Throne of the North

Swadifar, in the wilderness world.

Ryan rode Winter and galloped freely on the wilderness, the wind whistled in his ears, and the sea of ​​clouds in the sky was far away, as if thousands of days had passed in this short time.

The earth seemed to have no end, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance were buried by the wind and snow. In the lonely [Warrend's Blacksmith Shop], Brock waved the artifact hammer, trying to hammer out a powerful weapon that had never been seen before.

The heat of the blood dispelled the coldness of the world, and Ryan came to the warhorse breeding base of the great wizard McKen.

"Your Excellency the great wizard McKen, your wisdom amazed the gods."

In his rare leisure time, the great wizard McKen lay on a chair, with a transparent vessel in his hand, swaying precious fruit wine that only existed in this world.

"Haha, the reason why the gods are afraid of the rise of magic is because the birth of magic has threatened the gods."

"Baron Ryan, your talent for earning gold punk is the best I have ever seen."

Ryan also laughed.

Just in the morning, the team from the Andara Kingdom came back, bringing the goodwill of the Grand Duke and many nobles.

At the same time, the team that went to the southern Calais Province to trade with the Clayton family and his father-in-law's family came back, bringing more trade orders.

Of course, there was also a letter from his fiancée, Avril Melendez.

There was not much communication in the letter, but Viscount Melendez's letter mentioned that Avril's learning progress in the magic academy would soon be completed, and then she would be able to go to the frozen land to get married.

Seeing this, Ryan couldn't help but be amazed. He had never had such an experience in his two lives, so he was a little nervous, so he came to Swadi Fari and changed places to gallop freely.

I just received a letter from afar, so I feel embarrassed to ride the wild horse in the castle tonight.

Hearing the news brought by Ryan, Master McKen couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"The descendant of the Meyers family, a noble lord of a fiefdom, was assassinated."

"That old friend should be very angry. I wonder if the Nightmare Knights will participate in the battlefield in the south."

Master McKen's eyes were filled with worry, which made Ryan couldn't help but wonder.

"You seem to not want Grand Duke Meyers to join the war?"

"Not just him, if any of the four Grand Dukes of the Empire allows their extraordinary legions to enter the Thousand Lakes Province, it will be a huge disaster."

"The foundation of the four Grand Dukes is not much inferior to that of the royal family. If they join forces, the royal family will have to avoid their edge."

"Do you know? A hundred years ago, when the Pan-dimensional War of the Gods just ended, the Columbus royal family and the four Grand Dukes' families were collectively called the original empire."

"At that time, the royal family and the four Grand Dukes could represent the entire empire."

"Of course, I don't want your father, Ryan, to join the war. The strength of the Earl Clayton family has also become terrifying under the leadership of your father."

"In the magic academy, many magicians have helped the Clayton family do something."

"Later we communicated, your father occupied at least seven different world planes."

"Each one is not inferior to the mountain forest world discovered in Thunder Cloud County."

"Of course, you..."

Suddenly thinking of Ryan, Grand Mage McKen shook his head and stopped talking.

It seems that Ryan, as a son, seems to be more favored by the gods than Earl Clayton.

"You just need to understand that if necessary, the great nobles of the empire can unite and have the power to fight against the gods."

What does "if necessary" mean? Ryan didn't understand. He had a similar understanding of the politics, social structure and economy of this world, but he seemed to be in the initial stage of the extraordinary side.

This is not surprising. After all, he has traveled through time and his experience and knowledge are limited to this.

As for the extraordinary, history books don't teach it.

Master McKen didn't understand it either. This was said by his teacher, the predecessor who had researched the Highland Warhorse.

On the other side.

The black swans of the Holy See have entered the frozen land territory and even broke into the castle on the Rhino Horn Mountain. This castle, which is not covered with any magic secret patterns, can't stop them from walking invisibly.

But, they didn't find Ryan.

"Is he not there?"

The shadows in the dark were whispering, and some assassins were silent and puzzled that there were nobles who were not in their castles at night.

"Where will he be?"

"The archbishop said he is a believer of my Lord, maybe... he is praying?"

"Praying in the dark?"

"Waiting for the dawn?"

"Or, wait until daytime?"

"Okay."

In the dark, the shadows were silent, and the Black Swan Assassin hidden in the shadows stood like a gargoyle.

However, at a certain moment.

There were no towering trees on Rhino Horn Mountain, only some ornamental trees planted in the castle.

In the dark, a leaf that should not have fallen tonight fell silently. It glided in a zigzag shape. When it glided for the fifth time and revealed the other side of the leaf, the veins of the leaf lit up in the dark.

The extreme speed split the leaf into two. Without the advantage of resisting gravity, it was no longer light and fluttering. The two halves of the leaf quickly fell to the ground, but the blood was splashed in the dark even faster than its falling speed.

The shadows were shaking. The walls of the castle were originally pitch black, but in these few tens of seconds, there would always be an inexplicable light, reflecting the moments in the castle in the darkness.

In one moment, there were flashes of outlines, and in another moment, slender weapons crossed the wall. It seemed that he could not react until this time. The flash of light in the darkness was the huge hot energy blooming at the moment of metal collision.

Boom! ! !

The stone wall collapsed, and Brand rushed in with a knight's sword. As Ryan once said, there was no place for assassins on the battlefield. When he came here, this place became his battlefield.

There was a stag neighing behind him, and it was difficult for him to find the enemy in the shadow. Fortunately, Appia spoke at this time.

"Left!"

Boom!

The greatsword fell, and the knight's fighting spirit tore through the darkness.

...

Huh~!

When Ryan returned to Rhino Horn Mountain from the Swadifari Plain the next day, he saw that his castle was missing a large piece.

The soldier pulled off his cloak, and what was exposed in front of Ryan were pale skinned bodies.

Seven in total.

"Six escaped, I couldn't catch up with them, they were stronger than me, if they weren't inferior to us in assassin skills, we would not survive a head-on collision."

There were three intersecting bloodstains on Appia's chest, and on the other side, five cat assassins had died last night.

They were obviously sneak attacks, and they had the advantage of terrain and people, but they still won a tragic victory.

He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing in the frozen land territory just after returning from the Andara Kingdom.

"Whose assassins could this be?"

Ryan looked at these pale bodies with skin that looked like they were blistered, thinking in his eyes.

It's impossible for them to be from the North Wind Province, so they must be outsiders.

Ryan thought of the dead Valent Meyers, and it seemed that there wouldn't be too many answers.

"I didn't expect the Church to be so insidious?"

Ryan laughed, he was very happy, yes.

If the Church had believers as devout and fanatical as Adriana and those missionaries, but abandoned everything else for the sake of faith, Ryan would really be afraid of the Church.

Fanatics are unreasonable.

But now, he is not so afraid.

These assassins, who are most likely from the Church, come to him for no reason, so the proportion of faith is very small. Which of those light pioneers is not more worthy of assassination than Baron Ryan.

On the contrary, the proportion of political reasons is very large.

"The Archbishop also has opponents in the Church."

"Apia? You say they are stronger than you?"

"Yes, Master."

Apia lowered his head and said that they, the cat assassins, were indeed born on this extraordinary path.

But one percent of talent and ninety-nine percent of resources will also form a huge gap.

"Then work hard to become stronger than them."

"I don't want you to lose in the next duel, and I don't want my life to continue to be threatened by these things."

Ryan pointed to the ground. The chests of several corpses had sunken and their hearts were turning into thick water. They were obviously not normal people.

"Follow your wishes."

Apia knelt on the ground. He certainly understood that this was Ryan's statement that he intended to bless the cat people on a large scale.