Luria Nova/Events/Estate-Manager/Preparing for the Onslaught II

Upon your return to the estate, a messenger from your liege delivers a personal letter, urgently warning of an impending monster invasion. The letter reveals that the eastern defenses have crumbled, and the relentless tide of monsters surges into your realm. Time is of the essence, and you must swiftly devise a strategy to safeguard your estate.

You're faced with several critical decisions:

• Defend Fields and Livestock: By conscripting raw material producers and craftsmen as vigilantes, you can bolster security and attempt to repel the monsters before they breach your estate. This approach will protect your crops and livestock but may result in significant casualties among your vigilantes.

• Protect Raw Material Production: Alternatively, you can conscript your farmers to ensure the safety of your raw material production and manufactured goods. While this safeguards your industry, it will likely lead to crop and livestock losses.

• Hire Mercenaries: Invest your gold to hire mercenaries for added firepower. Each group of mercenaries costs 1 gold per year, and you can hire more if you're willing to meet their financial demands annually. The mercenaries will bolster your defenses, but you must maintain their contract.

• Fortify Behind Walls: Opt for a defensive approach by fortifying your walls and sheltering behind them. While the monsters may damage your fields and pose some threat, this strategy minimizes direct confrontation and potential casualties.

You have the freedom to devise a creative solution or combine these options to address the imminent monster invasion. The fate of your estate hinges on your decisions as the monsters draw nearer with each passing day.

Outcome: Sacrificing Crops for Safety

In preparation for the impending monster invasion, you make the strategic decision to conscript your farmers into the defense effort, prioritizing the protection of your raw material production and manufactured goods. Your existing vigilantes take on the task of training the farmers for battle.

However, this choice comes at a significant cost to your crop and livestock businesses, as there are now insufficient hands to tend to them. As the days pass, your fields and pastures show signs of neglect, and the well-being of your livestock deteriorates. It is a painful sacrifice, but you hold steadfast to your decision, hoping that it will prove wise when the monster invasion commences.

You anxiously await the approaching threat, knowing that the safety of your estate comes at the price of diminished agricultural yields. Only time will reveal the ultimate outcome of your chosen strategy.