What sort of goal did Ryan have?
What Ryan needed was people.
Although the Frozen Earth Territory, and the Northern Lands as a whole, now had a large population, Ryan was still short on people.
The lands of the north lacked enough talent, especially people with some measure of extraordinary power.
The warm, prosperous lands of the South had far more of such people.
"I hope to establish a branch of the Northern Adventurers Guild in the Clayton Family's territory, and to have buildings in our allies' territories as well, supplying adventurers who wish to become bravehearts."
Ryan was not staying solely for the sake of the Northern Kingdom's Braveheart Guild. What he needed was people—people from the lands of the South constantly traveling back and forth to the Northern Lands. Emperor Columbus IV had handed the Northern Kingdom's Braveheart Guild in Carlos Province over to Floyd, a move that had disgusted Ryan just enough to matter. Ryan also had to think of new ways to maintain Zero Crossing City's endless bustle and prosperity.
"You want the knights to all go north to adventure?"
The countess frowned. She was no longer young, but on this mage's forehead, there were hardly any wrinkles to be seen.
"The north doesn't have as much wealth as you imagine, Ryan."
Milly looked at Ryan seriously.
"We all know that your growth did not come from the north, but from the resources provided by the Otherworld Plane."
"The north has been covered in wind and snow for over a hundred years. In the earliest days, perhaps ancient relics could still be dug out from beneath the ice and snow, but that is impossible now."
"Do you know what the Norris Continent was like a hundred years ago? Back then, this southern third of the land