Throne of the North.

Chapter 217: Apia

As a nobleman, Ryan is fully politically aware.

So when he thought of this possibility, he couldn't help but want to expose the matter.

Why? Because my current strength is not enough.

If his words really come true, wouldn't he be aiding the Holy See? At that time, the Holy See would want to cause chaos within the empire, and even drag Clayton and more nobles into the water, and Ryan's role in this process would be exposed.

By then, Ryan won’t be able to explain himself even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

"No, we have to find out."

Ryan finally realized that this transaction of one million gold coins was an extension of the political struggle. If that was the case, it could not be regarded as a purely business act.

He had to know more.

"Let Brand come to me."

After Ryan gave the order, he came to a dark cave at the foot of the northern side of Rhino Horn Mountain.

This is a prison. Ryan's original intention of building it was to reduce crime in the territory and to carry out labor reform, but the first group of prisoners held there were not humans.

In previous wars, these nobles divided up the benefits of the war completely with just a few words. A few words from their mouths could determine the fate of thousands of people.

This includes the cat man.

To be precise, it was a group of cat-people tribes and assassins within the cat-people tribes.

The leader of the cat-man assassins also fell into Ryan's hands. Count Winter and his men had no demand for a leader, because even if they wanted to train them, they would have to train their own slaves, rather than the cat-man assassin leader who was loyal to Count Weiss.

The dungeon was dark, purely because there was no sunlight. There was no such thing as dampness in the caves of the North, and the frozen moisture actually kept it quite warm.

This is the warmest place in the entire frozen land.

But there was a military camp outside, and this dungeon became a place from which it was absolutely impossible to escape, and many people were terrified of it.

"Apia?"

As the leader of the cat-man assassins, Appiah was in a single room. When he heard someone calling his name, the cat-man assassin, who was sitting cross-legged on the hay, raised his head.

The first thing he saw was a tall figure. He was wearing heavy armor that blocked the faint light, but as a cat-man assassin, Appia could still clearly see the other person's young appearance in the darkness.

This is a human youth, but he is very powerful.

Looking past the mighty human being who was as tall as a mountain, Appiah saw the gorgeous and distinguished young man standing behind. He knew him for a simple reason: Baron Ryan was the first and only failed assassination case of the cat-man assassin.

The other party was a little far away from him. Even with the knight guard and the fence blocking him, he was still far away from him.

Very alert, Apia felt that his life would end today.

They overestimated the cat-man assassin. Without any prior preparation for concealment and breathing techniques, the cat-man assassin could not even defeat ordinary soldiers. All their strength was burst out the moment they left the shadows.

"Leader of the Cat People Tribe, more than a hundred years ago, your ancestors followed the guidance of divine power and traveled to another plane of existence."

"But you can't survive in that world, because everything in that world is huge. Even a deer is five or six times the size of your body."

"This means that the Cat Man Assassin's fighting style cannot kill such powerful creatures. Their vitality is enough for them to withstand the Cat Man Assassin's rapier many times and escape."

"But more often than not, a mad beast can kill an exposed assassin with one kick. You are too weak."

"So, over the past hundred years, the number of cat people has been decreasing. If Earl Weiss's army hadn't appeared and shown you the possibility of leaving that world by pledging allegiance, your tribe would have perished in twenty years at most."

"A safe shelter and a stable food source are what you lack the most." Ryan easily told all the past and hidden dangers of the cat tribe. Apia was silent. He didn't know what the other party was going to say.

"The nobles can provide these things, but the prerequisite is your loyalty. I think there were frictions and conflicts between you when you first encountered Count Weiss's army."

"I have to say that after so many assassinations, the cat-man assassins have made the nobles of the Northern Wind Province see your value."

"That's why you're still alive until now."

Ryan slowly approached Apia. The lifespan of cat people is not as long as that of humans, and Apia in front of him is considered middle-aged among cat people.

"I need your strength, and I can give you everything you want."

"You can also try to run back to the north, but I remember that the orc tribes are often more cruel than the human world. The weak cat people are only fit to be slaves."

"If you agree, you two hundred and twenty-five cat people will survive."

"I will give you many things, including your life."

To Ryan's surprise, the cat-man leader in front of him didn't have much backbone. Maybe it was because he had been locked up for too long? Or maybe they were not so opposed to being loyal to someone.

Appiah watched Ryan kneel down, his voice not deep but rather sharp.

"Apia pledges his allegiance to you."

Five minutes later, more than two hundred cat-people, men, women, young and old, were all released. Cat-people assassins prefer dark environments, but ordinary cat-people orcs prefer sunlight.

When the long-lost vastness shone down above their heads, even though there were a large number of soldiers staring at them, these cat-people couldn't help but stretch their bodies subconsciously.

They are like they have no bones. Although they are only one meter tall, they look like a tall and thin man when they are fully stretched.

This is also a rare species that does not have absolute reproductive isolation from humans, otherwise how did those cat ladies loved by the nobles come from?

Harrington took the remaining 195 cat people to where they should go, and the remaining 30 cat people stood in front of Ryan at this moment.

Compared to other cat-people, these assassins are like knights among humans. They train themselves, draw on the power of shadows little by little to become extraordinary and become feared assassins.

After accepting the loyalty of all the cat-man assassins, Ryan asked Brand to set up a camp for them. From now on, these cat-man assassins would also be his warriors.

As for Appiah, he followed Ryan and stood relatively far away, with a distance of three meters between them.

Ryan was always on guard against the opponent. Cat-people had no chivalry, and Ryan would not be careless at this just the beginning.

"Is it possible for humans to practice your breathing techniques and become extraordinary?"

He asked, this was also the most curious, if possible, then the value of the cat-man assassin would be reduced again.

"No, this is a supernatural system that belongs only to cat people."

"Earl Weiss tried before, using the alchemist's method to forcibly create a human assassin who could hide in the shadows, but he failed. No human can completely enter the shadows. They can only enter some limbs, and their flesh will soon be devoured by the shadows and then die."

Ryan nodded, not bothering to try in that case.

"Can you read and write?"

Ryan suddenly asked, causing Appia to be stunned and look at Ryan with some confusion.

"No, cat people have no education."

"I will arrange for someone to teach you during this period. For one month, you'd better be able to use your talents that can make you extraordinary to study. After one month, you will follow a team to the Andara Kingdom to carry out a mission."

(End of this chapter)