Way of Overlord Chapter 617: Duel

Aeryon has a smirk on his face, the confidence in his heart is soaring and radiated outward in his deanour

And he has more advantage going in this battle than any other rulers.

He knows this might be an assassination. So, he would not get caught off guard. If it’s not an assassination, then it would be even better

If it is, then he is ready to break it.

Aeryon look at the person challenging him from the gaps of the people in front of him and he could not help but scoff

"I could not even see my enemy"

"Move aside!" he bellows and everyone around him make a path for him to ride his horse

Aeryon aura suddenly changed.

He had been thinking too much that he suddenly forget that he is a Steppe man and he has his own bravery.

If he keeps playing sches and intrigue, this bravery might be shelved soday

In this mont, Aeryon forget all of the consideration, and he emanated that aura of overlord that conquer the heart of every warrior under him

This kind of bravery is hard to imitate, and this kind of temperant is even harder to imitate.

He looks toward his enemy.

Bulky, muscly.

Even though it is hidden under that iron armour just by looking at him, Aeryon could feel the strength radiating from that person even though they are five hundred ters apart.

Five hundred ters apart is not a far distance.

Soone like that warrior could unsling his bow and shot him from this distance.

Aeryon could do it.

And most of the warriors Aeryon had t could easily do this.

Aeryon rides out and the mont he appears, that warrior without even announcing his na kick the side of his horse

Aeryon eyes narrow.

"Kill!"

One man.

This is what amazing about all of this.

There is only one man and one horse, with a long thick spear.

And he shouted kill.

Aeryon might not bring a thousand n around him but there is still one hundred n around him. Is this person not afraid to get surrounded and kill

But then Aeryon smiles

"This is a person who is determined to die. And before he dies, he wants to bring with him!" Aeryon smiles but there is anger in his heart.

I at least honoured the old agreent, old fox. You do not even bother to keep pretence.

The roar of this person shout was so loud that it was like thunder in the sky. He roared out and then without warning....he ride out

Clip! Clop!

The horse hooves shake the ground, and the man rushes toward Aeryon like he did not care about his life.

He is charging toward Aeryon army. A hundred n against one man!

"What a brave man!"

Aeryon shouted

Aeryon feel anger but also admiration.

So, he did not ask his n to attack

instead, he also rides out.

"Go!"

There are certain things he could let others do and there are certain things only he could do.

Right now, there is arches all over the hills and they are looking at him right now, ready to release a hundred arrows if there is any possibility of Aeryon dying.

Aeryon did not know this. Standing on one of the hills was Kashoger.

"Mayeux is right. My cousin could be impulsive and too heroic sotis" Kashoger said these kinds of words but there are pride and happiness in his eyes.

But there is also worry

Mayeux might not share this feeling of heroes appreciating heroes, but Kashoger is also like his cousin sowhat

This might be also one of the reasons why Aeryon treated Kashoger exceptionally well. He himself might not be like those heroes in stories told in fireplace huddle but he certainly admires them and yearns for them

Looking at his cousin deanour in the battlefield, Kashoger could not help but feel that his cousin embodied the virtues of the ancient warriors.

He is strong and he is ambitious and he knows how to treat his n well. He shares his bounty and shares the woe of his n like they were one of them

This is the action of past wise rulers and beloved chief of the ancient past where the chief would eat the sa food with their soldiers, and sleep in the sa tent with his n, sharing the glory of victory and the sorrow of loss together.

The hearts are united, the orders are obeyed, and all invaders are repelled. When in loss, they would support each other, when in victory, they share the spoils.

This might seem easy but if it’s easy, why is it so many warriors of the land find it hard to show their talents.

If its easy, why does the people beco poorer with each battle and the chief is getting richer?

A chief should learn how to share.

Power did not disappear if you kill those who held power.

It would just be dispersed and even then, the dispersal is just a temporary form

It would appear again in a different form and in different person.

Hence, one should not kill power but shape it. If you want to kill power, you must be ready to shape it, to control it or to loosen it a bit.

Kashoger did not understand this in the past.

It was sothing his uncle once said to him. However, when he is older, and now wielding power he understood it.

"My cousin however does have that air of the ancient sage rulers of the Steppe. his heroics is also the sa. But it is precisely because of this, he should not risk his life this much" And Kashoger could not help but sigh,

But his feelings aside, he listens to the order of the advisor.

Mayeux had warned him that if an assassination attempt happens, even though Aeryon knows it is a plot he would co out regardless.

When Kashoger ask why such a thing would happens, Mayeux simply said, "Sotis reputation is a double-edged weapon. It could hurt others. But it could also hurt yourself"

Kashoger did not quite understand at that ti. But now, he sowhat understands what Mayeux was talking about

Maybe it is because of the reputation that his cousin had no choice but to co out and fight even if he knew staying back is the wiser position

Kashoger however agree with his cousin. He did not have such cynical view of how the world is.

If Mayeux is in this position, he would simply spout off how this era is a governed by personal reputation.

Yan and Western Zhou are governed by moral reputation, Roman is governed by their bureaucracy of laws that has beco bloated, Yindu is governed by caste, and this thod of governance restrict people to beco flexible

Mayeux would have worded it better.

And tell how the world should be and not how the world is.

He would list the advantage and the disadvantage of each system of governance, the benefit to the rulers and the disadvantage to the rulers, to the people and to the kingdom

But Kashoger is not Mayeux.

He is just like others in the Steppe.

An ordinary man in this era saddled with great responsibility and he sees things just like the people of this era

To him, it is only right Aeryon would accept the challenge.

But he is also worried. He knows how important Aeryon position in the tribe.

He is watching behind the bushes and his position on the hills is too high for Aeryon forces to notice him

As long as his cousin safety is not jeopardized, he would let his cousin fight. It would even be better if he did not have to attack.

Right now, Kashoger put all of his thoughts away and is just looking at the battle that is unfolding.

He is tense and everyone on the side of the hill is also tense.

Because they need his order to release an arrow.

And they need to be ready.

The mont Kashoger order to shoot they must shoot. It would not be a joke if the Khan dies under their watch.

Below the hill, Aeryon eyes widen and he roared, and he et the charging challenger.

The dust beneath their horses hooves rise up toward the air like dark clouds.

Aeryon brought out his glaive and the man brought out a spear. Both have long reach but one is heavier than the other.

But Aeryon wielded it like one would hold a light sword.

The two horses are coming closer and closer and just as it seems like the man is going to use his spear, in that one second, Aeryon caught it.

A flash flew from his waist and in that mont, Aeryon make an instinctive move. He dodges his body to the right, and sothing pass by him

"Flying weapons!"

But before Aeryon could even make sense of this matter, suddenly the spear is already heading toward his body. Aeryon strengthened his grip, the glaive rises up like a dragon, the spear and the glaive collide!

BANG!

CLANG!

There are sparks of fire when these two people weapons collide.

In that mont Aeryon felt the strength of this person and his eyes narrows.

This brief mont is seen in the eyes of the people like a flash of lightning. But in that mont for Aeryon, it was like ti stopped.

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