Way of Overlord-Chapter 479: Interlocking Effect

When Aeryon as expanding west, Utgard reinforce old alliances, and with the protection of Brolgadhr, they are free to go to the north and east and even their west.

At that time, their west was Rudya and Aeryon did not yet take Wustkazan.

What did Garron do?

Subdue the small tribes, awe the clans and establish tributaries.

In just a few months, Utgard tribe shows improvement in its power.

Thousands of sheep, and Tayaks now fills the tribe, the grazing area is vast, hundreds of warrior recruited, dozens of chief come to pay homage.

Then Garron make a deal with the old Kazan chief. They both attack Rudya.

Even at that time, Garron was cunning. He could take Rudya alone.

Mayeux did not doubt this.

But instead of taking it alone he takes it down with the Kazan tribe.

Why?

Because of the identity of the Utgard tribe. They come from the Central region of the Great Steppe.

The five region of the Great Steppe have different kind of political climate.

The south is more stable with entrenched clans and tribes.

This is also because the south has more fertile lands.

It is not as fertile as the Central Plains of the Yan dynasty but compared to the rest of the Five Great Regions of the Great Steppe, the south is the most fertile of all of them

It could not raise rice, but it could raise horse, Tayak and goats without worrying too much about the fertility of the land.

This is also the reason why migration on the south is not as frequent as the other tribes in the other region and that is why it breed entrenched clans and tribes in the South

The South and the Central region both are considered to have fertile lands when compared to the other parts of the region of the Great Steppe.

Most tribes in the Great Steppe migrate when the land that they are in is no longer fertile

But the South lack this problem.

As for the reason why, they are not constantly being attacked by the Central region, it is not for lack of trying.

But there are some reason why they did not succeed

Ccentral region of the Great Steppe has always been a hotbed for conflict among the tribe. the central region defeat against in the north in the past has weakened them and at the same time they are also full of internal conflict.

The Central region of the Great Steppe usually did not have time to try to deal with the south as they are more concerned about the threat from the Northern Great Steppe.

How could they have time to try to take the Southern Great Steppe, when the Northern Great Steppe is also looking at them how the Central Great Steppe look at the Southern Great Steppe?

And since they did not have unity in cooperation, mounting any attack on the South rarely ends in victory.

The complex reason of the peace between the Southern Great Steppe and the Central Great Steppe could not easily be explained and even if it is to be explained it would take a long time

So, Mayeux while he did pay attention to the Central Great Steppe, he did not worry about them as much

But he does worry about Garron action.

And one of the action that raise back Mayeux alarm for the danger of Garron was when Garron managed to persuade Kazan to aid him in his conquest.

He could see the cunningness of Garron from this move

taking Kazan with him in his conquest not only give him legitimate reason it also preserve his strength.

When Mayeux heard the report, he increase back the threat level of Garron.

The more he learns about Garron, the more he is wary of this old viper.

Because if you read about the rise of Utgard tribe in the Southern Great Steppe, you would find that the effort of Garron seems minimal.

And he seems to be very subdued.

But how could a man that managed to survive all kinds of oppression be a mediocre man and subdue?

The only explanation was that Garron really knows how to gain benefit by using other people

Kazan tribe is just another example of him using other people to benefit himself.

He would not have been so worried if not for the fact that Ayera is Aeryon wife.

That woman is dangerous.

He knows it and Aeryon also knows it.

And thinking about Ayera he could not help but sigh

"This grudge has already been formed" he knew what he had done would create feud between him and Aeryon wife.

He could have just acquiesced. But if he acquiesced today, he would acquiesced another day.

This is not yet the time to play with the harem politics and he knows Aeryon himself is not interested in playing this kind of thing at this moment

But he also knows that in the future this action that he had made today might have buried a time bomb for him.

However, Mayeux is like Aeryon. They are both young. And young, they have this confidence of being invincible and fear is not that prominent in their hearts

There is many things that they only would dare to do when they are young.

The problem between him and Ayera would be resolved someday.

On the other hand, he just wanted to revel in the victory today.

When he heard news that Ogura had rebelled and wanted to kill his father, he was so happy and excited that he wanted to jump.

Not only would the killing of garron solve the matter of Garron, it also make sure the backyard of the Kan harem would be stable.

And the direction of expansion could have more flexibility.

Garron is a hero.

But whether he is a hero or not, bears no weight in Mayeux eyes.

He did not have the heart to appreciate heroes even more so when that hero is a hero that would block the way of his lord

Seeing Aeryon insistence to save Garron, Mayeux believe that Garron could be a big problem ahead of time.

Now Garron is death and his death and prevented a costly and unnecessary war at this time. Can the Brolgadhr fight Utgard and win?

Can.

This is undeniable.

But everything must have its time.

If Aeryon did not take Wustkazan, the forces Aeryon have is enough to overwhelm Utgard and awe the eastern side.

However, the north area is taken and the north needs to be pacified. This requires manpower and this requires time.

there is also Aeryon forces on the western border . this is to guard against the Cha Ner Ul Alliance.

Zlata and Duhai is also provided with a few hundred fighting men to survey the west. Then there is the forces stationed on the Wustkazan tribe area pacifying that region, taking the submission and surrender of the small tribes and clans around there

How about the warriors patrolling the large and vast region of the Brolgadhr now? Tens of thousand of men...these are not idle men

All of these needs people.

Mayeux plan was to take the west first. Now, Khagai tribe had taken the west and the tribe did not have to worry

In a way, Aeryon give full reign toward the Khagai tribe to take over the west.

Delegating power is something that Aeryon must do.

The faster he wants to conquer the Steppe, the more he needs to be like this.

Khagai tribe had already secretly pledge their loyalty and Aeryon seems to believe them.

"I could withdraw some forces there back to the city" Mayeux thought to himself.

All of these forces that is scattered over the Southern Great Steppe is the effect of having large lands and region.

This is why Aeryon should not try to provoke a fight with Utgard right now.

Attacking Utgard has no benefit right now.

If they win, they not only have to once again pacified the Rudya tribe they also open themselves to conflict early with Dama.

Once that started, the battle between the west and east would surely kick off.

At that time, Dama might even be able to quickly unite the eastern tribes to resist Aeryon forces

That would surely happen if the battle started early.

Once such a big war between two great large and powerful tribe started, then the variables is too many that even Mayeux could not calculate it. How could he calculate all the possibility?

The battle between Dama and Aeryon would be a battle to determine the ownership of the Southern Great Steppe.

Before they are truly and fully ready, even Mayeux with all the confidence in his heart did not dare to start such a big war.

This would be a battle of destiny. Winner takes all and the loser become bandits.

At that time, many things could happen

Khagai could break off and claim the west and with his current strength that is not hard to do

Because they made a secret oath, nobody would know the agreement between the Khagai and Brolgadhr so Khagai tribe would not even get a reputation hit.

The west secede from Brolgadhr control, the east is attacking, then who knows who will get the last laugh?

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