Throne of the North

Ryan knew that in the south of the Kingdom of Andara, a war broke out between the army of Archduke McReynolds and the armies of the great nobles.

Although the scale was not particularly large, it still made many nobles nervous.

This was the first time that Grand Duke McReynolds had publicly denied King Andara's order. Although everyone was unwilling to accept the king's selling of the kingdom's land, the fierce reaction of the Grand Duke still shocked and silenced many nobles.

They don't know which side to be on. Logically speaking, they are loyal to the royal family and are the king's biggest supporters.

From this silence, Ryan saw the weakness of the Andala royal family.

If it weren't for the weakness of the royal family, why would those nobles be silent? I'm afraid they would have jumped up and angrily accused Archduke McReynolds of being disloyal.

But now no nobleman has opened his mouth to discuss the question of whether the Grand Duke is loyal or not.

This is the biggest problem.

"The late king must also be very angry, right?"

Ryan looked at a letter and thought, he, a baron in the northern part of the empire, could see the restlessness and unrest within the kingdom through these letters. How could King Andara, who was deeply involved in it, not feel it.

"However, this Baron Halfman is quite interesting."

Ryan looked at the letter sent back from Appia and couldn't help laughing.

Duplicity? Having both sides? These are not accurate, because Baron Haveman is a nobleman. No matter what he chooses, he will not fall into a desperate situation. He has a lot of escape routes, so this kind of relationship between all parties will help him.

His knowledge and circle will go beyond the circle determined by the title of Baron.

This is a talent, Lane thought.

Among the nobles with fiefdoms, those who have the courage and courage to do these things have surpassed 90% of the nobles.

This had nothing to do with Ryan, so he just kept this more precious letter separately, maybe it would be useful later.

"Perhaps, if I prepare more trump cards, I can also make some of the Andala Kingdom's war fortune."

Ryan thought with his eyes. From the current point of view, the conflicts within the Kingdom of Andara are irreconcilable. Either the Grand Duke will give up the future and foundation of his territory, or the old but still lion-like king will lower his noble head.

Both answers are impossible. The relationship between nobles and kings is complicated. It is not the relationship between kings and ministers at all, but the difference between kings and princes.

There is absolutely no way that Archduke McReynolds would give up on the Griffin Mountains, and the king would not bow his head and let all the nobles see the end of the royal family.

There is a very critical issue in this.

There is no one in the royal family.

Ryan saw a very crucial piece of news from a letter. The weakness of the Andara royal family was not only reflected in the supernatural and the army.

As well as the royal family itself, there are no capable people in the next generation.

No, it shouldn't be about ability, because among the king's heirs, there is not a single successful prince.

The descendants of mighty lions, a group of princes turned out to be hyena-like guys?

Ryan didn't know what those highnesses had done to make these nobles generally agree that there was no one in the next generation of the royal family.

The royal family does not have its own legend now, and it seems that the next generation will not have one either, and by the time the next generation comes, it will be at least several decades away.

Decades, a long and terrible time.

Without the ability to do anything, and without the absolute extraordinary power to suppress it, Ryan could see that the future Kingdom of Andara would be in chaos.

It's no wonder that the old king wanted to do something while he was still alive.

The late lion stared at the griffin.

Since the strength of the royal family cannot be improved, then the strength of other nobles in the kingdom should be weakened to achieve a new balance.

This is a common method used by rulers.

Decline in dominance? Then let the resistance decrease proportionally.

"This old guy is not simple either."

In Ryan's view, Andara, the late lion, was very smart. He betrayed the Griffin Mountains, or the Grand Duke of the Griffin agreed, which would severely damage his foundation and make it difficult for him to have the power to resist the royal family in the future.

If you don't agree, then a war will break out with several nobles in the south. Once the war starts, there will be thousands of gold. Regardless of victory or defeat, the power of the McReynolds family will drop a lot, and I'm afraid it won't recover in the next few decades. to the peak.

Naturally, there would be no possibility of rebellion against the royal family.

This is the case for the most powerful noble, and there is no need to mention the other nobles in the kingdom. The Kingdom of Andala will survive an era stably in this balance.

As for what’s next? The old king obviously couldn't see that far.

In short, the only price of this matter is the reduction of the kingdom's national power.

So, for various reasons, the Holy See appeared.

If the kingdom's national strength is reduced, let the extraordinary power of the Holy See make up for it and ensure the inheritance of the kingdom.

As for why it is the Holy See and not the Empire, this is obvious. The Empire will annex their land and destroy the kingdom, but the Holy See will not.

In any case, Ryan saw that the egg of Andara Kingdom was already full of cracks, so he didn’t mind going up and taking a bite.

In the next few days, Ryan received another urging from some nobles, but he was still not in a hurry.

However, in the process, he received a response from the Clayton family members in the south.

A team has arrived at the Wing Canyon and is about to enter the North Wind Province. They are from the Earldom of Clayton.

"It seems that the letter is still fruitful."

Ryan lacks talents, and he has to admit that in this world, in this era, the probability of talents being born in aristocratic families is terribly high, because it is almost impossible for civilians to have talents.

Let those who have been serfs for generations have the talent for management? Is it possible?

Let a natural knight be born among those civilians who are not well fed, warm, and sleep? Do you really think that blood and physique appear out of thin air?

Ryan wrote a letter to the Earldom of Clayton before, hoping to recruit some talents in all aspects of the Earldom. Now it seems that his Earl father is still very powerful.

"Go to the foot of the mountain to clean up some houses for those people."

After Ryan explained, he ordered his female official to deal with the matter.

About five days later, Ryan met a team of 130 people from the Earldom of Clayton. Not all of them were needed by Ryan, and about 60% were the families of those followers.

"The Frozen Territory welcomes you."

Ryan accepted the loyalty of everyone on the Rhinoceros Horn Mountain. From now on, his will is the goal that these people follow.

All of a sudden, the huge manpower pressure of Ryan's Frozen Territory was relieved.

At the same time, these people also brought intelligence about the Clayton family, which was news that Earl Winter could not get from the south.

"The mother of the Marquis of the North Wind is the daughter of the Grand Duke Meyers family."