Throne of the North.

Chapter 188 Spiritual Growth
No cake is too big. No matter how big the cake is, the nobles can devour it.

Ryan's proposal itself was within the consideration of these nobles. Their only concern was the legendary knight Damon and the Feathered Dragon Legion that was said to be in the north.

"The Yulong Legion dares not appear in the Northern Wind Province. Even the legendary knight Damon cannot stay in the Northern Wind Province forever."

"If he doesn't leave, then we'll notify Wing Canyon."

"Given the bad relationship between the Empire and the Church today, I think the Legend of Wing Canyon would be happy to kill a leader of the Holy Heavenly Knights of the Church."

"if……"

Ryan looked at the two earls.

"If the two earls are sure to kill Damon, the credit will belong to the earls themselves, and there will be no need for Wing Canyon to divide up our wealth."

This matter, of course, could not be decided in just one communication. The meeting ended briefly, and the cleanup of the battlefield was still going on. Ryan felt much more relaxed.

Firstly, he came on an expedition and brought only soldiers with him. Another thing was that his soldiers' uniforms were different from those of soldiers from other counties, so it would be relatively easy to recognize them if they died on the battlefield, and cleaning up the battlefield would not be a big deal.

This was not something a noble like him needed to do. When he was finally alone, Ryan began to check what he had felt before.

【Spirituality: 32850】

???

"what?"

Ryan stared at his spirituality panel. He remembered clearly that his spirituality was only more than 10,000 before. Thanks to the population expansion in the Frozen Territory and the birth of newborns last winter, his spirituality was slowly increasing.

But no matter what, it won’t rise that much.

"It can't be the Frozen Territory's fault, so it can only be the Holy See."

Ryan remembered clearly that he felt something strange when he killed those Holy Heavenly Knights.

In other words, when those extraordinary soldiers died, his spirituality increased.

Hundreds of Holy Heavenly Knights increased his spiritual power by nearly 20,000...

"What is the similarity between spirituality and the faith of the Church?"

Ryan was shocked. He couldn't understand it, but he knew that there were gods in this world.

The Lord of the Dawn that the Vatican believed in was not illusory. Even after the empire expelled the Vatican, Columbus III combined royal power and divine authority in one.

Since gods exist, the faith of the Church cannot be false.

“Faith… is spirituality?”

Ryan made a bold guess. He couldn't help but feel shocked as to what on earth he had gotten.

"From what the legendary knight Damon said before, it sounded like the Holy Celestial Knights had another trump card, but it didn't appear."

"So, it was me who absorbed the spirituality, which caused the Holy Heavenly Knights to be unable to use their trump card?"

Ryan swallowed, but didn't dare to think about it any further.

Spiritual growth is a good thing anyway.

With more than 30,000 spiritual powers, if he doesn't care about the cost, he can produce more than 3,000 apprentice knights.

Of course, the cost cannot be ignored. He does not have that much resources. Even after the blessing of divinity, he cannot afford to support more than 3,000 apprentice knights...

Ryan couldn't help but shudder at the thought.

"It will happen. It will happen." Ryan murmured and fell asleep tiredly.

Early the next morning, the nobles gathered together again, and this time, all of them seemed to have made a decision.

"Let's not report this to Wing Canyon and the Empire yet. This is North Wind Province's business, so of course we, the nobles of North Wind Province, have to solve it ourselves."

"Earl Weiss colluded with the Church and invited a wolf into the house. The nobles of the Northern Wind Province have the responsibility to capture him and hand him over to the Senate for questioning."

To put it bluntly, it was the vast territory and resources of Leiyun County that made these nobles greedy.

In particular, Count Winter made one thing clear.

"The Winter family will deal with that legendary knight Damon. Even if they can't kill him, the Winter family has ways to fight against a legendary knight."

Earl Winter said this confidently, which gave the other nobles great confidence, and the matter was finally decided.

"So... when does the war start?"

Ryan asked. He was reluctant to set off immediately. The war in Red Wing Plain was over and his army needed to be reorganized. Besides, the vast mineral resources under the land here had not yet been divided. He couldn't say that the two earl families would eat all of it alone, right?

Since we are going to attack Leiyun County next, these two earls must give some of their troops to us.

Sure enough, after hearing Ryan's words, many nobles reacted and looked at each other, their expressions speaking volumes.

Just now they were united in facing the Leiyun County with a common hatred, so naturally they were united as one. But now faced with huge interests and wealth, these nobles quietly and tacitly cooperated with each other and became enemies of the two earls.

This is the politics among the nobles, and no noble will give in to their interests.

"The war will be tentatively scheduled for a month later."

The two earls looked at each other. Naturally, they were unwilling to share the Red Wing Plain, but the war broke out here and the victory did not belong to them individually.

The huge army was stationed on the cracked Red Wing Plain. While cleaning up the battlefield, Ryan's soldiers harvested a lot of dragon bones. Of course, these things finally appeared in front of Ryan.

"The skeleton of a wyvern. The legend of Red Wing Plains says that a tribe of wyverns built their nests here. It turns out to be true."

Even now, Ryan was still shocked by the iron dragon that the alchemist had resurrected.

Of course, the wyvern cannot be called a giant dragon with legendary power when it reaches adulthood. It has no limbs, only two feet and two wings. However, the steel dragon created by the steel alchemist beside Count Weiss already possesses the power of a dragon.

"If given time, that iron dragon might become very terrifying."

Unfortunately, even a giant steel dragon could not withstand the forbidden spells released by the space mage carrying the mage tower.

No knight would dare to touch that storm of sharp blades in space with his flesh body.

The magician is worthy of being the only supernatural system among many supernatural systems that can generally kill enemies across boundaries.

"Earl Winter is confident that he can handle a legendary knight. If he hadn't invited another legend to come, then the confidence would have come from the Countess."

The Vatican once called for the killing of magicians. The Vatican's army searched the world for magicians and burned them to death. Ryan was sure that the Knight Commander Damon must have the means to deal with magicians.

And without long-term preparation, how could the countess fight against a legendary knight?

While Ryan was pondering the possibility that he could not understand, soldiers from the Frozen Territory arrived on the Red Wing Plain.

"My Lord, Archmage McKen wants you to go back."

"He said it was urgent."

(End of this chapter)