Throne of the North.

Chapter 449: Win-win situation within the kingdom, the imperial delegation
Ryan suddenly had an idea. He had been thinking about how to control the power of the Andara Kingdom, or in other words, his influence and interests in this land.

It is difficult to do so from a military and political perspective, because he is a noble of the empire, not a noble of the kingdom, and cannot truly undermine the king and use the emperor to command the princes.

In terms of economy, the economy was born from the land and is most vulnerable on this road.

Therefore, it seems that there is no solution.

But now Ryan seems to have found the answer.

This world does not only have pure human civilization, there are also alien races, gods, beliefs, in short, there are extraordinary things.

This is the fourth element that constitutes human civilization.

Other ways can’t do it, so what about extraordinary ways?
Ryan saw the arrival of the dragon, and the royal city trembled. The dragon can be a dragon, but the dragon can also be something else.

Ryan approached the palace where Daryl was, and he could actually feel the other party's presence.

It was like... an endless space, dark and boundless, but suddenly a star broke into this dark world and was sensed by Ryan.

"He is in very bad condition and could die at any time."

"Humans' willpower has allowed them to defeat many dragons in the past. He is the same. His strong willpower allows him to remain sane."

The dragon raised its head, its breath at its throat.

"Killing him is the best outcome. He will no longer suffer."

"I can feel that there is still a gap between him and those humans who defeated the dragons. He cannot withstand the erosion of the two great origins. They are fighting for victory, and he will be defeated at any time and become a legendary monster."

"At that time, even I couldn't kill him easily. This person is different from the trash before."

"hold on."

Ryan stopped Areris. He was waiting, not waiting to see whether Daryl could hold on, but waiting for his own choice.

He looked at his spiritual panel, which had spirituality, spiritual blessing, and divinity at the bottom, and the giant mammoth behind the eternal divinity.

This divinity comes from the means brought by Earl Clayton that Ryan obtained in the God-killing War in the world of Gam and Fenrir.

A sacrifice that left Surtur with nothing, while Lion gained everything.

The divinity of the giant mammoth was one of the gains, but strangely, it did not use [Tai Su] as a unit like other divinities. The only thing Ryan could feel was completeness.

The complete [Giant Mammoth].

"You said that as long as all the media are broken, Huobiyi will not be able to see here?"

"He should be the last one, if there are no other zombies under those graves."

The dragon did not answer, but spread its wings, soared into the sky, and disappeared into the distance. Not long after, the roar of the dragon was heard from the cemeteries outside the royal city. When it returned again, Areris gave Ryan the answer.

"There are no other followers of the evil god, but it's useless. There are still many followers of Hobi in the North. Those damn goblins will not stop Hobi from watching over this world."

"What belongs to the North belongs to the North, and what belongs to the Kingdom belongs to the Kingdom."

Ryan said, then thought uncertainly.

"So, in a sense, Daryl's existence has affected the survival of the kingdom and the course of history. If he dies, the future will be one way, and if he lives, the future will be another way."

“He was the turning point of history.”

"And what happens is that he is at the peak of the Saint Realm."

"All the elements are complete."

Ryan said, reaching out and pressing his hand towards Daryl's brow.

boom!
The terrible knight's force pushed Ryan away, and Daryl struggled, instinctively speaking of the knight's honor.

"I will defend Andara's glory, its sunset and dawn, to the death, and practice the glory that Andara guards."

"Help me control him."

The dragon didn't understand why, and froze Daryl with a breath. This power could not be reduced much, and after a long time, Daryl would be frozen to death and assimilated into ice like the legendary zombie before.

In the dragon's view, killing Daryl means cutting off Hobie's medium, thereby preventing Hobie from becoming more powerful and leaving Hobie with less power to invest in the dragon skeleton land in the north. What it wants to guard is the bones of the Dragon Emperor.

This is also the reason why the dragon followed Ryan here.

Ryan pressed his palm on Daryl's brow through the ice. He couldn't bless him from a distance, but it didn't seem too difficult to do so with such a solid medium.

The divinity began to dissipate, from Ryan's hand into Daryl's body. As the air became heavy, the dragon Areris raised his head and looked around in surprise.

Gradually, the dragon became uneasy. It spread its wings and soared into the sky, searching for strange threats around it.

Ryan also took a few steps back, but he did not feel threatened. Instead, he felt that the world around him had become friendly.

Click~!

The sound of ice cracking caught his attention. His eyes were fixed on the ice in front of him. The ice left by the dragon was breaking, until a certain moment.

boom! ! ! ! ! !

The earth was shaking. The whole palace, no, the whole city was on the verge of crumbling. Many houses that were not built to standard collapsed.

Daryl, who was in front of Ryan, opened his eyes in an instant, his eyes were full of ancient wisdom and majesty, then he raised his head, and the roar from his throat startled the dragon's attention.

"What did you do to him?"

The dragon fell down, but did not approach Ryan. It felt threatened by Daryl.

“It gave him hope.”

As Daryl roared, the air became as heavy as metal. This was why the dragon was unwilling to get close, because if it got too close, it would feel that flying would be a very troublesome thing.

In the transparent air, the sunlight was refracted, and with the refraction of the sunlight, a vague outline appeared in the eyes of countless people.

It was a world of ice and snow. No, it was the ice and snow of the north that was reflected in the sky of the royal city like a mirage. In this world, a huge mammoth that brought unparalleled shock to the ground slowly walked towards them.

It overlapped with Daryl's figure.

So Daryl stretched out his hands, and the giant mammoth stood up and grabbed Daryl's body.

The pitch-black darkness was caught by the giant mammoth, and then the giant mammoth roared. The terrifying power made Daryl spread his arms, and the darkness in front of him was torn directly.

"what--"

Daryl roared, and this time it was no longer a savage roar, but a human voice.

He fell from the sky, knelt on one knee on the ground, gasping for breath, his naked body was muscular, and his palms pressed on the ground continuously provided him with the power of the earth.

When I stood up, I found that the place where my palm had been pressed was frozen. All around, the snow-white frost covered the soil and weeds.

A piece of clothing was thrown over, and Daryl's somewhat dazed eyes began to focus, and he saw Ryan in front of him.

Ryan looked at his spiritual panel, and what surprised him was that in the divinity column, the entry of [Giant Mammoth] did not disappear, but just became gray and transparent, as if it would disappear at any time.

“Is this… also a blessing?”

Ryan was shocked. He had given Farrell the legendary blessing of violent elephant before, but that did not belong to him. It was the legendary blessing that Farrell had originally obtained in that war. It was just intercepted by Ryan, and he became the middleman. In essence, that legendary blessing belonged to Farrell.

But this time it was different. Daryl, who had two great powers in his body as battlefields, could not attract the blessing of legend even if he was qualified, because his body and soul simply did not allow him to withstand the third terrible power.

Ryan gives proactively, and everything follows his will.

Ryan didn't expect that this thing was so powerful.

"Divine Bone Potion, isn't this blessing very similar to the Divine Bone Potion?"

Ryan thought about it, then shook his head.

"More powerful than the Divine Bone Potion."

Ryan lost the divine bone potion, but discovered a power with the same effect, which belonged to him alone.

"Thank you for your blessing, my lord."

Daryl looked at Ryan and clenched his fists on his chest in knightly etiquette. He didn't know how to address Ryan now, but he was very clear about everything that had just happened.

"Legendary power, how about it?"

Ryan asked, and Daryl felt the next answer:
"Very good, there has never been a better time than now." Ryan didn't say much. This was not a deal. If it had to be explained by a deal, then it would be now, until death.

……

Inside the royal city, there was a sense of being in another world, as if everything was hazy and blurred.

The soldiers of the army ran through the streets and gathered all the bodies.

"Hurry up, burn them all, don't leave any bones behind!"

"Scatter the ashes in the cemetery!"

There was a lot of commotion in the royal city, and in the palace, the royal family, the king, and a few nobles such as Ryan were waiting for the arrival of the army outside.

"Didn't you say there was a ghoul? Why is it gone?"

Grand Duke Leta is a mature-looking young man, and he lives up to this maturity. The Leta family has ushered in glory under his leadership, and by his side, the legendary ghost warrior Allah Leta follows closely.

"The royal family is naturally capable of expelling the belief in evil gods. The Andara Kingdom has always been a believer in light."

King Adams regained his dignity as a king. If Ryan had not seen him hiding behind the seat, he might have thought that this boy had changed.

Grand Duke Leta looked a little surprised, then exclaimed:

"Your Majesty is the noble king of the Andara Kingdom. Even the evil gods cannot get close to you."

"I just don't know...why you called me here."

The one who answered him was Ryan. He nodded to Grand Duke Leta and said:
"Your Excellency, His Majesty invited you here to discuss the orc war in the north. Perhaps you don't know that the Horrorhino Orcs have breached the castle's defenses."

"Break through?"

Grand Duke Leta was surprised.

"Aren't there the Empire's army and the nobles' coalition forces? How could it be..."

He looked at Ryan and recognized him.

"It's you, my sister's love..."

He knew he had said the wrong thing and shouldn't have said it here. Lottie Leta was the previous queen.

"Mr. Baron Ryan, how did the northern defense line get breached?"

Ryan was also angry about this issue. Adams actually dared to stop the supply of food and grass from the north at this time and transferred a group of troops back to the royal city to fight against the zombies.

Now that the orcs have not yet reached the foot of the royal city, it is already thanks to the ability of Otis Brooks that he has forcibly cut off the orc army in the middle, preventing the orcs from continuing to move south.

But the problem is that it is now being attacked from both sides.

"The Rhinoceros Beastmen seem to be more powerful than expected."

Ryan could only say this, while Grand Duke Leta looked at the king and Count Mercers.

"Earl Ryan is now the Earl of the Andara Kingdom. He will be the commander-in-chief of the kingdom's army and will be responsible for war matters."

The one who spoke was Count Mercers. He still had a profound influence on King Adams. After all, he was the first nobleman to firmly support him.

Ryan and Moses looked at each other and had already reached a consensus. Moses did not stand up when the war broke out, and after Ryan arrived, he had no intention of interfering with the power of the army.

Ryan did not hold him accountable, and Count Mercers also rewarded Ryan for his kindness.

"I am a feudal noble of the Empire. Without the order of His Majesty the Emperor, I am not suitable to appear on the battlefield of the Kingdom, but Grand Duke Leta is very suitable."

"Fighting against the North is not just a matter for one person. If Grand Duke Leta can help the nobles stop the orcs in the north, I think the nobles will be very grateful to you."

Grand Duke Leta also raised his eyebrows. In the entire Andara Kingdom, there were not many qualified nobles, and even fewer who possessed great wisdom. He understood what Ryan meant, smiled at him, then knelt on one knee in front of the king with his palm on his chest.

"Your Majesty, the Leta family will await your orders."

"Okay, okay."

Adams was quite happy. Ryan's proposal was indeed no problem. Since the Leta family had come, he would not refuse the king's order to go to the north to fight against the orcs.

Now that they were here, the army led by Grand Duke Leta went straight past the royal city and headed to the battlefield in the north to join forces with Otis Brooks to fight against the Devil Rhinoceros.

He was not there to support the royal family, which shocked the nobles.

"The mark of the evil god left by Hernan has been completely removed. The royal family suffered heavy casualties and was slandered as a monster. From the beginning to the end, there was only one monster, and that was Hernan. His followers launched a final resistance, but the majesty of King Andara made it impossible for them to trample on the land of the kingdom!"

The nobles suddenly realized that this was the case. It felt different from what they had heard, but no matter what, the royal family seemed to be still powerful, so the nobles put away some of their little thoughts.

The dust had not yet settled, for shortly after Grand Duke Leta led his army out of the royal city, an envoy from the empire also arrived at the royal city.

"Your Majesty, King Andara, I am Nix Columbus, the son of the Marquis of Blazing Snow and the nephew of the honorable Emperor Flor. I come on behalf of the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor to help you purify the evil gods' followers that have appeared in your territory."

"We have reason to believe that it has nothing to do with you and is a frame-up by the Vatican."

Nix showed a kind smile that nobles are good at, neither humble nor arrogant. His blood and status were equally noble. A hundred years ago, before the marquis system was no longer exclusive to the royal family, his status qualified him to be addressed as His Highness by the nobles.

"what are you saying?"

"Nix Columbus, huh? I heard that you came to my kingdom to serve as the Archbishop of Light. Andara welcomes your arrival, but I don't quite understand what you said."

"There has never been a belief in evil gods in my land. Although there is some confusion, it was a coup initiated by the followers left behind by the traitor Hernan."

"They wanted to support the bloodline left by Hernan to become the new king. I was a little unprepared because my army was all sent to the north to fight against the orcs who wanted to exterminate us humans."

"But he still can't shake the foundation of the Andara Kingdom. I am the king here, and everyone has witnessed it."

Adams emphasized that he added the last sentence himself, mainly because Ryan's previous words to him that the emperor wanted to replace him made him feel uneasy.

Knicks' expression froze on his face. Next to him, the legendary magician Ivan, also known as "Ivy", narrowed his eyes slightly, looked around, and finally fell on Ryan.

"Imperial nobles?"

Nobles differ from one another in that different nobles have different insignias, and similarly, nobles of the Empire and the Kingdom are even more different in that the clothes they wear have distinct imperial colors.

"Lian Clayton, meet Archbishop Nix."

Ryan's identity was still a baron, so it was not surprising that he saluted Knicks first. On the contrary, the latter was a little surprised by Ryan's appearance.

"Baron Ryan? I have heard of your name, the northern baron who killed the orc king. His Majesty the Emperor told me before I left that I could ask you about your belief in light, but I heard that you were not in the territory. I didn't expect you to be here."

The appearance of the nobles of the empire in the palace of the kingdom is not good news.

"I have participated in the kingdom's war. Now that the threat of orcs is approaching, His Majesty the King has invited me to serve as the Empire's military advisor to the kingdom and guide the kingdom's war. At the same time, in order to prevent the Church from taking advantage of the opportunity to intervene, perhaps you don't know, Archbishop Nix, that the faith of the Dawn in the kingdom has revived."

"Oh?"

Knicks opened his eyes wide, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Damn the Church, how dare they blaspheme the faith of light, Baron Ryan, perhaps we can work together to expel the kingdom's faith of the dawn once again."

He discussed directly with Ryan here, which made the nobles look unhappy. As for Adams, he completely believed what Ryan said. The arrival of this member of the Columbus royal family was really likely to replace him.

He always felt insecure about his throne.

"Without the Emperor's order, I cannot directly interfere in the kingdom's internal affairs. Perhaps you can discuss this with His Majesty the King."

Ryan declined politely, and Knicks looked past him and towards the Kings, but Ivan next to him did not take his eyes off him.

"Has Farrell been in league with you? No wonder his opinion of the nobility has changed, and he no longer writes to me asking for my help in trying for a higher title."

"Dirty nobles."

Ivan said this in his heart. He felt ironic towards the nobles, whether it was Ryan in front of him or the royal members next to him.

They are all like that.

It's a pity that I have to run around for the nobles just for the insignificant income of gold coins. I wonder if the experimental subjects in the wizard's tower are still alive.

When Ivan looked away, Ryan glanced at him.

This guy has been looking at me for a long time. Is he the force sent by the emperor to deal with Huobi?

It shouldn't be any worse than the previous Shepherd of Light.

(End of this chapter)