A tense invasion - K347

The nights are growing colder and colder. The sound of the wind hitting the window in the middle of the night feels like ghosts whispering, warning that terror is coming for us. Even knowing this, many kingdoms and alliances continue their wars, and the bloodshed seems to have no end.

The Night King event will be with us in a few days, and I need to preserve my resources and troops if I want to help my kingdom and my allies defeat him. I am not the strongest here, but I know how important I can be in the fight against the White Walkers. Yet at the same time, my hunter’s instinct was beginning to call me toward a new adventure.

I had received the coordinates of a new target, a cavalry castle in Kingdom 347. That was the kind of target I would never refuse, but memories of that kingdom began to resurface.

The SIN Alliance had already been on my long list of victims several times, and they had earned my respect. In all of my invasions, they never hesitated to hunt me down and fight back to defend their allies. Nowadays, that is something very rare.

Before deciding to invade Kingdom 347 once again, I started creating a plan. I noticed that many players had already moved their castles north, near Winterfell, to fight the White Walkers and the Night King. I knew that this was a moment of vulnerability. But why?

Because of the long distance from King’s Landing, players who had traveled to Winterfell would not be able to launch attacks against me quickly. Another important factor was that they were all gathering resources for the winter, which meant they would not be able to move anytime soon. So when SIN realizes that I’m attacking them and tries to react, it will already be too late. It was the perfect strategy, but would it work?

The plan seemed perfect up to that point, but the other half of the strategy was still not ready, and that was exactly the part that could ruin everything… because my target was a cavalry castle, and that was the only information I had.

I could have easily sent a scout there, but I was afraid it might draw attention and ruin the entire operation. Dragoian was an important piece in that alliance, and that was a moment when losing a key warrior like him would create a serious gap in both the alliance and their organization for the war against the White Walkers and the Night King. Because of that, I knew they would drop the defense tower at the first opportunity to protect their player.

The plan was set, and after a few minutes, I was already inside Kingdom 347. The most important detail was clear: I needed to be very fast! So I launched the first attack against Dragoian.

I knew I could not waste any time. I wanted to launch the second attack as quickly as possible. But I had to pause for a moment to analyze and understand who my target was and how the outcome of that battle had been.

Dragoian surprised me. I had expected far more resistance from someone so important in that alliance. He watched his wall collapse and more than 4.5 million of his soldiers be swept from the battlefield within minutes, while only 100 thousand of my men were killed, a small price compared to the scale of that victory.

From that moment on, I could not afford to lose any more time. I noticed the wind beginning to shift and the sky turning dark and cloudy. It was not a good sign. SIN had been alerted about my presence, and I could suffer an ambush at any moment, just as had happened in my previous invasions.

After that attack, I was certain I could defeat my target without suffering heavy losses. I healed the 209 thousand men that were in the hospital and launched the second attack.

This time, Dragoian no longer had his wall to defend his fortress, so my cavalry had a clear path to advance into the castle, bringing destruction and chaos. Nearly 9 million troops were completely erased from the map in that second impact.

My men were proud of what they were doing, and for a moment, we forgot the danger we were in. We were not there for revenge or to steal the crown and kill the king. We were there because our blood demanded it. We are hunters, and our spirit calls for bloody adventures every morning. It is not something we can refuse or ignore.

Dragoian was close to total collapse. His castle was burning, his army was being annihilated, and innocent civilians were fleeing to a safe place. Before my location could be exposed, I launched a third attack, hoping to eliminate the rest of Dragoian’s troops.

The third attack was extremely painful for Dragoian, who lost more than 11 million troops. This time, however, his army was composed of bow troops, and an enormous number of T1 and T2 soldiers were defending the castle. Even with 13 million troops available for the battle, Dragoian managed to eliminate only 40 thousand of my T3 soldiers, an almost irrelevant number.

I could feel that the atmosphere in that kingdom was changing. Killer Angel was in Winterfell, recalling her troops from resource gathering. I felt like I was about to relive that same nightmare once again. But the objective was not yet complete. Dragoian still had troops inside his castle, and I needed to finish it. My men were ready, but we had already taken too long. Killer Angel would attack me as soon as I exposed my location.

What should I do? I asked myself for nearly three minutes.

I decided to take the risk. I launched the attack and used 75% speed boots to avoid being captured.

The final attack destroyed what remained of Dragoian. Those millions of T1 troops that were meant to transport resources when the Night King arrived were now scattered across the ground, feeding the crows. My mission was complete.

This time, I did things differently. I changed my location frequently to avoid being blockaded and captured. My previous invasions of SIN had shown me that they are always ready to fight back against invaders, and I knew that a single mistake could cost me everything I had built over the past months.

Fifteen minutes passed, and after a long period of tension and fear, I was finally safe. I left that kingdom with the feeling that I was being watched, and I had attacked Dragoian with the constant expectation of falling into a trap at any moment. Few invasions are as tense as this one, and it is a lesson I will carry with me before ever considering returning to that kingdom again.

Thank you for reading!