Throne of the North.

Chapter 304 The Marquis is dead! (Subscribe) (VIII)

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"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"You are soldiers, you are the army, you are the most loyal warriors of the Ryan family! How can you be afraid of the cold?"

"Scream it out!"

"kill!!!"

The deafening shouts of killing caused the clouds to dissipate and the birds to be frightened. In this world of ice and snow, two thousand fully armed soldiers roared with red faces in this cold winter. The heat from their blood melted the snow under their feet. Nothing could stop their advance as they charged forward.

Unfortunately, no one could see this scene. The North Wind Province remained quiet, and the military training in this alien world would not attract anyone's attention or vigilance.

After sending the Northern war horses to Birki and watching his army train for half a day, Ryan returned to the Frozen Territory.

Whirring whirring--

The oncoming blizzard made his robe stick with a lot of white snow. The cold flying snow brought greetings from the north, trying to make all life surrender.

Everywhere you look, there is white snow in all directions. The frozen land is completely submerged in the wind and snow. Even the streets that are swept every day cannot avoid a layer of white snow.

Only the black footprints formed by the melted snow can prove that there are still people living on this land.

In the frozen land territory this year, only some very old people died from the cold. This made Master Ryan feel relieved. At least he had prepared so much firewood in advance, which was still useful.

"According to Warlock Rose, there will be another huge snowstorm in a few days. When this snowstorm is over, this winter will be warmer."

The advantage of having a powerful supernatural being is that Ryan no longer needs a special weather forecast.

The blizzard that lasted for several months submerged the entire North Wind Province in snow and wind. Other territories were not as lucky as the Frozen Territory. Without a large amount of firewood, and without enough time to cut firewood, many noble lords had to migrate more people to the other world in the mountains and forests to help them mine.

That world is not so cold, and instead has become a place to escape the cold this year.

A few days later, the snowstorm arrived as expected. The howling wind and snow came from the north and trampled the land of the Northern Wind Province like thousands of troops. At this moment, in Yinchuan County, the southernmost part of the country, the visibility was no more than fifteen meters, and countless people completely disappeared in the wind and snow.

No one dared to go out in such weather. Even the nobles' soldiers stopped patrolling and stayed in the heavy camp, waiting for the cold wrath of the gods to end.

This snowstorm lasted for three days and three nights. During this long period of time, many people died in the North Wind Province.

The frozen earth territory and Rhino Horn Mountain were completely submerged in ice and snow during these three days and three nights. The knee-deep snow made the entire frozen earth territory flat. Even if there were magical secret patterns engraved in the room, Ryan's breath would still appear as white mist and dissipate in the air.

He did not feel chilled by the cold. As a powerful golden knight, Master Ryan had enough energy and physique to fight the cold.

What really made him feel cold was an urgent secret letter from Thundercloud County, from a cat-man assassin.

During the three days of the blizzard when the soldiers could not patrol, the cat-man assassins were the least affected. Their petite bodies were able to move with the wind and snow. Of course, if the noise was not too loud, the cat-man assassins would not be willing to leave their hiding place.

However, the noise that resounded throughout Thundercloud Mountain forced him to go out, and he saw the legendary knight Mulan being besieged by fifteen black shadows in the sky, and he saw the deafening sound of fighting on Thundercloud Mountain, gargoyles falling one after another, the dried flesh of vampires rolling down the mountain, and the blood dyeing Thundercloud Mountain red.

The cat-man assassin could not move forward, but he smelled a familiar scent, it was the Black Swan of the Vatican.

So the letter appeared in front of Ryan on the fourth day, and a warhorse almost died of exhaustion on the road during the process.

"Several months have passed, and the Vatican has finally taken action."

In the few months since the arrival of winter, more and more church officials from the Andara Kingdom appeared in the North Wind Province. The inflated Marquis of the North Wind secretly ordered the killing of many monks and priests and kidnapped many nuns.

Over the past few months, the Holy See lost more than three hundred believers in the Borean Province. On this day, the Holy See finally launched a bloody counterattack.

The assassins from the Holy Mountain in the South arrived in the North Wind Province and launched an attack on this day with the support of months of intelligence from the believers.

Even legends cannot stop them, but I don’t know whether they will succeed or not.

Ryan didn't need to guess or think, because on the afternoon of that day, Earl Winter's letter also arrived in the Frozen Territory.

As the former governor, he has lost a lot of power. The only thing that can allow him to regain power now is the death of Marquis Beifeng.

In the letter, Earl Winter told Ryan that the Marquis of the North Wind died in Thundercloud Mountain. A great noble of the empire, a royal family, died in the North Wind Province!
“He’s really dead.”

Ryan put down the letter in his hand. He could almost see Earl Winter's anger and fear between the lines.

Indeed, in the past few months, the nobles of the North Wind Province have been surprisingly tacit, turning a blind eye to the war between the Holy See and the Marquis of the North Wind, and even intentionally or unintentionally driving the believers of the Holy See to the Marquis of the North Wind's territory.

This was their rebellion against the so-called bright taxation, but the nobles had never thought of killing a great noble.

Especially a royal family. Haven't some members of the Columbus royal family been killed over the years?
The wrath of the empire will fall on the Holy See, and the wrath of the royal family will spread to the entire Boreal Province.

Even a great noble like Earl Winter could not help but feel fearful about this.

Ryan expected the death of Marquis Beifeng, but he calmly accepted the result. After all, this was the only efficient answer he could think of.

"I have to rush to Thundercloud Mountain."

Ryan said calmly that all nobles must be present to witness the death of the great nobles and the fall of Governor Beifeng. Earl Winter has already sealed off the place, and not many people know the truth of what happened there for the time being.

But before that, he wrote a letter.

"This letter must be sent to the Pascal family in the Danube Province as quickly as possible, and must be delivered personally to Count Pascal."

Ryan handed the letter to the butler. A large area of ​​snow collapsed on the frozen land territory. It was the result of trampling by thousands of northern war horses. The snow was above the knees, and only northern war horses could gallop in it.

"They are born to be the darlings of the North!"

In the team, Master McKen shouted loudly that he would follow all the way to Thundercloud County to witness the power of the Northern War Horses along the way.

After passing through the mountains and forests and swamps, the snow on the ground was already below the knee height. For the northern war horses, it was as easy as walking on flat ground.

……

On the snow-white ground, a long line of pitch-black cavalry was galloping wildly in the snow. In front of them was a vast expanse of white, and behind them were muddy black trails.

It took a day and a half for Ryan to arrive at Thundercloud County with thousands of cavalrymen. At this moment, the expression under the mithril armor became gloomy, indifferent and angry.

His army was full of murderous intent.

Walking in the town under the Thundercloud Mountain, thousands of slaves knelt on both sides. They had long been numb, but still subconsciously trembled because of the terrible murderous aura.

"Let them go!"

Ryan shouted coldly. The soldier on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, but still said with a tingling scalp:
"Lord Baron Ryan, the Earl asked us to look for the hidden murderer here."

Ryan sneered twice and said:

"A killer that even legends couldn't stop, how can these peasants be compared with him?"

The cavalry behind him stepped forward, and a strong murderous aura surged forward, forcing Earl Winter's soldiers to retreat.

The streets finally became empty and the horses continued to gallop until they arrived at the foot of Thunder Cloud Mountain.

"You wait here, and do not allow anyone to leave, and do not allow any troops to climb the mountain."

After Ryan finished speaking, the thousands of cavalrymen behind him roared and guarded the road on the hillside.

A group of three, Ryan, Archmage McKen, and Brand climbed up Thundercloud Mountain. There were already seventeen or eighteen nobles here, all from Thundercloud County. It seemed that Ryan was the one who arrived the fastest outside of Thundercloud County.

As for why Count Winter arrived at the first opportunity, Ryan didn't know whether he should doubt it, but now was not the time to discuss this matter.

In the hall of the Marquis of Leiyun County's mansion, all the tables and chairs disappeared, and in the center of the empty hall, the body of the Marquis of Beifeng was placed.

Both of his eyes were blinded, a dagger was stabbed into his forehead, there seemed to be blood accumulating in his mouth, and there was a fist-sized hole where his heart should be. As a great noble, his death was miserable.

The magician froze the Marquis's body, allowing Ryan to observe him freshly.

In the hall, murderous intent and anger in the eyes of the nobles permeated every corner. After seeing the death of Marquis Beifeng, Ryan also revealed a terrible murderous intent.

"Damn the Church! How dare they kill the noble Marquis of the Empire!"

"This is a provocation to all nobles!"

"We must find them and punish them with the most cruel punishment. The dignity of the nobility cannot be violated by anyone."

After saying this, Ryan looked at Earl Winter again.

"The Marquis is dead..."

"The Day of Grace is coming soon, so will the bright tax... be cancelled?" Earl Winter glanced at Ryan, as if to say that you are too anxious.

Finally, the count shook his head helplessly.

"That's impossible. From the moment it was set, this tax will continue. Even if Marquis Beifeng dies, it will not be cancelled."

After he finished speaking, Ryan nodded. It seemed that this man’s death had little to do with Earl Winter.

"What should we do now?"

Count Winter also sighed.

"I have arranged for someone to go to the south and tell the Imperial Elders Council about this matter. I hope they can send someone to deal with it as soon as possible."

"As for us, we need to find the murderer who killed the Marquis of Beifeng."

"The assassination was covered by the snowstorm. The other nobles in the Northern Wind Province did not react at all, but this is not an excuse in the eyes of the royal family. So we must find the murderer."

"If we can't find it, we will also bear the wrath of the royal family, and even other nobles will exclude and blame us, which will have a great impact on our reputation. At the same time, we will have to pay a lot of wealth to quell our inaction in this matter."

The greed of the nobles is bottomless. Maybe other things in the North Wind Province will not spread to the south, but the discovery of the other world plane has made those nobles envy and jealous.

But this is the circle and politics of the aristocracy. The Marquis of North Wind, the governor of North Wind Province, died in the middle of all the aristocratic territories, but they did not react at all. This incident did indeed cause quite a bit of political turmoil for the nobles.

But in Ryan's opinion, this was not a big deal. The key to this matter was that a great noble had died.

The great nobles of the empire are recognized by the entire Norris southern world, and even among foreign races, their identity as great nobles is recognized.

Therefore, the death of the great nobles was not only a storm within the empire, but also a violent storm sweeping across the entire southern world.

The world is once again in turmoil, with the Borean Province at the center of the storm.

"When did the Earl arrive? Are the murderers still here? Or have they escaped?"

Ryan asked, and Lord Winter couldn't fully answer this question.

"When my army arrived, it was already the day after the snowstorm. I received the news and rushed here. The army had blocked Thunder Cloud Mountain and several surrounding towns. No one escaped, but I didn't know before that."

"So those killers actually left here during the snowstorm."

"Where is the key to the other world?"

Ryan suddenly asked, and the nobles here looked unhappy.

"Gone."

Perhaps most of Count Winter's anger comes from this.

Hundreds of thousands of people from the North Wind Province have been sent to that alien dimension, and now the key is gone...

Ryan's face was also very ugly. Without the key, he could not enter the forest world. The plane door he opened led to another plane, which did not include this forest world.

The portal on Thunder Cloud Mountain is the only one of its kind.

"There are two days left until the gate opens. If we can't open the door, there will be big problems inside."

Among the hundreds of thousands of people in the mountain forest world, they know that the nobles have already reached a contract to jointly develop the world, but what will the people inside think if the portal is not opened at the agreed time?
They would only think that the nobles had started a war again for some reason, and then there would be a lot of chaos, war and death in the other world, which was something the nobles did not want to see.

"For this matter, we need to ask the Countess to go there and bring our token with her to appease our people and army."

Ryan said, and Count Winter could only nod grimly.

"The cost of space travel is huge, and I can't be the only one to pay for it."

"Of course, all the costs are borne by us together."

Ryan had no objection to this. Now the most important thing was to stabilize the hundreds of thousands of people in the mountain forest world.

In the next few days, Countess Winter opened the space channel to the mountain forest world, and Ryan also let ten knight attendants enter.

The nobles also arrived at the Marquis's mansion on Thunder Cloud Mountain one after another and saw the noble body of the Marquis.

The atmosphere in the hall was terribly cold. Many nobles looked pale, and some even had murderous intent on their faces.

"How dare they kill the noble nobles!"

The nobles were very excited, and at the foot of Thunder Cloud Mountain, the tens of thousands of troops made the place particularly solemn.

"We must find the murderer, not only to give an explanation to the royal family, but also to ourselves."

"The great nobles cannot die like this. This is trampling on the dignity and honor of us nobles. For many years, we have not had any nobles die in dark killings."

Earl Solon, the elderly Earl, said that indeed, the death of Marquis Beifeng was not only a disgrace to the royal family, but also a disgrace to these nobles.

Especially the nobles of the Northern Province.

"The majesty of the empire cannot be violated. Find them! No matter where they are!"

Count Winter said this with finality, and then tens of thousands of troops around Thunder Cloud Mountain began to rush in all directions.

They have always known that within the territories they rule, some people are likely to be believers of the Holy See.

It was only because the two earls and Baron Ryan and several other nobles had remained silent that the nobles turned a blind eye.

It's different now.

boom!
In Lingdu City, the knight kicked the wooden door to pieces, and a snow-white glow turned into a spear came towards him.

"Humph! With just this little ability, you think you're the master?"

The knight's sword fell, and the houses collapsed. In the ruins, the believers of the Holy See fled in all directions, but were blocked and brought back by the soldiers who had surrounded the place long ago.

"Break their hands, cut out their tongues, and tie them up!"

There was chaos in Lingdu City. A missionary was even shouting Baron Ryan's name and trying to say something, but Brand got ahead of him and threw his knight's sword to split his head.

"How dare you try to kill a noble! You deserve to die."

A total of sixty-two believers of the Holy See were brought to Ryan. He was also surprised that there were so many Holy See personnel in Lingdu City.

“How many new believers have they gained in these few months?”

"Find it out."

Ryan finished speaking calmly, and the army left Lingdu City, taking sixty-two prisoners along with them.

Kendra Barony.

When Ryan's army arrived here, Baron Kendra had already detained a dozen Vatican monks, but his soldiers seemed a little embarrassed.

"Are there any big fish?"

Baron Kendra nodded and brought out a priest. His limbs had been broken, his eyes and tongue had been gouged out, and his strength was comparable to that of a golden knight.

"He should have participated in the assassination during the snowstorm."

A day later, Ryan arrived at Viscount Dragun's territory with his army.

"Toston! Where are the people from the Church in your territory?"

Viscount Toston Dragun waved his hand, and soldiers brought a dozen dead nuns to Ryan.

"How can he be dead? How can we torture him?"

Ryan narrowed his eyes and stared at Viscount Dragun, and said meaningfully:
"Could it be that our Lord Viscount saw that these nuns were fair and tender and had already brought them to his bed?"

"Let me think about it. Maybe it was a few months ago."

Viscount Toston Dragon's face turned pale at this moment, and he shouted sternly:

"Ryan, stop spitting blood!"

(End of this chapter)