Chapter 307 The goodwill of the Grand Duke, the gentle Marquis's Mother (please subscribe)
"Report to Centurion, there is no trace of Magical Beast around."
Hearing this answer, the knight in the dense forest breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that those Legendary big shots really cleared out the Magical Beast here."
After speaking, he raised his hand and waved.
"Keep going!"
In the carriage team at the rear, Apia was following a human trade officer, who was studying.
"Differences have arisen within the Andara Kingdom. Grand Duke McReynolds advocates granting limited rights to Church of Dawn, while King of Andara accuses Grand Duke McReynolds of selling the kingdom's interests to the empire."
"These two have finally openly fought against each other."
"As a result, our weapons orders are better sold."
"What we need to worry about is that the nobles of the kingdom will intercept us halfway. I heard that some nobles who were originally on the side of Grand Duke McReynolds have returned to the side of King."
Apia is very familiar with the name of that nobleman, Baron Huffman. I heard that he is now Viscount Huffman. It was he who turned his back on MacReynolds, stood in the camp of Old King, and received the Noble Title gift from Old King.
The transaction between Dagong and Frozen Earth Territory was also exposed.
However, has he really taken refuge?
Apia thinks there is something wrong with this. No, there is something wrong with Baron Huffman.
There are many people in his faith.
His mission is to find out the truth.
The team is still moving forward. They have walked this road several times, and this time it is the safest.
But after another day passed, a rapid roar like a lion's roar suddenly came from the sky.
"Is it Griffin? No, it's Griffin Legion. They dispatched a large number of Griffin. What kind of enemy did they encounter?"
The centurion at the front was surprised, and then asked the soldiers to gather for defense.
Mountain Forest ahead was shaking, as if something was running towards this side.
"Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Spears were launched one after another, aiming forward, until at a certain moment, a tree shook violently, and a figure in black robes fell out of it. The aura of the knight in front of him confused the elements in the void, thus interrupting the magic.
"Soldier?!"
Black Swan's assassin was surprised and wanted to escape, but the next moment he was surrounded by dozens of soldiers.
"Kill him!"
At the same time, Sky-rank hundreds of Griffin also fell towards this side. At this time, the Black Swan assassin had already died in front of the spear.
The soldiers of the Griffin Legion rushed in all directions. In this complex environment, they were extremely agile, and a man named Black Swan Assassin was shaken out with their roar.
Dozens of Black Swan Assassin were killed, blood filled the dense forest, and the corpses dried up quickly before the Griffin Legion soldiers came to the front of the team.
"Frozen Earth Territory's team? You have changed the route again."
"The other way is difficult, so this time we sent a larger quantity."
The centurion said helplessly, and then asked those Black Swan Assassin.
"Why are these guys here?"
"They haven't escaped from you yet, but how can they compare with our familiarity with this mountain range? No one will escape."
"I heard something happened over there? A Imperial House member died?"
Griffin Knights is also curious about what is happening in the empire.
"Yeah."
The centurion nodded and didn't say much. They couldn't discuss the death of the nobles in a big way.
"No wonder the Grand Duke has been so aggressive in dealing with the Church recently."
"We're leaving first, you can come over on your own."
Griffin Legion soldiers take off into the air. They are so convenient and they are also the overlords of this land.
The team soon arrived at the Grand Duke's camp, and vehicle after vehicle of weapons and equipment was unloaded and will be secretly transported to South.
"It won't work this time. We have to send some weapons and armor to the east. Twin Cities over there will probably attack us."
"Just waiting for...King's order."
Apia shuttled among some nobles and received a note from the Catfolk assassin, which contained the major events that happened to the Andara Kingdom during this period.
The first was the deal between MacReynolds and the empire. Old King spoke out directly in the palace, angrily scolding Griffin Grand Duke for betraying his loyalty to the kingdom. His words were sharp, but he never said Griffin Grand Duke's betrayal.
But the impact was still huge. The nobles were in an uproar and rebuked how the Grand Duke could betray the interests of the kingdom.
Another grand duke of the kingdom, Grand Duke Leta, led Extraordinary Legion to stationed in Twin Cities, directly threatening the hinterland of Grand Duke McReynolds.
Many people are waiting for Griffin Grand Duke's response, but according to what some nobles know, the Grand Duke, Legendary's demon Mages, seems to be in some kind of trouble.
"Grand Duke McReynolds invites us to the duchy."
Apia received the news from the caravan, then got up and followed the caravan to the Grand Duke's territory.
His current identity is the leader of this caravan.
"Trouble? Where is the trouble? I just found a rat's nest."
Wind Emperor, Grand Duke McReynolds also heard rumors outside when Apia and others arrived at the castle.
He looked a little surprised when Apia walked in.
"Catfolk?"
"Apia has met the Grand Duke. On behalf of Frozen Earth Territory, I am here to trade weapons with your territory."
Nodding, Griffin Grand Duke waved his robe, dropped his robe and sat on the chair.
A huge fang appeared on his hand.
"I heard that group of mice said this is the key to one of your Northwind Province Otherworld Plane. Just use it to offset this Gold Coin. Take it back."
Apia looked at the fangs in surprise. Of course he had seen them before, more than once or twice.
"How did this thing get into the hands of the Grand Duke? The mice you found... are those from the Church?"
He also reacted.
"Who else besides them, Marquis of Northwind, who killed you, actually expanded so much that he thought he could kill me?"
Griffin Grand Duke sarcastically said that he suffered the same assassination as Marquis of Northwind, but the result was that the Church's killers were wiped out.
"Soto, does this old guy actually want to kill me?"
The Grand Duke murmured, Apia knew who the other party was talking about, Andara Kingdom's palace priest. To a certain extent, the other party was also the highest person in charge of the Church at the Andara Kingdom, and his status would not be lower than Cardinal.
The coronation ceremony of the current King was done by the other party for Pope.
It seems that Grand Duke McReynolds's contact with the empire made the Church particularly angry, and he even resorted to assassination.
It's a pity that he underestimated the power of the Grand Duke himself.
As a great nobleman, he did not slack off in his fighting power.
"Is a war going to break out in the Andara Kingdom?"
Apia asked directly, leaving Grand Duke McReynolds a little silent.
"Catfolk, this is not what you should ask, but you are right. The war is coming soon. When I win the victory on the southern battlefield, he will not wait to let the Witch Ghost Legion attack me in the name of betraying the kingdom."
"But did I really betray the kingdom?"
The Grand Duke asked, Apia didn't know how to connect it, because this backplane was given by the Andara Kingdom.
"The one who betrayed the kingdom is King. He is the traitor."
Apia There is no need to answer because I don't understand.
The kingdom's King betrayed? Rebellion?
I don't understand. I should have the answer after I tell Lord Ryan later.
"Okay, little Catfolk, you can go back. This key is my kindness to Baron Ryan. You can tell him this."
Obviously, this person knows how terrible the value of this key is.
Apia is waiting for the return journey, and in Northwind Province, a new year and new events are also ushering in.
The successor of Marquis of Northwind has arrived.
Standing in the snow, the heavily armed Ryan looked at the team in front. A woman with a big belly stepped out of the carriage with the help of a maid. The magic array rippled, Dispel dampened the coldness around her, but the woman still seemed a little uncomfortable and complained.
She glanced around, surrounded by nobles, but all with troops, and finally stopped at the delicate and handsome face of Ryan.
"Is he Baron Ryan? Imperial Capital is saying that the boy who walked out of the Imperial Palace became the king of Northwind, and even Saifei fell in front of him."
She was curious, and Ryan was equally curious. She asked the person next to her about Count Soron who paid three hundred Gold Coin to buy a Northern Warhorse.
"She has the same bloodline as Meyers and Imperial House?"
"That's right, but what we are welcoming is not her, but the little one in her belly."
"That's Marquis of Northwind."
"..."
An unborn baby has become the noble Marquis of Northwind, Ryan. I don't know whether my eyes should be envious, but my expression is definitely weird.
"Imperial House is so strict with the four great duke families. After searching for so long, we can only find one unborn little guy."
Intermarriage between nobles can be seen everywhere, but as the largest noble and Imperial House, there are not more intermarriages, which is outrageous.
Either Meyers guards against Imperial House, or the other way around. In short, there is no close aristocratic marriage between the two parties.
Perhaps they all understand that at their current status, marriage is no longer enough to change the differences in interests.
"She is surrounded by followers of the Mayers Family."
Count Winter said in a low voice, Ryan also looked around the woman, maybe this is the last common bloodline between Meyers and Imperial House. Meyers doesn't trust anyone, including Imperial House, so all the people protected are the extraordinary strong men of the Mayers Family.
In other words... Did Mayers Family even doubt whether Imperial House directed and acted the death of Marquis of Northwind before?
South's political struggle has actually reached this point, Ryan is a little shocked.
"Then, what is her identity?"
Marquis's Mother, but she should also have a distinguished status.
"Shaya·Meyers, the Grand Duke's granddaughter and the... mistress of His Highness Elector, the third prince of the Empire?"
"Or is that His Highness her chosen... lover?"
The answer was Viscount Horace, and he knew more about Imperial House.
"None of them are married. The reason why His Highness Elector is not married is because of this woman. His mother almost committed suicide herself to the Mayers Family."
"And the reason why Shaya·Meyers doesn't is because of... identity and behavior."
"Her behavior was crazy. The Grand Duke captured her from West Coast's warship three years ago. It is said that she almost ran to the sea and became a pirate."
Ryan Surprised, this woman doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp.
But...
She is powerful.
"A Sky Knight, twenty-two-year-old Sky Knight. This is the strict family tradition of the Grand Duke's family and the indulgence towards her."
The twenty-two-year-old Sky Knight is indeed worthy of this... "displaced" past and ending.
"If there are no accidents, she will be the wife of His Highness the Third Elector."
"Her child is Marquis of Northwind. The next child may be able to win the identity of Elector for the next generation and become a noble highness."
"But it's difficult. Imperial House will not allow Mayers Family to interfere too much with Imperial House's internal power."
"Then...Northwind Who is in charge now?"
Ryan finally asked, and the nobles around him fell silent.
Logically speaking, it is Governor of Northwind who makes the decision, but now that Marquis of Northwind is still in the belly, is his mother qualified? It is correct to say that he has qualifications, and it is correct to say that he has no qualifications.
"Master Marquis has brought us a lot of trouble. Perhaps we should first teach him to become an excellent noble governor, so that he can be qualified for this responsibility."
"Well, yes, this is the most suitable."
Since then, the rights of Northwind Province have returned to the hands of a few people.
When these words were told to the woman Shaya·Meyers at the Marquis mansion, the latter's eyes widened and she asked.
"Don't you want the power of Northwind Province to fall into the hands of my son?"
"There is absolutely no such thing."
"Okay then, you want to teach him to become an excellent noble, right?"
The woman pointed at Count Winter and said:
"From now on, you will be his noble etiquette teacher. As an ancient royal bloodline of the kingdom, you have never given up the glory of your family. You are suitable to be his teacher."
Then he looked at Count Soron and said:
"Northwind surrenderer, your bloodline has long been submerged in the Northlands winter. You are obsessed with the future. It would be best to teach my son to become an excellent politician."
Finally, she looked at Baron Ryan.
"Madam, I am just a Baron."
"But you, Baron, have the greatest reputation among Northwind Province. Do you know that Saifei broke a fortune worth fifty thousand Gold Coin after he went back?"
The woman giggled and said:
"You are Northwind Province's most powerful military strategist and nobleman. You are responsible for teaching him to become an excellent commander."
"Madam, we didn't say we agreed."
"Are you rejecting the future Marquis of Northwind?"
The woman asked back, Ryan was not polite and said directly:
"Ma'am, are you raising a prince?"
There used to be a prince in the empire, but that prince almost split the empire into several kingdoms.
The woman looked at Ryan with wide eyes, her chest heaved angrily and then she said:
"Well, the two of them don't need to be teachers, but you must be his military teacher. As the governor of Northwind, if there is a war in the empire, Governor of Northwind will assemble the provincial army and wait for the empire's orders."
"Marquis is born to be the military commander-in-chief of the province."
"This is his right, you can't deny it."
Ryan still wanted to refuse, but Count Winter shook his head beside him, signaling for him to agree.
If I agree, you will feel more relaxed, right?
"Okay, you can go out. Baron Ryan now needs to teach Marquis of Northwind military knowledge."
Marquis's Mother said this, and the two counts took the time to leave, leaving Ryan confused.
"Teach what? Wait a few years, after he is five, no, after he is ten, I will become his military teacher."
Who knew that the woman had already stood up and came to Ryan's side.
"What do you know? Most of the children of your highness Imperial House, as well as the great nobles, are trained from the mother's womb, so that the successors trained in this way are good enough."
"Prenatal education?"
Is this world so advanced? Why don't I know?
In Ryan's wide eyes, this Marquis's Mother had taken off all his clothes and stood naked in front of Ryan.
"I've already said it's prenatal education. Baron Ryan why not go to Marquis's mother's womb to teach him first."
Bang!!!
Ryan, wearing a noble robe, ran towards the door behind him, but there was a strong wind behind him and he had to turn around to fight against the power of a Sky Knight.
The palm of his hand locked the raised white leg, Ryan's breathing became rapid, and his pupils almost turned into Dragons vertical pupils at this moment.
"Does it look good?"
Shaya·Meyers looked at Ryan charmingly.
"The bloodline of the Clayton Family is indeed powerful. You are only nineteen years old, but you are already Golden Knight, and you are so powerful."
The wind-like speed caused another one to hang on Ryan.
This woman was even crazier than Viscount Horace said. The moment she hung on him, all her power was released, and her whole body fell down like a ball of soft flesh.
"Be careful. What you want to teach is the future Marquis of Northwind. Mayers Family can't find a second candidate."
"Woman, do you really think I dare not?"
Ryan stared at Marquis's Mother whose lips were already lowered.
"I have tasted the blood of Golden Lion, and I really want to try the blood of Flame Dragon."
The woman's eyes were also burning with fire, and then a painful scream came from her mouth.
"It's okay. I've cast a forbidden spell level magic Mystic Runes here. It can't be heard from outside."
"Clayton Family big guy, let me see what you are capable of."
"Tell me, what does this woman mean by leaving Ryan?"
Count Winter said in confusion, Count Soron snorted beside him.
"What else? I just want to win over Baron Ryan, deal with us two old guys, and divide Northwind Province's authority."
"That guy Ryan is very smart, and according to the news my wife sent back, he actually hid a Gold Mine mountain in Otherworld!"
Count Winter gritted his teeth and said, finally understanding who benefited from the seemingly fair contract.
"A Gold Mine can make him lack for everything, so what else can a woman do to attract him?"
"That's her business. Maybe it's something that none of us can take out."
"I hope Northwind Province there will be no new unrest."