Way of Overlord-Chapter 504: New Quest

Because of him, Mayeux had formed a grudge with Ayera.

Ayera even if she is not Aeryon wife, she herself is now one of the heirs of the tribe.

In Southern Great Steppe, a woman chief is very rare.

But rare does not mean it is not done.

Few women could fight against man in terms of strength and strength is paramount in the Steppe.

In Yan for example, one could use politics and rises through politics and uses all kinds of method to constrain such method of strength

The only reason that those women could do that is because there is rules. And these rules are uphold by people who have lofty ideals.

But once those rules are stripped away then the only thing that is left is pure force. And there is no other place that emphasize pure force than in the Steppe

But there are cases when women become chief.

In the north, there are some tribes ruled by a women either because they were the mother of a slain chief, or the only child of the chief.

Even in the Southern Great Steppe, in the past, near the East, close to the Yindu mountain range, there is many small clans and small tribes that are lead by women.

But most big tribes with long tradition is ruled by men and that would not change soon.

But Ayera herself is a force to be reckoned with.

To fight against Brolgadhr is a suicide path.

But if Ayera wanted to kill one person that would be an easy task.

Let say Aeryon divorce Ayera. That would make Ayera position even more easier. She would surely wanted to avenge her hatred.

Aeryon could see that even when he failed to save Ayera father, she did not have a shred of blame towards him

She is clear minded. She knows who is the real orchestrator.

Yes, the one that kills her father is her own brother. freewebnσvel.cѳm

But it is also true that if not for Mayeux interference, her father could probably be saved.

There is nothing more torturous then the "what if"

And because it is torturous, Aeryon knew that the grudge had formed.

Just because he pretended not to see it does not mean that it is not there

As for Ayera, he could not let her go.

Letting her go has more cons than pros.

He could list many reason but if there is one disadvantage of keeping her and it is a big disadvantage is that his most favourite and loyal minister and his own wife is in opposition

If his kingdom is stable, and Mayeux is not the kind of minister that is loyal and devoted, then this is the best thing that could happen

Aeryon did not play politics of balancing not because he did not know how to do it, it is just that the composition of his court is very simple.

There is not many minister and there is not many bureaucracies and the one with al the command power is him

He did not have to worry people overstepping his power and harming him.

Even Mayeux who seems to have great power would not be able to usurp or even threatens his power

precisely because while Mayeux is suitable to become a planner, an administrator, a strategist, he did not have the power and charisma to command a group of unruly warriors and brutal men to follow his words.

Nobody could shake him out of the top spot.

Even if somehow Aeryon is incapacitated and someone try to stage a coup, there is still his brother Belarion

Even if Belarion is not there, there is many warriors that are loyal to him.

These loyalty only show itself toward a Steppe ruler and not Yan rulers.

The Yan rulers always say that the support of the barbarian could not be trusted.

The reasons is because, the Yan rulers have never treated the barbarians well.

They use the barbarians as cannon fodder and call them beast and all kinds of dirty words and expect the "barbarians" to be loyal to them?

That is nothing but the talk of a mad men.

Even in the Steppe, there is chief that dares treated his men so haphazardly, not knowing to combine punishment and rewards, those kind of chief would have scarce amount of great warriors serving and loyal to them

Aeryon give them reward when they do good, punish them with great fanfare to elicit fear, combining reward and punishment skilful.

At times, he would try to win their hearts and at times he would scare them to obedience.

His rewards are real and his punishment is fair.

That alone has set him apart from all other chief.

And there is many glory to be won, many grazing lands to be rewarded.

With material rewards and spiritual sustenance, those who serve under him and benefited from him all are loyal to him to the death

Why?

Because comparison.

Compared to all of the other chiefs, Aeryon treatment towards his soldiers, his method of winning the heart and his method of instilling discipline is like the difference between heaven and earth

So, Aeryon did not need to play this art of balancing.

He did not have to worry that his minister would try to control his descendant and provoke feud between his queen and his minister because they are not yet reaching that point

And regardless of what other people think of him, Aeryon really do want to do right by Ayera.

After all, it is not a hard thing to do. Even if their marriage is apolitical marriage in the first place, there is no reason for it to not be a happy marriage.

In this era, arranged marriage is not as bad as the modern world make it out to be.

For the aristocratic families, yes, there is interest between the marriage of their child and it is the same for royal family

But for people who live in villages , arranged marriage also produce happy families.

Aristocratic families look at interest but the common people look at people who are suitable for their families, their sons and daughters.

They did not think too much about interest but whether the woman could bear a son and whether their daughter would be happy.

The tragic story of arranged marriage in a loveless marriage is more of the story of the aristocratic families.

They managed to export the sadness to the common people.

In this era, love is cultivated after. Learn to love the good and embrace the bad. And improve together.

And after fifty years, all are forgotten and one turns to dust

The common people lives are simple.

The man met a girl they like, marry, have a child, educate the child, make a living, survive and then if they are lucky, they die with their family around him mourning his death and after his death, hoping that his descendant could move on

A common woman also have simple wants and needs in life and a full life of being surrounded by the people they love and die happy, through the good days, the bitter days, the sad days and able to take it all in

Life is simple and their life is happy.

There is romance in not knowing. Is everything perfect with the current system of marriage?

No, but it is the best they got at this era.

And in the Steppe, those who could have form a marriage is people like Aeryon and Ayera, privileged among nomads.

Born with great legacy and ancient tribes that is steeped in tradition.

Aeryon could be ruthless but his ruthless should have purpose.

If not Aeryon is just a madman. Since Ayera become his wife, Aeryon treated him like his wife and did not disrespect him

Such show of respect is uncommon in this era especially to a woman that is no better than a rag doll in this era.

Ayera herself is an opiniated woman and not many men could have patience with her.

If the one she marries is not Aeryon, then that husbands of hers, if they did not have the same strength like Aeryon would probably die from a dagger to their throats at night

Aeryon and Ayera while they sleep together , they did not consummate their marriage. They did not cultivate the next generation.

But they do cultivate feelings.

And once they have feelings, thing become complicated. Aeryon kind of pity Ayera circumstances. Even more so, if he divorce her which is a very foreign concept in this era.

He shakes his head trying to shake off all of these thoughts in his mind. Instead, he decided to see the two quest he got last night

"Open quest window"

A sound echoes in his mind and two quest appears before him

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Special Quest : Taking Utgard

Your father-in-law Garron has been murdered and now Utgard has fallen to the hand of his son Ogura.

Your eastern area is no longer so protected and there is a chance of danger if Ogura swallow his pride and make an alliance with the Esbizuk tribe

Ogura action has paralyzed most of the armed forces of Utgard. Their new territory is in chaos and warlords in the further region from the main settlement of Utgard is carving up territory among themselves.

This is the best chance to take Utgard tribe and expand your tribe

It is recommended to use your wife to drum up support with the remnants that are loyal to Garron and use her to gain the support of Barbager.

Taking it will bring you closer to unifying the Steppe

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Objectives:

Conquer Utgard tribe and conquer it and open the way to the east and expand the range of attack toward the north.

Win the support of the heir of Garron

Destroy any force that try to stop you, conquer the tribe

Success Condition: Take over Utgard tribe and secure your eastern area. Whatever the method you choose, as long as they submit to you, it would be considered a success

Reward For Success : Destiny Points would be given according to your performance.

One hundred units of food

Six thousand units of building materials.

Destiny Points would be given according to the completion degree and the way you solve the quest.

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Failure Condition

The tribe is destroyed.

The Utgard managed to repel your forces

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