From the very beginning, Latveria's ruler had set his sights on South America.
Whether minerals or agricultural products, both were resources Latveria desperately needed. The political significance of such a strategic region was also something Latveria had to fight for. Therefore, even after beginning cooperation with Wakanda in East Africa, South America remained a place Latveria had to enter. The puppet companies established in East Africa could not fully satisfy Latverian industry's ever-growing appetite, and the soldiers constantly dispatched to wipe out warlords could not guarantee that production targets would never be delayed.
Wakanda's ruler was now attempting to assimilate neighboring nations through gentler means. Even after the King of Wakanda had sampled Kenya's homemade Chang'aa, mixed with aviation kerosene, preservative fluid, and battery acid, as well as the addictive glue sold by gangs, he still refused to pursue a conquest campaign through more effective methods than building hospitals and schools—methods that addressed the problem at its structural roots, thoroughly swept away poverty and ignorance, and liberated productive forces from the land.
Latveria naturally understood Wakanda's concerns. At the same time, out of respect for their ally, the knights could not enter East Africa on a large scale. All Wakandans hated the knights to the bone, and the wounds left by the Golden City civil war would take at least a generation to fade.
Now, when faced with South America's political deadlock, a company of Gene-modded Warriors became the Latverian government's best choice. This force could spend some time clearing out every armed group on the continent, or serve as an intervening force between government troops and rebels to obtain resources. First Company was about to expand into the First Legion, and the newly arrived knights were reporting in one after another aboard Hippogriff Assault Transports. Legion Commander Malcolm and