Thanks to the group teleportation ritual of Jacob the Cave Opener.

Instead of returning to Viscount Ostov Dolgoruki to clean up the meaningless mess, Annan and his entourage teleported directly back to the Frost Province.

This saved them the time to return to the Grand Duke's Mansion by car.

…… The main thing is that you can find a tailor to quickly change the clothes before the arrival of Silicia and St. Alphonsu.

The white robe Annan is wearing now is very light and soft, and when he is alone with the players, he can show the spell marks on his shoulders and relax a little.

Endymion's spell to Annan has a very high priority.

Of all the spells that Annan mastered, with the exception of the "Last Piece: David" imposed by the Man in the Mirror, "Endymion, who will not be born" has the highest priority.

Even though Annan was already bound by the curse of ignoring pain, he just dressed himself, had Jacob teleport them back, and then arranged the formalities for Jacob to join the Winter Hand...... Annan felt a slight burning sensation begin to come from his left shoulder.

Fortunately, the intensity is not strong enough, probably because I feel when I come back from outside in winter and put my hand in the hot water. It's better to say that this level of heat is quite comfortable, and even warms up the whole body......

But only three hours have passed.

If it really lasts for thirteen hours, it may become a real "burning pain".

That would certainly not work—it was similar to the spell "Ever-Lost Eye" that Annan had rejected before. He would have interfered with Annan to a great extent.

However, non-perpetual spells generally have a means of lifting.

For example, the "Butcher's Blade" curse that Annan obtained at the beginning could no longer hinder him. It was only at the beginning, when Annan was still in the frozen water port, that he had to worry about how to break this curse.

From Roseburg, Annam was no longer short of enemies.

Although from the very beginning, Annan had a plan to use the player to dispel the curse. But it didn't work until the end.

And now that he has succeeded to the throne of the Grand Duke, it is even more convenient to act.

Each month, the Grand Duke himself executes a condemned prisoner, and the matter is public—though this may sound cruel and bloodthirsty, it seems to have some negative impact on the young Grand Duke's reputation...... Therefore, Zoya did not immediately implement it.

But Annan believes that this plan should be positive for his prestige needs at the moment-

Grand Duke Ivan was known for his benevolent government.

Of course, the benevolent government of the Duchy of Winter is like that......

However, he did suppress many contradictions, but these contradictions were not fundamentally resolved, and only because of the personal charm of Grand Duke Ivan and his outstanding governance methods, they were temporarily eliminated and resolved.

And now, it has been replaced by Annan.

Annan just turned fifteen a few days ago.

He did not need to follow Ivan's path and continue to govern benevolently. He doesn't have the deterrent power of Ivan, and if he continues to follow his path, he will only become a puppet.

What he needs is enough deterrence.

- After all, Annan is a "tyrant".

Those who think he is "cruel" are actually building momentum for Annan.

Annan knows very well...... The country cannot be managed by one person, and even the most virtuous king will definitely work overtime until he dies of exhaustion.

Since these nobles and ministers have been able to manage the Winter Duchy well before, it shows that they are undoubtedly capable. This has already saved Annan a lot of things.

Annan doesn't need to re-cultivate a team, he only needs to gain the loyalty of these old people at least on the surface, and the whole country can be restored to normal functioning.

Seduction, deception, conspiracy, deterrence...... Among the many means, deterrence is the most direct and effective.

In other words.

It is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.

Annan couldn't find enough suitable chickens before, but fortunately, this "chicken" sent himself to the door, and even brought his own knife to kill himself. It can be said that the service is very intimate.

With the "glorious sacrifice" of the group of people of the Far Northern Brotherhood, Annan decisively and neatly disposed of their ruthless methods, and he manipulated and commanded the control of the frost beast troops and the Winter Hand at will, and he would inevitably suppress the others as soon as possible, so that they would not dare to act rashly.

Subsequently, Annan's monthly public killings will become a kind of "ritual."

Under the influence of the winter year, the style of the Duchy of Winter tends to be close to that of Northern Europe on Earth...... Or rather, Maozi. They don't like the kind of monarchs who act procrastination, reason and ask for evidence, but are brutal and arbitrary, which can give them a sense of security.

Annan intended to use this means to show others that his young Grand Duke, though small and weak, could not be bullied, but rather dangerous.

This two-pronged combination of short and long, heavy and light, can deter the nobles of the Duchy of Winter for a long time. Let them work for Annan honestly.

…… Then when the players grow up, Annan will have to arrange his own people little by little and replace them.

- For example, the Far Northern Brotherhood who are about to be raided by Annan.

Although the frostbeast army has only just started, it has not yet reached its destination.

But now that the evidence of Count Yuri's guilt is in hand...... The rest of them are doomed to sin. Because of the guilt of using a spell, a border count can't resist it at all.

And it's not that some nobleman wants to report what they have done to the Grand Duke, the evidence must be detailed and credible - it is the Grand Duke himself who wants to gan them.

As long as the evidence is convincing.

And it just so happened that ...... The existence of the Far Northern Brotherhood is not something hidden. Count Yuri plays a leading role in this, while Viscount Ostof is the target to attract firepower.

Now Viscount Ostov Dolgoruki has an accident, implicating Yuri Frost Wind and overturning the car, and the Grand Duke has obtained evidence...... Besides, Count Yuri was the sole author of this matter, and had nothing to do with anyone else?

But it is impossible for anyone who has intelligence to believe it.

This is the reason why Annan dared to leave Zorgen directly in the Northland and let him clear and raid his house at will.

Count Yuri has repeatedly performed forbidden rituals, activated spell technology, and attempted to murder the Grand Duke...... The whole Northland is finished.

His plan was supposed to be workable.

If Annan was just an ordinary transcendent who had just reached the Silver Tier; If he hadn't brought these players with him, who would have been able to resurrect indefinitely.

Even if you arrive with two "Ten Fingers" at the same time, you will be directly killed by the four spell users.

After that, the spell energy can extract the Winter bloodline.

On the eve of the Frostbite Calamity, they had already acquired some of the techniques to replicate the bloodline of Winter.

Although both Annan and Ivan knew that they were indeed the direct blood of the old grandmother, this real truth seemed to these nobles to be a one-way claim to consolidate their rule.

After all, Grand Duke Ivan has been weak and sick since he was a child, and there are not a few people in the Winter family who died due to assassination and curses, and the Grand Duke who was killed in Winter also exists. If they are really the blood of the old grandmother, will the old grandmother really sit idly by all the time?

Since no one had taken care of it before, how could they care about murdering Annan now? What's more, the rotten man had already come a few years ago, and he directly attacked Annan, but he was still alive and well.

The old grandmother had been sleeping for almost a hundred years, how could she suddenly wake up after killing Annan?

By the time decades have passed, the truth of that year has long been unclear.

Moreover, the Winter family still has Maria and Dmitry, and killing Annan is not considered to destroy the Winter family - after all, the news of Dmitry's loss of fertility has not spread.

This is a very clever misunderstanding.

It can be said that these nobles are self-inflicted.

However, Annan did not have the time to unravel it.

Kill them all.

It's not that he doesn't have the talent available at his disposal - players who can be fully monitored and have excellent individual abilities are a good choice.

These territories can't be empty.

Who's that...... It's very easy to engrave your brain, as well as Longjing tea and delicious wind goose.

Why don't you find a player and make him the Earl of the Frozen Wind Lord.

Annan thought to himself.

If it goes well, just select a group of players who don't like combat and decryption too much, and let them go to the Northland to change jobs to play city construction and simulation management games.

…… It's so busy, it's really busy.

and they will put men in the hand of winter, and they will put men in the north, and they will put men in the earth......

Sooner or later, one day, the whole winter will be replaced by Annan.

At that time, it may be possible to unify the five countries.

After all, Endymion really seems to have the ability to rebuild the Great Barrier of Unification...... Although this is just his own words, the specific situation needs to be verified separately.

But if Endymion could really do it...... Here in Annan, at most, Noah and the religion can be connected. If the player's layout goes well, the Underworld will be able to join their faction.

- At that point, it is not possible to allow people who have done nothing (specifically the United Kingdom) to take advantage of them.

Thinking so, Annan walked into the living room.

Celicia has left the metro...... That's almost there.

(End of chapter)