Throne of the North.

Chapter 568 For Wealth, Kill the Enemy Who Possesses Wealth
In early March, civil war broke out in the Kingdom of Sera, and the bloodline of Carlos drove out the Church of Dawn.

Over the course of a month, tens of thousands of people belonging to the Dawn were expelled from the Kingdom of Sera. After a month of intermittent preparations, these people finally slowly left the Kingdom of Sera.

What Ryan found somewhat boring was that those of Carlos bloodline didn't dare to kill these clergymen.

Not only them, but also the King of the Kingdom of Sera. Ryan and that king had been in close contact for the past few months, but no matter what, the king dared not secretly send people to massacre the believers in the cathedral.

Ryan had no choice but to do it himself.

Blood Eagle grants Ryan a perpetual view from the sky; as long as Blood Eagle is present, the bloated Church personnel on the ground cannot escape Ryan's surveillance.

The Emperor's order was given to Ryan in mid-March, just as the Pope of Dawn had pronounced the Carlos bloodline's betrayal.

However, Ryan did not actually lead his army to the destination until the first day of April, and just in time, he blocked the Papacy's forces there.

This is the advantage that the eagle's eyes give Ryan, allowing him to have a view of the sky and always maintain the initiative in war.

"Leave no one behind!"

Under the cold, indifferent orders, this extraordinary legion, which had fought against the gods, executed them meticulously. What did tens of thousands matter compared to the Buck Legion?

They're just pigs and dogs who need to waste six hours of their time.

As dusk fell, the sky was still bright. Ryan dismounted and walked in the center of the bloody battlefield. His knights and squires around him kept bringing down their longswords to ensure that no corpses on the ground escaped.

Besides them, all that's left are those vehicles of all sizes.

The wooden door behind Ryan opened, and a wooden stick came crashing down on him, but Ryan caught it in one hand.

He was attacked by a nun who launched her attack on the enemy with angry eyes. If it weren't for the fact that she was wearing only a thin layer of nun's clothing, Ryan would have been able to see her fair and slender figure at a glance and would have thought she was a nun who was extremely devout to the Lord of Dawn.

All around, many women were dragged off from luxurious cars. Without exception, none of the nuns wore more than two layers of clothing, none of which could truly conceal their arousing attire.

"Heh, it seems that even when our priests are expelled, they don't forget to bring their devout followers with them."

Ryan glanced at Kmon, who was already making a fuss beside him, and waved his hand. The next moment, all the nuns were pierced through the heart by longswords.

"Don't even think about it. These nuns have already been severely brainwashed by the priests they serve, and they're probably going to be completely ruined."

"They are not our real target."

Ryan kicked down, shattering the vehicle in front of him into pieces. The wooden crates inside also broke apart, revealing glittering gold and silver coins, as well as gems and agates. Even Ryan couldn't help but gasp for breath.

Why did he go to such lengths and tacitly agree with King Sera to watch the internal strife in the Kingdom of Sera?
Isn't it all for the enormous wealth held by the Vatican?

Religious belief has always been the most direct and effective means of accumulating wealth, surpassing the taxation of the ruled by the rulers, the plunder of the weak by the strong, and all other means that mankind can think of.

When Ryan read history, he often saw the cruelty of cannibalism under religious beliefs, but that was just a world without a real god, a world under false faith.

How terrible would religious belief be in a world with real gods?
The best explanation lies in the nuns who willingly allowed themselves to be manipulated, and the wealth before them that could buy thousands upon thousands of slaves.

For many years, the Dawn Faith has monopolized the faith of the Great Beings, and their wealth is unimaginable. To Ryan, these papal courts are like fat pigs that have been raised for many years.

His idea naturally startled King Sera, who initially did not want to do so. However, Ryan told him that he did not need to lift a finger and would receive a share afterward. Furthermore, the appearance of King Olsen of the Kingdom of Carlos forced King Sera to comply.

Ryan needs a great deal of wealth to build his Wall in the North, and King Thera also needs a great deal of wealth to develop his kingdom; otherwise, all Thera has left to offer is its Gryphon Legion.

Most importantly, the expelled clergy, who intended to become Carlos bloodlines in the Carlos royal family, would take away countless treasures belonging to the Kingdom of Sera with them when they left.

It is conceivable that the Kingdom of Sera will soon become the poorest land in all of human civilization.

That "Wind Emperor" didn't want to see that outcome, so he had no choice but to cooperate with Ryan.

Do you crave wealth?

Ryan grabbed the countless gems scattered on the ground and stuffed them into Kermon Gerald's hand.

“I made many promises to you, but nothing is more worthy of Gerald’s trust in me than these. Go back and tell your father that we will always be loyal allies to each other in the face of the North.”

The immeasurable wealth was transported back to his territory by Ryan, but the massacre of the Dawn Church clergy could not be concealed. When news of the deaths reached the Kingdom of Sera, those Dawn Church clergy who had not been expelled felt their hands and feet turn to ice.

Their anger could not mask their fear; they stared in horror at the news from the east.

None of the clergy expelled by the Carlos bloodline were able to leave the Kingdom of Sera? They were all dead.

After three days of bewilderment filled with fear, the remaining 30% of the clergy finally calmed down. Under the call of a knight named Lewis, they set aside all past grievances and united.

"No one can kill the Lord's people without paying a price. Our devout faith cannot be desecrated, and heretics who betray the dawn are destined to atone with death."

Knight Lewis led thousands of clergy in a 24-hour prayer sermon at the Unicorn Monument, amidst the throngs of hundreds of thousands of believers, until the dawn of the next day. Radiant holy light descended from the sky, and Knight Lewis, bathed in its glow, became the leader of all the believers. They formed an army and launched an attack on the nobles of Carlos's bloodline.

They panicked. Grand Duke Carlos, Earl Olsen, and a group of nobles of Carlos blood, led by two other high-ranking nobles, were in complete panic.

why?

Because just a short time ago, to be precise, the day before Ryan led the Bucks Legion onto the Northwind Road, the nobles of Carlos gathered their only army and traveled along the Northwind Road, across the Winged Canyon, to the southern Kingdom of Carlos to swear an oath of loyalty to the Carlos bloodline for their King Olsen Carlos.

King Olsen gained the loyalty of the Carlos bloodline within the Kingdom of Sera, thus causing the Carlos bloodline of the Kingdom of Sera to lose their army.

"You have no right to start a war!"

Grand Duke Carlos, Honan Carlos, who inherited the title after the establishment of the Kingdom of Sera, angrily denounced the army of believers that had gathered at Unicorn Fortress.

"The Papacy has no authority over an army. You cannot, you cannot wage war against the nobles. We are already the royal family of the Kingdom of Carlos, you..."

Grand Duke Carlos was terrified, for he had just received news that Unicorn Fortress had passed through the territory of a baron of Carlos blood, and that baron and his entire family had been burned to ashes by the flames of dawn.

He was afraid and sent someone to ask King Sera for help.

"The Papacy has no authority over an army..."

Before the men sent by Grand Duke Carlos even arrived in the capital, the first thing the Grand Duke saw was the royal banner.

Yes, under the orders of the Pope of Dawn, one of the leaders of this internal strife was none other than Otto McCreynolds, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Sera, who was nominally the commander organizing the army to fight for Dawn. From the perspective of the internal rules of the Kingdom of Sera, the faith army of Unicorn Fortress was justified.

"The Knights Lewis, after all, are nobles."

Otto shouted loudly at Knight Lewis, but the angry Knight Lewis and the priests ignored the advice of the crown prince.

“Your Highness Otto, Carlos’s bloodline is that of a traitor to the Dawn. They are heretics of the Lord, and they are no longer nobles of the Kingdom of Sera. You have no right to stop the Dawn Church from judging heretics and traitors.”

“All heretics who blaspheme the dawn must be burned at the stake.”

Knight Lewis said coldly, his power under the blessing of the Dawn's Holy Light was terrifying, and he was determined to kill those enemies of the Dawn.

They became devout in their faith out of fear of death, and the nobles of Carlos's bloodline frantically assembled an army out of fear, conscripting all slaves and commoners.

They had no army left; these slaves were their last resort. They pleaded for the Empire's help, but this was the land of the Kingdom of Sera, and the Empire's army, no matter how fast, could not outpace the faith army that was attacking directly from within the kingdom's territory.

A blinding white light descended from the sky, destroying the castle's defenses. Thousands of believers stormed into the nobles' castle, dragged out Carlos's bloodline, and burned the nobles to death in the holy fire.

Screams and wails echoed across the kingdom's land.

Back in the Frozen Territory, Ryan carefully stored the massive amount of wealth that had been transported back and then led the Buck Legion to the Kingdom of Sera, where he was going to help the nobles of the Carlos bloodline.

When Ryan arrived in the Kingdom of Sera, Knight Lewis had already led the army of believers to besiege Grand Duke Carlos's castle. A large number of nobles of Carlos's bloodline had gathered in the Grand Duke's territory, which was their last line of defense. Holy Knight Ian Carlos led tens of thousands of slave troops in a final resistance.

“Your Highness Roland, you shouldn’t be here in front of me at this time.”

Ryan looked at Roland, who had appeared in front of him, and couldn't help but laugh.

“By order of His Holiness the Pope, the Kingdom of Sera is obligated to help the believers of Dawn judge their enemies, and I am here to stop the enemies from the Empire.”

"To prevent you from hindering the army of Dawn, the Kingdom of Sera will spare no expense."

Ryan dismounted, bowed to Roland with a noble salute, and said:

"You have succeeded, Your Highness."

The Bucks stopped, and Ryan handed over the wealth he had brought to Roland.

"Tell His Majesty the King that this is his share, and also, after the Carlos bloodline is wiped out, don't forget that there is also my share."

Ryan said, "That's right. He wants more than just the wealth that the Church of Dawn has plundered from the lands of the Kingdom of Sera. He also wants the wealth from those noble castles."

In this world, wealth is held by only two groups: devout believers in gods and noble lords.

"Will the Carlos bloodline really be wiped out?"

Roland said somewhat nervously, not because he was worried that Carlos might not be completely dead, but because Ryan's plan was too audacious; killing so many nobles was simply terrifying.

"This is not something you need to worry about, nor is it something the Kingdom of Sera needs to worry about. After accepting King Olsen Carlos's invitation to return to the Carlos bloodline and become the royal family of the Kingdom of Carlos, they are no longer nobles of the Kingdom of Sera."

"The only thing the Kingdom of Sera needs to worry about is the impact of the fact that a member of the Carlos royal family died on Sera's soil."

"Of course, I don't think that's a problem. After all, the war in the south was so brutal it was almost frightening, and the Kingdom of Carlos didn't have a chance to condemn the Kingdom of Sera."

Ryan stood at the edge of the forest, watching the war in the distance. The fallen Divine Wind Knights commander Ian Carlos, the Holy Knights, and the Lewis Knight who had received the blessing of the dawn were fighting fiercely. Carlos's bloodline was making its last struggle, after all, they no longer had an army.

"Tsk tsk, that's really scary. This Knight Lewis, he's just a Gold Knight, right? After being indoctrinated with the Holy Mountain faith, he's actually able to suppress the Holy Domain in battle."

"The power of dawn easily erased decades of hard work and powerful talent."

Ryan didn't think the Dawn Church would lose. First of all, the Church's army, under the influence of faith, was far superior in quality to the slave army of the Carlos bloodline.

Secondly, Ryan believed that these clergymen, under the threat of death, would certainly be able to unleash the power and courage to kill the bloodline of Carlos.

Do they want to become their fallen comrades on that grassland? Then let them do everything in their power to wipe out these enemies of the dawn.

Of course, even if they didn't want to, Ryan wouldn't let these newly formed clergy members of the Holy See go.

"What are you going to do?"

Roland looked at the extraordinary legion behind Ryan and asked.

Ryan didn't try to hide anything.

“My army will launch an attack when they have breached Grand Duke Carlos’s castle.”

Ryan had reservations. He couldn't disregard the emperor's orders. It was fine if he arrived on the battlefield a few days late; the imperial nobles weren't responsible for the Carlos royal family. But if the Carlos bloodline was wiped out in front of him, that would be a problem.

Besides, he cannot allow the Dawn Followers of the Kingdom of Sera to have another leader.

In the distance, a turbid sky was swept by a fierce wind, followed by a holy figure descending from the heavens.

All the chaos was quelled. The only Holy Knight under Grand Duke Carlos had fallen. Knight Lewis led the army of believers to begin destroying the fortifications outside the Grand Duke's castle, until a certain moment.

boom! ! !
Under the terrifying power, even the extraordinary magical barrier was shattered. A huge hole was blasted into Grand Duke Carlos's castle by the divine magic, and a dense army of believers began to rush towards the Grand Duke's castle through the breach.

"Get 'em!"

"Burn them!"

A cry of an eagle echoed from the sky, and Ryan slammed his fist into Roland, sending the prince flying into the distance with tremendous force.

“It is clear, Your Highness Roland, that although you have done your best to stop the Empire’s army, the Kingdom of Sera is not qualified to be the Empire’s enemy.”

Ryan drew his knight's longsword and gave the order.

"attack!"

"For the glory of the empire!"

(End of this chapter)