Throne of the North.

Chapter 483 Lies and Truth

Apia was a bit busy, but fortunately he had other cat-man assassins under his command.

"Master, the child is dead. The herbs that Lord Egil gave us are very useful."

Walking in Zero Crossing City, Ryan nodded. The cat-man assassin's assassination had never been doubted. Perhaps among all the assassination targets, only he, Ryan, survived until now.

"Mr. Viscount Walter already has several children. I hope the death of this child will not cause him too much pain."

Ryan said this, and then continued to head towards the Northern Brave Guild.

“I heard that Viscount Walter’s child was killed by wolves on the way to the Meyers family.”

The death of a noble is always the biggest news, and the nobles paid the first attention to the death of Viscount Walter's heir.

"Viscount Walter wants to marry the Meyers family, and his children should be visiting members of the Meyers family."

"According to the gossip, this matter may have been done by Baron Ryan."

"It's a pity that he killed Peyton Walter. I once met that child. He was very well-behaved."

There were nobles who expressed regret, but what they said made people feel terrified and their backs went cold.

"This is impossible! How dare Baron Ryan kill a noble?"

The nobles found it hard to believe. Not only did they instinctively suspect the killing among the nobles, they were also terrified that the source of this incident could be pointed directly to Ryan.

"How is that impossible? Baron Ryan punished many nobles in the war before."

"It was a war after all. If it weren't for Baron Ryan, the war could not have been won. It turns out that he was right."

"But we can also see Ryan's attitude towards other nobles, especially those who are not heirs to the title."

"This is not surprising. Baron Ryan was not the heir to Earl Clayton before. I heard that he suffered a lot of unfair treatment..."

"Isn't it true that Baron Ryan doesn't want Viscount Walter and Meyers to get married? I know that Tieshan County provides a large amount of iron ore to the Northern Chamber of Commerce every quarter."

"The Frozen Territory uses this iron ore to forge weapons and sell them to the Kingdom and the Imperial City."

"Besides, have you forgotten? Recently, Baron Ryan and several nobles have had a lot of conflicts because those nobles accused Baron Ryan of killing their children."

"Baron Ryan didn't even refute it."

"This……"

There were a lot of rumors among the nobles, but Ryan turned a deaf ear to them because he was the one who spread them.

What is the highest level of lying?
That means every word is true.

What can break the lie?
It’s still the truth. Only the truth can destroy lies.

In the Northern Brave Guild, Ryan used a life potion to save a young man, and the tremendous life energy awakened the dying knight.

"Quick Randa."

"I admire your courage, and I envy your luck."

Ryan said this to the awakened young man, this was a knight holding Frostmourne who was rescued by an adventurer who was looking for Frostmourne in the North.

He is the bloodline of Viscount Landa's family. Among the current Viscount Landa's bloodline, Quick is also one of the few and only new generations.

After experiencing the splendor of war, Viscount Landa's family was decimated. Under such circumstances, Quick was actually allowed to come to Lingdu City. To be honest, Ryan did admire Viscount Landa a little.

"Since you are back alive, I will fulfill my original promise. This sword will belong to you, and I will bear all the resources for your future knight training."

"I hope you can live with this sword."

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord Ryan."

As the fourth noble warrior holding Frostmourne under Llane, Quick has gone through the test of the North. Llane blessed him and made him stronger.

"It has been a while since spring began, and those damn orcs in the North Wind Province have also awakened in the warm weather."

"These damn guys have caused too much serious damage to our land."

"That's what you came for, right?"

Ryan said, with a look of innumerable anger and hatred in Quick's eyes.

His family was killed when the orcs destroyed Viscount Landa's territory. From that time on, Quick became a determined orc hunter until now when he appeared in front of Ryan.

The people in Lingdu City were still discussing the appearance of the Eight Knights. People were very excited about it, and the knights among the adventurers were also working hard for it. Many of them even began to explore for the orcs' footprints.

It’s not all about exploration, either.

The knights belong to the nobility, and some of the nobility are already facing pressure from the orcs.

This was the case with the three knights including Gak. They rode their old horses across the land, trying to support the territory to which Gak was loyal. As expected, they were attacked by orcs on the way. The three sturdy war horses were excellent food in the eyes of the orcs.

"Don't panic, rush over!"

Jak raised the weapon in his hand, roared, and the three of them charged forward. The ugly orcs in front were also frightened, and they couldn't help but retreat when they saw the war horses rushing towards them.

Seeing this scene, the knight's face was overjoyed, but the next moment, Gak, who was rushing in the front, felt that he had lost his balance in an instant. When he reacted, he had already started to crash forward. The collision of his armor with the ground and the terrible force that was transmitted back made Gak almost faint.

Standing up and looking at the orcs around him, Jak kept swinging the sword in his hand, and at a certain moment it collided with another sharp force.

"Black Goat Warrior!"

Jak screamed in despair and heard the wailing of a horse. His warhorse had its legs cut off by the black goat man warrior.

The other two knights were unable to rush forward and were surrounded by orcs. A dozen black goat men brutally killed them.

"For the glory of Morgan!"

Gak roared loudly, and endured the pain as he rushed towards the black goat warrior. He was still quite strong, otherwise he would not have been able to win over two knight companions to follow him.

But Gak was seriously injured. Falling from the back of a galloping warhorse was not a pleasant experience. As he fought with the black goat warriors, Gak only felt his arms becoming more and more numb.

Blood flowed out from the gaps in the deformed armor. The three knights stood back to back, surrounded by orcs. As they gained the upper hand, the orcs who were originally afraid of the human knights now showed their fangs.

These orcs are extremely good at fighting a favorable war. For countless years, they have invaded human lands and then brutally and skillfully looted human wealth after defeating the human army.

"I'm dying."

"One more charge."

"kill!"

The three knights rushed in one direction and killed three or five orcs. Then they were blocked by the remaining orcs. The armor on their bodies was not strong enough and the hemp ropes broke. As part of the armor fell off, bloody wounds began to appear on the knights' bodies.

They didn't manage to break out immediately.

"I didn't even die in the territory."

Gark and the other two thought in despair that as knights, they died in this wilderness, unable to tell their lord about their loyalty. A rough roar was heard, and the black goat warrior approached with a scimitar in his hand. He had a cruel look in his eyes and rushed towards the three extreme knights.

The Black Goat Men are very fast and steady. They can run wildly on the city walls at a 90-degree angle, and every step they take will leave a deep goat hoof mark on the ground.

However, the sharp arrow in the air was even faster than him. The sharp arrow came from a distance. The black goat warrior felt threatened and turned around and chopped to divert the direction of the arrow.

boom! ! !
A bloated boar man fell down, with large amounts of blood flowing from his body, followed by wailing sounds.

An ice-blue sword appeared in everyone's sight. It flew across the air, leaving a frost-white mark in the void. Pieces of hexagonal snowflake-shaped ice crystals condensed on both sides of the sword, magnificently passing between the orcs and piercing the black goat warrior through the ground.

Quick appeared on a warhorse, and the orcs on both sides fell down one after another. There were fine wounds on their bodies and blood was flowing.

Queke, dressed in gorgeous armor, pulled his warhorse to the side of the black goat man warrior, drew back Frostmourne, which was longer than the ordinary knight's sword, glanced at the three embarrassed knights, then raised his head and looked in the direction ahead.

There, more orcs appeared, shouting and rushing towards here ferociously.

Quick's wrist turned slightly, and the ice-blue sword drew a sword flower in the air. Frosty white ice crystals fell to the ground. The next moment, Quick said nothing, bent over and killed the large number of knights.

In the devastating battle, Quick killed dozens of orcs alone. The dead orcs lay on the ground, moistening the land with their blood, and the living orcs fled in fear.

As Quick walked away, the three knights on the spot woke up and looked at the devastated battlefield in shock.

There is no absolute power between knights and orcs. Most knights can defeat a strong orc but find it difficult to defeat a second one. How can it be such an easy scene?

But the facts are right in front of us.

"So powerful, he should be the Silver Knight, right?"

"No, no, he didn't use Dou Qi."

One knight denied it, and then said:

"I think I know who he is. I saw the emblem on his armor."

"Landa, the badge of Viscount Landa, where he comes from."

"But I've never seen him, so I don't know if he's of the Viscount's bloodline."

"He seems to be from the same place as us, from Lingdu City."

The badge came from the Viscount nobles of the North Wind Province and appeared in the same direction, and beyond this direction there was only Lingdu City.

"Isn't he... also a competitor for the Eight Knights?"

Jak said hesitantly, if such a person is a competitor of the Eight Knights, then what are they playing for.

"No, definitely not."

The other kept shaking his head.

"I've seen that sword. My young master has one too."

"It is... a gift from Baron Ryan."

"My master the Baron asked me to come to Lingdu City to question the young master's death."

"Baron Ryan gave him a sword, and then the young master went to the North alone, and he died in the North."

"That sword was also lost in the North."

"You're not talking about the high-priced bounty offered by the Northern Brave Guild, are you? Hundreds of gold coins, just to get back a sword."

Gark swallowed and said, Baron Ryan offered a reward for Frostmourne, and finding a handful of it would be hundreds of gold coins. This caused a great stir in Lingdu City and was also the peak of Ryan's reputation for wealth and power.

"Yes."

"That's the sword."

"Only the most valiant nobles, those who possess the strength and courage of their noble ancestors, are qualified to wield such a sword. Legend has it that it was forged by Master Brock, who has stopped working for a winter. Every sword like that has the potential to become a legend."

"Every owner of that sword has the potential to become a legend."

The knight's words made the other two breathe faster. As a knight, whose ultimate dream is not to become a legend and carve his name at the node of history.

How does it feel...

"The Eight Knights are not the most powerful."

"The Eight Knights is just the threshold to meeting these people."

The knight said this, and Gark couldn't help but ask.

"Did the young nobleman really die in the North?"

"Well, my Lord Baron fainted from anger over this, and he assembled his army several times to declare war on the Frozen Territory."

In the end, they parted on bad terms, and the reason was well known - Baron Ryan had never lost any war.

"Only those who are as noble as our first ancestors are qualified to obtain that sword."

"If...if we can obtain this sword, does it mean that we can become the first nobles to create a noble bloodline?"

Gak's sudden words shocked the two knights. They looked at each other, finding it hard to believe.

"It seems... maybe... possibly... comparable."

The knights also wanted to become nobles. They were loyal to the nobles, and what they hoped most was that one day the nobles would be willing to marry their daughters to them, so that they could become pioneering knights and thus become nobles little by little.

This was the path for countless knights to rise before the lord system. After the lord system emerged, many knights did not change their minds, and it was difficult to change, so they still lingered in the past system.

Regardless of whether this is the case or not, at least, such knights are so powerful that they make people despair. I wonder if this year's eight knights can see their backs.

It is true that Baron Ryan did kill many noble bloodlines.

As Quick advanced, some nobles began to learn certain things.

Baron Ryan used the North to kill the noble bloodline, but another result also silenced the nobles.

Those who failed died, and those who survived were exceptionally strong. Viscount Landa openly believed that Quick Landa had the courage and strength comparable to the original Viscount Landa ancestor.

The reason for those dead nobles was simple. They were not worthy to be compared with their bloodline ancestors, so they died.

Amidst countless true and false rumors, there seemed to be a distorted perception between Baron Ryan and the dead noble descendant.

Viscount Walter, the only one who guessed the truth, became even more frightened and fell ill.

He was not pretending, he was really sick. If it weren't for the fact that he still had some life potion stored, Viscount Walter might have aged faster.

Ryan was not surprised by this result. This result was inevitable when he started spreading the rumors.

(End of this chapter)