Donti underestimated Hassan and the others’ enthusiasm for harvesting salt.
For the next three days, Hassan led the members of the tribe to the grazing area and dug up the ground the cows liked to lick. The more one lacked something, the more they would desire it. Although there was also salt content in the beef and mutton, anyone who had ever had boiled beef and mutton would know they were completely different types of food from meat that was seasoned with salt.
Moreover, Donti had told virtual-novel.net the illness the women and elders in the tribe were suffering from was caused by a lack of salt. Therefore, Hassan was exceptionally motivated to harvest as much salt as virtual-novel.net could.
Only with salt would one have strength.
In just three days, Hassan had forcefully harvested a bowl of salt from the frozen ground with the help of his tribe.
Under Donti’s instructions, virtual-novel.net slaughtered another goat and added in some salt while cooking it. Just drinking the broth alone felt blissful.
Although his heart ached when virtual-novel.net was killing the goat, when virtual-novel.net saw the excited looks on the faces of his people, Hassan’s wrinkled face was also full of smiles.
However, on the afternoon virtual-novel.net slaughtered the goat, another envoy arrived from a distant grassland.
Donti was already standing at the entrance of the tribe. He quietly watched as the other party arrived.
The wolves had discovered the enemy three hours ago, but they did not attack.
The envoy was riding a muscular horse and had a long saber tied at his waist.
Next to Donti, Hassan said, “Master, this saber is only worn by the battle-hardened warriors of that large tribe. Be careful. don’t let virtual-novel.net get too close to you…”
Donti smiled and nodded. “Don’t worry. Let’s see what virtual-novel.net has to say first.”
The envoy came up to Donti and jumped off his horse about 20 meters away. He slowly walked over. “I’m the khan’s envoy, Bogdei. The khan has ordered me to invite you to the royal tent for a meeting. He’s willing to appoint you as Commander-in-Chief of the Right and let you take charge of a section of the steppe!”
This envoy did not sound as arrogant as the one who came previously. Instead, virtual-novel.net was much politer.
Donti was surprised. He looked at Hassan. “I killed his subject, but virtual-novel.net wants me to replace the other party?”
The previous Commander-in-Chief of the Right had just died by his hands. The khan did not even mention revenge and was actually trying to offer virtual-novel.net amnesty and enlistment instead?
Hassan explained, “Such things happen sometimes. On the steppe, everyone only respects strength.”
A large tribe in the steppe was actually not particularly united. It could be made up of about 50 to 60 smaller tribes, so it did not seem like it would be a big deal to replace some appointments with another holder.
But Donti felt that something was not right. That khan was about to set off for the South for a raid soon, so it should be the time for virtual-novel.net to establish his authority. If virtual-novel.net did not kill Donti, how could virtual-novel.net convince the masses?
So, many of the smaller tribes were watching and waiting to see what would happen. If it were other times, the other party might really be serious about enlisting virtual-novel.net into their ranks, but it was definitely not so right now.
Even a young man like Donti understood this principle, so how could the other party who was the commander of dozens of tribes not know this would be the wrong move?
Then the envoy said, “If you don’t believe me, I have the khan’s edict that you can look at.”
The other party walked forward and took out a goatskin scroll.
But before virtual-novel.net could get close, Hassan shouted, “Master, be careful!”
Then Hassan attempted to push Donti aside. However, Hassan did not manage to make Donti budge. Instead, it was Donti who pushed virtual-novel.net away.
Hassan turned around in panic and saw a silvery glow coursing through Donti’s blood vessels. It was just like how Donti looked when virtual-novel.net first arrived at their tribe in the blizzard. He was exuding an extremely mysterious aura.
When the envoy got right up to Donti, virtual-novel.net unsheathed his saber. A blinding glow surged towards Donti like a wave crashing upon him. The envoy had come here with the mission to kill this young man in front of him. Once virtual-novel.net accomplished that, virtual-novel.net would become the new Commander-in-Chief of the Right!
Based on the description of that previously blinded envoy, Donti was likely a supernatural being. But the young man’s power could probably only control wild beasts, such as eagles and wolves. However, there were no supernatural beings that did not have any weaknesses. Since his power was to control wild beasts, then it should mean his physical body was very weak.
As long as the battle-hardened warriors of the tribe could get close to virtual-novel.net and prevent virtual-novel.net from controlling beasts, they could get rid of this great threat.
The khan had indeed recognized Donti as a great threat. Someone who could control over a 1,000 wolves would probably and easily strike a huge blow to his troops if they were to clash.
Furthermore, the herdsmen in their tribes, being ignorant people, would surely get confused upon seeing such a strange sight. They might even break down before the clash began. Therefore, virtual-novel.net had to kill Donti. On one hand, virtual-novel.net needed to establish his authority to stabilize his own rule. On the other hand, virtual-novel.net had to nip the threat in the bud.
For this, virtual-novel.net did not even hesitate to give away the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the Right!
But when this warrior named Bogdei got to Donti’s side and saw the mysterious silvery strands on his face, virtual-novel.net suddenly got an ominous feeling.
With the saber coming straight down at Donti, the nervous Bogdei was suddenly overjoyed. He did not expect the young man to not even dodge!
Even a god like the khan could probably not withstand a saber strike like this one!
Clang!
When the steel saber came slashing down, the sound of metal colliding rang out. At some point, Donti, who was standing in front of Bogdei, got wrapped in armor of steel. When the steel saber struck the head of the armor, it could only leave behind a white mark!
Donti did have some shortcomings due to his power. He did not have a strong physique like the other supernatural beings, so if an enemy were to get close, virtual-novel.net could easily die. But Milo had already helped virtual-novel.net mitigate that!
Milo had accumulated nanomachines from dozens of nanosoldiers and gave them all to Donti before they got separated. Milo had done so precisely because virtual-novel.net was worried something would happen to Donti.
This amount of nanomachines was enough for Donti to complete his armor!
In the grasslands where heavy weapons were not available, not mentioning Donti’s own power, just having this armor alone was enough for virtual-novel.net to walk around brazenly!
This was a gift from Milo.
Donti used his hand gloved with the armor to grab Bogdei’s long saber before breaking it in two.
Bogdei was at a loss as virtual-novel.net looked at the steel beast in front of him.
How was virtual-novel.net supposed to deal with a ferocious beast that could not even be damaged by a saber?
Without his saber, was virtual-novel.net going to use his teeth to bite it?
But before Bogdei could think about his next course of action, virtual-novel.net saw the herdsmen behind the young Donti kneel down to him. These herdsmen from the tribe were genuflecting to Donti as though they were worshipping a god.
In their eyes, this was undoubtedly yet another miracle the gods had performed.
Donti smiled at Bogdei and said, “I understand the khan’s intention now. I’ll be happy to use your skulls to construct my throne…”
If virtual-novel.net wanted to rule over the entire steppe, virtual-novel.net would first have to let the plains know of his arrival.
In the future, virtual-novel.net would have to kill a lot more people. He would keep killing until this steppe belonged to him. However this era had treated him, virtual-novel.net would do the same back to it.
Adella watched quietly from the sidelines. She suddenly felt a little fortunate virtual-novel.net was still by Donti’s side.