He did not lose to Baron Hatton, but he lost to this territorial noble from Frozen Earth Territory, the most easily forgotten territorial noble from Northwind Province.
Roach stared at Ryan, he couldn't imagine how Frozen Earth Territory could have such soldiers in that poor place.
The only answer may be that Count Clayton.
"Tell me how much money you need to release me."
At this moment, Roach was feeling a little desperate. The turmoil of Northwind Province was coming. He originally wanted to concentrate the wealth and resources in the territories of several Knightdom and Baron Hatton, so as to sell himself a good price, but now he no longer has the confidence.
In Northwind Province, the military strength is far higher than the means of political struggle of the nobles. If it were in South, it would be possible for a nobleman without an army to deal with a powerful nobleman, but it is not possible here.
Northwind Province's nobles have nothing without military strength.
His father understood this very well, so when he came here, he was able to recruit hundreds of organized soldiers, instead of being like other nobles who could only rely on serfs who would run for their lives as soon as they entered the battlefield.
But now...
Roach stared at Ryan, and he swore that he would never forget today's humiliation.
"Ahem."
Ryan cleared his throat, then laughed and looked at Baron Roach.
"Since Baron Roach is willing to use Gold Coin to redeem his freedom, that's the best thing."
"Let's do the math. First of all, you, Baron, a fifth-class noble of the empire, Baron Roach, how much Gold Coin are you willing to spend to buy your own life and freedom?"
"Five thousand Gold Coin."
Roach said immediately.
"Five thousand?"
Haton shouted next to him.
"Roach, are you worth only five thousand? Without fifty thousand Gold Coin, you can't even think of walking out of my territory."
"Fifty thousand Gold Coin, Haton why don't you go and grab it?"
"Hmph! Roach, you have a Baron collar, and three Knightdoms. Even Iron Ores, you have at least five. Are you telling me that you can't come up with 50,000 Gold Coins?"
Haton is quite familiar with Roach's Crow Ridge. After all, they are old enemies.
"Do you think Gold Coin fell from the sky? Ten thousand Gold Coin, I can at most pay ten thousand Gold Coin to redeem myself, otherwise I will wait for Noble Council to come to you."
Roach looked at Ryan. After all, he lost in the hands of Frozen Earth Territory Baron.
Ryan nodded and said:
"Well, Baron Roach will pay us two Baron a fortune of ten thousand Gold Coin each to redeem his freedom."
"I only said ten thousand." Roach was still roaring, and his heart was bleeding.
Ryan looked at Roach, smiled and said:
"Ten thousand in total? Gold Coin. Why don't I go to Crow Ridge in person? I think I'll have everything by then. What do you think Baron Roach?"
Ryan's words silenced Roach. Looking at the other party's reaction, Ryan continued:
"Then next, it's Baron Roach your soldiers. We captured a total of 560 soldiers from Crow Ridge. Each soldier is a precious treasure. Each person has at least thirty Gold Coin."
"Thirty pieces? Most of them are slaves. Thirty pieces Gold Coin are slaves. What are you thinking?"
Ryan His hands were in a pool.
"Why didn't I know there were slaves inside? You know, on the battlefield, they are all warriors who took up arms."
"Impossible, serfs can have up to ten Gold Coin each, and other soldiers can have twenty-five each. This is the rule among nobles."
Hearing Roach's words, Ryan and Haton looked at each other, and the latter nodded.
"Well, in this case, it will be nine thousand three hundred Gold Coin. To sum up, it will be nine thousand five hundred Gold Coin."
Hearing that Ryan and the two talked so easily, Roach suddenly had a bad thought in his heart. He reacted and looked at Ryan.
"My... my knights... where are they?"
"Them? Not one of them survived."
After hearing this answer, Roach felt dizzy.
"I... you..."
Roach stared at Ryan's delicate face, his fingers turned white when pinched.
"And Knight Walter, he is your Lordship. Since your own ransom is ten thousand, then for this Lordship, give each of us five thousand, isn't it excessive?"
Ryan said, looking at the desperate Baron Roach, who was still immersed in the ending of his cavalry being annihilated, and silently accepted Ryan's proposal.
"Then the next step is to compensate our two nobles."
Ryan said, Roach and Haton both opened their eyes wide.
"What else?"
"Also!"
Ryan looked at Baron Roach, a little confused.
"What, is it weird?"
"I was originally a guest in Mr. Haton's territory, but suddenly, your Lordship Knight Walter came with a large number of people to plunder Mr. Haton's wealth, and then you came again with a huge army. This is a war, an invasion of territory. According to the rules of the nobility, we have unlimited defense rights."
"You started the war, but the end of the war is not your choice."
"If there are no war reparations, when will the war end?"
"Baron Roach is a noble. He wouldn't be so naive as to think that we don't have the strength to continue this war, right?"
Haton echoed excitedly:
"Yes Roach, you started the war. Without war compensation, it means that the war is not over yet. The war between Crow Territory and Divine Steed Territory will continue."
Ryan looked at Baron Roach and nodded.
"The damage and impact caused by the war need to be healed with Gold Coin."
"Then how much do you want?!"
Baron Roach stared at the face of Ryan. Before, he thought that the black-haired, red-eyed boy from the Clayton Family was a symbol of nobility, but now he only felt that it was the face of Demons.
"In a word, the damage caused by this war will cost at least one hundred thousand Gold Coin."
Ryan said, no ransom of prisoners can compare with the compensation for the war itself.
"One hundred thousand Gold Coin, not even one Gold Coin can be missing."
Haton's eyes were shining and he said with great excitement.
"One hundred thousand Gold Coin? This is absolutely impossible, at most fifty thousand."
Ryan interrupted Roach and said:
"Baron Roach, I think you haven't realized your position yet. One hundred thousand Gold Coin is a number that cannot be negotiated. Crow Ridge can't get that much. You can supplement it with grain or Iron Ore wrought iron. You can even pay it off at the end of this year."
"War reparations leave no room for bargaining for the loser. In this, you are no longer a noble, but a loser."
Ryan said, causing the blood on Roach's face to disappear completely.