Throne of the North.

Chapter 260: Serving the Dawn, Walking in the Dark

"Valente Meyers."

"The eldest son of Grand Duke Meyers' second son celebrated his 24th birthday in the Dukedom at the beginning of this year. As a father of two children, his Nightmare Breathing Technique has been cultivated to the strength of a Golden Knight."

"Three years ago, at Valente's wedding banquet, Grand Duke Meyers personally attended and praised him, saying he was the pride of the Meyers family."

"This is the sixth Meyers family member to be praised in thirty years."

On Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan listened to the report from Alfie Clayton, who had black hair and red eyes, next to him.

The latter comes from the Clayton family. Of course, he has now sworn allegiance to Baron Ryan and is responsible for information statistics beside Ryan.

It has to be said that those who have received education within the aristocracy are very useful. Whether in terms of attitude loyalty or work ability, they are all top-notch.

"Alfie, tell me, who killed such a noble who was about to become a sky knight?"

"Don't be so reserved. It doesn't matter if you say it to our Emperor."

Ryan said with a smile.

"But of course it can't be His Majesty the Emperor. The most likely person is still a member of the Vatican."

"But aren't they in the Marquisate? How could that legendary knight not be able to keep an eye on them?"

"Or are there other Vatican personnel who have come to the Northern Wind Province that I don't even know about?"

……

boom!
The heavy table flew out in front of the holy light. Adriana stared angrily at the figure in the dark cloak standing outside the door, not daring to take a step forward.

"Your Excellency, Grand Master, may the Lord forgive me for hiding this from you."

The archbishop lady had big wavy red hair, and her waves became even wavyer when she was angry.

"Without my order, what rights do you have to kill the descendants of the Meyers family?"

"Black Swan? You are a bunch of demons from hell. Do you know how much trouble it would cause to kill a noble?"

"I wanted to force the Marquis of the North Wind, the blasphemer of my Lord, to confess his guilt, and you have ruined it all."

Outside the door, the man under the cloak raised his head, looked at the bright cross on the door frame, and then lowered his head in piety and awe.

"Your Excellency, Archbishop, we are here to kill these blasphemers on the orders of the Pope."

"Your Holiness the Pope has long known that they would arrive in the North Wind Province. We followed them all the way just to use their blood to water the glory of our Lord in their territory."

"The descendant of the Meyers family blasphemed my Lord, and he must die."

Adriana snorted coldly. She was not afraid of the Pope mentioned by the other party at all.

"Tell me, why is the Pope so angry?"

"On the battlefield in the south, the imperial army's attack is very fierce. Thirty thousand of our Lord's believers have already entered the kingdom of heaven in advance to serve our Lord."

"Including the three archbishops. Monsignor Miranda, who was known as the favored one of the sky, died at the hands of the 'warrior', the Light of Meyers."

"Miranda... is dead."

Adriana was somewhat shocked. She vaguely remembered that he was an arrogant fellow. His faith was not actually devout, but the favor of the Lord upon him was extremely strong.

There were many rumors in the Vatican that he was a rebellious child of the Lord.

This is a description that proves Chenxi's doting on Miranda.

It’s no wonder that the Pope is so angry. Miranda is a candidate for Archbishop and a strong contender for the Pope’s successor.

His father is also a retired cardinal.

"Has the war reached this point?"

Archbishop Adriana could not hide her shock. She knew some inside information. The purpose of the Church's war was to deepen the faith cohesion of the kingdoms and noble lords. Over the years, the glory of the Lord has been restored more and more slowly. It is because of the blasphemer of the Empire that the kingdoms and nobles in the southern lands have become interested.

The Holy See needs a war to make these kingdoms and nobles understand that they are not qualified to emulate the empire, and that the empire that blasphemes the faith will be destroyed before them.

The final goal is not now. The war currently launched by the Holy See is only for the first goal.

The start of the war would discourage those kingdoms from trying to expel the Glory of the Morning.

"The Empire sent ten extraordinary legions from the north into the Thousand Lakes Province. The most important of these was the expeditionary force from the deep sea of ​​the west coast, the 'plunderer' Les Legion that brought countless wealth to the west coast."

Adriana was silent. This was the only extraordinary legion named after a human being in the entire world.

But even the Archbishop who believed in the Dawn stopped talking, because that man was the world's first blasphemer.

After he blasphemed the gods, he was still alive. It was after this person that the nobles woke up and began to imitate him to plunder the divinity that the gods lost in the war.

The nobles' power began from then on.

"We have come to the northern border of the empire this time to kill those pioneers who blasphemed our Lord. We will receive orders directly from the Pope, so His Excellency the Archbishop cannot give us orders."

"The glory of my Lord will surely illuminate this dark place."

Adriana couldn't help but say:

"The people of this land will eventually become believers of our Lord. You... can only kill those pioneers of light."

This time, the gradually disappearing figure did not answer, but called out devoutly:

"We walk in darkness, we serve the morning light."

“We provide the light of the Lord in the darkness before the dawn’s brightness dispels the darkness.”

His words had made it very clear that this action was not under the control of the archbishop in front of him.

"Wait, there's someone you can't move."

Adriana shouted that she didn't want Baron Ryan to die at the hands of these people.

……

"The elder once doubted whether Archbishop Adriana's faith was still devout. After arriving in the North, she did not send back any good news for a long time."

"The Empire is the enemy of the Church. The glory of our Lord cannot be desecrated in any way."

"When we received the Pope's order, the elder asked us to test whether the archbishop's faith had changed."

"She mentioned the Baron..."

"Then... go find the baron."

"See if he is a white swan or a black swan."

From the shadows of the dense forest, whispers like those of a demon could be heard.

"We serve the dawn."

“We walk in darkness.”

"We wandered in the lakes of eternal night and dawn."

"One day, we will become white swans entering heaven in the morning light."

"Praise my Lord."

In the dense forest, the light seemed to be much dimmer. A hare raised its head in a trance, and the next moment its head rolled to the side as the shade of the trees swayed.

(End of this chapter)