Throne of the North.

Chapter 275 Unable to Conceal the Threat
The difference between an apprentice knight and an ordinary person is the years of daily training, but an army of one hundred well-trained apprentice knights can defeat ten times the number of enemies.

What's more, most of Ryan's servants are official knights.

The breathing method makes them stronger. Even when facing those sharp spears, the knight's sword in their hands can easily cut them off.

The charge of the war horses at the river bank was devastating. Many soldiers even jumped into the river out of fear of the cavalry and disappeared in the surging waves.

In less than thirty minutes, Ryan was standing in the center of the mess, looking down at the knights kneeling in front of him.

"Tell me, why are you in my territory?"

Ryan asked calmly. The kneeling knight didn't dare to look up, his eyes flickering.

He must never tell the truth.

The outbreak of war between nobles was not actually a rare event. In many cases, it was common for nobles to go to war with each other because of land or money.

It would be fine if he were a noble, but he was not, so if either of the two things, land or money, came into play, he would surely die.

"I, we are entering the alternate dimension under the order of the Marquis to protect his territory."

"Just... just passing by here."

"Oh?"

Ryan laughed and said:
"You happened to stay on my land? And you stayed for so long?"

As he spoke, a soldier beside him carried a large animal skin bag from the ruins. When he opened it, the golden light confirmed it.

"It seems that I didn't kill the wrong person."

The knight finally despaired and shouted loudly:
"Baron Ryan, you can't kill me. I am Earl Sauron's squire. I am the Earl's knight!"

"I don't want to either, but the value of the gold mine is really too high."

Ryan swung his sword and beheaded the knight.

Indeed, the value of the gold mine is really terrifying. Once it is exposed, all the nobles in the entire North Wind Province will flock to it. At that time, no one will care about the nobles' face. After all, even the smallest gold mine, if it can be fully mined, is worth at least one million gold coins.

Ryan didn't want to expose himself, nor did he dare to expose himself. He didn't even dare to mine on a large scale, and could only use the indigenous people to carry out the excavation.

In the history he was familiar with, countless wars had broken out because of mines, resources, and wealth, some of which could even develop into wars that destroyed a country.

Every year, there are many conflicts among nobles in the North Wind Province due to iron ore, and iron ore can be said to be the lowest value mineral in the North Wind Province.

If it were a silver mine, it would arouse the greed of all nobles. The value of a gold mine would definitely detonate all conflicts and potential for war.

“All dealt with!”

The murderous intent in Ryan's eyes had not completely dissipated. It was the first time for the soldiers to see such a look in their lord's eyes. They lowered their heads, tied the corpses to stones and threw them into the river, then buried the entire camp with earth and rocks.

The nobles' reconnaissance methods were crude to begin with, and this was also in another world. Even if Count Sauron investigated later, he would not be able to find out that the entire army was wiped out here.

But... Ryan did not place his hope on the so-called evidence.

The nobles praise their own glory and splendor, and every word they say to the outside world speaks of their noble and just character. But as the pinnacle of power, how can the nobles be so bright and just?

Count Sauron may never find evidence, but he can guess, in the other world, who has the ability to kill an army of up to 500 people?

Baron Ryan's name must be at the top of the list.

Even more, the appearance of this army in the territory occupied by Ryan was most likely because Count Sauron suspected that it was Ryan who had robbed the magic crystal mine before, because he brought a full one hundred extremely elite knights and attendants.

This power is enough.

They came to look for the lost magic crystal mine, but because they did not see Ryan's team taking out the magic crystal at the portal, they accidentally discovered gold ore.

As for the value of magic crystal and gold mine, after all, the former has a relatively single function, and it is difficult to tell which one is higher and which one is lower in the same quantity. But the problem is that it is difficult to tell the same quantity. No matter how small the scale of the gold mine is, it is much richer than the magic crystal vein.

"Earl Sauron will never let go of the death of five hundred people. If you don't want to make things public, then we can only fight in another dimension."

“I don’t know if he has the guts.”

Ryan laughed. In this mountain forest world, the combat effectiveness of the dragon blood warrior army under Count Sauron was greatly reduced.

Ryan found the leader of the Blue Lion Tribe, Cao. This indigenous leader had already been shocked by the fighting power of Ryan's soldiers and was a little afraid at this moment.

"Tell your people that no one is allowed to tell what happened today, otherwise, I will punish you."

Ryan threatened, then said calmly:

"Shh, maybe you don't know yet, but you only have a few years left to live in this world. You have lived here for many years, and there are many elderly people in your tribe, so you should know it very well."

"The white disaster in the north is eroding your forest every year, isn't it? The winter is getting faster and faster, and it will soon submerge the forest where your tribe is. By then, everything will die in the cold."

“There are only a few years left.”

"At that time, you will only have two choices: either die in this world, or leave here and live somewhere safe."

There is still a large indigenous population in the mountain world. Population is also a resource for the nobles. The more people there are, the faster the development will be. Even if it only relies on farming, the more people there are, the more fields can be planted.

Every noble has a large amount of wasteland in their territory, so they are not worried about not having enough land.

If these natives do not want to die, they will eventually enter the North Wind Province and become subjects of the nobles. What to choose at that time will become a difficult problem.

Ryan reminded Cao that he just wanted these natives to be more obedient. Maybe they would become his people in the future.

"You should think about the future of your tribe."

Ryan left here with his servants and headed towards Count Sauron's territory. Now that the decision has been made, the magic crystal mine in Count Sauron's hands cannot be wasted.

Boom! ! !
There are still flat areas in the mountains and forests. If it were just an ordinary warhorse, it might be troublesome, but the Northern Warhorses are extraordinary species.

This time Ryan no longer hid. When the army arrived, the slaves and guards in the mine were completely panicked.

The soldiers knew Baron Ryan.

So, after a brief resistance and the death of several knights, the remaining soldiers all surrendered.

This is the reputation and fame Ryan gained in previous wars.

"From now on, you are all my slaves!" Ryan waved his hand and changed everyone's ownership to himself.

The slaves were numb to this. They, the slaves, were traded at will as part of the wealth. The soldiers were a little scared, but they did not dare to resist.

In order to survive, people's bottom line can really change constantly.

……

In the next few days, Ryan stayed in the magic crystal mine, watching everyone start mining the magic crystal ore in the most efficient way. On the last day, all the mined magic crystal ore was sent to Svadifari.

"Take all these slaves to the Blue Lion Tribe and arrange for them to chop wood and quarry stones."

Ryan understood that everything he did here had too many traces and could not be concealed for too long. In this case, it would be a pity to kill these slaves, as they were also a huge fortune.

"Kill all the trainee knights among those soldiers!"

With a wave of his hand, Ryan cleared out the last batch of possible traitors. As a soldier, not every soldier was qualified to swear allegiance to Earl Sauron, but an apprentice knight who was treated favorably by the noble lord must be loyal to his lord.

why?
Not to mention that the spirit of chivalry has not been broken, just this little bit is enough.

These people must live a better life in Count Sauron's territory than in Baron Ryan's territory.

As soldiers loyal to Earl Sauron, they were able to become apprentice knights. While being loyal to the lord, the lord also gave them money, power, houses, land, and beautiful women. Over time, the blood ties of these people had even formed small families in the territory, rather than simple family units.

In this case, how could they not be loyal to Count Sauron?

If they turn around and pledge allegiance to Baron Ryan, they will lose all these. How can this make them more loyal to Baron Ryan?

They are already the powerful class in the earldom, so there is no possibility for them to betray. On the contrary, the risk is much smaller for the ordinary soldiers and slaves who are obviously malnourished.

Ordinary soldiers were recruited from families, and in many cases they had to prepare their own weapons and food. Slaves did not even have the qualifications to be loyal. Their value units were measured in gold, silver, or even copper coins, and they were themselves a kind of tradable wealth.

Therefore, their loyalty to Count Sauron is not absolute, and may not even be very high, which makes it possible for them to become Baron Ryan's subjects.

……

Walking out of the plane door again, the soldiers were contaminated with a lot of evil spirit, so that other noble teams around them did not dare to get too close.

As usual, Ryan's personal guards and attendants did not gain anything. Only the slaves and civilians from the Frozen Territory passed through the Plane Gate with a large amount of firewood. More than one noble had laughed at Baron Ryan's short-sightedness. The value of each opening of the Plane Gate was not even a fraction of the value of these firewoods.

This is indeed the case, because with the outbreak of conflicts among some nobles, the mineral resources in the mountain world were made public, and there were many more vehicles transporting ore in the team of nobles crossing the plane gate.

The nobles have begun to convert the land resources of the other-dimensional world into cash on a large scale and send them back to the North Wind Province.

Ryan watched over Thundercloud Mountain for a long time and found that many teams were covered in blood, and it was obvious that their journey was not peaceful.

"Go back to the frozen land and bring another 300 soldiers here."

Ryan handed the baron ring on his hand to a centurion. There was no need to worry about the loyalty of this silver knight from the Clayton family.

Not surprisingly, on the third day in Thundercloud Mountain, Ryan received questioning from Count Sauron.

The Badley Sky Knight led his soldiers to Thundercloud County. If he had not communicated with the Marquis of the North Wind in advance, the provincial governor would have suspected that Earl Sauron was going to start a war with him.

"Baron Ryan, the honorable Earl Solon asked me to ask you, why did you start the Noble War?"

Ryan looked at Knight Badley with a puzzled look.

"Knight Baddeley, what are you doing? What do you mean by that? Is Lord Thoron going to do something?"

His expression was confused, which made the Marquis of Beifeng beside him look at Knight Badley in confusion.

What happened?

Knight Badley took a deep breath, and a powerful knightly aura enveloped him, and his voice was full of chill.

"Baron Ryan, you killed hundreds of soldiers belonging to Count Sauron in the other dimension. This incident will be regarded by the Sauron family as a war to the death!"

"This is a provocation to the Sauron family and Lord Sauron."

Ryan turned his head and looked at Marquis Beifeng.

"Governor, I think that Earl Solon is not a noble who would frame a noble casually. Perhaps there is something we don't know about."

As the Governor of the North Wind Province, he has power but also the obligation to mediate conflicts among nobles. The imperial family of the empire knows very well what the nobles in the empire are like, and noble wars are not uncommon.

Marquis Beifeng coughed and finally became serious.

"Knight Badley, do you have evidence that Baron Ryan massacred Count Sauron's army?"

Even Marquis Beifeng felt that it was a bit absurd to ask this question.

A baron, killing the count's army?

"Among the nobles who entered the other world last time, only Baron Ryan had the strength to kill the Earl's army."

Knight Badley raised his head and said that he came on behalf of Earl Sauron and his status was no less than others.

"So there is no evidence?"

Ryan snorted coldly, stood up and scolded Knight Badley.

"Knight, you'd better know what you are talking about. Slandering a nobleman of noble status will only result in your being exiled to the plane of death."

"I come here on behalf of Earl Solon, the noble Earl, to respond to the war you, Baron Ryan, started."

"I will enter the alternate dimension to search for evidence, and I will not come out for a short time."

Badley left a few words and led an army of thousands of soldiers through the plane gate.

Ryan was a little angry and looked at Marquis Beifeng.

"Governor, he actually dared to threaten me, he threatened me!"

"Baron Ryan, calm down. He would never dare to kill a noble, even in another world."

(End of this chapter)