Throne of the North.

Chapter 65 I'll cover you!
After the parliament ended, Ryan met with Grand Duke Moriarty again.

Ryan didn't exchange much pleasantries with this person.

"I think you should know that the Crucible City is no longer the same as before. The great wizards are planning to evacuate."

“Evacuate?!”

The Grand Duke looked at Ryan in shock.

"Where else can we retreat to? Could it be that..."

Ryan shook his head and said:

"Instead of breaking through the Holy Land, we plan to head further south to look for hope on the glacier."

"The flames of the Crucible City can no longer resist the cold of winter."

Ryan spoke up, and the facts he told made it impossible for the Grand Duke to remain calm and rational.

"The mages are preparing resources for evacuation, but I think if the Crucible City can't withstand the cult's attack, many nobles will not be able to leave."

"If those demon followers enter the Crucible City, do you think they will go to the east? Or the west?"

There are two parts, one for the common people and slaves, and the other for the nobles and wizards.

And food could only appear in the hands of nobles and mages like them.

"So, before that, we must stop the cultists' attack."

"Only by keeping them out of the Crucible City can the nobles leave safely with the Archmage."

"You don't want to have to flee for your life, do you?"

Archduke Moriarty looked at Ryan.

"Wittman, this matter..."

"Leave this to me, but I need food to boost morale. Otherwise, how can those hungry peasants possibly stop the devil's followers? You know, the last time the evil cult invaded, they relied on the magic of the wizards."

Moriarty nodded and agreed.

"I will give you food, and you must hold off that evil cult."

"Do not worry."

Ryan patted his chest and said, then turned and left, heading towards the Mage Academy again.

In front of the Amethyst Master, Ryan's eyes were still firm, as if he was a battle-hardened warrior.

"That group of cultists came for food, but the abyss demons behind them want blood and flesh sacrifices."

"I guess you don't want the academy's mages to go to the battlefield before they leave."

"If you cannot stop the attack of these evil cults and the Crucible City is occupied by them, your plan may not be completed. When you are on the vast glacier without the protection of the fortress, the evil cult will continue to hunt you down. How many of the 15,000 people you took with you will be able to survive?"

Master Amethyst looked at Ryan, and after a long while he spoke:
"what do you want?"

"Food. At least enough for half of the people in the Crucible City to survive the winter."

"With food, I can get them to the battlefield and fight the cultists."

"At the same time, I would like to ask you for a method. In the last war, a lava giant appeared in the cult. If you leave, I can't think of any way to stop such a monster, and the Furnace City will still be breached."

"Food can attract the cultists to focus on the Crucible City, and a large number of well-fed soldiers can attract the attention of the demons. At least before you sacrifice the flesh and blood of the Crucible City, the demons' followers will not hunt you down." "I will stay here and cover your retreat."

"I swear in the name of Viscount Wittman that the cult will not cross the Crucible City for three months, at least three months to allow you to leave."

"As for three months later, I might die, or I might become the only lord noble in the Crucible City."

It is impossible to get food from the mage by talking about human relationships and supply relations. The only thing we can talk about now is profit.

In the end, Ryan still got nearly 500,000 kilograms of food from the Mage Academy. The Mage Academy was indeed rich.

After putting the grain in the granary, Ryan asked Harrington and Brand to guard it with some people.

On the other hand, Grand Duke Moriarty and some nobles also joined forces and sent some food to Ryan.

In three days, the entire Crucible City seemed to come alive. Whether it was the civilian slaves or the noble mages, they were all extremely nervous and made their own movements.

Ryan took over the defense of the Crucible City, but he no longer had any soldiers under his command. The five hundred soldiers who were supposed to stand on the city wall had been called back by their respective nobles.

After knowing the truth, these nobles were no longer willing to use their wealth to fight against the cultists outside.

Ryan could only temporarily transfer slaves and tell them that as long as they became soldiers, they could have two meals a day.

This temptation soon filled the city walls with fearless soldiers. They had suffered from hunger many times and now felt that nothing was more terrifying than hunger.

What's more, the cultists outside looked similar to them, with pale faces and thin bodies, but their eyes made people feel scared and uncomfortable.

On the fourth day, the cultists began their attack. The hungry cultists rushed towards the Crucible City with their teeth bared. Facing the tall city walls, they climbed up with siege ladders made from felled tree trunks. Faced with the falling stones, the cultists soon had bloody heads.

……

"You bunch of useless trash, hurry up!"

Outside the Crucible City, in the cult's headquarters, a middle-aged man in a black cloak was roaring angrily. On the bone scepter in his hand was inlaid a blood-red gem. People around him felt as if their souls were about to be devoured by it just by looking at it.

"Your Holiness, please activate the Blood of the Abyss directly."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for that group of peasants to charge into the Crucible City."

"Now that we have activated the Abyssal Blood, what should we do next? Do we have to fight in person after we get into the city?"

Urtado looked at the elder who had spoken next to him, and he wished he could hit him on the head with his scepter to kill him violently.

"But the Lord said that the mages in the Crucible City are escaping. If we cannot sacrifice the flesh and blood of those mages, the Lord will punish us..."

Upon hearing this, Ultado trembled all over, thinking of the appearance of the flesh and blood slaves who had been sacrificed before.

"Let all the slaves charge. As long as we can open the gate of the Crucible City, we will directly activate the Abyss Blood and let those people feel the extraordinary army from the abyss!"

……

South of the Furnace City, huge waves with hair like ice crystals were dragging a huge team towards the depths of the glacial ocean.

On the coast, Ryan held a purple crystal with extremely violent magic factor in his hand, and watched the team disappear from his sight with calm eyes.

Back in the Crucible City, there was a deafening roar in the distance, but Ryan believed that Brand and the other man could hold on.

He once again came to the council of nobles. There were only a few people left, and not a single noble was left.

(End of this chapter)