Way of Overlord-Chapter 417: Curiosity for the Arcane

Aeryon himself did not know he has this kind of temperament but as he grows and as he fought and met people, this temperament is cultivated naturally.

When he saw a talent, he had the heart to appreciate this talent and wanted this talent to join him so that they could work together.

When he hates a person, he would have no mercy and he would listen to no words of plead.

This temperament is a mix of James and a mix of the original soul Aeryon.

"I still trust him" There is as many reason for Valgrun to remain loyal as there are many reason for him to betray him

But for now.....for now....Aeryon would still believe Valgrun.

Another week had passed since the fall of Bolghar tribe and the destruction of the Kazan tribe.

The changes in the Great Steppe is not many in the past hundred years.

The destruction of a tribe is not new.

However, it is never like this. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

The trend of warlords rising all over the Southern Great Steppe to stake the claim for the ruler of the Southern Great Steppe is completed.

The small tribe rises and consume the other weaker tribe becoming bigger. Brolgadhr tribe has now become a large and strong tribe.

In the West, there is two forces, the Khagai and the Cha Ner Ul Alliance. On the east, Dama had transformed his Esbizuk tribe to become one of the players in this contention, absorbing the mountain tribes and the eastern tribe to ravage all around him.

Ruthless, cruel, cunning and powerful. A great conqueror is born in the east.

In the north, those chief who have always seem calm is probably not that calm anyone

They probably would began to move now they sense the danger.

They may even help Vihur tribe

But even if the north wanted to move and suppress the movement in the lower south, it is probably too late.

The small tribe is no longer small tribe

Brolgadhr tribe , a small tribe is now one of the strongest tribe in the lower south

His attack of Wustkazan is now giving him a route to the north.

If Brolgadhr wanted to fight against Vihur tribe, the largest tribe in the north, then they simply just have to pass Nogai and Aestan tribe and they could easily fight against Vihur tribe

If the north wanted to stop this worrying expansion of the Brolgadhr tribe, they need to make contact with the Cha Ner UI Alliance so that if the Brolgadhr tribe did go north, the Cha Ner Ul Alliance could discourage Brolgadhr tribe by attacking the eastern area which is the western border of the Brolgadhr tribe.

And Aeryon and his tribe is not the only threat now

Aeryon fast expansion leave every tribe in the Great Steppe shocked and the expansion of the other tribes that started from Aeryon starting the fire is also shocking

Aeryon could guess what the reaction of the chief after hearing his victory but he really wanted to see the reaction of the other chief when they heard that Valgrun win the battle with such stagey

Flooding the Valley. It is clearly not something that Aeryon and even Mayeux could think of.

"Mayeux would surely feel vexed that he did not think of such strategy" Aeryon thought to himself and he chuckles a bit

But that is not the only thing that attracts his attention

No...the flooding things is brilliant, yes, but what attract his attention the most is the Ashana that made this plan worked

There is the report that his spy had given him and there is also a report that Valgrun himself had given

Valgrun had said that if not for the Ashaan magic, he would not have bene able to do such a strategy in the first place

Valgrun noted that if the weather was normal, it should have rained at least three days straight which is enough for the water to be rising to a level where they could flood the valley

But

The rain did not come. When Aeryon heard this he becomes more convinced about one of his hypothesis.

But that does not matter right now. What matter is that Valgrun said that the Ashana Zad manage to create rain for so long that it is enough for it to flooded the entire valley.

This kind of battle probably could not be replicated again.

Ashana that could do magic. That alone had made Ashana Zad a person of interest in Aeryon mind.

Since Aeryon learns a bit about Ashana from Ashana Angah he was fascinated by the fact that magic existed in this world

Fascinated and afraid. Especially Ashana that could read minds or manipulate minds. This is the most fearsome Ashana that he could think of.

But he never seen magic performed in battle before.

There were some charlatans that come to his tribe before to peddle him some crap medicine and tries to trick him with magical deeds.

And some even did some tricks , parlour tricks like putting hands in boiling oil and those kind of tricks

These kind of tricks would work if not for the fact that Aeryon knows all about it

But he had never met a mage or an Ashana that could manipulate the real world.

Ashana Angah for example seem to be able to see people like they are transparent

But this Ashana Zad, it is said that he uses a weather stone to call upon rain.

A two-day rain that led to Valgrun able to store enough water to execute the flooding scheme

This is magic.

Ashana Angah once told him about Ashana that could read minds but as of now, he never met any of these Ashana that Ashana Angah has mentioned to him

But he now head of an Ashana that could control the weather.

Magic is real.

He knows this.

But he never seen it with his own eyes. Most of the times he hear only stories and hearsay. And it is the same for others.

Magic is rare and people who seen it with their eyes could also be counted in one hand.

And just like him, when one is faced with real magic, there is a bit of awe and a bit of fear for the things unknown

This is the first time in a military report that someone uses magic and everyone could see it. And from some of the information he got from his scouts, this Ashana Zad is quite famous in the west.

He also got this from the Ashana. Ashana also have their own information network and from that the Ashana knows other Ashana and their deeds.

Ashana information network is not something that is maintained by the chief.

Mostly because chief of tribe have many other things to worry about than noted every Ashana that passes by their tribes

But Ashana has their own way of communicating and have their own way of storing information.

The studies of the Ashana is mostly concentrated in the Flat Hills. But there is not only studies there.

There is also their spies, and their record keepers. Though they do not record the way the scholars of Yan record.

How they record who is who and what they do, is only known to Ashana

They do not record it in bamboo slips or parchment. How they record it? It is a secret known only to a few Ashana and these few Ashana lives in the Flat Hills.

But this place usually only gathers the Ashana in the South, the West and the East.

When any Ashana of great repute or Ashana that wanted to seek shelter and help they would go to Flat Hills.

Flat Hills would provide.

Whether it be shelter or information.

The Northern Ashana on the other hand have their own places and the wandering Ashana also have their own place.

Their own Flat Hills. Aeryon take note of this but he also knows he did not have enough resources or time to focus on Ashana secret.

Not to mention, the Ashana is quite influential in the Steppe. They might not hold power but they do hold the people hearts.

Ashana themselves are not troublemakers or inciters.

They rarely whispers in the ears of the chief and those who does whisper, whispers only because they chief wanted to be whispered on.

Whether the Ashana is powerful in a tribe or not, depends on the chief of that tribe. If the position of power is not opened for Ashana, then the Ashana would not compete

But if the Chief wanted to listen, then they would speak. It is quite peculiar, the Ashana forces.

And there is also something shocking that Aeryon had found out about Ashana Zad and he does not know whether to believe it or not

Ashana Zad is said to have lived for hundreds of years and some said he is already two hundred years old but he looks like he is middle aged.

Aeryon still need to meets Ashana Zad to see whether he is really performing magic or whether he is just a liar like the rest of them.

Yes, he did manage to call upon the weather but Aeryon could also attribute that to educated guess

Maybe he is someone who could sense the incoming rain and simply said that he could us magic and when the rain came, he claims that he had done weather magic.

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