Throne of the North

No noble can question the power in Ryan's hands. Ryan contributed the most to the victory of the war. If there were still people who could argue with the title and the emperor's order before.

But with Ryan's sword killing the werewolf king, there was no doubt about it.

The head of the Werewolf King is the bargaining chip in Ryan's hand. Logically speaking, this head is enough to promote Ryan's title.

Ryan also wrote to the Imperial City and gave the body of Silver Moon Werewolf King Hati to the emperor as a collectible gift.

But until now, the emperor has not responded to him.

This made Ryan realize one thing, that is, the current aristocratic title system cannot be easily touched even by the emperor.

There is only one reason for this, and that is what Viscount Hogg said.

There are too many nobles, but too little land.

The Norris continent is huge, but two-thirds of such a huge world is called the North. The once fertile and prosperous places have been covered by wind and snow.

However, in the face of the disaster, a large number of nobles survived. They howled about the former glory of their blood in one-third of the southern land, and wanted to obtain land to restore their family's glory.

The still powerful nobles also want to expand their lands and let their heirs become lords and nobles, thereby expanding the family's voice and power.

The nobles who lost their land wanted land, and the nobles who owned land wanted more land, but in front of the northern border, the land would not expand.

One troublesome thing about upgrading your title is that it doesn't mean that your title will change as soon as you change it.

In this process, there must be something matching it. For example, the emperor must give Ryan more land, wealth, and population.

Land is the most important, but what to do? The emperor can't give Ryan more, let alone say you go and grab it yourself. If he wants to give Ryan the Viscounty, he must let the army of Flying Wing Canyon go north, plant the flag of the empire farther away, and then put all the troops in it. The land was given to Lane.

But now the emperor doesn't even want the Beifeng Province. The empire is cutting off its relationship with the Beifeng Province within thirty years.

Therefore, it can only be regarded as not seeing Ryan's letter.

Ryan has nothing to lose about this. The emperor originally crowned him a baron and gave him the Tundra Territory, but now? Is the tundra territory small? Ryan felt that his territory was no worse than the two earls.

Of course, another reason for this indifference is that it is an old tradition of the empire.

Archduke Meyers conquered the Northwind Province and received a bunch of useless development orders. Earl Clayton traveled three thousand miles across the northern border to plunder the mammoth tribe, and the only benefit he got was to have one of his heirs become a baron.

Great merit, no reward, just an old tradition.

This is why it is said that the empire is an empire shared by the royal family and the great nobles. The emperor can no longer reward the great nobles with more things. What the great nobles want can only be obtained by themselves.

The same goes for Ryan. He can't rely on others to give him what he wants, but has to get it himself.

For example, what Viscount Hogg wants now, that power, is in Ryan's hands.

"You want me to help you get a piece of land and half a mine?"

Ryan frowned, and Viscount Hogg said anxiously:

"My merits are sufficient. My army completed the most difficult battle with you on the battlefield. The nobles cannot question my merits."

Indeed, in terms of merit, Ryan is first, Marquis Beifeng is second, the two earls are third, and Viscount Hogg is fourth.

Why Ryan is first because he killed the Werewolf King, why Marquis Beifong is second, that infant baby has a terrifying background, the two earls are third because of the combat effectiveness of the extraordinary legion, and the fourth Viscount Hogg is because His thousand cavalry were very powerful in combat, and they also participated in the most critical war. Only a few nobles participated in that war.

Further down, the nobles can argue about who is fifth or sixth.

"If you had come to me earlier, I would have told you along with me, but now it's very troublesome."

Ryan waved his hand and said:

"I can't go past His Highness Volvo and directly tell those nobles which piece of land you want, right?"

"No, no, no, this won't work. We still need His Highness Volvo's nod. I have a way."

Viscount Hogg said why he came to see Ryan in the middle of the night, which made Ryan raise his eyebrows.

Good guy, one of the Eight Knights actually belongs to Viscount Hogg's family.

…

Lingdu City is very lively. It has been very lively since Beifeng Avenue was built, but in the past few days, the prosperity of this city has reached its peak.

"The Eight Knights are back!!!"

People shouted at the door, working people stopped what they were doing, and the unemployed people who were looking forward to it were crowded and blocked on the road.

"Have you heard that many nobles have come to our Lingdu City just to know who among the eight knights will win?"

"How is it possible that noble men would pay attention to it?"

"How is it impossible? I have heard that some of the Eight Knights are even noble lords. They came here because of these few."

"Why is this? Why did I hear that a big shot from the south came to Lingdu City, and the nobles came here."

"How do you know that big shot isn't here for the Eight Knights?"

The crowd continued to quarrel, and finally quieted down with exclamations from the direction of the city gate.

"Lord Knight Valentine is back!!!"

People shouted and looked in that direction with their eyes wide open. They saw a figure wearing an animal skin cloak walking through the city gate in the dust. Wherever he went, everyone around them retreated three to five meters, just because the other party Behind him are bloody heads connected by vines, with flies flying on them. The surface of the rotting orc head is still stiff with the fear of life.

The bard following the knight also took off his windproof cloak and shouted loudly.

"In Honeymoon Forest, Knight Valentine defeated fifteen orcs alone, cut off six big trees, and chopped one hundred and twenty bushes. From sunrise to sunset, the light witnessed his power, and the orcs will Fear the Valor of the Valentinian Knight.”

"In Ice Fish Lake, Knight Valentine..."

The bard shouted loudly, but instead of hearing a tense and exciting battle, people just shouted.

Seeing this scene, Valentine also smiled under his armor and tore open his cloak, revealing an armor full of scars.

"Orcs can never defeat humans!"

Valentine roared out, causing thousands of people in Lingdu City to cheer!

"Valentin! Valentine! Valentine!"

The bard's voice also came to an end.

"Knight Valentin has killed a total of one hundred and twenty orcs. According to the rules of the Northern Brave Guild, under the watchful eye of the respected Baron Ryan, Knight Valentine will be rewarded with one hundred and twenty gold coins!"

Not far away was the high platform where the battle was fought. The ten thousand gold coins were still lying there. The people from the Northern Brave Guild picked up one hundred and twenty gold coins from them and put them in their money bags. The heavy sound attracted countless eyes. Finally, it crossed the sky and landed in Valentine's arms.

"Where are the others? Am I the final winner?"

Valentine was very confident because he discovered how difficult it was to kill the orcs when he went out. He used all his methods, even the old horse belonging to Viscount Miles that followed him died, to obtain such a huge number of heads.

Someone responded that the other knights had not returned yet, but the next moment they were interrupted by cheers from a distance.

"Master Hunter is back!"

Along the way, the bard's shouts made people excited again. Listening to the opponent's fighting skills, Valentine became nervous.

The bard also told the Hunter Knight's record at the end.

"Kill one hundred and forty-five orcs, but Knight Hunter said that a strong knight will not leave behind the heads of weak orcs. They are not worthy of becoming his collection, so he removed twenty-three rat-headed men, kobolds, The number of cat people, Knight Hunter killed one hundred and twenty two orcs.”

Upon hearing this answer, Valentine's eyes widened and he was extremely angry. He wished he could rush out of Lingdu City and kill a few orcs again.

He lost, actually lost.

None of the six previous wins against Hunter made Valentine's body tremble as much as his loss to Hunter this time.

Outside the city, the third knight also returned. This time the entire Lingdu City was cheering because the Ash Knight was the knight they were most familiar with.

"The Knight of Ashes killed a total of one hundred and fifty-six orcs!"

The bard's last performance brought cheers to Lingdu City.

Riding the war horse, he ran all the way to the distance. Here was the viewing platform for the nobles. Lien knelt on one knee in front of Baron Hatton, who was smiling from ear to ear.

"Father, Lien has not lost the honor of the Hatton family."

Hatton smiled and patted Lien on the shoulder, then looked at the other nobles without saying a word, but his eyes were full of fragrance.

This is my son.

"Is it really possible?"

Ryan's eyes were also talking, and he looked at Viscount Hogg.

The latter nodded to him, joking. He prepared the best mounts, the best weapons, the best armors, the best magic potions, and even invited a warlock to serve as a scout, consuming no less than five hundred gold coins.

"Uma! Uma! Uma!"

Countless cheers suddenly rang out in the city, and the bard's voice was drowned.

Many people were surprised, because without the bard's voice, they could all see that behind the Uma Knight, there were more orc heads than the previous knights.

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"Is he Uma? I remember that he killed the leader of a werewolf clan in the previous war."

"The Bronze Knight kills werewolves comparable to the Golden Knight. He can indeed kill so many werewolves."

Some nobles spoke in surprise, and Ryan smiled, but he didn't expect that Viscount Hogg still had a request.

Viscount Hogg spoke.

"Uma is my nephew. He has inherited the excellent blood of the Hogg family. I also believe that he has the ability to become a noble who protects his people against the orcs."

"Leaving Antuo Town to him is the best choice. It's too close to those black goat people."

Ryan also said at this time:

"Does Viscount Hogg actually have such a plan? He killed 315 orcs, including more than 60 werewolves. This Uma is indeed qualified to protect a town."

"But it's so easy to become a noble. Antuo Town... I remember that is the land of Baron Ellis, right? I have rescued him twice before, and Antuo Town has been destroyed twice. Now I am afraid that it is not as good as the Lord Got it.”

Viscount Hogg looked at Ryan and said angrily:

"Baron Lane, you should not question the origin of the nobles. Uma's mother is the sister of Baron Ellis's aunt. He has the blood of the Ellis family."

The sister of Baron Ellis's aunt sounds weird, but in fact the full name is the man named Baron Ellis's aunt - the sister of Baron Ellis's uncle.

Viscount Hogg omitted a title.

Ryan pretended to be surprised, then nodded without questioning.

"That's it. I apologize to the blood of the Ellis family."

Ryan stopped talking at this point, and Viscount Hogg snorted and turned his head.

This was a show. The nobles looked at Ryan and Viscount Hogg, thinking about the location of Antuo Town. In this place, there were only two nobles fighting for the interests of the mine recently.

One is Viscount Hogg and the other is Lord Norton.

Yes, it has nothing to do with them anymore, and what Ryan said is right, the town of Anto was really completely destroyed, and the mines there completely collapsed. He saved Baron Ellis twice, but failed to save him. The other party's third time.

In Lingdu City, people were still eagerly waiting for the return of the other four knights, but they did not wait. Instead, four bards came out of the crowd.

Valentine Knight was not the first to come back, the four of them were.

"Knight Merry unfortunately died on the werewolf battlefield. He struggled to kill three werewolves, but was overwhelmed by more werewolves."

"Along the way, Knight Merry saved thirty-five humans. He is a true brave man in the north, practicing the dignity and glory of a knight."

"The Northern Brave Guild does not encourage death, but for Knight Merry, he is the hero of those thirty-five humans."

"He will be remembered, and his name will be engraved in the Sunset Hall of the Northern Brave Guild! The bright glow will always shine on his past, and his death will be glorious."

"..."

The remaining three bards also told about the fall of the three knights, which made the atmosphere in Lingdu City a little cold, but soon turned into more enthusiastic cheers.

They sympathize with the tragedy described by the bard, but people will not cheer for dead heroes, they will only support living legends.

"Uma! Uma! Uma!"

The reins of the tall northern war horse were also given to the Uma Knight. The crowd began to spread the word that the Uma Knight would become a noble. In this way, the head of the Eight Knights became a discussion among the nobles, making Lingdu City even more of boiling.

"Eight knights, more than three hundred orcs died in their hands."

Ryan stood next to Volvo and said this. The data in his mouth were not the numbers seen by the people of Lingdu City. Whether it was Valentine or Lien, Hunter or Uma, or the four dead knights, Their actual records are not that scary.

Most of this data was helped by someone. Of course, this was the only shady secret that was recognized by the first Ryan. Otherwise, it would be difficult for even a baron heir like Lien to come back alive in this brave event.

But Volvo was a little surprised that eight knights actually killed more than 300 orcs.

"I am unable to fulfill His Highness's previous invitation, but I would like to invite His Highness to make a steady stream of wealth together. I wonder if His Highness is interested."

Ryan said this in a voice that only two people could hear.

"oh?"

Volvo looked at the gold coins scattered on the arena and asked with some emotion.

Ryan looked at the highly regarded knight adventurers below.

"They kill orcs for gold coins, war horses, armor and weapons, but wanting to pay them enough is a lot of pressure for me personally."

"If His Highness is willing to share part of it, I think... the adventurers' profits in the North will also be happy to share part of it with His Highness."

"They killed the orcs, which means His Highness is among them, helping the empire fight against the evil orcs in the north."

Volvo thought for a moment. Although he didn't quite understand what Ryan meant by earning wealth, he still asked:

"How much does Baron Lane want me to take on?"

Ryan held out a finger.

"Ten thousand?"

"One million."

Volvo brought one million gold coins allocated to him by the emperor to buy iron ore at a low price from Northwind Province.

Volvo almost failed to hold the hot tea in his hand, turned his head and stared at Ryan closely, as if to say why don't you just grab it.

"Not much, not even enough if it's not who you are."

Ryan said this, shocking Volvo.

"Can you bring me more than one million gold coins?"

"It's far more than that, Your Highness."

"One hundred thousand is my bottom line."

Volvo took a deep breath. He chose to believe in Ryan, but one hundred thousand was the bottom line. If Ryan hadn't become more and more important in his heart, ten thousand would have to be considered for three months.

"One hundred thousand? If you won't regret it, then it's a deal."

What Ryan wants is not these gold coins, but the identity of the Volvo Emperor Chosen and the power in the empire.

If the reconstruction of the West Sea Fleet is completed, Volvo will have greater power on the west coast. By then... who said that the Northern Brave Guild on the west coast would not be called the Northern Brave Guild.

The arrival of these nobles now represents the expansion of the Northern Brave Guild.