Here is Wonder Estate belonging to God of Light. The meaning of its existence represents the will of God of Light and the belief of the Florian Empire. The struggle between Church of Dawn and Church of Dawn has entered a new stage.
The nobles are the nobles of the empire, and of course they are devout believers in God of Light. Under this quiet sky, one noble after another told their loyalty to God of Light.
"Praise the light, Frozen Earth Territory will donate ten thousand Gold Coin, just to spread the immortal faith of light."
It was already very late when it was Ryan's turn. This was not a tax on God of Light, but his heartfelt joy after the completion of this wonder.
After this, there is the tax of 500 Gold Coin - this month.
"Sitting there, you can collect tens of thousands of Gold Coin every year. Our Lord Marquis is not even born yet, and he already has enviable wealth."
Arriving among the nobles, Ryan listened to Viscount Hogg's words and looked at Marquis's Mother who was smiling in the crowd with an expressionless face.
"This money cannot reach her, and her purpose should not be Northwind Province, but South."
Ryan said, and Viscount Hogg also felt infinite emotion when listening to his words.
What the nobles long for is always the warm land of South, which is in sharp contrast to the bitter cold of Northlands.
If human civilization has a center, it must not be at Northlands, but at the place where the empire and the Church collide.
" I don't know what's going on with South's war. I don't know if we have a chance to participate in it."
Viscount Hogg is a little helpless. Since the arrival of Marquis of Northwind, his status as Imperial House's son-in-law has plummeted. Now he can no longer obtain much information from Imperial House.
Ryan has similar ideas. Northwind Province wants to penetrate South's land faster than marriage, and war is the most direct way.
However, if even the nobles of Northwind Province want to send troops to Thousand Lakes Province... then the situation would be too extreme.
"We don't know when the war there will end."
Count Soron also ended his devotion to the light and came to this small circle to respond to Viscount Hogg's words.
"The empire has a strong foundation and will not be afraid of war."
"The same goes for the Church. The entire land of South is fertile land for their faith."
"Perhaps only the immortal God of Light can stop the continuation of this war."
Count Soron sighed and said, making Ryan a little surprised.
"Your Majesty the Earl is truly a bright and devout believer."
Count Soron did not deny this. "
"People always need faith to maintain their lives. When Dawn goes away and the light comes, it is actually what everyone hopes for."
To the young man's surprise, the old earl was not opposed to the establishment of the empire Faith of Light, and even supported it, but he seemed a little wavering because his own interests were involved.
Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, he happily accepts the appearance of Church of Light, which is a spectacle of light, and Count Soron is very satisfied.
He decided to come here to pray every once in a while.
"Church of Light's prayer should not have been compiled so quickly."
"It doesn't matter, faith does not lie in those meaningless words, but in our hearts."
"If you need faith to maintain your direction, then it's the right thing to do."
Church of Light, since it appears, it already shows that it is correct.
Mortals need faith. No matter what they believe in, they need a faith to consolidate their future and strengthen their decisions.
In the days after Church of Dawn was expelled, the empire was in turmoil for a period of time, and people were in panic.
The emergence of bright faith stabilized the frightened people.
For Count Soron who has become a devout believer in the light, there is no surprise for Count Winter who comes here.
"When Grand Duke Mayers occupied Northwind Province thirty years ago, there were many large and small churches here."
He said this, that is the history of the older generation, maybe even if the empire expelled the Church, Faith of Dawn still exists in their hearts, just because the nobles' superb acting skills can cover up all this.
Now it's just that my heart is exposed.
"In that case, light will soon spread to every corner of the empire."
"There will be no surprises. The emperor will order that each province will have a Church of Light, and it is very likely that the Marquis in each province will be the administrator of the church."
"Marquis's power is increasing."
No matter how slow the reaction was, Viscount Hogg still understood.
"This is inevitable. The political struggle between Imperial House and the nobles always revolves around power. Now it seems that our His Majesty the Emperor has the upper hand."
Count Winter is more understanding, and he even participated in it personally. A big noble South invited him to become an ally of a certain faction, and then everyone accepted another failure to restrict the emperor.
"Is it because of the war?"
Ryan asked. Regarding South, he did not mention it in the exchange of letters with the Clayton Family. Count Clayton, his father seemed unwilling to communicate too much in it.
"Yes, during the Thousand Lakes Province war, the empire declined."
Count Winter gave a very absurd reason.
"Spring has arrived."
——Soldiers are worried about their farmland.
"But the army controlled by the Church is the same."
Viscount Hogg is puzzled. The Church's army is not entirely the Church's army, but also the army of those kingdoms and nobles.
"That's true, but the Church has means that the empire does not have. Faith of Dawn will make the soldiers' desire to fight even stronger. Even if they are on the front line for a year, their loyalty to Lord of Dawn will not waver."
"A large part of the empire's army was transferred from the province near Northlands in the north."
"In the far south of the empire, they missed their families in the far north."
This is why Count Winter said that the emperor will soon order the spread of light faith within the empire.
And Ryan has the evidence.
After arriving here Wonder Estate, the woman Shaya began to look for him with various purposes.
One of them is the order for ancient books from Frozen Earth Territory, which has doubled.
"The emperor and the nobles will not admit defeat."
Viscount Hogg knows the emperor's temper well, and he will not admit defeat. If this war does not have a reasonable ending, the empire's troops will not withdraw.
"You are right, the emperor is increasing his troops."
Amidst the spectacle, the nobles communicated quietly, seemingly intimidated by the quiet church bells, until someone discovered that the sun above their heads was always shining here.
"God of Light is watching this land."
The person who spoke was Legendary, "Light Shepherd" Stuart, which surprised Ryan. How could he appear here and seem to be a member of Church of Light?
As the ceremony ended, Ryan found Stuart and asked his doubts.
"Imperial House and the great nobles, enshrine us Legendary with Church of Light."
Stuart explained that the empire's Church of Light is different from Church of Dawn. It is part of Royal Authority, and half of the money earned by Church of Light belongs to these Legendarys who have defected to the empire.
Ryan captured a somewhat surprising news.
"The Empire's Legendary... are there already so many?"
You must know that before, Stuart and Legendary were only ordered by Imperial House, but Faith of Light not only belongs to Imperial House, but also to the great nobles. Doesn't it mean that Stuart now has to consider the wishes of those great nobles?
Imperial House clearly defeated the nobles in the political struggle, but it cannot continue to fully control these Legendary. Apart from having too many Legendary to support, is there any other reason?
Stuart was also confused by Ryan's question. He was just Legendary's demon Mages, not the prophet under the skirt of goddess Fate.
Ryan, who didn't get the answer, returned to Frozen Earth Territory worriedly. In his opinion, too many Legendary may not be a good thing.
Lord Ryan was once again idle in his territory, waiting for news from South, but the two guys from South seemed to have forgotten their lord.
Central Province is also Imperial Capital Province. The province centered on Imperial Capital is the political center of the empire. The powerful nobles will have their own manors here. Members of the nobles sometimes come here for vacation to appreciate the style of Imperial Capital.
Borgeld is riding a bear and strutting on the road. He is also a popular member. It is not that there are no knights with mounts like white bears, but armored ones are rare. Those Magical Beasts don't like metal to restrict their flesh and blood.
The nobles curiously looked at the combination of Armored Bear girls, but Borgeld's eyes were bolder than them. Volibear, who was walking on the road, would always sniff and approach the edge of other people's carriages from time to time. Borgeld naturally reached out and opened the curtains to see what the woman inside looked like.
It is often successful because everyone is curious to pay attention to Armored Bear, and Borgeld seizes the opportunity without paying attention.
There was a scream and a scolding, the soldiers moved and metal collided, and Borgeld walked away in disgust.
"It's too small, it won't work."
"Whose knight are you?"
Some soldiers shouted angrily that someone dared to open their master's carriage without authorization. This was too insulting to the knight.
The arrogant girl Armored Bear would not answer their questions. Only the helpless Bard stepped forward and gave a gift to the owner in the carriage, telling an ancient and distant story to attract attention.
"It turns out he is the son of Baron Ryan, Clayton Family. I know him, and the empire is saying that he will become the most dazzling nobleman among the great nobles."
The woman in the carriage showed curiosity in her eyes, saying that she would pay attention to the specialties from Frozen Earth Territory and then said regretfully:
"Unfortunately, I heard that he is married to the Viscount family of Calais Province."
Bard humbly agreed with the other party's words and finally got rid of this matter.
"Miss Borgeld, if you continue to be so rude, those soldiers will take action."
Bard is helpless, this Legion Commander always goes his own way, and all the specialties they brought along the way will be given away in this way.
"Don't worry about it, I'm thinking of boss Ryan's big things."
In this team, it is true that no one can control Borgeld. When she was in Calais Province, the countess also praised her, um, for her behavior.
Bard wanted to find another person in the team, but was driven away before he even got close.
"Go away, go away, don't disturb Master Brock's thinking."
The losers are loyal and will never allow anyone to disturb Brock's thinking about Dragon Scale's forging process. Even if they can only accept one-tenth of it, it will benefit them for life.
Well, these losers are all followers of Master Brock. They do not come from Frozen Earth Territory, but are people who followed along the way and are people from the noble territories. In the future, they may become the backbone of the craftsmen in those territories.
Every time he was driven away, Bard had to sigh. Fortunately, he worked hard and accomplished what Master Baron ordered.
From Frozen Earth Territory, through Winged Gorge, the communication between Danube Province, Pascal Family and six or seven nobles was the smoothest. The closer to the land of South, the more tortuous the process became.
Bard will not erase the contributions of Master Brock and Miss Borgeld. These bastards who followed Master Brock are part of the compromise in the deal, and there is another part that was beaten back by Borgeld's sandbag-sized fist.
But ahead is Imperial Capital, where there are so many big shots.
Hey...
Bard sighed, and out of the corner of his eye, Miss Borgeld on the other side was already fighting with a knight.
"Don't fight, don't fight, it's a misunderstanding."
Imperial Capital, the hierarchy is strict, even if the nobles want to do business here, they still have a circle.
For example, where the big nobles are, there will not be the badges of the small nobles. Although the blacksmith and the carpenter are both craftsmen, they belong to two opposing streets. From time to time, conflicts break out between the two sides, causing a lot of fun people to sit back and watch the show.
Frozen Earth Territory's caravan came here for two purposes.
The first one is to choose a store belonging to Baron Ryan, and the second one is to choose a residence belonging to the Northern Territory Merchant Guild in the future.
Regarding the first thing, Borgeld and Brock, two completely different people, unexpectedly found themselves in the same location.
"Right next to Gladiator Arena."
Imperial Capital, the center of civilization and politics of the empire, also has bloody Gladiator Arena. It even attracts countless money every year and is ranked among the top five places in Imperial Capital.
"This is not okay. Lord Ryan is Master Baron. How can the noble Ryan Family flag be flying outside Gladiator Arena all day long."
Bard is helpless, but the two big figures in the team are both stubborn.
"Baron-sama will definitely choose a new place."
Borgeld and Brock didn't care about this, and rushed into Gladiator Arena excitedly. It is said that today there was a battle between Sea Demon from the depths of the ocean and Demon Kin from Otherworld.
Brock started knocking, and both of them turned their backs on what was going on outside the window and focused on what was happening in front of them, until...
I don't know when Armored Bear and the girl appeared in the center of Gladiator Arena. The crowd of Gladiator Arena was excited. They claimed that civilization did not like blood, but fighting like art could make them climax.
Borgeld kept fighting and winning, but outside Gladiator Arena, the cheers were strangely suppressed.
Because just seven or eight hundred meters away from the Gladiator Arena gate, in the 1,000-square-meter shop, there was a tinkling sound, as if there was a special rhythm. Every time a knock came out, the noise that filled the air would disappear, and the sound of the hammer was like the minute Boundary Line of time.
Finally, people who couldn't bear it began to gather in front of the shops.
"Heart of Northgar? This is a newly opened store? What does it sell?"
People were curious and wanted to get closer, but they were repelled by the sound of the hammer.
It's not a physical repulsion, but the moment they think about it, the metallic sound will eliminate all desire to move forward.
Gradually, more and more people came to the streets.
The cheers for Gladiator Arena grew louder and louder, and the people among them fanatically called Borgeld's name, not caring about how the world outside was changing.
The people on the street outside were also calm and silent, waiting for the sound deep in the shop to end.
More and more people cheered for the duel, and more and more people stood in silence outside the street shops.
Finally...
"Let us congratulate today's the Queen, the follower of Baron Ryan who came from the border of the empire and pacified the kingdom war, the master of Armored Bear - Borgeld the Lady!"
Gladiator Arena was still noisy, and the sound of Brock banging on the street outside also stopped at this moment.
The red-orange rocks flowed into the cold pool, and the puff of water vapor filled the entire shop.
In the crowd outside, a tall bearded man shouted loudly:
"Let's see what weapons you forged!"
Brock walked out with a black lump in his hand and stood in front of pairs of eyes. Many people were disappointed, but those who knew the business were bright-eyed.
Brock raised his palm, then jerked forward.
Cracks appeared in the dark lava, and an orange-red luster appeared in the cracks, which then dimmed instantly.
As Brock shook the black bumps in his hands again and again, the cracks became larger and larger, and the exposed orange-red magma color became more and more brilliant.
People gradually understood what was happening and stared at Brock's palm without blinking.
Finally——
Bang!!!
Countless lava fragments splashed, and a shiny black Knight's Greatsword appeared in Brock's hand. There were faint lines of Dragon Scale on its surface, winding towards the tip of the sword, just like Dragons's bloody mouth exposing its fangs.
In the sky above the head, the fog seemed to be distorted, turning into the outline of Dragons and then dispersing.
The air became clear, and everyone stared at the sword in Brock's hand until the strong man who was also a blacksmith trembled and spoke.
"Legendary Embryo..."
"I actually saw the embryo of the Legendary weapon here!"
He raised his head and looked at the equally burly Brock.
"What's your name?"
The empire has another character who can forge Legendary weapons, but he doesn't even know him!