Assassination and Embrace

There is no other color at Twilight. The flames burning on Ryan's body were reflected in the sunset, and the phantom of the Dragons fell from the sky and then soared into the depths of the Cloud Sea, swallowing up countless splendors.

Finally, the enormous phantom of the Dragons disappeared into Rhino Horn Mountain and fell into Ryan's body.

His flesh emitted a faint dragon's roar, a cry that was both the howl of Dragons and the passionate roar of a knight.

Within Ryan's body, there are many traces of the Knight Breathing Technique. The different characteristics of these Knight Breathing Technique illuminate Ryan's body like stars in the sky, with countless shining points that make him incredibly powerful.

As a nobleman, he had never personally participated in a desperate battle, and no one knew his strength.

"Becoming Legendary wasn't too difficult for me."

Ryan murmured, what was Legendary that other extraordinary beings could only dream of was something he could easily obtain. He just needed to keep moving forward, and he would naturally reach the end of that extraordinary path.

"The Legendary is not the end; for Legendary, it is merely the beginning of a new chapter."

Even among Legendary, there are differences; a powerful Legendary can absolutely suppress a weak Legendary.

Faced with Rose's words, Ryan had nothing to deny; he had seen many such scenes before.

Looking at Rose, he wondered why the Dean of the Alchemy Academy had come to see him.

"The Great Wall you want... has almost no chance of success."

Rose sighed and said that Ryan's idea was too far-fetched. He hadn't felt anything before, but after seeing the fortress data that Clayton had sent him recently, he felt like the sky had fallen.

"It's an impossible project. Building a Great Wall Fortress to defend against the threat of the northern Orcs isn't just about piling up stones. The locations of those fortresses are almost always in the valleys between mountains, built on the only gaps in the valleys."

"You want to build the Great Wall on the Snow Plains... that land may not be able to support it, and the construction of the Great Wall requires too many extraordinary factors, countless laborers, and a huge amount of suitable timing."

"On a single stone, at least three types of magic runes need to be inscribed. On one hundred such stones, the magic runes must form an effective Magic Power connection. When there are ten thousand stones, which is a city wall, the magic runes need to be hidden by three new types of magic runes. At the same time, special materials are needed to bond the gaps between the stones, making the city wall indestructible from the root and able to defend against the impact of wild beasts."

"But the enemies you want to deal with, those Orcs, mostly have warriors with extraordinary paths, and they can even summon Legendary and use the power of Great Being to launch attacks."

"What kind of fortress could withstand such an attack?"

"But even if you want to do the simplest part, excluding all other unnecessary conditions, the most direct cost is money, you'll still have to spend at least... 100 million Gold Coin."

One hundred million!

Gold Coin!

What a terrifying number this is! Putting aside everything else, even the neighboring Andara Kingdom, one of the nine kingdoms on the continent, couldn't accumulate a hundred million Gold Coin in fifty years.

This number filled Rose with despair, and this was only his preliminary calculation; in reality, it would absolutely, positively exceed this number by a great margin.

What if we don't remove other conditions?

Having money isn't enough. Many extraordinary materials, Magic Potion, and even invitations to Mages themselves require a lot of time and effort. Ryan might not be able to buy all the materials, nor could Ryan invite all the suitable Mages.

The weather in the Northlands is not static, especially during winter. The Northlands is so terrifying that no mountain peak can help humans withstand the harsh conditions of the Snow Plains.

The additional costs associated with manpower include firewood, housing and tents, food transportation and supply, and so on...

Too many impossible things are about to pile up on this Great Wall Fortress.

After listening to Rose's words, Ryan also fell silent. The Great Wall had always existed in his ideals, but now that the ideals had become reality, all that was exposed was bewilderment and helplessness.

"In any case, the Great Wall project cannot be cancelled."

"Can alchemy... replace the magic rune inscriptions on the fortress?"

Ryan looked at Rose. He had always believed that alchemy and magic were on par, and even the Alchemist couldn't understand why Baron Ryan was more confident than them.

"It's... difficult."

Rose's expression was somewhat grim and serious. He didn't say it was impossible, because the Alchemist's purpose was to turn the impossible into the possible. Their ultimate goal was the Philosopher's Stone, which could do things that even Deities couldn't do. It was also the only chance in Rose's "difficult" answer.

"The Philosopher's Stone can replace everything and create everything, but you can't find that many Philosopher's Stone. There can't be that many Legendary alchemy techniques in the Pan-Plane."

"If you don't have one, then create one."

"Alchemy has everything, even more uncertain possibilities than Mages, which is the greatest thing about alchemy. You can do everything that Mages can do, and you can do everything that they cannot do."

"Isn't this your Legendary journey?"

"Even the Great Will of Shadow Mage cannot stop your breakthrough in alchemy."

Ryan's motivational remarks failed to ignite Rose's passion and enthusiasm; he was already quite old. However, once they returned, the students at the Alchemy Academy worked with incredible enthusiasm, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

After seeing off the head alchemist, Ryan began to worry.

Where is he going to get so much money? If the Northern Territory Merchant Guild and the Northern Kingdom's Braveheart Guild wanted to earn him a hundred million, that would take forever. Does he really want to be like the Foolish Old Man who moved mountains, making his descendants work hard for this goal?

"If I can't rely on myself, then I can only rely on others."

"Otherworld Plane possess countless resources that can be consumed without regard to cost. In Norris... who could possess such immense wealth?"

There is no other answer; the Empire and the Church are the only two that can possess such vast wealth.

After all, one hundred million Gold Coin and one hundred million in wealth are two different things.

Ryan can't become emperor, so it's probably impossible for him to get 100 million Gold Coin from the Empire. As for the Church... given the current relationship and situation between the two sides, it might be his only chance.

This opportunity is hard to come by.

In the Northwind Province, thanks to the large number of professional stewards dispatched by Ryan, many nobles have begun leading their idle subjects to cultivate wasteland.

Limited by the times and the capacity for production development, there are large amounts of wasteland within the noble territories of this world, not to mention the wild lands between territories that no one cares about.

In terms of air quality, this world is miles ahead of the world Ryan remembers; that's the best description.

Ryan needed more than just to expand the territory of Northwind Province; he once again traveled to the Andara Kingdom.

At the invitation of the King of Andara, Baron Ryan of the Empire and Earl Ryan Clayton of the Andara Kingdom once again entered the Andara Kingdom as a defense advisor.

That noble King is about to rebuild the royal army.

This was the result of Daryl revealing his Legendary power. The Andara Royal Family once again possessed a Legendary, which made the nobles incredulous and suspicious, while the Andara Royal Family was overjoyed.

They suspected that the Bloodline Curse had weakened and that the royal family would rise again.

All of this would become the King's achievement, and he was excited to rebuild the royal army so that the tragedy of MacReynolds betraying him and being powerless to stop it would never happen again.

Ryan came for this reason, but he also stated that he was only an advisor and that the King had no objections, since the royal army should remain under the absolute control of the royal family.

With such intentions, the royal family was destined to have no shortage of soldiers. They drew soldiers from among the commoners, and the bloodlines of the nobles were suffering from a lack of opportunities. In less than three days, the royal family rebuilt an army of tens of thousands of men.

This result made Ryan want to laugh.

With so many wars in the south and the North of the kingdom, the King and nobles couldn't spare any extra troops. So when the royal family decided to reorganize the army, suddenly so many suitable soldiers and knights appeared.

The royal family was to conduct a month-long military training exercise, which gave Ryan a relatively easy time, so he went to his home Dawn City.

This city, which was seized from the Church of Dawn, now belongs entirely to Ryan, and has become the economic center of the Andara Kingdom.

All the merchant caravans from the Empire traveling along the Northwind Avenue ultimately head towards Dawn City.

Ryan sold half of the city's land, while the other half remained with Ryan, and all the wealth... was concentrated in the hands of one woman.

Queen Leta is now a thing of the past, as Your Majesty new King Adams has chosen a new Queen. However, she still holds an extraordinary status in the Andara Kingdom Queen Leta, and every so often, she hosts a large number of noble ladies for a women's banquet.

This was one of the few sources of enjoyment she had.

Late at night, Queen Leta became Ryan's pleasure, her strong, Dragons -like body radiating scorching heat.

By the evening of the following day, Ryan began to inspect his Dawn City.

"It looks pretty good. Those chambers of commerce haven't broken their promises and have kept Dawn City clean and tidy."

"They won't, because it's this clean Dawn City that makes it a place where more and more nobles want to come to buy supplies."

Ryan turned around and pulled Queen Leta into his arms, then said:

"I need to use the Gold Coin of Dawn City to fight against the enemies in the Northlands."

Queen Leta's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, and she became angry.

"You won't let me return to the Royal Palace, nor will you let me return to the Leta Family. You've locked me up here, and every time you come here, it's just to take away the wealth of Dawn City. What exactly do you want me to do?"

Queen Leta burst into tears; she was quite young and became very emotional.

Ryan could only hug her, and after a long while, when she had calmed down, he said:

"This money was meant to be used anyway, wasn't it? Simply saving it won't make it grow."

Queen Leta granted Ryan's request. A maid brought him a glass of fruit wine, and Ryan reached for the crystal glass, but the maid's arm fell to her side.

Her arm strength was somewhat lacking, which angered Queen Leta, but Ryan didn't take it to heart.

"She helped you just last night, so it's normal that she doesn't have the strength now."

Ryan laughed, and the woman in his arms blushed. In the instant the maid lowered her arm, she pulled out a purple dagger and stabbed at Ryan.

Queen Leta was in his arms, widened her eyes in an instant, but did not know how to react. Instinctively, she hugged Ryan tightly, watching the dagger that was so close to her, trying to pierce her and Ryan together.

It possesses a very evil power, is extremely sharp, and the maid is also very fast.

Fear gripped her heart, Queen Leta screamed, but felt no pain. When she opened her eyes, she saw Ryan, whose body was radiating a rich, bloody aura, gripping the purple dagger tightly in his hand.

Blood dripped down his palm, turning black in mid-air, and corroded a large hole in the hard stone the moment it hit the ground.

"For the glory of our Lord!"

The maid murmured in a low voice, then her body burst into flames of pure white, and she vanished before Ryan's eyes.

Tossing aside the dagger, Ryan looked at his hand, where a battle was raging. His Ryan life force, a terrifying power of blood, was fighting against a murky black liquid, which was blood formed from a portion of his own blood.

The mutual annihilation ultimately led to Ryan's weakness, but even the maid probably didn't expect Ryan's vitality to be so terrifying. After a few breaths, Ryan's expression had returned to calm.

Looking at the Ash that the maid had turned to after burning, Ryan's expression was gloomy and indifferent.

Queen Leta trembled in her arms.

"No, it wasn't me, I don't know either."

She cried, Ryan gently hugged her with one arm, saying:

"Don't worry, I don't suspect you. But she's actually an assassin from the Church of Dawn?"

Ryan was puzzled, Queen Leta also said:

"Melanie has been my servant since my time in the Grand Duchy, she can't possibly be Dawn Believers."

"That's definitely impossible."

Last night's intense performance revealed all the emotions and personality traits that were meant to be hidden, but what happened today was no joke either.

so...

"Just today, even while we were still asleep, someone appeared by our bedside."

"He didn't kill me outright, but instead infused her with extraordinary power."

Ryan looked up. Soldiers had already blocked all the main roads. Brandt angrily searched every dark corner.

"She really wanted to kill me, and she wasn't Black Swan."

"She's not affiliated with the Church."

Ryan laughed. He didn't dare to kill his own sleeping self, but instead used this dark method to put him to death.

"Aristocrats?"

Ryan gently stroked Queen Leta's back. He hadn't expected that instead of the Church of Dawn's deadly measures, the nobles would first harbor murderous intent towards him.

Who is it?

Are the kingdom's nobles trying to kill him, the Empire Baron is attempting to seize control of the kingdom? Or are they imperial nobles, like Meyers, since his recent actions have become quite audacious, threatening and impacting Meyers ' interests?

He didn't know, because he didn't know who could turn a maid who was originally loyal to Queen Leta into a cold and elite assassin.

That person might even still be in this Dawn City, watching whether he or she dies.

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help but look around.

I can't see anything.

(End of this chapter)