Tap tap tap~
"Hurry up! Hurry up!"
"You are soldiers, you are the army, you are Ryan Family's most loyal warriors! How can you be afraid of the cold?"
"Shout it to me!"
"Kill!!!"
The deafening shouts of killing in unison caused the clouds to dissipate and the birds to be frightened. In the ice and snow, two thousand fully armed warriors blushed and roared in the cold winter. The heat wave of their blood melted the snow under their feet. In front of the charge, nothing could stop their progress.
It's a pity that no one can see this scene. Northwind Province is still quiet. The military training in this Otherworld will not attract anyone's attention and alertness.
He sent Northern Warhorse to Bilki one by one, and after watching his army train for a long time, Ryan returned to Frozen Earth Territory.
Huhuhuhu——
The oncoming violent snowstorm caused a lot of snowy white to stick to his robe. The cold flying snow brought Northlands greetings, trying to make all life surrender.
Everywhere you looked, in all directions, there was a blanket of white snow. Frozen Earth Territory was completely submerged in the wind and snow. Even the streets that were cleaned every day could not avoid a layer of white snow.
Only the dark footprints formed by the melted snow above can prove that there are still people living on this land.
This year Frozen Earth Territory, only some very old people died in the cold, which made Lord Ryan a little relieved. At least he had prepared so much firewood in advance, which was still useful.
"According to Warlock Rose, there will be the biggest snowstorm in a few days. When this snowstorm ends, this winter will get warmer."
The advantage of having a powerful extraordinary is that Ryan does not need a special weather forecast.
The snowstorm that lasted for several months submerged the entire Northwind Province in the wind and snow. Other territories were not as lucky as Frozen Earth Territory. They did not have a large amount of firewood, and it was too late to cut it now. The solution for many noble lords was to move more people to Forest Otherworld to help them mine.
That world is not so cold, but it has become a place to escape the cold this year.
A few days later, a blizzard arrived as promised. The howling wind and snow came from the north and trampled the land of Northwind Province like thousands of troops. At this moment, the visibility in the southernmost Silver Stream County was no more than fifteen meters, and countless people completely disappeared in the wind and snow.
No one dared to go out in such weather, and even the soldiers of the nobles stopped patrolling and stayed in the heavy camp, waiting for the cold anger of Deities to end.
This blizzard lasted for three days and three nights. During this long time, Northwind Province many people died.
Frozen Earth Territory and Rhino Horn Mountain were also completely immersed in the ice and snow during these three days and nights. The snow up to the knees leveled the entire Frozen Earth Territory. Even if there was an inscription of magic Mystic Runes in the room, Ryan's breath would still look like white mist and dissipate in the air.
He does not feel cold because of such coldness. As a powerful Golden Knight, Lord Ryan has enough energy and body to resist the cold.
What really made his hands and feet feel cold was an urgent and secret letter from Thundercloud County, from a Catfolk assassin.
During the three days when soldiers were unable to patrol during the snowstorm, the Catfolk assassins were least affected. Their petite bodies were able to move with the wind and snow. Of course, if there was not too much movement, the Catfolk assassins were unwilling to leave their hiding place.
It was just the sound that echoed through Thundercloud Mountain that made him have to go out, so he saw Legendary Knight Mulan was besieged by fifteen black shadows in the sky, so he saw the deafening sound of fighting on Thundercloud Mountain. Gargoyle fell headlong, and the vampire's dried flesh rolled down the mountain, and Thundercloud Mountain was dyed red with blood.
Catfolk The assassin could not move forward, but he smelled a familiar scent, which was Black Swan of the Church.
So this letter appeared in front of Ryan on the fourth day, and a war horse almost died of exhaustion on the road.
"A few months have passed, and the Church finally took action."
In the few months since winter came, the Church personnel from the Andara Kingdom appeared in Northwind Province in increasing numbers, and Marquis of Northwind secretly ordered to kill many monks and priests, and kidnapped many nuns.
In a few months, the Church lost more than three hundred believers in Northwind Province. On this day, the Church finally began a bloody counterattack.
Northwind Province, whose assassins arrived from South Holy Mountain, launched an attack on this day with months of intelligence support from believers.
Legendary can't stop them, I just don't know whether it will succeed or not.
Ryan doesn't need to guess or think, because on the afternoon of this day, Count Winter's letter also arrived at Frozen Earth Territory.
As a former governor, he has lost a lot of power. The only thing that can allow him to regain power now is that Marquis of Northwind is dead.
In the letter, Count Winter told Ryan that Marquis of Northwind died in Thundercloud Mountain, and that a great nobleman of the empire, a Imperial House, died in Northwind Province!
"He actually died."
Ryan put down the letter in his hand, and he could almost see Count Winter's anger and fear between the lines.
Indeed, in the past few months, the nobles of Northwind Province have been surprisingly tacit, turning a blind eye to the war between the Church and Marquis of Northwind, and even intentionally or unintentionally drove the believers of the Church to the territory of Marquis of Northwind.
This was their resistance to the so-called Light Tax before, but the nobles never thought of killing a big noble.
Especially Imperial House. How many years has it been that some members of the Columbus Royal Family have not been killed?
The empire's wrath will come on the Church, and the wrath of Imperial House will spread throughout Northwind Province.
Even a noble like Count Winter can't help but be afraid of this.
Ryan expected Marquis of Northwind's death, but he calmly accepted the result. After all, this was the only efficient answer he could think of.
"I have to rush to Thundercloud Mountain."
Ryan said calmly, for the death of a big noble and the fall of Governor of Northwind, all nobles must be present. Count Winter has sealed the place, and not many people know the truth of what happened there.
But before that, he still wrote a letter.
"This letter, sent to the Pascal Family of Danube Province as quickly as possible, must be delivered to Count Pascal in person."
Ryan handed the letter to the steward. Frozen Earth Territory A large area of snow on the ground collapsed. This was the result of being trampled by thousands of Northern Warhorses. Only Northern Warhorse could run through the snow that reached his knees.
"They are born to be Northlands's favorites!"
In the team, Grand Mage Macken shouted loudly, and he followed all the way to Thundercloud County, hoping to witness the power of Northern Warhorse along the way.
After crossing Mountain Forest and crossing the swamp, the snow on the ground has been kept below the knee level. For Northern Warhorse, it is as easy as walking on flat ground.
On the snow-white ground, a long line of pitch-black cavalry ran wildly through the snow. There was a patch of snow in front of them, and behind them there were dark traces of mud.
After spending a day and a half, Ryan led thousands of cavalry to arrive at Thundercloud County. At this moment, Mithril Armor's expression became gloomy, indifferent and angry.
His army was murderous.
Walking in the town under Thundercloud Mountain, thousands of slaves were kneeling on both sides. They were already numb, but they were still trembling subconsciously because of this terrible murderous aura.
"Let them go!"
Ryan shouted coldly. The soldier on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and then said with numbness:
"Master Baron Ryan, the count asked us to find the hidden murderer here."
Ryan sneered twice and said:
"Legendary is a killer who can't be stopped. Are these idiots worthy of being compared?"
The cavalry behind them stepped forward, and the thick evil spirit surged forward, and Count Winter's soldiers had to retreat.
The street finally became empty, and the war horses continued to run until they reached the foot of the mountain Thundercloud Mountain.
"You wait here. No one is allowed to leave, and no troops are allowed to climb the mountain."
Ryan After finishing speaking, the thousands of cavalry behind them roared and guarded the road on the hillside.
A group of three people, Ryan, Grand Mage Macken and Brandt boarded Thundercloud Mountain. There were already seventeen or eighteen nobles here, all from Thundercloud County. It seemed that Ryan was the fastest one to arrive besides Thundercloud County.
As for why Count Winter arrived in the first place, Ryan didn't know whether he should doubt it, but now is not the time to discuss this matter.
In the hall of Thundercloud County Marquis's mansion, all the tables and chairs disappeared. In the middle of the empty hall, the body of Marquis of Northwind was placed.
His eyes were blinded, a dagger was inserted between his eyebrows, blood seemed to accumulate in his mouth, and there was a fist-sized hole in his heart. As a great nobleman, his death was miserable.
The demon Mages froze Marquis's body, allowing him to be observed freshly by Ryan.
In the hall, the murderous intent and anger in the eyes of the nobles filled every corner. After seeing the death of Marquis of Northwind, Ryan also showed a terrible murderous intent.
"Damn the Church! How dare they kill the noble Marquis of the empire!"
"This is a provocation to all nobles!"
"They must be found and punished with the cruelest punishment. The majesty of the nobility does not allow anyone to blaspheme."
After finishing speaking, Ryan looked at Count Winter again.
"Marquis-sama is dead..."
"Divine Grace Festival is coming soon. Will the bright tax... be cancelled?"
Count Winter glanced at Ryan, as if to say whether you were too anxious.
Finally, the Earl shook his head helplessly.
"It's impossible. From the moment it is set, this tax will continue. Marquis of Northwind will not cancel it even if he dies."
After he finished speaking, Ryan also nodded. It seems that this person's death has little to do with Count Winter.
"What should we do now?"
Count Winter also sighed.
"I have arranged for someone to go to South and tell Council of Elders about this matter. I hope they can send someone to deal with it quickly."
"As for us, we need to find the murderer of Marquis of Northwind."
"The assassination was covered up by a snowstorm, and the other nobles of Northwind Province did not react in any way, but this is not a reason in the eyes of Imperial House, so we must find the murderer."
"If we can't find it, we will also bear the wrath of Imperial House. Even other nobles will reject and accuse us, which will have a great impact on our reputation. At the same time, we will pay a lot of wealth to appease our inaction in this matter."
The greed of nobles has no bottom line. Maybe other things about Northwind Province will not be reported to South, but when they discover such things as Otherworld Plane, they are envied by those nobles.
But this is the circle and politics of the aristocracy. The governors of Marquis of Northwind and Northwind Province died in the middle of all the aristocratic territories, but they did not react at all. This incident indeed caused a lot of political trouble for the aristocrats.
But in Ryan's view, this is not a big deal. The key to this matter is that a great nobleman died.
The great nobles of the empire are recognized by the entire Norris South world. Even among foreign races, the identity of the great nobles is also recognized.
Therefore, the death of a great noble was not only a storm within the empire, but also a violent storm that swept across the entire South world.
The world is once again affected, and Northwind Province is at the center of the storm.
"When did the Earl arrive? Are the murderers still here? Or have they escaped?"
Ryan asked, and Count Winter could not fully answer this question.
"When my army arrived, it was already the day after the blizzard. I received news and rushed here. The army had sealed off Thundercloud Mountain and several surrounding towns. No one escaped, but I didn't know it before."
"So those killers have actually left here during the snowstorm."
"Where is the key to Otherworld Plane?"
Ryan asked suddenly, and the nobles here also looked ugly.
"No more."
Perhaps most of Count Winter's anger comes from this.
Northwind Province Hundreds of thousands of people have been sent into that Otherworld Plane, and now the key is gone...
Ryan also looked very ugly. Without the key, he could not enter Mountain Forest World. The Planar Gate he opened led to Otherworld Plane, excluding this Mountain Forest World.
The portal on Thundercloud Mountain is the only comrade.
"In two days, the door will be opened. If we can't open the door, there will be big problems inside."
Among the hundreds of thousands of people in Mountain Forest World, they know that the nobles have already reached a contract to jointly develop it, but if the portal is not opened within the agreed time, what will the people inside think?
They will only think that the nobles have broken out a war again for some reason, so Otherworld Plane will also see a lot of chaos, war and death, which the nobles do not want to see.
"For this matter, we need to ask the countess to go there and take our tokens with her to appease our people and the army."
Ryan said, and Count Winter could only nod gloomily.
"The price of space crossing is very high, and I can't just pay for it."
"Of course, we will bear all the costs together."
Ryan has no objection to this. The most important thing now is to stabilize the hundreds of thousands of people in Mountain Forest World.
In the next few days, Countess Winter opened the space channel to Mountain Forest World, and Ryan also let ten Knight Retainer enter it.
The nobles also arrived at the Marquis mansion on Thundercloud Mountain one after another, and saw the noble body of Lord Marquis.
In the hall, the atmosphere was cold and terrifying. Many nobles looked pale, and some showed murderous intent.
"They dare to kill the noble nobles, how dare they!"
The nobles were excited, and under Thundercloud Mountain, tens of thousands of troops made the place extremely solemn.
"We must find the murderer, not only to give Imperial House an explanation, but also to ourselves."
"A great noble cannot just die like this. This is trampling on the dignity and glory of us nobles. Over the years, we have not had any nobles die in the dark killings."
Count Soron The old earl said, indeed, the death of Marquis of Northwind not only tramples on the face of Imperial House, but also the faces of these nobles.
Especially the nobles of Northwind Province.
"The majesty of the empire does not tolerate blasphemy, find them! No matter where they are!"
Count Winter said with finality, and the tens of thousands of troops surrounding Thundercloud Mountain began to rush in all directions.
They have always known that in the territory they rule, some people are likely to be followers of the Church.
It was just because of the silence of the two earls and Baron Ryan nobles that the nobles turned a blind eye.
It's different now.
Bang!
In Zero Crossing City, the knight kicked the wooden door to pieces, and what came to him was the snow-white Radiance that turned into a spear.
"Hmph! With this little ability, do you think you are a master?"
Knight's Greatsword fell, and the houses were collapsing. In the ruins, the believers of the Church fled in all directions, but were blocked back by the soldiers who had already surrounded the place.
"Break their hands, cut out their tongues, and tie them up!"
In Zero Crossing City, there was a lot of excitement. One missionary even shouted the name of Baron Ryan and tried to say something, but Brandt threw Knight's Greatsword first and split his head open.
"How dare you try to kill a noble! You deserve to die."
A total of sixty-two the Church believers were brought to Ryan. He was also surprised that there were so many the Church people among Zero Crossing City.
"How many new believers have they gained in these few months?"
"Find it out."
Ryan finished speaking calmly, and the army left Zero Crossing City, taking sixty-two prisoners with them.
Baron Kendra territory.
When Ryan's army arrived here, Baron Kendra had already detained more than a dozen the Church monks, but his soldiers seemed a little embarrassed.
"Is there a big fish?"
Baron Kendra nodded and brought out a priest. His limbs had been broken, his eyes and tongue had been gouged out, and his strength was comparable to Golden Knight.
"He should have participated in the assassination in that blizzard."
One day later, Ryan arrived at Dragoon Viscount's Territory with his army.
"Torston! Where are the Church people in your territory?"
Torston·Viscount Dragoon, waving his hands, soldiers brought a dozen dead nuns to Ryan.
"Why is he dead? How can he be tortured?"
Ryan stared at Viscount Dragoon with slightly narrowed eyes and said meaningfully:
"No way, our Lord Viscount saw these nuns are fair and tender, so he brought them to his bed a long time ago, right?"
"I think about it, maybe it was a few months ago."
Torston·Viscount Dragoon's face turned pale at this moment, and he shouted sharply:
"Ryan, don't spit on me!"