Arryris's massive head fell, meeting Ryan's eyes.
"If I am truly the last follower of the Dragon Emperor, then I am the last Dragons who still believes in this legend."
"All other Dragons are my enemies."
"So you don't even know if the legend of the Dragon Emperor is true; you just want to believe it, right?"
Ryan looked at Arryris, who did not deny it.
"I have found His bones; we will surely triumph."
The Dragons roared, the snow in the sky stopped, and the sun shone brightly. A huge shadow lingered under the sunlight, thus obscuring everything.
"I can send troops to help you clear out the Goblin monsters underground, but what will I get in return?"
"Is there any danger there? Dragon Bone Marrow is a very precious substance, and I desperately need it."
Ryan shouted, which provoked the Dragons's angry roar. A blizzard descended instantly, engulfing Ryan in all directions.
" The Dragon Emperor's majesty is not to be desecrated; any blasphemer will be met with death."
"So, besides the Dragon Emperor? Those ten frozen skeletons, they don't seem to have much to do with the Dragon Emperor, do they?"
The Frost Dragon in the sky did not respond, but roared after a long while.
"Ants that devour the Dragons's essence will surely suffer the Dragons's curse; no life can survive the Dragons's curse."
Dragons descended from the sky, and amidst the roar, the wind and snow surged like a tide.
"I can sense that there exists a power there that can kill any Dragons. It is the Dragon Emperor's final essence, and it will kill any Dragons that finds His remains."
This is why the Frost Dragon are afraid to enter; the more noble the Dragons, the more clearly it can feel the extreme threat of death emanating from within.
"Now that they've been exposed, they're destined to fall. If it weren't me, it would be someone else coming to the Northlands to fight for the Dragon Bone Marrow."
"For the sake of peace in this land, I hope that Your Excellency Arryris can prevent any other life forms besides those in the Frozen Earth Territory from approaching."
Ryan said without batting an eye, "We don't know what's going on with Meyers yet, so to be on the safe side, let's make a deal with the Dragons first."
Back in the Frozen Earth Territory, Ryan summoned Brandt and ordered him to organize the Frozen Earth Territory's army to enter the Northlands and go into the crypts to clear out the gray-skinned Goblin.
"They are not weak. The Goblin living in the Northlands are exceptionally powerful, and according to Arryris, these Goblin are even the servants of the Evil God, tainted with an aura of evil."
After Ryan gave his orders, two thousand cavalrymen of the Stag Legion charged toward the Northlands. Their fluttering cloaks gradually disappeared in the wind and snow, and the neighing of the Northern Warhorse began to echo across the icy land.
They will clear out the gray-skinned Goblin in the crypts, which is inevitable, and will also bring back precious Dragon Bone Marrow for Ryan. What he needs to think about and wait for is how to use the Dragon Bone Marrow.
During the waiting period, Ryan was not idle. To him, the Dragons carcass suddenly discovered in the Northlands was just an interlude. It might involve the next world of the Spirituality Panel, but it didn't matter until the Planar Gate was opened. His real focus was still on the two neighboring kingdoms, one of the five great nets.
With the help of the Empire's army, the Andara Kingdom has gradually gained a foothold, and the war with the Orcs has reached a stalemate. The nobles there have not had much contact with Ryan for the time being.
In the Sera Kingdom, Ryan is using figures like Connie Dean as spies to gradually control and influence Sera Kingdom nobles. These people can't do anything for the time being, let alone help Ryan, but as time goes by, they will prove Ryan right.
For example, in the territory near Carlos, the conflict between the two noble territories of Baron Mendes and Baron Dean intensified.
Connie's return brought the matter to a head.
"I'm back!"
Connie returned to the Deane Family, and his immense power made the entire Deane Family look at him with fervor and fervor. As a noble heir who had returned alive from the Northlands, he had already acquired a faint air of Legendary. People would praise his story, making Connie, the future Baron, even more powerful than other nobles, a fact that everyone would recognize.
Humans fear the unknown and the terrifying Northlands, yet they instinctively admire those brave enough to face death with immense courage.
So when Connie loudly proclaimed that he would avenge his brother, no one objected. The people of the entire Baron Dean's territory were filled with righteous indignation, and following Connie, they felt invincible.
"Revenge! Revenge! That damned Mendes territory dared to kill the heir of a noble family!"
Connie mustered his troops, the gifts from Ryan: tall warhorses, distinct armor, and a magnificent longsword yet to be drawn, which garnered him even more admiring glances.
"This is war. The war began when the Mendes Family killed my brother."
"My weakness prevented the war from breaking out at the beginning, but now I am strong enough to tear any knight of the Mendes Family apart."
"In this revenge, we will raise Dean's flag atop Mendes' castle!"
Hundreds of people surged towards Baron Mendes ' territory. Conflicts and even wars between nobles were commonplace in this world. The surrounding nobles watched the spectacle as the nobles on both sides of the war commanded their armies to launch attacks and defenses.
On the battlefield, Connie swept through the Mendes Family's knights with unstoppable force. He was very powerful; although they were of the same rank, Connie was stronger than all of Mendes' knights combined. More importantly, his armor could block most of the attacks, and his warhorse and ice-blue Knight's Greatsword made it impossible for the opposing knights to even escape when he launched an attack.
Corpses fell from the backs of warhorses, and Baron Mendes's expression was so grim it could drip water. As the death toll rose, he had no choice but to order the army to retreat.
On a battlefield devoid of tactics and dominated only by frontal assaults, retreat meant defeat, and all the nobles would understand that the Mendes Family had been defeated by the Deane Family.
For Baron Mendes, this meant he had brought shame upon the family's honor and dignity.
"Damn it, that damned Valencia, how dare he kill a noble's heir!"
Baron Mendes roared within his own territory, Dean's army nearly blocked his doorstep. To resolve this matter, he would have to offer enough sincerity and leverage to force the Deane Family to compromise in exchange for benefits.
The first thing to be affected is the Forest; Mendes will lose all ownership of the Forest, or even more.
This was unacceptable to Baron Mendes. The Forest brought him more than just wealth; losing the Forest meant losing control over the surrounding area, and he would have to be beholden to others even when entering or leaving his territory.
Thinking of this, Baron Mendes couldn't help but want to ask for help. He was not alone. As a descendant of the Carlos Family, Mendes had always maintained contact with Carlos. For example, many of his uncles and even his grandfather's generation were powerful elders in the Carlos Family.
"No, Mendes' decline will also affect the Carlos Family's authority in the kingdom. His Majesty the King wants to suppress the power of our native nobles!"
Mendes thought to himself that this was the only way to win over Carlos's men.
With this in mind, Baron Mendes began writing a letter, stating that this was not a simple clash of nobles, but a war between the old and the new within the kingdom.
To his surprise, the Carlos Family responded to him very quickly.
" The Orcs threat has not disappeared, and the nobles' war cannot be carried out openly."
"Reclaim all slave soldiers and make knightly warfare the only way to resolve disputes."
Some people in Carlos said this, and then offered a way for Baron Mendes that he could not do openly: send several knights into Mendes' lands to fight in place of the Mendes Family's knights.
In the Forest, Mendes' knights and Deane Family's knights fought fiercely, while in the royal city on the other side, the Valencia Family members were filled with doubt.
They spent a tense Divine Grace Festival, but instead of being hunted down by the two noble families, they heard news of a fierce battle between them.
"What exactly are they doing?"
"Have they already forgotten about us?"
One of the clansmen said in bewilderment, "Besides this reason, I can't think of any other reason to explain why my clan is so unimportant in this matter."
For some reason, many people looked frustrated. They were afraid of being hunted down by noble families, but at least that meant the nobles took the Valencia Family seriously. But now, this kind of disregard made it seem as if the Valencia Family had completely lost its noble status.
Dragons don't care about ants at their feet, and nobles don't care about the thoughts of commoners and slaves. How could their Valencia Family be compared to those peasants?
"I think that's not the case..."
Kaeld Valencia said this:
"When I agreed to Lord Ryan's deal, I asked the same question, but they told me that Mendes and Dean wouldn't directly hunt us down..."
"They knew all along."
Kaeld was somewhat horrified and fearful. How could there be such a person who foresaw everything before it even happened? Could that Baron Ryan be the lover of the goddess of Fate?
"I can't just sit here and wait to die."
Kaeld finally realized how rare this opportunity was for the Valencia Family to rise again.
He got up and left his residence to visit Alberto, whom he had met before, and asked Valencia what else he could do to help Baron Ryan.
" Lord Ryan doesn't need your meager words. You're not qualified to help Lord Ryan. Kaeld, you still don't understand. Everything you've done isn't for Lord Ryan, but for the Valencia Family."
"Do you know what the Valencia Family needs?"
"A war is needed."
Alberto looked at Kaeld and said, "This was the whole plan that Ryan gave him. What happened before Connie went to the Northern Lands was only half of the plan. Only if Connie returned to this land alive could the other half of the plan continue."
"My advice is that you quickly make a flag and then declare war on Mendes Barony. For the honor of Valencia, you must stake everything of the nobility."
Kaeld's eyes widened in disbelief. What did this mean? How did it become Valencia's turn to go to war with the Mendes Family?
Are they worthy? What right does the Valencia Family have to declare war on a noble lord?
"We have no reason or right to challenge Mendes. No noble or King would recognize the legitimacy of war."
"Who says there's no reason?"
"In order to promote his family's rise, Valencia arranged for a member of his clan to marry into the Baron Mendes Family. However, the Mendes Family shamelessly framed Valencia's clansman and insidiously killed him, all in order to force the Deane Family to leave that the Forest."
"Isn't this shame the heavy burden Valencia carries?"
"As for qualifications, as long as you dare to gamble all of Valencia's past glory and lose all of Valencia's honor after defeat, and be completely reduced to a commoner or even a slave."
"Bet on everything, including your status as Wandering Nobles, and you will be qualified. That's the rule among nobles. They won't overly condemn another noble who is standing on the edge of a precipice."
Alberto looked at Kaeld and laughed.
"Your Valencia Family keeps saying you're noble nobles, but even you yourselves don't quite understand that nobody treats you as nobles."
"Your family has declined, lost its land, its people, and its wealth, and can only maintain the simplest life by selling your labor."
"You are not worthy of being compared with nobles. In front of nobles, you are just a joke, a topic used to get closer to other nobles. Now is your only chance."
"But... but..."
Kaeld gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, every word Alberto said felt like a knife cutting into his heart.
Before becoming a noble, the only chance Wandering Nobles could gain the recognition and respect of other nobles was when they risked everything, even their badges and bloodlines.
Only in that instant will the nobles be reminded of the passion of their ancient noble ancestors, and thus show them respect.
The price was heavy, but the key point is that Kaeld also possessed wisdom.
"It won't work. The nobles won't believe us, and what you're saying never happened."
"What if even the Deane Family accepts the truth as told by the Valencia Family?"
Alberto suddenly spoke, causing Kaeld in front of him to gape, his expression of shock preventing him from closing his muscles.