Way of Overlord-Chapter 603: One Letter

Dama created the Khanate and Aeryon follow suits and even if one region of their regime falls, there is other regions to prop it up.

Sordkazan doesn’t have that. They don’t have a foundation to fight a battle and lose. If they fight a battle, there is only one desired outcome. There is only one possible outcome that they want

They must win.

One battle could be a battle of annihilation for them

"But my position right now....it is really a position where I could see many changing points. There is a chance to turn the tide for any of them. I never thought I would be in such position. The gods really make fools of us all" he mutters to himself.

Aeryon wanted to know him. Wanted to understand him. Karnain is confident of this. Aeryon did not say the words in his letter without thinking about it.

Because his position right now is very sensitive.

He sat on the position between Esbizuk and Utgard. Like a thorn stuck in one throat. You would not feel easy unless you could remove it

But he could also be a thorn to Brolgadhr side if he wanted to.

Before this position is not that dangerous nor that important.

Of course, it is important to make sure the east behaves and not breach the west suddenly but even then, there are still countermeasures.

The one that did not want Esbizuk to ride west the most is the Brolgadhr tribe.

However, right now, with the position of Utgard under Ogura, everything is thrown out of balance

There is all kinds of intrigue that could be done.

Karnain could even devise some method to make sure that the conquest of the west by Brolgadhr tribe to suffer great danger if he wanted to

As long as he could convince Dama, Dama forces could ride toward the west.

Of course, to achieve this, would squander all the reputations that he had built all of this time

He rose as the leader of the Kazan because of his resistance against Dama. One might wonder why there is a difference in treatment

After all, Aeryon also attack Wustkazan which is the fragment of the Kazan people. Yet, why does no Kazan people ask him to attack Brolgadhr or hold such animosity toward Aeryon

This is the benefit of using reputation.

Aeryon won fair and square.

He attacked and he won.

The Steppe people are not sore losers.

And not only Aeryon won, he also did not slaughter the people of the Kazan.

Other than those who are truly disobedient and making trouble, he spares all the others.

People who wanted to join him could join him and those who did not want to join him could go anywhere else.

This kind of magnanimity has never been seen before.

This is a method of reputation pushed to the utmost. And people of Kazan could hear the news from their relatives and people that stayed.

The Khan did not treat them harshly.

Those who have done well in battle could be promoted, their people is not oppressed unreasonably

So, hearing of this treatment, even if there are some people that held some feeling of disatisfaction, it did not reach to a point where they have such hatred toward Aeryon

Dama on the other hand betray Kazan at their most glorious moment. The Kazan chief before this was truly a chief that have great ambition.

When Karnain study the method of the Kazan chief he guesses that the Kazan chief also wanted to contend and Karnain must admit, if the Kazan chief could unify all the fragmented Kazan tribes, there is a chance a bloc of power could be created that could rival Brolgadhr

But whether this plan is true or not, whether it could have materialised or not, all of this is...meaningless.

Why?

Because of the betrayal, he died, and all dreams and all aspiration is buried with him

And the way Dama treated those Kazan people truly chills the heart.

Hence why when he swore to fight against Dama and avenge the fallen Kazan warriors, he won the support of all the Kazan warriors. And those people in that region who has the blood of Kazan people all rush to join him

Using the method of inviting Dama and befriending him is not a method he could use. Because someone in his own camp might take his head if he dares do such a thing.

Not to mention, all of Kazan people would call for his head. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

If Karnain really wanted to enact such scheme, the one thing he needs to make sure of is that no one could trace it back to him

As long as no one could trace it back to him, then there is a chance for this plan of his that he cooked up in his mind succeed

But the moment the plan succeeds how could he deceive the world? Hence, he had abandoned that scheme of allying with Dama

Of course, if Karnain really wanted to do such scheme, he would have prepared long ago.

And Mayeux and Aeryon did not choose this moment wily nily.

Aeryon has never made his intention to go west a secret.

It is one of the things all of his military generals knew and all of the tribes in the west knew

From the moment Chadha created that Cha Ner Ul Allliance, the clash between the western tribes and the central tribes is inevitable

But even though Aeryon always said that he would attack, days turns into months and there is no attack at all.

There are only words and only rhetoric.

Is Aeryon lying?

No, he did not lie.

He waited for the right moment.

Dama was a threat.

And it is a threat in the east that they must make sure controlled before they go to the west

If Dama did not have risen in the eats, Karnain is sure Aeryon would have long rode to the west.

And both Aeryon and Mayeux need to make sure that this enemy on the east would be preoccupied when they go to the west

And it is now, during this time, a time where the mountain tribes come down from the mountain and attack the eastern border that Aeryon send his army.

Not only that.

Before he goes, he binds the people of the hearts and the fate of the Steppe toward his throne as a Khan.

Even if Karnain wanted to do something it would not be easy.

Even if he invites Dama to come, there is a chance that Dama could not come even if he wanted to come

"And knowing Mayeux, he might have other countermeasure to make sure that the Esbizuk tribe did not ride west"

"I would not wager the existence of my tribes under such a low chance of turning back the tide" Karnain would dare to attack only if there is ninety percent chance of succeeding.

But the plan he concocted in his mind and all the points of breakthrough, the highest he could have is seventy percent.

Daring man like Dama and Aeryon, even if its fifty percent, if it could turns the tide of a situation that hinder tehri ambition, both of these men would take this chance

That...that is the privilege of the young. Even if there is no foundation, Aeryon and Dama would dare to take such chance

No precisely because they have no foundation, they could even be crazier. People like Dama and Aeryon are rare

It is like breaking the boat after landing or burning the food. There is no way back only forward and the determination to die

And they would even be braver if they have foundation

That is because the young have such heart. Sometimes, they could take a chance and if they were right, they could win the world

Lose, and they become bandits or die.

Karnain could not take that chance.

He had shaved off all of that immaturity. Becoming a chief at a young age, he is now thrust into this era of contention.

He could not think of fighting among the heroes, he could only think of surviving this era

It is a prime position to do something. Whatever this something is, it could even affect the west.

So, what did Aeryon wanted from him? A sincere word and shows of ambition or is he testing him?

"If he is testing me, a letter would not be enough. The Khan would send messenger to stay in the tribe if he wanted to test me"

"And then if I show any signs of disloyalty, he will apprehend me. Or maybe even kill me" Karnain think for a moment and shakes his head

"No, he would apprehend me. Killing me would create chaos. Maybe after the war ended, I would be executed for some trumped up charge"

"He would find a way to smear my name among the Kazan tribe member before killing me"

"So.... does he want to know my position?"

For a moment Karnain is thinking a lot. He must think a lot and be cautious.

The wrong answer could send his head away

Who would have thought that Aeryon letter alone could give him such pressure?

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