Dragon Mountain County.
Dragon Mountain City, in this county town that is half city and half mountain, the old Count Soron is waiting for the demon Mages and the warlock under him to tell him the progress of Thunder Giant's research, while also always paying attention to the distance.
"Do you think the Church and that Koresna will know that we killed the Church's priest?"
In front of the earl were several of his heirs.
After hearing their father's question, the heirs naturally became nervous.
The eldest son Fidel·Sauron said:
"Father arranged for the Catfolk assassin to kill the missionary. Only we and the Catfolk assassin knew about the whole process."
"The Church will never know. Father, your arrangement is perfect."
Next to him, the second son Kérastase·Sauron also spoke quickly.
"Father, Empire will never discover your plan. The current war between the Empire and the Church is not over yet. No matter what, Empire will not compromise with the Church because of this matter."
"No one would have thought that we would kill the missionary on his way to Thundercloud County."
"Naturally, no one would think that we would take action. After all, there is no conflict between us and the Church."
Killing a the Church missionary completely at will is of course difficult to detect.
But this was not the answer Count Soron wanted. He sighed and said:
"You still underestimated the Church's Divine Art system. With extraordinary power, even the dead can speak. Those Undead Mages made a lot of wealth through this method, but Divine Art of the Church must be more profound than Undead Mages."
"I never thought this would never come to light."
"That's why I dumped the body over there Zero Crossing Prefecture."
"It depends on how long it takes for the matter to be exposed, but the key thing is that Baron Ryan of Frozen Earth Territory will block the Church's pursuit for us."
"Have you not even thought of this? Or do you not think that Frozen Earth Territory's Baron Ryan is better than you?"
Count Soron stared at the eldest son Fidel, forget about the others, but this is the heir to the earl.
Feeling his father's gaze, Fidel felt so stressed that he couldn't help but say:
"Father, you are certainly right, but can Baron of the Frozen Earth really resist the Church?"
"He doesn't even have a Golden Knight under his command, and the Church is so powerful... He can't borrow the power of the Clayton Family."
Count Soron shook his head, he was a little angry.
"As expected, you still feel that Baron of the Frozen Earth's current achievements are all based on luck and Clayton Family's power."
"But I want you to understand today that everything Baron Ryan, the lord of Frozen Earth Territory, has now is because of himself."
"With the wisdom of that little guy Baron Ryan, he can definitely deal with the Church's people. As long as he can block it, the Church will not know how the missionary died."
"Of course, unless Baron Ryan tries his best to prove that he had nothing to do with the missionary's death."
"But in this case, he will have to let go of a lot of things, and then he won't be able to keep many of his own secrets."
"Have you really never thought about why Frozen Earth Territory has a population of 20,000 to 30,000 in just one or two years?"
"There are too many. This is Baron Ryan's flaw. No matter what the reason is, he will never allow the Church to discover his secret."
"He has a secret in his heart, so he will stand in front of us. With Baron Ryan's wisdom, the Church can't find us."
"Also, Fidel, you are wrong. We have recently deepened our ties with the nobles of South. Therefore, one of Grand Mage among Imperial Capital Magic Academy became the worshiper of Baron Ryan, and was also told to me by those nobles as a gift."
"The last thing you said is right, that is, there is no conflict between us and the Church, and there is absolutely no reason to kill a missionary who walks in with integrity."
He was teaching his children, hoping they would be smarter.
Several people were still a little confused.
"But, father, why on earth did you want to kill that missionary?"
This matter does not seem to be of any benefit to the Soron Count Family.
"Why? Let me ask you, who is our enemy now?"
"Huh?"
Weiss Family has fallen. There is no big conflict between them and Winter Count Family for the time being. Are there still enemies?
The eldest son Fidel thought for a while and then said:
"Father, do you want to deal with that Marquis of Northwind?"
"Of course, Northwind Province has always belonged to us for so many years, but now suddenly a Marquis has arrived and has become the governor of Northwind Province."
"Do you think the appearance of Marquis of Northwind has no impact on us?"
"You don't know, that guy from Northwind County might have his teeth broken, hahaha."
"Marquis of Northwind has become the governor of the province, and the annual tax revenue of the largest Northwind City is no longer under his control."
"Winter Family Therefore, the annual loss of Gold Coin is at least one hundred thousand."
Unlike Soron Count Family, whose fief includes Dragon Mountain City at its feet, Northwind City, the largest city in Northwind Province, does not belong to any noble, but only belongs to the provincial governor with management rights.
"This is also another layer of insurance. If the Church crosses over to Baron Ryan, the biggest target of suspicion will also be Count Winter."
"Because they want Marquis of Northwind to leave the most. Their loss is too great."
"The most important thing is that both Baron Ryan and Count Winter have assassins Catfolk in their hands."
After Count Soron said this, he couldn't help but smile. He was also amazed at how seamless his plan was. In short, no matter how he thought about it, no one would know that he arranged for someone to kill the Church's missionary.
Among the three nobles in the province, Baron Ryan and Count Winter, one is the most suspicious and the other has the most obvious motive. No matter what, it is not Count Soron's turn.
And the purpose of his doing this is not only to make Marquis of Northwind a stumbling block, but also to make other nobles nervous, so that he, Count Soron's Domain, can develop secretly.
Just like Count Weiss before, Orcs invaded south and everyone suffered heavy losses, but Count Weiss hid Barbarian Legion.
The benefits gained from Thunder Giant are not small.
"Speaking of which, this Catfolk assassin is really useful."
While Dragon Mountain County Count Soron was secretly happy, the Church's team had already entered Zero Crossing Prefecture.
"Holy Radiance fell in the cold winter. I didn't expect that the place where Father Buffett died would be so close to where we were before."
Some missionaries sighed and blamed themselves. They had been in Northlands before, but they did not expect that Father Buffett's body would also be in Northern Lands.