Chapter 720: A New World, New People

Spring

Almost a year had passed since Aeryon raise his army and march it straight to the west. Right now, there is great changes around all the forces in the Great Steppe

The world of the Steppe had changed.

Whether it is for good or bad, only time would tell

Bute everyone is feeling this new changes from the warriors to the merchants, to the people below and while the lords and kings are fighting for great ambitions, these people below them also have their own ambition and have their own desires and they shaped what is called the Will of the Heaven

The Will of the Heaven Mandate of Heaven, could be interpreted like some kind of divine mandate.

But to those who are wise, they all knew that the mandate of heaven is nothing more than the will of the people

Whoever could control and manipulate the will of the people could control the world!

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Kultai is a new warrior and now he has finally joined the Khan army and right now he could not help but smile

There is boundless ambition in his heart and the feeling of having fulfilled his desire step by step fills him with confidence

He is inside his tent. It is a special favour by his squad leader because he had won the arena battle

He also knows this is the way that the army of the Khan operates. If you show promise, they would reward you.

Everything you have, is everything you worked for.

He is sixteen year old today. It was his superior that notices it and spoke to him a week ago when he ask how old he is and only then he is reminded that a week from then would be the day he was born

From when he was five, he help his father. At six he hunts in the grasslands.

And at seven he had fought with people, at eight he could kill and at nine he could ride the horses and kill people at the same time

Kultai is now building his reputation.

He was not a son of a chief, and he is not the son of a great warrior but when winter came and he huddles around the campfire and listen to the stories of the great warriors of the past, he always dreams of himself riding in the grassland with his own warband and create a legend of his own

His tribe is a small tribe and his clan is a small clan.

A year ago, his clan submitted to the Khan.

He was fifteen a year ago.

And that was the first time he had saw the Khan army. And then he first arrived in the military of the Khan he was brought around to look at the barrack and then at that time he truly was amazed

It was unlike any of the gathering spots of warbands of the tents of the tribes’ warriors that he had ever seen

"It is truly magnificent" he could not help but said to himself at that time

He already register himself and today, he decided that he would try to familiarize himself with the barracks and the capital city

He would probably goes to the city in the evening. But this morning he decided maybe after a while he would tour around the barrack

There is a guide when he first came here.

The guide shows him the important places so that he would not get lost but at that time he was nervous and there is many things he could not see and were not able to see

Kultai is just a rookie now and he is assigned under a ten man squad.

But he is not discouraged.

He came here selling his life because he wanted to gain merit in battle and gain fame and fortune.

Before the Khan, a son of a hunter like him would never dream of becoming a warlord and conquer the land.

But the Khan changes the entire rule.

When the Khan conquer the Southern Great Steppe and begin his conquest there were many people who fought against him and there were many people that feel sad and there is many tragic fate.

But to some people, the Khan is their benefactor.

The Khan only cares about one thing. Your ability

If you could show your ability in front of the Khan and loyally serve him, he would shower you with the riches

Kultai wanted to become a soldier simply because it is the most profitable thing.

There is a lot of war to fight and there is a lot of fortune to be made and since the Khan started his conquest, he never lost a war. In battle, some of his generals has lost, but he had never a lost a war.

In his clan and in his tribe he would never have the chance to become a soldier or a warrior of renown

In the Steppe, you could become a warrior.

But could you command hundreds of men?

Unless you are a retainer of the chief or related to the chief, it would be hard for you to establish yourself like those heroes.

Yes, Kultai is still a kid.

Still dreams of those heroes talk about in the fireplace.

Young men is always the most easily influenced.

But there is a difference between those other young men and Kultai. Kultai did not accept his circumstances. There is a rebellious heart under that innocent looking face.

If one judged him by his appearance he would look like an honest, easily deceived warrior. Innocent and obedient

But how many people have the same kind of dream that Kultai have?

People submit to circumstances and they submit to their society.

Did Kultai not know that harbouring such dreams are not useful?

He probably knows but the heart did not know and he keeps harbouring them

If the Khan did not appear in the Steppe, one must wonder what he would be in such a world.

But the Khan did appear and Kultai seek his dream

Kultai are one of the many young people that follow the Khan because of his victory. Kultai had never seen the Khan face to face. He once sees the Khan. Only once. And that is only a glance.

It was during that time last year, when the Khan is returning back to the capital city.

Tens of thousands of horses riding through the grasslands, their hooves shaking the world, hundreds of banners flapping. It was the most magnificent things he has ever seen in his life

He had never seen such spectacle before.

He once had seen a dozen horsemen attacking the clan and the tribe and he even once saw two tribes that fight each other, both fielding one hundred horses and men on each side.

At that time, he was at awe. But then to see tens of thousands of horses, tens of thousands of men, wearing armours and holding sharp weapon, their laugher echoing across the grassland, Kultai thought to himself

"That is how a man of courage should be!"

As for how he became a soldier, he and his family relocated to the capital. His father had helped someone in the army and that someone remember his father help when he was young and buys him a house in the capital

That is probably not the only that the person does for his father. It is not so easy to have a house in the new capital of the Khan and not so easy for his father to establish himself in this land if not for the help of this mysterious helper.

The debt between them is then settled. His father also accept it and since then, Kultai life changed.

Before, he was the son of a hunter.

That might seem a nice life, but a hunter does not always get their prey. And winter is always the most terrifying season of all.

Kultai took a year to familiarize himself with the life in the capital and after a year of living in the capital, seeing thing, expiring things he had never experienced before, the ambition that he had long extinguished has now spark again. So, he went to one of the area and shows his talent in wrestling

Kultai is a sixteen year old boy.

But he is six foot five already and he is still growing

He is a giant of a man.

And he is not only tall, he is also big and he has muscle all over his body. When he was ten he could already drew the bow of his father and he could shoot to 150 arm span.

And when he was sixteen, he could shoot to 200 arm span.

He could shot an arrow from such a distance and he is also quite strong

He might not be as strong as those who are born with innate strength but below innate strength, an around his age he seems to have no rival.

But his father told him when he was young that he should not show his talent to the chief or to the clan

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