After all, Anna also has half of Baker's bloodline.
Compared to Amanda who is already married, Anna is obviously more in their interests.
But after listening to Marquis Marco's story and looking at the recent news, Earl Baker didn't have the slightest idea of joining forces with Lorne.
What he wants is an obedient niece, not a puppet controlled by Lorne.
Especially after discovering that Lorne was using the power of the church to increase his prestige while using Anna's name to suppress dissidents and recruit his younger brother, both Earl Baker and Marquis Marco regarded Lorne as a huge danger.
Even John seemed to them to be a problem that could be dealt with later.
After all, John had some noble blood, but Lorne's huge ambition aroused their displeasure.
Even Earl Baker, who had a good impression of Lorne, slapped the table and cursed Lorne for his cowardice and ambition.
Marquis Marco, who had always had a quarrel with Lorne, took advantage of the situation and demanded that Lorne be dealt with first to get Anna back.
Anyway, the Marquis has already discussed with the Count that when Anna comes back, the girl will marry into his Marco family.
Although he did not plan to turn Anna into a puppet, the Marquis certainly planned to severely expand the power of his Marco family in the north.
However, among them, John, with the support of the Stuart family and Keira, is still the most powerful force.
Perhaps John's own army was not large, but the problem was that he had many supporters.
The small nobles don't talk about him, but the big nobles like Baron Carter also have many supporters.
Although the Charles family was beaten back to their original shape by Lorne before they could catch their breath, the Stani family fully supported John.
Through their contact, not only Marquis Wright, one of the four marquises in the north, also chose to support him, but the Stany family also attracted their own in-laws in the empire.
Already surrendering to Keira, the Norton family did not suffer much loss in this chaos.
Their joining undoubtedly solved the food problem for John.
The soldiers were provided by the Wright family, the gold coins and equipment were supported by the Duke of the Sea, and the food was shipped directly from the Norton family.
John has gained huge support in a short period of time.
Unlike others who have always focused on Lorne, Baron Carter is committed to attracting all the forces he can.
One of the four marquises supported him.
Marquis Marco would definitely not end up with him, which was one John gave up on directly.
Marquis Clark's attitude was vague, and Baron Carter guessed the other party's intentions.
But John is not worried at all, as long as he defeats Lorne with overwhelming force.
Naturally, the Clark family will not continue to dream of their own dreams foolishly.
The question is how to defeat Lorne with an absolute advantage.
John knew the power of the Fast family, plus the Harrison family.
To defeat Lorne easily is still a bit difficult with his current strength.
So the key is that the last marquis in the north has the support of the Tucson family, so John can declare his victory unceremoniously.
Fortunately, Lorne seemed to be relatively slow in this regard.
Hearing that Baron Fast had been busy recruiting his younger brothers, John couldn't help but smile.
If there's anything that's bad about it, it's probably Sophia's existence.
To this day, he still doesn't understand why Sophia gave up an easy victory and betrayed them to help Lorne.
Even if he specifically asked Keira, His Majesty the Pope's reply was not of much use.
He only said that he would send someone to deal with the traitor in the church, but from the news John received, Sophia was alive and well.
It is suspected that Keira did not try her best at all, but John misunderstood His Majesty the Pope.
Because of the invasion of the North, Prince Bruce's gang has resurrected, and the coast is also threatened by pirates.
His Majesty the Pope is eager to get out of the quagmire of war.
It would give Keira a sense of urgency, and it certainly wasn't Bruce and Castoff's group that gave her a headache.
But according to the detailed work arranged on Brilliant Island, news recently came out.
It is said that the two wizards from Brilliant City had a great victory over the Heretic Island.
Soon, they will be able to unify the entire island.
When the time comes, will these heretics cross the sea and attack the empire?
This is a risk that the Pope does not dare to take.
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Keira, who has lofty ideals, will never allow those heretics to set foot on the land of the empire during her term of office, but in fact, if Bruce and his gang do not solve the chaos of quelling the empire, this possibility is not far from becoming a reality.
Even the Stuart family specially sent half of the army to return to their own land.
It was obvious that the Duke of the Sea was beginning to worry.
But as a result, it will take even more time to eliminate Prince Bruce and his gang.
Without the Stuart family's fleet, the pirates in the wasteland became even more unscrupulous.
Keira has received news that a group of pirates has landed on the coast and gone straight into the hinterland.
Moreover, according to the intelligence fed back from various places, the other party seems to be plundering in a straight line towards the northern border.
It's strange why pirates operating at sea go straight to the north.
But what makes Keira even more unbelievable are other things, such as the so-called holy flame.
When Sophia first announced that she had received a revelation from the Mother of Light, Keira made her a priority.
She didn't know why Sophia was hanging out with Lorne, let alone what the so-called holy flame was.
What His Majesty the Pope can do is very limited and very simple.
Didn't Sophia claim to have received revelation from the Mother of Holy Light?
Then she would simply send that woman to see the Mother of Holy Light, so that the bishop could more easily listen to the teachings of the Holy Mother.
Fortunately, the process of killing the Northern Archduke went more smoothly than expected, and the church still has many useful treasures left.
Killing Sophia, who knew nothing, was just a small matter.
At the beginning, Keira really thought that the people sent out would bring her back good news smoothly.
But in the end, what His Majesty the Pope got was a letter that made her look pale.
The above content not only describes the failure of the assassination, but also describes the holy flame in detail.
A kind of flame with the same appearance as the Holy Light.
Its powerful power and arbitrary triggering method are the main reasons for the failure of the assassination.
Just looking at these, Keira thought of the church's internal records about the Destroyer Wizard.
Remembering that Lorne had been there before, she seemed to guess the reason why Sophia would help Lorne.
It was nothing more than Lorne giving the wizard's power to Sophia, so that the country woman in the north thought she had what it took to compete with her
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