Throne of the North.

Chapter 84 Provocation and Suspicion

No wonder no one had looked for Ryan before, it turned out that the problem lay here.

First of all, those mineral veins would definitely not want to be shared by one more person. Secondly, if the territories were redistributed, if those nobles wanted their lord and knight territories to be closer to themselves, it would have nothing to do with Ryan's frozen land territory. No noble would be interested in the frozen land territory, and from a geographical point of view, the frozen land territory could not affect the redistribution of land.

The same is true for Baron Hatton's Shenma Territory. It is the closest to the Frozen Territory, and naturally, it is farther away from the territories of other nobles.

The only trouble was the conflict with Baron Roche, but it has now been resolved. It is said that Knight Water has given up his knighthood and taken his people and wealth to Baron Roche's territory.

If he wants to develop again in the future, it will be no less difficult than it was for his father.

Wars for land are cruel in any era, and this has never changed. Ryan can already imagine the bloody storm that will follow.

……

The Flower of the North Wind, this ancient castle, gathered thousands of soldiers and naturally attracted the attention of the two viscounts.

So, just two days after Ryan came here, Viscount Miles's envoy arrived at the castle.

That was Viscount Miles' eldest son, Christian Miles. Originally, he didn't want to come, but after Viscount Miles' youngest son, Rag Miles, volunteered, the eldest son could no longer sit still and wanted to make his presence felt.

"Baron Ryan, everyone underestimated you. The support of the Clayton family for you is beyond our imagination."

Christian looked at Ryan and said with a serious expression that what he cared about was not Ryan, but the Earl of Clayton's family behind Ryan.

Ryan looked at the future Viscount Miles with some amusement, and asked an irrelevant question.

"Mr. Christian, you came here alone. Did you do this voluntarily?"

Christian's expression turned cold. Although he had rushed here, he believed that no one else knew about it and it would not have been possible for it to be spread here so quickly.

He didn't respond to Ryan, but looked at Barnes.

"Baron Barnes, my father, the master of Viscount Miles's family, the governor of Lingdu County asked me to ask you why you assembled such a large army."

Barnes smiled and looked up and nodded at Ryan.

"You should answer Baron Ryan's question first, Christian. As a future fifth-class noble, you seem to have not yet learned the noble etiquette. You should not ignore the questions of a noble."

Ryan didn't care, he just said:
"Since Mr. Christian has remained silent, he has already answered my question. It seems that our future Viscount Miles has been plotted against."

"What do you mean?"

Christian clenched his fists, veins showing, and stared at Ryan.

"Is not it?"

Ryan looked at Christian.

"Everyone knows that no matter who comes to us, they will not let us leave and disband our army. However, Mr. Christian, you accepted this mission that is bound to fail. When you return to the Viscount's territory, this will become a stain on you. Everyone, especially the nobles gathered around Viscount Miles, will see your incompetence."

"Whatever the reason, you failed."

"So, originally this failure was going to fall on someone else's head, but Mr. Christian, you didn't take the initiative to apply for it, did you? As the eldest son of the Viscount, you can certainly take the credit from anyone."

"The premise is that it is really a credit."

Under Ryan's gaze, Christian was shaking all over and his face looked so hideous that he couldn't remain calm in front of Ryan and the others.

In the end, the eldest son of the viscount left with anger and resentment. Ryan and Barnes looked at each other as they watched each other leave.

"It seems that Viscount Miles cannot defeat Viscount Dragun."

Ryan said with a sigh, because Dragun's eldest son would surpass this one in every aspect.

Go back a few hours.

Ellis Dragun, the eldest son of Viscount Dragun, rode his warhorse alone to the Flower of the Borean Wind. He did not enter the castle, but just left a few words before leaving in a hurry.

"As long as the three barons do not become enemies with the Dragun family, they will always be friends of the Dragun family."

"I hope the three barons will not be blinded by interests. We can divide all the land together."

"If the three barons decide to be enemies with the Dragun family, they will be enemies with our 50,000 troops. Our soldiers will definitely destroy this ancient castle and plant the Dragun flag on the North Wind Flower."

It was not known whether this was the language taught to him by the Viscount or the language of his own organization. In the end, he gave Ryan and the others a small shock.

"Soon Viscount Miles' eldest son will arrive here. He has seized the mission that should have been given to Rag. You don't have much time to think."

This was telling them that Dragun had complete control over the internal information of Viscount Miles' family. Faced with such an advantage, Viscount Dragun didn't know how he could lose.

It is precisely because of this that Ryan would try this.

Compared to Ryan, Barnes is much more serious.

"It's impossible for them to have 50,000 troops. Far from it. But it won't be too few. They must have 10,000."

"With this number, my North Wind Flower cannot be broken, but it can immobilize us. Then we will gain nothing."

After all, they gather together for profit. If they gain nothing, they will suffer a great loss.

"Don't worry Mr. Barnes, you forgot the most serious thing."

Ryan said with a smile.

"You forgot that our Viscount County Governor is really dying."

"I originally thought that he would not survive the last winter, but since he survived the last winter, this winter is destined to bury him."

"I think this is also why Viscount Dragun was able to sow discord within Viscount Miles' circle."

"But they all underestimated an old man who was about to die, an old guy who was able to hide his identity as a magician for so many years, especially when he knew that his family's descendants had no abilities."

"He'd go crazy over the Miles family wealth and land."

"We just have to wait and they will give us a chance."

After Ryan finished speaking, he turned around and went back into the castle.

He did not have much confidence in Viscount Miles's guess. He just felt that if Viscount Miles lost too badly, it would be unworthy of the means used by the Viscount's family to plunder Lingdu County for so many years.

Similarly, it also gave Baron Barnes some confidence. He suddenly discovered that the baron was not as determined as he had imagined to fight against the two viscounts.

(End of this chapter)