Throne of the North

"Why so slow?"

Ryan said arrogantly, which is really not the case, but makes people suspicious.

The soldier hurriedly explained with some fear.

"We're worried about a cult."

"The cult, that group of cultists, attacked the Crucible City?"

Ryan said with some shock:

"Aren't there many mages in the Crucible City? Those cultists dare to come here?"

"I don't know either, but I heard that it's because there are evil mages in the cult, so the mages can't expel those cultists."

Ryan nodded, which made sense.

"Take me to meet the nobles here."

Ryan must go to see the nobles here. After all, there are many nobles among the cultists, and even cults formed by nobles. Without confirmation, it is impossible to let Ryan move freely.

What's more, if a noble doesn't integrate into the circle of nobles, there will be problems.

Walking on the streets of the Melting City, Ryan saw that there was not much happiness on the faces of the people here. They were all in a hurry, with sallow complexions and thin bodies, and were worried.

It seems that this melting pot city has solved the cold problem, but it cannot change another problem.

food.

And it is obvious that a large number of ordinary people and slaves live in half of the city, and the other half of the city only belongs to nobles and mages.

The place where Ryan was taken was a place called the Forge Council, which was the center where the nobles in the city dealt with matters.

It was obvious that Ryan saw that everyone coming and going here had an extraordinary temperament, a state only possessed by nobles.

Someone met him, and he was a Duke, sitting on a gorgeous chair, holding exquisite pastries in his hands, which made Ryan wonder whether the melting pot city was really short of food.

"Duke Moriarty."

Ryan saluted. Before entering here, he already knew the other person's name.

"Are you the current generation owner of the Wittman family? You are so young."

The old Duke Moriarty looked at Ryan and said with emotion, then smiled and pushed another pastry on the table over.

The sweet and moist texture made Ryan a little surprised. Even in such an environment, these nobles can still play tricks.

The two of them finished the pastries quietly. After the servant took away the silver plate, Duke Moriarty asked:

"I heard, Wittman, you only brought two soldiers to the Crucible City?"

Ryan nodded, but said in denial.

"My territory has been invaded by a cult. It is now hidden in an iron mine. The remaining soldiers and slaves are there, but I think this is not an option, so I plan to come to the Crucible City for help."

"But it seems that there was also a cult attack here."

After hearing Ryan's words, Moriarty also showed anger in his eyes.

"Those damn noble rebels actually sacrificed themselves to the demons of the abyss and launched a sneak attack on the Crucible City, causing us heavy losses. All the original food outside the city was robbed."

"Where are the mages in the city? I heard from Master Luna that there are three great mages with wizard towers in the Crucible City. If they take action, they should be able to easily deal with those cults."

Ryan couldn't help but ask, no matter how fast the cult developed, it only took half a year. How could the Crucible City be helpless?

Moriarty shook his head and said:

"The Archmage did take action, but those cults sacrificed flesh and blood and summoned the demon's descendant, a lava giant, who defeated the three Archmages."

"If we didn't have some knowledge and used the spell scroll to kill the lava giant, the consequences would be disastrous."

In other words, the City of the Furnace actually lost in that war.

Ryan was still a little unbelievable when he heard the news.

"Where are the soldiers in the city? I've seen that group of cultists before. They're just a bunch of mud-legged people. How could you not defeat them?"

Duke Moriarty looked at Ryan and couldn't help but sigh.

"I also know about the Wittmann family. The former first Viscount Wittmann maintained the size of the army even when his family's wealth collapsed, and then established meritorious service in subsequent wars."

"I didn't expect that this generation of Viscount Wittmann would also have the courage of our ancestors."

Just like in Ryan's world, no one would recognize the noble status of the barons of Azhe. In this continent of Exner, no one knows Ryan's noble status. However, Viscount Wittman has history and Inherited, will be recognized as a noble.

This is why Ryan wanted to take advantage of Viscount Wittmann's identity. In addition, he also had the inheritance ring of the Wittmann family on his hand, which was immediately noticed by the Duke in front of him.

"There are not many soldiers in the Melting City, only five hundred. These five hundred were pieced together by us nobles, and then there are only slaves."

"But those cultists, who sacrificed their flesh and blood and became dependents of the abyss, became extremely powerful, like wild beasts, able to climb our city walls."

"In the end, I relied on the spell scroll to repel those abyssal ones."

There are no soldiers in the Crucible City, at least there were no soldiers before the cult attacked. According to the ideas of these nobles, soldiers need to be trained, and training means eating more food and wasting more labor. If there is any problem, just transfer slaves. Just form an army.

It's just that they encountered those monsters that became the followers of the abyss, and the slaves' hastily formed army was no match at all.

Since that time, the Crucible City has only had these 500 soldiers. Even these soldiers are not completely off-duty. It can even be said that most of the time they are still working. The food originally planted outside the city was robbed, and it is necessary to plant and harvest it a second time faster, otherwise, many people will die this winter.

Duke Moriarty and Ryan described the basic information of the Crucible City, and then learned about the situation in the north of the Crucible City from Ryan.

When he heard that the North had long been covered with solid ice and snow, even hunting became a problem, let alone any planting, the Duke was silent for a long time.

Later, Ryan said that he wanted to buy a manor here, and he also got the consent of Duke Moriarty. The price was a bit expensive and required 10,000 gold coins to buy it.

"The cult will appear again, and only the Crucible City is the safest place."

Ryan didn't know why Duke Moriarty was so confident. He guessed that perhaps as the last warmth of Exner, there should be a trump card here.

Otherwise, the lava giant before should have scared these nobles out of their wits.