Ryan did not bring only a hundred people this time, but brought nearly two hundred of his own Knight Retainer and eight hundred ordinary serfs and civilian soldiers.
He knew very well that leaving this time was no longer a trivial matter, nor could he come back in half a month.
Frozen Earth Territory's army crossed Mountain Forest and the swamp, which put great pressure on Baron Hatton. When he sent people to come and learned that they were not attacking him, he felt completely at ease.
"Not long ago, I also sent some soldiers and Lynn to Baron Barnes's Northwind Flower Fortress, Ryan. Do you think we can be the Viscount's opponent?"
Haton is still quite afraid of the two viscounts Zero Crossing Prefecture.
"Don't worry, Mr. Haton, no matter what happens, nothing will happen to you Baron. When the time comes, you can say that it was Lynn's private action."
Ryan said calmly that he knew Haton's worries. After all, in Haton's opinion, Baron Barnes and Baron Ryan were both a bit timid.
Ryan's army crossed the territory of Haton, and it would not be so easy to leave next, because he could not let his army appear in the territories of other nobles and could only walk in the wilderness outside those territories.
The almost undeveloped wild land is not so easy to walk. If Ryan's army is not the most important one is to enforce orders and prohibitions, people will even die along the way.
His thousand troops finally appeared in Baron Barnes's territory. Although 800 of them had no combat effectiveness, Baron Barnes didn't know that he was a little shocked when he looked at the neat troops standing there.
"Baron Ryan, all Northwind Province have underestimated you."
The slightly aged Baron Barnes said with shock and surprise that many nobles in the empire are of this age because they have to wait until their fathers die to inherit Noble Title, and at this time they are no longer young.
Even Baron Barnes's eldest son is one year older than Ryan.
"I have set aside a large area of wasteland and built houses for your soldiers to live in."
Barnes led Ryan to his specially developed army Drill Ground, which was very large and could accommodate two to three thousand people. After all, it was impossible to really let all the soldiers garrison Flower of Northwind Castle. Only a few Knight Retainer could enjoy such treatment.
"This land is a bit too rough."
Looking at the deserted Drill Ground in front of him and the houses that were not solid, Ryan frowned.
"My soldiers will rebuild their homes and need Baron Barnes you to provide some trees."
"There is a mountainous area not far away. Baron Ryan Just arrange some people to prepare."
After settling the soldiers, Ryan took his Knight Retainers to Flower of Northwind Castle. On the hillside not far away, the ancient castle witnessed the history of Northwind Province over the past hundreds of years.
There are even rumors that this is the top three strongest fortress in Northwind Province. There was once a peak Saint Domain Mage that carved solid magic.
If it wasn't big enough, Ryan thinks the earls would have some ideas.
"With this castle, your territory will be completely worry-free."
Ryan said with some envy, which is true. If the fortress on his Rhino Horn Mountain is built, it will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the fortress itself is not as good as this Flower of Northwind for the time being.
But after helping Mage Luna complete the construction of Mage Tower, then Ryan can make requests.
Golem Puppet's control and influence over stones exceeds Saint Domain Mage's.
Hearing Ryan's words, Barnes also showed pride in his eyes. The vision of his ancestors now gave him the confidence to fight against Zero Crossing Prefecture's other nobles.
"At this point, Baron Barnes, can you tell me how many nobles you have gathered in total?"
At the banquet to welcome Ryan, seeing that apart from the Barnes Family, there were only Lynn and himself, Ryan already had a guess in his mind.
Sure enough, Baron Barnes sighed.
"Baron Ryan, there are still too few nobles who support us. Except for Baron Hatton and you, the rest of them only expressed their thoughts secretly, but in the end, they were won over by the two viscounts."
"This is normal. One of the two viscounts has Zero Crossing City and is invincible, and the other is said to have an army of three thousand soldiers. We can't compare."
"I'm just curious, Baron Barnes, why are you unwilling to accept the kindness of the two of them? With your strength, any viscount will give you enough benefits, right?"
"What they gave us was not as much as what we took away from us?"
Barnes looked at Ryan and finally revealed the interests behind this matter.
"Ryan, did you know that in the southwest position of Zero Crossing Prefecture, starting from Zero Crossing City and crossing Carmelan River on Ice Peak Forest, an Magic Crystal Mine was discovered."
"Magic Crystal Mine?"
Ryan opened his eyes wide at this moment, stared at Baron Barnes closely, and couldn't help but ask.
"What size is Magic Crystal Mine?"
"Just a small one."
Baron Barnes shook his head and smiled, he knew what Ryan was thinking.
"A small Magic Crystal Mine can only dig up one hundred thousand Magic Crystal at most, but this is also a huge fortune. As you know about Ryan, the value of Magic Crystal is higher than the equivalent Gold Coin."
Ryan is also a little regretful. If it is medium or large, he will now go back to Frozen Earth Territory and pull out Mage Luna.
The small Magic Crystal Mine and Mage Luna will be interested, but Ryan will not be willing to expose Frozen Earth Territory's biggest trump card so easily.
"But in that Ice Peak Forest, around Magic Crystal Mine, some Iron Ore and a Gold Mine were also found."
"The value of Gold Mine currently surveyed may be higher than Magic Crystal Mine."
"If we join those two viscounts, it would be good if we can get some Gold Coin in the end, but Magic Crystal Mine is more important to me."
"Two of my children have already detected good magic talents, and there is Flower of Northwind. This castle needs a part of Magic Crystal as a supplement every year. As long as Magic Crystal is enough, no one can break my castle."
Baron Barnes said half of the reasons, and the rest was his own thoughts, but even so, it was enough for him to be ruthless and fight against the two viscounts.
"Of course, Ryan, behind this matter is not only the division of these mineral veins, but also the division of the entire Northwind Province territory."
"In Zero Crossing Prefecture, that Viscount Dragoon is no longer satisfied and wants to invite the old Viscount Miles out of Zero Crossing City."
"And those Knightdom, because they became Lordship, they are too far away from their fifth-class nobles, and they want to re-divide their territory."
"Re-dividing on your own without interference from the empire."