A Young Lord of the Ancient Kingdoms Part 61 (A New Kingdom)

On a somewhat peaceful dawn, as the sun began to shine, our Lord sat peacefully in a castle, rejoicing in his latest victory thanks to the support of his friend, Queen, as he hadn't won a victory in a long time. This motivated him, but after that battle, he was bored, wondering what he should do. He saw that his stats had improved a lot compared to before, which weren't even good enough for an invasion...

And then our Lord thought...

"An invasion? That wouldn't be bad at all. After a while, I also looked for a kingdom, but I didn't find any good ones. I can invite my friends to take over a new, more populated kingdom and improve the battles of the Kingdom War."

It was a very tempting proposal. He immediately began searching for kingdoms. It wasn't an easy task since in the West, they were distributed across an immense number of kingdoms. But practically, the task they would now be under is titled "Invaders."

You may ask, "What are Invaders?" Well, they are an attack group of a few Lords when they attack a kingdom and are not from there. It could be to take over the kingdom and establish themselves, or just go there temporarily to eliminate soldiers and improve their merit, which gives a better view of each Lord's reputation.

In this case, our Lord didn't know if he would stay or just go quickly in search of another kingdom, but the first thing he had to do was find a new kingdom to fight in.

In this case, he would invite DarkSama and QUEEN, his two cavalry and infantry friends, to support him. DYT, his friend of insane merits, couldn't attend since he was looking for more action to the point of losing his troops, and he had just returned to his kingdom after another invasion.

Until, after so much research, our Lord had found a kingdom where he probably wouldn't have any problems.

It was K411, dominated by an Asian alliance called AsiaDragons with the initials CTW. Among them was a strong lancer named POKSUM, but he was too manageable for QUEEN, who, being infantry, could overpower him, or so our Lord hoped.

All that was left was to wait for the moment when someone with a lot of power lost their shield and jump in as a group.

But it didn't take long; our Lord had already set an attack plan for the first one, where with a surprise jump, a rally was made against said enemy.

He wasn't an enemy of the main alliances that dominated the kingdom, nor did our Lord think he would be a difficult enemy, as he was close to 9k Combat Rating, higher than our Lord's. QUEEN probably had a better amount of IC, but the Infantry stats didn't offer him much help.

Even so, he had Tier 5 troops, and he's one of the last troops that is very difficult to obtain Valyrian steel to create. Perhaps our Lord doesn't have them, but in support of those that QUEEN has, he comes in great with superior attack power.

The castle itself didn't have many troops greater than 3M, which divided among three Lords is very few, but the bounties would come in abundance once they were in the kingdom and waited for the enemies to lose or neglect their truce.

After a few more small attacks on lower Lords, the alarm of invaders still hadn't sounded. This was also due to the fact that the CTW alliance wasn't attacked at the moment, due to its impressive shield set.

This alliance was very populated in the kingdom, and they weren't just located around KL or in a hive, but scattered throughout the entire kingdom.

It would be very difficult to hunt them down. But not impossible, since there wouldn't be much concern other than their leader in the fight, since the rest of the alliance was farmers, and their merit records were far too low to be considered fighters.

Quite apart from them, there was another subjugated alliance. They were mostly Russian, and for short, "wra." They had many active members, and it was precisely them that our group of Lords targeted their alliance.

They weren't as strong as CTW, but they had other castles. In short, they were on equal terms, but they didn't have enough attack power to face any of the three friends.

And they were more prone to losing shields, so the attacks would be crowded.

Everything seemed happy and stable, until...

Our Lord detected the presence of another Lord. He also seemed to be a merit hunter. He could possibly defeat QUEEN because this one was a Cavalry.

His name, Seanaldo, belonging to the NCR alliance, was alone, so our Lord had a chance of defeating him in rally battle.

They weren't as strong as our Lord, but they weren't weak either. He was almost or slightly above Darksama's level. He could defeat QUEEN solo, but not in his castle, due to the fact that he wouldn't have anyone to rally attack with.

It would be a big problem as a competition for Lords who lose their shields.

Quite apart from that, another strategy would be to take their main castles, but our Lord tried it with a subjugated Lord, and it was unsuccessful, of course, since they were farmers.

But he didn't trust that at some point the lancer, the leader of the alliance that dominated the castle, might attack him.

At the end of the day, the battles and the initial appearances were surprising for the inhabitants of that kingdom. Our Lords, based on the attacks, earned approximately 10M merit each, so the hunt would have just begun.

The messengers with ravens, based on hatred and threats for the Lords, would soon arrive, since insults didn't mean they would leave the kingdom.

For now, our Lord was enjoying the kingdom and hoping to stay, and there was still time to fight in the war of kingdoms!

It's always good to keep track of truces; you never know when a merit hunter or invaders might be eyeing you up, intending to attack the kingdom and deplete your troops.

It may also be feasible to transport the castle to a less crowded area if you're in a frenzy and can't activate the castle.

For invasions, it's best to go in groups so you can support each other. If your dominant troop alignments are different, it's much better to be able to defend and attack without worry.

That's all for today. Thank you very much!

See you next time!