Way of Overlord-Chapter 506: Looking at Failure First

The conflict with the west and the conflict with the north.

Just thinking about it causes him to sigh

Aeryon of course knows he has to advance carefully and learns when to step back. As long as they did not unite with each other, there is still a lot of room to maneuvers.

Boil them slowly so they did not realize that they are being boiled. It is only when it is too late, they would realize it.

Like the tribes on the north right now. They did not even know that they are now already in Aeryon and Mayeux calculation the moment Aeryon took Wustkazan.

If there is some wise men on the northern tribes, they would quickly create an alliance to repel him

But even if they think of doing such thing, a pity that this strategy could no longer be used by the tribes in the north

Because Jayeux with his golden tongue has convinced Nogai tribe to surrender to him.

An inside man

The tribes in the north is still not cautious or vigilant because they believe that right now, even though Aeryon had taken Wustkazan there is still the Nogai tribe that borders the current new Brolgadhr border.

And most tribes in the north also knows of Norgai strength in battle . They might have the idea of waiting to see what the Brolgadhr tribe would do. If Aeryon attack Nogai tribe, then the northern tribe would make a move.

It is a pity that Aeryon did not need to attack Nogai tribe to win the north.

When the times comes for him to pacify the north, Aeryon believe it would be a swift victory and conquest.

So, the northern tribes still have the ideas of wait and see.

If he attacks the north at that time, he could no longer hides that Nogai tribe is his inside man and if he failed, Aeryon did not doubt that the Nogai tribe would abandon him in a heartbeat

"It is better to follow Nogai tribe plans" Nogai tribe is now thinking of attacking

The bitter meat strategy has already been employed. He did not need to be impatient.

Aeryon had already read the report that the Nogai tribe is now contacting the Yindir tribe. the preparation is now underway.

They need only to attack Dayan and the plan would be then completed. Aeryon wanted to make the situation full of fog, full of mud, so no one could see the cause and effect and the people scheming and plotting behind the fog.

Nogai would attack Dayan tribe with Yindir tribe.

Provoke feud among the northern tribes so that when Aeryon really moves his troops north, these tribes could not unite with each other.

Because when they fight each other, then there surely would be blood feud. Even if they wanted to unite with each other at that time, they could not trust each other.

They could not let the other behind their back and there would always be small voice in their heads whispering doubts and uncertainty

At that time, with the west pacified, the troops he could command would be in tens of thousands and hundreds of thousand of horses would ride from the west, from the south and no tribe in the north could withstand such power

Nogai could even stay with the north and betray at the right moment and with one inside and one outside, victory is guaranteed.

Of course, all of this is subject to changes in circumstances. After all, this reaching toward the north is also because he changes his mind because of others misfortune.

Aeryon nodded and smile to himself

"But, there is no harm in taking this quest" he mutters to himself.

The reason is because the condition of this quest is more lenient.

The other quest would be considered a failure the moment the Utgard managed to repel him.

Even if he did not lose the battle as long as the Utgard tribe managed to repel him, he would trigger the failure condition of the quest

If the northern tribe managed to repel him, that would already means he lost.

If with all of his schemes and plots and all kinds of strategies he had employed he still could not defeat the northern tribes, he deserved to lose and he would not complain.

And even if the quest failed, Aeryon believed that the system would issue another quest.

Most of the quest he had is attacking quest.

The reason why is probably because Aeryon tribe has always been on the dominant position.

But even though Aeryon did not have any defensive quest, Aeryon believe that if his tribe is in danger there would be defensive quest where he had to protect the tribe.

Even if the north managed to repel him, they could not destroy his tribe.

The more they ride toward the south the more they would find resistance.

It is different with Utgard. Utgard if he is pushed to the corner, there is always a chance that he could submit to Dama.

Yes, with Ogura personality, he would not. But Aeryon did not like relying on the feelings of other for the safety of his tribe.

One fears that in an unthinkable situation, he would do the unthinkable.

If Utgard submit to Dama because he is desperate, then the war between the Brolgadhr and the Esbizuk tribe would start.

Whether they wanted to or not, at that time, they have to fight

Because they both would be wary of each other. Sharing a border would surely lead to skirmishes. And once blood feud is created, a small thing could turn into a big thing

A war could even started because of one foot stepping into an imaginary line. A bucket of water, a tree with a plucked fruit, once hate is there, there is a thousand reason to justify war.

Not to mention, that there is no need to justify this war. This is a battle for the Southern Great Steppe, this is a battle for hegemony and ownership of the Southern Great Steppe

At that time, those who are impatient and ambitious would surely gee them on. Those in his side and those in Dama side, both of them would clamour for war, wanting glory, fame and fortune.

At that time, even if Aeryon did not want to start a war, that doesn’t mean Dama would not want to start a war.

If at that time Dama attack, whether Aeryon wanted to or not, he must also send troop

The thing is, it is easy to start a war, it is not so easy to end it.

It is the same reason why Aeryon did not yet accept Korun tribe surrender and why Dama tribe which swept all over the east did not attack Korun tribe

It is not that they could not fight with each other.

It is just that whoever win or lose, they both lose.

Because the world is not yet divided by two and there is still many tribes on the board that could pose a threat and take the advantage of their battle to grow

Both of them did not want to fight and make wedding dress for others.

In the beginning when he has this kind of quest the first thing he look at is to look at the reward.

Nowadays, he chose a different method.

Instead of looking the reward, he look at the failure condition first.

This has something to do with him nearly lost in Wustkazan and then reinforced when he failed to save Garron.

At that time, the condition for losing could have triggered. Though he does wonder, if he failed, what would happen.

And he got his answer after failing the quest of saving Garron. The system did not deduct anything from him

Instead, he might have been disadvantaged from different things. Though he could never really be sure because this system of his could not communicate with him

At least he now knows failing would not have a drastic consequences.

"And I think the reward for this is even better than the other quest" he mutters to himself

The more he subdued the northern tribes, the more rewards he would get.

This quest rewards depends on when he handed in the quest. Aeryon could even take only two tribes of the north and handed in and still get the rewards.

Aeryon has an idea to attack the two tribes of the north and then stopped. Then he attack the west and then he could finish it and then continue back toward the north

Or he could cash the reward when he is in need for some rewards

The only reason why he could think of such a thing because this is the first time he had ever seen such quest since he got the Will of the Great Steppe

Usually when he takes a quest, most of the other quest is locked in. That is what he thought to be the restriction of the system

This restriction seems to be even stricter than before he melded the magic of this world with his system.

Then he looks at one of the other quest

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