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Can't sleep, and there's still almost a liter of beer left, so I'll try to restore my literary opus, destroyed by the evil computer:)
So - злой_романтик (Red, Barb, Yog, Septina) def Psyche_7 (Blue, Tower, Nella, Torosar) M200 skirmish 126 or
"A Tale of How Crag Hack Married Septina Off":D
Dedicated to the return of KostyaN:)
In a certain kingdom, in a barbarian state, there lived a Tsar named Crag, patronymic Hack (Crag Hackovich in our tongue:) ) and he had a daughter, a beauty, a smart one, dabbled in magic, but the whole trouble was that this magic just wouldn't come to her, she kept trying to brew a love potion, but it turned out god knows what, every time she'd read her favorite spell, bam, and the suitors with their retinue would be gone, only skeletons remained instead:confused: , apparently it was because she wasn't Crag's own, but adopted; found her during the war with the necromancers, by a burning Necrocastle, where there were no living souls left (Hackovich was strong in his youth, oh so strong, almost no one could withstand the attack of his armies (the neighboring swamp king Tazar doesn't count, that damn defender:D )) and so Crag heard that in the neighboring snowy kingdom there was a prince Solmyr available for marriage (in other kingdoms it's usually princesses available, but this is a different matter — mages... nerds, what can you expect?;) ) Our Crag decided — here it is, here's the option — to settle the adopted daughter (he has nowhere to put his own — Shiva, Girda, Gundula,....) and to establish relations with the neighbors, make peace, because... how he partied there before... children are still scared with his name at the school of mages:), but there was one thing... Solmyr was engaged to Nella, a local female warrior (there are such there too). She was a strong woman, knew everything about the art of unarmed defense:cool: , but simply refusing Hackovich was scary (what if he goes to war again:smile10: ), so their queen Cyra (a diplomat from god) decided to declare a training battle — Septina vs Nella. Whoever wins gets to marry Solmyr;) and to keep it fair, they must not take from home, neither gold, nor precious gems, nothing at all (the barbarians have accumulated more over the years of conquest anyway;) ), and so the day of the trial came:smile19:
111-Cunning Crag didn't immediately release his child into the open field, but sent his old sergeant Yog — Friend of Cyclopes with 20 goblins and 6 wolves to scout, and he immediately noticed that cunning Nella had planned something dishonest — right at the castle exit stood the faithful servants of the mages — gremlins, but Yog was an old warrior. He easily defeated the saboteurs, despite the fact that there was an experienced blue squad among them, but the wolves and goblins managed, though not without losses:( Searching the corpses, they found the gremlin treasury hidden in a chest behind them, and noticed 2 more enemy squads — simple and experienced imps... upgraded.
112-After that, calling Septina was doubly dangerous, so Crag's 2nd sergeant — Zubin — Keen Eye, left the castle with the same squad of goblins but 7 wolves; together they easily defeated the foreigners, took their 2 chests of money, looked around, and deciding it was safe, called Septina to come out:)
113-Septina, without delay, decided to show the old veterans that she wasn't born yesterday either:) . In 1 day she defeated 2! squads — imps and gnolls, winning 3 chests right away (the imps, after their defeat, apparently demanded a second payment, but their 2 stashes also went to brave Septina; the gnolls were content with one chest); Septina, like a thrifty mistress, builds a Town Hall ("extra money is never a bad thing," she likes to say); besides, the Swamp ambassador — Broghild — also wants to participate in the duel (Tazar's order) and immediately finds a goblin dwelling;)
114-It turns out that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" — Nella managed to bribe some elite goblins (hobgoblins) so that they wouldn't let Septina call their loyal comrades to service, but after Septina built a Wolf Lair and there were 20 wolves (Brogh's friend Stig brought them), the cowardly hobs fled the battlefield and 2 goblin external dwellings joined the ranks of the barbarian armed forces, totaling 4 helpers helping Septina in her difficult struggle with Nella.
115-Septina runs further, but what's this??? The native Barbarian lands are ending, and ahead is something unknown; moreover, this something is guarded by angry elite swamp lizard archers:eek: , Septina stops in panic next to them:( , but old Yog is an experienced warrior, he came up with a cunning plan — "We have the human ambassador Turis staying at the castle; come on, Septina, let's build an Aerie on the cliff, the birds will fly in, settle there, we'll create all conditions for them, and look, the next day they might become Thunders;) " Said and done, built the Aerie; besides, Brogh found a Watchtower, illuminated everything, and noticed that next to 1 goblin barracks there was another Wolf Lair, and they would joyfully join us for a small reward (only goblins join and fight for free (either they are altruists, or they just like to fight, who can understand them?)):confused:
116-Everything happened just as cunning Yog planned; 3 birds settled in the Aerie; after some small changes (upgrading the nest), they became not just birds, but Thunders with a veeery painful lightning and long movement:) , the lizards couldn't oppose them with anything, and the rest of the barbarian army didn't spare the cabbage soup either, they smashed the lizards to smithereens:smile10: and on the same turn Septina saw an ownerless Necrocastle; either her genes kicked in, or something else, but she stayed there overnight with the birds in the garrison, while the rest of her army she stationed in the castle (she was told that way she would move longer; in my opinion it's all nonsense:) ); at the same time, Brogh made a deal with the wolves and, together with the already hired goblins, took them to the castle, where Stig was waiting, ready to take them to Turis, ready to take them to Yog, ready to take them to Septina; that's how complicated it all is:)
117-Septina sees that from the Necrocastle a view opens onto strange lands, and in these strange lands there is a wonderful place where angels live; old-timers said it was called the "Pillar of Fame", but the road there was guarded by evil Royal Minotaurs, and the portal itself by evil Nomads. Septina felt sad, for she had never seen a living angel (neither in the barbarian lands nor in the captured Necrocastle surroundings was there a single conservatory:mad: ) "I will see him anyway, if not now, then in a day or two or a week," Septina decided and sent her troops "along the chain" home to be upgraded, so as not to be ashamed before the angel:) ; at home, the builders finally finished the Citadel. In total, by the end of the week, Septina had an upgrade of birds in the Citadel, and also finally studied dark magic from the necromancers, building GM1.
121-123-Whether long or short, Septina wandered through the strange land, waiting for her already upgraded troops, and they, as luck would have it, were in no hurry; sometimes they'd decide to feel a Medusa Storage, sometimes the "chain" got set up wrong and a turn was lost (Yog, the bastard, got drunk on beer and was slow:smile35: ),
124-Finally the army arrived, and what an army — 107 hobgoblins, 50 dogs, 7 Thunders, 11 orcs and 65 skeletons; even the Royal Minotaurs couldn't withstand it; besides, Septina learned the glorious spell — "Slow" (you can't always mess around with Death Wave;) ). But at the most inopportune moment, the goblins faltered, got scared of the skeletons standing nearby; as a result, it cost 10 of them their lives:(
125-The age-old dream of the Barbarian people came true — an angel appeared in their ranks:smile03: . But what a cost.... how many times did Septina repeat that skeletons are harmless, that they don't attack their own, but not a bit of it:smile35: , in the battle with the nomads, the dogs and goblins faltered again..:mad: and then Septina found out that you can't just hire an angel — you have to prove you're worthy by defeating 3 of his brothers; and again, for the umpteenth time, the skeletons did their thankless deed, scaring the wrong ones; as a result, after these 2 battles, only 30 goblins remained out of almost 100 (angels, it turns out, are very moral creatures:) ). At night, with the angel recruit, Septina stays alone in the human castle located nearby — "I'll restore my mana," she said, but it seems to me that not everything is so simple. Why did she send the entire army to the castle, and seclude herself with him in the garrison? It's unclear;)
126-After the night with the angel, Septina felt very cheerful; besides, reconnaissance reported that nearby there was a portal which, in all likelihood, leads to Nella (the innkeeper reported a few days ago that she too had captured some castle); "Well then, a portal so a portal," said Septina (that's what a life-giving angel does;) ) and attacked the unsuspecting wyverns guarding it. The wyverns were shocked by such treachery, tried to resist, fortunately there were 6 simple and 7 royal ones, but against such an army and "Slo-ow" where could they go... although there were losses here too... now the rocs, the good faithful rocs got scared at the most inopportune moment — a total of minus 2:( On the other side of the portal, Septina was immediately attacked by magi. Septina hadn't fought them before, but oh miracle, either the troops got used to the skeletons, or they just didn't smile at them anymore:D . Not a single anti-morale and the loss of 1 hobgoblin, who shielded the wolves from a shot with his chest (Glory to the Hero:smile02: ). They just decided to look around, and the enemy (captured) castle was right at 2 steps away and empty... awesome... Yog quickly sat in it, and Zubin-Keen Eye noticed suspicious movement near a diamond mine (from now on his full nickname will be Zubin-Keen and Sharp Eye:) ), and there was Iona; she left all her troops of gremlins, golems and dwarves in the mine, and stayed herself with only gargoyles (well, the dwarves are understandable — the mine is their home, golems as labor, but why the gremlins?:confused: ). Septina realized she wouldn't catch them by surprise; she tore off her epaulets, pulled her saber from its scabbard and handed them to Zubin; "Take command, old veteran — this is your battle," she said, and he didn't let her down; he did get the adversary, but there was no battle; the mages turned out to be weak, they admitted defeat in the duel.:smile10:
That's how it all was; then there was the wedding of Solmyr and Septina, and I was there; I drank vodka, cognac, rum, schnapps, tequila, and beer; it ran down my mustache... because I drank myself to death:D
