Way of Overlord-Chapter 292: The Schemes and Plans in the Background

Actually, Yan dynasty could have done many policies that would have pacified the people of the Songnu and the Sirong tribe.

If they were allowed to assimilate without changing too much of the Songnu and Sirong tribe and without having to acknowledge the superiority of the Yan people then they could have become a strong force that the Yan could use to fight against the tribe of the Steppe

But the Yan people believe any race that is not Yan would have different hearts than them. And they could not trust outsider at all.

And it is precisely because they could not trust outsider, that they could not win the loyalty of these tribes.

They always lamented that the people of the jungles and mountain could not be loyal but they never examined themselves and think why does the people of those tribes, that are not Yan could not be loyal to them

How could you be loyal to a government that will always treat you like an outsider, and give you insulting names

And they did not have to worry about such thing when they join Aeryon. Aeryon himself cultivate loyalty.

But the loyalty that he cultivated is not toward the Steppe. It is toward him. To a person. Because the Steppe while it is home, the people of the Steppe has always been a nomadic and home is wherever they stop.

So, he cultivates loyalty towards him

Those who could fight would be absorbed into the army and those who could not could always help the construction or the many other ongoing project going on all over the tribes area

Brolgadhr is getting stronger. And to those who could see the signs, the sign is clear. Brolgadhr is preparing something

.....

Before the first light of dawn brushed the edges of the sky, Aeryon had come out from his tent

There is only a few people that is awake at this moment, where the sun did not yet shows its face.

It is still darkness.

Aeryon did not feel comfortable when he is in the tent. With Ayera beside him. Even though he had managed to fool Ayera with his eloquence, and bullshitiing skill, Aeryon could see that Ayera is still very much intent in....making a baby with him.

The more Aeryon delayed on this, the more she become even more irritable and insecure.

"It is not that I don’t understand her" he thought to himself. This era is different from his era.

The men and women marries early. And the presence of a child calm down a household even more so when it is a marriage alliance like this

The more Aeryon tribe become stronger, the more insecure Ayera became.

Utgard is also expanding but Aeryon has basically control most of the lower south with great influence over the west.

Utgard on the other hand would probably go north or east. And they still rely on the network of alliance of the Kazan.

Mayeux once anticipated a day where Utgard would abandon that ties and would swallow the Kazan tribe.

But , as for now, Aeryon tribe is stronger than Ayera tribe.

And because of that without the presence of a child, Ayera position is not stable.

Aeryon had promised her that during this time, he would treat her like his wife. And at least after promising her that, she seme toc lams down a little.

Aeryon tries his best to satisfy any other of her desire.

"And she is beginning taking charge some of the matters of the tribe" Though Aeryon did not know if that was a good thing

Ayera is a fiery women. And Aeryon heard all the dirty jokes before. To the people of the Steppe, the fiery the women, the better they are in bed.

But Aeryon did not like such women.

Why?

Because such women is ambitious. And she is the daughter of the Viper. Ambition mixed with that poison of her father is not a good combination

Aeryon did not want to deal with internal problem and external problem at the same time

"And now, there is that proposition from the Fuxa and the Korun tribe. It is almost like they have communicated with each other"

Aeryon was surprised to find out Fuxa tribe condition to join the tribe. For now, he delayed the response and instead told the Fuxa tribe to stay inside the settlement first.

Fuxa tribe is independent. They could be considered a small tribe under the protection of the Brolgadhr tribe and most of their young have joined his army

But they did not yet surrender completely. Fulqar was very serious with the condition of joining.

But it is not something that Aeryon could agree so easily. The deed itself is easy. But there is many things to think about.

"I fear that if Ayera knows this, she might do something drastic"

He closes his eyes for a second, takes a deep breath and then opening it back, he takes in the chill of the air before dawn.

It nipped him at his skin, invigorating him as he stepped out into the quiet expanse of his residence.

With purposeful strides, he made his way to his horse. The horse neighed like he was waiting for him.

Aeryon only smiles at this as he pull the reins and brought the horse outside the area of the stable.

Aeryon jump and landed upon his steed. And he began riding his horse just like the day before it, trying to clear his mind

He did not just rush out of the city instead as he rides his horse, he goes to the construction area first.

He look around, looking at the progress of the construction and nodded

From the construction site, he guided his mount through the stillness of the square, where the faint outlines of structures yet to rise is already there

And there is stall wrapped with clothes, waiting for morning to come and for the merchants to put their wares and sell it to the people

And then he rides out from the city.

Riding with his horse, his hair blown by the wind, the cold morning air whipped his body, nothing feel more freeing.

The cold would be unbearable for some and Aeryon knows if this was in his time, he would rather go back to sleep than riding his horse even before the sun shows it face

But maybe he was used to it, he find the routine to be helpful to him and his mental health. At the same time, he has also establish rapport with his horse.

Before, he already thought that he is close with his horse.

But after truly trying to understand his horse, only then he knows that his previous feeling is not true.

Nowadays, wherever direction that he wanted to go, his horse already knows where. Like he could read his mind

"I don’t think the horse in this world is the same as the horse in my world"

Aeryon thought a bit as he is resting under a small tree, looking at his horse in the distance grazing grass

Aeryon is resting a bit.

There is still a bit of sweat on his skin.

Since a week ago, he has been training his sword and archery.

It is just him trying to make sure that he is not rusty. Right now, the did not seem to battle anyone.

But he knows that come spring, he would have to use a lot of energy. So, he is just training himself.

"Today, I have nothing to do. I could visit the Ashanas and ask them about the Spirit of the Steppe. Some of them should know about it."

Yes, Aeryon did not yet ask about the Spirit of the Steppe even though one week had passed.

It is not that he had forgotten his quest, he just had more pressing things to do. And there is the fact that the west is already started to move.

With that matter in the background, Aeryon could not just focus on doing the quest. Not to mention, how to proceed with the quest is something that Aeryon doesn’t know

Of course, he could just hand in the quest right now to the system but he always like to try to complete a mission till one hundred percent competition.

He did not expect that Chagai tribe would send their messenger so early.

They were so impatient that they sent the messenger even before the winter ends. And because of that certain plans and certain moves had to be made in advance

After that day, he and Mayeux keep meeting frequently.

There is a reason of course why they meet frequently.

One of them is to deduce what will happens but most of the time, the reason why they meet to perfect the ongoing plan.

Wherever they see things that could be a flaw, they immediately try to rectify it.

So that it would not interfere with the bigger picture.

They would ask each other and reflect and see if there is something, anything that they could have missed

Aeryon had to organize the army, send messengers, pacify the conquered tribes and many more.

Yes, in this one week, Aeryon not only does his chief duties, he also had to accept more and more tribes.

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