Throne of the North.

Chapter 225 The Grand Duke’s Study

At the same time, further south of Viscount Fragoso's territory, in the southwestern border of the Kingdom of Andara, there was the most powerful noble in the kingdom, Grand Duke McReynolds, and it also bordered the earldoms and duchies outside the kingdom.

The Andara Kingdom betrayed the interests of the kingdom, and those involved were the nobles of this area.

The silver-haired Grand Duke McReynolds had a legendary life, which destined him to become a noble legend in his lifetime, but not as a knight, but as a legendary wizard.

He has a legendary title - Wind Emperor.

He is the most powerful legendary wizard of wind magic in the world.

This is also the reason why King Andara was most wary of Grand Duke McReynolds, and when he betrayed the interests of the kingdom, he targeted this place.

At this moment, the Grand Duke stood on the top of a towering mountain with a deep gaze, gazing at the vast world in the distance.

"Erddo is old."

The Grand Duke spoke softly, but at this moment, no one who was qualified to hear him say this dared to respond.

Erdo Andara, the current old king of the Andara Kingdom.

"He used to be so high-spirited. He even told me that he wanted to learn from the Empire. He wanted to use his sincerity to attract many legends and let many legends be born in the Kingdom."

"He told me that he wanted to fight against the Church. He wanted to place the belief in the gods on earth on his crown, like the Columbus of the Empire."

"He told me that he would become the greatest king of Andara, and the kingdom would become stronger and stronger under his leadership. We would witness the glory of the kingdom together and become the second empire in the land of Norris."

"He was so ambitious and ambitious at that time. When he was young, he really did a lot to revive the kingdom's military strength and economy."

"But he was too weak, which resulted in his life span being too short, so... he grew old."

"He gets old and forgets what he once said."

"He began to sell out the kingdom's land, trample on the kingdom of Andara, and trample on the dignity of Andara's glory."

"He also betrayed the nobles who were loyal to him. He was a king, but he was no longer qualified to lead this kingdom forward."

"Now, he has not only betrayed the nobles who were loyal to him, he has betrayed the entire kingdom."

Grand Duke McReynolds exhaled heavily and said slowly:
"He actually colluded with the Vatican and stationed a supernatural army of the Vatican in the kingdom."

"He's old and confused."

McReynolds turned around and looked at the four nobles in the study.

"Do you think he did the right thing?"

No one responded, but under the gaze of a grand duke, some people could not withstand the pressure.

It was an earl, the Blazing Earl of the Andara Kingdom, Earl Wilcox. He lowered his head and said softly:
"The Kingdom and the Empire are different after all. We have never said that we reject the preaching of the Holy See. We even have churches, pastors, and priests in our territory."

"The relationship between the Church and the Kingdom has not yet broken down. The Yulong Legion appears here, perhaps to target the Empire..."

He himself didn't believe what he said.

Grand Duke McReynolds looked at Earl Wilcox and laughed.

"The Church has no qualifications or strength to launch an attack from the north of the empire. They can only instigate the orcs in the north. If the Yulong Legion dares to appear on the battlefield in the north of the empire, can even one person walk out alive?"

"Do you believe this?"

"But a king is a king, Grand Duke..."

Another earl next to him gritted his teeth and spoke, he really didn't want to say it. "Grand Duke, you also said that the king is old after all. Maybe when the next King Andara appears, the kingdom will change."

"No more."

McReynolds shook his head.

"The guys in the Andara royal family are all good-for-nothings. They can't inherit this huge country at all. All of them combined are not even one-tenth of Edo's."

"In their hands, the Andara Kingdom will only be corrupted by the Church and become a knife used by the Church to deal with the Empire."

No one dared to respond because McReynolds used the word 'they'.

In other words, the Grand Duke did not think highly of the prince who was supposed to inherit the kingdom...

There is a high probability that there will be disputes over the succession to the kingdom.

They didn't dare to think further, because these words came from the mouth of Grand Duke McReynolds, and to a large extent, he could influence the birth of the next King of Andara.

Just like decades ago, the current king was able to sit firmly on the throne thanks to the support of the McReynolds family, although his right of succession was unquestionable.

"Now, I need your answers."

McReynolds looked at the nobles.

"I don't want to see the Vatican continue to corrupt our country. If I could, I would expel them."

These words made the earls look shocked, and they looked at Grand Duke McReynolds with saliva swallowing.

"Grand Duke, have you communicated with the Empire? I heard that..."

"No."

McReynolds interrupted the other party directly, feeling a little headache.

Can't the news in the territory be blocked anymore?
"I haven't contacted the Empire yet. I don't want the Church to corrupt our country, and I don't want the Empire to have the opportunity to control our rights."

“So, we can only rely on ourselves for this matter.”

The earls looked at each other in disbelief. Without the support of the empire, which noble in the world would dare to challenge the Holy See?
"The war between the Church and the Empire is at a stalemate in the Thousand Lakes Province, which is on the west coast."

"It's far away from us. The Vatican can't control us."

"As long as we succeed, then... all rights will belong to us."

Being crowned with both royal power and divine authority at the same time, any noble would be excited to hear this. This is comparable to the glory and honor of their ancestors. Otherwise, the empire would not have been against the Church for so many years.

But... they still have concerns.

"Grand Duke, I can't make a decision."

They were earls and nobles, and while they respected Grand Duke McReynolds, they were not that afraid of him.

"Our territory, our honor, we have been loyal to the Andara royal family for generations. If we are betrayed, we will not be able to face our ancestors even after death."

Grand Duke McReynolds stared at these earls. If he could... he wanted to kill them, but he couldn't kill them.

"Grand Duke, we...can't make a decision either."

Several other earls also spoke up. They could not completely stand on the side of Grand Duke McReynolds, even though he was very powerful and even though these nobles had been pretending to obey the Andara royal family in recent years.

Betrayal...is always the last choice of the nobles
(End of this chapter)