Persuasion

So here we are.

Me, the farmer dripping blood and sweat after the so many battles, but shining with the grin of victory on my face. Yet there was another battle waiting for me. Behind heavy bars stood the mighty hero. And even I changed the named of the city, changed the flag and painted the walls, to be sure that the traces of our hero was lost, I still gathered all the army I could, something like 300k archers and 400k scouts, I do not remember well, but anyway, with all food production in that city, there still was some 5 mil minus on food.

So with all that army swarming I felt a little protected, but somehow I was chased by the demons of fear, expecting the unexpected like the hero to die, vanish or commit suicide.

Ans with that fear chocking me, I stuffed fast some 80 million lumber, 50 mill wood and 150 mill food and started pumping warriors.

I needed quite a lot, I do not remember well how many medals were there, 7 nation and 4 justice, but It was required 39 and 30 so a total of 69, minus those eleven, 58. Somewhere inn the process I got a senior box and finally I needed just some fifty and something medals. But With those heroes I was losing up to 25 k warriors per attack, and once at 5 attack one was fruitless, so with 60 attack needed there was about a million and a half warriors required.

I prepared myself for 3 days of labour and I started along the new road of victory.

By the way, I forgot to tell about the winning of senior medal box. I do not remember if I got it in first day of capturing the hero when I hoped to persuade him before I fall of my chair, or I got it next day when I was aware already that I still have days till the end.

Anyway, there were few amulets, so I pushed the wheel of fortune with hope shining in my eyes.
First one, a speaker. Oh God. What I need for a speaker? To shout to the world my despair?

Next one... and In look on the wheel for medals, and to try to pin the wheel with my stare and stop it on the medal , but there was no medal. Full of anger I mumble incoherently , and when the wheel was almost stopping I notice that there was a senior medal box right on top. I click on it, and say.

-Here you must stop, and right there stopped. And so, I got 4 medals. 100k warriors spared.
The last amulet, I do not know how, but I got another senior medal box from those amulets.
I go to open them, but there is only one senior medal box.

Oh man I was dizzy. I will never know if the second box was a vision, or Evony ripped me of my gain. It happened so many time to disappear things on Evony, so I suppose that I was robbed.

Anyway... shift happens. That's life.
I will end the wheel intermezzo with a last draw from one of next days. While checking reports to see what I got, I noticed that I got an amulet too. I use it. The wheel is spinning. There was a senior medal box, and inspired by previous experience I start clicking furiously on it.... and... the wheel stops one square before my box. Dammit , dammit dammit. I pushed the brakes too hard.

Anyway, back to the medal hunting. The first day I made about 400k warriors, I got what medals I supposed I will get, made a mistake too, because at medals you need to wait few minutes for npc to reload, meantime reloading 40k of warriors, but if you do not take care and miss the timing, there will be 80k warriors, and with wall defence, your 90k warriors will be nothing but waste.

Next day the struggle continues, even I succeeded to make more warrior. The third seems that I will reach the goal, but somehow the odds were against me. Usually, from 4 hits there was one empty, one Justice medal and two Nation ones. Nasty odds because there were needed more Justice than Nation. But for me was even nastier, because I got even three empties on a row.

Anyway, I got the title of prinzessin, so all I needed was the last 14 Nation medal. While I was hunting last Justice for the title there gathered 7 Nations so I needed only 7 more. But I made two mistakes again, lost the tempo again, so I needed to wait again one hour to clean the gathered army with archers from my account. You remember that I wasn't in my account here. This was the account who fought so hard against enemy. So here was no troops to take an NPC10, so the only way, was to take the first hit with my archers, and continue milking the medals with warriors, which could be raised much faster.

So after losing tempo, I realised that I push too hard if I want to restart the assault, and decide that 4 days are as good as four and stop.

Next day I come happily prepared to greet my new persuaded hero, there was about 600k warriors, only seven or less medals to get, so I was quite confident. I was aware that now will be still more attacks than 7 because there was to expect 2 or 3 empties and maybe 3 or four Justice that I do not needed anymore. But with all that army I was confident that all those 14 Nation soon will be mine and the hero the same. With 600k it was expected to launch about 20 attacks because not all attacks took 25k toll. When there was the best hero, the loses was close to 10 k.

But the odds were really in a nasty mood. Just imagine. Before I took 2 Nations for a Justice, but now when I needed Nations, I got even 3 Justice in a row. I was foaming seeing my army decimating faster and faster, and almost started to lose my hope and think that I will need the fifth day. When finally two Nations again, I am exulting with happiness, I go to the prisoner with hands full of medals, but...

Oh mighty gods why do you punish me?

"incorrect application"

What the ... this means?

Second ago I was grinning, but now the hero was grinning behind bars.

Cooling the steam that cluttered my brain and I read again.

"in order to persuade the hero you need 24 Nation medals.

Dammit, and dammit and dammit.

Tired, and after so many days I forgot the real number of medal required and my mind replaced the number with one more convenient.

Anyway, meantime the timing was lost again, but even it wasn't ten more medal were not possible to get with what army I had left.

And here I am, From 3 days planned to 5 that I really needed. I already was scared that maybe those 5 will be 6.

But 5 it was finally when I got the prize. I almost forgot to be happy after all that struggle.

But the effort was repaid. Now one warrior could be made in one second, and an archer in 20.
My army production took quite a boost