Throne of the North.

Chapter 530: Legends and grudges, a war that broke out in an instant

The Cross Redemption Army arrived, and the first thing that Earl Black Eyes and Earl Gold Eyes, the two masters of the Gerald bloodline, did was not to greet them, but to visit another person.

More than a hundred years ago, this land was presented by King Gerald's guardian knights to the descendants of Gerald who fled south.

That person is still alive.

A knight who was willing to give away large tracts of land to his former monarch was not only worthy of the recognition of the entire southern land nobility, but also the respect of the nobles of Gerald's bloodline.

The old king of the Andara Kingdom, a wise and brave king who was on close terms with Grand Duke McReynolds, once even coveted the empire, not to mention the noble territories to the east of the Andara Kingdom.

But later two reasons stopped the old king's greed.

One is the deterrent power of Gerald's bloodline. This once royal bloodline even made the king lead his army to attack the north, fighting for the gods, for dignity and glory. If the Andara Kingdom launched an attack on it, it would no longer be a human being.

Being poked in the back made the old king dull.

The second reason is because of this living old legend.

Knight Tiffany, a legendary knight known as Moonlight, is so powerful that the entire kingdom is afraid of him.

It is said that there is a gap between legends, referring to the gap between legendary knights like Tiffany and ordinary legends.

Gerald's civilization is full of romanticism. For example, Gerald refused to become a great noble of the empire. For example, the legendary "Moonlight" Knight chose not to marry for life because of the death of his beloved and donated a large piece of land to Gerald. For example, until now, they have never thought of changing the ancient rules of the game of "Knights and Kings".

"Sir Moonlight, the Crusaders have arrived in our territory."

The Golden-eyed Count Melan Gerald said respectfully that as a count, but also several generations younger than Gerald, he could not muster any dignity in front of this person.

[Moonlight] Knight Tiffany has a head full of silver hair, but otherwise he looks no different from a middle-aged man. He has lived a long time, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will have a long time to live.

His lifespan is the envy of all legendary knights, but it cannot be copied. It is said that his legendary gift is related to the elves.

Elves are a famous species of immortals.

"Alvin Griffith, I seem to have heard of this name."

Tiffany naturally also knew the news about the Crusades. What he was concerned about was the man who led the entire Crusade as a priest.

Priests are special in the Vatican's clergy system, and the Vatican itself is sufficiently wary of them, but this priest was still able to lead the Crusades and prevent that notorious army from having any disloyalties.

It is not enough to just be strong.

The legendary Moonlight Knight also frowned. Facing the coming of the Crusaders, he also felt troubled.

"They can't just come into Gerald's territory at will."

Tiffany's words were also what the two earls thought. If the Crusaders came into contact with their territory, something would happen that would be beyond their ability to handle.

Just refuse to let him in at the door.

The two earls conveyed their intentions to Arwen who was heading to the battlefield in the north. The latter smiled and did not refute the decision of the two noble lords in the slightest.

"We respect your decision. The Crusaders will not enter your territory without your permission. However, we need to help Gerald drive out the orcs in the north."

Count Jintong smiled awkwardly and said:
"Of course, Reverend Yawen can certainly lead the crusade to the north."

“We need food and shelter.”

"I will send slaves to help with the construction, and food will be delivered."

Count Jintong decided to ask the south for more food supplies after returning today.

"After we drive out the orcs from the north, my Lord's followers will launch an attack on the Andara Kingdom. We will take back the soil of faith of the Dawn, where flowers other than the Dawn should not grow."

It finally came, but facing Pastor Yawen's sudden serious tone, the two earls Jintong and Motong even lost the courage to refute.

"We...will fully support Dawn's holy war."

"Glory to the Lord."

Pastor Yawen led the Crusaders away. The two earls looked at the Crusaders behind the pastor and actually felt that these redemption soldiers were so... well-behaved.

……

"The Redemption Army has entered the Gerald noble territory."

The peaceful days were broken, and the first person to get the news was Ryan. Ever since hearing about the Crusade Redemption Army, the Andara Kingdom had knights patrolling the border.

There are nobles in the kingdom who have good relations with Lord Gerald, and this is the case among all nobles, so Ryan can get the news quickly.

In Lingdu City, Count Pascal was no longer surprised by Ryan's ability, and just said:
"I'll tell Loren that the dragon cavalry will speed up the pace of expelling the rhinoceros beastmen and then defend against the army of the Church."

"When Gerald declares war, I will also lead the Gargoyle Army into the Andara Kingdom."

In Count Pascal's eyes, it seemed that he was more eager for the war to come than the Crusaders.

"Wait until they declare war?"

Ryan frowned. This was too slow.

"Yes, if Gerald does not declare war, I, as an imperial noble, have no reason to enter the land of the Andara Kingdom. As for the Dragon Legion, it is a mutual agreement between His Majesty the Emperor and the King, nominally to help fight against the orcs."

It makes sense that Count Pascal cannot enter the kingdom's land without reason. You can't just say that I suspect someone wants to go to war with you and then take the initiative to enter your territory, right?
This is also the reason why Grand Duke Meyers, among other things, seized on Ryan's point to express his dissatisfaction in the Imperial Capital.

"Can you make it?"

Ryan asked, hesitantly.

"We'll make it in time. The gargoyles are very fast and can ensure that the Crusaders cannot break into the territory of the Andara Kingdom. When we gather with the Dragon Legion, we will destroy the Crusaders of the Holy See."

Count Pascal is very confident, but Ryan doesn't think so.

Because when he gets news from the Andara Kingdom, he will naturally get news from the Serra Kingdom as well.

"What if the Kingdom of Sera also enters the war?"

"They don't need to tell us by declaring war, because the Kingdom of Serra and the Kingdom of Andara went to war last year. Although there is no large-scale legion war now, the war is not over." Ryan said, but in fact he already knew that the Kingdom of Serra would send troops. The Holy See issued an order to the king, requiring them to join the Crusades.

The Griffin Legion will be dispatched, and that is also an extremely powerful extraordinary legion.

According to Ryan's idea, Count Pascal will now lead the Gargoyle Legion directly into the Andara Kingdom to set up a defense line. It would be best if he could launch a surprise attack on the Griffin Legion, which would directly suppress the scale of the war on the eastern battlefield.

Unfortunately, just like Count Pascal, a great noble of the empire, cannot enter the kingdom's territory at this moment, without the emperor's order, Ryan cannot become the commander of this war between the empire and the church.

The extraordinary legions led by Laurent Columbus and Count Pascal are the protagonists of the war.

No, there is a third one to be counted, Otis Brooks. That wandering noble is still leading ordinary soldiers from Wing Canyon in the orc battlefield north of the Andara Kingdom. As a wandering noble, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to gain credit.

Is Ryan worried? Ryan is not worried at all.

The legendary power of the Andara Kingdom was given by itself. As long as Daryl is alive and there are no extra high-level extraordinary people and legends in the royal family, he doesn't have to worry at all that the Empire will steal his authority in the kingdom.

"When the war begins, the legendary knight Daryl will evacuate from the battlefield in the south and go to the east of the kingdom to defend against the Cross Redemption Army. Then, nothing will be able to stop the Griffin Legion in the war in the south."

"Either your gargoyles go south, Count, or the dragon army blocks the griffin army. Otherwise, this extraordinary army of the Sera Kingdom will be able to crush the Andara Royal City into ruins."

The foundation of the Serra Kingdom is indeed not as good as that of the Andara Kingdom, but the Serra Kingdom's Griffin Legion is also a hurdle that the Andara Kingdom has to deal with.

The Cross Redemption Army will not face two extraordinary legions of gargoyles and dragons at the same time.

After all, it is just an army for the atonement of the faith of Dawn, not one of the ten extraordinary legions. Ryan believes that this Cross Atonement Army will not be particularly powerful, but the Griffin Legion can make up for this.

Count Pascal frowned. He did not doubt Ryan's speculation about the war. The performance of the Northern Baron in the war was convincing.

"According to you, this war won't end too soon?"

"Without absolute means, it will not end too quickly."

They had to deal with not only two armies, but also a kingdom, two noble territories, and the logistics of the southern land nobles' support for the north.

Wars are never fought just for combat power, but also for resources and wealth.

"Without the legend, how long can the army of the Andara Kingdom resist the Kingdom of Sera? Don't they still have a witch and ghost duke?"

Count Pascal said that he did not want to face the army of the Kingdom of Serra. He believed that Loren Columbus thought the same. The Dragon Legion would definitely go to war with the Holy See to demonstrate the majesty of the royal family.

"The Witch and Ghost Army can't fly."

Ryan waved his hand. This was the most critical issue. No matter whether it was the Dragon Legion, the Gargoyle Legion or the Griffin Legion, they all had an unparalleled advantage, which was flying.

If we fly into the sky, what will happen to Grand Duke Leta’s army of witches and ghosts?
As for the legendary sorcerer, he will definitely follow the Grand Duke. Even if not, Ryan believes that when the war begins, the Dawn Church or the Serra Kingdom will find a way to limit his slaughter of the Griffin Legion.

For example, there are legendary powers in the Cross Redemption Army, such as King Sera, the legendary wind spirit attendant gifted by the [Wind Emperor].

Can Daryl stay? Of course not. The battlefield in the east also needs a legend to take charge. The kingdom cannot just sit back and enjoy the fruits of its labor.

The Empire is here to help them, not to fight for them.

Faced with Count Pascal's question, Ryan could only give a general answer after calculating in his mind.

"Ten days, or fifteen days."

Morale will collapse, especially when facing the old rival, the Griffin Legion.

The answer Ryan gave was still based on the fact that the dignity of the Andara royal family was being re-established, and the nobles' loyalty to the royal family had increased a lot.

"Then destroy the Holy See's Crusaders in ten days."

Count Pascal looked at the eastern sky indifferently. He told Ryan that the Church attached great importance to the war in the north because of him, but at this moment, the gargoyle count also showed an eagerness to strike against the Church of Dawn.

Ryan could no longer dissuade them. What he wanted was to reduce the scale of this war and avoid a full-scale war between the two kingdoms. But now things seemed to be out of control.

Under the general trend of the Empire and the Church, it seems that this is the limit of what Ryan can do.

Still not enough...

Ryan thought to himself that he didn't expect that he would miss out on the noble leader Gerald and give the Dawn Church a foothold. If the entire north was under his, Ryan's control, neither the Church nor the Empire would be able to start a war.

The direction of the war has been determined, and Ryan needs to wait for variables and opportunities. On the other hand, Count Pascal wrote Ryan's statement to Loren in the kingdom, the royal blood commander of the Dragon Legion.

Loren's idea coincided with Count Pascal's. If Count Pascal was hated for unknown reasons, then he needed to eagerly demonstrate his loyalty and ability to the Emperor.

The Dragon Legion quickly assembled in the east. In this way, when the Griffin Legion of the Sera Kingdom in the south moved north, the Dragon Legion would not have to take the blame, because the Gargoyle Legion would be closer than the Dragon Legion at that time.

There has been no movement in the Wing Canyon for decades. If Loren doesn't show his ability, he will be forgotten by the emperor.

Eager to achieve merit, Loren also wanted to return to the South with the credit of this war.

War is a clash of interests and an extension of politics.

The war finally came in May of that year, at the end of spring. Both the Andara Kingdom and Gerald solved the troubles of the orcs in the north with the help of others, and were also caught in a new battlefield.

Earl Gerald and the two earls simultaneously declared war on the Andara Kingdom. The reason was simple and brutal. That was, the faith of the Dawn was blasphemed, the Andara Kingdom had betrayed its ancient oath, they were no longer loyal to the great Lord of the Dawn, and they had forgotten the glory and splendor that the Dawn had brought them in ancient history.

The war of faith is always invincible. The result of having a legitimate reason is that the armies began to gather on the border of both sides, and the Cross Redemption Army rushed towards the Andara Kingdom like a mad dog.

At the same time, the Griffin Legion marched northwards, and the Kingdom of Sera continued the war that had not been declared over last year. They also fought for the Dawn. The overwhelming Griffins had everything except the majesty and oppression of dragons.

The gargoyle army was also running wildly on North Wind Avenue. Surprisingly, gargoyles could not fly for a long time, so they had to run to travel. Count Pascal ignored the movements of the Serra Kingdom and fixed his cold eyes on the Cross Redemption Army in the east.

"Alvin Griffith."

The most crucial evidence for Pascal's claim that the Vatican sent the Crusades because of him was this priest.

"You are the only one I haven't killed."

The Earl licked his lips, which were as red as a ruby, but they flowed out from between his teeth like liquid, dripping onto the soil and condensing into unimaginable murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)