Way of Overlord-Chapter 426: A New Era

What am I? that is the question Mayeux gives him and Aeryon for a moment is really speechless.

In a way, Jayeux is an outsider. He is a person of the Steppe. But he is born in Yan. Yan people hated the people of the Steppe. And so, he sees himself as more of the people of the Steppe

He seen all the darkness and none of the light. What was done to him was monstrous. And so, Yan created a monster.

But Aeryon could not really say it like this.

"You are a child of the Steppe. But you did not experience this hatred as the people of the Steppe. You..." Aeryon paused for a moment before continuing

"Do not use the pain and struggle of the people of the Steppe to justify your plan. I know your plan"

Jayeux was about to say something more but Aeryon raised his hand

In eloquence, Aeryon believe he could not defeat Jayeux.

In the use of logic, and the power of manipulating those logic, Aeryon believe Jayeux is better than him

Aeryon could tell that Jayeux would use the banner of righteousness to suppress him

Because the political correctness of the Great Steppe is to take back the land of Nurshira, and to avenge the hundreds of years being oppressed and slaughtered by an empire that sees them as animals.

So, before Jayeux could even speak, Aeryon stop him. And this is not something that Jayeux could defy. They are in his tent.

And Aeryon sword is probably more potent than his word righ now

Whoever has the sword and the courage to swing it, is the one that have leverage in this tent

Aeryon shook his head and sighed

"Between us, there is no need to raise the banner of righteousness. Just tell me the real reason"

Jayeux hearing this smile and the laugh.

"HAHAHAHA!"

The laugh is eerie.

And the laugh echoes out from the tent.

Anyone who heard the laugh outside the tent would feel that the laugh is eerie.

But Aeryon who is in the tent, look at Jayeux face.

Look at his eyes. Look at his facial movement that seems awkward

And what he sees is not a terrifying laugh.

It is not a laugh at all.

Aeryon heard laughter before.

Genuine laughter.

A boy playing around with Tayak before getting chased and manage to dodge the horn of Tayak and then laugh afterwards

A father that taught his son how to shoot a bow and seeing his son first hunt a marmot laugh proudly.

A mother that is amused by the antics of their children.

These are laughter.

Then there are the fake laughter.

That is a laughter Aeryon himself usually used and usually sees.

Sometimes, to project confidence. Sometimes, to assure others. Other times to confuse the enemies.

And so, he knows.

That the laughter that Jayeux is doing is not eerie at all.

Instead, it is sad.

It is full of sorrow.

It is full of anger.

This might just be Aeryon feeling but he did not think he is wrong

Jayeux then said

"I am the child of a half blood. My father is a Yan noble. My mother is a Steppe woman. I have seen first-hand the kind of evil the Yan people do to Steppe people. I know that they view us as nothing more than brutes and barbarians. The noble Kan is right. I am doing for revenge. Revenge for my mother. Revenge for ME!"

The words echoes in the tent. And for a moment there is only silence. Silence and the sound of the fire in the middle of the tent from the pit

Aeryon smiles

"And you will burn the world because of this revenge. I do not approve it"

He paused and he sighed

"But I understand it" And his smile become wider, his eyes brighter

"And now, I understand you" Aeryon has many question.

But seeing Jayeux, most of the question is already answered.

Before he has many question because he did not understand Jayeux.

But now that he understand him bit, he could understand why Jayeux seems to be helping him yet did not want to serve him.

Why he is strengthening him while at the same time hindering his true lord in his heart.

Jayeux must have known that if he became stronger, then Dama in the east would not have a good time.

Yet, he did it anyway.

Now, he understand Jayeux he understood that even if Jayeux returns to him, Aeryon would not use this young man

Every rulers have their own most compatible minister.

Cao Cao has Xun Yu, Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, Sun Ce has Zhou Yu.

And he has Mayeux.

Jayeux even if he is ten times smarter than Mayeux would not be able to become a close minister to Aeryon like Mayeux.

Because Jayeux wanted to shape his own lord into his ideal lord.

And Aeryon is not the kind of person that would let himself be shaped by Jayeux.

If he was weaker in will, and if he was more desperate than maybe he would truly be ensnared by Jayeux and could be shaped by this young man...given enough time

But Aeryon is not weak, and he is not desperate and he is holding the advantage.

Jayeux could not shape him to be his true ideal lord because of all of this and because he already has Mayeux and that bond disallowed Jayeux to even try.

But Dama could be moulded into that perfect lord

And now that he understand this, he would no longer lament that he missed a great talent. Theus great talent is dangerous and this great talent could not be used by him

Since he could not be used by him, there is no need to feel pity and regret

Aeryon got up and then without saying anything else, he got out of the tent.

Jayeux follows him from behind to escort him out

Aeryon stop in front of the tent and look back at Jayeux.

"I will give you escort to Yan. I will give you some gold to recruit men at arms. There are many wandering warriors in Brolgadhr that wanted someone to recruit them. Gathering a few hundred men to go to Yan and seek for fortune would not be that hard for you to achieve"

"Your grace would not be forgotten, Noble Kan" Aeryon laugh as he walk away from the tent.

Jayeux bowed head did not raise until Aeryon is far away from the tent

Jayeux finally raised his head and he sighed

"What a hero!" Jayeux thought to himself.

When Aeryon was in his tent, Jayeux is even infected by the Kan aura and feel nervous.

Even when he is not doing anything, he is nervous. The few times , he looks at the Kan eyes, he had the desire to avert his gaze from the Kan.

This kind of charisma that he commanded is magnetic.

This kind of temperament, this kind of aura is truly overwhelming.

If this was in the past, Jayeux daresay he would be suppressed completely by the Kan.

It is only because he had met many chief that he could fake the appearance of being calm

"Lu Xiao. Let’s enter the tent and discuss what we should do next now that the Kan has agreed" the one guarding the tent is none other than Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao nodded and enter the tent

Day turns to night and then the next day the chief of Norgai was seen fighting with the Kan and was insulted badly by the Kan before returning back to his tribe

And while the merchants and the information brokers, the spies and the scouts noted the argument between the two chief, no one notices that on that same day, around fifty horsemen escorted a young kid toward the south

A gentle wind passes through the north and not many people knows that this wind would bring storms

....

That night, someone is up on the hill and this someone look at the stars. He sees the stars shining bright in the Steppe.

And when he looks at the direction of the south, he sees a weak dragon bleeding. And he smiles

...

In the far far north, a canyon crumble. Rocks falls down, waters spurted out and a channel of water was created. In just a few second, the water rushes even faster

And then a stream of water broke and the water falls into the canyon. More rocks crumble.

And the earth shakes, the mountains tremble.

An earthquake happens

The world around that far far north area feel like it is opening the curtain to a new age.

The cold wind blows and death comes. A new age is about to dawn for this world.

An age of strife. Of chaos. Of death and despair. Where the cold winter would kill men and plants alike

An Ice Age

.....

There is a cave that is born out of a blue crystal. It is glistening like the shining sun even in the darkest of night

It repels dark things and strange things that roams in the night and protect pitiful souls that manage to come to this place.

Inside this cave is a wolf. Its fur is red like crimson.

And it is in repose.

A Red Wolf.

Then suddenly it opens its eyes.

And the moment this Red Wolf opens its eyes, its mane tuns to flames.

It’s entire body is now engulfed with flames.

But this flame did not hurt it.

Instead, it is a part of this Red Wolf.

The Red Wolf then jump and suddenly it is out of its cave. It is now on top of a mountain. It looks at the sky and it howled.

Like it is informing to the world. A howl that only a few beings could hear

A howl that would one day be heard all across the world amidst the sound of horse hooves

A Red Wolf that Call Upon War!

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In the Central region of the Great Steppe, there is the source of the Empatarah River. It is a river that has no bottom. Because those who try to seek the bottom of this River has never come back up

But there is a bottom. It is full of skeletons of the dead

Those that have drowned din the river would falls to the bottom if they did not floats up into the surface of the water. There is countless skeletons.

And weapons. There is swords, spears, bows and arrows and all manner of weapons.

But one weapon in particular is very special. A sword.

Because tonight as the Red Wolf howls, the sword glows with light

This is a sword that is granted to take peace from the world. In the presence of this sword, mortals would slay one another

Like the Red Wolf, it seems to foreshadowed the end of one era and the start of another

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