Throne of the North

As a noble, Ryan has full political vigilance.

So when he thought of this possibility, he couldn't help but want to expose the matter.

Why? Because his strength is not enough at present.

What if his words really come true, wouldn't he be supporting the Church? At that time, the Church will expose Ryan's role in the process in order to make the empire chaotic, and even drag Clayton and more nobles into the water.

By then, Ryan will jump into the Yellow River and can't explain it.

"No, we have to find out clearly."

Ryan finally reacted. This transaction of one million gold coins is an extension of political struggle. In this case, it cannot be regarded as a pure business behavior.

He must know more.

"Let Brand come to me."

After Ryan gave the order, he came to the dark cave at the foot of the north side of Rhino Horn Mountain.

This is a prison. Ryan's original intention of building it was to reduce crime and labor reform in the territory, but the first batch of prisoners held in it were not human.

In the previous war, these nobles divided up the benefits of the war in a few words. The few words they said could determine the fate of thousands of people.

Among them were the cat people.

To be precise, it was a group of cat people tribes and assassins in the cat people tribes.

The leader of the cat people assassins also fell into Ryan's hands. Count Winter and his people had no need for the leader, because even if they were to be trained, they would have to train their own slaves, not the cat people assassin leader who was loyal to Count Weiss.

The dark dungeon was purely because the sun could not shine. There was no such thing as dampness in the caves in the north. The frozen moisture actually kept it quite warm.

This was the warmest place in the entire frozen land.

But outside was the military camp, and this dungeon became a place that could never be escaped, and many people were afraid of it.

"Apia?"

As the leader of the cat people assassins, Appia was happy to get a single room. When he heard someone calling his name, the cat people assassin who was sitting cross-legged on the hay raised his head.

The first thing he saw was a tall figure. He was wearing heavy armor, which blocked the weak light, but as a cat-man assassin, Appia could still clearly see the other person's young appearance in the darkness.

This was a human youth, but he was very powerful.

Beyond this mighty human like a mountain, Appia saw the gorgeous and noble young man standing behind. He knew him for a simple reason. Baron Ryan was the first and only failed assassination case of the cat-man assassin.

The other person was a little far away from him. Even with the knight guard and the fence blocking him, he was still far away from him.

Very alert, Appia felt that his life would end today.

They overestimated the cat-man assassin. Without advance preparations for concealment and breathing techniques, the cat-man assassin could not even beat ordinary soldiers. All their strength burst out at the moment of leaving the shadows.

"Leader of the cat tribe, more than a hundred years ago, your ancestors followed the guidance of divine power and traveled to another plane of the world."

"But you can't survive in that world, because everything in that world is huge, even a deer is five or six times the size of your body."

"This leads to the fact that the fighting style of the cat assassins cannot kill such powerful creatures. Their vitality is enough for them to withstand the rapiers of the cat assassins many times and escape."

"But more often, the mad beasts can kick the exposed assassins to death with one kick. Your bodies are too weak."

"So, over the past hundred years, the number of cat tribes has become smaller and smaller. If the army of Earl Weiss had not appeared to let you see the possibility of leaving that world by pledging allegiance, your tribe would have perished in at most twenty years."

"A safe residence and a stable source of food are what you lack most."

Ryan easily told all the past and hidden dangers of the cat tribe. Appia was silent. He didn't know what the other party was going to say.

"The nobles can provide these things, but the premise is your loyalty. I think when you first met the army of Count Weiss, there were frictions and conflicts between you."

"I have to say that after so many assassinations, the cat assassins have made the nobles of the Northern Wind Province see your value."

"This is why you are still alive until now."

Lian slowly approached Apia. The lifespan of cat people is not as long as that of humans. Apia in front of him is considered middle-aged among cat people.

"I need your strength, and I can give you everything you want."

"You can also try to run back to the north, but I remember that the tribes of orcs are often more cruel than the human world, and the weak cat people are only worthy of being slaves."

"If you agree, you two hundred and twenty-five cat people can survive."

"I will give you a lot of things, including your life."

To Ryan's surprise, the cat leader in front of him did not have any backbone. Maybe he was imprisoned for too long? Or maybe they were not so opposed to being loyal to someone.

Apia looked at Ryan and knelt down. His voice was not deep, but a little sharp.

"Apia pledges allegiance to you."

Five minutes later, more than 200 cat-people, men, women, and children were released. Cat-people assassins prefer dark environments, but ordinary cat-people orcs prefer sunlight.

When the long-lost vastness above their heads shone down, even though there were a large number of soldiers around staring at them, these cat people still couldn't help but stretch their bodies subconsciously.

As if they had no bones, they were only one meter tall, but when they were fully stretched, they looked like a tall and thin man.

This is also a rare species that has no absolute reproductive isolation from humans, otherwise how did those cat women loved by the nobles come from?

Harrington took the remaining 195 cat people to where they should go, and the remaining 30 cat people stood in front of Ryan at this moment.

Compared with other cat people, these assassins are like knights among humans. They train themselves, and gradually draw the power of shadows to become extraordinary, becoming terrifying assassins.

After accepting the loyalty of all cat assassins, Ryan asked Brand to organize a camp for them. In the future, these cat assassins will also be his warriors.

As for Appia, he followed Ryan and stood relatively far away, with a distance of three meters between the two.

Ryan was always on guard against the other party. Cat people don't have any chivalry. Ryan, who has just started, will not be careless.

"Is it possible for humans to practice your breathing skills and become extraordinary?"

He asked. This is also the most curious. If it is possible, then the value of cat assassins will be reduced again.

"No, this is a supernatural system unique to cat people."

"Earl Weiss has tried before, using the method of that alchemist to forcibly create human assassins who can hide in the shadows, but they all failed. No human can completely enter the shadows. They can only enter some limbs, and they will soon be devoured by the shadows and die."

Ryan nodded. In this case, he was too lazy to try.

"Can you read and write?"

Ryan suddenly asked, making Apia stunned, looking at Ryan a little confused.

"No, cat people have not received education."

"During this period, I will arrange for someone to teach you. For one month, you'd better be able to use your talent to become extraordinary to learn. After one month, you will follow a team to the Kingdom of Andara to perform a mission."