Throne of the North.

Chapter 379: Territory Expansion, Sky Knight Ryan

On the snow, hundreds of knights and attendants were looking ahead. Ryan had been there for a long time, which made them a little worried.

Just when they were about to give up, a blurry shadow rushed out from the wind and snow ahead at an extremely fast speed, and finally stopped in front of everyone.

Ryan looked back and saw that there were no heavy footprints on the snowy ground.

The power of the wolf spirit's blessing is also very simple, which is to give him unimaginable agility.

A single blessing is simple, but when so many spiritual blessings are added together, Ryan becomes a humanoid dragon.

These attributes are basic attributes, but they are gradually turning Ryan into a hexagonal knight beyond the limit.

Egil had stood up and knelt in front of Ryan.

"People of Fenrir, we pledge our loyalty to you."

The gods are gone, but Fenrir's people are still alive, and they have a new life.

In the end, Egil did not follow Ryan away. He wanted to fulfill what he had said before. When this world entered its last day, he would go look for Ryan.

Ryan left him a batch of war horses, and the Northern war horses were fully adapted to the blizzard weather.

Ryan did not open the door to the plane directly. He felt that even with two blessings, he did not completely own this world.

Fenrir's spirit did not give him this world.

Because this world has entered the countdown to death, and will fall into eternal death along with Him, there is no need for a handover ceremony at this final moment.

Moreover, the protagonist of this world is not a human being. Even Ryan, who has gained the loyalty of Gam and Fenrir's people, cannot obtain the world in this way.

"Ouch——"

In the cold world around them, the howling of wild wolves can be heard constantly. They are the masters of this world, and humans live together with them on the land of Fenrir.

These wolves will also come to the end of their lives with the death of the world.

……

In the Frozen Territory, standing on the Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan looked at the snow-capped north.

"Will our world also come to the end of life one day?"

"No, isn't there still the God of Light?"

Ryan responded to Avril with a smile.

"What if even the gods can't do it?"

The journey to another world made Avril feel a little melancholy. For the first time, she clearly saw the end of a world.

"If the gods can't do it, then humans must be able to do what the gods can't do."

Ryan replied.

……

The first stone fell on the compacted ground, and the mud connected it to the ground. The city finally began the first step of construction.

Tens of thousands of people were moving around the construction site, and in the distance, soldiers were patrolling in the snow and ice to prevent possible orc attacks.

Of course, we are also on guard against the approach of adventurers.

Sack is such an adventurer who is guarded against.

As an adventurer registered with the Northern Brave Guild, he had a pretty good relationship with the Tundra Territory, especially the previous few encounters, which ensured that his life would not be in danger when facing the knights of the Tundra Territory.

Later, Sack discovered a business opportunity on this road, which was to lead other new adventurers.

Just like the four people behind him at this moment.

"Boss Sack, is the Frozen Territory building a city?"

An adventurer behind him was shocked. They didn't know much about the Frozen Territory, and when they saw those people busy, they couldn't believe their guess.

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Baron Ryan of the Frozen Territory is more powerful than you think."

"Let's go. We can't stay here for too long or we will be driven away."

Sack led his men away and headed towards the mountains and forests. They had to hurry up and hunt, because no one knew how long Baron Ryan would keep the Northern Brave Guild. Many adventurers speculated that when Baron Ryan took out too much gold coins, he would close the Brave Guild.

They must seize such opportunities to earn gold coins, as only with gold coins can they be qualified to pursue a better future.

However, when leaving, Sack also saw some people walking out of the construction site and also heading into the forest.

"them……"

"They are not soldiers from the Tundra Territory."

Sack didn't see any armor or standard weapons on those people. They looked more like hunters.

"Follow them."

Sack's eyes flashed, and he followed with his men.

"Boss Sack, why should we follow them?"

The four adventurers asked. They followed Sack because he was famous among the adventurers and had hunted orcs many times and returned to Lingdu City alive.

"They are from the Frozen Territory. They must know the whereabouts of the orcs better than we do."

"It's safer to follow them."

An adventurer hesitated and said:

"If that's the case, then we won't encounter orcs."

He was also thinking of getting rich by hunting orcs.

"madness."

Sack snorted.

"Why do you think I was able to survive so many times in the North? It's because I never put killing orcs first. In the North, the most important thing is to stay alive."

"Only by surviving can you get more gold coins."

"And if we follow the people from the frozen land, are we still worried that we won't encounter orcs?"

"Orcs also have brains, especially those terrible werewolves. They are very angry with the Tundra Territory and will hunt them."

"When the time comes, we can help and build closer relationships with these people, which will make it easier for us to move around the North."

"Boss Sack."

An adventurer suddenly said nervously:
"Do you feel that the surroundings have become quieter?"

"We are so far away from there, and there is no one here, of course..."

Sack stopped talking halfway because he saw the people from the frozen land in front of him also stopped where they were and looked in all directions.

"alert!"

Sack shouted in a low voice, drew out his dagger, and wrapped himself in leather armor. Although he had so many experiences, he still couldn't help being nervous.

"Don't run into a werewolf."

His previous reputation of killing orcs all came from the Black Goat Orc. He had seen how powerful werewolves were. That time, their team of ten was killed by three werewolves and only two were left.

If the armored bear from the Tundra Territory had not arrived, the remaining two of them would have died in the werewolf hunt.

Whether it is strength, speed, agility, or even maintaining combat effectiveness after being injured, werewolves far surpass humans like them. Moreover, werewolves know very well what humans' reactions mean, and they are very good at fighting with humans.

"Ouch——"

A wolf howl gave Sack goosebumps, but the next moment he suddenly realized that the wolf howl came from the humans in the frozen land in front.

"them?"

In front, a soldier sniffed, then turned his head to look in the direction of a bush, and then kept changing angles.

"It's no use running. You smell - different."

The moment the words fell, the beast-skin warrior from Fenrir rushed out and dashed swiftly into the mountains and forests.

Ten seconds later, an angry roar was heard from the forest, and a bird flapped its wings and flew into the sky. The remaining people also quickly rushed to the other side of the bushes. At this moment, the howling of wolves could be heard from the surrounding forests.

"Defend, defend!"

Sack was horrified. Werewolves. He actually encountered werewolves, and not just a few of them.

Sack was holding a dagger in a defensive posture. Suddenly, a werewolf flew out from the snow on his side and fell to the ground.

There was a hideous bloodstain on the werewolf's body, and the moment he fell to the ground, the white snow was dyed red, but he reacted quickly and wanted to get up and escape.

Seeing this scene, Sack breathed rapidly and rushed out almost instinctively, stabbing the dagger in his hand into the werewolf's neck.

The claws tore open the animal leather armor on his body, and the piercing pain made Sack's eyes bloodshot. Then he frantically thrust the dagger into the werewolf's heart.

Finally, the werewolf stopped moving. Sack, covered in blood, stood up and looked at the four newcomers behind him who were trembling and looking at him in fear.

"Boss Sack, your back."

An adventurer mustered up the courage to step forward and wiped Sack's back with the prepared potion cloth. The animal leather armor on his body had been cracked and could not defend against the werewolf's claws at all.

This was just a seriously injured werewolf. Sack, who had lost too much blood, felt the blood from the wound on his back and nodded gratefully to the newcomer.

"Don't let your guard down. Defend your surroundings. Werewolves may attack us from anywhere."

Sack endured the pain and put on the broken leather armor. It was better to have it than not to have it.

"It seems that I need to spend some money to buy a better pair of leather armor when I return."

As he thought so, he held the dagger in his hand and was alert to his surroundings. However, he could only hear the howling of wolves. There was a huge noise in the mountains and forests, and even a tree with a snow-covered crown collapsed, making a buzzing sound on the snow.

Blurry figures shuttled between the trees. Sack couldn't see their movements at all. He could only be sure that among them were werewolves and the frozen land hunters they had followed before.

Hunter, fuck hunter, does a hunter have such ability?

"Kill them, leave them alive!"

Someone shouted, and then the fighting in the woods began to subside. The remaining werewolves fled, and Sack saw that seven or eight somewhat embarrassed frozen earth warriors came out carrying the bodies of eight werewolves in their hands.

One of them twitched his nose and shook his head.

"There's no trace of them anymore. It looks like they ran far away."

"These orcs are much more powerful than we thought."

One warrior said that their advantage this time came from the fact that the werewolves did not know their abilities, otherwise the battle would not be so simple.

"I heard from Lord Ryan that these are just the most common werewolves. Their status is equivalent to that of civilians in human territories."

This answer was obviously not so relaxing, and one of the warriors walked towards the direction where Sack and others were.

"You killed him?"

Pointing at the werewolf's body on the ground, Sack wanted to admit it but immediately shook his head and said with a humble smile:

"This is your trophy, Your Excellency. I'm just afraid that he will run away."

shook his head.

"He nearly destroyed my eyes with one claw. Since you killed him, just deal with it yourself. The werewolf's body cannot be exposed to the air. Bury him. By the way, I heard you want his head?"

"Solve it yourself."

"Madam will come to the North to practice meditation these days. I don't want her to see a werewolf lying on the ground without a head when she comes to this land."

"Of course, we'll deal with it now, right now."

Sack opened his eyes wide and said in surprise. He knew very well that in the Brave Guild, there were differences between orcs. Every head of the orcs from the six royal courts was worth two gold coins.

"Well... we didn't kill him alone. You have a share of the reward from the Brave Guild. I think I should give you half of it."

Sack said that he wanted to make friends, only in this way could he earn more wealth, and he had a sharp vision.

"We don't have this rule, but... I heard that there is a lot of food in this world?"

Fenrir's people said, and Sak quickly climbed up the pole.

"Of course, where shall I find you then?"

He pointed his finger to the top of the mountain in sight, where there was a watchtower.

“We’ll all live there from now on.”

The loyalty of Fenrir's people finally allowed Ryan to welcome the most suitable candidate in the northern watchtower.

Only after these people left did Sack and others relax.

"These people are so powerful. They don't seem to be knights yet. I have seen knights. They follow strict training and chivalry codes. They are not like this."

"But they can actually kill werewolves alone. They are so powerful."

Sack listened to the discussion of the four newcomers and felt the pain in his back. He felt that his current way of life might have to change again.

If he killed a werewolf this time without anyone else around, he would probably lose a lot of blood and might not be able to get out of the North.

"How about we form a team?"

Sack suggested this, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

……

On the Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan bathed in the heat wave, and the seed of knight life in his body was sublimating. After such a long time, he was finally going to become a more powerful sky knight.

The power of the dragon's heart is the source of his vitality. He only needs to let it flow to reach the threshold of the Sky Knight.

At a certain moment, the heat wave turned into a blazing flame, forming the outline of a giant dragon roaring towards the sky, and then the burning wings carried Ryan into the sky.

All the flames dissipated, and Ryan floated in the sky. He had always been curious about how the Sky Knight could float in the sky without wings. Now he got the answer: it was fighting spirit.

The knight's fighting spirit is fighting against the gravity of the world. By controlling the fighting spirit, he can go up or down, forward or backward.

After landing on Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan felt very hungry. Fortunately, a large amount of food had been prepared in the castle.

"Not enough, keep preparing."

As he continued to devour high-energy food, rich blood and energy began to emerge in Ryan's new and powerful body.

He gradually felt the difference in his body. After the Seed of Life was promoted to the Sky Knight stage, his body also developed new abilities.

The dragon's stomach.

He can slowly make up for all the deficiencies in his body by swallowing food, such as excessive loss of qi and blood, or even injuries, and can slowly recover by swallowing food.

Not only that, the most important characteristic is that he can eat like a dragon cub, and then grow up to become a powerful dragon at the top of the food chain.

He is now like a real dragon cub. He does not need to meditate like a magician, nor does he need to train his body like a knight. He can slowly strengthen his body through food.

"It's a little scary."

Ryan felt that this ability was no less powerful than those useless legendary gifts.

After all, this is an ability he acquired during his Sky Knight stage.

After the war of kingdoms ended, Ryan became another rising star of the empire. As he joined the ranks of sky knights, Ryan could be said to have completely become one of the dazzling group of people in the empire.

The joy of becoming a Sky Knight gradually faded away, and he still had a long way to go.

They arrived at the military camp at the foot of Rhino Horn Mountain. As the army continued to expand, the camp was also expanding, but it was still not enough. The Violent War Bear Legion had been moved by Ryan to the side of North Lake Gar, and only the Stag Legion was left guarding here.

Ryan spent a full 40,000 spiritual powers to bless two thousand knights and attendants. The arrival of the hound blessing and the wolf spirit blessing made this extraordinary army stronger again. Their combat effectiveness has already surpassed other knights at the same stage.

More importantly, they also mastered a large number of skills and became all-round knights.

Ryan came here to give new orders. He sent Gam's fighters and Fenrir's hunters to the northern mountains and forests to hunt the orcs there. He also needed to arrange for the Stag Legion to go further north, on the snowfields outside the mountains and forests. The cavalry would gallop across that land, forcing those orcs not to appear in large numbers around the Frozen Territory.

The towering mountains that helped the Borean Province block the northern snowstorms, Ryan's frozen land territory was located near the southern edge of the mountains, but now, he could finally extend his reach northward to the north of the mountains and touch the swamp to the south.

When the construction of the Northern Great Wall begins, the land spanning more than 50 kilometers from north to south will have the same name - Frozen Territory.

The emperor granted him the title of Baron of the Frozen Territory and gave him the power to open up land. Now the size of the Frozen Territory was no longer up to the emperor.

Ryan can occupy as much territory as he is capable.

The cavalry rumbled away, and Ryan continued to patrol his territory. The frozen land territory with a population of more than 100,000 people had many places that he could not normally see.

(End of this chapter)