First Invasion
[You have used Cavalry Bundle Level 2]
[DING! Congratulations on receiving 10 Heavy Scout units]
[Kingdom Power: 800] [+300]
The figure of the Heavy Scout appeared right in front of Caleb, lined up neatly while still sitting on their mounts.
From the appearance, the Scout with the Heavy Scout was clearly different; the Heavy Scout wore iron armor while the ordinary scout only wore light chain armor.
The spear used was also an iron spear, unlike the scout who used a wooden spear —only the blade was iron.
There was another way to see the significant difference between the two units, which was to look at their unit status.
[UNIT INFO]
[Unit Name: Heavy Scout]
[Train: Cavalry]
[Agg Stance] [Def Stance] [Idle Stance]
[Hit Point: 80]
[Attack: 10]
[Defense: 8]
[Speed: 2.3]
[Scout Range: 10m]
Sure enough, their status changed significantly when compared to ordinary scouts, even their speed was at 2.3m/sec.
With a speed like that, it was easy for the unit's troops to arrive at another player's town hall. But, there was one thing that Caleb regretted about this unit.
Heavy Scout could not perform the treasure cave exploration mission. The mission for it can only be done by ordinary scouts, so with additions like this, it will not increase the number of treasure caves that can be explored.
Usually, Caleb made this unit when exploring places in search of monster hordes. Their higher endurance and fighting ability were considered suitable for locating wild monsters, rather than ordinary scouts —they died easily.
But with the current situation, Caleb was at an advantage. The defense of other players' town halls might only depend on their town hall defense, but Caleb knew exactly how to win this game.
"I just need to attack their king. Once they're dead, their town hall is mine," said Caleb.
Adding a town hall meant adding a new population and more resources since it was done in two different places.
The man opened the Diplomacy Info menu to see the players' names and their kingdoms.
[DIPLOMACY]
[Alliance: -]
[Friend: 1]
[Neutral: 9]
[Enemy: 0]
[Server Name: Earth #212]
[Continent Name: Izoya]
[List Lord of Kingdom] [Kingdom Name]
[1. D_Destroyer] [#9845008]
[2. Rain_Forest] [Wuther_Look_Eye]
[3. Darklord] [ACCCidRAINN]
[4. Great_Dao] [_Demonic_sect_666]
[5. Ellise] [RustyAxe]
[6. Liliana_P] [RedLotus505]
[7. Jack_Hunter] [Jenisa_Great1]
[8. CL_Ellise] [_Apo_King]
[9. BitchGetAway] [INeedCoffee]
[10. Lone_Wolf] [Thunder_Sky]
'Damn it! Not only did he use my username, but he also named his kingdom Apocalypse King. That was the name of my kingdom at the start when playing this game!' Caleb complained, annoyed.
Even so, he had no idea where CL_Ellise was located. Only 7 Town Halls were detected through the Vision Fog talent. The rest were probably outside the talent's coverage area.
In addition, Caleb looked confused about whose town hall to start the first invasion. From his vision fog map, there were three town halls close to RustyAxe's location, one of which was Liliana.
However, Liliana would be helpful to him since she was a farmer player. Caleb would get tons of resources if he befriended or allied with Liliana later.
Attacking the woman was not wise; Caleb focused his attention on the other two players. The locations of the two town halls were east and west.
He saw his scout idle. Caleb immediately ordered his scout back by traveling through the town hall in the east, then explored the western region of RustyAxe.
[DING! Congratulations on finding the town hall]
[King's Name: BitchGetAway]
[Kingdom Name: INeedCoffee]
From the results of his scout's non-aggression exploration, Caleb saw that the player with that name looked lazy.
He was relaxing under a tree with a population of <15. The majority of them worked in the forest.
"Well, he's no threat to me. Next, the kingdom in the west," Caleb explained.
He saw his scout returning to RustyAxe's town hall only in passing. The man on the horse continued to ride relentlessly to the west to arrive at the town hall soon.
[DING! Congratulations on finding the town hall]
[King's Name: Great_Dao]
[Kingdom Name: _Demonic_sect_666]
The scout's progress stopped near the town hall area belonging to the player named Great_Dao. There, Caleb saw that the TH ruling player looked competent and knew what he was doing.
It didn't look like he was relaxing outside like the player BitchGetAway.
It was a wise move. He seemed to know his life was under threat, so he preferred to take cover in the town hall before the castle was built later.
"The choice to rush to attack the king inside the town hall could kill my entire Heavy Scout unit," stated Caleb.
In the end, Caleb decided to attack INeedCoffee's Town Hall. At least, their king was relaxing and sleeping on a branch, quite far from the Town Hall and close to the river.
Caleb pulled the scout to return to fog exploration in the area around the last explored treasure cave. The scout went again tirelessly, as they were all just NPCs in this game.
He pointed his hand at the entire Heavy Scout unit before him. Their bodies glowed faintly blue, indicating that the player had selected them.
[UNIT INFO]
[Unit Name: Heavy Scout]
[Train: Cavalry]
[Number: 10]
[Agg Stance ]
Caleb activated an aggressive stance on the 10 Heavy Scout units. With such a stance, Caleb didn't need to direct them on what to attack.
As long as what was in their scout range was a player with neutral or enemy status, then Caleb could attack him without notice.
A guerrilla attack, that's what Caleb thought.
Dusk lights appeared in that place, a sign that nighttime would soon arrive, and the attack might be so easy. Still, Caleb anticipated the player returning to his town hall.
'I'd better attack him now. If it's night, the chances of him entering the town hall are quite high!' Caleb emphasized.
With a brief movement of his hand on the game map, he ordered 10 Heavy Scout units to leave the place to invade the enemy land.
Caleb stepped into his TH while keeping the game map active before him. He zoomed in on the map and looked at the buildings in the town hall.
'I've never killed someone before. But since this is an RTS and survival game, I must,' Caleb explained.
'Those who are weak are just fated to die,' he countered.
Half an hour passed, and Caleb's Heavy Scout unit finally arrived at the INeedCoffee town hall. Panic ensued, waking the BitchGetAway player from a deep sleep.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!" he shouted.
From Caleb's game map, he saw that the HP bar of the 10 Heavy Scout units was still green, although it was reduced due to the defense from the town hall.
However, the Heavy Scouts had done their job well. They destroyed houses, creating an overpopulated situation.
They also killed some of the workers at the lumber yard, an inevitable massacre.
"P-Please stop! Please, whoever it is," explained the player, who was still young, around 18 years old.
But unfortunately, his life was not saved when the Heavy Scout's iron spear managed to pierce his stomach, causing severe bleeding and leaving player BitchGetAway bleeding to death.
[DING! Congratulations, you have conquered another player's territory]
[Kingdom Name: INeedCoffee]
[King's name: BitchGetAway]
[Conqueror gets all resources]
[Wood: 432]
[Food: 395]
[Gold: 150]
[Stone: 150]
[Villagers: 7]
[Does the host want to annex the land?]
[Yes] [No]
Without hesitation, Caleb pressed the yes menu and made the town hall that previously belonged to player BitchGetAway, switch to RustyAxe's second town hall.
Although the Town Hall had not been upgraded yet, but because the first town hall was doing so, the second place would get the same benefits since it was still one kingdom.
[DING! Congratulations on getting resources from the conquest]
[RESOURCES INFO]
[Wood: 462] [+432]
[Food: 587] [+395]
[Gold: 610] [+175]
[Stone: 350] [+175]
[Villager: 25] [+5]
[Player BitchGetAway has no items in inventory]
Caleb nodded, happy that at least his resources had increased after defeating player BitchGetAway.
It was unfortunate that he had to kill him, but it was the best option Caleb could do to secure his position.
Of his 10 Heavy Scout units, 8 units were still alive. Caleb ordered the unit to split into two groups, 4 guarding the first TH and the rest guarding the second TH.
"My territory is getting bigger, so I had better build outposts in several places to easily track enemies!"
[Friend Chat!]
[Liliana_P] [Hey, a player died. Do you know anything about it?]
Caleb gasped at the notification on the chat page, Liliana was asking about the dead player.
There was a possibility that the woman saw the dead player notification that spread to all players, or she saw the changes in the diplomacy menu.
[Caleb] [I don't know. I just found out.]
[Liliana_P] [This is terrible. If someone attacks me, will you help me?]
[Caleb] [You don't have to worry]
[Caleb] [No one will attack you]