Throne of the North.

Chapter 445 Praise the Light, Praise the Dawn

"These clergy of the Holy See are even more greedy than I thought."

Ryan looked at the results provided by those wandering nobles and couldn't help but be surprised.

From the fact that the empire was able to win in the process of royal power and divine power, Ryan gradually understood that the strength of the empire was half of the reason, and the other half was due to the corruption within the church.

But he didn't expect that the clergy of the Vatican would fall so directly and quickly.

Money, maids, and some other messy things are not even worth acting about.

From this perspective, Archbishop Adriana is a rare talent within the Vatican, a national treasure.

"In this way, the Holy See will also abide by the shift in interests. They don't care how much the Holy See can get, but how much they can get."

"It's done."

Ryan took a deep breath and finally relaxed. The plan he told the king finally came to an end more than a month after the king gave the order.

When those territories gradually stabilize, Ryan's say in the Sera Kingdom will become terrifyingly powerful.

Because he will represent many people, his power in this land does not even come from the king here, but from the nobles who rely on him to exist today, as well as the authority of the empire.

He will influence the future of the Serra Kingdom. At the same time, because of the plan between him and King McReynolds, which is unique to them, Ryan also understands that the kingdom belongs not only to the king, but also to the nobility.

The Kingdom of Serra belongs to the McReynolds royal family, but just as the empire belongs to the emperor, the four grand dukes, and the great nobles, the Kingdom of Serra has also taken this step, and Ryan's name has been engraved on the list of the owners of this land.

As for whether Ryan has more power or the king has more power in the future, it is a test of whether Ryan can gain more nobles like Connie Dean - soldiers in this land.

He can finally return to the Frozen Territory. Leaving at this time will not change his influence here.

But I didn't expect to encounter an uninvited guest before leaving.

"Archbishop Adriana, why are you here?"

Strictly speaking, Ryan's manor is now the enemy of the Holy See, and the hundreds of thousands of fanatics in the Unicorn Fortress are gnashing their teeth at him.

“I have come for the glory of the Lord.”

Adriana raised her head and looked at the sun above her head with infinite piety and awe.

"I am a baron of the empire. It is impossible for me to believe in the dawn. On the contrary, my heart is full of piety towards the light."

Ryan said this, but Adriana didn't get angry.

"There is no difference in Baron Ryan's beliefs. The dawn and the light are all our great Lord. Those who serve Him will be watched with glory."

Adriana said, and her answer surprised Ryan. She didn't reject the difference between light and dawn at all?
"It's just that my Lord hasn't released His power in this world for too long."

After the end of the Pan-Dimensional War of Gods, the Lord of Dawn, or the God of Light, has never truly descended with power. Those miracles can only prove that He still exists, but cannot prove that He is still watching the Norris continent.

This is also the reason why there can be disputes between the royal power of the empire and the divine power of the church. The gods no longer give the church unparalleled authority.

"Everywhere I have seen, there is endless darkness. The light of the Lord cannot illuminate any land in this world."

Archbishop Adriana said sharply that if she told anyone, the first person to target her would probably be the Pope of the Holy Mountain.

"I received an oracle to use fire to dispel darkness, let the light of the Lord burn the darkness in the form of flames, and bring eternal brilliance."

A wisp of golden flame slowly emerged in Adriana's palm. Ryan stepped back subconsciously. He felt an extremely terrible threat. At the same time, his spiritual panel was actually vibrating.

"Fire will dispel darkness."

"The existence of the North has chilled my Lord's faith. I will lead my Lord's true believers to drive the North away."

Adriana's words were so shocking that she actually wanted to revitalize the two-thirds of the land covered by the North, let spring, summer, autumn and winter reappear in the northern world, and completely end the North?
is it possible?

Is this really an oracle? Is this the reason why Adriana has been unwilling to pay attention to the internal struggles of the Sera Kingdom for so long?

She didn't care about the affairs of the Kingdom of Sera, but was in urgent need of fighting against the North. Compared with the latter, the former was as weak as a mayfly.

The North...

"Fighting against the North is the challenge I've always dreamed of. I wonder what I can do to help the Archbishop?"

Ryan inquired, Adriana definitely didn't come to him just to talk.

"I need Baron Ryan's help to build a settlement in the North."

"The fire will drive away the cold, and the Lord's followers will survive in the North."

Adriana said that she wanted to build an environment suitable for human survival in the North, rooted in the ice and snow like an anchor.

But to build these things, you need stones, wood, food, tools, and...

Need everything necessary for human survival.

Moreover, there would not be just one or two such settlements, but... countless.

Maybe there will be one this year, there will be ten next year, and a hundred the year after.

"The Archbishop can tell this oracle to His Holiness the Pope of the Dawn. He should not reject the oracle of the Lord of the Dawn."

"He will."

Archbishop Adriana said with certainty:

"The wealth of the Holy See cannot support such a huge and, in his opinion, unnecessary expenditure."

"But if the Holy See can't afford it, how can I?"

Ryan is now having a hard time surviving in his own frozen territory, so where can he find the extra resources to support Adriana's plan?

"Do your best to devote yourself to the Lord. If one day you give up devoting yourself to the Lord, the Lord will not blame you for quitting."

Adriana said, and then gave the conditions.

"If you agree, I will give you the Lord's gift."

In her palm, the golden flame burned again, but Ryan only noticed the so-called God's gift she mentioned.

God's gift does not only mean God's gift. Ryan thinks about more. If it is really the gift of the Lord of Dawn and the God of Light, then there are so many things he can control.

For example, the most direct point is the two wars between him and the believers of the Vatican on the land of the Kingdom of Serra.

With God's gift, he is the spokesperson of the Lord of Dawn on earth. He can say that those believers are heretics, and then everyone will know that those believers who attacked his army are heretics.

In other words, he was able to hold his ground in more than 99% of the wars between him and the Holy See.

The reason why it cannot be 100% certain is because of the existence of the Pope and people like Adriana, who are representatives of God's gift themselves, not mortals who have received God's gift.

But the benefits brought are already terrible enough, and Ryan can imagine that his future self is destined to stand on the side of the empire, not only because of the position, but also because of his own purpose.

Therefore, there will be many disputes with the Holy See.

Of course, the most important thing is that this thing is a golden medal of immunity from death, a gift from God. Even the Pope cannot give the order to kill Ryan.

In addition, within the empire, Ryan, who possesses the gift of the God of Light, can also control many things. The Empire's Church of Light is rising to fight against the belief in the Dawn. If the emperor wants to promote the immortality and greatness of light, he must respect the gift of light.

Ryan will be invincible in the chaotic struggle of faith.

He promised Adriana that he would devote unimaginable resources and not cut corners, because those were the materials needed to gain a foothold in the ice and snow of the North.

He will also reap unparalleled benefits.

At this moment, he felt like he had become one of the wandering nobles in the Kingdom of Sera who became pawns in his political struggle. The price and benefits they paid would be mixed together and stand in front of him at both ends of the scale.

He didn't want to refuse.

"I promise you that I will support you in building your residence in the North within my means. When I can no longer afford it, I will stop providing unnecessary help." "I can only do my best, not give everything."

Adriana sent the golden flame into Ryan's palm.

"When the day comes that you fail, this gift from God will be taken back."

She said this, but Ryan raised his eyebrows.

Take back?

He looked at the spiritual panel that only he could see. It had settled down, and in the column of divinity, in front of the entry of the giant mammoth, the golden Tai Su had a different name from the previous dusk.

[Divinity: Eternity, Giant Mammoth]

The divinity of a unit of Taisu is called eternity.

But it was better than the hundreds of Taisu units of Dusk Divinity that Ryan had before.

Looking up, Ryan's eyes were golden, like the sun in the sky, sacred and majestic, inviolable and cannot be desecrated. Submission and awe were his instincts in the face of this color. His expression also became solemn at this moment, losing his human emotions, and he became as majestic as a god.

There is no doubt that this is a gift from God.

"The Lord of the Morning, the God of Light, the great and immortal spirit, He is the end of all cognition, the absolute creator."

When his eyes regained their composure, Ryan was deeply shocked. He truly felt the horror of this gift from God.

"As you wish, Your Excellency the Archbishop."

Ryan performed aristocratic etiquette not because he was converted, but because he was in awe of the great power represented by Adriana.

After calming down again, Ryan smiled and said:

"What a coincidence! I just happened to mine some stones from the other world of the mountains and forests recently. I was planning to use them to repair my castle, but the oracle that fire can dispel darkness is obviously more important."

Ryan showed his sincerity and roughly guessed the reason why Adriana found him.

In the entire human civilization, is there any place closer to the North than Master Ryan’s Frozen Territory?

We must be down-to-earth when following the oracle, right? If the distance is too far, the transportation and consumption alone will not be affordable.

Only the Frozen Territory can transport supplies directly to the North.

This is why Adriana said that if the Holy See supported it, the Holy See would go bankrupt. Just transporting supplies from the Holy Mountain in the south to the north, on this road, can one hundred kilograms of food be able to deliver one kilogram of food to the north?
But when both of these numbers become question marks, it becomes impossible.

Ryan may not be Adriana's only choice, but if nothing unexpected happens, Ryan will be the only noble who will agree.

Would the Kingdom of Sera agree? Impossible. The Kingdom of Andara? That kingdom is now following the Empire. The several noble lords further east? They can't protect themselves? Further east, close to the border of the North? That would be entering the forest, the territory of the elves.

He has his own gods to serve and is not familiar with the Lord of Dawn. Don't get me wrong.

It's even more impossible on the Empire's side. If Adriana goes to see Emperor Flor today, she will be beheaded tomorrow.

"Does your Excellency the Archbishop need help? I can send some people to help you build, but I can't make them your followers. They can only be temporary assistants, such as when transporting supplies to the destination."

"Then thank Baron Ryan for his piety."

Adriana said with a smile, not rejecting any power that could help her.

For her, following the oracle and using fire to drive away the North is the most important thing.

"Praise the light, praise the morning glow."

Ryan said this.

"Praise my Lord."

Adriana turned and left. She possessed unparalleled authority in the land of the Sera Kingdom, but she did not hesitate at all. If she really made the Holy See stick together, Ryan did not know when his plan in the Sera Kingdom would be successful.

Ryan can shake King McReynolds' heart, but this kingdom is a kingdom where the king and the church each control half of it.

However, the other half of the country did not resist at all.

"Is this lucky or unlucky?"

Ryan solved the problem of the Sera Kingdom, but walked into a deeper vortex. Looking at the eternal divinity on the spiritual panel, it was just like the name. No matter how many times Ryan used it, the eternal divinity of this Taisu unit would not disappear even a little bit.

Just like the sun in the sky, the sunshine is endless, and the dawn of every day comes on time without any sight.

The one that never falls is the sun.

Will he face such power one day? Or will he die along the way, hoping that he can be like Yugong and watch his bloodline try to touch such power?

Ryan didn't know and simply didn't want to think about it. He didn't even understand the mortal world yet.

Of the five large nets that enveloped him, only one was halfway untied.

"No accidents will happen to the Kingdom of Sera. His Majesty King McReynolds has become my ally, but the Kingdom of Andara..."

On the surface, it seems easier for the Kingdom of Andrida, which has already surrendered to the Empire, to control the discourse power of the two eastern kingdoms. In fact, this is because there is no external pressure, that is, from the Holy See.

The purely political struggle among the nobles is even more troublesome.

In the face of faith, everything is black and white, but the politics of the aristocracy can take whatever they want from Ryan today for the sake of profit, and exclude all of Ryan tomorrow for the sake of profit.

Ryan's influence on the Andara Kingdom was already quite high, but it was not easy to get closer.

He wanted more, but the Andara Kingdom would not give it to him.

However, what Ryan currently possesses is not enough to give him absolute power over the Andara Kingdom.

In the Kingdom of Serra, Ryan can use the different factions among the nobles, as well as the royal family's distrust of the Church and the Empire, the nobles and clergy as entry points.

This cannot be copied and pasted in the Andara Kingdom.

Because the Andara Kingdom was so corrupt, it seemed invulnerable to Ryan.

How should he control the power of that land?

Wealth and interests? Ryan has already used extraordinary crops to influence a large number of nobles to stand on his side.

But he couldn't make the nobles bow down to him, Ryan, because of those extraordinary crops. They could become richer, but they could also guard their land and become local tycoons. Wealth is important, but at certain moments, it is as useless as a piece of white paper.

Political prestige? This path is not feasible. Ryan participated in the founding war of the Kingdom of Sera, but for the Kingdom of Andara, Ryan is an outsider anyway, and his political prestige is inherently untenable.

Military strength? He was a baron of the empire. Without the emperor's order, if Ryan launched an attack on the Andara Kingdom, it would be a diplomatic incident. Ryan was not strong enough to ignore all the nobles in the entire southern land.

Therefore, although they are close, Ryan’s military war threat does not exist for the Andara Kingdom.

The threat from the Empire is the threat; the threat from Baron Ryan of the Empire is not a threat.

But if these three paths are not feasible, then how can we control the future direction of the Andara Kingdom?
Ryan was unwilling to hand over the power of the Andara Kingdom to others.

Especially His Majesty Emperor Flor.

Ryan thought the other party's recent actions were a bit extreme. Their eagerness to demonstrate the majesty of the emperor of their empire by suppressing the Holy See through war would be counterproductive.

And the harsher the suppression, the more severe the Vatican's counterattack will definitely cause the Emperor of the Flor Empire to suffer severe pain.

After returning to the frozen land, Ryan had not thought of any solution, but at this time, news suddenly came from the Andara Kingdom.

In full view of everyone, members of the Andara royal family turned into zombies?
What has it become?

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(End of this chapter)