Throne of the North.

Chapter 435: A deal with one person? No, a deal with everyone

"You won't forget what you said, will you?"

The air on the top floor of the building was eerily quiet. After a long time, Alberto spoke, shocked by Caird's choice.

"I will never forget, Mr. Alberto. My family has lost everything. The oath in our blood is the only flag that reminds us that we are still nobles. I will not forget it, and neither will the Valencia family."

Only wandering nobles can understand wandering nobles and how much effort they have made to revive the glory of their family.

But many times, the outcome is failure.

"This time, it may not be successful."

"Of course, it's inevitable, isn't it?"

Keld laughed instead. At this moment, he finally felt the atmosphere of his identity being recognized. It was not the recognition from Alberto in front of him, but the recognition from Baron Ryan represented by the other party.

“More than a decade ago, the population of the Valencia family was more than 300, but now, the population of the Valencia family is less than 50.”

"Many people died, but we still did not forget to restore the glory of our family."

The gap between a noble and a wandering noble is very scary. Many nobles died as a result, and most of their deaths were meaningless.

"Valencia is willing to give his life for this."

"So—will you kill someone?"

The cold voice did not come from Alberto, but from behind Keld. Keld's hair stood on end at this moment. He turned around and saw a cat-man wearing a hood standing behind him. In his hand, he was holding a sharp dagger and drawing possible paths.

Alberto also stood up at this time, nodded to Appia, and left.

"He doesn't know what Lord Ryan wants you to do either."

"After all, strictly speaking, he has not yet entered Lord Ryan's field of vision. It's just that the lady-in-waiting has placed his name on the Baron's desk."

Appia said this, sat down where Alberto was sitting, and pushed the dagger in his hand towards Caird.

Then, Appiah spoke of two families.

"Baron Mendes, his grandfather is a descendant of the Duke of Carlos' family. In a transaction with the elves, he obtained a large amount of key wealth for the Carlos family. Therefore, he was granted land and wealth and became a baron who managed a village with a population of more than 700 people."

"Later, the Carlos family was defeated in the war, and most of the Kamikaze Corps was destroyed. Baron Mendes suffered heavy losses in the subsequent wars, and three knights died in his family, which was a lot for him."

"The death of three knights meant that more servants would be buried with them, whether during or after the war. This led to an even greater shortage of population for the Mendes family."

"Not a slave, but a member of the family bloodline."

"The lucky thing is that the Mendes family has many women, and this is a rare means for them."

"Marrying off women is to help other nobles reproduce more offspring, but it is very difficult to recruit nobles to join. The nobles cannot bear such humiliation."

Appiah said, handing a bottle of precious magic potion to Keld.

"Valencia will send someone to the Mendes family within five days, because after five days, a descendant of the Dean family will appear on the river outside the royal city."

"As for the Dean family, you may not know."

"This family came from the north. They were once nobles of the Andara Kingdom. The King of the Serra Kingdom granted a piece of land to his loyal followers. They have been fighting with the Mendes family for the ownership of a forest for almost a year."

"Your people, kill that heir of the Dean family."

"I heard everything just now. The only bargaining chip for you to revive your family is life."

"Then let's gamble our lives from now on."

"If you fail, the families of Baron Mendes and Baron Dean will hunt down the Valencia family. Don't be too confident. You are no longer nobles. They will not be punished for killing you."

"You are likely to... not be able to protect these fifty people."

"What if it succeeds?"

Caird clenched his fists. He never considered failure. Restoring the glory of the Valencia family was his ultimate pursuit, no matter how difficult the process was.

As for the consequences, we will have to consider them after the Valencia family is revived!

"success?"

"If you succeed, then you will be eligible to see Lord Ryan. Get in line and you will appear on Rhino Horn Mountain."

Apia disappeared into the shadows, leaving no trace of the Tundra Territory behind in this transaction.

Two days later, Baron Mendes welcomed the joining of a wandering noble. As they were all of noble blood, this did not disgrace the bloodline of the Mendes family, but also expanded the channel of family inheritance.

What’s important is that at this point in time, when the family is in trouble, the addition of a strong man will undoubtedly enhance the strength of the territory.

"Damn you Dean, that forest belonged to Mendes a hundred years ago, and they had the guts to rob it."

"His Majesty has been meditating for several months. How can a magician meditate for so long? I think he just doesn't want to deal with those damn guys Dean."

"They should be hanged!"

"Drive them back to the cold north to face those evil orcs!"

Three days later, the populations of the two noble territories clashed again at the edge of the forest.

"Everywhere the river flows is Mendes' territory. The Dean family has no right to cut down trees on this land!"

"This is Mendes' property!"

"What Mendes? His Majesty the King has already granted the land to Dean. You rubbish from the Mendes family should leave here. This place belongs to the Dean family!"

Overall, the Dean family has some advantages.

It's not because of the advantage in numbers, they are smaller in number, but the population that Baron Dean brought from the Kingdom of Andara may have many problems of acclimatization. But they have all experienced the civil strife in the Kingdom of Andara and the threat of orcs, so they always have some ferocity.

This ferocity caused Mendes's people to always be at a disadvantage during the fight.

"Traitors of Andara, go back to your north!"

The Valencia family member who had just joined Mendes had crazy eyes and rushed towards the opposite side angrily. As he rushed forward, the people behind him also rushed out shouting, holding tools such as hoes and axes.

"Damn you Dean, you don't deserve to own this forest that belongs to Mendes!"

The extreme madness of the leader, Zar Valencia, made the people standing in front of him show fear, and they were involuntarily pushed away by the other side, giving way to a young man hiding behind him.

"Get out of this forest!"

The dagger slashed through the flesh and blood bodies in front of it and stabbed straight into the young man's heart. Until death came, the young man finally reacted and looked at the man in front of him in shock. The other's eyes were crazy and there was no desire to live.

Indeed, there wasn't. Zar Valencia kept stabbing in and out until the man in front of him was a bloody mess. Then he looked around and placed the dagger on the hand of the corpse in front of him without any greed. He held the other's palm and stabbed it towards his own heart.

Pfft~!

Blood splattered in the sky, and Zar Valencia died with a relieved smile. Although it was only three days, he had defiled the noble bloodline of Valencia. Only in this way could the shame on Valencia be washed away.

"Master Tony is dead!!!"

In the chaos of the battle, someone shouted loudly, causing the entire battlefield to fall into silence so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone looked in shock at the two people lying in a pool of blood. One of them was wearing beautiful clothes, and as he fell, he lifted up some silk, revealing his noble badge.

"Master Tony is dead..."

Hands were shaking, even on Mendes' side, until someone suddenly reacted and yelled in anger.

"You actually killed Master Zar! He was a member of the noble Mendes!"

"To avenge Master Zar!"

"Revenge for Master Tony!"

……

Royal city, construction site.

Many of Valencia's tribesmen were very nervous.

"Kelder, who exactly is Zael going to kill? Will Earl Ryan... deceive us?"

Caird looked ahead with unfocused eyes, and after a long while he responded:

"An heir to a barony."

"one……"

The people of Valencia looked at Caird in shock and despair, unable to believe this answer.

"It's over, it's over."

"The Mendes family and the Dean family will definitely hunt us down, as will the other nobles. Zar, Zar wouldn't dare, would he? Caird, how could you let Zar do such a thing?"

"Zar will be skinned, his limbs chopped off, and he will be burned on a brazier. Everyone will hear his screams, and the Valencia family will be destroyed. We are no longer nobles, and the nobles will not be punished for killing us..."

In an instant, Valencia was in chaos.

"No hurries!"

Keld suddenly roared, and his fists were clenched so tightly that they turned blue.

"Since Lord Ryan dares to do this, then... there must be a way. If Mendes and the Dean family hunt us down, we will resist. Our blood is still noble, and our resistance is recognized by the rules of the nobility. Even the gods will not blame us."

"And Zar wouldn't have survived. When you were selecting people to go to Mendes, you were all dodging, and he was the only one who stood up. By then, he was already dead."

"That's not Zar Valencia, we will all forget about him."

……

Outside the Unicorn Fortress, in Ryan Manor.

After just a few days of renovation, the manor already looked as formidable as a fortress, and the cold light hidden in the shadows made the wild beasts that approached the land take a detour.

"Corny Dean?"

Bogeld looked at the frail young man in front of him with some dissatisfaction. "Why are you so frail?"

"When I was twelve, I killed a bear and a wild boar all by myself."

Connie Dean said this and subconsciously lowered his head in front of Bogold. He felt a very strong pressure, which was much more terrifying than the monsters he had seen before.

"Your brother is dead."

Bogeld was too lazy to argue with the other party and spoke in a jumpy manner.

"Donny?"

Connie looked up, shocked.

"Why are you so weird? Isn't this what you wanted?"

Bogeld said boringly that she had no interest in the endless arguments among the nobles. If she encountered such a thing, she would probably kill all the enemies, so that the rest would submit to her.

Connie lowered his head. He felt a little depressed, a little scared, but also a little excited and inspired.

"I...I am very grateful to Master Ryan."

"Don't be too quick to thank me."

An ice-blue sword was unsheathed and landed on Connie's forehead.

"Now I have another question for you."

"You participated in the killing of your own brother and successfully became the heir to the title. You already have power and a noble status, but why did you kill him?"

"because……"

Connie lowered his head instinctively. He had repeated this action every day and it was impossible to change it in a short period of time.

"Look up, future Dean - Baron."

Connie raised his head, met Bogeld's aggressive gaze, and finally his voice stopped trembling.

"I am the Baron's child, the second child, but I only get five silver coins a month. Tony and my father both treat the Baron's property as their own private property."

"I used to think my family was very poor, but it wasn't until the day Baron Ryan arrived and my father opened the cellar and took out boxes of gold coins that I realized I had nothing."

"So you're going to kill him?"

"Do not."

Connie bit his lip, blood flowed down, and he cried.

"Five silver coins a month still allowed me to become a formal knight. I could be less thin, but I don't have more food. The knight's training method consumes too much food."

"I begged my father for three whole days, and he promised to give me ten silver coins every month. But I am already a formal knight, so this is not enough."

"I can only hunt alone in the wilderness."

"Later, I went to find Tony and told him that I was the most loyal heir of the family. After he inherited the title, I could also help him train soldiers to fight against the orcs."

"But he refused and told me that our family would no longer have to face the terrible orcs. He even went to my father and turned the ten silver coins back into five."

"So you're going to kill him?"

Bogold asked again. She didn't know why she said that. Ryan told her to ask this question. No matter how the other party answered, she only needed to ask this question.

"No, even so, I still never thought of killing him. I knew from a young age that the family would belong to Tony in the future, and I would be his knight."

"But he actually wanted me to marry into the Count Fragoso family so that the Dean family could marry into the Count Fragoso family."

"This is a shame, an absolute shame. The blood of the Dean family flows in my veins. Even if I die, I am still a member of the Dean family. I will never allow this..."

"He actually wanted to eliminate me from the family."

Connie was shaking all over and his nose was running.

"So you're going to kill him?"

Bogold's voice remained, and Connie fell to the ground, crying loudly.

"I don't want to, I don't want to, I..."

"I just don't want to be nameless, wuwuwuwu——"

"So you're going to kill him?"

Bogold became interested and thought it would be fun.

"I... yes."

Connie raised his head again and said loudly:

"Yes, I will kill him."

"Hmm~"

Bogeld thought about it and decided to use his own words.

"Do you regret it, then?"

"You just asked one question, didn't you?"

"Isn't this a question? It was a question just now, and it is still a question now. I just ask a question, no problem."

Bogold tilted his head, thought about it, and realized that there was indeed no problem.

"I don't regret it."

After swallowing, Connie's voice no longer trembled.

"Then are you afraid of death?"

The long sword in Bogold's hand pointed at Connie's forehead again.

"Not afraid."

"But you killed your brother, the heir to the barony, and this matter..."

"Don't tell anyone, absolutely don't tell anyone!"

Connie roared, his eyes wild and desperate.

"No, Boss Ryan asked me to tell you."

"You owe your brother a life. Either give it back or live with his life."

Bang!

The ice-blue sword fell to the ground. Even though Connie had been struggling for more than a decade, he could still see that this sword could bankrupt the Dean family.

"You live in the sunshine. It may not have been like this in the past, but it will definitely be like this in the future. Damn, what a confusing statement."

"Well, anyway, you, take this sword, go to the North and come back alive."

"When the time comes, go to the frozen land and let Boss Ryan ask you those weird questions."

Bogeld looked at Connie and said seriously:

"Lord Baron Dean, are you willing to go? If you die, you will lose a lot of money that comes with the barony."

"I'll be there."

Connie held Frostmourne tightly. He knew the value of this sword was not how much it was worth, but its value was his life.

"I will come back alive."

……

"I will definitely come back alive."

The Dean family, Baron Dean who had just moved in did not have a castle. Connie knelt on the wooden floor holding the hilt of the sword. He was surrounded by members of the Dean family, who were all looking at him in shock, which made Connie laugh involuntarily.

Seeing that his attitude towards himself is completely different, he has given most of his love to his father.

"I will personally pay your brother, the Mendes family, and that Valencia family, a declining family that dared to kill the noble heir to the Baron Dean."

"You can't take any risks. You must stay and inherit the title. The Dean family cannot afford to lose another heir."

"No, Father."

"I will personally avenge my brother. Mendes and Valencia are our enemies, but they are even more my enemies."

"I will take revenge on them myself, and I will gain power in the North."

"You're going to die!!!"

Baron Dean roared, and his unexpected loss of composure shocked and understood many people. After all, they had all been afraid of the orcs in the north.

"Father, are you afraid?"

Connie stood up and pushed aside the two knights at the door.

"I will come back alive, and I will bring Dean's glory to a higher level."

"I'm not the heir to the title, so it doesn't matter if I die."

"But I will try my best to live."

"At that time, I will be the true successor to Baron Dean."

On the other side, Ryan's letter also arrived at the Kingdom of Serra. It was about the Mendes family, but it was not sent here or to the royal city, but to the Carlos family.

(End of this chapter)