"Operation Capture"

Well, here's how it went...

For the first two days, I didn't do anything special—I'm sure you're not interested in that.. I just trudged to the 2nd archer dwelling; I needed recruits... After taking them, I went straight for the thieves, gave them a good thrashing, and then headed to the pawnshop to sell my mana amulet, but devaluation... all that stuff... I had to take paper instead, which is still better than nothing.. And then the horse suddenly felt like going for a swim.. so I had to ride over there... on the way, we took a little copper hat off a skeleton... thought maybe we could trade it for something, and meanwhile, while I was taking the helmet, the horse snagged a pile of gold under its hoof...
And so, while the horse was swimming, I decided to read that yellow press they gave us at that pAwnshop... And Bam!.. a ship sailed up to us (it almost crushed my same damn horse).. I actually thought(!) if I were hallucinating, but I boarded anyway.. (and in childhood, my dad was a pirate, he taught me seafaring... he called it navigation)... so I sailed somewhere south—the horse imagined the smell of roasted meat(after first taking a chest and one pile of debris containing 5 wood to sea)... And on the 2nd day of my voyage, we arrived (me and the horse, as well as some green Robin Hoods) in the sandbox...
"Oh, a miracle!" I thought when I saw a red tent with provisions. "Let's get some food," I shouted to my warriors... though on the way I had to destroy a little tower for this, but it wasn't difficult..
Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, comrade Ain was already waiting for me. She brought me more snipers(carrying 14 snipers and a stack of fairies taken from Mr. Elemental), and she also intended to teach me slow, which she had learned along the way from Grindan... Grinya, in turn, set out on the 8th ****ry(with ten archers and one fairy)... And their handy Mr. Elemental was meanwhile gathering everything that lay around, everything he could find in these wilds somewhere in the far reaches(running with a fairy)... Grinya found it so unbearable to go 8 ****ry toward the archer house that, taking ten juniors, he moved in my direction...
As for me, on the 7th, 8th, and 9th, I rampaged along this route:
Having refreshed ourselves, we went to visit the medusas for tea.. "Phew, sand" snorted my faithful horse. And then Ainka, as if on purpose, gave me a sand horse(nomad), and well, what can I say, I took it and rode... But he was kind of creepy, so I decided he'd better spend the night with Anka, while I meanwhile trained the recruits..
Morning. The 8th. Anka decided to show me her wonderful butterfly collection. "Amusing," I told her—"I'll take them with me and treat them to tea at the medusas'." I gave the horse some water from a well(40 mana) and started knocking on Aunt Medusa's door and her friends'. But no one opened, yet we needed tea! "Shall we go drink?" someone suggested... "well alright, let's go... I hope the lady won't mind.." I chirped, sensing something bad.. And of course it happened... We were almost leaving when a very, very angry lady opened the door with her friends from Preferance... Oh how angry they were, and when she saw a crowd of shod peasants in her house, she flew into a rage and bam—hit me over the head with a frying pan... "Ow, damn that hurts"—it escaped me.. And she didn't want to stop... we were backing further and further from the front door... no more time to lose.. and I had to give the order: fire... what started then... words cannot describe... "Oh, no! They grabbed Anka's butterflies! FIRE from ALL guns!!" I commanded!! Everyone fell... both medusas and butterflies(there were only four stacks of fairies with one in each, also a couple of snipers were lost, but this didn't affect the rest).. oh how I pity you all.. but what happened, why did they act like that???... Anyway, need to move on, the enemy won't wait.. And to understand what actually happened here, I'll leave a couple of sly Robin Hoods..
Meanwhile, we moved forward, toward the attractions(+1 cs)... well, I promised my pony Pyotr that I'd take him for a ride on the Ferris wheel at the first opportunity... "uff... we made it. Go ride, Petka, and we'll head back to the ship meanwhile, catch up"...
The overnight stay wasn't the most successful; we had to sleep on the damp road... Pyotr was still not there... "It's okay, smart horse, he'll return" I thought and fell asleep...
"Snort... snort..". I woke up to those sounds and to Pyotr washing my face with his scratchy tongue..."it's too early Pet... alright enough, I'm getting up, I'm getting up... damn it, you're annoying, won't let me sleep... eh damn, why are you so fired up for same deeds?? the swings? .. ah well then that explains it.. company awake!" I ordered... and when I stood up, I realized—I don't even have a company, I don't even know what to call it, more like a squad.. oh well, forward!...
We were already passing my aunt's house when I barely noticed 2 fighters sleeping by the road: "Wake up. What did you find out?"... "Commander. That wasn't your aunt at all; she only returns tomorrow with her friends—the Preferance championship was delayed."... "Then who was it?"... "Those were Urko-thugs. They put on carnival masks and green sleeping bags and decided to catch some sleep in that house."... Alright, jump into the baggage train, we have no time to wait. So much time has been wasted. We must get into the boat before sunset"..
"Wait, Wait!" someone shouted from behind me... "Oh, Grinya, glad to see you, but I have no time, we're missing the ship... Give me everyone you recruited, I'll train them in marksmanship on the way.." ..."Commander, I can't keep up with you, let Ain hand them all over to you, her horse is faster.."... "ok"...
And so evening, the 9th. The clouds gathered like never before... Ain finally caught up with us.. I received more recruits and butterflies from her; they will be safe with me... The archers had to take an accelerated boot camp course(total of 46 snipers and a few fairies, the pony was with Ain).. And I still needed to retrieve my hidden gloves..
Many sand ponies jumped out from the forest... "Guys, I need to get my gloves, let me pass" I threw toward them. But they didn't seem to think of moving from my path.. "WELL alright, you asked for it".. The battle was hard.. not easy... But victory was mine.. There was no time left; I had to run to the ship to sleep(no fairies left, and they weren't needed anyway, only slow things down, a few more snipers lost (from 2 to 4), 20 mana spent—morale didn't help much because it was low)... Giving final orders to Ain, we got into the boat..
Morning came, a lovely morning... There was some tension in the air, a sea freshness could be felt.. and Ain was right there with my completed errand—she brought my hidden gloves and a shield left from one of the sand horses.. "Let's sail! We need to reach the southern port within the day—the weather forecast for tomorrow isn't bright. And I wouldn't want to get caught in a storm..."
Eh dad, you're great! Thanks for teaching me seafaring.. If not for you, I wouldn't have made it in a day... and aunt left me a couple of tips scratched on some strange scroll in her house..
I needed to drink fresh water and gather courage—the Oasis and Fountain of Youth helped us a lot...
Trolls were ahead... But what obstacle are they after such adventures??.. Besides, Anka's spell came in very handy(minus 10 mana and a few more lost snipers)... "Why didn't you fill the flasks with water??" I asked the provision manager... but never received a sensible answer... had to go back... both to the oasis and the fountain of youth.. filled the flasks... "And now forward to the enemy!!!"... On the way we encountered some lumps of mud, but the brave army swept them away without even noticing(absolutely no losses)...
And so we are in the Dungeon... It's so dark... scary... "It is not in our rules to be afraid, soldiers!".. We flew past a crystal deposit... "Look at that terrible ghoul-Necromancer" Petka whispers to me... "Don't get spooked, Petrukha... Squad! Speed up!".. And so we approached this stronghold of Filth and Undead.. we came close and stood(forty-one snipers and twelve mana)... but in vain! There were urko-dragons in the city garrison... They caught us off guard, the forces were uneven... We were saved once again by the wonderful slow spell... we barely survived! But we all did it!... And now nothing could stop us!.. After the battle with the dragons, only the most hardened warriors remained(about seven-eight)... nothing scared us anymore... And the Castle fell.. the skeleton standing at the gates could do nothing more.. VICTORY!!!
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