Throne of the North.

Chapter 339 Kingdom War (XI)

Following the suggestion of Count Mercers, Adams also announced his king's order in public, conferring Ryan Clayton the title of the tribute earl of the Kingdom of Andara.

Similar to Ryan's status as a count in the Kingdom of Sera, in the Kingdom of Andara, he can also do everything that only a count can do.

This was the result that Adams had to endure after Queen Leta.

Because it doesn't make sense that in this meeting, there are only the Queen's orders and no King's will, but the current King Adams does not have any power to command the nobles.

The only thing he had was to keep giving out blank checks and use rewards to compete with Queen Leta.

With the help of Moses, Adams finally found a suitable track.

So just like that, Ryan obtained a lake, three mountains and a piece of arable land on the land of the Andara Kingdom.

As he went north again, he completely understood that the nobles really had no background.

Because most of what they gave Ryan was not material things, but money.

The damn gold coins were piled up in the carriage behind Ryan. If there was still food left, the nobles would never give money to Ryan to let him buy it himself. Since they gave money, it meant that it had come to the end. If they continued, they would face life and death and would have to fight for their lives.

Ryan decided to quit while he was ahead and turned his attention back to the battlefield in the north.

"Thank you."

Queen Leta suddenly said this, which surprised Ryan who was sitting next to her.

"why?"

"You saved me from the orcs."

Queen Leta said, somewhat horrified by Ryan's previous description.

Ryan was about to say that it was all made up. Most of the nobles were stabbed by the orcs with blood flowing like pillars. They were no different from ordinary people. Orcs would not look down on human nobles. Only when the nobles' heads fell off would they cheer that they had killed a big shot.

But when the words came to his lips, they turned into a hint of playfulness.

"How are you going to repay me?"

Ryan stretched out his hand and landed on the mountain peak. He withdrew his hand after a long time.

"I think about these things when I have nothing to do. It seems that the power of the Dragon Heart has burned to its final moments."

Ryan calmed himself down, but the training of a knight is like a volcanic eruption, so in a brief moment of rage, a low dragon roar erupted from the depths of his throat, and Ryan pounced directly towards Queen Leta.

"The legendary bloodline of the Clayton family is indeed not a lie."

Outside the carriage, in the distance, Lord Hora felt a little frightened. He certainly knew the identities of the two people in the carriage. When the magic patterns on the surface of the carriage concealed all sounds, it seemed to him that there was something fishy going on.

At any other time, Lord Hora might have stopped it, but he gave up the idea after his last fight with Ryan.

"If the bloodline of the Clayton family can become a legend, he will be a giant dragon in human form. Even the Empire allows the Clayton family to become the only noble family that can have multiple noble ladies at the same time."

"It is so difficult to suppress the power of a dragon with a human body. Baron Ryan still underestimated the blood of Clayton in his body."

"only……"

Lord Hora didn't know what to make of it, so he decided to forget everything he had sensed.

What should he say? That this Baron Ryan was even more daring than his father, Earl Clayton?

As a member of the Winter family, there was no need for him to offend this powerful noble for the sake of the Andara Kingdom.

……

Even though he was far away in the Andara Kingdom, Ryan received a letter from the Clayton family. His mother, Countess Krami's youngest child was already able to toddle. The Clayton family had added another heir, and Ryan had a younger brother.

I just don’t know if the strong Earl Clayton has made one of the two countesses pregnant again. This is a bloodline that the entire empire and the entire southern aristocratic family envy.

"The Chamber of Commerce has already been established in all of the Northern Wind Provinces. It is time to send some of the specialties of the Andara Kingdom to those Chambers of Commerce. The trade route connecting the Empire and the Kingdom needs to be made known to these merchants who are chasing money."

"Let's exempt taxes for a year first to attract more people to move in. It doesn't matter if we earn less."

In the carriage, Ryan was thinking about the development plan of Lingdu County, and then taking advantage of the gradually arriving chambers of commerce to develop his own frozen land territory and the world of the north.

Beside him, Queen Leta, who had stopped crying, was helping him put on his mithril armor, with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Don't worry, no one will know. I will kill all the orcs on the kingdom's land, expel the church, and suppress the remaining nobles. Even after I leave, no one will be able to question me."

"Besides, you have a brother, the Grand Duke, who is no pushover. He should be the future leader of the kingdom's nobles. No one dares to doubt you."

Ryan was fully dressed and returned to his horse. Now he was close to the front line and could no longer enjoy himself.

However, almost as soon as he arrived at the front line, he received news from two other parties on the kingdom's territory.

"The woman from the Leta family is not the queen. Her name and power do not exist in the genealogy of the Andara royal family!"

Hernan stood on the palace of the royal city, holding up the royal bloodline genealogy and said loudly that in the name of the king, he would deprive the women of the Leta family of all their rights!
Almost at the same time, the king in the Wall of Dawn, McPherson, angrily deprived Leta of her status as Queen in the name of the king.

"The power of the kingdom belongs to the king. My father and queen are dead. I am the new king! Only my queen can exercise the king's power and command the nobles!"

Pastor Soto also properly informed all the nobles that Queen Leta, who ordered the nobles to expel the Dawn Church, had fallen. She was not a believer of the Lord, and she could not become the queen. Those who falsely believed in the light could not receive the Lord's blessing.

Compared to Hernan, who was already a complete heretic, the words of McPherson, who had a formal coronation ceremony that was a thing of the past, and the Holy See, which had deep roots in this land, were obviously more acceptable and recognized by the kingdom.

The Vatican was furious that Queen Leta's order led to the expulsion of clergy from most of the noble territories in the kingdom. This was unacceptable to the Vatican, and they had to fight back. Even the holy light that descended from the sky was considered to be the miracle and will of the Lord of Dawn, and this great existence denied Queen Leta's identity.

On the other side, Count Mercers urged Adams to stand on the side of Queen Leta. They needed the power belonging to the old king in the hands of the queen to ensure that their identity was tenable. After all, everyone was not blind. Queen Leta was witnessed by all the nobles.

But Adams angrily refused, and ultimately it was Mercers who spoke on behalf of King Adams, firmly upholding the old king's choice and maintaining the honor and dignity of the royal bloodline.

In this way, it will indeed be recognized by the nobles. After all, now that the royal family members have begun to tell lies with their eyes open, the nobles will be disgusted.

The problem is that this is not what Adams said himself.

The nobles could not help but wonder whether these royal family members no longer abided by the king's honor and dignity.

"Queen Leta has died at the hands of the evil orc heretics."

Pastor Soto said this, causing the entire kingdom to fall silent.

"Of course he would."

Ryan turned to Queen Leta and said:

"In the Andara Kingdom governed by Pastor Soto, there have been reports of the advent of alien gods and the belief in Twilight. He has not yet figured out how to explain this to the Holy Mountain."

"Now there is news that the kingdom is going to confront the Church and join the Empire. This matter can even be said to be more serious than the emergence of a foreign god."

"After all, strictly speaking, the alien gods have descended many times in history and caused a lot of trouble."

"But this is the first time that the Andara Kingdom has challenged the Holy See. This is a very bad sign."

“It affects the whole world.”

Ryan turned around and laughed.

"Reverend Soto is so furious, which means that the pressure from the Holy See has exposed the fact that he has no more cards. How much power does the Holy See have left after the Yulong Legion leaves?"

"Now there is a decisive factor." Ryan didn't even turn his head, he knew how to solve this kind of problem.

Is Queen Leta alone? No, she has a brother, the only Grand Duke of Andara Kingdom, Grand Duke Leta. The entire Leta family is a supporter of Queen Leta, and no one can ignore it.

Sure enough, when Ryan assembled the Legion of Light Judgment, the Grand Duke of the Leta family also made his own position and choice.

He expelled the Dawn Church, which was inherently incompatible with the witches and ghosts, from his territory, and announced that he supported King Adams as the true king of the kingdom. On the other hand, Macpherson had completely betrayed his loyalty to the royal bloodline and the dignity of the royal family, and even shamelessly slandered and framed the noble queen.

“This is a conspiracy, but the Leta family will never tolerate anger. Anyone who insults the honor and dignity of the Leta family will pay a heavy price.”

Adams had more and more nobles supporting him, and gradually, the pressure came onto the aristocratic associations such as Count Canterlot.

They did not completely stand on anyone's side, which made Ryan doubt their loyalty to the royal family.

"Do you want to establish a new family as the king of this land?"

Ryan led his 10,000 soldiers to the outside of Count Canterlot's territory. He questioned the Count, and his bold remarks caused a storm throughout the kingdom and even beyond.

"How dare Baron Ryan speak like that!"

The nobles were extremely angry, because even the traitor McReynolds had no such idea or plan, but started a new business.

Now, even Lord Canterlot and the others dared not remain silent and had to fight back against Baron Ryan.

"Baron of the Empire, you are slandering dozens of distinguished nobles. You will never have the right to question our loyalty to the Kingdom of Andara."

"His Majesty Adams Andara is the new king of the kingdom. Why don't you swear allegiance to him?"

"If you think he is unworthy of being king, then what about His Royal Highness Macpherson Andara? Why didn't you swear allegiance to him too?"

"Or, as nobles of ancient heritage, you follow the unchangeable choice of the crown prince, and the heretic Hernan is your choice?"

Ryan's questioning made even the Holy See become alert.

Although it is a bit disrespectful to the Andara royal family, what Ryan said is correct. If you don't pledge allegiance to this or that, then who is your king?

Do you really want to become the king yourself? Or have you already joined Hernan?

No matter which answer it was, it made Canterlot's scalp tingle, but Ryan didn't give them a third choice.

"I know what you want to do. You just want to wait until the dust settles. Then no matter who becomes the new king, he will have to find a way to gain your support. Then, you can ask the king for your own interests."

Ryan was standing alone at the edge of the earldom, speaking to these great nobles. He certainly saw through their thoughts. In the process of political conflict, this method seemed too low-level.

"You look down on Adams and you look down on McPherson."

Ryan's words left these nobles speechless. Who on earth looked down on them?

"How about this, you think you want revenge for the old king, so you attack the orcs and defend your honor and loyalty to the death. After all, now it is considered that the old king died miserably, and there is not a single person in the entire Andara Kingdom who wants to avenge him."

"If I hadn't asked the other nobles, I would have suspected that the old king had died of his own accord. How come you nobles who are loyal to the king didn't react at all?"

"How about it? This way, you can both delay time and wait for the new king to appear. Then you won't have to make a choice."

Ryan's suggestion was recognized by these nobles, but they were curious why Ryan wanted to help them.

"I didn't help you."

Ryan turned and left. As long as these nobles did not turn to the Vatican, his goal would be achieved.

In the next few days, these great nobles began to question the royal bloodline.

"The old king died unjustly, and his revenge has not yet been avenged. We are filled with heavy hearts, wondering if the old king is angry in the eternal heaven for our inaction."

"We are loyal to the Andara royal family and the king. That is why we want to avenge the old king. The evil Hernan must be buried with His Majesty the King."

The nobles also stood firm and even began to question the two princes.

"Have you ever thought about avenging your father?"

"Is a king without a royal city and a royal palace still a king?"

"You can't avenge the dead nobles, are you king too?"

The nobles' questions became a point of contention between the two kings, but they obviously could not ignore the fact of their father's death and the fall of the kingdom's land to highlight their status as kings.

Moreover, now they need the nobles to help them rule the entire kingdom.

"I will avenge my respected father, the King of Andara Kingdom. If I cannot kill Hernan, I will give up the throne!"

Finally, at the strong request of Moses, His Majesty Adams turned back into His Royal Highness Adams, and then asked Queen Leta to issue an order to let the coalition forces of the nobles and the Legion of Light Judgment from the Empire avenge the old king.

"If I can return to the royal city of Andara by stepping on the corpses of the orcs, I think my father in the Eternal Heaven will be pleased to recognize me as his successor."

Adams' words were recognized by all the nobles, and their views on His Highness also changed a lot.

McPherson on the other side was certainly not willing to be outdone. Quickly, the nobles' army and the Vatican's Guardian Corps united and launched an attack to the north. At this moment, the death of the old king became the political correctness of the kingdom.

"That old guy was used as a political bargaining chip by the nobles even after his death. It seems that he has been quite harsh in oppressing the nobles of the kingdom over the past few decades."

Ryan laughed and accepted the order from the queen beneath him, and ordered the army to attack towards the north on the day of commemorating the noble king.

Rumbling--

Thunder roared in the sky, and amid the sound of spring thunder, a large number of army soldiers launched an attack on the warthog orcs.

It can only be said that when the nobles of the entire kingdom have the same goal, the threat of the Warthogs is far less desperate.

On the huge fan-shaped battlefield, the nobles' armies began to push the hog orcs back continuously, as if it was a competition, and no party wanted to fall behind.

"Damn it, how could this happen! How could this happen!"

Hernan sat on the throne, squeezing the pure gold throne so hard that it was somewhat deformed.

"What the hell are you doing, warthogs? Attack now!"

.........

Rumble!
The warhorse galloped on the muddy battlefield. Under the visor, Brand's eyes were as cold as the unmelted ice in the North. He slightly raised his upper body and bent it down until the moment when the lance in his hand collided with the warthog orc.

boom!
The sound of metal colliding with flesh and bones was intoxicating. The fully armed war horses rushed into the orc army. As cavalry, they should not have charged like this, but at this moment on the battlefield of tens of thousands of soldiers, there was no margin of land.

The enormous force lifted the warthog orcs high up. Brand used it as a weapon and swung it around, knocking down seven or eight warthog orcs.

The fallen hog orcs were just like human soldiers. Once they fell, they had no chance to stand up again, because the cavalry corps from the rear had already swarmed in. Their iron hooves occasionally stumbled under their trampling, but they eventually overwhelmed the orc army in front like an avalanche.

On the other side, Bogold, who was clamoring to fight a hundred people, was also leading the violent war bears to charge. Every slap from the majestic and burly armored bear could make the warthog orcs see stars and doubt who their parents were.

"There are only more than 20,000 orcs here, which is totally not enough."

At the back of the battlefield, Ryan and the Violent Elephant Legion were watching the battlefield together. He said this to Legion Commander Farrell.

"When we reach the Royal City, it will be your turn to take action, Commander Farrell."

(End of this chapter)