Throne of the North

"Archbishop, ahead is the Tundra Territory."

"This is a barony. The lord is Ryan Clayton, a descendant of the Clayton family of Earl Flame Dragon of the Empire."

"But this place is far away from the south. He is not taken seriously by the empire. He is just a baron. He will definitely not dare to refuse our search."

…

In the Tundra Territory, Ryan in the castle was awakened by the call of the housekeeper. He glanced out the window and saw that it was indeed late.

"What's going on?"

"Sir, Tutu has brought a group of missionaries from the Holy See, and they want to ask to see you."

"missionary?"

Ryan frowned.

"Come so quickly, let them come to see me."

Soon, the great Lord of the Tundra, the noble Baron of the Empire, Ryan Clayton, received guests from far away, enemies of the Empire, and believers of the Lord of the Dawn.

“Thanks be to our Lord for the morning light that dispels the darkness.”

Ryan said in a gentle voice, which made the missionaries' eyes light up. When they looked at Ryan, they seemed to have met a close friend.

"Lord Baron, you..."

Involuntarily, some missionaries have already used honorifics, something they had never done before when treating Marquis Beifeng.

"Mr. Missionary has misunderstood. I am just an ordinary person. I fear the powerful gods who have protected the southern land under the northern border and protected us from the pain of winter."

“The Tundra Territory is colder than other places, but it’s warmer than the Deep North, isn’t it?”

"I believe that no one can provide such protection except God."

"I am not a believer, but I am grateful that the great morning sun brings light like a flame."

Ryan's explanations made the missionaries' inner goodwill continue to rise. As believers, it is natural to believe in gods. However, it is a rare quality for non-believers to be grateful for the glory of the Lord.

As the saying goes, domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. In the eyes of these missionaries, Baron Lane is just such a wild flower other than believers.

The most important thing is that this is the wild flower of the empire.

For a moment, even the red-haired wavy man's eyes softened a lot when he looked at Ryan.

"The glory of the Lord shines on the world, and your territory will not be eroded by the cold winter in the north."

"When my lord wakes up, the light of the morning will surely help you dispel the cold winter in the north."

Ryan was still smiling.

"The Archbishop is joking. I'm just an ordinary person. How dare I ask for God's gift to save the Tundra Territory."

After being polite, Ryan asked knowingly:

"I wonder why the Archbishop came to the Tundra Territory this time?"

"You should enter the empire from the south. Why are you in Beifeng Province?"

At this point, the archbishop did not speak, but the missionary behind him spoke angrily.

"You don't know something, Lord Baron. A believer of our lord, a devout priest, died here. We need to find the truth and let the empire punish the sinners and blasphemous heretics."

"We used divine magic to search and finally determined that Father Buffett's body was at the edge of your territory."

The corpse was inside the tundra territory. Ryan thought so, because his territory was slowly expanding. However, these missionaries said it was on the fringe because of their favorability.

"A blasphemous heretic? How could this happen? Even the empire would not allow someone to blaspheme the gods, let alone a heretic."

"Has he believed in an evil god?"

Ryan's expression was extremely surprised, and he was a little shocked.

"Ahem~"

Archbishop Adriana coughed slightly, interrupted the missionary, and said:

"My Lord Baron is not a heretic, but a pure blasphemer."

"We hope that you, Baron, can help us find out the truth. At that time, the Holy See will punish the blasphemers, and you can also gain the friendship of the Holy See."

Perhaps because they had previously sensed the faith in Lane's words, these people did not suspect that Lane killed Father Buffett.

"The friendship of the Holy See...of course I am willing, but I'm afraid you have found the wrong person."

"I have not killed any members of the Holy See. The gods can testify for me."

"There won't be any people in the Tundra Territory who will kill the priests of the Holy See. I think... they don't have the strength to do it."

Ryan's words quietly promoted the power of the Holy See, making the missionaries' eyes become kinder.

"We believe you, but the body has disappeared at the edge of your territory. Can you allow us to search for it in the tundra territory?"

"This won't work!"

Ryan perfectly expresses the anger of a lord.

"The Tundra Territory is my territory, and no outsider can act unscrupulously in my territory."

"Your appearance will scare my people. You should also know that the relationship between the empire and the Holy See has not been very good."

"If word spreads again that I, the son of a great nobleman of the empire, and the barons and members of the Holy See in the Tundra Territory don't know, the Marquis of Beifeng will definitely arrest me and take me to the Imperial City for punishment."

"You may not know that not long ago, the entire family of Count Weiss here has disappeared because of the Holy See."

"Your Majesty, the count is miserable!"

Ryan's expression suddenly changed from angry to bitter, and the missionaries in front of him also had angry eyes.

Of course they knew that a thousand Knights of the Holy Kingdom were wiped out in Beifeng Province. Only Captain Damon escaped alone and recovered after being healed by the Holy Light.

At the same time, they were also panic-stricken. The empire was so decisive that it destroyed an earl and noble noble.

This made them feel that missionary work in the empire was extremely difficult.

For a moment, there was silence in the room.

Seeing that these missionaries had no reaction, Ryan felt a little helpless. He looked at the leading archbishop and said:

"But you also know that I am a descendant of the Clayton family. Maybe the Marquis of Beifeng does not dare to easily frame me for an unfounded crime."

"But in this case, the risk I have to take is very high..."

It was not like Adriana had never dealt with nobles before, so she gradually came to her senses after hearing this.

As long as Baron Lane is given some benefits, it is not impossible.

She took out her most precious thing, a book woven with thick snow-white paper. It had a similar logo to the yellowed book that spread light that Ryan had obtained before.

It's the sun above everyone's head.

But under the sun, the meaning of those runes is different.

“When night comes, morning is destined to appear, and the light of the Lord will dispel the darkness that envelopes all things.”

Ryan said it subconsciously. At this moment, he found that the eyes of the missionaries in front of him, including the archbishop, became extremely intense.

"Baron Ryan, you actually know the meaning?"

What the hell? Isn’t it obvious that everyone can see it and understand it?

It makes no sense. He had also shown the book by the God of Light to others before. It was just soul magic and everyone could understand it.

"Only those favored by our Lord can understand the meaning of the divine words."

"In the Holy See, the most devout believers need to recite the name of our Lord and go through three days and three nights before they can grow from monks to missionaries."

“The divine words contain the glory of the Lord.”

Ryan understood that within the Holy See, if you want to change from a monk\\nun status to a missionary status, you must rely on yourself to understand the meaning of this rune.

This is a blessing that allows the believer to be able to release the power of divine magic from within his body.

To put it simply, this sentence is the beginning of the Holy See’s extraordinary path.

This book contains divinity.