Throne of the North.

Chapter 240 The First Confrontation with the Marquis

By using his divinity, the Marquis of Beifeng was bathed in golden sunlight all the way from the Imperial Capital to Beifeng Province. This scene was destined to be recorded and passed down.

The entire empire and even the entire southern world will know that the Marquis of the North Wind, Korisna Columbus, is a person blessed by the gods. He is favored by the gods, the great Lord of the Dawn, the God of Light.

Everyone is a witness, and what they see with their own eyes will provide the most impeccable authentication of this divine grace.

The amount of divinity consumed in this process must be enormous. The more this consumes, the more recognized the identity of the Marquis of the North Wind will be.

Only from the holy mountain in the south came an angry voice, and the Pope, who was closest to the gods, was roaring.

"Hypocrites must die! How dare you blaspheme the glory of the Lord and make choices on behalf of the gods!"

"Empire, you should be destroyed!"

Even at the beginning of the war, the Holy See had never been so angry. Everyone recognized the Marquis of the North Wind's identity as a divine being. Only they, the devout believers of the Lord of Dawn, knew the whole truth.

"The blasphemer should be banished to the abyss forever!"

After the rage, the holy mountain became extremely quiet, so quiet that it was a little eerie.

In the North Wind Province, on Thunder Cloud Mountain, many nobles could only bite the bullet and welcome the marquis who came from afar.

The Marquis of the North Wind, Korisna Columbus, is a middle-aged man with blond hair and golden eyes. His appearance can attract most women in the world, and perhaps also some men. When the nobles saw the appearance of the Marquis of the North Wind, they subconsciously thought that only such a flawless face could be favored by the gods.

However, the Marquis seemed to have a bad temper.

"For many years, no blasphemers from the Church dared to invade the Empire. Only the North Wind Province became the first land to be invaded by the Church."

"This belongs to the empire, to the great Columbus, and is a land that blasphemers cannot enter."

"But they still came. It seems that there are still many flaws in this land."

"On behalf of the great God of Light and the Empire, I come here, to this place desecrated by the blasphemer, and I will purify all the darkness and filth here."

At this moment, Ryan also understood why.

Why was it that such an achievement as destroying a thousand Holy Heavenly Knights and repelling their legion Damon was considered so small in the eyes of the Empire, so small that the North Wind Province was only exempted from tax for one year?

Because only when other interests are involved can the credit brought by another thing be suppressed.

For example, at the war level, the previous war in the Northern Wind Province was undoubtedly a huge victory, which could boost the empire's war in the south.

However, it is different when it comes to the level of belief in gods.

The favored one, the Marquis in front of him, thought this was a blasphemy. This was not a victory but a shame.

The appearance of blasphemers from the Vatican on the land of the empire, on his territory, was an insult to the gods.

How can such a humiliation be considered a victory?
The majesty of the gods does not allow for even the slightest stain, and the North Wind Province has become such a stain.

This understanding made Ryan speechless, but in this world where gods do exist, it seemed extremely reasonable.

As believers in light, they naturally believe that the approach of darkness is a fault.

For those who are favored, it is even more of a shame, a shame that their faith is not devout enough.

The dispute over faith suppressed the credit that should have belonged to the North Wind Province, but it was the entire North Wind Province that had to bear all of this.

After realizing this, Ryan looked at Marquis Beifeng with an unfriendly look. He looked at Lord Hora, and the Sky Knight's eyes were a little erratic at the moment. Obviously, he couldn't make some decisions.

Most of the nobles around were also intimidated by the divine grace that the marquis brought. Ryan was speechless, but finally stood up and looked at the Marquis of the North Wind in front of him.

"The Baron of the Frozen Territory, Ryan Clayton, greets the Marquis."

"Clayton?"

Marquis Beifeng paused, then looked at Ryan.

"Oh, so you are the little one from the Clayton family. You look a lot like your father. Earl Clayton is also my friend. Back then, he and I were together..."

The Marquis of the North Wind was reminiscing about the past, and Ryan was also smiling, as if he had established a relationship with the Marquis. Soon, the two of them were standing side by side.

"My Lord Marquis, since you have such a relationship with my father, I will also arrange some soldiers to be your guards when you come to the North Wind Province."

"Northern Wind Province is close to the northern border. As you know, it is not that safe here."

"Also, I heard that your fiefdom is a hundred-mile radius area around Thunder Cloud Mountain. You may not know that within this hundred-mile area, there are many other nobles' lands. With my people helping you, you will be able to find out which ones they are."

Marquis of the North Wind, Korisna Columbus, frowned and looked at Ryan.

"Baron Ryan, my territory is an empire. It was personally conferred by the royal family and crowned by Emperor Columbus. It is just like yours back then. It is sacred and inviolable."

"The Empire and the Royal Family have granted me a hundred miles of land around Thunder Cloud Mountain. Everything here belongs to me. There is no one else's land."

As soon as these words were spoken, the nobles around him all looked at them with subtle expressions, and they gradually realized that this was a political struggle between the Marquis and them.

"Mr. Marquis, that piece of land belongs to my Baron Enzo family. The territory of the nobility is also sacred and inviolable. My flag is flying there."

Baron Enzo stood up and said, and other nobles also spoke up, saying that they were unwilling to give up their territories.

"Those lands were the spoils we gained after defeating the Church and Count Weiss. They were distributed to every victorious noble strictly according to the empire's military merits."

"The victory in the war is recognized by the Empire."

Ryan also whispered beside Marquis Beifeng, but everyone could hear his voice clearly.

"Lord Ryan, that's not how it works."

Ryan opened his eyes wide, a look of disbelief on his face.

"Has the Empire stripped Count Weiss of his title?"

After these words were spoken, even the Marquis Beifeng's mouth twitched and he almost coughed.

How dare he answer this? The royal family has no right to deprive a noble of his title. To put it bluntly, the war between the empire and the church is a war between divine power and royal power. What is royal power? Every ruler in the empire, every noble who owns territory, is a representative of royal power.

The royal family also needs the support of all nobles, not just those within the empire, but also the support of so many nobles in the south. How could they possibly come up with an idea like depriving the title, which would alert nobles all over the world?

Count Weiss is fine, but the other nobles are not like the prisoner Count Weiss. They control land and territories with huge military forces.

The Marquis of Beifeng was frightened by Ryan's words, but he didn't know the situation in Beifeng Province, so he just thought that Ryan was a pawn pushed out by the nobles here. After all, the two earls didn't speak, and it seemed abnormal for a baron to speak so much first.

He began to educate Ryan in the tone of an elder, with a serious tone.

(End of this chapter)