"Lord Ryan."
"Floyd Columbus asked me to send you his regards. The Northlands are cold; may Ryan remain untouched by frost and chill."
"Thank His Majesty for his concern."
After speaking, Ryan looked at the blond member of the Columbus bloodline before him. Compared to Cameron, this man carried an additional air of composure.
Seeing his relatively youthful face, Ryan asked:
"And you are?"
"Hayes Columbus. His Majesty the Emperor is my elder brother."
A prince in every sense of the word during the reign of Columbus III, Floyd's younger brother. From the looks of it, he was quite close to Floyd. He had not addressed Ryan with the title of Archbishop, clearly believing that his name alone outweighed any title that symbolized power and status. Ryan nodded, then asked after some thought:
"You returned from the battlefield in the South and brought an army with you. Whom are you planning to wage war against?"
"The enemies of the light."
At last, Hayes began taking his own status seriously as he said:
"Lord Ryan, the power of the Disk of Light must be completed. It is the Empire's loyalty to the light."
"That is why I came."
Ryan did not agree to anything, instead asking about the crusader army.
"What is that army for?"
"Since the servants of the Abyssal Evil God assassinated Cameron, there cannot be only one believer. This land must already have soil belonging to Chi. I intend to purge the evil from this land."
Hayes's words darkened Ryan's gaze.
Regardless of the purpose, the arrival of an army would inevitably affect the balance of this land.
However, the man had come bearing the Emperor's orders and the title of the Church of Light, so Ryan could not obstruct him too much.
Besides, Ryan suspected that Hayes