Throne of the North.

Chapter 120: Earl's Ambition
At the same time, in another county in Beifeng Province, Longshan County.

Among the seven counties of the North Wind Province, Longshan County is the territory of Earl Sauron. Except for the Earl, all the remaining nobles are the nobles who followed Earl Sauron in the past, so there has never been any conflict like that in Lingdu County.

The chaos in Beifeng Province was mostly resolved by political means within Longshan County, so for the nobles here, they were just spectators for a long time.

But what happened recently in Lingdu County made them a little confused.

"Lord of the Frozen Territory, Baron Ryan actually won all the wars, including the two Viscount families, who were defeated by him?"

"How is this possible? I know that lousy place called the Frozen Territory."

Some nobles were shocked, while others remained silent and focused their attention on another matter.

Miraculously, the death of Viscount Dragun certainly caused an earthquake, but after all, Viscount Miles, who killed him, was also dead, so among these nobles, the death of Ellis Dragun was even more shocking than the Viscount himself.

Because he was assassinated, Viscount Dragun could still wash his hands of the matter by saying that he had fought a decisive battle with Viscount Miles for the glory among the nobles. The life-and-death confrontation between the two nobles could be exaggerated and perhaps even made into a moving story.

But the assassination of his eldest son is simply unacceptable.

And the most important thing is that he died at the hands of assassins. Those assassins used the same methods as the assassins who caused the mass death of dragon blood warriors and the fall of flying wolf cavalry in the orc war.

What is the most powerful foundation of Count Sauron's family? Isn't it the Dragon Blood Cavalry?
"Does Count Weiss really have an extraordinary army of assassins? They can even assassinate nobles?"

Their eyes couldn't help but look towards the earldom. The elderly earl had recently started training his troops.

This is the case among all the nobles in the North. Large-scale military training is only carried out when war is about to break out, because this ensures that food consumption is within an acceptable range.

Obviously, the Earldom's actions made everyone realize that war was coming.

People outside say that Count Sauron has grown old and is no longer as arrogant as he once was, but his old subordinates who have followed the Count for many years know this very well.

He is a dragon-blood warrior. He just looks old, but he is actually still very young. He can easily live another hundred or eighty years.

The old dragon was just taking a nap. He was once the earl and the commander of the legion in blood and fire, and he had terrified countless enemies.

Longshan County City is a city built on the mountain with a small part of it in the mountain. It is also a fortress. It was once a place to resist giant dragons. Today, traces of the giant dragons' ravages can still be seen in many places.

This is the fiefdom of Count Sauron, which means that no matter what, Count Sauron's family will have the right to rule this city.

At this moment, Count Sauron woke up from his sleep and looked at the soldiers reporting below with murderous eyes.

"My Lord Earl, the news has been confirmed to be true. Ellis Dragun was indeed killed by an assassin, and the assassin was from Earl Weiss."

After hearing the news, Earl Sauron was silent for a long time, then he squinted his eyes and looked at the sky outside and said:
"I'm afraid this winter will be colder than before."

"Write a letter to Love and ask him whether he wants to start a war."

……

A few days later, a guest arrived in the Frozen Lands.

A big shot from the Earldom of Winter, Countess Alevia Birdway, a woman with charming looks and an outstanding figure. She is also the only recorded sanctuary wizard in the Province of North Wind.

Earl and Countess Winter, a Sanctuary Knight and a Sanctuary Mage. The existence of two sanctuaries ensured that the Earl's family could firmly sit on the position of Governor of the North Wind Province.

Ryan was a little surprised. Although the Countess did not like going out like other noble ladies, she actually came to the Frozen Territory in person.

Seeing the development of the frozen land, Countess Winter was quite surprised. "You can actually develop this place to this extent."

The Countess's surprise was not false. When she was looking for magic materials in the North before, she also stopped in the then ownerless castle on Rhino Horn Mountain. The castle at that time was the same as when Ryan first arrived, with only three or five houses.

"Thank you for the compliment, Countess Winter. I wonder why Countess Winter came to the Frozen Territory?"

As a noble, regardless of the difference in title and strength, Ryan remained neither humble nor arrogant and asked directly.

The Countess looked at Ryan and said:
"I come here on behalf of the Earl of Winter's family to present a gift to the Baron of the Frozen Territory."

"Ryan, you are the child of Earl Clayton. Now that you have come to the territory of the Northern Wind Province, it is only natural that we should give you a gift."

After saying that, he ordered his servants to place boxes of gold coins in front of Ryan, a total of 20,000 gold coins. It can be seen that Earl Winter is indeed very generous.

But Ryan was secretly dissatisfied that the gift was not given earlier or later, but at this time.

With a smile on his face, he said:
"The generosity of the Earl's family will move even the gods."

Ryan accepted the gift, but the Countess had no intention of leaving. After walking in the frozen land for more than an hour, she returned to the castle on Rhino Horn Mountain and finally talked business with Ryan.

"Back then, we were friends with your father, Ryan. We are very happy to see you develop your own territory in the Northern Wind Province."

"However, under the lord system, the entire North Wind Province has been at war over land. As a noble, we don't want war to happen."

The Countess spoke, but Ryan did not respond. Instead, he said:

"As far as I know, the Northern Wind Province has stabilized and the land disputes in several counties have ended?"

Indeed, just like Baron Ryan of Lingdu County defeated all the nobles, in other counties, some were no longer suspenseful, while others were suppressed by several viscounts. Almost every one of the seven counties in the North Wind Province had entered a vacuum period of war.

The reason why it is almost is that in Hanshan County, the county that was most severely ravaged, it is still unclear what belongs to whom.

"Is the war over?"

The Countess shook her head, looked at Ryan and said:

"The war is about to begin, Ryan. The North Wind Province is not peaceful. Earl Weiss betrayed the honor of the nobility and assassinated a noble heir. This is an act despised by all the nobles in the empire. At the same time, he will be punished by the Senate."

Ryan deliberately showed confusion and said:
"In that case, let's wait for the Elders to take action. I think the legions in the Wing Canyon would be happy to plunder Count Weiss's wealth."

Alevia shook her head and looked at Ryan, who had an innocent expression in front of her, and stopped beating around the bush.

"The North Wind Province will not allow the Wing Canyon Legion to appear. Similarly, the Empire's Elder Council will not punish Earl Weiss."

"Lian, you have to understand that the North Wind Province has been abandoned by the Empire, and the people here are no longer even recognized by the people in the South."

"This war can only end between us."

Ryan knew in his heart that Count Winter just didn't want to give up his many interests, and even wanted to monopolize the wealth of Count Weiss's family.

Even if he could take the entire North Wind Province's wealth into his pocket, Earl Winter might become a legend, and the Earl's family might become the fifth powerful duke of the empire.

I am also ambitious.

(End of this chapter)