Throne of the North

The swamp never fully recovered, and Ryan rode on Winter's body.

Underfoot, the muddy soil brought up by the iron hooves made the snow-white winter look dirty, but Ryan didn't care about it.

He did not stop Count Sauron's extraordinary army from withdrawing from the swamp, and now looked at the count in front of him.

"My lord, you lose."

His attitude is still as respectful as a baron should be when facing a count. This is the humility of a nobleman. No one can find fault with him, unless he subconsciously ignores the behavior that has never failed him.

Earl Sauron looked ugly and said:

"If it were not here, your army would not be my opponent!"

"This is war. It makes no sense for the Earl to say this. War is not a gladiatorial arena. It will provide a fair competitive environment."

"The result now is that you lose, in front of all the nobles."

Earl Sauron looked around. The crowd of nobles watching was obviously shocked by the outcome of the war in front of them, but their appearance was also one of the evidences of the outcome of the war.

"Baron Lane, you started a war, but the end of the war is never determined by this war."

Earl Sauron stared at Ryan. Although the loss of the Transcendent Legion in this war made him heartbroken, it was impossible for him to admit that the failure of this war led to the outcome between the Earl and the Baron.

He also has huge war potential, and even if he is dragged away, he can drag Baron Lane to death.

Killing one thousand enemies and damaging one's own eight hundred is something no noble is willing to do, especially since there are two great nobles in the North Wind Province, Earl Winter and Marquis of North Wind, waiting around.

"Perhaps, but does the earl think it is profitable to waste the war in such a meaningless direction?"

Ryan said without giving in:

"Earl, you have lost this war!"

"If you lose, you have to pay the price."

"The magic crystal mine in the other world is mine."

"Do you know how much wealth is buried there?!"

Count Sauron asked, with anger brewing in his eyes. The magic crystal mine in the alien plane was huge and its value was unimaginable.

"Of course I know."

Ryan thought to himself, how could he not know what it was like there after seeing it himself.

He also knew that facing a mineral vein worth at least several hundred thousand gold coins, the Earl would never give it all to him.

"Seventy percent, I need at least seventy percent!"

"There is no room for bargaining on this point. This is the price you must pay for your failure in the war and your plot to cross the county, Lord Earl!"

Ryan directly revealed Count Sauron's political plan behind this war.

Then he whispered again.

"Hurry up and divide the magic crystal mine so that you and I can free up our hands to fight for other wealth in the alien world, right?"

He looked at Count Sauron with some irony in his eyes.

"You killed the missionary of the Holy See and framed the blame on me, making the Holy See and the Marquis doubt Earl Winter. You thought you were making a fortune in silence, but do you know?"

"The one who really made a fortune silently is our Lord Winter."

"Do you know what he discovered in the alien world?"

"You don't know, do you?"

Ryan took out a golden gold coin from his arms and threw it towards Count Sauron. After all, the latter had strong knight strength and easily caught the gold coin.

"Do you feel it? I can even smell the breath of new life on this gold coin. It is the accumulation of long years and the greatness bred by the ancient past."

"It was born no more than a month ago."

Earl Sauron's breathing quickened and he stared at Ryan.

"You mean, he discovered a gold mine!!!"

Earl Sauron almost suppressed his throat and roared out.

"You know, I have a pretty good relationship with the indigenous people in the alien world. The indigenous people can get information that we can't find out in the mountains and forests."

"Otherwise, do you really think that Earl Winter, who has lost so much tax revenue from North Wind City, can really endure it for so long?"

"The wealth and interests he lost are coming back to him tenfold from another direction."

Of course what Ryan said was true.

In the alien world, he has discovered a gold mine, so will there be only one gold mine in this world?

This was a bit too lonely, so I kept an eye out, and in the end, as expected, I discovered what was going on with Earl Winter.

The other party's gold mining activities were much greater than Ryan's, but they were never exposed.

The gods of the alien world used their divinity to fight against the snowy winter in the north, leaving behind a large amount of divinity, making the beasts there much larger. The land also breeds rich wealth, and the indigenous people They don't understand it, so they can't use it, but the nobles are experts in this area.

Nobles can always find many treasures in unexplored different worlds.

"Okay! I agree to your terms and arrange for miners to mine magic crystals."

The magic crystal mine is no longer a secret and no longer needs to be hidden. It is only a matter of time before large-scale manpower is arranged to enter.

There was a storm brewing in Count Sauron's eyes. He had mined a lot of the value of the magic crystal mine. Because this thing has sharp edges and shapes, it is much easier to mine than other mineral veins.

The value of gold mines must be higher than this.

Agreeing to Ryan's conditions was also to allow the two families to join forces to put pressure on Earl Winter.

For the greater good, Earl Sauron can choose not to see the grudges and hatred between the two families caused by the failure of the war in front of him.

This is also the way of survival among nobles.

The relationships between various nobles are relatives, enemies, and allies. All judgment criteria are based on interests.

After betraying Earl Winter, the value of this information was considered worthwhile. Ryan turned and left. The soldiers were already moving the ten boxes of gold coins.

This was the excess ransom for the previous prisoners. Excluding the gold coin that Ryan threw just now, the net profit was 99,999 gold coins.

…

Until the armies of both sides disappeared from sight, the surrounding nobles still felt a dreamy and unrealistic feeling surrounding them.

"Count Sauron's extraordinary army actually lost."

"It's not surprising that we lost. What's important is that we lost to Baron Ryan."

Indeed, the Extraordinary Legion is not invincible in every battle. There are also many Extraordinary Legions that were defeated and destroyed in history. The key point is that the war here is that the Count's Extraordinary Legion lost to a baron.

"Maybe it's because of the golem puppet."

The nobles still couldn't understand, thinking that the outcome of the war was born between the golem puppet and the dragon-blooded warrior.

"Even if it's because of the golem puppet, it's still Baron Lane's strength. Isn't it the same reason for the Thunder Giant under Count Weiss?"

"Extraordinary arms are either large in number or extraordinary legions. Some extraordinary legions only need one."

These words made the nobles quiet down, because this was a fact. For example, it was widely spread that the dragon destroyed an entire legion by one person countless times in history.

"Baron Lane's cavalry is more powerful than Viscount Hogg's cavalry. Their attrition compared to the Dragon Blood Warriors is one to one."

Baron Enzo said at the end that he paid more attention to details than others.

"The extraordinary army..."

After hearing this, the nobles had to admit that Baron Lane actually had the resources to support an extraordinary army.

"Where did he get so much wealth!"

There are nobles who are extremely jealous. Baron Lane easily takes out the wealth that his family has been unable to accumulate for decades.

Baron Enzo sneered:

"Baron Ryan has never lost a war, and he is also the commander of the Ashes War. If you can do this, you will also have countless wealth."

No one can take up this topic. In the entire history of Beifeng Province, only Baron Lane has done this. The praises of the nobles for his war and military talents are never compliments but facts.

On the way back to the tundra territory, Ryan's mood was not as happy as others imagined.

Because of his own knights and attendants, the team of knights and attendants that originally expanded from 500 to 800 people lost nearly 300!

Among the more than 290 attendants, more than 80 were seriously injured and could not remain in the army. Two hundred and ten attendants died, and their bodies were in the middle of the team.

The first 100 or 20 people who died were the result of sudden killings caused by the increased speed of the dragon-blooded warriors with the blessing of wind magic. The remaining 190 people died completely in the final hand-to-hand combat. Yes, the time was so short that it only lasted ten minutes.

Every fallen soldier had no possibility of standing up. Even if they did not die immediately, they were unable to get up later and were hacked to death or simply drowned in the swamp.

When the battlefield was cleared after the war, the death ratio between the two sides was one to one. The defensive power and quantity of the heavy armored infantry allowed the Dragon Blood Warriors to show the true strength of this extraordinary legion in that hand-to-hand battle, making up for the number of people who had died before.

What they fear most is that they cannot touch the enemy, and as long as they can fight hand to hand, they dare to surround and kill even the giant dragon.

Normally, it would be the best choice for the Stag Legion's attendants to ride their war horses and fly kites, but at that time no one knew whether Master Luna was dead or alive, and it was impossible for them to let the three dragon blood warriors charge towards their lord.

Victory in the war could not make up for these dead attendants, and Ryan also saw the gap between his army and the extraordinary legion.

In terms of quantity, quality, and equipment, everything is urgent.

"Population is the primary productive force in territorial development."

Lane has decided to instruct Atria after returning to increase the subsidies for families who have children in the territory. Even for children with good talents, Baron Lane will bear most of the resources they need for their growth.

Even for those slaves, those who had many children could not escape from slavery by this method.

With such a huge gift, can the people of the Tundra Territory survive?

What the people at the bottom lack is not blood and passion, but the motivation and channel for upward progress.

The Tundra Territory is developing so fast, but it is all driven by Ryan's pie.

…

A war with Earl Sauron caused an uproar in the North Wind Province, and even began to spread to the south because of the large number of contacts between the nobles and the southern nobles recently.

There are many rising stars in the empire, and they are all dazzling nobles of this generation. Naturally, Lane is also called the rising star of Northwind Province and the Clayton family.

Even in the Holy See...

Adriana, the archbishop of the Holy See, quickly returned to the Holy Mountain in the south with the help of the Feathered Dragon Legion. She said nothing when she returned to the Holy See.

Just hearing the news from the north, the archbishop was also praising him while praying to the morning sun.

"Praise the glory of my Lord. You have a devout believer in the North. He will help you illuminate the dark land. He will exercise your will to dispel the coldness of the North. His faith is as blazing as fire and as bright as the morning light, burning in the coldness of the North."

As she chanted, the huge statue above her head released a dazzling light at this moment. At this moment, all the believers up and down the Holy Mountain looked up at the generous and bright statue.

"God!!!"

"Blessed by my Lord!"

"My Lord!!! The glory of the morning light will not be extinct in all dark lands!"

"Lord, look at your devout believers!"

"Glory of my Lord, look at this decadent temple of faith and dispel the darkness here."

At this moment, all the believers on the Holy Mountain were enthusiastically praising the glory of the morning light, and some tried to call on the gods to pay attention to the Holy See and bring different changes and punishments.

The majesty and faith brought by the eternal gods made the Holy Mountain boil up and down at this moment. Even outside the Holy Mountain, the families of believers around were surprised and reveled because of the blooming of the holy light.

"The will of my Lord is watching His faith. The devout believers will be blessed by my Lord!"

The Pope climbed to the top of the Holy Mountain on this day, and his voice echoed magnificently, telling the glory of the Lord and confirming the victory of the northern battlefield.

In the end, many big figures of the Holy See appeared at the location of Adriana's church.

There are many churches on the Holy Mountain.

The archbishop turned around, his eyes were sacred and inviolable, and he nurtured the majesty of the gods. The most shocking thing was that there was a flame burning and rippling in her brow.

It illuminated everything around, brightening every blind spot, and even behind Adriana, no shadow appeared.

"He is right..."

Adriana murmured in her mouth, and then looked up at the Pope and many elders in front of her.

"The Lord is eager to dispel the wind, snow and coldness of the North. He will burn all the coldness with fire."

"He will dispel every piece of darkness with the morning light; He will burn the cold winter of the North with fire."

"All the dead things will be revived under the glory of my Lord."

Hearing Adriana's voice, several high priests knelt down behind the Pope. Obviously, she had been recognized by these high priests and began to hold considerable power in the Holy See.

The high priests, whose status is between the archbishops and the cardinals, are different from the missionaries themselves. They are promoted from a special group of missionaries - priests.

They can even listen to the will of the gods directly, which is the most important part of the spread of the faith of the gods.

The healing skills they master are the real healing skills.

There are also silent changes taking place inside the Holy See, but this is unknown to him. After that war, his life has become much quieter.

After a war that defeated the earl's army, Master Ryan finally had time to become a decadent noble lord.

"Well, after these pensions are distributed, the families behind the soldiers will be able to raise their children in a wealthy manner."

Sitting on the animal skin sofa, Ryan nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the female official in front of him who could only wear a thin gauze dress under his will.

"Viscountess, how should I reward you, sir?"