"Ryan, don't spit on anyone!"
Viscount Dragoon looked at Ryan with a pale face, but how could Ryan, who had already mastered the intelligence of Dragoon Viscount's Territory, be lying.
This is just a fact. This Viscount Dragoon, who is in an unfair position, enjoys more luxury than any of the nobles of Zero Crossing Prefecture.
When he was young, he only saw his father's power and wealth, as well as the luxury of being a noble, but he did not see the responsibilities and obligations behind his noble status.
So, after becoming a noble, how could I control myself when I saw so many white and tender nuns who were said to bathe in milk?
"Oh? Really?"
Ryan laughed.
"It doesn't matter, Viscount Dragoon, Marquis of Northwind-sama is the patron of light. Maybe you don't know yet, but his teacher, Brenna Mages, the leader of Grand Cathedral of Light besides Imperial Capital, is a Soul Magic master of Legendary."
"Even a dead person can learn a lot of truth from it."
Ryan's words made Viscount Dragoon's face paler. He wanted to snatch the corpses back, but there were already thousands of troops behind Ryan. He kicked down the Viscount's soldiers three times, wrapped the corpses and threw them into the car behind.
"Let's go!"
Ryan turned and left, and Viscount Dragoon behind him panicked.
"Baron Ryan!"
Looking back, Ryan looked at Viscount Dragoon.
"Viscount seems to have something to say to me?"
Not long after, Ryan walked out of the Viscount's Mansion alone with a smile on his face, while Viscount Dragoon behind him looked like a deflated ball.
A fire fell and all the nuns' corpses were burned into Ash.
"Go on, next family!"
In the more than twenty days before Divine Grace Festival, the entire Northwind Province seemed to have been swept away. The army of nobles searched for the priest of the Church by ransacking their homes. Finally, they returned to Thundercloud Mountain on the fifth day before Divine Grace Festival.
Here... Digital Legendary has already arrived, as well as several representatives representing noble existences.
"There are four hundred and fifteen people in total, including one hundred and twenty priests, twenty missionaries, two hundred and seventy monks, and five nuns."
"Is this the Church assassin you found?"
"Among more than four hundred people, there are only two golden priests!"
"You tell me, two golden priests assassinated Marquis of Northwind?! Two golden priests blocked Legendary's Knight Mulan!"
Knight Mulan is also here. After Count Winter arrived, he put him under house arrest in the room. After all, Legendary failed to protect Marquis of Northwind, which is a problem in itself.
But after South came, his suspicion disappeared.
The person roaring at the Northwind Province noble in the hall at this moment is a young man.
One, Your Highness.
"Saifei, your highness, what do you mean? Do you doubt that we have found the wrong person?"
"If someone who can kill Marquis of Northwind in a snowstorm wants to escape, there's no way we can catch him."
Count Winter stared at the young man and said with a gloomy face.
"Uncle Koresna died in the Marquis collar, under the noses of you nobles. I have reason to suspect that you Northwind Province nobles have already colluded with the Church!"
"Otherwise why didn't you kill Archbishop from the Church when she appeared in Northwind Province?"
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? Are you questioning the nobles of Northwind Province on behalf of the emperor?"
Count Winter's voice also became louder, and all the nobles also stared at His Highness Imperial House.
The atmosphere just became stiff. At this time, an old voice sounded.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Count Winter, please calm down."
"To be able to block Knight Mulan's rescue and so many extraordinary people to kill Marquis of Northwind, the strength of the personnel sent by the Church must be strong. Only when they are strong enough to kill Legendary can they kill a Marquis governor."
Ryan looked at the other party, Count Pascal. This Gargoyle Count came to Northwind Province in person after receiving his letter, because as a noble who once loyally supported the Church, he did not want to get into the whirlpool of this matter.
But what's helpless is that Marquis of Northwind is surrounded by Gargoyle's guards arranged by him.
It was originally intended to prove Pascal Family's loyalty, but after Marquis of Northwind died, the meaning of this loyalty was not quite right.
He must appear to ensure that the outcome of this matter will not cause anger, otherwise this matter will become a political attack on him by other nobles of the empire.
"Without the power to kill Legendary, it is impossible to kill Marquis of Northwind. I am also curious about how Lord Marquis was killed."
Ryan spoke, attracting the attention of many people.
"Who are you? Why is a Baron standing in front of you?"
Ryan performed aristocratic etiquette and said:
"Frozen Earth Territory Baron, Ryan·Clayton, I have met His Highness Saifei."
"Clayton Family people? Humph!"
Saifei stared at Ryan and said coldly:
"You have no place to speak here, Mr. Baron, you should stand at the back."
Ryan did not move, looking at the Imperial House member in front of him with a surprised expression.
"Is His Highness Saifei already the first in line to succeed? What a joy, Ryan congratulations to His Highness Saifei."
His words made the nobles look strange. How could the first heir of the empire appear in such a dangerous place as the Marquis of Northwind mansion where a great noble had just died.
Not only the first successor, but also the second and third successors are impossible to appear.
"I am the heir of the great emperor, member of the empire Imperial House, Baron Ryan, pay attention to the tone of your words when you speak to me!"
Saifei blushed and scolded loudly.
"Not the first Elector? Not the second or third?"
Ryan looked surprised, put away his aristocratic etiquette, and said in a cold voice:
"Then, Your Highness Saifei, in what capacity are you questioning a noble of the empire?"
In this world, the bloodline of Imperial House is noble, and there is no enlightenment for the emperor's strong soldiers and horses, but just like the empire snatched power from the Church after it became strong, the nobles are equivalent to princes, who became strong in Deities Pan-Plane's war, and then snatched a lot of rights from Imperial House's hands.
Imperial House is still powerful, but the nobles are no longer weak. The Four Grand Dukes family has even threatened Imperial House's direct position in terms of strength.
This also leads to the fact that the emperor is the most noble, and the successors of Imperial House are also noble. But other than that, members of Imperial House who do not have more status need to salute when they see the nobles.
This is the change brought about by War of the Deities Across Planes.
Changes in strength have improved the status of the nobles. Imperial House cannot absolutely suppress all nobles, and can only compromise and make concessions.
Ryan is powerful enough to put him on an equal footing with the great nobles of Northwind Province. If he were weak, the heirs of Count Winter and Count Soron would be the ones he would respect and bow to.
For example, in the land war of Zero Crossing Prefecture, Artel·Ves could yell at Ryan, and that guy was not even the eldest son.
His Highness the Empire, apart from the three Elector members, the other Imperial House members are not that noble.
The nobles have robbed a lot of things from Imperial House, and will also give some things to Imperial House, such as Marquis.
In the past, every member of Imperial House was noble, and even the Grand Duke had to salute a young highness. Later, only a few members of Imperial House had noble blood, and Imperial House was certainly not willing to accept it.
The changes in Marquis also have this reason. Imperial House needs more Imperial House bloodline to be noble. Marquis can help monitor the territory of the empire and be noble on Noble Title.
At this point, the great nobles can salute, because this is the nobility of Noble Title, not because of the blood of Imperial House.
Political compromise is full of complex factors and results. It is normal for one thing to affect hundreds of things.
Is the Saifei in front of me qualified?
"I'm here on behalf of Imperial House!"
He held up a ring, which was an artifact that made the nobles sigh at Imperial House's wealth.
"On behalf of Imperial House, find the truth about killing Marquis of Northwind? Then you don't care where I stand and what I do. If I stand behind you and you can find the murderer, then I will go."
Ryan finished speaking with a smile, turned around and walked back. All the nobles moved to both sides to make way for him.
He came to the very back, but there was still no one in front of him, and no noble was willing to block Baron Ryan's view.
"Now, Your Highness Saifei, can you tell me where the murderer of Governor of Northwind is?"
Ryan's voice echoed in the hall, Saifei stared at him angrily, but didn't know what to say.
"You two should stop arguing. The most important thing now is to find the murderer of Marquis of Northwind. The anger of the empire will burn all enemies."
Putting aside the issues left over from history, Count Pascal is more authoritative than anyone here, and Gargoyle Legion's deterrence can crush the entire Northwind Province.
"What else is there to find? Only the Church dares, and only the Church will kill Marquis of Northwind."
"This is nonsense. We all know that, and nobles all over the world know that the Church killed him, but even if Deities took action, no evidence can be found."
Ryan looked at Knight Mulan.
"Legendary's Knight Mulan, even if you find the Church killers who besieged you, can you prove that you are the Church?"
Mulan shook his head.
"They were trained by the Church, but they are not members of the Church."
"So, it cannot be proven that at the same time, we also arrested so many the Church personnel."
The empire couldn't produce evidence, even if it was something everyone knew, there was no evidence.
Those pastors and missionaries sent to Imperial Capital outside Grand Cathedral of Light may not have any answers.
The two golden priests may have participated in the siege of Thundercloud Mountain, but they had no idea that someone else would kill Marquis of Northwind on the same day. At the same time, the only one who could ask was that they wanted to avenge Faith of Dawn.
After all, Marquis of Northwind has killed many Dawn Believers over the past few months.
"Look for them. As long as they haven't left Northwind Province, we can find them. If they have already left..."
Ryan's words made all Northwind Province's nobles look angry.
Because the key, Mountain Forest World's key was taken away, hundreds of thousands of people are still there, and their countless wealth is still there.
"Regardless of whether there is evidence or not, the Church must bear the wrath of Northwind Province."
Count Soron said in a cold voice, this is for wealth and for the hundreds of thousands of people.
"The nobles of the empire will not die like this. On the battlefield of South, the Church will bear the endless flames of the empire."
Count Pascal also said that he was making a statement that he would send troops to South.
"Mayers Family will send the Nightmare Knights army to Thousand Lakes Province after Divine Grace Festival."
One person spoke and shocked everyone, Grand Duke Mayers actually wanted to send his own Extraordinary Legion to the south?
The war is about to escalate.
Everyone is aware of this problem. That is Nightmare Knight Legion, one of the six most powerful Extraordinary Legion in the empire, coming from the legion of the Mayers Grand Ducal Family's will.
At the same time, I also understand that with the appearance of Marquis of Northwind, there may still be some secret things between Imperial House and Meyers. Now with the death of Marquis of Northwind, all this has disappeared.
"The empire will let the Church know the price of killing a noble..."
Saifei gritted his teeth. He felt that he had endured too many difficulties here, and the anger in his heart was beyond words.
"If there is no evidence of revenge, it will have a great impact on the empire's reputation."
Ryan said quietly, although everyone knows what happened and who the murderer is, but if the empire retaliates without even being able to produce evidence, then how will the world of South view the empire?
Incapable of rage, he can only retaliate without any confidence? Or is it that the empire can't even find the murderer of the noble?
Everyone knows that confirming it with everyone is two different things.
Just like Mountain Forest World's profit sharing, everything is full of uncertainty until the dust settles.
"If you can't find any evidence, then let Marquis of Northwind live."
Ryan made a suggestion. In his opinion, this is the best answer. The empire can take revenge on the Church, and it will definitely take revenge on the Church, on the battlefield of South, but it will not be based on the death of a great noble.
"Uncle Koresna is dead. Baron Is there any way to bring him back to life?"
Saifei looked at Ryan and used Ryan's method to block him, but what was waiting for him was Ryan's look like he was looking at a fool.
"You..."
"Marquis of Northwind died. He died in that blizzard. That blizzard caused snow disasters for Northwind Province and even Danube Province. Master Marquis's body could not adapt to the cold of Northlands, so he died of illness in the mansion."
"No killer has ever killed a great nobleman under the protection of Legendary."
"Ryan! Are you exonerating the Church? Have you colluded with the Church? Why do you defend the Church about the fact that they killed the empire Marquis?"
"Facts? Where's the evidence?"
"If you can get the evidence, the empire can directly attack Holy Mountain with its army. Without evidence, what can you do?"
"As for concealing it? From whom? After this matter spreads, will there be any nobles who don't know that the Church killed Marquis of Northwind?"
"Everyone knows what's going on, and no one will hide it. It's just that diplomatic matters cannot be unreasonable."
"The empire needs to win South more nobles to stand with us and let them know that the Church has begun to assassinate noble nobles by any means. The Church can kill Marquis of Northwind, and they can kill their King."
"Using this matter to gain more diplomatic victories for the empire is what the empire needs now."
"As for Marquis of Northwind, we will find evidence one day, right?"
"If we can win Southern War, then even if there is no evidence, the empire can create evidence and then bring this matter up again to avenge Marquis of Northwind."
"But the Black Swan Assassin who killed Marquis of Northwind, and all the Dawn Believers who participated in the blizzard that day, must be captured and buried with Marquis of Northwind."
Mountain Forest World's key cannot be lost, otherwise hundreds of thousands of people will be lost.
Ryan doesn't think the space door opened by Countess Winter can last long and can be used by hundreds of thousands of people to travel through it.
This matter can become a political bargaining chip for the empire. Ryan also knows that Roland has gone to South. As for the Andara Kingdom, he does not believe that the empire has really never contacted him.
The most important thing is that he needs to use the few Legendary present to find the Mountain Forest World key.
"This is also a way. On the battlefield of South, the empire has many reasons to send more troops to retaliate against the Church."
Pascal nodded and said that he and Ryan had communicated secretly, and many of today's results were not unexpected.
"There are many ways to conduct war, and it does not necessarily require an army. The death of Marquis of Northwind is the best example."
"Of course, it would be best if the people brought by His Highness Saifei can finally find the killers, bring them back and find evidence of the assassination of Marquis of Northwind. The empire can unite all the nobles of South to attack the Church. This will be the price that the Church must bear."
"Maybe after this, His Highness Saifei can become Elector. What a credit."
Ryan looked at Saifei coldly again and said.
"That guy has a grudge against me?"
Following Count Pascal, Ryan could feel many powerful eyes behind him. The power in the hands of this earl was far incomparable to the two earls Northwind Province combined.
"Saifei is the emperor's sixth child. The Bachman Family where his mother lived once had a Extraordinary Legion. Later, your father led the Blaze Dragon Knights army and was annihilated in a certain Otherworld Plane."
"After that, Saifei has no possibility of becoming Elector. He can only be a member of Imperial House or will not even be qualified to become Marquis in the future."
There are three Elector generations. One will become the most noble emperor of the empire in the future, and the two will become the successors of Marquis Noble Title in a certain province, waiting for the death of the previous Marquis.
This also made Ryan lament the shrewdness of Imperial House. Every Marquis is not inherited by their children Marquis Noble Title, but Imperial House members are failed Elector.
This led to the fight for the emperor's position without too bloody scenes. It also ensured Imperial House's control of power and prevented the empire from splitting due to Imperial House's internal affairs.
"Marquis of Northwind Noble Title is Imperial House's promise to the Mayers Family. Marquis Noble Title here will always be the common blood of the Mayers Family and Imperial House."
Pascal said, he walks around South much more than Northwind Province nobles, and coupled with his status and strength, there are many secrets.
"No wonder Grand Duke Mayers is so angry that he even sent Nightmare Knight Legion to South."
Ryan was surprised and guessed:
"I'm afraid, there is no second Imperial House member with the blood of Meyers who can replace Marquis of Northwind, right?"