Throne of the North.

Chapter 403: A deal, life as a bargaining chip
This was a meeting concerning the life and death of the North Wind Province, but no nobles came to participate.

The cavalry of the Silver Moon Royal Court swept across the Xiangshan Plain. All the nobles who knew how the fortress was breached and how the two extraordinary legions were defeated fell into infinite fear. They were busy packing up their belongings, strengthening the castle, and many other things, but they were no longer busy with the nobles' gatherings.

The meeting is also a gathering of nobles.

The nobles owned all the land in the Northern Province, but the one who was extremely determined about this land was the Meyers family, which did not own any land in the Northern Province.

The person who convened the meeting was the Marquis of the North Wind, and the person who chaired the meeting was a woman from the Meyers family. However, there were only two adults and a baby at the meeting.

"Your grandfather would never accept failure here."

Rosalind said this, but Shaya screamed.

"Then why didn't the Nightmare Knights appear in the Northern Wind Province? This is also the territory of Jeremiah Columbus and his grandson!"

Shaya pointed at the baby in the cradle, who responded with a waking cry, making Shaya's voice become smaller.

"This is the agreement between the Grand Duke and the Emperor. The Nightmare Knights will go to Twilight Fortress instead of the Northern Wind Province."

Shaya sneered.

"So from what I know about him, it's not like the Northern Wind Province can't fail. He didn't have firm ideas thirty years ago, and he won't be firm in his ideas thirty years later."

"Because if it were me, I wouldn't either."

Rosalind looked at this woman. In the bloodline of the Meyers family, the one who was most similar to the Grand Duke was actually a woman.

This is the most fundamental reason why Shaya has become the most troublesome person for the Meyers family and Grand Duke Meyers.

Admiration, because the Grand Duke saw his own shadow in Shaya; trouble, because it is really difficult to clean up the mess when a woman like Shaya creates so much trouble.

If it were a man, even if he was locked up in a cage that was said to never have a lock on the door like Aatrox Clayton of the Clayton family, Grand Duke Meyers would probably wake up laughing.

This is not discrimination, this is how the world is.

"The only one who can save the North Wind Province now is Baron Ryan. Let him command the North Wind's army."

"This is the answer I gave. As for the reason, the Frozen Territory defeated the werewolves, but the Xiangshan Plain Fortress failed. This is the reason."

After Shaya finished speaking, she left without caring about Rosalind and took the baby with her.

Frozen collar.

When Ryan learned that Rosalind had arrived, he was also very surprised. What was this legendary doing here?
He guessed part of the reason, which was nothing more than the racial war between humans and orcs that broke out in the North Wind Province at this moment.

"There is nothing I can do, Lady Rosalind."

"In the war between humans and orcs, humans are inherently at a disadvantage, but why are we able to occupy more fertile land and keep the orcs out?"

Ryan asked and answered himself:
"Because we are united enough, our faith is stronger. At the same time, we have the wisdom to help us forge tools and build fortress defenses that even powerful orcs cannot approach."

"In the war between humans and orcs, there is only one most important extraordinary being, and that is the knight."

"In the war between humans and orcs, the existence of the fortress saved humans from having to face the overwhelming barbaric orcs. The knights blocked the orcs' path, using their armor to block the orcs' claws and using their swords to chop off the orcs' hideous heads."

"Master magicians are high above us, and mortals are only qualified to kneel on the ground. But knights can make mortals raise their heads."

"In my opinion, talent is the most critical, but not the most important. The reason why knights can become the most common path on the road to transcendence is because the power of knights is the most important to humans."

Ryan finished speaking, looked at the confused Rosalind in front of him and asked:

"Sir Demon Hunter, do you know what I mean?"

"You want enough knights to help you charge into battle?"

Ryan shook his head and said:

"No, it's not that I want it, but that you need it."

"If you want to defeat the orcs, first, you need a strong fortress, and second, you need enough knights."

"Now the fortress is gone, and the knights...are gone too."

"The North Wind Province is poor and cold to begin with, and the nobles don't know how to make good use of the resources buried in this land, which results in them having no knights at all."

"If the nobles don't have it, it means that the Meyers family, who want to win the war, doesn't have it either."

"Unless you are willing to send the powerful Nightmare Knights over here. Thirty years ago, the Nightmare Knights occupied the Northern Wind Province. Thirty years later, if the Nightmare Knights come again, they can keep this place peaceful for another thirty years."

"If we work hard, there won't be too many orcs in thirty years."

Without the knights, no one can do anything. The nobles are curious about how Ryan defeated the werewolves? The answer is so simple. He used the power of the gods to give himself tens of thousands of twilight followers who are comparable to knights. How can he lose?
But can the North Wind Province squeeze out tens of thousands of knights?
Impossible. The reason why there are few knights in the Borean Province is not only the economic problem, but also the food problem. If a knight is malnourished, can he still be a knight?

The path of the knight is to make your Qi and blood strong and healthy. You can do without anything except food.

Except for Yinchuan County, it is very difficult for noble territories in other places in Beifeng Province to be self-sufficient.

"The commander's biggest role is to keep a large number of soldiers on the battlefield with direction and not let them collapse. It's the soldiers themselves who are doing the fighting on the battlefield."

"You want to invite me to be the commander, but what if the wolf cavalry from the Silver Moon Court comes directly for me?"

"Can the army of the Northern Wind Province be stopped?"

"If I can't stop it, I will be killed. After I die, the war will still be lost."

"I don't want to die, and I don't want to have a failed war on my resume."

After all, if the North Wind Province really fails, Master Ryan will have to take this resume and go to the South to beg for food.

After listening to Ryan's words, Rosalind only heard one of the elements, which was that if there were enough knights, the orcs could be defeated.

Everyone knows this question, but it is not as obvious and direct as Ryan said. Moreover, doesn’t the implication here is that only the Extraordinary Legion can save the current North Wind Province?

"I can help you with the knight's problem."

Rosalind looked up, which surprised Ryan, and then Ryan fell silent.

After a long time he asked:

"I want to know why the Meyers family is so persistent and determined about the Northern Wind Province."

He looked at Rosalind. For the first time, he, the sky knight, overpowered the legendary demon hunter.

"Don't tell me about Shaya Meyers. Besides being the granddaughter of the Meyers family, she is probably more concerned about being the mother of the Marquis of Beifeng. Besides that, your Meyers family only has a few followers in Beifeng Province. But after becoming nobles, those followers who once swore to follow you will put their own interests first. After all, this is also the ultimate goal of their loyalty."

"That is to say, you Meyers actually have nothing in the Northern Wind Province."

Rosalind did not answer. She wanted to say that a baron of the Clayton family was not qualified to know these things, but the Ryan in front of her was probably so famous that no one in the entire northern empire still remembered that he was just a baron.

"This is a secret of the Grand Duke's family."

Finally, Rosalind said this.

Ryan laughed too.

"So... this matter is more for some ulterior motive of the Meyers family. If that's the case, then this is a deal."

It is the duty of the nobles to resist the orcs, but now this has become a dispute over some kind of interests.

The racial war between humans and orcs is the basic foundation, and Meyers, emperors, empires, and nobles are the superstructure on this basic foundation.

If that's the case, then we have to think it over.

Ryan looked at Rosalind again. The two of them were sitting at the two ends of a six-meter-long solid wood table. Ryan rested his elbows on the table, with his fingers crossed and resting on his chin.

"I wonder how many knights Lady Rosalind can create."

"How much do you want?" Both of them were a little surprised at this moment. When their eyes met, Rosalind felt that she was not facing a human noble, but more like a demon from the abyss.

Ryan was surprised at the other party's answer, while Rosalind was surprised that Ryan actually guessed his method.

This was not difficult to guess. First of all, Ryan had just done this kind of thing. Secondly, he could not think of a second way. Finally, he was using the twilight divinity. The nobles of the empire had studied the origin of divinity for more than a hundred years. They were not more unfamiliar with it than him.

The bloodline of the nobility is a good example.

"Can you have as much as you want?"

Ryan asked curiously. The answer really shocked him. Rosalind's answer caught Ryan off guard.

At this moment, Rosalind's pupils turned a crazy dark red.

"If you need, I can turn all humans on the battlefield into 'knights'."

As a legend, he is not stupid. Now he understands what Ryan means. The "knight" is not just a knight, but also an extraordinary power.

Ryan did not respond immediately. He did not know that his words would determine the fate of many people. All the Twilight followers he created were killed. He guessed that Rosalind's methods would not be an exception.

"With the knight, I am no longer needed in this war."

"Your Excellency can go find a new commander."

Ryan backed off. He didn't know how many people would die as a result of his orders once he agreed.

But Rosalind had no intention of retreating. She shook her head and looked at Ryan.

"You underestimate your own abilities. Many extraordinary legions in the empire have disappeared in history. When war escalates, even the 'knights' you mentioned...are just consumables."

"Have you ever experienced the Pan-Plane War of Gods?"

Rosalind looked at Ryan and suddenly asked an unnecessary question. Of course, there was no doubt about the answer to this question, and Rosalind did not expect Ryan to tell her an answer that everyone knew.

"I've experienced it. It was at the end of the Pan-dimensional War of Gods. At that time, the gods had already disappeared, and the Pan-dimensional War was no longer an absolute death."

“I really hope you can experience that time too. Maybe you can create many miracles.”

After Rosalind finished speaking, the old man, who was at least one hundred and thirty years old, sighed, and finally his voice became calm.

"Whatever reward you want, Meyers will provide it to you. Only an excellent commander can ensure victory in the war."

"money."

Ryan said it directly, without any aristocratic baggage, because he wanted a lot.

"After the war, the Meyers family will pay you five million gold coins."

"This is the limit of my ability to make a decision. Any more would waste a lot of time."

Time is very important. Ryan nodded and stopped asking for too much. After all, he had to buy something with the money.

"Food. You see, my frozen land can't grow any food, but I need it badly."

Rosalind agreed without hesitation.

"There are nobles in the Volga Province who have deals with the Meyers family. Part of it will be allocated to the Ryan family. Is one million kilograms enough every year?"

This is not one million kilograms purchased from other places, but one million kilograms directly taken from the Volga Province, which belongs to the interests of the Meyers family and is only at the lowest cost. It is already a lot.

"That's enough. In the end, I still want North Wind City."

The Rosalind in front of me has made too many decisions.

Even during their conversation, Ryan never heard the words emperor, royal family, empire, etc. from the other party's mouth.

Grand Duke Meyers...can represent a considerable part of the empire himself.

Ryan was amazed and shocked. Are the four grand ducal families all like this? They share the empire with the royal family.

So Ryan could also conclude that before the Meyers family had plans for the Northern Province, they first made a deal with the royal family and the emperor.

But his words finally brought the emperor's majesty into Rosalind's mind.

"Northern Wind City belongs to the empire. The royal family and His Majesty the Emperor will not allow anyone to become the owner of these cities. Those are the subjects of the Emperor's empire, not the nobles."

Although Beifeng City began to decline this year, it only started to decline after the construction of Beifeng Avenue was completed this year. Now it is still the most populous city in Beifeng Province.

What Ryan needs is the population.

It is the spirituality that population can bring.

With spirituality, he is not afraid of anything.

"I don't want to be the lord there. Maybe... I can become the lord of Beifeng City and nominally rule Beifeng City."

Just like Ryan didn't know what the Meyers family was going to do, Rosalind didn't understand what Ryan was going to do, but he still agreed.

"I will tell the Grand Duke about this."

Obviously, Rosalind was not qualified to decide such matters.

"In that case, the deal is done."

Ryan said, and then continued speaking, no longer so serious.

"I have one last question. Lady Rosalind, does the 'knight' you mentioned need time to prepare?"

This time Rosalind had no doubts. She just thought Ryan was thinking about the issue of war, so she nodded as a matter of course.

"It requires a medium, similar to a magician's potion. It has very high material requirements and takes some time, a price that even Legends cannot accept."

After Rosalind finished speaking, his legendary perception made him realize that Ryan seemed to be somewhat happy, and...feeling superior?

Ryan was very satisfied with Rosalind's answer. His spiritual panel was indeed superior to others. With the same similar means, the legend in front of him required a huge price to pay.

It's like... the difference between a fireball shot smoothly by a genius wizard and a fireball chanted by a mediocre wizard with sweat on his forehead?
"Then, once you are ready, Rosalind, I will also appear on the battlefield."

Ryan was delighted by the superiority of the spiritual panel, but he still hoped that Rosalind could hurry up. Time was money, and the longer the delay, the more disadvantageous the war would be for mankind.

Watching the legendary demon hunter leave, Ryan came to the top of Rhino Horn Mountain again.

I don't know when Avril appeared beside me.

"Why do humans always occupy the most fertile land?"

"Is it because of power? This shouldn't be the whole reason. If being powerful can get the best things, then why did the dragons disappear? Why isn't the world ruled by dragons?"

Avril blinked and said curiously:

"Perhaps, unbeknownst to us, dragons do rule the world."

Ryan thought about it and smiled.

"It seems that being strong is useful."

In Ryan's opinion, the human civilization in this world is completely divided into two extremes. The territory of the nobles appears primitive and crude, but it is so extraordinary and brilliant that even the stars make way for it.

When humans are pushed to their limits, they can always unleash their omnipotent potential.

The brilliance of humanity, like the spirituality in his hands, bursts out with unparalleled magnificence and miracles.

(End of this chapter)