last chance

This time, everyone was there to face a new match in the Arena of Honor. THE WICH went over the plan once more with his teammates. Each of them had been assigned an initial task. Now they would have to see if that changed once they entered the arena and met their opponents.

Lannister was the shield they had to defend, and they would take possession of House Baratheon. He was unsure who should go—Terri or him. First, he would send a scout to the Starks to be sure. Once the battle began, they started building cavalry camps, since the towers and catapults were being defended by infantry. The construction of these camps was quick; with the report in hand, he decided that he would go to House Baratheon once the capture began. He assigned Killer Marta to take the Altar of the Strange at that location and Pantuflo to their own house. They were the two strongest in the group, the former with spears and the latter with cavalry. For each, he assigned reinforcements of 500k troops with a dragon; he believed it wasn’t necessary for the other members to send a full march, since if each had 5 or 6 reinforcements, it would be difficult for an opponent—even if they struck with a counter—to drive them out; otherwise, there would be no direct confrontation at this first altar. Any remaining troops would go directly to the second-line strongholds, the ones closest to Glory City.

 The strategy worked; those who attacked were unable to take down the defenders at each altar. He was already at House Baratheon, and together with three others, he began building cavalry camps to ensure adequate reinforcements; as for the other seven strongholds, he was still undecided. On the one hand, he believed it was better to have a Trading Post to generate more points; on the other, seeing that House Targaryen had begun building three spear camps, he would need infantry. Unless the House Lannister strongholds built three infantry camps, but he dismissed that possibility—he needed to capture the towers.

The Targaryens were unable to capture House Tyrell, so he called for attention; the likelihood that they would take it was quite high. In the meantime, he asked his teammates to capture the Warrior, Crown, and Father altars to gain more stat bonuses in attack, health, and total defense. House Tyrell began to fall, and it was Terri who was ordered to capture it. Now they were ahead of the rest, but this also posed a problem. To ensure there were no reinforcements at that House, he asked two other teammates to start building spear camps, so the defender would have reinforcements quickly, which somewhat weakened the attack led by Marta and Pantuflo. Even so, they remained in first place; the catapults were also conquered as a result. But Glory City began, and the fighting between the Starks and Targaryens became continuous.

They tried it only once, but upon losing, they preferred to focus on finishing what they had started, assuming the fighting would drag on for quite some time. That didn’t happen; the Targaryens captured Glory City, and the Starks, to avoid losing ground, converted all their camps—including those of House Greyjoy, which belonged to them—into Trading Posts, allowing them to generate a large number of points.

The Targaryens not only controlled the main building, but also began to take over all the towers and catapults, which led them to fall into second place, since the Northerners were dominating the capture of altars and held two Houses in their possession. THE WICH, once the reinforcements for Terri were finished, began building infantry camps at House Baratheon, but by the time they were done, the initial attacks on the catapults had been repelled. It was already the final minutes; they were in third place, and their only remaining option was to take Glory City, which was being defended by infantry.

He asked Pantuflo to launch a rally quickly, knowing what the outcome would be—defeat—but he appealed to the enemy’s confidence, and this time he asked Marta and Pantuflo again to launch a double attack; the spearwoman had to strike first to weaken the opponents, especially since Glory City wasn’t replenishing its reinforcements at the moment. He asked everyone to focus on this now. The two attacks were launched, and this time Pantuflo was able to break through after Marta’s strike. The catapults began firing immediately, and the enemy launched a rally to try to recover. 

Each of the Lannisters began to constantly reinforce their positions; the attacks were relentless, and Pantuflo managed, despite everything, to repel each one—until a rally drove several of them back. Some thought they had lost Glory City, but they still held it. THE WICH called for a quick reinforcement, and with just 11 seconds left, they managed to secure it, thereby claiming second place. Despite this position and having lost their winning streak, the commitment shown by the entire team in the final minutes helped secure a better result. Furthermore, they are aware that having three houses facing opponents of this caliber can sometimes be more of a problem than a benefit, as the group becomes quite divided.

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