316 THE PLAINS (1/2)

Viola really wanted to know what Aero had done to make sure the western kingdom to not attack Duvar

Aero look at Viola and then after he calmed himself down he said to her.

'A Royal rumble. I would like to see who would be the first to break the balance. Would the two allied kingdoms of Savillia and Alfhaim attack Duvar?'

He asked and Viola did not answer. She tried to think whether Savillia and Alfhaim would really did that but Aero answer her question and said

'If they did, Alfhaim would be opening themselves up to be gobbled up by the Church of Light. Those ancient Elves probably would not like the zealotry of the people of Holy Zun Empire, don't you think?'

Smiling, Aero then continues

'I wrote to them that if the Holy Maiden of the Church conquer their forest settlements and their cities of lights, she would burn their Eternal tree and chopped down their woods. And since I do not lie, those Elves would probably be cautious'

Viola then frowned and asked

'Then what did you wrote to Savillia?'

'I simply wrote one name'

'Whose name?'

'Zeus' Viola did not understand what Aero is trying to say and achieve by writing one name inside a letter

'That name would make them not send army to Duvar?' Viola asked as Aero smiles and explain to Viola like a patient teacher teaching his student

'Don't you remember what happen before? Sol Queendom, Luna kingdom, Jhaka kingdoms were all were conquered by the steel of the black soldiers of the King of Veva. They fear him. Do not underestimate the fearsome reputation that Zeus had built for himself among the Western kingdoms'

'There is a reason why that name stops Savillia. I am just sending that letter to remind them why they make an alliance and merge the kingdom of Saril and Vor to become the Savillia kingdom. If they make one mistake, then Zeus could take them before Holy Zun could take Veva cities on the southern border'

'Then what words did you send to the Church of Light'

Aero smiles again and then he said

'I send a suggestion'

'What did you suggest?'

'To wait and become the fisherman' Viola frowned.

Aero sighed a bit no longer talking about the three letters he sent to the three forces. Instead his eyes seem to look toward the distance

'Great Veranis had quite the advantage' he suddenly said

'They would surely try to overwhelm Vanheim by splitting their forces. And this method is probably going to succeed. They would try to harass the borders in order for this to happen'

Smiling, Aero said

'Yet, at the same time, splitting too many of their forces also means that it is easy to route them and capture them. At most they would split the army into four. But knowing Alexander, it would probably only three. Karak probably would attack the highlands of the northern border. Veranis would probably attack to the old region of Vetten and focus on that instead of going to the southern border and antagonize King James.

Viola look at Aero with eyes that are filled with amazement. It almost seems like the Chancellor have all the information of the world on the tip of his finger.

This is the formidable Chancellor of Vanheim who could move the world with one word.

Unlike the King of Veva who fought constantly in the battlefield with his army and his soldiers, or the Holy Zun Empire Holy Maiden who had to preach and maintain the stability of the Church and the Holy Kingdom with her sword, the Chancellor Aero of Vanheim had always been a man famous for his method in manipulating people and deceiving the world

He did not even have to lead people in the battlefield to win the war.

It is of course something that no warrior had ever understand.

There is this image of Aero of a strategist yet also there is this image of him as a peerless warrior.

The battle between him and King Zeus is something that no warrior had ever forgotten.

Aero basically thrashed him so bad that the King of Veva had almost died.

His subsequent action which killed forty thousand people is the stuff of legends.

Some believe that he is a demigod, the son of some gods or goddesses, to be blessed with such unbelievable strength.

As such, his ability to fight is never doubted.

But at the same time, no one would understand why he would rather remain in the Capital and inside the Six Councils, more content in manipulating the world from behind when he could ride to the battlefield and slay all of his enemies.

Aero himself never explains it.

The reason is simple.

The moment he explains why, the myth of his invincibility would crumble. Everyone believe that there is no weapon on the mortal world that could hurt him

And they were not wrong.

If not at that time Zeus had borrow some heavenly weapon from Apollo and Artemis, Aero probably would not be that docile during that Banquet event.

Viola then reached her conclusion and her eyes narrowed as she said without a doubt in her words

'You have people in the Six Councils' Aero smirking replied

'I have always had people in the Six Councils.

'This war…was it your making?' she asks. One could see that Viola is not particularly conformable with that thought