Age of Adventure

Aero took a deep breath, close his eyes for a second, exhale and then open it back up and there is a smile on his face

He could guess Eric plans and his intention.

Eric probably did not use his main bulk of the army and he might even have planned to take a chunk of Savillia kingdom territory when Savillia is attacking Karak

That is a possibility worth entertaining. Savillia is not as big as Veva. Half of Veva army is probably only one third of Savillia army

The only reason why United Kingdom of Veva had never been able to decisively destroyed Savillia kingdom is because of the alliance between the Three kingdoms.

But right now, in this turbulent situation, everything might change. With almost two thirds of Savillia army in Karak right now, they have change the battlefront.

But because of that, their defense in their kingdom is low right now, vulnerable even. The rulers of Savillia kingdom had taken a big risk and had a big payout.

Aero had addressed this and reminded the people in power at Savillia kingdom not to be too greedy

Take the profit and don’t go all the way. They already won a lot of land in Karak and the Empire would not cheat them out of their lands 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Of course, Aero could only advise them and whether they would listen or not is not Aero concern.

Greed or fear? Which one they have the most right now? if its greed, they would keep attacking and taking more lands.

If they fear, they would recall back their army and let the Empire sweep up the rest while they quickly reinforcing back their defense for any attack from the United Kingdom of Veva.

Though, there is not only one way of looking at something

Aero also think that Eric might even have let the Savillia kingdom to continue attacking Karak.

It might look like Eric is allowing his enemy to grow strong but in the end, no matter how many lands that Savillia kingdom could get, they would still be sandwiched between two great powers. Savillia kingdom expansion has limits.

The moment they reached that limit, they have to make a choice.

They could either ally with United Kingdom of Veva and attack Vanheim, or ally with Vanheim and attack Veva.

Or they could also choose to remain independent but at the same time risk being crushed either by Veva or Vanheim

Of course, there are other possibilities of what could happen in the future. And Eric might have another motive on why he allows Savillia kingdom to reap lands without interfering with it

Because the more that the Savillia kingdom reap lands, the more lands that is not given to the Empire

This would them make Savillia kingdom not only shares border with Veva but also with Vanheim.

Before, they have the buffer which is Karak.

But now, it would not be so. Instead Aero believes that Eric wanted Savillia kingdom to take more lands.

The more the better. Aero recognizes such possibility when he heard that Eric had decisively abandoned the south to the church.

Eric is now taking a little bit of chance and hurting himself to deceive the world. High risk, high reward play

If the forces of Savillia kingdom gained more lands than expected, this matter could probably spark a debate in the parliament and if thing developed to a point where the officials blamed Savillia and coveted he land that they have taken, there might be conflict between Savillia kingdom and Vanheim

The reason for such conflict is of course because of benefits.

Without Marquis Dan taking the attention of the main bulk of the army how could Savillia army could easily take over the western region of Karak?

That is the argument that the Parliament would use against Savillia if Savillia kingdom did not know when to stop.

At that time, with Karak and Veranis under the control of the Empire, Savillia might have to turn to their old enemies and allied with Veva to resist the pressure of the Empire.

’Cunning’ Aero muttered under his breath.

This might be why Eric spread the news that the main bulk of his army is in Duvar. Aero thought to himself.

Only a fool would take his words at face value.

How could there be no soldiers in the capital city guarding it? If it’s that easy, then United Kingdom of Veva would have long fallen.

The news is probably spread so that the Church could quickly take the south. The quicker and more effortless the effort of the Church taking down the South, the warier that Alfhaim who borders the south region of Veva become toward the Church

This is why Aero said that Eric is cunning. He might lose the south but he would not let the Church go off easy

The news also emboldened Savillia generals to keep taking more Karak lands instead of retreating after taking already almost two regions of Karak.

Aero believes that greed is taking hold of the sentiment among the forces of Savillia. Aero could only see what happens. The threat of Savillia is not as dangerous even if they take the whole entirety of Karak

That is because after this, the Empire would slowly take Veranis and when Veranis is pacified, no matter how Savillia wanted to take down the Empire, if they even have such intention (which Aero believe they did not, considering the fact that they would not want another enemy breathing on their neck) they would require a large force or able to create internal problems among the high echelon members of the Empire

And if Duvar is also in the Empire hands at that time, (if Aero could prevent Eric from taking over it this time) Aero would have fulfilled his promise to the alter king of becoming the true hegemon of the East and as such did not have to worry about any retaliations from Savillia since they would not enough manpower to even attack Vanheim

Aero have the full intention of keeping the promise. It is not that he wanted Karak that much. It is a warning and a lesson.

Aero also have a different thought than anybody else on how to handle Karak. Should they annex them completely and put the Karak region inside the Empire?

Or should they give them the position of a vassal kingdom like before and send some relatives of the Emperor to become the ruler?

That means they would end the four noble family rule and change the political landscape of Karak.

Aero was actually curious why the other three families suddenly change their stance and decide to follow Veranis into this foolish endeavor

They should have known that Veranis chance of winning is not that high. Aero smell desperation

The Three Noble family must have a true good reason to rebel against the Empire. They did not strike Aero as people would turn toward the Empire unless they truly have a good reason

Aero could guess it must have something to do with the Emperor. Aero had long suspected that the Emperor might have something to do with the massacre of the Vlad family

He just doesn’t have the evidence.

If the three families believe that the Vlad family was killed by the Emperor, then they might believe that the Emperor would also not let them off.

But why? Why would they think that? Of course this is only Aero speculation and he has no evidence supporting this.