The Southern Road Campaign
Three days later, reports arrived.
The southern trade road had been fully seized.
Caravans burned.
Merchants hanged.
A bandit leader calling himself the "Road King" ruled the forest pass.
Most barons would negotiate.
Sidharth prepared to eradicate.
That night—
[Daily Login – Day 3]
Reward: 200 Trained Infantry (Tier I)
Bonus: 20 Light Cavalry
His forces were growing rapidly.
Now he possessed:
250 Infantry
20 Light Cavalry
This was no longer a guard force.
This was the foundation of an army.
At dawn, drums echoed across Greywatch fields.
Formations aligned.
Shields locked.
Cavalry flanked.
They marched south.
The bandits laughed when they saw Goldenheart's banner.
They stopped laughing when disciplined ranks emerged from the mist.
The bandits charged recklessly.
They met a shield wall.
Cavalry swept from the flanks.
The forest echoed with screams.
Within an hour, resistance collapsed.
Within two, the stronghold burned.
The Road King was dragged forward.
"You're just a fallen noble," he spat.
Sidharth looked down at him calmly.
"I am what comes after fallen nobles."
The execution was public.
The body displayed along the trade road.
Message delivered.
[Mission Completed: Secure Southern Trade Route]
Reward: 300 Infantry (Tier II Initiated)
Bonus: +15% Trade Revenue Growth
Total Forces Now:
550 Infantry
20 Light Cavalry
But Sidharth did not return home.
He looked south — toward Thornvale.
A neighboring barony.
Weak. Poorly defended. Arrogant.
"How many men do they field?" he asked.
"Perhaps two hundred," replied his captain.
Sidharth gave the order without hesitation.
"We march."
Defense had ended.
Expansion had begun.
And on the frontier of the Angeliana Continent,
a new power was rising.