Arlo and the army worked hard. As hard as he could. Building a stronghold wasn't as easy as one could think.
The raids became ordinary as the manpower needed to be increased right away. Arlo recruited as many as he could. He looked for proficiencies like stonemason and builder.
Arlo made some normal skeletons bury themselves into the ground around the castle.
They would act as surprise attacks in case of a scenario where they are pushed back.
He thought about raiding the capital to obtain more magic spells.
The skeleton practiced with the fog, he was aiming to create a golem. He made his soldiers prepare a four legged creature with clay and dirt.
Arlo slowly contacted it and started to transfer some fog into it. There was no result. The golem had no core, no hearth to store the fog. İt was merely a dirt doll at that point.
Arlo gathered as many soldiers as possible. They were like filthy graverobbers, ravaging tombs and stoling what's inside.
His state of mind worsened. Madness blocked his vision like an immovable thought. He was dreaming of he and Aldis's death over and over again. He would wake up with rage and start a raid on the nearest town. Killing and gathering fog for his master plan.
While this went on the royal capital has been issuing new weaponry for the army.
These new weapons looked like sticks that have steel barrels at the end. İt was said that they were able to take down a fully armored soldier in seconds! The most powerful weapon was a gift from the new hero who chose not to fight.
Crime was nearly exterminated in the kingdom.
Arlo and his soldiers kept on building and expanding their forces.