Throne of the North.

Chapter 432: The Dawn Branch of the Sera Kingdom, what happened on the way
The Kingdom of Sera.

The sacred morning light descended from the sky, cutting straight through the sky and penetrating the sea of ​​clouds, like a huge pillar of light connecting the sky and the earth, from sunrise to sunset, and even in the dark night, it was still bright.

Thousands of fanatical believers knelt on the ground, devoutly kissing the land in front of them, where the light was shining, and more and more people were becoming one of them.

"Praise the morning light!"

Archbishop Adriana, wearing a long robe, stood in the center of the crowd, closing her eyes and bearing the brilliant light. She could not open her eyes, could not look directly at the great light of the sun.

An unknown amount of time had passed. When the sun was setting, Adriana finally opened her eyes. She looked around, but no one met her gaze. In the Kingdom of Sera, Archbishop Adriana's reputation in Chenxi was already close to that of the Pope.

“The Lord said, Let the darkness beyond the light be burned up with blazing fire.”

This was a miracle, and thousands of people once again touched their heads to the ground, whispering Adriana's words fanatically.

In the distance, Roland and Count Fragoso were watching the splendor of the city in a carriage. They could not speak because any sound would be heard by these fanatical believers. At this moment, they were no longer subjects of the nobility, but had given their lives and everything to the believers of the Dawn.

"It's been three days. The miracle of the dawn will not last more than three days. This is to show respect to Lady Moon. Let's go."

The carriage slowly left until the sky behind was no longer bright. Roland then spoke:
"Lian wrote a letter to my father, saying that the faith of Dawn is too prosperous, which is not a good thing for the people."

Count Fragoso shook his head, not agreeing, and said:
"The Empire has proposed to His Majesty the King several times to build the Church of Light in the Sera Kingdom. Baron Ryan's words probably mean that he wants Light and Dawn to confront each other in the Sera Kingdom. But if that happens, we will suffer heavy losses."

Roland said nothing, looking at the darkness outside the window.

He didn't finish. Even Ryan's father didn't dare to keep the letter. The power of wind magic would annihilate it. Only the great existence at the end of the wind element could trace back and find it through magic.

Because it not only mentions the Dawn Church, but also mentions Light.

As for why Ryan gave the Kingdom of Sera his past, King McReynolds said this because Ryan wanted to send troops into the Kingdom of Sera.

The purpose is also clear, which is to stop these fanatics from attacking the nobles of the North Wind Province. To be more precise, it is to prevent these fanatics from posing a safety threat to Baron Ryan himself.

His father agreed to Ryan's proposal because Ryan also had the status of a great noble in the Kingdom of Sera and he had reasonable power in this land.

Also, because the friction between the Kingdom of Sera and the Kingdom of Andara is intensifying, the Kingdom of Sera also needs support.

Compared with other kingdoms in terms of national strength, the newly born Kingdom of Serra lacks everything and has the weakest foundation among the nine kingdoms.

Behind them, the city in the morning light is still bright, and thousands of believers are walking on the road and returning home to fall asleep. They need to pray devoutly at the moment of tomorrow's dawn to strengthen their faith, and even involute each other.

The fanatical believers are not crazy, they are even frighteningly calm. The extreme faith brings about extreme thinking. The gods have left their oracles. How should they complete the tasks given to them by the great Lord of Dawn?

"What place? The darkness beyond the light?"

The next day, a large number of people gathered inside and outside the church to ask the honorable archbishop.

“The Lord can see every inch of the world, but He does not actively look at the world.”

“So, faith becomes His eyes. Our faith gives us vision. The land covered by faith is where the Lord’s sight is.”

“Where faith does not exist, there is darkness that the Lord cannot illuminate.”

The archbishop was implying that the light of dawn could not illuminate many lands in the south, the most important of which was the empire.

"The empire has turned its back on the dawn. Although they have welcomed the light, the emperor of the empire is using the Lord's light to fulfill his own ambitions and desires. His faith is not sincere."

"Whether it is the dawn or the light, it is the will of the Lord. Mortals understand it, but the faith of the light of the Flor Empire has been deceived and blinded. We need to dispel the darkness in the light and make the glory of the Lord pure again."

"And the Archbishop? What shall we do?"

Someone asked, and Adriana held a flame in her hands.

“Only purification can dispel the impurities in the Lord’s light.”

"Purify them!"

"Purify them!!!"

The fanatics roared, all of them were extremely excited and passionate.

One by one, the clergy came out and took the fanatics away. Their failure in the Andara Kingdom was an insult to Dawn. They urgently needed to wash away this shame and get rid of their own negative influence on Dawn.

Without resolving this issue, they will never be able to make further advancement in their promotion within the Vatican.

However, not all clergymen were so angry, and some of them stared at Adriana with resentment.

"Bishop Nelson, it seems that you cannot obtain the status of Dawn Agent of the Kingdom of Sera."

The missionary said calmly to a gray-haired old man that there was no gloating because they were on the same rope.

Bishop Nelson was once the archbishop of the Andara Kingdom, second only to Pastor Soto in status. With the defeat of the Holy See in the Andara Kingdom, Bishop Nelson successfully became a believer of the Dawn sold by Ryan. Not only did his status decline, but 90% of his power was taken back.

In the current branch of the Dawn Church in the Kingdom of Serra, Bishop Nelson has been marginalized because of his past. The clergy born in the Holy Mountain and on this land are constantly trying to snatch the power that should belong to him.

Not only that, when Adriana first arrived, Bishop Nelson saw that the woman did not take any action and thought that this woman was easy to deal with, but gradually he discovered that Adriana's position in the hearts of believers was actually irreplaceable.

He was unwilling to give up and tried to take control of the Dawn branch of the Sera Kingdom, but now he was about to lose everything.

What does the power within the Church represent? It represents unimaginable wealth and unimaginable right to speak. Ninety-nine percent of Adriana's words are the same as the majesty of the king in the Kingdom of Sera. As for the last one percent, it is only when dealing with the king of the Kingdom of Sera that equal humility is required.

Modesty rather than humility, so this one percent can be ignored.

"We cannot sit idly by."

Bishop Nelson gritted his teeth and said that he had lost too much. If he did not take it back, his descendants would never have the chance to inherit his position. One step wrong would lead to another. Sooner or later, his lineage would be oppressed to the bottom of the Holy Mountain.

Nelson never doubted that his enemies would do their utmost to attack him. He was promoted from archbishop to bishop because of that group of guys. They blamed them for the defeat of the Andara Kingdom and even the loss of the Feather Dragon Legion.

Pastor Soto is dead. No one will say too much about a dead person. The living people should be held responsible for this.

They are the living people.

"But we can't shake Adriana. She is a believer blessed by the Lord. Even the Pope cannot punish her."

Everyone acts within the rules, but there are some people who can break the rules because they have greater power.

Just like Bishop Nelson, he had to accept the punishment of the Holy See, and was transformed from an archbishop with great power in the kingdom to an ordinary bishop, and if he wanted to restore his status, he had to rely on the internal rules of the Holy See.

But Adriana doesn't need that. The blessing of the Lord of Dawn and her unparalleled status in the hearts of believers allow Adriana to ignore most of the rules of the Holy See.

She was too close to the Lord of Dawn, so she was dazzling in the eyes of others. The clergy of the Serra Kingdom did not dare to confront her, and could not even refute her orders.

Her words are oracles.

Even Bishop Nelson did not dare to think of attacking Adriana, let alone him. He believed that the cardinals were already considering whether to make room for this woman after their death.

Just because he didn't dare to provide for Adriana, it didn't mean he couldn't use those believers.

"I heard that King Sera agreed two days ago to allow Baron Ryan's army from the Empire to be stationed in his estate in the Kingdom of Sera."

This is the Unicorn Fortress, and Ryan's manor is not far away.

"How could the Kingdom of Sera allow those damned imperial nobles to enter this land of dawn and bring their turbid beliefs into the kingdom?"

"And the believers of Dawn will never allow the enemy to appear."

"They have met the evil baron, and for the glory of the Morning, they will listen to us."

Bishop Nelson said this. He would not attack Adriana, but he could make use of the believers of Dawn. After all, he was still a bishop and had an identity in the Dawn. He was closer to the great Dawn than the monks and nuns.

……

On the North Wind Avenue, the slap of the armored bear fell on the ground, leaving a clear mark. There was a lot more dust on the North Wind Avenue in winter, and the Chambers of Commerce reduced the number of trips between the Empire and the Kingdom during this period. Of course, there was another reason. The Chambers of Commerce were all dogs with sensitive noses. They could also smell a new round of disputes between the Empire and the Church, which might cause their Chambers of Commerce to suffer heavy losses on the road, so they simply reduced the frequency of transactions.

Armored bears are not afraid of the cold. After gradually entering the Griffin Mountains, they looked happily at the surrounding mountains and forests. The wild beasts in the mountains looked at them unfriendlyly.

"How long will it take?"

Bogeld was on the back of the armored bear, and he shouted to Apia who was riding a warhorse beside him. Apia thought for a moment and said:
"We still have two days left. We must first go to Count Fragoso's territory and then reach the manor outside the Unicorn Fortress."

"The followers of the Holy See might attack us."

"They'd better come. If not, I will go find them."

A team of 500 people, including 50 armored bears, entered the Kingdom of Serra, left the Griffin Mountains and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Serra.

"According to the Baron's suggestion, the Kingdom of Sera is building the North Wind Avenue within the kingdom, but it is called Sera Avenue. It will directly connect the North Wind Province and the Unicorn Fortress. In a year or two, the Empire's Chamber of Commerce will enter the Sera Kingdom, and it will be much faster."

"The military will also be much faster."

Bogelde nodded and said, Ryan had told her about this. Building roads was for the sake of economy and convenience, but also for preparing for war.

The benefits of road construction were not only felt by nobles and chambers of commerce, but also by commoners and slaves. For example, on this half-finished road, many people were walking on the edge with tools. They did not have to cross the wasteland and avoided the threat of insects and snakes.

After all, this place is close to the Griffin Mountains, and there are a lot of insects and other things.

The flags of Xijiao Mountain fluttered in the cold wind. As they continued to move forward, the team gradually found that the eyes of the people around them looked at them with bolder eyes.

There was wariness, fear, and a hint of hostility in his eyes.

The Dawn Church entered the Kingdom of Serra. This was the choice of King McReynolds. In the southern land, his newly established kingdom must rely on the help of the Church or the Empire to quickly gain recognition from the southern world and consolidate its position.

If you choose the Holy See, you will inevitably have to give it a lot of things. For example, the emergence of the Dawn Church is indispensable. In their spare time, people will appear in the Holy See besides making a lot of noise, because eggs and bread will be distributed there.

Gradually, ordinary people were inevitably influenced by the Dawn missionaries.

The pastor said (the priest said) that flag is our enemy, and that is definitely true.

It was better in the north, as many of the people here had been in the army commanded by Ryan. But in the south, beyond the plain full of fertile fields where the Unicorn Fortress was located, the hostility towards Ryan was even greater.

Because Ryan had never brought them any benefits. On the contrary, many people lost their relatives in the war. In addition, the nobles here were once Ryan's enemies and would not whitewash him.

"They seem to hate us."

"I hope they will know better and attack us quickly."

Bogold said dissatisfiedly that she would not take action against these ordinary people who had no resistance, but if the other party became a warrior, then Bogold would be a ruthless legion commander on the battlefield.

Ryan asked her to come to the Kingdom of Sera and told her that a war would definitely break out here, so she came here excitedly. However, the journey was too quiet and there was no fun at all.

From a distance, the Unicorn Fortress has taken shape. Here, not only are there more ordinary people, but these people all have more or less the symbols of the Dawn Church on their bodies. They are devout monks and believers of the Church.

So soon after being discovered, Bogold noticed that the number of people around him began to decrease, until at one point there was no one around.

"alert!"

She shouted, and on both sides of the road, believers of the Holy See rushed out and launched an attack on the team under the leadership of a dozen Holy Light Knights.

There were 500 people in the team, but there were only 150 including the armored bear warriors, while there were 500 to 600 Dawn believers who rushed out.

“For the glory of the Lord!”

The clergy did not talk about revenge. The great Lord of the Dawn would never fail. Everything they did was for the glory of the Dawn.

“For the glory of the Lord!”

The believers were waving their weapons fanatically. This scene excited Bogeld, and he rushed out directly, swinging his heavy sword towards the knight below. In an instant, the other party's face changed, and his originally fanatical expression became numb, and his whole body was numb.

By the time he reacted and the holy light on his body flashed to dispel all the unfavorable buffs, it was too late. The armored bear's claws fell and directly broke the knight's bones.

"You are really too weak!"

Bogeld shouted loudly and killed another Holy Light Knight with his sword. The army surrounded by hundreds of people formed a circle. There was an armored bear warrior among several soldiers. No matter how these believers charged, they could not defeat the formation of these elite soldiers.

But the horrifying thing is that no matter how many people died, these fanatical believers did not give up the desire and means to attack. In the charge of five or six hundred people against one hundred and fifty soldiers, only the armored bear warriors were able to resist completely. The remaining one hundred soldiers were not wearing heavy armor, which was too heavy for these soldiers who were not yet knights.

The leather armor on his body is not enough to provide complete defense.

People started getting hurt, and the attacks of the believers became more and more frenzied.

The enemy's fearless desire to fight finally made Bogurd's eyes turn cold. He rushed into the army of believers with Volibear and frantically killed these Dawn believers.

In the distance, a large number of troops began to appear.

"Stop your fighting! This is Earldom!"

The leading knight shouted loudly, but the two sides on the battlefield seemed not to hear him and rushed towards each other with roars.

"Stop!"

The knight was extremely angry. His words had no effect on these people, so he asked the soldiers behind him to draw their weapons.

"Stop your war, this is Count Fragoso's territory, no one can destroy the Count's land!"

Still no one paid attention to him, and the knight rushed forward. There were several believers in front of him, and they kicked him to the ground. However, these believers struggled frantically, ignoring the knight's strength at all, and wanted to attack the people of the Frozen Territory at the call of the morning light.

"No one can wage war on this land without the earl's permission."

The long sword fell on the believer's neck, finally making the believer calm down. He stared at the knight as if he was looking at the murderer of his father.

"Knight, take back your weapons. They are believers of the Dawn."

"This is the territory of the nobility."

The knights of the Holy See and the knights of Count Fragoso confronted each other. The former felt extremely troubled because the Holy See was no longer the Holy See of more than a hundred years ago and could not do whatever it wanted on the land of the nobles.

The latter also felt his scalp tingling. The belief in Dawn was strong in the Serra Kingdom, especially during this period, and the nobles did not want to bring bad luck upon themselves. However, Count Fragoso's territory was filled with hundreds of thousands of pure believers of the Church brought from the Andara Kingdom.

Those people were not subjects of any noble, not even of the king.

The king and the pope, and the pope alone, had authority over them.

"Maybe you should ask them to put down their weapons."

The knights of the Holy See gave the knights of the Fragoso family a choice. The latter did not want to go against the Holy See, and when they rushed to the other side of the war, they were suddenly held at neck by a slender sword and dared not move.

With cold sweat running down his cheeks, Appia, who was wearing a hood, looked at the knight. His voice was not loud, but it was clear.

"This is the army of the Frozen Territory. You are not qualified to start a war between Ryan and Fragoso, Mr. Knight."

Appia passed over the knight in front of him and his voice grew louder, reaching the ears of the clergy of the Vatican.

"If you don't retreat on this road, you will die!"

"Either you—"

"Or it's us!"

The last sentence was Bogerd's roar on the battlefield. Her sword tore open the chests of several believers. The gushing blood made the armored bear's hair blood red. She stood on the corpses on the ground and continued to attack.

(End of this chapter)