Throne of the North.

Chapter 498 Isabella, the Appearance of the Dragon God
The sea was boiling like water because of the eight pieces of burning, glowing matter being dragged through the ocean.

After more than ten days of research, Rose defined these substances from Surtur as flesh or bones.

Unlike human flesh and bones, they are terribly hard and have eternal warmth.

Because of this, the treasure-hunting ship had to return, as the eight pieces of material dragged under the ship seriously affected the ship's navigation.

"What a pity! We have discovered several mineral veins on the seabed. With the current capabilities of the Frozen Territory, we simply cannot mine them."

Fox Skin played with the rough crystal ore in his hand. This thing was countless times rougher than the finished crystal, but the original and pure crystal contained a rich extraordinary factor.

It is food for dragons.

"By the way, we didn't even encounter a single dragon along the way."

Fox Fur was a little surprised. After all, when they went out to sea, the dragons in the north had already moved south because of the northern border. It was impossible for the human army to stop all the dragons, so there should be dragons appearing in the sky in the south that belonged to the world of Muspel.

They haven't encountered any in such a long time. Is this world really so big and empty?
"Never mind, it's not a bad thing anyway."

The ship was moving in the direction opposite to the sun, using a compass made of magnet to determine the direction. However, in recent times, the navigation compass has become unstable.

"The speed at which the balance of this world is being destroyed is accelerating."

This is how Mr. Rose understood it, and behind the ship, the huge shadow was still looming, and no one could detect it, not even the most powerful Sanctuary Peak Alchemist Rose.

By the time the ship approached the land, a dark line along the coastline could be seen.

"Finally we are going back to land. Next time I must switch with Bennett. Life on the ship is really hard."

The strong knight complained. He was a citizen of Birki, and his muscles were as hard as rocks. However, this sea voyage really taught him a great lesson.

Fortunately, he fought for this opportunity in the first place.

Watching the knight turn and leave, the other knight hesitated.

"No more patrols?"

"No need to patrol. Our only enemy in this world is the dragon. Can they still hide?"

"We've already reached the shore. Mr. Fox Fur won't say anything."

Another knight thought so too.

For a powerful fighting force like the Knights, the rules and regulations are relatively relaxed.

Shortly after they turned and left, an arm-long fish fell onto the deck from the sea. It was still alive, but it seemed like it was dead and dared not move. A bare foot stepped in front of it, and the fish scared it to death.

Bare arms reached down and snatched up the fish, and a woman, completely sleek except for her hair, raised her head and bit the dead fish on the back.

After taking a bite, the fish was thrown into the sea behind and disappeared. The woman was a little disgusted. She tried to take two steps forward, and the next moment she fell onto the deck.

Her legs were shaking, but after trying three or five times, the woman was able to walk like a normal person.

None of the knights spotted her, the ship was large, and everyone was now at the other end of the deck.

"Isabella, my name is Isabella."

The woman shook her head, and sea water was shaken out of her ears and nostrils.

Her eyes saw hundreds of people on the other side blocked by wooden boards, and the tyranny deep in her soul made her want to destroy everything she saw.

But in the end, her strong willpower allowed her to calm down.

After breathing for a few minutes, Isabella looked no different from an ordinary human being.

She looked up at the sky. No one could have the vision she had at that moment. In her eyes, the sky of the world was not blue sky and white clouds, but a piece, no, a whole piece, vast and boundless, flowing colorful gas.

Unlike the movement of clouds, they are alive.

It is the body of the Great Being.

From the east to the west, from the south to the north of the world, the entire sky, is a part of Him.

Isabella did not look at it for long. While gazing at the gods, she would also be stared at by the gods. Even she could not bear it for too long, as that would arouse the hostility of the great being.

"Humans. I haven't seen humans in many years."

Isabella was hiding on the ship. She couldn't be exposed. There were no women on the ship, let alone women with long blue hair like waterfalls. She couldn't even blend in.

She looked for a long time, then jumped into the ocean and swam towards the distant coastline.

She was moving very fast and had already landed at another place when the ship was still a thousand meters away from the shore.

The scent of humans could not escape her sense of smell, and she could even sense the war between the northern humans and dragons in this land.

That was her goal.

"The key to leaving this world is in the possession of a human. Has the Dragon Emperor fallen?"

Isabella was curious. She had sensed the breath of extraordinary vitality from another world a long time ago. Her perception would deepen every time Ryan used the Dragon Emperor's Crown to open the entrance to the space.

As the first chosen one of the dragons, she possessed a trace of authority bestowed upon her by a great being, and she could sense the power of the Dragon Emperor particularly clearly.

Isabella needed to leave this world, not only because she was seriously injured, but also because she was freed from the constraints of the great existence and she needed to stay away from the great dragon god.

He has awakened and is trying to find himself again, and to take away the bit of authority that belongs to the Dragon Emperor.

……

To the north of the land, the dragon’s destructive power destroyed dozens of mountain peaks and turned them into earth slopes. The battlefield was no longer the beautiful scenery it once was.

The result was that after more than ten days of war, the death toll of the Stag Legion exceeded seven hundred, and almost everyone was injured. They killed nine dragons of at least the Sanctuary level, and three legendary dragons with the help of Areris and the Frost Giants.

If it weren't for the Frost Giants and Frost Dragons, Ryan was sure that his Stag Legion would be wiped out here.

"No dragons will pass by here anymore. They will be afraid too."

Ryan, standing in a pool of blood, was wearing a set of mithril armor. This was his last set of mithril armor and it was now damaged, making it a problem to repair it.

Brand was also wearing mithril armor, which was one of the three sets of armor Ryan gave him.

This is true for both of them, the Sky Knights, not to mention the other knight attendants.

All the knights and squires have thrown off their armor, because facing these ferocious dragons, speed and agility are much more important than thick armor on the body, and the metal knight armor cannot stop the claws of the dragon.

Fortunately, it was all worth it.

The blood under his feet was a fusion of dragon blood and human blood. As snow fell from the northern border, the bright red color was extremely dazzling.

At the beginning, Ryan lamented the waste of dragon blood, but later, even the war horses were unwilling to drink the cheap dragon blood on the ground.

But in fact, this is also the reason why the Bucks Legion's losses were not as serious as imagined. During the war, they bathed in dragon blood, and with the strong physical fitness bestowed by Ryan many times, as long as they did not die on the spot, the diluted dragon blood on the battlefield could save their lives.

So until now, although the dead warriors are regrettable, each of the surviving knights and squires is several times stronger than before.

The enhancement brought by the dragon blood allowed Ryan to successfully bestow the blessing of the dragon spirit on Bogeld and Egil. They fully endured this power. In the next few days, they should be able to take potions to try to break through the Sky Knight.

Ryan didn't think they would fail.

It was as if he didn't think that the ship in the south would be able to come back alive.

"Lord Ryan, Dean Rose sent a letter saying that they have returned and brought back... what you need."

"Oh?" Ryan's eyes lit up in surprise when he heard whoever he was talking about arrived.

After resting for half an hour, Ryan led his army towards the battlefield of the Clayton family. It was inevitable that the two extraordinary legions would fight the dragon in two directions.

Interests must be clearly divided, even among brothers, not to mention Ryan and Clayton, who have already separated into two different aristocratic interest groups.

On a battlefield, the spoils are hard to divide.

It is hard to say who has the advantage here. The Fire Dragon Knight Legion is indeed powerful, but Ryan is surrounded by super war units such as Frost Giants and Frost Dragon Areris.

But it cannot be said that Ryan is stronger than Clayton, because although Earl Clayton is difficult to take action, he has the help of thirty-five space sanctuary magicians.

Strictly speaking...the background of the top nobles still prevails.

This was indeed the case. When Ryan led the blood-soaked Stag Legion to the edge of the battlefield of the Flame Dragon Knight Legion, they could no longer get any closer.

All the knights, including him, felt the violent force coming from the world ahead. It was the energy condensed into a rope. As long as outsiders approached, they would be subjected to the terrifying murderous aura brought by the legion of tens of thousands of Flame Dragon Knights.

Ryan has the blood of Clayton, so he is not affected enough, and he goes with several knights and attendants who are also from Clayton.

What is the difference between the battlefield of a super legion composed of two thousand people and the battlefield of a super legion composed of tens of thousands of people?
Ryan made a direct comparison.

In their own battlefield, although the mountains were destroyed by those behemoths, their former appearance could still be seen. But here, the land under the feet of the Flame Dragon Knights was flat.

The dragon's corpse is the only protrusion on this flat land.

Their losses were also heavy. The dragon's powerful strength, a breath of full force could destroy a mountain, and could also melt the armor of the Flame Dragon Knights and the war horses bred with dragon blood.

However, as Ryan walked along, he did not see any sadness, and could only see joy in a few military leaders such as Ivar.

"It seems that the legendary dragon blood rice can be grown here."

Ryan came to Earl Clayton and started the conversation.

Lord Clayton nodded, then looked at Ryan.

"I think so too. Even if dragon blood is integrated into the land, it is still a precious resource."

"I will purchase enough dragon blood rice seeds from the royal family of the Kingdom of Grond in the south."

Ryan knew what the Earl's father meant, and nodded and said:

"I will arrange for someone to plant it, and I will send you half of it when it's ripe."

The simple deal was made verbally, but Ryan wasn't here for that.

"My ship has collected the material that fell from Surtur at sea. Do you have any ideas?"

Earl Clayton raised his eyebrows. A little scrap of the great being's body?

He hesitated because it would cost a fortune and he had no need for it.

"Those magicians will go crazy over this."

Earl Clayton finally said that his offspring actually wanted to make a fortune from him.

Ryan was helpless, he was not strong enough, but since Earl Clayton didn't want it, he could only sell it to those magicians.

"By the way, how come you have a relationship with the Royal Family of Grond?"

Among the nobles, interests are paramount. It is not surprising that the two sides may have some blood relationship or friendship in the past, but the decades of war between the Empire and the Church have destroyed all the ancient history of both sides.

Ryan asked this question not out of curiosity, but because he had a guess in his mind.

Sure enough, the next moment Earl Clayton gave him the answer.

"It's not peaceful outside. His Majesty Emperor Flor has sent more troops into the Thousand Lakes Province for the third time. There is also a conflict between the Kingdom of Carlos and the Dawn Church in the south because the war has cost the Kingdom of Carlos too much wealth."

"In the Kingdom of Grond, there is a large area of ​​land that was chosen to be included in the Dawn Path."

At this point, Ryan understood that the Road of Dawn was full of killing and bloody punishment, and the royal family of that kingdom was extremely dissatisfied with this.

Or... the Path of Dawn was not chosen randomly. The Kingdom of Grond had been secretly flirting with the Flor Empire, which angered the Holy See.

In short, the current result is that the Kingdom of Grond has begun to consider joining the Empire.

"They won't. It's too far away."

Earl Clayton shook his head. It was impossible for the Kingdom of Grond to surrender to the empire. That land was separated from the Flor Empire by three kingdoms and more than a dozen territories of nobles.

Unless the imperial army reaches his doorstep, King Grond will never surrender to the empire even if he dies.

"All they want is pressure from the Empire to gain more power on the Holy Mountain of the Vatican."

Has the political struggle on the Norris continent reached this point?

Ryan was jealous. This situation was exactly the opportunity that nobles like him, who lived in the North far away from the war, needed.

Ryan did not ask Earl Clayton why he knew it so clearly since he had not opened the door during this period.

This question seems redundant. A space magician from the legendary thirty-fifth sanctuary has entered Nidhogg. From the moment they entered this world, Nidhogg no longer belongs to Ryan alone.

These magicians can even destroy the spatial origin of the stable world and allow the North to pour in. How could they not be able to anchor this place and the Earldom of Clayton?

Regardless of whether it was Ryan or Earl Clayton, all they could do was to use the nobles of the nobility to restrict these magicians, such as letting the legendary [Eternal Being of the Void] supervise everyone to prevent them from opening a new channel.

"There are not many dragons left in this world, and even fewer dare to approach this land. In three days I will return with the Flame Dragon Knights."

Earl Clayton said that all that was left for him to do in his war against this world was to clean up the mess. He believed that it would not be long before the strength of Earl Clayton's family would be further enhanced with the help of these dragons.

"The trace of the Dragon God has not been found yet."

Ryan hesitated. As long as the Dragon God was not exiled from this world, he would never feel at ease about Nidhoggr. This great existence could easily turn all their efforts during this period into nothingness.

"We have been in this world for too long. We cannot be absent from the stage of the Empire."

Earl Clayton said to Ryan that as a noble, he should understand where his home ground is. Nidhogg is just a stepping stone for them to take the next step.

Far away, Isabella blinked her eyes. She was wearing a very cheap linen dress, but it still couldn't hide the noble temperament of this demigod in every move.

She heard a conversation in the distance, so she looked up and her eyes once again took in the vast sky.

"Mortal, can't you see it?"

Isabella hesitated, but quickly made a decision. She put her finger into her mouth and bit it.

A drop of blood was thrown into the sky by Isabella. The great being finally sensed a trace of the Dragon Emperor's authority. He opened his eyes completely and looked at the drop of blood.

At the same time, the whole world shook. Ryan and Earl Clayton in the distance raised their heads at the same time. At this moment, the sky in Isabella's eyes was finally seen by mortals.

What kind of sky is that? Full of storms and thunder, strong winds and heavy rain, with shooting stars flashing and illuminating the surroundings for a short time, and the flowing clouds are colorful, and you can vaguely see the stars.

Shining and dark coexist, and the gorgeous sky is full of vitality that the blue sky and white clouds do not have. That is His body.

The whole sky, filled with all the elements that humans can describe, is His body.

Ryan opened his eyes wide in shock. At this moment he remembered the dragon.

Compared to the great dragon god, that evil dragon is simply inferior.

(End of this chapter)