Way of Overlord
Chapter 307: A Dangerous Talent

Chapter 307: A Dangerous Talent

Some evil people do things for inexplicable reason.

And there are some noble people that would also do things that is inexplicable for the person who views the world as dark and evil.

Mayeux is not naive that the world is full of virtuous people.

But he acknowledged that all the common people in the world wanted peace and prosperity, a world full of virtuous people, a good and wise monarch.

Those who wanted chaos are the minority. For farmers craftsman, merchants, what they yearn is peaceful and prosperous world.

Even warriors who fight wars wanted peace. The one shouting for war is rulers and their ministers

Jayeux fails to see this and while the method he concocted is a good way of controlling people, it is not a good way for the world.

A world that Jayeux would create would be a world controlled by fear and in fear people do stupid things.

And this kind of stupid things would affect the progress of certain civilization.

When this fear reaches the peak, it would reverse.

It would turn into anger and if the whole world is angry at you, that anger would swallow you.

Maybe that is the difference between Mayeux and Jayeux.

Mayeux sees further and maybe because of that, he could not see the stone in front of his feet.

And so, he could stumble and fall.

After that, he would be more cautious looking at the ground but do not forget the forest that he is looking for

But Jayeux could see the stone in front of his eyes but forget the forest that is in front of him.

Maybe he did not forget. Instead, it might be that Jayeux wanted to burn that forest.

Hence, he did not care at all what would happen to the forest

Mayeux wanted to protect that forest in the distance. Jayeux wanted to protect the tree in front of him and he would not care if he burns the entire forest to save that one tree.

"But, if he were to succeed, then one day, if the Kan decides to come down to Yan...then a road has been laid out and all the Kan needs to do is complete it" Mayeux thought to himself.

"It is just that this disciple of mine is too obsessives. And that is never good" he sighed again. Mayeux wanted to tell this to Aeryon face to face.

Not only because this is the kind of news that his Kan should know, it is also to beg for mercy.

The mind of a monarch is unfathomable.

Today, he would give you grace, tomorrow he could humiliate you.

Today, he could favour you, tomorrow he could order for your execution. Mayeux did not only master the art of strategy under the teaching of his father and grandfather but also the method of the minister.

And one of them is never outshine your master.

No matter how much favour the Kan bestowed upon to him, Mayeux never let himself be arrogant and forget who he is and what role he should play

And the more he is like this, the more the Kan favours him. If he acted like a nouveau rich everything he is rewarded by the Kan, then his ending would not be good at all.

He probably would also be looked down upon by

Aeryon has always loved talent.

This is something Mayeux knows about his lord. Out of the many chiefs in the Southern Great Steppe, there is no one else that would love talents as much as his Kan.

Whether it be military or strategy, Aeryon would do whatever that he could to retain them

If he found good warrior, he would not mind part with wealth and the war bounty in an effort to bring this person closer to him.

If he found a good strategist, the Kan would give the strategist his trust and space for them to show their talents

He would entertain these people with banquets and find way to make them feel close to him.

When Aeryon meet Burchu for example, even though Burchu did not yet prove himself on the battlefield at that time, Aeryon wanted to entrust him with great responsibility

This is the deed of winning the hearts of people. It is the reason why Aeryon treated Mayeux like honoured guest and he is the one that is the most privileged under him

But Mayeux also knows the ruthlessness of this lord of his. For talents he could use, he would not mind giving anything that this talent wanted

But talents that he could not use, he would pity them for he had to end them

Even though Aeryon had said to him that he could not use Jayeux method, it did not mean that the Kan disregards Jayeux talents

Instead Mayeux remember that when he said that, he also said to Mayeux to cultivate this young seedling so it would bloom into a beautiful flower.

This alone shows how much he appreciated Jayeux talent.

How could Mayeux not know the feeling of his Kan? How could he not know that the Kan does want to use Jayeux but he fears Jayeux would be too extreme?

Too sharp that it could harm himself.

But a talent like Jayeux is also dangerous.

This kind of strategist that could harm the world is always dangerous

Jayeux has always express a desire to enter Dama service. To Jayeux, Dama is more fitting to the concept of the overlord that he wanted to serve

Brave, resourceful, with a hint of madness and disregard of the world

Only that kind of people could thrive in the troubled times. That is what Jayeux said to him once they discuss the heroes of the Steppe.

"I hope the Kan could read what Jayeux had written and find merit in it and would spare Jayeux life" he is the one that knows best how Aeryon could easily smile and laugh with you and changes his face in a blink of an eye

At the same time, there is many things that Mayeux need to tell Aeryon so that he would quickly made decision on certain things.

Mayeux got up from his sitting position and takes a deep breath. He goes out of the tent. Then he called his servants and whisper something to this servant.

The servant nodded and quickly goes away

Mayeux takes a deep breath, look at the open sky above him and shakes his head

"The test you give me Skyfather always tested my patience." He mutters to himself.

Mayeux might not believe in the Skyfather and he also did not believe in the gods and goddesses that his father and his grandfather believed but he does believe that there is a divine force in this world.

He looks at the sun

The sun is high in the sky, and then he looks at the distance and he saw the people.

the people is bustling, and the world seems bright and beautiful

And then he look at the city that is rising by the moment

He is waiting for the right moment to tell the Kan. He wanted to tell the Kan when the Kan is calm. Because he could guess what the Kan would do if he knows Jayeux has run away.

And he still has a fondness for that child. Since Jayeux left all of this and left his plans to him, it seems Jayeux still regarded him as his teacher

Since Jayeux regarded him as his teacher, he should treat him like he is his disciple.

Mayeux now could only watch at the city and waited until the servant come with a happy news.

"the city is also nearly completed. In a few season the city would be truly completed. An emerging city on the vast rolling steppes would usually be a cause for alarm in the Yan empire. But now, all the northern area of the Yan empire is being raided by the tribes of the Great Steppe. This is the moment to strengthen the tribe"

The Yan Empire have their hands full with just all of that raiding, how could they have time to care about this small city.

Now, the city has already becoming a burgeoning hub of trade in the lower Southern Great Steppe.

The city wall would offer protection from the marauding bandits and the harsh element of the Steppe.

Beyond the walls, the landscape stretched into a seemingly infinite sea of green, dotted with the occasional yurt of herders who are visiting, or staying here before they once again roamed the plains

Within the city, the streets were a hive of activity.

Merchants from distant lands had gathered here, their stalls brimming with exotic goods.

Trade with Yan might have stopped, but there is still traders from Western Zhou that sell silk, and there is merchant that come from Yindu, selling spices and fine woollen textiles from merchants from faraway lands that wanted to go to the Yan empire.

There is also more familiar local product, sturdy leather goods and carpets. There is cooking stall, and there is mingling scents of cooking fires, livestock

All places of the city seems full of life

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