Way of Overlord
Chapter 403: Poaching Talent

Chapter 403: Poaching Talent

Saying all of this Jayeux bows his head and waited for the words of Norgai.

Norgai is silent now. At first he was stunned.

Then he was angry. But now, after listening to Jayeux words he thinks there is great logic behind his words

The three reason convinces him

Thinking about it, Norgai did not know how to defend his tribe.

There is enemies all over.

Some of them are not yet his enemies.

But they would not always stay that way.

In this world of great contention, if one does not fight, one would get swallowed.

Does he not want to try to fight for the world?

He does.

But with what?

He did not know how to reform the system.

His warriors are strong but even so, strong warriors could no longer change the trend.

Now, the tribes all around him are all engaging in intrigues, schemes and alliances.

When these chief call their armies, it is no longer in thousands but tens of thousands of people fighting each other in an open plain.

Some uses tricks like Khagai tribe that forces Bolghar tribe to retreat.

Some uses swift attack like Aeryon

Tricks and intrigues, tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of men.

These are the changes of time.

Aeryon increase the strength of his tribe and the other tribe has no other choice but to follow.

The virtue of Norgai is that he knows himself, he knows his weakness and he knows his strength.

Give him ten thousand men and he could defeat twenty thousand men.

Give him fifty thousand men and he could defeat one hundred thousand men.

But he did not know how to recruit one hundred thousand men.

He could lead an army, transform this men into warriors, and he could boldly fight and win battles.

But he could not grow crop, could not rear animals, could not reconcile the difference between factions, between warriors and elders, between the ruler and the ruled.

He did not blame his father.

His father did not teach him any of this and make sure he did not learn any of this.

He himself obeyed his father because he knows what his father intend to do.

One of the most common reason to fight between brother is because they wanted the chief seat.

His father only did that so that he and his brother would not fight.

His brother was not taught military methods and military training.

His father did this so that they could depend on each other.

It is a form of protection that his father created for him.

He could not lead the tribe and his brother could not fight for the tribe.

If after his father death, the older brother wanted to kill the younger brother, then he have to think whether he could fight

The same for him.

If he kills his elder brother what support would he have among the elders and the decision makers of the tribe and the clan and the tribe

No one expected the death of his brother.

And even though his father did try to teach him some of the method of ruling, he die before he could do so.

Norgai also knows that if he is given enough time, he would surely be able to learn how to govern while holding this position as chief. He knows that

But.....that’s the thing.

The world would not cater to his wishes and give him time.

And listening to Jayeux words, thinking about it, he could truly see the benefit of this

But....he also need to make sure of one thing.

"I need to make sure of one thing"

hearing this Jayeux raise his head and look at Norgai again

"What is it that the chief of Nogai wanted to ascertain?"

"the ambition of the Kan. If his ambition is small, then I would rather choose to try to fight. If his ambition is really as grand as you said, I would not mind following such a hero"

Hearing this Jayeux smiles and laugh loudly in the tent

"Then I would send a message to the Kan and win you an audience with him" he paused for a second

"if there is no objection....." he paused and waited

Norgai look at the ceiling of his tent , close his eyes and sighed

And then he nodded

"Sent a message to the Kan that I intend to surrender. But before I surrender I would like to meet him and talk with him to know of this person that I would be surrendering to"

Norgai is a brave warrior.

But he is unlike any other warrior that is dumb

The wind that is blowing in the Southern Great Steppe right now is not the same wind that has been blowing for the past hundreds of years.

A new wind has blown and old convention should no longer be respected.

If Jayeux is right and Aeryon wanted to buy a bone for a thousand gold, then...let he become the bone!

.....

Jayeux comes out from the tent, he look at the guards around the chief tent and nodded.

He nodded to his guard that has been waiting for him since dismiss him from the chief tent

Then he walk toward his tent and followed by his guard.

The guard beside him is called Lu Xiao. He is Yan people. He is the people of the Steppe. He is like Jayeux.

A mixed child of people of the Hu and Yan. To the people of Yan, anyone not of their race are all Hu people.

And just like Jayeux, Lu Xiao is discriminated and abused by people of Yan

But living in Nurshira most of the child there are all strong child. Those who are not strong has died.

Lu Xiao is one of the slaves captured by the Brolgadhr tribe.

Which is better than being captured by other tribes that participated in the Siege of Nurshira.

He has some talent and he was one of the guards of Mayeux.

When Jayeux left the Brolgadhr tribe, Lu Xiao actually ask Mayeux to release him so that he could serve Jayeux. Mayeux himself was shocked because of his request. But the reason for why Lu Xiao wanted to follow Jayeux is only known to them both.

Lu Xiao walk behind him and after they are slightly far away from any prying eyes, Lu Xiao walk closer to Jayeux.

"How did it go?"

"Just like I planned" hearing this Lu Xiao frowns a bit

"is it really necessary for you to push the Norgai tribe to Brolgadhr tribe. I thought you wanted to compete with the Brolgadhr tribe for the world. This is just helping them" Hearing this Jayeux only smiles and shakes his head

"this is not the place to talk about this" Listening to Jayeux words he finally remember that they are still outside.

He nodded and take a step back, walking a step backward from Jayeux.

Not long after they arrive at the tent

Jayeux first wash his face and then took a few fruits that was soaked in cold water and slowly he lay down on the thick rug

He closes his eyes for a second and smiles.

After a long day of exhaustion, lying down for a while makes his body feel like he is resting on top of a cloud

Lu Xiao sit cross legged on the corner of the tent and closes his eyes as he takes a dep breath.

For anyone who does not understand, they would simply think that Lu Xiao is just sitting there and resting himself.

But for those who have internal energy they would understand what Lu Xiao is doing.

he is gathering the energy of heaven and earth into his body. His practice is an organized practice.

For a few moments these two people spend their time like this

And then aft a while Lu Xiao opens his eyes. Jayeux also is ready to get up. As he is getting up, he began organ zing his clothes. Lu Xiao look at this and he could tell that Jayeux is ready to move again

"Jayeux, please explain to me"

Jayeux halted for a moment and then he look at Lu Xiao. And he sighed.

The relationship between Jayeux and Lu Xiao is a bit more complicated than one might think.

Lu Xiao is young, but he is older than Jayeux.

Before Jayeux had the thought of leaving Brolgadhr tribe, he also make some preparations.

He first meet Lu Xiao when the young man was working under Mayeux.

At that time, Lu Xiao caught his attention because of his background.

Then he could see that Lu Xiao is a warrior that is worthy of his investment.

They began to know each other. At that time Jayeux was still the disciple of Mayeux and since Mayeux himself is the second voice in the tribe, Jayeux is respected wherever he goes.

And Lu Xiao who wanted to integrate into the military system of the Brolgadhr tribe also respected Jayeux

Respect however did not mean like.

And Jayeux knew this and instead of shying away, he become more enthusiastic toward Lu Xiao.

Then they began talking with each other and Lu Xiao acknowledge that in battle, he could kill Jayeux with one swipe of his blade but in terms of strategy, a hundred of him would not be able to defeat this young kid.

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