Way of Overlord
Chapter 70: War of the Nine Wolves

Chapter 70: War of the Nine Wolves

There was silence for a while.

The old Norn seems comfortable with the silence. Only the sound of the wind and the sound of the wolves that sometimes roam around the area could be heard.

The raven sometimes squawks and the wolves sometimes growl.

But Fareon seem dazed before he regains his calm a few second later

The old man Norm look at him and spoke

"that is who your son will meet. The Son of Storms"

Fareon tightened his jaw before he asks

"Which son?"

The old Norn smiles and ten he spoke again

"The Ninth Son shall suffer and he shall be cursed. A brother blood spilled; a curse followed"

"A daughter wed; the lineage of Son of Storms shall rise. From east to west, from north to south, the lineage shall spread all over"

"The Ninth Son" The Old Norn muttered again and the old Norm smiles.

And then he walks away. For some reason Fareon did not dare to stop the old Norn

He had seen many Norns and he had asked many of them prophecies. None of them had made him feel like that.

When the old Norn was singing, it was like he was transported to a different world, like he was in a dream, a trance-like state akin to when one would ingest one of the herbs of the Ashana

But what he experienced during the old Norn song, it was more real and he was in control of his faculty. He saw in his vision, a vast open plain. There is a central platform, adorned with Marynku symbols and flags of hundreds of tribes.

The vision was blurry but he could see thousands of men were there. Each banner seems to represent a tribe.

Colourful banners and flags fluttered in the breeze, displaying the emblems of tribes Marynku music echoed through the air as skilled musicians played on horsehead fiddles, drums, and other instruments, lending a lively and celebratory atmosphere.

He saw someone whose face is blurred ascended the central platform.

he stood tall and proud, there is the sound of roaring applause and cries of allegiance. But he could not hear the name.

But the echoes of their voices carried across the vast steppe

He saw hundreds of thousands of men rode the Great Steppe, with the Orda tent accompanying these hundreds of thousands.

He could only think of hundreds of thousands because his mind could not count that many

What he was sure of, in his vision, he saw numbers that would dwarf the numbers of men he brought to the North.

Then the vision seems to sped up. He saw the desert, the cities of different nature

Some of the buildings has graceful rooftops adorned with vibrant, sweeping curves adorned the structures.

On another, there is towering columns, adorned with elaborate carvings and fluted designs

On another, there is the vision of a different kind of temple, their spires reaching towards the heavens, beckoning the divine.

Stone carvings adorned every inch, depicting intricate tales from mythology, gods, and goddesses frozen in eternal reverence.

He could recognize some of them. Yindu and Yan.

And some he did not recognize. He was immersed in his own understanding and when he finally alms himself, he looks in front of him and he did not see the old man any longer.

There is no one in front of him.

"the Gods" he thought to himself. He returns to his tent, and he believes that the old Norn is one of the Old Gods who roamed the world.

There are such stories where the Gods came and eat with mortals and those whoa offered them with great service of hospitality would be rewarded divine favour.

He thought of the story of The Old Wanderer. It is not the story of the Marynku but the story of the Eresian.

Of a figure Woden, who is blind in one eye, trading his eyes for the secret of the Divine. He is accompanied with two wolves and two ravens.

Fareon, believe he had met the Old Wanderer in the story of the Eresian. For days, he stays in his tent, remembering what the old Norn told him.

As Fareon reflects on the prophecy and the significance of the Ninth Son, he becomes convinced that it is his youngest son, Garron, who is the Ninth Son referred by the Old Norn.

From that day forward, Fareon openly favours Garron

However, the favouritism towards Garron does not sit well with his eight older brothers.

Jealousy and resentment consume them as they see their own ambitions and aspirations overshadowed by their father’s unwavering focus on Garron.

The desire for power and succession drives them to conspire against their youngest brother.

Attempts on Garron’s life become frequent and increasingly dangerous.

His brothers, driven by their desperation to reclaim their perceived birth right, plot in secret to remove Garron from the picture.

Fareon fearing for his youngest son’s safety, remains vigilant in his protection of Garron.

The tension within the tribe escalates as loyalty is tested and alliances are formed.

The once harmonious family is now divided, with factions emerging to support different sons and their claims to leadership.

Then Fareon died.

The death of Fareon marks the beginning of a dark and chaotic period for the Utgard tribe.

With Fareon demise, the nine sons are left to vie for power and control, leading to a bitter internal struggle within the tribe.

The unity and strength once enjoyed by the Utgard tribe crumble as the sons and their respective tribes and clans rally behind them, igniting the flames of the War of the Nine Wolves.

The war unleashes a wave of destruction and bloodshed across the entire Central Great Steppe.

Tribes and clans clash in fierce battles, fuelled by a thirst for dominance and revenge.

The once-mighty Utgard tribe, now fragmented into factions led by the sons, becomes a battleground where brothers fight against each other, tearing the tribe apart.

The rivers run with bodies, and the grass turns red. Such are the description of the battle of the Nine Wolves.

As the internal conflict rages on, neighbouring tribes seize the opportunity to raid the Central Great Steppe once again.

The Western Great Steppe tribes renew their attacks, destabilizing the already weakened Utgard tribe.

Most of the sons that he had sired is related to the four tribes that guarded the four corners of the border of the Central Steppe.

And so, when the Western tribes attacked, they have to choose whether to reinforce the area of the border or keep fighting for the seat of the legitimate Utgard tribe.

This causes a lot of casualties and even more death.

The Eastern tribes, too, turn their attention westward, launching assaults on the major tribes along the border of the Central Steppe.

Amidst this chaos, the North and South Great Steppe remain relatively uninvolved.

The North focuses on recovering from the previous devastating war, while the South faces its own challenges, manipulated by the cunning Yan agents who incite conflicts among the southern tribes.

The once-mighty Utgard tribe, like the Yildigan tribe before it, descends into a spiral of internal conflict, further splintering and losing its power.

Civil war rages among the factions, and the chance for reunification seems bleak.

Despite the efforts of some of Fareon sons to restore unity, the relentless fighting and power struggles prevent their attempts from succeeding.

Tragically, out of the nine brothers, only three manage to survive the brutal conflict.

The remaining six fall victim to the horrors of battle, poisonings, treacherous plots, or schemes.

The Utgard tribe, once a force to be reckoned with, is left weakened and diminished.

Other tribes and clans seize the opportunity to expand their territories and claim the lands once belonging to the Utgard tribe.

In the end, the once-proud Utgard tribe is reduced to a shadow of its former self.

The years of war and infighting have taken their toll, leaving the tribe vulnerable and depleted.

The surviving brothers must reckon with the consequences of their actions, the loss of their kin, and the shattered dreams of their father’s vision for a united and powerful tribe.

In the aftermath of the devastating War of the Nine Wolves, only three sons of Fareon manage to survive.

The tribe has been greatly weakened and its territories and lands have been seized by rival tribes and clans.

The Utgard no longer have a future in the Central Steppe. No tribes would allow them to reach the size they did before.

And the nine great tribes that allied with the Utgard had also been pulled down.

In the War of the Nine Wolves all the nine great tribes have a stake in it.

And after years of war, countless had died and every tribe that followed the sons of Fareon into the war, had weakened.

And once they are weak, the wolves that is waiting and eyeing them for a chance pounce. And so, just like Fareon had predicted, the moment he died, his tribe crumbled.

This is the life in the Great Steppe.

Rise and fall, ebbs and flows, a constant changing of the affairs of men.

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