371 THE DIRECTORATE

After all, he already had a lot of powerful weapons and armor. And with his Curse of Styx he did not have to worry about anything other than some kind of holy attack or divine weapons from Olympus that could harm him

That and of course the mortal part of himself on his ankle. 

But with him able to create a protection aura around his body for ten second, at least Aero felt a little bit more secure than before and he could take more risk

He then closes the windows and prepare to lead his army. 

By now, Kyle and Quentin had already mobilized their army ahead of him. 

He went out of his tent and then he saw Austin escorting a white horse towards him. Aero only raises his eyebrows and Austin immediately explain to him

'General, this is one of the fastest horse in the army. 

'How about the one that I use before?'

'He is the fastest' Austin replied

Aero laughed. 

'That horse died'

Austin nodded and said

'Now, this is the fastest' Aero only smiles and took the reins of the horse.

'Reward the soldier that give this horse to me'

'He would be honored to present his horse to the General' Aero shake his head

'There must be reciprocity' And Austin only nodded. 

Aero then jumped and landed on the saddle of the horse. He then caresses the horse head and said to the horse

'I hope you would not fall to the same fate as the last horse that I ride' Then taking the reins he rides his horse toward the open field, ready to lead his army to go to Veranis and take their capital.

As he was riding toward his army, suddenly in the distance there is a lone rider riding toward Aero. Aero pull the reins and the horse stop as that lone rider slowly rides closer to Aero.

Aero notices that it is a messenger of Vanheim. The messenger then jumps down from the horse and come closer to Aero. Aero jump back down from his horse and look puzzled with the sudden appearance of this messenger.

'Who sent you?'

'The Directorate' Aero eyes lit up. The messenger then said

'Chancellor, there is urgent news from the Six Council in the Capital' 

Aero did not say anything as he come closer to the messenger. The messenger was shocked and quickly kneel to the ground.

Aero was alarmed. 

There is a reason why he is alarmed. Because the messenger said he come from the Directorate

The Directorate is the body of governance inside the Six Council. 

However, there is also another organization of power which is the Directorate. The Directorate is the controller of these Councils.

And Aero is also one of the director. This term is not used in the courts but instead used only in the deep dark of the Six Council.

As such, this messenger did not come from the capital, did not come from the palace, but come from the Six Council.

Which means the news must surely be something that is very urgent for them to send a message to him.

The other Directors of the Six Council is the Royal Oracle, the Lord of the Chamber, The Minister of War and the Royal Mason.

Aero had changed a bit of the Council power after the death of Emperor George. In times of war, the Supreme Commander held control of the Council of War. 

Aero had change this a bit. 

The reason is because Aero simply could not give so much power to a person who is leading the army.

There is always a chance of a military coup. If the power of the entire military arms rested solely on the hands of the Supreme Commander during the time of war, then what would stop them from betraying Vanheim?

The reason why the previous Emperor did not put such restriction is simply because in Emperor George mind, if he is to put someone in the position of the Supreme Commander it would always be Aero. 

And to King George, Aero is loyal to him and would not harm the interest of Vanheim Empire. After all, they are not only friends, they are also teacher and disciple.

King George could rest easy in his throne if Aero is the Supreme Commander and Aero had no reason to rebel against King George.

But after his death, Aero had relegated his role toward administrating the Empire, rarely coming out to battle rebellions or put down the attack of some bandits.

Aero also did not want to meddle in the balance between the military faction and the scholar faction in the court.

Aero knows that there is a loophole there in the stipulation of the previous Emperor and he sought to correct it after the death of Emperor George. 

He then stipulates that the Council of War would be managed by the Minister of War or as he is called in the Six Council the Director of War.

But the Minister of War could not lead armies. He could send supplies and soldiers but he himself must no lead the army

As for Supreme Commander of the expedition, he is allowed to use the resource of the Council of War but each of the resources would be supervised by the Minister of War.

Aero created a check and balance inside the Council of War. 

Aero grabbed the messenger letter and quickly ripped out the letter and then he reads it. The more he reads the more frown he had on his forehead. 

But then he laughed.,

The messenger who saw this is perplexed but he did not say anything. H just waited for the Chancellor order

Aero then said to the messenger

'You could return to the Council now and tell them I would deal with it' The messenger got up and nodded as he jumps back onto his horse and sprinted away

Aero watch as the messenger went away. 

Aero then avert his gaze toward the west and look toward the distance and he thought to himself

'Eric, you are quite a bold person. If its anyone else, they would not dare to do what you did' he thought to himself.

The news he got is information about the movement of the western kingdoms. 

Aero had thought that none of the western kingdom would move at all. 

In his calculation, these western kingdoms would be passive and would allow Aero to move without worrying about them

The plan only would show its true fearsomeness when he took Veranis. At that time, the western kingdoms would be too late at reacting to the development

When it is time, Aero could slowly strengthen his hold on the road toward the west and then after a few years, he could launch an invasion toward the west.

Of course, there is always another plan. 

Aero like to have multiple plan so that even if his first plan crumble, they would be another to supplement it. 

It is for that reason people thought Aero is a Divine Strategist. To them, Aero had always had a plan to solve anything about war.

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