Way of Overlord-Chapter 656: A Simple Choice

Jabali look at Khunbish and Khunbish look at his brother and for a moment there is a tense silence in the tent.

Khunbish could end all of this right now. And Jabali could also end all of this right now. All they needed to do is to draw their weapons and kill the person in front of them

But both of them just stand there looking at each other, with no desire to draw weapons against the other.

And both of them could not help but sigh. Jabali said all of this to prevent him from going into battle.

This is also a great mercy. Jabali did not have to share such a thing to him. But he did it anyway. There is feeling there.

And Khunbish knows this and it is for this reason he did not raise his weapon and did not say anything and did not shout that "there is a traitor here"

Between the tribes and clans, these two brothers are more brothers than blood brothers. They are both abandoned people and both of them have experienced much

They met when they were a child and together they overcome many hardships and the bond they built could not be broken just based on clans and tribes.

To them, between clan and tribes, none of them pass in importance than the lives of each other.

"I could not forget" these few words reveal the reason to Khunbish and somehow he understands what his brother is referring to and his expression turns dark

But in the end Khunbish could not say anything.

He was driven speechless because he knows the difficulties of Jabali.

Khunbish look at his sworn brother eyes and even though he wanted to rebuke his brother and shout to him to turn back right now, he knows he is not qualified to weigh in on this

"Could not forget, could not let go"

And Khunbish sighed as he closes his eyes and shakes his head. If he was in the same situation as his brother, he does not know what choice he would make

Then he thought again and he shakes his head again and nodded

"Could not forget, could not let go" that is his answer. If the same thing happens to him, just like his sworn brother, he also could not let go and he also could not forget.

Certain things are just like this

Jabali...from the moment he hears the thoughts of his own sworn brother determine something. Khunbish is not foolishly devoted to the Nergui tribe.

And from then on he had been making plans.

These plans.... has always festered in his mind. And it only becomes even obvious after some event happening in Nergui tribe

And a few weeks ago, when someone from the Brolgadhr tribe came to him and whispers some words to him, he had been having some heavy hearts

But in this week after he sees how powerful the Brolgadhr army is, he had made some decision.

And so, before the attack began, he had sent someone to the Brolgadhr tribe to say some things and to relay some things

Jabali is not someone who is heartless.

But he could be.

But he could not be heartless to his own sworn brother.

The people of the Steppe look toward the oath they make as something sacred

They look at it even more carefully and more sincerely than the people of Yan

"Follow me. Attack from behind and aid Belarion"

Khunbish look at his brother and then look at the battlefield in the distance and right now he is in a dilemma.

On one side is his teacher, on the other is his sworn brother

He could understand why his brother would make such a choice. It is not that he betrayed the tribe.

The tribe betrayed him first. It only makes sense someone like his brother would find a way

A way to avenge the death of his men. Those men are not Nergui men. Those men are his brother men.

And they all die.

How could a heavy cavalry unit like his brother decimated against a small tribe?

That is the official story, but the real story is just one of the sons of the chief of Nergui tribe did not like that his brother wanted to support some other sons of the chief.

Playthings of the nobles. It is fine if they wanted to play with him, but those men, those men are people his brother considered family.

The way these people plays with the lives of his men, is something that even Khunbish feel disgraceful and should not have been done. It is like weakening your own strength.

But certain things is just that unfair.

If they fight for the tribe and die for the tribe, then his brother would not be this vengeful. It is merely because the princes wanted his men death

In Brolgadhr army, all army is under the Khan.

But even then, it did not mean that the Khan would eradicate feelings of his men.

The Khan army is quite different from any other army in the Steppe. He reined them with discipline, with punishment and reward

But most importantly, the order and responsibility is clear.

Right and wrong of this matter, might be hard to determine but for his brother, the right and wrong of this matter is simple.

You have taken his men, and then his men did not even get the reward that they should, and his own brother is humiliated and being a scapegoat in this matter making him lose all of the prestige he had built.

This is worse than killing him

But his brother has also shocked Khunbish.

To hide this deeply. It seems his brother also learns a lot from him, enduring today humiliation to pave the path of tomorrow revenge

Khunbish is reluctant. And his brother sense this

"You said it yourself. The moment the chief sends his men here instead of Chadha, the moment he chooses this tribe instead of the alliance, the balance tilted to the Brolgadhr. You and your teacher have both seen the end of this story. Why hesitate!"

Jabali look at his own sworn brother and could not understand.

Jabali is not like Khunbish

He did not understand and could not see the big picture.

But once Khunbish told him all of those things and discuss and give him all the necessary information, it was like someone was enlightening him with divine knowledge

Then, the answer becomes simple.

He was never that loyal toward the tribe.

Nergui tribe also has its own clans and just because you are under the order of the Nergui tribe did not mean you come from the Nergui tribe.

Just like how tens of thousands of men under Brolgadhr did not come from Brolgadhr tribe, it is the same for the Nergui tribe

There is someone poised to achieve immortal achievement, and another one is a wolf bleeding out.

The choice then becomes extremely simple.

Choose the one that could make you achieve immortal achievement.

Is that even a choice?

It is basically spoon-feeding you the most optimal answer

Khunbish look at his brother and listen to his brother words and then thought of his teacher.

He respected his teacher, but he also did not agree with his teacher.

Saron is one of the great warriors of the tribe. He is powerful enough that the chief would listen to him.

Saron should have advised the chief to attack Aeryon main force.

Instead of defending Karaldyk, a small force could be sent here and escort the families.

Of course, the families itself could run.

It is not like they did not have horses. But one of the reasons why Karaldyk is important is also because there is valley around it that one had to pass.

Not really close but not really far.

The reason why Karaldyk position is special is because of this.

If you take Karaldyk you could take the valley and that valley even though it is not hard to bypass it, there is camps around that area that could be sued to send men to harass s from behind

But all of planning and calculations is useless, if the Nergui tribe did not have the determination to help Chadha.

If Chadha falls, everything falls. Even if all of the region in the Nergui tribe is devastated and even if tens of thousands of Nergui men is captured and killed, they must make sure Chadha and Chagai did not fall.

As long as they could make sure of this, the territory that they lost could be conquered back.

The Nergui chief tribe must have the courage to lose all of the territory and the people they gained.

The chief must have the bread of heart to make sacrifices.

But Khunbish understood.

Aeryon could do what these three tribes could not do precisely because his words and his order are the only absolute.

But three heads while it might give more ideas also means there are three hearts.

And the hearts of these three men did not always align the same. Because there is nothing more unpredictable than the human heart.

Nergui could not trust Ultar hearts, and Ultar hearts could not trust Nergui hearts.

Right now, Khunbish is torn

And then he closes his eyes and takes a deep breath

"The choice has always been simple. But because I could not bear it.... I hesitate" then for a moment there is only silence between the brothers.

All around them the battle did not stop.

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