Throne of the North.

Chapter 450: The Traces of the Woodland Elves, the Dragon Emperor's Vacuum Field

The dragon returned to its nest, but Ryan was not in a hurry to leave the Kingdom of Andara.

He also wanted to consolidate his power here, so when the nobles came from all directions to the royal city to participate in the prayer ceremony of the Church of Light, Ryan once again invited some of the nobles.

These nobles were the ones who joined the small group for various reasons during the war.

"I've said before that we are loyal to each other."

Ryan said this, and none of the nobles denied it.

"Lord Count Ryan, thank you for your efforts. The magicians you invited have explored our land. Many of them are suitable for growing extraordinary crops. We have reached a deal with the Northern Chamber of Commerce, and we will have production in the next few years."

One noble smiled and said that the devastation after the war had indeed made life difficult for the nobles, but compared to other nobles, their lives were much better.

"But this is not enough."

Ryan said, shaking his head.

"This is not enough. It will take decades to recover from the damage caused by the war. But after decades, the orcs will grow back, and we will face war again."

"If we want to be faster than time, we can't stop here."

"We need more wealth to fill the empty storehouses in our castle."

"Lord Ryan, our land can no longer produce more wealth. After the magicians you invited explored it, I learned that the land left by my ancestors has been destroyed many times. Even the grain production will decrease starting this year."

There was a nobleman who was helpless, he was frustrated by the lack of vitality of the land.

"Our land is limited, but the world is vaster than we can imagine."

“Just because our land cannot produce more wealth doesn’t mean we can’t obtain wealth from other lands.”

"War will only make us poorer."

Some people frowned, thinking that Ryan meant to start a war, which made him reject it in his heart. There were too many wars and he was tired of them.

"We will not wage war against other nobles. They are also one of us. But don't forget that the North, that land covered by wind and snow, once had endless resources."

"Human civilization occupies one-third of the southern part of Norris, but a long time ago, this southern land was also considered barren in the eyes of humans."

"It is said that auspicious snow means a good harvest. This means that if there is heavy snow this year, there will be a good harvest next year. The snow has been falling in the north for hundreds of years. The land there breeds unimaginable wealth."

"We can obtain wealth that transcends time from there."

“And this wealth will ultimately make us stronger.”

Ryan's voice was sonorous and powerful, falling into the ears of every noble. Many nobles were hesitant. They did not want to see too many changes. Going to the North was unprecedented.

"Glory will be born in our hands. If you are unwilling to do it, then you might as well ask your heirs. After all, they will inherit your land and wealth."

"You don't want them to fall behind, do you?"

These nobles may not necessarily agree with Ryan's point of view. They are all nobles and have their own thoughts. The most important thing is that these noble lords are absolutely unwilling to stand if they can sit, and are unwilling to run if they can stand.

The times are moving forward, but these rulers always hold them back.

Since they are not capable of this, Ryan can only recruit those positive and motivated young people.

"I must do this, and no outsider will be able to profit from it."

Ryan's words were very clear. Even if the nobles were unwilling to go back, they would have to hold their noses and follow others to wade into this mess.

"I wonder what Lord Ryan wants to do?"

"It's simple. Facing the North where it's hard to tell the direction, we need warriors."

"Countless warriors."

"Go and bring us back untold wealth."

Ryan pointed to the distance, where the Cathedral of Light was being hastily completed due to the arrival of the Knicks, and at least on the surface, it looked qualified.

"Just next to it, I want a piece of land to build our own faith."

"Courage is always a sharp sword in the hands of the nobility."

Ryan soon obtained ownership of pieces of land. The areas near the Church of Light were all territories of the nobles, but now they were concentrated in Ryan's hands.

"The Northern Brave Guild will not be taller than it, because the sun is always high in the sky, but our place will definitely be more lively than it."

Ryan said confidently that he did not bring the royal family along with him on this matter, and perhaps it would be a long time before Adams knew about it.

……

The Andara Kingdom began a new operation. Time passed little by little. When Ryan was about to return home, he heard another thing.

Many citizens of the kingdom took advantage of the time when the nobles were away from their territory to secretly flee to the north.

"There's nothing in the north, what are they doing there?"

"There is an Archbishop of Dawn in the North."

Adriana? Ryan was surprised that the person in charge of the Sera Kingdom actually went to the North, and went to the North along the road opened up by the warthog that carried the mountain.

She went alone and did not ask anyone to go with her, but many people followed her voluntarily.

"The power of faith is truly terrifying."

The devout believers followed the archbishop appointed by God. Even though the environment in the North was so harsh that the orcs could not bear it, the fragile humans still firmly followed behind their faith.

Previously, many members of the Dawn faith had revived in the Andara Kingdom. Having experienced the "darkness", they were more devout than before. They followed Archbishop Adriana and did not even care which Pope the Dawn Church belonged to.

"The nobles have already sent soldiers to chase them. The people in their territories have fled, which is seen as a joke by others and a disgrace by the nobles themselves. They must capture and kill those believers who serve the Dawn."

"And there's Archbishop Adriana. The king seems to be planning to hunt her down and use her as a token of goodwill to the empire."

In Dawn City, Ryan listened to Lottie Leta's voice, his body swaying gently in the chair.

"I plan to write a letter to the nobles to ask them not to pursue us. But in the north, I will also write a letter to Otis and your brother to ask them to set up checkpoints to prevent ordinary people from the Andara Kingdom from going to the north."

Ryan said this, which made Queen Leta a little confused.

But she didn't ask.

"You can ask. My affairs are not a secret to you."

"I have a deal with the Archbishop of the Dawn Church. She went to the North without taking anything with her, and I will provide her with all the conditions she needs to survive."

Queen Leta opened her mouth wide, her small mouth made Ryan impulsive, and she patiently explained:

"I am a noble of the empire. Will this offend the emperor?"

"No, if the emperor knew, he might reward me with more fiefdoms."

"He and the Pope are fighting fiercely. I am helping him."

After a long time of wandering, Ryan finally returned to the empire and his own territory. Winter had not yet passed and the temperature in the frozen land was still below zero. Only after putting on a fur cloak did he feel that the cold was kept out.

"You are a sky knight, and you are in bad shape after going to the kingdom?"

Avril stared at Ryan, who looked helpless.

"The Sky Knight won't increase his body temperature, and my body still feels like a human." "Mage Yelena has come to you several times. Her wheat seeds seem to have problems. I can't help her, but can you solve the magic problem?"

Avril asked confused, looking at Ryan suspiciously.

“Magic is not just magic, it is the truth of the world, and truth is not just magic.”

"Do you think that the winter wheat seed research in the Frozen Territory really depends on Mage Yelena alone? Of course, there is also me, your master."

"Then I'll tell her you're back, and you go and solve the problem of the seed not responding to the void factor."

"Better say goodbye."

Ryan grabbed Avril. He already knew this problem, but he couldn't even understand it. How to solve it?

A magician is not a scientist, and Ryan can only utter crude words like hybridization. To get deeper, he can only pray to the gods for answers.

"It's still early. I have already purchased the inherited knowledge from those wandering nobles. I hope it can help Master Yelena's research."

In the distance, Beard stood there with his head down without anyone noticing. When Ryan noticed him, Avril also saw the butler.

"Master, Lord Bogeld has returned."

"Oh?"

Ryan's eyes lit up. He was very curious about what the elves in this world looked like. However, the elven slave girls wearing a layer of gauze that he had seen in other noble mansions were, well... very stunning, but he had never been able to get close to them.

Bogeld also returned to the frozen land, sat carelessly on Ryan's stool, and waited for Ryan's arrival angrily.

"There is no war at all!"

Looking at Ryan who came in, Bogeld began to accuse him angrily.

"We walked in the woods for a month, and I didn't even see the shadow of an elf. Those powerful monsters wouldn't even come close to us."

Ryan was confused.

"Aren't you going to trade obsidian? Why can't you see any elves?"

"I asked those useless people under Archduke Carlos, but they didn't know either. They had rarely seen elves before. They were scared to death and didn't want to see elves at all."

"The obsidian was placed at the marked location, and then we started walking back. When we were about to leave the woods, we saw a lot of supplies piled up on the original road. These were the goods traded between the elves and Carlos."

"So, it's not that they didn't show up, but you didn't notice them?"

Ryan captured the reason for Bogold's anger. The arrogant girl didn't even catch the shadow of the elf, which made Bogold feel extremely depressed and angry.

"It's all Volibear's fault. He clearly smelled the scent of the elves but didn't tell me."

Bogeld pounded his fist on the table in front of him. Ryan looked at the clear fist mark and turned to leave his study.

Outside, he saw Volibear, the armored bear with a bruised face and nose, whimpering and complaining about Boggard's violence when he saw the Lion.

"Those elves, are they dangerous?"

"Woo~"

Volibear barked twice, then exposed one side of his belly to Ryan. Ryan narrowed his eyes and saw a sword mark as thin as a hair on the armor of the armored bear.

"This is... what the elves left for you?"

"Woo!"

"They wanted to see why you were wearing armor? And then they found out that you were different from the monsters?"

"No one noticed this process?"

Ryan was surprised. Bogurd was definitely not weak. As one of the few hero units under Ryan's command, Ryan treasured them very much and all resources were in unlimited supply. But during the whole process, Bogurd didn't even notice that the elf appeared beside him and cut open the hard armor on the armored bear.

"so smart?"

Ryan frowned in confusion. Shouldn't all elves be so powerful?

"Go find Brock and ask him to look at this 'wound' and see what kind of weapon caused it."

The armor on Volibear was forged by Brok himself. If it was cut so easily, Brok would probably regard it as a challenge to him.

"It seems that the woodland is difficult to enter."

Ryan also wants to trade with the elves. The resources from the woodland world can definitely become a strong competitor to the Northern Chamber of Commerce. However, at the moment, it seems that it will not be so smooth. The elves are very resistant to having too much contact with humans in the woodland world.

The elves had never lost a war in that land, so they were able to hold it forever.

"If I can't contact them for the time being, then I can't contact them. I don't have the extra energy to deal with the elves right now."

Ryan looked at his spiritual panel. He didn't know if it was because he had blessed Daryl with a legendary gift, but he felt that the spiritual panel seemed to be a little stronger.

This feeling was not reflected directly in the data, but was an instinctive thought. For example, the portal to the new world that he had tried so hard to open before seemed to have suddenly been squeezed in by a hand.

He felt the call of another world, full of...life.

"Is this really the world that Areris left?"

Ryan thought doubtfully. He had this suspicion at the beginning. With the implicit changes in the spiritual panel, Ryan felt that this possibility was becoming more and more likely.

The world of dragons...

It’s exciting to think about.

Ryan was thinking, and just then, news came from the North again.

The army has wiped out most of the gray-skinned goblins, and the remaining goblins have hidden in the dungeons and will not come out. The dragon is still hovering in the sky, and the violent snow and wind in the north cannot stop the dragon from suppressing the world's food chain.

The news came from the North, but it was not from the North to Ryan, but the letter he had previously written to the Clayton family finally received a response.

Crossman evolved from an amber dragon into a fire dragon. The legendary dragon descended on the snowy north and fought another battle with Areris. As expected, Crossman, who had just become a legend not long ago, could not defeat Areris, who had been a legend for a long time.

"The Dragon Emperor has betrayed the great being."

"It's a betrayer."

The fire dragon was raging, and its raging flames burned the solid snowy ground. Countless pieces of snow melted and turned into a torrent that poured down and sank into the crack, creating a huge lake that submerged all the dragon's skeletons.

"You are not qualified to comment on the Dragon Emperor. The words that the despicable people gave to Him are not valid."

Areris roared, and the icy white dragon breath and the blazing fire dragon breath collided with each other. Two extreme energy beams appeared in the sky. The fight between the dragons became more and more terrifying. In the end, they could no longer care about the surrounding environment. The collision of their huge bodies submerged the land below.

The power of the giant dragon was far greater than the two men holding Frostmourne. It instantly broke the icy seals on the dragon skeletons. Countless dragon marrows fell like an avalanche, but floated in the void the moment they touched the ground.

Roar--

A roar from a giant dragon coming from the depths of the void caused this world of thousands of meters to lose gravity. Everything was suspended in the air, including the two giant dragons that were over a hundred meters tall when their wings were spread. They seemed like meteorites floating in the space, unable to move.

In this vacuum world, when everything was suspended in the void, the Dragon Emperor, who was frozen in ice but still sat upright like a human king, did not move at all.

Its skeleton still sits upright on the throne.

Even though it was dead, it still possessed unimaginable power. The dragon's eyes were rolling with fear. Ryan, who had hurried to the North, could only stand on the edge of this vacuum world, thinking about how to bring the two dragons and his thousands of soldiers to the ground.

(End of this chapter)