Way of Overlord-Chapter 475: Letter Full Of Temptations

The death of Garron would surely stir the pot in the eastern and central side of the Southern Great Steppe.

But the first person who receive the news of his death is none other than his own son in law, Aeryon

Who was just a few dozen miles from the battlefield in the Utgol river.

Aeryon was waiting for a messenger from Garron. He did raise his army in anxiousness but that does not mean he is reckless.

He wanted to know the situation and the lay of the land so he could plan his rescue. He did not think of trying to capture Ogura right now

This is the territory of Utgard. The morale and the advantage is all on Ogura side right now. If he could mobilize ten thousand men with him today, then yes, not only capturing Ogura is a possibility, he could even try to capture the main settlement

But he is not here to conquer. Today, he is here to try to save his father-in-law.

Each second that passes felt like a long time.

It was at this time a rider came galloping toward Aeryon central headquarters.

Burchu jump onto his horse and then rush toward the messenger.

The messenger is bloodied and it seems this is the messenger from Garron camp

But before the messenger could even arrive to the central tent, the horse below him collapsed into exhaustion and fell to the ground.

The messenger jump from the horse and roll on the ground. Aeryon watching this could not help but frown.

He is frowning because he have a bad feeling about this.

"What is this?" he mutters to himself.

All the while his heart is feeling unease.

There is this feeling one would feel when one knows something is wrong.

It is hard to describe this kind of feeling. A feeling here even if you don’t know anything, you could already feel that something is wrong

And that is the feeling that he is feeling right now

Something is wrong

Burchu seems to held that messenger up and calms him down and they talked to each other.

Then Burchu gesture for the messenger to be taken away.

And then Burchu jump back onto his horse and rushed back into the central headquarters. Jumping down from his horse, Burchu came to him.

And as he slowly walk to him, Aeryon could not help but feel that his feeling of something is wrong is right.

He could see that Burchu face expression is not good

"What happened?"

Burchu sighed and answered him

"the messenger was attacked amidst the battle. They probably didn’t know who he is" Burchu is silent for a second before he held out his hand.

It is a parchment made out of leather.

"This is something from Garron"

Burchu said.

Aeryon took it and untied the rope on the leather letter. And then he scans the words and with just a few second of reading it, he could not help but sigh

It was Garron final words. That is what he determined

For a moment, Aeryon was speechless and his mind is blank. But this moment is just momentary. He sighed and then shakes his head

Then he waves his hand

"Everyone, get out of the tent for now"

Listening to this, none of them have any objections and went out of the tent. Some guarded the tent and some tend to their horses.

Aeryon on the other hand went to one of the cushion and sat down and read the letters.

"Aeryon, my son in law.

If you read this letter, then I am probably on the verge of dead. Ogura forces has surrounded me. Do not waste your men on the battle that is already lost. Fate is cruel and all I could say that this is my fate. My son is a hero, but he is nothing more than that.

The moment I die, the remnants of Rudya tribe and other opportunist would rise up. I have not had time to stabilize them and there are discontent from the marginalized factions and tribes there. Given time, I could pacify them but my death would lead to their rebellion.

My son promise them things he could not give. Utgard under Ogura would be crushed sooner or later. He is too arrogant and the more he is challenged, the more he fights.

The knife is too sharp and he is more likely to hurt himself when he is confused. I have known your ambition is to ride all over the Steppe and achieve what the great men of the past achieve

If there is anyone who could achieve more, it would be you

I dare not say I have helped your tribe tremendously but I daresay that I abide by our alliance as long as I was alive

An old man that is about to die could not request much. I would not ask you to spare my sons, for I know the burden of power

But my daughter have use for you. If you love her, then I would be infinitely grateful. If you do not love her, then at least you could use her.

The name of the Utgard means nothing in the Southern Great Steppe. But in the Central great Steppe, the name of Utgard still have influence.

If your ambition is to conquer the world, then my daughter could give you reason when you do set your eyes on the Central Great Steppe

Admittedly, even though the name of the Utgard still have influence, the influence could not match the might of brute force

But it will help nonetheless. She would know what to do. And if she can help you, I hope that if my daughter bore you a son, the Utgard tribe could be revived under your child and my daughter son.

This is now the only thing I could do for my daughter. Fight for some of her benefits.

As for the other things after my death, I could no longer care so much.

It is a pity though, that I would not be able to see the world that you would create.

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Aeryon read the letter again and then he sighed. He puts the letter down and shakes his head.

"Even after he is dead, he is still shows his cunningness" Aeryon could not help but thought to himself

But Aeryon could not hate him at this moment.

He even predicted what would happen if he is dead. And he even give him a few advice. And this advice is very much useful to him

Not about what would happen to Rudya or Utgard but about Ogura. Aeryon might have a spy organization being set up but it is not so powerful that it has all the information of the world on his fingertips

Ogura is one of the few people he did not have deep information on. But in the letter Garron had already told him what he needs to know.

Too arrogant and the more he is challenged, the more he would make mistake.

And Aeryon could trust Garron this time.

Not because it is a word of a dying old man but because Garron reveals his wish.

And if he wanted that wish to come true, he must told the truth or what he wished would not be fulfilled.

He even put down that wish on the letter. He even writes all of his achievement to make sure that Aeryon would have some affection for the tribe of Utgard

And if sentiment is not enough, he added benefits to it as well.

His wish is nothing more for his daughter and his daughter son to be heir

Aeryon could not help but mutters

"What a cunning old Viper. The future throne of my empire for his death. Even near deathbed, he would not even let go even a slight possibility to make profit" Aeryon said but there is a sad smile on the corner of his mouth.

There is a sentence in the letter that shows how pragmatic Garron is.

[An old man that is about to die could not request much. I would not ask you to spare my sons, for I know the burden of power. But my daughter have use for you. If you love her, then I would be infinitely grateful. If you do not love her, then at least you could use her]

He started with the method of tugging at his heartstring and even empathize with Aeryon by saying he knows the burden of power. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Then he followed up with "if you love her, then he would be grateful. If you do not, you could use her"

Whichever the answer is, his daughter would be safe. If Aeryon love Ayera, then Aeryon would make Ayera his queens and her son would surely be the heir.

If he did not love Ayera, then the benefit that Ayera could give him would make her a valuable person to have beside him

Aeryon sighed reading it.

"Even if I do not love her, I would not treat her badly as long as she did not get in my way" Aeryon thought to himself.

But with this letter, if Aeryon is really a heartless person, then he would surely be tempted by the benefit

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