Throne of the North.

Chapter 247: The Wisdom of Count Sauron

Longshan County.

In Longshan City, a county town that is half city and half mountain, the elderly Count Sauron is waiting for his magicians and sorcerers to tell him about the research progress of the Thunder Giants, while keeping an eye on the distance.

"Do you think the Church and that Krisna will know that we killed the priest of the Church?"

In front of the earl were several of his descendants.

Hearing their father's question, the children naturally became nervous.

The eldest son, Feder Solon, who was in the lead, spoke:
"My father arranged for a cat-man assassin to kill the missionary. The only people who knew about the whole process were us and the cat-man assassin."

"The Holy See will never know about this. Your arrangement, father, is flawless."

Next to him, the second son, Kase Solon, also quickly spoke up.

"Father, the Empire will never discover your plan. The war between the Empire and the Church has not ended yet. No matter what, the Empire will not compromise with the Church because of this matter."

"No one would have thought that we would kill the missionary on his way to Thundercloud County."

"Naturally, no one would have thought that we would be the ones to take action. After all, no matter what, there is no conflict between us and the Holy See."

It would certainly be difficult to detect the killing of a Vatican missionary at will.

But this was not the answer that Earl Sauron wanted. He sighed and said:
"You still underestimate the divine arts system of the Church. Under extraordinary power, even the dead can speak. Those necromancers make a lot of money by this means, but the divine arts of the Church must be more profound than those of necromancers."

"I never thought that this would never come to light."

"That's why I dumped the body in Lingdu County."

"It's only a matter of time before the truth is revealed, but the key is that Baron Ryan of the Frozen Territory will block the pursuit of the Church for us."

"Have you not even thought of this? Or do you not think that Baron Ryan of the Frozen Territory is better than you?"

Count Sauron looked at his eldest son, Feder. The others were fine, but this one was the heir to the earldom.

Feeling his father's gaze, Feder felt a lot of pressure and couldn't help but say:
"Father, you are right, but can the Frozen Baron really resist the Church?"

"He doesn't even have a single golden knight under his command, and the Church is so powerful... He can't just borrow the power of the Clayton Family."

Count Sauron shook his head, he was a little angry.

"You still think that the current achievements of the Frozen Baron are based on luck and the power of the Clayton family."

"But today I want you to understand that everything that Baron Ryan, the lord of the frozen land, has now is because of him."

"With the wisdom of Baron Ryan, he can definitely deal with the people of the Holy See. As long as he can stop them, the Holy See will not know how the missionary died."

"Of course, unless Baron Ryan tries his best to prove that he has nothing to do with the missionary's death."

"But if that happens, he'll have to let go of a lot of things, and then he won't be able to keep many of his own secrets."

"Have you ever really never thought about why the Frozen Territory has a population of 20,000 to 30,000 in just one or two years?"

"There are too many of them. This is Baron Ryan's weakness. No matter what the reason is, he will never allow the Holy See to discover his secret."

"He has a secret in his heart, so he will stand in front of us. Coupled with Baron Ryan's wisdom, the Holy See will not be able to find us."

"Also, Feder, you are wrong. We have recently deepened our ties with the nobles in the south. So, a great wizard in the Imperial Capital Magic Academy became Baron Ryan's worshiper, and the nobles told me about it as a gift." "Finally, you are right about one thing you said, that is, there is no conflict between us and the Holy See, and there is absolutely no reason to kill a missionary who walked in openly."

He is teaching his offspring, hoping they can be smarter.

A few people were still a little confused.

"But why on earth did you want to kill that missionary, father?"

This matter does not seem to have any benefits for the Earl of Sauron's family.

"Why? Let me ask you, who is our enemy now?"

"what?"

The Weiss family has fallen, and there are no major conflicts between them and the Earl Winter family for the time being. Are there still enemies?

The eldest son, Feder, thought for a while and then said:

"Father, do you want to deal with the Marquis of Beifeng?"

"Of course, the North Wind Province has always belonged to us for so many years, but now a marquis suddenly came and became the governor of the North Wind Province."

"Do you think the appearance of Marquis Beifeng has no effect on us?"

"You don't know, that guy from Beifeng County is probably biting his teeth to pieces, hahaha."

"The Marquis of Beifeng has become the governor of the province. The annual tax revenue of the largest Beifeng City is no longer under his control."

"The Winter family loses at least 100,000 gold coins every year because of this."

Unlike the fiefdom of Count Sauron's family which includes the Longshan City at its feet, the largest city in the North Wind Province, North Wind City, does not belong to any nobleman and is only managed by the governor of the province.

"This is also another layer of insurance. If the Holy See bypasses Baron Ryan, the biggest suspect will be Earl Winter."

"Because they are the ones who most want Marquis Beifeng to leave. Their loss is too great."

"The most important thing is that Baron Ryan and Count Winter both have cat-man assassins in their possession."

After Count Sauron said this, he couldn't help but smile. He was also amazed at his own plan, which was so perfect. In short, no matter how you think about it, no one will know that it was he who arranged for someone to kill the missionaries of the Vatican.

Among the three nobles in the province, Baron Ryan and Earl Winter, one is the most suspicious and the other has the most obvious motive. It would never be Earl Sauron's turn.

The purpose of his doing so was not only to trip up the Marquis of the North Wind, but also to make the other nobles nervous, so that his Earldom of Sauron could develop secretly.

Just like Count Vess before, when the orcs invaded from the south, everyone suffered heavy losses, but Count Vess hid the barbarian army.

The benefits gained from the Thunder Giant are not small.

"Speaking of which, this cat-man assassin is really useful."

While Count Sauron of Longshan County was secretly rejoicing, the Vatican's troops had already entered Lingdu County.

"The Holy Light fell in the cold winter. I didn't expect that the place where Father Buffett died was so close to where we were before."

Some missionaries sighed and blamed themselves. They had been in the North before, but they didn't expect that Father Buffett's body would also be in the North.

(End of this chapter)