KVK : K260 VS K51 - a war under high tension

The lords of the two hundred and sixtieth kingdom were preparing for a new war of crowns. The kingdom had changed considerably since the last KVK. Tensions had eased considerably on the kingdom. After long weeks of tearing between the alliances of the same server, which had led to a war of attrition on common areas such as the fiery mines, the training ground, and sometimes even the mines themselves, peace had returned. It was even with great surprise that the animosity had dropped very low, and the hostilities had ceased almost overnight. A shadow nevertheless came to taint this almost idyllic picture, with the arrival on the server of a tough invader: QUING VANH, from the VNV alliance. A modest rider, but with excessive ambition, who did not fail to target any commander who found himself without a bubble.

This new KvK was also announced to be tense, because two FVM generals: PacoVega and Arthurion, had now joined the glorious alliance of the WTF, and by a game of circumstances beyond their control, had not been able to join the FVM alliance for the war of the crowns. The FVM were going to have to fend for themselves, with some very good generals also absent. It was therefore not a united alliance that was launching into the war. A kingdom also worried about the presence of this invader, who had not made a commitment to its server.

In the very hot hours of dawn, the 260th kingdom discovered its opponent: the 51st kingdom, led by the XMN alliance. After a quick glance at the members of this alliance, there seemed to be good warriors. But only a few good battles (or not) could confirm this. In any case, when the first commanders opened their eyes, the advantage was then in favor of the K260.

Surprisingly, this advance was the work of the VNV: the alliance of QUANG VINH the invader, who had clearly not been idle. For the war of the kingdoms, he had brought no less than twenty small colleagues of varying sizes, surely with the aim of trying a common game. Several castles nevertheless stood out: nymphal: which had arrived the day before, and which, like QUANG VINH, sometimes went back and forth in the KAC alliance. There was also Nightwolf. The others seemed to have no interest.

What to do in this situation? The capital in the hands of the invaders? Unable to solo the capital, Arthurion took the habit of waiting for his friend Paco, and to conduct a common strategy upon his arrival. In the meantime, we could therefore hunt the miners. It was a technique that often contributed little, but we always found a few lunatics who mined by putting completely aberrant troops. Luckily, the 51st kingdom was full of players ready to sacrifice themselves! The first was Struth, from the GOT alliance, who liked to harvest in T3.

Next up was Oleg from the Neo alliance. He aimed a little higher, as he could afford to mine in T4.

But the best was reached by Badone, who mined with a lot of T4.

These initial adventures literally propelled Arthurion into the elimination rankings, and also allowed him to earn the necessary points. It also allowed time to pass, while waiting for real opponents to arrive, or for PacoVega to attempt more ambitious rallies. When the latter finally arrived, a demonic plan had germinated in Arthurion's brain. So, should he or should he not attack the invader to the detriment of his own server? Luckily, the answer had been in front of him from the beginning, since it was QUANG VINH himself who had started the hostilities by attacking his own server earlier in the day. Thus, the rules were set: he seemed to not give a damn at all.

After a quick spying of Port Real, made very easy from Arthurion, who had become a completely empty and lonely shell.

Finally, QUANG VINH seemed to have managed to gather more resources than expected! But not all of them seemed able to play castle zero. Indeed, VNVs were found working on the mines around their castles.

A quick spying (again thanks to Arthurionne, who was still as poor and lonely as ever) of these mines proved that they were used to hide a small part of the troops. Not many troops, but not none either.

Before going any further, it was necessary to gather one's wits, and properly assess the forces present in the opposing kingdom. The XMN were therefore led by FinWizard, and with a power roughly equivalent to that of FVM.

A few magnificent castles, prominently displayed on the kingdom map, nevertheless seemed to set the tone. Notably Sarg13 and Smooch, which risked representing very serious adversaries.

But for now, they remained under bubble, and no activity emanated from their castle. Thus, Arthurion tried the first madness of the morning: rally QUANG VINH on his own server. As soon as he de-bubbled, he rallied. And the return was not long in coming, because QUANG VINH placed a lasting tracer rally on Arthurion via LORD LV60.

Arthurion's strategy was clear. There were only 2 WTFs playing on the map: PacoVega and him. By rallying QUANG VINH, he would put a good brake on his enthusiasm, and above all, he would withdraw his troops from the capital. The latter, held by Nightwolf as a lancer, would then be largely accessible to a soloing of Paco. Nevertheless, it was necessary to accept some losses, because the rally against QUANG would necessarily be little filled.

With 3 million troops against 17 million, this rally was far from being the rout that Arthurion feared! This surely came from his brand new asset: Senelle's weapon! It was indeed only recently that Arthurion had acquired this marvelous bow called the Green Whirlwind, which allowed Senelle to increase the skill damage of all commanders by 75% (instead of 50%), after activating 10 skills! A remarkable weapon, surrounded by blue magic.

After this rally, it was obvious that QUANG VINH recovered his troops then located within the capital. It was necessary to do a quick spying to count the troops.

So we went from almost 5 million troops to only 3 million. Which allowed Pacovéga to easily solo the capital and take out the enemy.

Of course, QUANG VINH did not seem to appreciate this forfeiture at all, which made him lose his slight advantage. In order to get revenge, he used his rally tracer to give Arthurion's position on the general chat.

And it wasn’t just QUANG VINH’s troops that came home. Nymphal’s too. A quick Arthurion dry run helped to put things straight. Sometimes it’s necessary to destroy everything, in order to rebuild everything on sound foundations.

Then, it was necessary to flee temporarily. Take to the bush. Go to the wall to take stock, and escape the VNV tracer rally. After a few random moves, the protective bubble was quickly deployed for Arthurion, as well as for the VNV. For one it must have been time to eat, and for the other, surely to sleep.The XMN alliance took advantage of this to occupy the capital King's Landing on the 260th kingdom. The FVM were absent. Arthurion and Paco had spanked the invader. Arthurion did not really want to win the war of the crowns, at the risk of having to manage the diamond mines and an open war on all the mines the next day. The XMN had therefore deployed within the capital.

And a quick spying revealed an all-infantry defensive expedition. Enough to severely tickle Arthurion's warlike desires.

On the 51st kingdom, the rest of the XMN also occupied the capital.

As Arthurion innocently looked at the capital, he saw a thin orange streak heading towards King's Landing. Someone was spying. As he climbed the spire, he discovered: NightWolf, the VNV. This delighted the XMN, who seemed to want to unleash their anger. NightWolf was blocked by the power of the dragon Saphyr, and a rally formed.

A useless rally, because he had meanwhile emptied all his troops. Too bad. The rest of the day was much calmer. The VNV having occupied the capital all morning, Arthurion wanted the XMN to stay there as long as possible, so that the VNV would not reach the castles. This lasted for very long hours. For Arthurion, the desire to attack the capital was more and more pressing... So much infantry within his reach! When the XMN surpassed the VNV alliance on the capital's timer, then finally, he tried the adventure.

A very violent and very lucrative solo attack. Which almost instantly made the XMN disappear from the map. Then only the VNV remained, who rushed, quite normally, towards the capital, to become its masters. The FVM, clearly mining, did not dare to stick their noses out too much. Which exasperated Arthurion. While he had planned all day to leave the castle of King's Landing in the hands of the XMN, here the VNV were going to pass in front again. The minutes passed, and the VNV only put insignificant troops in the castle. But no one dared to mess with them... Arthurion decided to occupy the capital, which would unfortunately cost him dearly... Once there, he was directly attacked by QUANG VINH, who launched two solo attacks on him. Arthurion, very clumsy, had not set the protection of his wall… He only lost T1s, but lost a lot of them. Enough to fill his hospital. The second lone attack began to eat into the T3s.

Arthurion, wishing to risk everything, quickly withdrew his troops from King's Landing, to attempt a solo attack on QUANG VINH before his lord returned to his castle. Unfortunately, he was not fast enough, and his army was literally annihilated, and Arthurion lost his lord. A failed bet, a full hospital, and hours of imprisonment in poorly maintained dungeons, unworthy of his rank. He changed servers to avoid being attacked again, because he was still victims of the tracer rally. After a few minutes, he was able to activate his protective bubble again. The losses were hard, but still lower than those of QUANG VINH. Without a lord, this sounded the end of the war of crowns for Arthurion. The FVM busy mining, the XMN frightened by their recent defeats, the VNV had a free hand to conquer the server. At least the K260 had regained the lead on points, and was slowly dominating the War of the Realms.

The VNV were thus able to retain King’s Landing. And it was a few days later that Arthurion was informed of his new role: stable boy. What did it consist of? He lost 10% of his construction speed. But that’s all he knew how to do. Arthurion liked his usual little bonuses. He preferred to have a penalty than nothing at all.

The other FVMs were not left out. Everyone was taken to task. Clearly, the VNVs knew their enemies well. It was especially comical to see the production debuff given to Rey666, well known for being the most efficient farmer in the FVMs.

At least they had won and were able to enjoy the diamond mines. But FVM had been quite absent for this war of crowns, and the VNV had pocketed almost all the rewards. The adventure was going to continue, and obviously Arthurion would not let that pass. If FVM did not want to take the throne of the 7 crowns, he would do it himself as soon as possible.

A new war of crowns was ending. A war with a bitter taste. A half-hearted victory, especially for Arthurion, who despite the victory of his kingdom, gained a construction speed penalty. A useless penalty, certainly, but above all very ugly. The FVM had not yet shown themselves to be sufficiently up to the kingdom they wanted to lead. Several days would be necessary to reorganize, overcome the invader, and guide the K260 towards glory and diamonds.