If your Travel phase ends with any enemy cards in the active area, you have the opportunity to bribe them with gold instead of being forced to engage them.

Each non-boss enemy has a Bribe stat. To bribe an enemy, pay this much gold from your gold tracker. Then, discard that enemy to the appropriate discard pile.

Bribed enemies confer no rewards, nor have they been “defeated” for any rule that references defeat. They have simply been removed as obstacles to your progress.

If there are any enemies remaining in the active area after you have finished bribing, proceed to the Engagement part of your turn, starting with the Strategy phase as normal. Otherwise if there are no enemies remaining, proceed directly to the Cleanup step of the Resolve phase.