Real Mount and Blade Game

Chapter 102: Fierce Battle During the Exploration

【After last night's fierce battle, your soldiers won the battle. 】

[After the post-war evaluation, as a reward for you and your soldiers' heroic fighting, you received - 1 bronze treasure chest. ]

[Your soldiers are allowed to upgrade! ]

[Ding! Congratulations! You opened a bronze-level treasure chest and obtained a crossbow x 1. (A standard crossbow made in the arsenal. The crossbow arrows it shoots are enough to cause fatal damage to unarmored enemies within range. Even armor-piercing units need to be vigilant when facing it.)]

In the early morning, Shen Mu just woke up and a new dialog box appeared in front of him.

Open the brass-level treasure chest you obtained.

Glancing at the data stream flowing out from his brows, Shen Mu materialized the crossbow at the head of the bed. He then lay back on the soft big bed and stretched comfortably.

After sleeping on the big bed in the noble mansion comfortably for only two days, he didn't want to continue sleeping on the hard bed in the castle.

Even the bed in the castle, which was also covered with animal skins, linen and straw at the bottom, was quite comfortable to sleep on and not as unbearable as he had imagined.

But it was dark and small, with little ventilation and even less sunlight, so torches had to be lit. The air was filled with a faint choking smoke. The castle bedroom only considered safety and not livability.

How could it compare to this two-story aristocratic mansion that looks like a small villa?

"Someone come." Shen Mu still propped himself up and sat up on the bed.

By the way, call out.

Then, the bedroom door made of high-quality wood was pushed open, and two Swadian light infantrymen serving as attendants came in from outside.

He placed his hands on his chest, bowed respectfully and said, "Master Shen Mu, what do you want me to do?"

"Send this crossbow to Manide, and then find two bags of steel crossbow arrows for him from the warehouse. They will be considered as self-defense weapons I give him." Shen Mu waved his hand to make arrangements.

"Understood." The Swadian light infantryman came to the bedside, picked up the crossbow, bowed and saluted, then left the bedroom.

He handed the crossbow over to the governor Manide who was still in the official residence in the next town and was in charge of the overall arrangements.

Now is the calm before the storm.

And the storm will always come.

At that time, on the fierce battlefield, Manid, a business-oriented general, would really need a reliable weapon to protect himself.

The crossbow that he had casually drawn now indeed solved the embarrassing situation of Manide's weak personal fighting power.

Shen Mu doesn't need him to go to the front line.

All you need to do is follow Bandak, or be placed on the safer top of a tower, and be responsible for pulling the trigger and shooting arrows at the place with the largest number of people.

It doesn't matter whether there are any results or not.

"Check for upgradeable soldiers."

At this time, Shen Mu's thoughts communicated with the system.

The dialog box popped up again.

[34 Swadian Light Infantry, consuming 100 dinars per person, can be upgraded to "Fourth-tier" Swadian Infantry (Heavy Pike Infantry)" or "Fourth-tier" Swadian Heavy Cavalry (Heavy Pike Cavalry)". ]

[44 Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, consuming 100 dinars per person, can be upgraded to "Level " Rhodok senior crossbowmen (long-range heavy crossbow shooters)'. 】

[200 new Vikia soldiers, cost 30 dinars per person, can be upgraded to "Second-level" Vikia light infantry (lightly armed heavy infantry)." 】

[Tip: If you upgrade the Wikia Recruits to Wikia Light Infantry, you can use the 'Special Item: Specified Soldier Upgrade' to instantly upgrade the Tier 2 Wikia Light Infantry to 'Tier 3 Wikia Infantry (Heavy Heavy Infantry)' or 'Tier 3 Wikia Guerrilla Archer (Long-Range Archer)' without any consumption.]

The content in the dialog box is also about the dinars required for this troop upgrade.

And corresponding tips.

"..." Even Shen Mu's face, which was still a little tired at this time, showed a hint of helplessness.

Lying back on the bed, Shen Mu glanced at the system panel and saw the amount of dinars in his personal savings. His expression became more complicated.

[Name: Shen Mu (Savings: 1033 dinars). ]

Just 1033 dinars.

To upgrade the Swadian light infantry, which consists of 34 men, the cost is 3400 dinars.

Upgrading the Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, 44 people, costs 4400 dinars.

If one wants to upgrade the lowest-level Vikia recruits, a mere 200 people, to the second-level Vikia light infantry, with a cost of 30 dinars per person, the total cost would be a full 6000 dinars.

The total of the three is 138000 dinars.

In the game, it is enough to open the most expensive velvet factory and a leather workshop in any city in the world of Mount & Blade, and earn at least 500-800 dinars per week!

"It's really hard to have no money." Shen Mu's face became more complicated and helpless.

He really has no way to continue to increase his income in the short term.

The two caravans sent out will not return for at least half a month. During this period, there will be no other source of income except fighting.

Moreover, if we estimate the profits of those two caravans, the caravan that went to the Calradia continent to engage in smuggling iron trade would only earn 2000 to 3000 dinars per month.

If you are lucky enough to catch the Kingdom of Swadia and the Kingdom of Vikia, as these two countries are at war and their trade is blocked, you might be able to earn 4000 to 5000 dinars.

But converted into weekly income, it is only 500+ dinars.

It is a drop in the bucket compared to the dinars spent on upgrading this force of about 300 people.

As for the caravan heading to the world of Mount & Blade and The Lord of the Rings to trade demon corpses with the White Tower, it is still unknown how to calculate the specific profits.

And part of the proceeds are needed to purchase mana scrolls, which are key items for charging the Holy Light Torch Tower.

Therefore, we should not be too optimistic about the dinar income we bring back every month.

With this calculation, Shen Mu is now caught in the paradox of not having stable dinar income.

If there is no money coming in, we can only postpone the upgrade of soldiers.

If we postpone the upgrade of soldiers, we will not be able to increase the quality of the troops and enhance their combat effectiveness.

This means that Shen Mu, who is now facing a threat, has to find ways to improve the quality of his troops and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers.

"Isn't this just a joke?" Shen Mu sighed.

This kind of loop paradox seems interesting, but whoever is trapped in it is really annoying.

It is now easy to support yourself by fighting. You can gain combat experience as long as you fight.

But how can you earn a large amount of dinars just by fighting?
"Wait." Just thinking of this, Shen Mu's face was slightly stunned.

fighting?

dinar?
Shen Mu pondered for a moment, and based on his previous experience, he seemed to have thought of something.

According to the rules of the Mount and Blade system, an evaluation will be conducted after each battle, and some post-battle feedback will be given based on the difficulty of the battle.

Maybe a treasure chest.

"You can get dinars from treasure chests. I've discovered this pattern before."

Shen Mu sat up from the bed again, his eyes brightening slightly.

He thought of another rule.

"Based on the positive feedback design of the player's gameplay experience, when the system detects that the player is missing something, it will actively make up for some of the missing items in the treasure chest or temporary task rewards to enhance the player's sense of immersion and pleasure."

Shen Mu pursed his lips.

Now, when he lacked dinars and food sources before, the Mount and Blade system gave him a lot of corresponding supplies and dinars.

Accelerated the growth of Shen Mu and his troops.

And now.

I am very short of dinars.

So as long as you fight, get the treasure chest for post-battle evaluation, or complete temporary tasks to get rewards, isn't it very likely that you will get the dinar that you urgently need?
Shen Mu pondered: "Should I lead a small number of troops and go out for a walk?"

Shen Mu pointed to the west.

He turned his head and looked out through the second-floor window of this noble mansion.

In the sunlight in the distance, the city buildings and urban lines are like tombstones, as if commemorating the past, belonging to the Blue Star world, the prosperity of this technological world, standing there as the final witness.

But if someone really delved into it, they would know that this was completely set by the rules of the undead, a deadly trap for those who dared to commemorate and pay tribute to the rules of the Blue Star!

Where there is darkness and gray fog, undead monsters are rampant.

"However, to me, this seems to be a good place to level up and get combat evaluation rewards." Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, with something in mind.

Besides, this is his only chance to get dinar!
"Maybe I can also go check out the busy areas of Balihe Street... and the movements of the diesel company."

Shen Mu made a decision.

Just at the moment he made the decision, the Mount and Blade system seemed to perform some scanning action in his mind.

"Buzz!" An invisible wave of power originating from the rule level began to appear.

Then it was reflected on Shen Mu’s retina, forming a dialog box.

[Ding! The system detected an event, and a temporary task was issued - take the initiative! ]

【Task name: Take the initiative.】

[Task Introduction: You have offended the Diesel Company and have caused great friction. Now, you plan to go to the enemy's range to investigate the situation, which may yield some intelligence.]

[Mission requirements: Enter the sphere of influence of the Diesel Company (Orc Tribe) and detect the enemy units within the company.]

[Mission reward: 1000 dinars. ]

"Sure enough, the dinar reward is here." Shen Mu glanced at the contents in the dialog box and smiled.

As expected, the system rules gave him corresponding feedback according to the positive feedback game settings.

Lack of dinars.

They actually sent dinars.

Although it is only 1000 dinars, it is a drop in the bucket and is not enough to upgrade the troops.

Not to mention the town and village buildings that require more dinars to build.

"Let's go." Shen Mu got out of bed and started putting on his armor again.

The Swadian light infantry who heard the noise at the door immediately came over to help.

"In this case, these 1000 dinars can all be upgraded to 10 Swadian heavy cavalry, which can be regarded as increasing the combat effectiveness of the cavalry unit."

Shen Mu's thought communication system.

A pleasant and crisp sound was heard when metal coins collided with each other.

In the dialog box in front of Shen Mu, the number of dinars, which was already small, returned to a pitiful two-digit number.

However, Shen Mu was not anxious about this.

After all, with the consumption of these dinars, the data stream that appeared from his brows also successfully completed an absolute qualitative change for the 10 Swadian light infantry outside the castle.

From an ordinary regular army, he directly transformed into the king of top-level fourth-order heavy cavalry.

Swadian Heavy Cavalry!
"Have Fatis and all the cavalry assemble at the west gate of the town."

Shen Mu put on his armor and asked the Swadian light infantry around him to convey his orders.

Soon, the cavalry had assembled.

In other words, these cavalry units that Shen Mu has high hopes for, as the general reserve forces under his current troops, are always on standby.

Shen Mu left the noble mansion, turned over and rode on his own sacred tree heavy horse, and took the lead in riding forward.

Fatis and members of the Holy Tree Knights, as well as 10 Swadian knights and the Swadian heavy cavalry, whose number had increased to 60, followed soon after.

The horseshoes struck the ground with a thunderous sound as they crossed the drawbridge at the town's west gate.

He quickly rushed towards the main city road in the west.

The main road of Balihe Street is a road that is almost parallel to the Xiaolong River several blocks away.

Not only is it an eight-lane road in both directions, but there are also residential and office buildings on both sides, as well as commercial buildings and supermarket complexes, which are basically the most essential parts of the former Balihe Street.

But at this time, Shen Mu led 20 knights and 110 cavalrymen and galloped past quickly.

Looking at the empty and silent buildings on both sides, I felt a little heavy.

"Be careful and be vigilant." Shen Mu reminded.

"Understood!" Fatis, the knights, and the cavalrymen responded one after another, holding their lances in their hands, glancing at the figures around them who occasionally peeked over from the buildings, their faces becoming much more serious.

Before, they had all heard Shen Mu say that the population living in Balihe Street should be as high as 20,000 to 30,000.

However, about two-thirds of them are controlled by the Diesel Company. Basically, they go to the headquarters of the Diesel Company to pray every day, using their spiritual power to exchange for some food, which is considered their daily work.

As for the remaining one third, most of them are working in the Green Leaf Group, also praying for some meager food.

As for a small number of them, they are just like the lone wolves like Shen Mu before, wandering around the streets of Balihe.

They have to rely on themselves to find supplies to survive, and their life is bumpy and miserable.

It can be said that the figures appearing in the rooms on both sides of the main road now are similar humans.

If it really has something to do with the diesel company.

They have been living around the Diesel Company's headquarters for a long time, and some even pray there all year round. If they become familiar with the company, they will also live in the Diesel Company's orc tribe at night and accept the protection of the Diesel Company.

Of course, those who can live within the high walls of the Orc tribe are also die-hard fans of Diesel Company.

Normally when the diesel company selects temporary workers, they also choose from them.

It is simply impossible to trust these Blue Star humans who live outside for a long time and only work short-term in the diesel company from time to time.

"However, why are there so few Blue Star humans living near the main roads?"

Shen Mu frowned slightly at this time.

By now, he has also discovered the Blue Star humans in those buildings and apartments.

There seem to be only a few households scattered around.

In the impression left by the predecessor, the closer to the three blocks occupied by the Diesel Company, the more Blue Star human beings there are.

In the end, because there were tens of thousands of people living there, some residential buildings and apartments were even filled up.

Every day is bustling with people, just like before the undead rules came into effect.

Although the so-called crowds were surging, just like before, they went to the Orc tribe to pray every morning as if it was work, and then exchanged for enough food to live for a day. They got off work at around five o'clock, left the huge walls of the Orc tribe, returned to their homes, lit a bonfire, and fearfully avoided the undead monsters.

Then the next day, I would go to the territory of the spirit world lord again, pray again, go to work, wait to receive food and go home, it was still a straight line between the two points.

But understand.

In this time when the world is on the verge of apocalypse, undead monsters are rampant, and people are dying anytime and anywhere, such a stable and safe life is already much better.

Compared to other places, there are basically no humans to be seen, and there are no spiritual lords to seek refuge with.

At most, only four or five households can live in the same unit or apartment building, huddling together for warmth. It is unpredictable that danger may arise at any time due to various reasons.

Such a life is truly a paradise.

Not everyone is like Shen Mu’s predecessor, who likes to be a lone wolf.

Including Liu Na.

Not everyone has social phobia, but she was lucky enough to have a group of halflings willing to follow her. She even inherited the druid profession by chance, gaining the ability to avoid undead monsters and protect herself!
After all, people like Shen Mu and Liu Na are a minority.

Thinking of this, Shen Mu pursed his lips.

He really couldn't say much about his predecessor.

Although what they said was indeed cowardly, those who were bullied by the diesel company were so depressed that they committed suicide.

But it was also because of this reason that I traveled from the parallel world of Earth and awakened the Mount and Blade system. It was an accident. The original intention was wrong, but it was executed well. "Wait, thinking this way seems a bit sorry for my cowardly predecessor."

Shen Mu pursed his lips.

After all, he was himself in a parallel world, so he decided to give him some face.

And looking up in front of me, behind the dried-up fountain with a huge wooden transport ship statue, there vaguely appeared a... desert area!
"Hmm?" Shen Mu pulled the reins in his hand and let the warhorse under him slowly stop running.

Shen Mu looked at the completely changed terrain behind the wooden transport ship statue in front of him, his face full of surprise:

"Wait? In my previous life's memory, it seems that behind this statue, there is a main road some distance away before the desert area of ​​the Orc tribe appears, right?"

What now appeared in front of Shen Mu was dozens of meters away beyond the dried-up fountain.

It was the patches of hardened yellow sand, the gravel mixed in it, and the desert bushes with little green, only twisted small leaves growing on them, that appeared before our eyes.

As for the surrounding land, it is mostly desert, with a dozen reinforced concrete buildings interspersed among them.

It looks like the ruins of a lost civilization that stands out in the desert!

And for the current Blue Star, such a description is not impossible.

But Shen Mu didn't care about these.

Right beside him, Fatis and the 20 knights were all frowning, looking at this land with tall buildings on the edges, thousands of acres of desert terrain in the middle, a sudden mound of earth and a rough city wall built with rammed earth on the outermost edge.

Shen Mu was very familiar with it.

Because he knew, that was the diesel company.

In other words, it is the Orc tribe summoned down from the spirit world!
It should be working hours now. There was not much movement in the surrounding buildings or in the tribes in the desert.

But even from a distance, one could vaguely perceive that there were patrol teams passing by on the rammed earth wall.

Occasionally, the sound of horns could be heard.

Quick and a little nervous.

"Are they gathering the troops?" Shen Mu frowned slightly when he heard the sound of the horns.

Judging from the memories left over from its predecessor, this horn sound unique to the diesel company is not unfamiliar.

Every time the Diesel Company wanted to send out convoy members, that is, a combat team, it would blow the horn, open the city gate built with heavy logs, and send out the convoy members.

At that time, the diesel company employees who are searching for the marks of the spiritual world will appear in the surrounding Blue Star buildings.

He is a vicious and ferocious person. He will beat and scold anyone if they have any objection and will not show any mercy.

Plus that brutal pig-headed man.

If you have a bad relationship with the diesel company, or have angered the employees of the diesel company, those pig-headed men will come over with flails and hammers to beat the poor guy who dared to challenge the authority of the diesel company to death with his brain bursting. This is a common occurrence.

"Lord Shen Mu, many troops have indeed appeared." At this time, Fatis, who was beside Shen Mu, began to report.

"Yeah." Shen Mu also saw it.

Amidst the rough rammed earth walls and the equally rough wooden gates, groups of pig-headed people, mainly numbering hundreds, were walking out quickly.

Then they stood in the desert on the other side of the city wall, lazily and barely forming a square formation.

However, it looked crooked and in a mess, exposing the poor organization and weaknesses in discipline.

Even after lining up, it was a mess with no real formation to speak of.

"Are they attacking us?" Fatis' tone was a little complicated.

But combined with what Shen Mu had said to him before, it seems that they are really gathering troops to attack their newly built town, Dehrim.

And Shen Mu also confirmed this: "Yes, it is the enemy who is looking for trouble with us."

No explanation needed, it's obvious.

Right now, Shen Mu has seen the scale of the thousands of pig-headed men that have come out, as well as various spiritual creatures that have appeared on the city wall, also gathered together in a mess and lined up. It is obviously a pre-war mobilization meeting.

How can you imagine how so many pig-headed people and so many spiritual creature servants could be mobilized?

These diesel companies have invested a lot of money, but they still have to deal with the enemy in the east...

It seems that only some time ago, it severely defeated the attack of the diesel company, itself!

[Ding! You have completed the temporary task! You have received the task reward - 1000 dinars. ]

Just when Shen Mu had a complicated expression on his face and stretched out his hand to signal the knights and cavalrymen who followed him to start retreating and not expose themselves too early.

A dialog box appeared in front of him, proving that he had come here and completed his temporary mission!

But before Shen Mu could speak, he asked the cavalrymen he brought to leave.

There was new content appearing in the dialog box in front of me!

[Ding! The system detected an event, and a temporary task was issued - a decision at a critical moment! ]

[Task name: Decision at a critical moment.]

[Task Introduction: You have arrived at the Diesel Company's sphere of influence and have seen the enemy troops gathering to attack you. But at this moment, you find that the enemy does not seem to have noticed your arrival, so you have a special idea - attack directly or go back to reinforce the city defense.]

[Task Selection ① Direct Attack: The strong never complain about the environment. Now, seeing those enemies have their backs to you and have not made any defensive preparations, you, who have the professional tactical qualities of the Holy Tree Knights, plan to lead the troops yourself and launch a surprise attack! ]

[Mission Stage Reward ①: When attacking, the troops you lead will gain +30% morale because they feel your bravery. 】

[Task Option ② Return to Town: The number of enemies is close to 2000, and a rash charge will definitely result in heavy losses. Out of caution, you think that returning to the town, strengthening the city defense, and welcoming the upcoming defense battle is the wisest choice.]

[Mission Stage Reward ①: Return to the town. All of you have known in advance that the enemy is about to attack, so you are well prepared, so +10% morale. ]

[Task Reward: When you make a choice and complete it, you will receive——]

【①+1 skill upgrade point;】

【②1000 dinars;】

【③ City defense type silver-level treasure chest × 1. 】

However, Shen Mu looked at the dialog box in front of him and did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he frowned with a serious expression:

"A temporary mission to make a choice?"

Shen Mu felt that things were not that simple.

It seems that you can get the mission rewards just by making a simple choice.

Even if you don't choose the first one, you can launch a direct attack on the Diesel Company's troops who are still receiving pre-war training.

Instead, choose the second one, leave here immediately and return to town.

Then not only life is safe.

Returning to the town, telling the soldiers that the enemy is coming will give them a +10% morale boost.

In the following battle to defend the city, maintain high morale and fighting spirit, and strike hard at the attacking enemy.

You can also immediately get the real rewards after choosing the 3 tasks!
+1 skill upgrade point, 1000 dinars, and the latest silver-level city defense treasure chest that has never had a prefix before!

"..." No matter how Shen Mu looked at it, he felt that things would definitely not be that simple.

"Sir?" Right beside him, Fatis seemed to have noticed Shen Mu's current hesitation and decision, but the enemy in the distance who was still mobilizing before the war seemed to have come to the end.

The troops will be dispatched soon.

Fatis was a little anxious, so he also asked: "We are here, do we have any other arrangements?"

"Yes." It was Fatis' words that brought Shen Mu back to his senses.

"Please give me your orders." Upon hearing this, Fatis's expression became serious, and the hand holding the lance also clenched more tightly.

"Fatis, I need you to lead the Swadian knights and heavy cavalry into the building next to you, hide there, listen to my horn, and then charge."

Shen Mu spoke slowly.

He looked at the increasingly chaotic and disorganized formation of pig-headed men in the distance, and an idea came to his mind.

"Understood." Fatis nodded and saw the community with lush vegetation not far away.

It can just hide 10 Swadian knights and 60 Swadian heavy cavalry.

Moreover, it seems that the community appeared due to the desert terrain, and the concrete iron fence that was supposed to appear has disappeared.

Therefore, you can rush out of the community at any time.

Fatis understood Shen Mu's thoughts.

"I leave it to you." Shen Mu reached out and patted Fatis's shoulder beside him, and said in a serious tone: "After the charge, listen to my horn and retreat immediately. Don't fight to the end."

"I understand." Fatis nodded again, and then led the 70 Swadian heavy cavalry towards the direction of the community.

It soon disappeared behind the dilapidated buildings in the community and was hidden in the lush greenery of the community.

I don’t know if it’s because there are not many humans on Blue Planet.

In the surrounding communities, no humans from Blue Star noticed what was happening.

Perhaps most of the people on Blue Star are still praying while working and have not left work.

However, even if some humans discovered the actions of Shen Mu and these cavalrymen, due to the Diesel Company's usual arrogance, they believed that less trouble is worse than more and did not inform them.

Who would like a company that often beats and scolds its employees?
This was the case before the advent of the undead rule.

After the arrival, even though they knew that the Diesel Company provided protection, the humans on Blue Star, who had long been accustomed to being respected and had humanistic care for the technological side of things, were still angry!

Now, these scattered humans on Blue Star are planning to make the Diesel Company suffer a huge loss through their own choices!

At the same time, for Shen Mu, don’t underestimate him as he only has 130 cavalrymen.

If used well.

In such an open terrain, the terrifying killing power displayed, as well as the bonus of surprise attack, will be fatal to those pig-headed people in the spiritual world who only have light armor!
"Then choose to take the initiative." Shen Mu made his own choice.

But when should we take the initiative?

The stage selection for when to complete the temporary task.

Shen Mu has his own ideas!
Moreover, for a cavalry unit that is hiding and ready to attack at any time, taking the initiative to attack is a normal tactical arrangement.

"Everyone, follow me." Shen Mu glanced at the community in the northeast corner where Fatis was hiding.

Instead, he took the remaining 10 Holy Tree Knights and 50 Holy Tree Cavalrymen and hid inside the community in the southwest corner.

All of them were riding on war horses, looking through the gaps between the bushes and trees coldly at the pig-headed men in the distance who had finished their pre-war training and started to set out one by one, forming a long snake-like marching formation, heading towards this side.

Whether it is Fatis in the northeast corner of the community, or Shen Mu in the southwest corner.

At this moment, a smile slowly appeared at the corners of his mouth.

The marching formation of a long snake.

For the cavalry troops that have already ambushed, that would be really great!
"Sure enough, just as I thought, those guys from the diesel company didn't take me seriously at all."

Shen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted coldly.

If they really took him seriously, they would definitely arrange for separate troops to come, to conduct advance exploration where necessary, and to march in sections where necessary.

Then they gathered again in their own territory and formed a large siege formation.

This is how a real troop should be deployed.

Instead of being so messy, they formed a long snake and slowly moved towards their own direction. They didn't want to do any reconnaissance or defense during the march!
"Arrogance is the greatest sin." Shen Mu held the lance tightly in his right hand, and took off the horn of encouragement hanging on his waist with his left hand and placed it in his hand.

At this moment, right in front of us, in the relatively wide desert terrain, the pig-headed people finally came over.

Led by regular employees of each team.

The humming sound continued.

In addition, there are other spiritual creatures around, they are either earth elves, bear goblins, goblins, or werewolves, etc., which are the common bandit sub-human races in the desert.

As they marched along, the noise was as loud and noisy as a vegetable market full of middle-aged women.

And judging from the voices, there wasn't much fear in his mind or thoughts at all.

It's like going out for a picnic.

Not to attack the city!

"Sir, they are coming." The Holy Tree Knights slowly spoke beside Shen Mu.

At this time, they saw that the vanguard of the pig-headed men and other spiritual creatures had arrived at the dried-up fountain and passed the sculpture of the wooden transport ship, symbolizing the former Balihe Street, which had busy water transportation because it was located on the main transportation route of the Xiaolong River, but has never been seen again.

Then he continued to move forward and began to head towards the main road of Balihe Street.

They are hiding in the community.

Thanks to the cover of bushes and groves, they were prevented from being discovered by the pig-headed men and other spiritual creatures.

"Keep quiet." Shen Mu raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.

He was also looking at the pig-headed men and the spiritual creatures who had come to the main road outside.

There is no disturbance in my heart.

Even though he knew that a bloody battle was about to take place, he remained extremely calm.

The mind is working at high speed.

Shen Mu was not panicked or afraid at all. Instead, he looked at the enemies marching along the main road. His heart was beating wildly, making him very emotional.

Because of the upcoming battle, people are excited and start to feel fanatical!

Shen Mu, also eager to fight!
Especially motivated by the relatively generous reward for the temporary mission, he gently raised the lance in his hand.

This made the 10 Holy Tree Knights and the 50 Holy Tree Cavalrymen beside Shen Mu instantly look at the raised lance. Their faces turned grim and they were also ready for battle.

"The best way to attack the long snake formation is to cut it in half!"

In Shen Mu's mind, the tactical education from the Holy Tree Knights had naturally emerged with his memories.

Shen Mu, who possesses the Holy Tree Knight template, also inherited various false experiences from the design of the Mount and Blade system.

Just combined with reality.

This so-called false experience also represents textbook-level experience!
As long as it is used well...

That was a textbook blow!
"The Knights of the Holy Tree! All members! Follow me!"

Shen Mu immediately tapped the horse's belly with his legs, allowing the Holy Tree Heavy Horse, which was also waiting for orders, to move forward quickly, rush out of the bushes and trees, and come to the desert outside the community.

He communicated with the system through his thoughts and directly released his only active killing skill:
"Release! Swarm harassment!"

'Om! '

The emerald green light was wrapped in the white data stream and transformed into energy waves that rushed forward.

Then, it exploded among the groups of pig-headed people, who were either complaining or excited, and the spiritual creatures.

'Buzz!'

Then, hundreds of basketball-sized mutated spirit world killer bees appeared among them.

It vibrated its wings, buzzed, raised its dagger-like tail spike, stared with its scarlet eyes, and immediately rushed towards the spiritual creatures and launched an attack!

The pig-headed people were immediately horrified and waved their flails and hammers, trying to avoid the attack of the killer bees.

Immediately, the already messy formation of the long snake marching became even more chaotic.

As a result, most of the pig-headed people in the middle position did not notice the cavalry rushing out from the woods and charging towards them!

Just as I got closer, I could feel a noticeable vibration under my feet.

Just as they were dodging the harassment from the killer bees from the spirit world, they barely saw the human cavalry, all wearing silver armor and already in charge, rushing towards them.

And there were sharp lances that were already erected in front of the horses' heads and tucked under their armpits!
"Well--"

And, when the human cavalryman in the lead was galloping on his horse, he put his left hand to the edge of his mouth and blew hard, producing a long horn sound!
(End of this chapter)