Double invasion - K12 and K268

After the last two invasions, things were far from calm. Those two operations brought consequences that were almost impossible to measure. Some of my allies are being attacked more often now, and big alliances are watching us closely. We have no room for mistakes anymore, because any failure or wrong decision can become extremely expensive.

Even knowing that everything has been getting more complicated lately, I stayed active and kept searching for new targets. I continued asking a few friends if they knew about any castle without protection in any kingdom, because I wanted to test the true power of my troops one more time. I was not satisfied yet, and I could feel that I still had something to prove.

Most of my soldiers were out gathering resources for the winter, and suddenly, I received a target in Kingdom 12. At first, I wanted to wait patiently until my men returned, and only then would I start that invasion with full strength. But when you are a merit hunter, you learn the hard way that you do not have much time to think. If you wait too long, another hunter will invade that kingdom and steal the target from you. So I ordered my men to return to my castle as fast as possible, and we began preparing the invasion.

After a few minutes, I was already in Kingdom 12. I noticed that there was another hunter there as well, and I did not know if he was online or not, so I did not have much time to think. I saw that my target was an infantry castle, so I believed I would have an advantage.

I took a blind shot and launched the first attack without even knowing what was waiting for me on the other side.

The target was defending with a powerful infantry lineup, led by Jon Snow and Daeron. That should have been a much more costly attack for me. Even though he was an infantry castle and I had a clear advantage, his wall formation was far from weak, and he was clearly prepared for a real fight.

He also had four red weapons and more than six million T5 troops on the wall, which made the situation even more dangerous than I expected. Still, I managed to come out of that battle losing only 163 thousand men, and that is exactly why I consider this attack a success.

Attacks like this are always impressive, but when you look at the numbers more closely, you truly understand the scale of what you have just accomplished. In total, I managed to eliminate more than twelve million troops, and a huge part of that was over six million T5 units, which are extremely difficult to kill and usually take a long time to break.

So the first attack was finished. Most of my Aftermath’s soldiers were already gone, but the job was not complete yet. I healed my troops, trained a few more soldiers to reinforce my march, and then I launched one more attack to finish what I started.

That second attack completely wiped out the remaining troops inside my Aftermath’s castle. More than 6.6 million troops were eliminated, while I took only minimal losses on my side. At that point, I did not have any other targets in that kingdom, and I was also feeling impatient. I did not want to stay there for too long, especially with other hunters watching and the situation changing fast.

So I immediately started looking for new targets. It did not take long before I received a message saying there was another target unbubbled, this time in Kingdom 268. I was ready to jump; my troops were still blood-hot from the fight, so I did not think twice before invading again.

Well, this time I truly thought I was getting myself into a problem. My target, Amu, was defending with a spear setup on the wall. He had a lot of spear troops, mostly T4 and T5, and on paper, that is exactly the kind of defense that should punish my cavalry.

But for some reason, maybe because he did not have proper battle equipment, or maybe because my troops have a strong configuration with good ‘’spearmen damage reduction’’ against my cavalry, the hit ended up being a complete success. I eliminated more than 13.6 million soldiers while losing fewer than 140 thousand men.

Even though I was fighting against a target that had a clear advantage over my troops, the result was still a huge success, and my losses were much lower than I expected.

Well, by looking at the report more closely, it becomes very clear why his defense was not very effective against my cavalry. He should have been using only spear troops to not only deal more damage to my troops, but it could also have given him a real chance to capture my Lord.

However, when you analyze the report, you can clearly see that he had a large number of cavalry and infantry troops, and even some bow troops mixed into his defense. Also, Amu had no synergy, no base attack, and an excessive troop mix.

I launched the second attack to finish the invasion.

The final report was also impressive. Amu finally fell.

The invasion ended there. The map remained silent for a few seconds; no one reacted, no warrior intervened in that battle. I confess that for a moment I thought that the castle would hurt, which scared me. But in the end, I trusted the power of my troops and invaded anyway.

Now it's time to go home, train more troops, and get ready for the next invasion.