Throne of the North.

Chapter 433: False Divine Authority, True Divine Authority

“For the glory of the Lord!”

There are knights emitting hazy holy light. The knights of the Vatican are strong not because of their blood and energy, but because of this holy light. In a sense, they are not the knights that people know. However, such holy light knights also mean that the knights of the Vatican do not need to boil the blood and energy in their bodies, but instead release divine arts to improve their strength.

Several knights rushed towards Bogurd. The strange thing about this war was that faith played a role, causing the fanatics to not retreat at all.

However, there were still a few knights of the Holy See who narrowed their eyes and stared at the scene where Bogeld took down the Holy Light Knight in just a few moves. Faced with the fear of death, they retreated into the distance.

"Make these people stop too!"

The knights of the Fragoso family shouted that the war was still going on. Five or six hundred fanatics were still fighting. They did not stop because the knights left, or they simply did not notice what was happening around them.

But it was useless, the Holy Light Knights ignored him, and on the battlefield, five or six hundred fanatics began to die one after another, until the last one fell.

The sight of corpses on the ground made the knight tremble all over. Five or six hundred people, this number could be said to be the largest bloodshed that had ever occurred in the Earl of Fragoso's territory.

The densely packed corpses made the soldiers behind the knight show intense fear.

Looking at the frozen earth soldiers standing in the middle of the corpses, covered in blood, they did not dare to get too close.

"let's go!"

Bogeld roared, and the armored bear roared and walked forward. The soldiers blocking the front hesitated and finally made way.

Ryan's manor in the Kingdom of Sera is very large, and it is filled with slaves brought by the war. However, because it is winter, most of the slaves are not working. Under the leadership of the steward, they are repairing the things needed in the manor.

"Put the things down."

The large group of people brought by Bogold began to take out the things hidden in the carriage. More than 20 people struggled to move the huge parts and assemble them into a crossbow. Two alchemists began to debug the parts of the crossbow and stopped only when the gears started to turn and the sound was clear.

"Put it on."

Powerful war machines are being used, and the estate will be defended like a fortress.

Because not far from this manor, to be precise, at the bottom of the lake that belongs to Ryan, platinum ore was discovered.

It is sparsely found at the bottom of the lake, but even in small quantities, its value is high.

Gold and silver can be used as money because of their rarity, and they can also be a medium for extraordinary means, but platinum is a pure precious metal.

Some nobles polish them into gems, but this is only for collection purposes. What is really important is their uses in many extraordinary ways.

For example, magicians' staffs.

Staffs are forged from branches of certain extraordinary trees, not because of tradition, but because many magicians are poor.

Of course there are expensive tree branch staffs, which are what the earliest magicians used, but most magicians use wooden staffs because they can pretend to be the legacy of ancient magicians and avoid being considered low-end.

These staffs do not have much effect on the guidance of magic power and the strength of spells. It is better not to use them and just use your hands to cast magic.

The most fundamental reason why magicians use staffs is that these things can enhance the power of magic. Like the wizard tower, they have a positive effect on magicians.

Platinum, when forged into a staff or used as an important material for a staff, can increase the magic power by at least one to two times.

One times, two times, sounds high, but in reality magicians are unreasonable.

It is normal for many magics released by magicians to be hundreds of times stronger than their original strength. To take an extreme example, when magicians first start on this path, they often have few means, and fireball is the most eye-catching and direct means of attack.

The magic release of Fireball is as fixed as a genetic sequence, but the difference between casting the same Fireball and Fireball can be ten thousand times.

Some magicians directly turned the fireball spell into the power of a meteorite impact, which cannot be described as ten thousand times more.

Of course, for ordinary magicians, one or two times the magic strength is also very high.

The value of platinum is therefore high. At the same time, it is not only used to forge magic wands. Magicians use it to forge magic wands and make some other objects, but there are other extraordinary ways in the world besides magicians.

Alchemists have the highest utilization rate of platinum.

Among the alchemists of the extraordinary path, the ones that people talk about the most are the Iron Alchemists and their use of metals. However, platinum is more than just a metal to alchemists.

In the alchemist's system, using platinum as a metal material is the most wasteful use of resources. Even the Steel Alchemist will not use it as a medium on a large scale. Most of the time, it is used to trade with other alchemists.

Platinum can be a metal, but in the hands of an alchemist, it can also be turned into some extraordinary potions, or even used as water.

At the same time, the reason why alchemists need to use platinum is that they need it to catalyze their own extraordinary paths.

Using it on the human body is the most extreme use of platinum by alchemists, but it is an indispensable process for alchemists, allowing them to advance to the extraordinary path.

Mr. Rose, the dean of the Alchemy Academy in the Frozen Territory, looks like a normal person except for a metal arm. But don't forget that he doesn't even have a shadow. His shadow has turned into the terrifying crystal python.

His true situation is absolutely different from his appearance.

In Ryan's opinion, such means are already at the human genetic level. In this world with an ancient social form, alchemists can actually achieve such a level. For Ryan, this is the "future".

Ryan had high expectations for the alchemists. One reason was that in his opinion, the Iron Alchemists had already touched upon the field of nanotechnology. Another reason was that the alchemists were following a technology tree that was completely different from what he remembered.

For example, the use of platinum in the human body. This thing should be highly toxic. If it does not act on the genetic level, Ryan can't think of how the alchemists managed not to be poisoned to death.

He believes that technology can change many things, even if this technology... is not the technology he is familiar with and recognizes.

The platinum here can provide raw materials for the Alchemy Academy, and at the same time, it can also help Ryan obtain very important metal toxins.

These toxins can be used to deal with werewolves. The North Wind Province is still facing the threat of orcs, including werewolves.

It can also be exchanged for a large sum of wealth.

Because it was not the people from the Permafrost Territory who discovered the platinum mine under the lake.

Before, Ryan made deals with several chambers of commerce, asking those chambers of commerce to use their personal connections to find some extraordinary people who could explore the land. After several searches, platinum was discovered in the mud under the lake, which led to a series of events that followed.

The original purpose was to find a place where extraordinary crops could be grown, but the discovery of platinum ore was an unexpected surprise.

"There are precious mineral veins like obsidian under that land, and now platinum ore has appeared. I'm afraid that a long time ago, this land was close to a volcano?"

Ryan was puzzled for a long time. The knowledge he knew could hardly be as reasonable as truth in a supernatural world. He could only doubt and guess. In the end, he didn't care how it was born. Once it appeared, he would just dig it out and use it.

Sending a military escort was also to ensure the safety of Ryan's wealth. He could not put all his trust in the rules of the nobles.

……

In the Kingdom of Serra, a new royal city is being built. For the Kingdom of Serra, this land is like a wasteland that needs to be redeveloped. It was fine when it had not yet formed a kingdom, but now that it has become a kingdom, many rules are different.

The royal city was originally chosen to be the Unicorn Fortress, but it soon encountered strong opposition from the nobles. They believed that the city built by the giant could not be the royal city of the human kingdom. In addition, there were considerable conflicts in the kingdom established by the McReynolds family. For example, the lands owned by several nobles needed to be redivided, and the Griffin Legion had to get close to them to suppress all disobedience.

The establishment of the royal city is a long process, but the construction of the royal palace cannot be slow. His Majesty the King must have a magnificent palace and a majestic royal palace. With extraordinary power, the most important main body was completed quickly here.

Bishop Nelson brought people from the Holy See to the palace, but was stopped outside to meet the King. Heir Otto McReynolds received him. There was no such thing as an elector in the kingdom. The eldest son was the heir, and there was no doubt about it. No one could refute or object.

"Father is meditating."

Otto explained it this way, and Bishop Nelson felt heavy in his heart.

The king of a kingdom is a magician who was once suppressed by the Holy See. This is as ridiculous as the fact that the Archbishop of Light in the Empire is a magician who is good at playing with souls.

When will magicians be able to appear before their church openly?
Nelson couldn't be angry. There was no need for him to worry about something that even the Pope couldn't change.

"Your Highness Otto, I am here because of the bloody war that happened in Unicorn Fortress."

"The followers of Dawn were actually massacred. Sixteen Dawn clergy died for no reason at the hands of Ryan Clayton's army."

"They blasphemed the faith of the Dawn."

Otto glanced at Roland who was not far away, and they knew that this guy came for this matter.

"Bishop Nelson, but why did I hear from Count Fragoso that it was Count Ryan's soldiers who were walking on the road and were attacked by the Dawn believers?"

In the Kingdom of Sera, Ryan's identity is not a baron, and the King of Sera gave him the nominal status of earl.

This is not like a title, but more like a title, which is often given within the kingdom to nobles outside the kingdom to represent the friendly relationship between the two parties.

Only kingdoms and empires are qualified to express such friendship, and such recognition is difficult to gain widespread unification.

"Your Highness Roland, you shouldn't doubt the great Dawn like this."

"I didn't doubt Dawn. On the contrary, Dawn's miracles made me yearn for it. I wanted to see it myself and get the attention of the great being."

"It's just a pity that Archbishop Adriana's fit with Dawn is unparalleled."

Roland told Nelson that the person in charge in the Kingdom of Serra was still Adriana, not Bishop Nelson. The bishop had no clear understanding of his status and actually thought he could see the King at any time.

"The war between the Kingdom and the orcs has not ended yet. We all don't want blood and war to break out among humans. Shouldn't the Kingdom of Sera gather all its strength to fight against the orcs in the north?"

Racial justice always comes first and is indisputable.

"He is a noble of the Empire and an enemy of the Dawn."

"Earl Ryan is also a noble of the Kingdom of Sera. We cannot be considered enemies with him."

After all, the Kingdom of Serra is not a puppet of the Holy See. Unlike the Kingdom of Carlos in the south of the Empire that had previously launched an attack on the Empire, the will of the Holy See is not the will of the Kingdom of Serra.

Bishop Nelson was a little angry. The impact of the rise of the empire was too great, and these nobles no longer obeyed the orders of the Holy See.

He felt a little aggrieved. Without the help of the Serra Kingdom, he did not have enough power in the Serra branch of the Dawn Church and could not declare war on Ryan's manor.

Moreover, power is mutual. If the Kingdom of Serra and the Holy See are not of one mind, everything will be restricted.

The faith belongs to the Church, but the land is in the hands of the nobles.

"I want to see His Majesty the King."

Nelson was furious and wanted to communicate with the King bypassing the two Princes.

"Your Majesty is meditating. No one can disturb him."

"Does Bishop Nelson want to try out the fierceness of the gale?"

Nelson stayed there with the two men for half an hour, and finally gave up and left. He felt the pain of everything that had happened since he lost his status as archbishop, and he felt even more unwilling in his heart.

"I will definitely take back everything that belongs to me."

Nelson roared in his heart, completely unaware that just as he turned around, Archbishop Adriana walked out of the palace.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, it seems that your men will still launch an attack."

Roland said to Adriana:
"Father does not want any bloody war to break out within the Kingdom of Sera. The kingdom needs to recuperate. We will not challenge the Empire for your desires."

"At least, before you help your father take that step, the relationship between us is just a cooperative one."

Adriana frowned as she listened to Roland's words.

If it weren't for Roland's words, he would have refused to be tied tightly to Chenxi.

She watched Nelson leave, and also looked at the two princes beside him.

Vaguely, he might have understood why the light of the empire had risen.

Not only the Empire, but also the Vatican, these kingdoms, and all human beings are manipulated by the desire for power. Their greed and despicable human nature make the faith of Dawn no longer pure.

Bishop Nelson, is he really still a bishop, a bishop who leads countless believers and guides them to serve the great Lord of the Dawn?

He should have stood in front of all the believers, telling the believers behind him who could not look directly at the great dawn, His direction.

But now, these two princes think he is normal? They are not devout believers of Dawn, which is understandable, but what about Bishop Nelson himself? Doesn't he know either? And the other people in the Vatican, do they think it is normal?

"His faith is no longer sincere, and this is not what the Lord needs."

"He gave up, and so he was also given up."

“The Lord no longer cares for them.”

Adriana said this, and then looked at the two people next to her.

"If you are unwilling to become believers of the Dawn, then you will not be protected by the Dawn. The glory of the Dawn will watch over your life and death. He is eternal and immortal, and you will become insignificant dust in the world."

Adriana left. She was in this palace just like Pastor Soto was in the palace of the Andara Kingdom before. She was not restricted except for where the king was.

"Huh! Will this make us surrender to the Vatican?"

Otto snorted coldly. According to his thinking, no matter what empire or what church, the worst that could happen was a war.

"No, I feel like...she doesn't seem to be saying the same thing as we think."

Roland hesitated. He was unsure of his judgment. He felt that this Archbishop Adriana was different, completely different from the clergymen of the Vatican he had seen and known.

She is...too pure.

She has no anger or resentment towards the heretical Church of Light in the Empire. She used to be angry towards the nobles of the Empire, but that has disappeared now. However, she is still the enemy of the Empire and its nobles, and her attitude towards herself, the king, and the people within the Church is also different.

In her eyes, there didn't seem to be much difference between these people.

(End of this chapter)