Throne of the North.

Chapter 248 Baron Ryan and the Holy See

"Archbishop, the frozen land is ahead."

"This is a barony, and the lord is Ryan Clayton, the heir of the Clayton family of the Imperial Flame Dragon Count."

"But this place is far away from the south and is not taken seriously by the Empire. He is just a baron and he certainly wouldn't dare to refuse our search."

……

In the Frozen Territory, Ryan in the castle was awakened by the butler's call. He glanced out the window and saw that it was indeed late.

"what happened?"

"Sir, Tundra has brought a group of missionaries from the Holy See, and they want to see you."

"missionary?"

Ryan frowned.

"They came so quickly, let them come to see me."

Soon, the great Lord of the Frozen Territory, the honorable Baron of the Empire, Ryan Clayton, received the guests from afar, the enemies of the Empire, the believers of the Lord of Dawn.

"Thank God the dawn has dispelled the darkness."

Ryan spoke in a gentle voice, which made the eyes of the missionaries light up. When they looked at Ryan, it was as if they had met a soulmate.

"My Lord Baron, you..."

Some missionaries began to use honorifics involuntarily, which they had never done when addressing Marquis Beifeng before.

"Mr. Missionary, you have misunderstood. I am just an ordinary person. I admire the powerful gods who have protected the southern lands under the northern border and saved us from the suffering of winter."

"The Tundra Territory is colder than other places, but warmer than the Deep North, isn't it?"

"I believe that no one except the gods can provide such protection."

“I am not a believer, but I am grateful that the great dawn brings light like a flame.”

Ryan's explanations only made the missionaries more and more fond of him. It is natural for believers to believe in God, but it is a rare quality for non-believers to be grateful for the glory of the Lord.

As the saying goes, domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. In the eyes of these missionaries, Baron Ryan is just a wild flower other than a believer.

Most importantly, this is the wild flower of the empire.

For a moment, even the girl with big wavy red hair looked at Ryan with a much softer gaze.

"The Lord's light shines upon the world. Your territory will never be eroded by the cold winter of the north."

"When my Lord wakes up, the light of the morning sun will surely help you dispel the cold winter in the north."

Ryan still smiled.

"Archbishop, you are joking. I am just an ordinary person. How can I dare to ask for the grace of the gods to save the Frozen Territory?"

After the polite conversation, Ryan asked knowingly:

"I wonder why the Archbishop came to the Frozen Territory this time?"

"You should have entered the empire from the south, so why are you in the Northern Wind Province?"

At this point, the archbishop did not speak, but the missionary behind him spoke out angrily.

"You don't know, Baron, that a devout priest who was a believer of our Lord actually died here. We need to find out the truth and let the Empire punish the criminals and blasphemous heretics."

"We used divine magic to search and finally determined that Father Buffett's body was at the edge of your territory."

Ryan thought that the corpse was inside the frozen land area because his territory was slowly expanding, but these missionaries said it was on the edge because of their favorability.

"A heretic who blasphemes the gods? How could this be possible? Even the empire would not allow anyone to blaspheme the gods, let alone a heretic."

"He believes in an evil god?"

Ryan looked extremely surprised and somewhat shocked.

"Cough cough~"

Archbishop Adriana coughed slightly, interrupted the missionary, and said:

"My Lord Baron, he is not a heretic, but a pure blasphemer."

"We hope that you, Baron, can help us find out the truth. Then, the Holy See will punish the blasphemers, and you will gain the friendship of the Holy See." Perhaps because of the faith they had felt in Ryan's words before, these people did not doubt that Ryan had killed Father Buffett.

"The friendship of the Holy See... Of course I am willing to do so, but I'm afraid you have found the wrong person."

"I have not killed any member of the Holy See. The gods can testify for me."

"There won't be any people in the Frozen Territory who would kill the priests of the Church. I think... they don't have the strength to do it."

Ryan quietly raised the power of the Holy See in his words, which made the missionaries look even kinder.

"We believe you, but the body is missing at the edge of your territory. Can you allow us to search in the frozen land territory?"

"this is not OK!"

Ryan perfectly portrayed the anger of a lord.

"The Frozen Territory is my territory. No outsider can act recklessly in my territory."

"Your presence will scare my people. You should also know that the relationship between the Empire and the Church has never been very good."

"If word gets out that I, the son of a great noble in the empire, have a shady relationship with the barons of the frozen land and the church staff, the Marquis Beifeng will definitely arrest me and take me to the imperial capital to punish me."

"You may not know that not long ago, the Earl of Weiss here disappeared because of the Holy See."

"How miserable is the Earl!"

Ryan's expression suddenly changed from anger to bitterness, and the missionaries in front of him also had angry looks in their eyes.

Of course they knew that a thousand Knights of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom were wiped out in the Borean Province, and only Captain Damon escaped alone, and recovered after being healed by the Holy Light.

At the same time, they were also panicked that the empire was so determined to destroy a great earl.

This made them feel that missionary work in the empire was extremely difficult.

For a moment, the room fell silent.

Seeing that these missionaries had no reaction, Ryan felt helpless. He looked at the leading archbishop and said:

"But you also know that I am a descendant of the Clayton family. Perhaps the Marquis of Beifeng would not dare to easily frame me with a false accusation."

"But if I do that, the risk I have to take is huge..."

Adriana had dealt with nobles before, so she gradually reacted after hearing this.

As long as Baron Ryan is given a little benefit, it is not impossible.

She took out her most precious thing, a thick book woven from snow-white parchment, which had a similar logo to the yellowed book of light that Ryan had obtained before.

It is the sun above everyone’s head.

But under the sun, the runes meant something different.

“When the night comes, the morning is destined to appear, and the light of the Lord will dispel the darkness that covers everything.”

Ryan said it subconsciously, and at that moment, he found that the gazes of several missionaries in front of him, including the archbishop, turned towards him with extremely fiery intent.

"Baron Ryan, you actually know what this means?"

What the hell? Isn't it something that everyone can understand?

It doesn't make sense. He had shown the book of the God of Light to other people before. It's just soul magic. Anyone can understand it.

“Only those favored by our Lord can understand the meaning of God’s words.”

"In the Vatican, the most devout believers need to chant the name of our Lord for three days and three nights before they can grow from monks to missionaries."

“The words of God contain the glory of the Lord.”

Ryan understood that within the Vatican, if one wanted to become a missionary from a monk or nun, he must rely on himself to understand the meaning of this rune.

This is a blessing that allows the believer to release the power of divine magic.

Simply put, this sentence is the beginning of the Holy See’s extraordinary path.

This book contains divinity.

(End of this chapter)