The majestic Winged Gorge is not just a canyon two to three hundred meters wide.
This is the most powerful fortress in the north and east of the empire's defense. Walking on the wide fortress streets, Ryan didn't know how to imagine that this fortress would be breached.
Perhaps, only the power of Deities can do it.
Winged Gorge's fortress is very large, densely packed with magic Mystic Runes and various means that Ryan cannot understand are filled on the surface and inside of the fortress, and the troops and Extraordinary Legion stationed in it are even more amazing to Ryan and the surrounding soldiers.
"That's the Empire's Rampaging Elephant Legion."
Ryan looked into the distance and couldn't help but envy the five-meter-tall Rampaging Elephant who was covered in weapons.
Creatures like this are always mild-tempered, but Rampaging Elephant is an exception. They spend three or four months a year thinking about destroying things. In a war, the terror of these guys is no less than the despair brought by Dragons.
Of course, Ryan did not see Wyvern Rider in Winged Gorge, that is the most powerful Extraordinary Legion, in this fortress Wyvern Rider's mounts are all subspecies of dragons, monsters called Winged Dragon. Each of their adults can kill the Frost Serpent found in Ryan's territory. Magical Beast.
It is said that this kind of mount was cultivated within the empire using dragons and some kind of flying Magical Beast, which involves many unknown extraordinary means and even divinity.
As a team with nobles in person, Winged Gorge didn't dare to exploit the good things in the Ryan team, especially the fine wine brewed by the Aixnier people, which made them a little greedy.
After leaving Winged Gorge and passing through the long canyon passage, the endless sky and earth, the vast wilderness, and the obviously warm weather made Ryan truly feel the gap between Northwind Province and the imperial land.
"No wonder, the empire has always been indifferent to the territory of Northwind Province."
"With a land like this, what does Northwind Province mean?"
Ryan Looking ahead, there are even some wastelands on both sides of the wide road. These lands should be opened up for farming.
But it seems that the Winged Gorge garrison here, or the nobles nearby, don't think this place is very fertile.
They have better land.
"We have entered the territory of Danube Province. It is said that Agate is abundant here, and the entire empire and South are sold. The reason why those chambers of commerce appeared in Northwind Province in the past was largely because they came to Danube Province to purchase Agate and stopped by Northwind Province."
"But this is still not the South of the empire. The empire has more than twenty provinces. Danube Province is not despised because of the existence of Agate."
"The nobles here are still very rich."
Ryan had no intention of visiting the nobles here, but when passing by this province Pascal Count Family, he couldn't help but stop for it.
Pascal Count Family, an ancient family ranked among the top in the empire, their background is unimaginable, because they have a Extraordinary Legion that is famous throughout the entire South.
"Stone-Winged Beast Legion, also known as Gargoyle Legion, is naturally immune to the existence of Magic Factor. In the past, when the Church was still authoritative in the empire, Pascal Count Family is the closest to the Church, because the Church believes that the Earl family accepts the will of Lord of Dawn to control those Gargoyle."
"That is the incarnation of angels on earth."
The Pascal Family of the past was of course a dazzling presence. Even now it has not declined, just because of the Gargoyle Legion.
Ryan expressed his intentions to the Earl family as a noble. Neither party had too many meetings or exchanges. In short, Ryan was able to successfully walk through this small Count's Domain.
Gargoyle Legion doesn't know what resources Ryan needs, but at least... he shouldn't need to eat so much food.
After passing through Danube Province, Ryan finally arrived at the South land of the empire. The gap between here and Northwind Province is even greater. Even in the winter, many food crops are still growing on the earth.
Ryan knows why. The reason why the empire had the courage and confidence to break with the Church and start the struggle between theocracy and Royal Authority was successful. The most important part is that the great nobles of the empire united with those extraordinary people to come up with wheat seeds that can grow in winter.
Let the people of the empire have more food, and the empire can certainly make them give up their belief in the Church.
No one knows how many people died in the original struggle between theocracy and Royal Authority. In short, the empire succeeded and almost became one of the two choices for all South and all nobles.
This province named Volga Province is also one of the three provinces in the empire that has a large number of qualifications for brewing wine. Since the transportation of food is not easy, it is better to turn the food that will be consumed on the road into fine wine.
After passing through Volga Province and two more provinces, Ryan finally arrived at the hinterland of the empire, Calais Province.
Calais Province has the most vast and vast mountain range in the empire, Calais Mountains. At the same time, Clayton Family is in this province.
Calais Province Two provinces to the west are where the empire Imperial Capital Province is, and one province further to the west is West Coast, the most prosperous part of the empire.
If you go two or three provinces north, you can also face Northlands.
Count Clayton Family owns a large area of land here, and the castle where Clayton Family is located is really a city and fortress in the literal sense.
This is a city that can accommodate 100,000 people. It is also a fortress. The original Clayton ancestor relied on this fortress to kill a Flame Dragon. Clayton Family was also called Dragon Slayer Family.
But all the glory that can be shown off has nothing to do with Ryan, because now he is also a Baron, he represents Ryan·Clayton, and he is the Frozen Earth Territory lord Baron Ryan.
The glory of the Clayton Family does not belong to the Ryan Family. Everything about him needs to be created by himself, so it was quite unexpected to get Dragon Heart and Ryan before.
He is a noble, and Clayton is also a noble. There is only a difference in Noble Title between the two sides, but there is no absolute relationship between them.
This is a difference that should appear, but it is obvious that Clayton Family is too powerful. In the eyes of this earl family, even if the child separates and becomes a noble, it cannot be said that he has the qualifications to be on an equal footing with Clayton.
At least that's the truth. Ryan himself didn't think it was inappropriate. He was really a little panicked when he was asked to sit with his Legendary Knight father.
The aura that Kaz unconsciously revealed before was like that, and Legendary Knight was so terrifying.
When Ryan came to Blaze Dragon Castle, Clayton did not greet him with any fanfare. Only some descendants of the Clayton Family appeared, looking curiously or jokingly at the Clayton Family bloodline that had been thrown to the edge of Northwind Province.
"Ryan, my child, you are finally back."
"Northwind Province Kuhan, you must have suffered a lot."
A gorgeous woman held Ryan's hand worriedly, looking here and there.
"Mother."
Ryan performed the noble etiquette respectfully. The woman Ellie·Fleming in front of him was not his biological mother.
Blazing Dragon Bloodline of the Clayton Family is very powerful. It is for this reason that the count of the Clayton Family will have two or even three wives, each of whom is a recognized wife, not a lover.
After all, even a woman cannot bear the power of the Clayton Family, and this is also a rule recognized by the empire and even the former the Church and belongs exclusively to the Clayton Family.
In other words, it was the conditions that both parties set to win Dragon Slayer to support them back then.
Of course, only Count Clayton can do this, not those nobles separated from the Clayton Family, such as Ryan.
Their illegitimate children other than those born by their wives are not recognized. Similarly, Count Clayton is not recognized except for the children born by the two wives who are recognized today.
As for whether there is... Ryan thinks there shouldn't be.
Many nobles in the empire wanted to marry their father a third wife, but they all refused. Does this mean that the earl himself was not a stud?
Although... the two ladies of the count family are either giving birth or on the way to give birth.