Throne of the North.

Chapter 37: Terribly strong

"assassin."

When Ryan of the Frozen Territory received the news, it was accompanied by the defeat of the Flying Wolf Cavalry and the death and injury of more than 1,500 people in the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion.

Of Earl Winter's Flying Wolf Cavalry, less than two thousand were left dead. If Nengfei and those knights had not reacted quickly, the casualties would have been even greater.

As for the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion, they suffered greater losses due to their lack of mobility.

More than half of the Black Goat Warriors were killed, but the remaining three or four thousand orc warriors still terrified the nobles of the North Wind Province.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the assassin described in the letter.

Cat-people with blue fur all over their bodies, they can wield rapiers like humans, hide in the shadows, and strike with one strike.

"Finally I found you guys."

Ryan did not forget that his original body was killed by an assassin.

"Who among the orcs can bully the weak cat people? How could such a powerful supernatural power exist? Who is it?"

In Ryan's mind, the first people he excluded were the cat man himself, Count Winter, and Count Sauron.

The extraordinary armies of the two earls suffered heavy losses. How could it be possible that they directed and staged this incident themselves?

It's impossible for the orcs either. If they had such brains, they could be self-sufficient in the north. Why would they invade the south?

Among the remaining options, the nobles in the south of the empire are also impossible, because if they want to send so many assassins to the North Wind Province, it is impossible that there is no news at all, so the only option is the nobles within the North Wind Province.

"Count Love Weiss is the most likely candidate. As for the other qualified viscounts, Viscount Miles should not be a possibility. If there were such an assassin force, Viscount Dragun would have died long ago."

“There aren’t many answers.”

Ryan stood against all the nobles and thought about the answer. In the end, it fell on Count Weiss.

The earl is the most suspicious.

"If it is really Earl Weiss, then this Earl may also have an extraordinary army under his command."

Back to the situation in the entire Northern Province, Ryan knew that many people in the North Wind Province might not be able to survive this winter.

What Ryan didn't expect was that the first person who couldn't get through was Viscount Miles.

After the Black Goat Warriors fought a draw with the two earls' extraordinary legions in Golden Wheat County, the Black Goat Warriors actually brought tens of thousands of Black Goat Warriors to Lingdu County.

It has to be said that the Miles family is worthy of being a noble family that has been passed down for hundreds of years and still has a lot of wealth. At the critical moment, they took out more than a dozen spell scrolls, causing more than a thousand casualties to the army of Black Goat Warriors.

That Viscount Miles was actually a great magician, just one step away from becoming a sorcerer.

This incident shocked many people in the North Wind Province, especially Viscount Dragun, who was extremely relieved that the old man was about to die.

In the subsequent attacks, the Black Goat People ravaged most of Lingdu County, and more than half of the nobles suffered heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Lingdu City was not breached, and the nobles themselves were not in any danger. It became the only county among several counties in the Beifeng Province where no nobles died.

By then, the orcs were still wreaking havoc. When the Extraordinary Legion suffered heavy losses, Count Winter and Count Sauron had already transferred them back to their own earldoms and were unwilling to come out to deal with the Black Goat Warrior Legion again.

However, because of Viscount Miles, this army of extraordinary orcs suffered heavy losses. The remaining army of black goat men no longer targeted those cities, but dispersed to plunder the castles and manors of small nobles.

Speaking of which, the reason why Lingdu County was besieged by the Black Goat Army was somewhat related to Ryan.

The Black Goat People were confident in their wisdom, so they sent out scouts to the south to find out which noble had the most food.

But at that time, Ryan sold the news to Viscount Miles.

As a result, Viscount Miles and those chambers of commerce that followed suit in Lingdu City began to buy up grain on a large scale, sending all the surplus grain to Lingdu City to pile up in preparation for making a fortune from the war. Naturally, this could not be hidden from the Black Goat Man scouts who came specifically to look for them.

As a result, the Black Goat Tribe attacked Lingdu City.

In short, the defense line of mutual assistance in the North Wind Province has now become a joke, and everyone is fighting on their own in counties.

Then half a month later, news came that another county city was broken by orcs. This time there was no Flying Wolf Cavalry to pick up the people. The entire city, including dozens of nobles including Viscount Skinner, were wiped out.

As soon as the news came out, all the nobles in the North Wind Province could no longer sit still.

So many nobles died. Not only would they suffer the consequences, but they would also have no way of explaining themselves to the Empire.

Count Winter's Flying Wolf Cavalry and Count Sauron's Dragonblood Warrior Legion gathered again and began to hunt down the Black Goat Warrior Legion, but in fact, it was the ordinary cavalry who really fought against those orc warriors.

Only cavalry could catch up with the Black Goat Men. The Flying Wolf Cavalry had too poor endurance, and by the time they arrived at the battlefield it was already mid-to-late stage.

Fortunately, after more than 20 days of pursuit, most of the remaining 2,000 Black Goat Warriors were killed or wounded, and at least half of the nearly 100,000 Black Goat Warriors in the entire North Wind Province died. The other orcs suffered even worse losses, but population was a burden to the orc tribes, and they went south to steal food and reduce population.

The territory of the North Wind Province, which was constantly shining, finally ushered in February of the next year.

The orcs began to retreat gradually, and the human lords began to fight back and hunt down the orcs.

It was not because of anger or dignity, but because the orcs took away too much wealth that should have belonged to them when they returned to the North, and they wanted to take back their wealth.

In the process of chasing the orcs, Ryan's Frozen Territory finally had the opportunity to participate.

But unlike other nobles who were chasing and killing, he was blocking.

"I will never allow any threatening orc to enter my territory. Brand, gather the troops and find all the orcs in the mountains. Kill those who resist and make slaves of those who are captured!"

Ryan rode his warhorse across the plains at the foot of Rhino Horn Mountain. As the temperature rose, the snow here gradually melted. He could finally see a little bit of life in his territory.

With nearly a hundred soldiers and seven or eight hundred serfs, Ryan claimed to have an army of a thousand men and began to sweep the surrounding mountains.

By the way, record the maps in all directions.

As fierce and brutal as the orcs were when they invaded the south, they are now as timid and fragile as they are now with full stomachs and still carrying food. Facing the encirclement and suppression of humans, they don't think about fighting but about escaping and hiding.

This made Ryan speechless, but he also continued to take advantage. The number of orc slaves in the frozen land territory gradually increased from three or four hundred to eight or nine hundred, and then to more than a thousand.

Another half a month passed, and when the snow on the land of Borean Province had almost melted, it was difficult for Ryan to find orcs returning to the north around the Frozen Territory.

At this time, the number of orc slaves under his command had exceeded two thousand.

With so many orcs, people in the Frozen Territory were in a state of panic, and Ryan couldn't even find time to visit the other dimension.

With the idea that food should not be wasted, Ryan waved his hand and directly handed over the previously explored route to these orc slaves.

"Send them to clear the way, and remember to find a place to pile up the excavated soil. Since we can't find suitable farmland, we can create it ourselves!"

"Don't be polite to those orcs. Use them to death."

Orcs eat more than humans. Ryan didn't dare to think about whether his granary could last for a month if none of these orcs died.

Thinking of the granary, Ryan's eyes fell on the tall silos at the foot of Rhino Horn Mountain, and he couldn't help feeling gratified.

He also had to thank the orcs for coming to his side when they returned, which allowed him to harvest more than 2,000 orc slaves, as well as more than 20,000 gold coins, more than 200,000 kilograms of food, and various handicrafts, gems and other luxury goods.

In an instant, Master Ryan's pocket was bulging again.

Riding on a warhorse and patrolling his territory, Ryan was actually still waiting.

He wanted to see if the assassin who had tried to assassinate him in the past would try to assassinate him again because the mission failed.

So there is no one around him now, not even Brand is following him.

Because Ryan found that he was now terrifyingly strong.

The hand holding the reins clenched slightly, and the warhorse under him couldn't help but tremble for a moment, even though it had endured such a terrifying aura many times in the past few days.

Ryan's nostrils were filled with a hot breath that would soften even leather if it touched it, and if there was dry firewood in front of him, he could even ignite it directly.

Ryan tried it. With his strength, he could even lift a grinding wheel above his head with one hand without feeling any pressure.

The reason for all this is somewhat magical, that is, the Flame Dragon Knight Breathing Method of the Clayton Family that he practiced, broke through to the level of a formal knight.

It was very strange. He already had the physique of a full-fledged knight, but he was able to make a second breakthrough.

It was as if the physical enhancement brought by the Deer Spirit Blessing on his spiritual panel, and the Deer Spirit Knight Breathing Method that he could also practice, had no overlap with the Flame Dragon Knight Breathing Method. He could even practice both breathing methods at the same time.

But after Ryan experimented for a few days, he discovered something different.

That is his body. He might still be practicing the Flame Dragon Knight breathing method instinctively, but the auxiliary effect brought by the spiritual panel allows him to practice a second breathing method.

The two methods are not contradictory at all, it's just that Ryan's physique has already reached the level of a formal knight, so when the breathing method breaks through this time, the increase in his physique is not much.

What's more, it is the soul-level enhancement brought by the Flame Dragon Knight's breathing method.

After the breakthrough, Ryan felt like a giant beast at the top of the food chain. Anyone who faced him would feel fear from the bottom of their heart.

This kind of influence in battle can greatly reduce the enemy's strength, making it easy to win.

In short, the five or six knights in the territory except Brand are no match for Ryan.

(End of this chapter)