Throne of the North.

Chapter 277 The War between the Baron and the Earl
The stone giant broke into pieces three times, and each time the broken pieces were reassembled by an invisible force in the desperate eyes of Knight Badley. Even though he destroyed the core gray stone, he was unable to completely kill the magical creation.

He was able to destroy the stone giant for the fourth and fifth time, but his body could not take it anymore.

"puff!"

Blood was spit out on his chest, and Knight Badley stood on the gravel ground in a mess. His chest was sunken, and flesh and metal fragments were intertwined together. He was still not dead, and his strong vitality shocked Ryan.

But he would not live long. Knight Badley, who breathed in less than he breathed out, had a head of brown hair stained with blood, and his body was no longer filled with rich blood and energy, but was instead contained within his spirit.

Qi and blood are the product of physique and qi and blood under the action of the knight's life seed. It is extraordinary energy. When it is full, it can be released wantonly to affect the surroundings. However, the knight's body reserves are always limited, and it is impossible for him to release spectacular qi and blood even in this state.

Badley no longer had the initial vigor, and the still shiny and bright knight's sword in his hand was difficult to swing. At this moment, he was finally frightened and wanted to escape, but he could not escape.

The stone giant was more agile than he had imagined. He had been stopped more than once when he tried to bypass the stone giant to deal with Ryan and the magician.

The ten-meter-tall stone monster was impossible to get past as he was just a sky knight who could float, not a bird with wings.

Ryan still did not move, but said to Knight Badley from a distance:
"Your death will become part of the glory of the Ryan family."

After he finished speaking, the stone giant swung his fists and smashed towards Knight Badley frantically.

Until the blood and mud, Ryan and Archmage McKen arrived on the battlefield, and the war ended at this moment with the surrender of Count Sauron's army.

The Thunder Giant at that time and the Stone Giant in front of him were similar in nature. The morale suppression brought by their huge size to the army on the battlefield was terrifying.

It would be fine if there was an equal force on my side, but since there wasn't, there was no need to keep my knees so strong.

"I hope that Count Sauron can pay you a satisfactory ransom."

After turning some of them into trophies and becoming Master Ryan's slaves, he said to the remaining 600 soldiers.

This is an open war, so he cannot cruelly kill all the knights and soldiers loyal to Earl Sauron. Moreover, this is a regular army and a huge fortune.

Ryan can only make profits according to the rules among the nobles.

Cleaning the battlefield took longer than the war itself. Nearly two hundred of the eight hundred indigenous warriors died, more than a hundred were seriously injured, and almost all the rest were slightly injured.

But the natives were excited, as they had a share of the spoils.

As for the 400 attendants from the front, more than 30 of them were killed or injured. Even though they had only joined the war in the late stages, the loss was still heartbreaking.

In comparison, Ryan even suspected that the reason why Count Sauron's army surrendered after nearly two hundred deaths was because these soldiers had been trained and became veterans in the army he had previously commanded.

Normally, the army would have collapsed when a hundred people died. You should know that in the initial stage of wooden spear throwing, about fifty to eighty soldiers died or were seriously injured.

"But this is also good. The more elite these soldiers are, the more valuable they are. Earl Sauron will not let me down."

Ryan said with a smile, and the next moment he waved his hand and arranged all the captives into the mine to mine magic crystals.

The addition of knights with strong physiques has increased the mining speed of the magic crystal mine by more than twice.

There is no need to worry about the soldiers rioting. The troops under the nobles are very sensible. Ryan picked up the long sword belonging to Knight Badley.

"The eleventh generation Zoro, witness the broken sword of the king's blood."

There is a line of gorgeous words engraved on the hilt of the sword.

This is a knight's long sword in the palace. It was once bathed in dragon's blood and was collected. It also witnessed the decline of a kingdom and the death of the royal bloodline in a certain chaos.

Well, the term "witness" is a good one. To put it bluntly, this sword has killed some royals of noble blood, but the nobility is a euphemism and of course they cannot say what they have done, so the term "witness" is used.

It was impossible for a knight's longsword to grow legs and go out into the world on its own, it must have been carried by someone. And if someone with such a sword did not become the loser in the chaos, then it was obvious what the owner of the longsword did.

Just as Ryan said before, the death of Sky Knight Badley will become a part of Ryan's glory, and this sword is also a witness to the glory of Sauron's family.

"It's worth a lot of money."

Ryan handed the sword to Brand, who took it and shook his head.

"It's very powerful. Even Brock can't forge such a long sword. But it's not suitable for me."

Indeed, this sword is more suitable for a noble.

Of course, Count Sauron could see what was in Knight Baddeley's mind. Baddeley, who was born a commoner, became a powerful knight with the help of Sauron's family. Count Sauron could know nothing.

He gave Badley such a sword, which was an opportunity and a big pie that could be cashed or not.

I have given you the opportunity, and this sword is the witness. However, whether you can qualify yourself as a noble depends on what you can achieve.

It has to be said that the ancient Earl Sauron family is also a master at controlling people's hearts.

After blessing some natives as promised, Ryan also told these indigenous leaders about the problem of lifespan in this world.

The threat of winter is always present and is never far away.

Not far from me...

Ryan thought to himself.

The Frozen Territory is right on the border between the North and the Empire. Almost all the time, Ryan can watch the endless white disaster in his castle.

The nobles in the south might forget the cold wind in the north because they are too far away, but the lord of the frozen land will never be able to ignore the disaster brought by the wind and snow.

Perhaps the resources in this forest world are rich, but no matter what, Ryan will cut down a huge amount of firewood in this world that can be stored for a long time.

The words he used to deal with the Holy See were not just random remarks. Fire is always the best answer to fight against winter.

Of course, the most urgent task is to fight against Count Sauron.

If no one could find evidence for the previous wars and could only guess, then today's war has already announced the conflict between Baron Ryan and Count Sauron.

Even the nobles would probably be shocked, because it seemed that the outbreak of this war was caused by a magic crystal mine.

The scale of this magic crystal mine is not small, but it still seems not as shocking as the war that broke out between a baron and an earl because of it.

"This battle will establish my position and voice in the Beifeng Province, and completely fix me on the line between the great nobles and the small nobles."

The title represents strength, because the greater the nobleman, the larger the fiefdom, the more subjects, the higher the political power he holds, and naturally, the greater his strength will be.

But strength cannot represent title, Ryan will be an example of this, even though he is only a baron.

More than a year ago, the nobles of Lingdu County would not think that Ryan was just a baron. A year later, everyone in the North Wind Province will understand that Ryan is more than just a baron.

If the Borean Province will have multiple poles, then Ryan must be one of them. If the Borean Province can only have one pole, it can only be him, Baron Ryan, the Lord of the Tundra.

Can he do it? If Ryan only had a strong talent for military command before, then after killing the Sky Knight Badley, Ryan's shortcomings and the power of the extraordinary path were also made up for.

Within one day, Ryan witnessed the power of the Sky Knight, the power of the Archmage, and his own power.

So, after a few days, seeing that the captives in the magic crystal mine were safe, he began to hunt the beasts and monsters in the mountains with his servants. The plane door opened again, and the difference from before was that Baron Ryan's team was extremely bloated.

The already huge beast was slaughtered in the other world, and the sealed flesh and blood still exuded a strong sense of barbarism. In addition, the boxes of glittering magic crystals made the other nobles open their eyes wide.

They came here to watch the fun, and some of them came here because they had conflicts with other nobles. At this moment, some nobles could not help but step forward, as the value of the magic crystal ore has always been high.

But soon, they stopped and looked in shock at the second half of the team, which was a series of prisoners with their hands tied.

There is no need to say much about the team at the end of the team, which is transporting firewood.

"Governor, please return this sword to Lord Count Sauron."

Ryan's expression was sincere as he handed the knight's sword belonging to Earl Sauron to Marquis North Wind.

The three elements of a knight, mount, weapon and armor, any one of them can determine the knight's fate.

"As for these magic crystals, they are my spoils of war."

After these words were spoken, other nobles could no longer covet these magic crystals. Although they were qualified to produce the previous contract and claim that they also had a share of the magic crystal mine, the magic crystals in the team now belonged to Ryan alone.

The huge wealth made Baron Ryan even richer.

In addition to being concerned about the magic crystal mine, the nobles naturally began to pay attention to the outbreak of conflict between the baron and the earl.

……

"boom!"

In Longshan County, Count Sauron's chest kept rising and falling.

"Lian, that little dragon cub, how dare he, he actually dared to declare war on the Sauron family!"

War is naturally a declaration of war, not to mention that a Sky Knight died in this war.

"Father."

Next to him, Feder lowered his head.

"According to the information passed on by the Marquis, Baron Ryan requires us to pay 100,000 gold coins to redeem the 600 soldiers."

"And no bargaining will be accepted."

"One hundred thousand?"

Count Sauron opened his eyes wide and clenched his hands unconsciously again. When Feder thought that the table could not hold up at all this time, Count Sauron actually suppressed the anger in his body, took a deep breath, and deep wisdom revealed in his old eyes.

"He didn't want me to pay the ransom, but he didn't want to return the soldiers so quickly. He didn't want those soldiers to turn around and attack him again after they came back."

"One hundred thousand gold coins was the stumbling block he gave me, just to make me hesitate, because I shouldn't need so much."

"But the more he wants this, the more I can't let him have his way."

"Here! Give him 100,000 gold coins and bring everyone back."

"No, I want to go pick it up myself!"

"Gather the Dragonblood Warriors. I want to see why Ryan Clayton, a little bastard, dares to go against me!"

"War? Since he started the war, let him experience the cruelty of war."

Feder was horrified, he had not expected that the incident would fast forward to the point where the count would personally lead the army and bring the extraordinary legion with him.

"Father, isn't this... a little too extreme?"

"No, that's how it should be."

"They all thought I was old. They forgot that I was once a madman who could decide the fate of my family in the blink of an eye."

Lord Thorin arose, he was never corrupted.

"After this war, the nobles of Lingdu County and Tieshan County will rely on our Sauron family, and that little guy Ryan will lose all the power to oppose me for at least 20 to 30 years."

"Don't you think that, with this, the person in charge of the Northern Wind Province has changed?"

Count Sauron's eyes revealed unprecedented ambition.

Who wouldn't want to do what Count Weiss wants to do, Count Sauron or Count Winter?
There is only one king of the north wind.

As for the Marquis of the North Wind? In the eyes of Earl Sauron, the threat level is even lower than that of Ryan.

Can the legendary knight solve everything?

No, on the contrary, nobles can solve many legends.

"War will not break out in another world. Ryan knows that very well. Frozen Territory? I haven't been there for many years. The last time was more than 30 years ago when I followed the army of Grand Duke Meyers."

"That place is not that great. I am very curious about how Baron Ryan made the Frozen Territory as prosperous as rumored."

Count Sauron murmured that the nobles all had God's grace, which was the so-called opportunity. It was the same for him and Ryan, so there was nothing to be shocked or greedy about.

The source of the empires' foundation today is nothing more than the half-dead worlds left after the interdimensional war between gods.

In the Province of Borean Wind, in a very short time, the war between the barons and earls swept across the entire province like a storm.

All the nobles were shocked. They had never imagined that Baron Ryan would have a conflict with Count Sauron that would start a war.

"Oilhead is just a magic crystal vein? I'm afraid this war will determine the ownership of resources between the two sides in the mountain forest world."

Count Winter was also shocked, and then asked:
"Is there a great wizard beside Ryan?"

"I didn't see him coming out of the alien dimension gate." The soldier who delivered the message replied.

This answer gave Count Winter a lot to think about.

"Not together? I didn't see them go in together either. Could it be... Marquis Beifeng is helping him?"

The key is in the hands of the Marquis of Beifeng. As long as the Marquis wishes, he can open and close the door at any time. And that place is the Marquis's territory, so he doesn't have to let anyone know about it.

"I heard from friends in the south that Baron Ryan and Marquis Beifeng are indeed quite close, and there seems to be some kind of resource transaction between them."

"Looking at it this way, it's possible that he doesn't want Ryan to lose."

Marquis Beifeng didn't even know that he was being suspected silently.

Ryan could guess it because that was what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)