empire.

Speaking of which, Ryan and the female earl are still relatives. Ellie Fleming, the first wife of Earl Clayton, is the sister of the female earl. Ryan calls her mother, so the female earl of Blade Rose is also Ryan's elder.

Avril Melendez is now helping the female earl to improve the magic medicine garden in this earldom.

Avril shuttled through the huge garden, with her platinum-colored hair draped over her shoulders. The women around her couldn't help but look at her with envy. As she walked deeper into the garden, the surrounding environment became darker, as if even the light couldn't completely illuminate the place. The guards here were no longer servants, but warriors whose eyes were covered by armor.

They were both men and women. In the territory of Earl Blade Rose, many women became the guards of the female countess, which was also a feature of the empire.

However, on the battlefield of the demons of the abyss hell, the demons would not show mercy because of human gender. Over the years, the number of female knights under the female countess has been decreasing.

The land under her feet gradually became dark. With every step she took, ice crystals condensed under Avril's feet. This was the reason why she protected her magic from being eroded by the land of the abyss.

"Avril, you're here."

A girl in the distance waved and called with joy. The magic array pattern filled the void, and gray trees grew on the dark land in front of her.

The name of these trees is Nashiya, a plant that grows in the abyss. The fact that it lives in the abyss alone proves its rarity. In addition, the Nashiya tree has another name, the Silver Magic Tree.

Its food can be many things, but its favorite nutrient is silver.

Bury the silver under the Nashiya tree. Every year, the pomegranate-like fruit seeds that grow out of the Nashiya tree after it matures are all crazy mithril.

Gold and silver are the magic media that magicians need. At the same time, refined gold is called the best magic circulation material, and mithril is called the best magic resistance material.

The best does not mean the best, but because this material has standardized production and universality among materials with the same effect.

Earl Clayton's support for Ryan at the beginning was three mithril armors, considering that Ryan, as a knight on the extraordinary path, might be cramped when facing a magician. Mithril will alleviate this and eliminate part of the power of magic.

Avril was in charge of weaving the magic circle of the Nashia Tree, and she was accompanied by fifteen graduated and graduating magicians from the Magic Academy.

In any other place, each of them would be a noble wizard, but in such a circle, they were just students, and sometimes they had to go to other places in the Earldom to ask those more powerful magicians about the problems they encountered.

"In a few days, these magic circles will be completely stable. How did you come up with the magic circle engraved on the bark of the Naxia tree, Avril?"

The girl asked curiously. She was also a magician, but she felt that her brain didn't seem to be able to turn around.

Hearing this question, Avril couldn't help laughing.

"Actually, this is not something I created. There is a book in the Magic Academy written by the legendary magician Russell. When he was traveling in the North, he saw a kind of flying snake in the void. The magic beast called the Void Feather Fish carved magic patterns on its scales, allowing them to float in the air."

"Is there such a magic beast?"

The girl next to him was surprised, and then said:

"Avril, why are you reading a book about the North?"

Then she opened her eyes wide, narrowed her eyes and smiled:

"Avril, you must be thinking about your fiancé. I heard that he fought a legendary war in the Andara Kingdom in the north some time ago."

"You are so anxious, I think you want to go?"

"Yes."

Avril's face was a little hot, but she still said firmly with her neck stiff.

"When these magic array patterns stabilize, the Earl said that he would give me ten trees to raise here, and I can get 100 kilograms of mithril production every year."

"Ten trees?"

The girl next to him opened her eyes wide, a little sour, as students of the Magic Academy, they didn't have so many.

"I really envy you, you were born into a noble family with a territory."

The girl was a little depressed. Her family had fallen into decline. Many times, she was helpless and not valued by other nobles.

Avril didn't say anything. In fact, she also understood that the reason why the Countess of Blade Rose gave ten trees was actually because of the marriage between her family and the Earl of Clayton's family.

The Melendez family didn't have such a big face, but the relationship between the Grand Duke Fleming's family and the Earl of Clayton's family has always been very good.

The Countess was born in the Grand Duke Fleming's family, and Ryan was the blood of the Clayton family.

To put it in a small way, this marriage was a marriage between a baron in the north and a viscount family in the south. To put it in a big way, this marriage also represented that Melendez entered the political power circle headed by the Grand Duke Fleming's family and the Earl of Clayton's family in the empire. In the future, in the power class of the empire, these nobles will stand firmly on the same front.

Many people think it doesn't make sense, because Ryan is not the heir of Earl Clayton, and if he is not the heir, he should not have such a close relationship by marrying the daughter of the Melendez family.

But Avril knows the reason. Behind this matter lies the long-term political vision of the nobles.

With the rise of Earl Clayton in the empire, the Clayton family needs to expand, just like Grand Duke Fleming. In addition to the Grand Duke Fleming family, there are also great nobles such as the Earl of Blade Rose.

There are four grand dukes in the empire, but who doesn't know that under the blood of the four grand dukes, there are many nobles who have formed their circle with the surname as the core?

If the Earl of Clayton wants to move forward and become the fifth grand duke of the empire, such expansion is inevitable.

Baron Ryan was not important at first, but when Ryan made achievements in the North, where all the great nobles of the empire did not reach out, Ryan's status in the blood system of the Clayton family rose a lot.

He went from a son who was not paid much attention to by the earl to an inseparable member of the Clayton family.

These are all things that happened under the political struggle of the empire. The declining nobles cannot see them, and Avril will not tell this friend, lest she become more troubled.

For Avril herself, she actually does not want to know so much, because this marriage has lost its original and purest beauty in such a political atmosphere.

But, who makes her the daughter of a noble, he is proud of this and bears it.

Just like the friend in front of him, if he lets the other party replace him as the daughter of a powerful noble family, the other party will probably be willing to do it.

Avril just has some fantasies in her heart that I want it all while understanding it.

That is a wish that the great gods themselves cannot do.

"Wait until the end of this year, I will go to the North."

Avril thought so, and she couldn't help being nervous. After completing this year's magic pattern maintenance, Avril's mission was also over.

She left the garden and received a family letter handed over by the maid.

Opening it, Avril opened her mouth in surprise.

"How could it be so fast?"

A friend next to her came up. As a declining noble, she needed to help her family understand what the real nobles were doing.

Anything, big or small, was intelligence that the declining nobles needed to grasp.

"Nothing, you just hit the nail on the head."

Avril smiled. There was nothing she couldn't say.

"In half a month, I will go to the Frozen Territory to be my Baroness."

"My father sent someone to deliver a letter. He will go with him. Lord Clayton will also attend his son's wedding."

Avril left. The lonely noble girl stood there in shock, her mouth wide open.

In the Frozen Territory, Ryan also received a letter the day after.

"Ahead of time..."

Ryan was sure that this was not his fault. The only thing that could bring this time forward was that the Earl's father had received and responded to the letter he had written to the Earl of Clayton's family.

He asked the other party if they had any weapons to sell to his son, with only one requirement: the weapon must be powerful enough to kill a weakened god.