Hazelgroove kingdom was once Hazelgroove Empire , ruling supreme in the continent , it was one of the major powers to be reckoned with. 

The Empire was established by the first emperor , the then Grand Duke Kartik Patel. He was a duke of the Hazelgroove kingdom , who lead a faction of nobles through a difficult war to sieze the throne of Hazelgroove. 

His biggest supporter back then was the man Augustus Won Knight , his commander in cheif who lead his forces to glory. The explosion artist who painted the battlefield red with his bombs.

After the war , he was given the then vacant positon of duke of Hazelgroove for his contributions. 

Sent on battlefield after battlefield by the King , he conquered land after land expanding the kingdom , gaining more and more merits and reputation.

About 5 years after usurping the throne , the first major conflict fell on the reign of king Kartik Patel. 

The then kingdom of orcs , marched towards Hazelgroove with a massive army of 4 million orcs strong. 

The orc army had been on a rampage , destroying two kingdoms before their path of destruction went towards Hazelgroove. 

It was a massive issue and a big threat to the reign of the then king. 

Augustus analysed the situation and went into seclusion in this time , trying to come up with the ultimate bomb to counter the situation . 

After a long time in seclusion , just when many outskirt towns had been lost to the orc invasion , Augustus came up with the ultimate destructive bomb , the Brahmastra using which he levelled about half of the 4 million strong orc army. 

The single bomb dropped completely changed the dynamics of the war , and was flagged as the biggest threat to humanity and Hazelgroove's top weapon.

The tides of war changed and Hazelgroove overcame the orc invasion , Kartik Patel coming on top. 

What followed was that many smaller kingdoms willingly submitted to the superior millitary might of Hazelgroove kingdom as it gained territory after territory , vassals after vassals , growing large enough to become an empire ! 

And hence came the first emperor of Hazelgroove , and his legend was noted in history books. Also this was why the Won Knights were soo revered in Hazelgroove , just like the Royal faction , the Won Knights held a strong political influence amongst the nobles of the kingdom. 

It is only because of this special status and their unquestionable loyalty to the Ruling faction , that the Won Knights were allowed a massive personal force of 100 thousand soldiers. 

With time many incompetent rulers had taken up the throne of Hazelgroove and with the knowledge of the Brahmasutra becoming a lost art. The empire began loosing its influence over its vassals. 

One after another many territories declared independence as Hazelgroove Empire once again be ame Hazelgroove kingdom. However through all that , never did the position of the Won Knights change. 

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( Modern day , at the Won Knights Mansion ) 

Rudra had came to the mansion only for the second time. However he was genuinely mesmerized by the luxurious mansion , he felt like no matter how many times he would visit , it would always shock him . 

" Ohhhh , to what do i owe the unexpected visit". Patricia said looking at Rudra gawking at the Mansions interior 

" Just some buisness talks " Rudra said , smiling at her NPC adopted sister. 

Patricia smiled , she liked this no nonsense talks character of Rudra. He did not use flattery or pleasentries to put his thoughts forward , he was straightforward in his approach and she appreciated that . 

" What do you need ? " She asked 

" 50,000 troops " Rudra said shamelessly 

Patricia frowned , why did he need soo many troops all off a sudden 

She asked cautiously " why? ". 

Rudra started explaining the guilds current position to Patricia , about how they were being supressed by the alliance and that , 10,000 adventurers had spawn camped the latest dungeon and that to deal with those pests , he needed the army .

Patricia was baffled , unable to process the information for a while , she just stared at Rudra 

" You need the army for what? ". She asked again 

Rudra sighed , he explained it all again , as slowly as possible 

Patricia said " i get the whole thing , however why do you want 50,000 tier 2 troops to deal with 10,000 tier 0 ones , thats just massacare ". 

Clearly she did not approve of such ruthless bullying , however this was more about making a statement for Rudra , he needed to show the alliance members that two could play the bullying game they were playing and that he could play it wayy better than they could.

" Exactly why ". Rudra grinned evily. 

Chatting for a while , Rudra consulted Patricia for advice over formations and best attack plans , before using his identity as a Won Knight to gather 50 thousand tier 2 NPC soldiers. 

With an hour left on his given deadline to remove the spawn camp , Rudra started to mobilize the army , should they not remove it , tommorow was going to be a massacre. 

The sight of 50,000 troops on horses , was something to behold , as Rudra marched at the forefront on his Direwolf , now equipped with a True Elite robe and the mask , disguising himself as Augustus Won Knight , he wanted to create a fake image that there was an absolute unoffendable party present within the Elites ranks. 

Possibly even more confusion over his identity , as he wanted to mix reality and deception about his dual identity soo close that noone would be able to tell apart the real from the deceit. 

/// Part 3/7 of the seven chapter mass release , this chapter is included as some of you guys requested for more lore .... Soo here it is ! , guys m up at 4 am , writing this for you all , you better keep the powerstones pumping , also please make sure we end up in top 100 , we are slipping at 94 now , it will be dissapointing for me if even after the bonuses we end up above 100. Trusting you all on this one .... Hope you hold your end of the bargain , as i am at mine ///