Way of Overlord-Chapter 484: Dark Clouds Covering the Steppe

His sister is an Ashana and Ashana has their own mystical arts.

Some are more worldly and some are more on the mystical side that borders on the divine and demonic.

His sister in particular could see glimpses of the rise and fall of destinies. And she taught it to him.

He had learned it but he could not be as accurate as his sister. It is amazing though that he also dabbles an could use the mystical arts of heaven and earth ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

It is vey rare that both siblings would have the same kind of ability and it is even more shocking that his sister could teach him such arts.

But at least he knows where the star of his and Dama star. It is shining bright but its brightness is covered up by a very bright star that seems to overshone all others.

"one problem solved, another problem coming. It is never-ending. Each one could lead to the edge of the cliff" Katakura mutters to himself.

He mutters this and he sighed

It is already on the edge of the cliff. From the moment that Dama set out to compete for the Southern Great Steppe, they were inching closer to that cliff.

If they won, then they would survive and become even more powerful. If they fail, the foundation of the tribe could be destroyed.

He could only sigh at this and look at the sky and look at the stars.

In the past, he saw a dark cloud covering the light of the Esbizuk tribe. This dark clouds is oppressing and is like some kind of death cloud that wanted to strangle the Esbizuk tribe to death

That is what he was feeling at that time. At night, he would wake up in despair thinking of this matter.

Destiny and fate is hard to interpret and even harder to predict.

And being able to see it is both a blessing and curse. At that time, Katakura did not like looking at the sky.

The more he sees it, the more he feels hopeless. So, he look down on the ground and do his duty.

It is this attitude that made him seems like he is not afraid of death. When in fact, because he believe the tribe are doomed, he did not feel much about life and death.

Katakura is different from Belarion in that he did not feel much love for the tribe.

Even though it is not mentioned heavily in the story about Katakura, many people did not know that before he become sworn brother with Dama, he was look down upon.

Of course, these people did not dare do it in front of Uda, the previous chief but behind him, they did all kinds of things.

The tribe itself did not have that warm feeling like Brolgadhr tribe. because this tribe is very warlike.

The only one that Katakura cares about is Dama.

If he had to trade the life of Dama with the tribe, and that is the only option there is, Katakura would not even hesitate to sacrifice the tribe.

However, he does get the reputation of loving the tribe. After all, a good politician knows how to shroud themselves with all the great reputation.

Whether he truly love the tribe or not, only he knows it in his heart. And what he felt in his heart is not someone else business.

As long as he really does benefit the tribe, even if people knows what he is feeling inside, they would still tout him as the protector of a tribe and someone who love the tribe.

What he feels is irrelevant. What he did is the relevant thing. What people sees is that under him and Dama, the tribe is stronger.

And that is loving the tribe. Making the tribe stronger means you love the tribe. After all, you would not strength the tribe if you hate them

When he fight desperately in the past, it was not the tribe he was protecting. It was Dama. Dama wanted to have glory and fulfill the wishes of his father and his predecessor.

And what do they want from Dama?

For the tribe to prosper and become strong.

Katakura helps Dama and in turn helps the tribe.

He helped Dama even though he could see the fate and destiny of the tribe.

Even if it seems like a dead end, he did not run away from it and choose to face it with Dama

That is why in the past, he simply assist Dama with all of his heart and forget life and death.

Forgetting life and death, makes one a very formidable and fearsome warrior in the battlefield

The more he fights, the more he is proficient in it.

However, no matter how many victories that he had won for Dama and the tribe, no matter how many mountain tribes that was destroyed, that dark clouds hovering above the fate of the tribe never ceased to exist.

It was like an inevitability of fate.

But then one day, that dark cloud slowly receded.

That inevitability of fate and destiny suddenly was subverted.

That was the first time that Katakura learn something that even his sister did not. Fate and destiny could be changed!

What Katakura did not know since the moment Aeryon was transmigrated into this world, the fate and destiny of this world has a new breath breathed into it.

And it also changes the fate of the Esbizuk tribe

When he look at the sky that day, he was shocked to see the star of the Esbizuk tribe shines brighter. And that the dark cloud that cover the star of Esbizuk tribe slowly dissipated.

That dark cloud is still there but far in the distance. As time passes, the dark clouds seems closer but it is not as suffocating as it was in the past.

Katakura made his own deduction about why as time passes the clouds come closer, yet the clouds become thinner and more transparent.

After a few years, Katakura believe that the dark cloud symbolizes some kind of disaster or catastrophe for the tribe and maybe for the entire Southern Great Steppe.

In the past, this catastrophe is bound to inflict great damage and could even swallow the Esbizuk tribe.

That is why each year, the cloud seems to eb closer.

But why did it become thin? The smoke must means something and it felt like an inevitable fate. But it becomes thinner as the days goes by

Since then, other than governing the regions, Katakura ponder about the meaning of it all.

And he reached a conclusion.

Cause and effect.

There must be cause and effect for it to be like this.

There is a disaster in the future and this disaster would swallow the whole Southern Great Steppe.

That is what that cloud symbolizes. Maybe, if it’s his sister that saw this vision, her vision would see something else.

This is something that her sister had told him. The images that people saw in their vision could note scape the limitation of the human mind.

If you have low knowledge, low thoughts then it would adjust the image to an image you could understand and an image you yourself could interpret

This would lead to different vision but the same destination. Most prophecy usually leads to the same destination, which is the true destiny.

But different eyes see different things. And this is where them prophecy could mislead people.

Katakura understood the clouds.

But then as the years come to pass, this disaster is still to come yet the pressure and the strength of this disaster sems to decrease.

Then what is the cause and effect here?

Katakura could only attribute it to the brightest star of destiny he is seeing. The star of the tribe of Brolgadhr.

Shining all over the Southern Great Steppe skies and its reach seems to reach the north. This made him frown.

At first, he thought that this light slowly seeping to the northern sky might refer to the destruction of Wustkazan but after a while he is not so sure.

He did look at the sky the night the report of Aeryon victory over Wustkazan was reported to him

He sees the light of the Brolgadhr tribe reaching slightly towards the north. But it was not so bright nor was it so deep toward the north

But suddenly one night when he look at the sky, he saw the light reaches toward the north. Deeper but almost dim.

Like it is hidden.

And a purple cloud shrouded this light that reaches the north, like the light itself is hiding itself.

Katakura did not like that. So, he has been sending some spies toward Brolgadhr north, especially to Nogai tribe and try to see whether he could find something to ease the uneasiness he felt

He shakes his head out of that thought and then look back at the current sky

"It is amazing" he suddenly mutters to himself. He sighed helplessly

"That small star" he added to himself and shakes his head

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