A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

“You have the nerve to say that, if it weren't for…”

Another man said, his expression pausing slightly, as if he had thought of something: “Wait, did that young man just say he's from the east side of Balihe Street…the new lord?!”

“New lord? Has a new lord appeared here?”

Suddenly, the other middle-aged men and women also excitedly widened their eyes: “Then can we receive protection and work for him?”

“But I also seemed to hear that the young man said he can only exchange some food, and we can't rely on him or live there…” A sharp-eared woman looked troubled: “Didn't you hear that?”

“This…” The faces of these middle-aged men and women showed difficulty, and they subconsciously looked to the side.

On the nearby balcony, there were still a few teenagers and young adults in their twenties lying down, also secretly observing this side.

At this moment, a man slowly opened his mouth, his tone somewhat sorrowful:

“How about we give him that thing and let him accept our protection? After all, besides getting a free bonfire, we're basically useless…”

“Shut up!” But before the man could finish speaking, he was interrupted sternly by the man who had mentioned the light spot earlier:

“Don't talk nonsense at this time. I've warned you before, don't ever mention that we have the sacred fragment! Otherwise, we'll all die! Don't forget how the Diesel Company almost discovered it before and nearly drove us to a dead end!”

But after these words were spoken, the faces of the others were filled with mixed emotions.

They were all relatives and friends who had been close in the past.

They had survived by chance.

Then, they had obtained a special fragment that could continuously emit sacred light.

That's why the whole family had been able to survive until now.

But facing the current hard-pressed and hopeless life, their hearts were already very tired.

At this time, a middle-aged woman said: “I think that young man is very good. He's also a new lord of the human race. The way he speaks and handles things is very upright, much better than the Diesel Company.”

“Indeed.” The others nodded in agreement, and some swallowed, hesitantly echoing:

“If it really doesn't work, should we just offer this thing to him and live a good life? Just barely surviving here is really not the way to go.”

The middle-aged man who had initially sternly opposed it fell silent after hearing these words.

Because what his relatives and friends said was true.

Moreover, because they needed to pray to the sacred fragment with sincere hearts, their long-term interaction had made their relationship as close as old friends.

They would say anything to each other and discuss solutions to problems together.

There was no deceit or malice.

“But if we hand it over, can we really get a good life in return?”

The middle-aged man who had spoken sternly pursed his lips and couldn't help but retort: “You all know that those Diesel Company guys only thought we were hiding weapons from the spirit realm back then, and they were very rude to us. If we hadn't run fast, we don't know what would have happened.”

“This young man…doesn't seem like a thug like the Diesel Company.” Someone also weakly defended.

At this moment, everyone fell silent.

They absolutely could not entrust their lives to the morality of others.

“Let's wait and see.”

The leading middle-aged man sighed: “If that young man is really upright, we can go and join him at any time. Let's observe carefully and then make a decision, what do you think?”

“I agree.” Someone nodded.

“I agree too.” The others looked at each other at this time and also nodded in agreement.

Watching the human heavy cavalry disappear from sight, they didn't say much and returned to their former home, hiding again.

As for Shen Mu, he had no idea that in the residential area where he had stayed last night, these dozen ordinary people were hiding some secret.

Now he was more concerned about the new temporary mission.

“That shopping mall…complex is really a huge building.” Ai Lei'en, riding his horse to Shen Mu's right, curiously looked at the surrounding Blue Star architecture, his expression very wonderful.

Although he had already marveled at these towering Blue Star buildings like mountains when he came yesterday.

Seeing them again now was still quite shocking.

“It should be said that this world is very shocking.”

Fa Tisi rode his horse beside him and smiled, sighing: “I really don't know how the people of this world built such tall buildings, as if there were gods helping them.”

The modern architecture in Blue Star did shock Fa Tisi and Ai Lei'en, as well as the other knights and cavalry.

Even Ai Lei'en couldn't help but purse his lips and say: “Even so, why has this world fallen to such a miserable state?” Saying that, he raised his chest: “An excessively superior life will only make people forget how to fight. Only a cruel environment can hone true warriors, such as us Wikians who live in the snowy highlands!”

“Yes, that's right.” Fa Tisi understood Ai Lei'en's personality, who always kept the glory of the Wikians in his heart and was very proud of it.

So Fa Tisi didn't want to argue with Ai Lei'en, who liked to fight and was a bit paranoid.

“We're almost there. I think if we enter that shopping mall complex, we'll need to pick up our weapons, dismount, and fight on foot. Be careful then.” Fa Tisi reminded.

“I know.” Ai Lei'en reached out and inserted his knight's sword back into its sheath, took out his double-handed axe from behind, held it on his shoulder with one hand on the warhorse, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: “Our Wikians' battle axes are never afraid of encountering any enemies, and I really like the moment when I completely smash the enemy during close combat!”

Fa Tisi pursed his lips, didn't say anything, just lightly tapped the horse's belly with his legs and shook the reins to make the warhorse move forward half a step.

He came to Shen Mu's side.

Fa Tisi asked: “Lord, what tactical arrangements should we execute next when we enter the shopping mall complex?”

This is why Fa Tisi is a cavalry captain, a cavalry commander, and a commanding talent.

And Ai Lei'en is called the strongest and best knight.

“Just like what you said just now, dismount and go in on foot to see the situation first.”

Shen Mu turned his head and glanced at the 220 knights and heavy cavalry behind him, his expression slightly relaxed: “After all, with so many knights and heavy cavalry, even if we dismount and fight on foot, it's equivalent to elite heavy infantry, and our combat power is still guaranteed.”

“Understood.” Fa Tisi nodded: “Then we will be vigilant and try not to make mistakes.”

“Yes.” Shen Mu glanced at Ai Lei'en at this time and also reminded him: “Ai Lei'en, listen to Fa Tisi's command more. I need Fa Tisi's calm command and your fierce combat power to protect me together.”

“Of course, Lord Shen Mu, I will do my best!” Ai Lei'en's eyes were full of excitement for the upcoming battle.

While exchanging words, they turned the street corner and came to the shopping mall complex.

At this time, the entire building was gray and dilapidated.

It looked gray and dusty, as if it had been placed here for decades, and the whole building showed a kind of decline.

Shen Mu raised his head and looked at the large characters at the top—

Qianda Shopping Mall Complex.

Seeming to think of the former Earth, his face couldn't help but show a bit of唏嘘.

“Lord, there doesn't seem to be any evil presence now.” Behind Shen Mu, the 10 Holy Tree Knights spoke, their tone a little strange: “But last night, we did feel the burning reminder that these equipment would emit when encountering evil.”

“I know, I also felt it.” Shen Mu was using the Holy Tree Knight template after all, so of course he knew.

Looking at the shopping mall complex in front of him, where wooden baffles were installed outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor, and it was obviously being renovated and not directly open for business, he also looked up at the glass door.

In the past, perhaps it was under construction, and there were only a few small glass doors on the entire first floor that could be pushed open.

“But before going in, let's remove those baffles first.” Shen Mu rode his horse over.

He came to the former ground parking lot.

However, at this time, the ground parking lot only had a scattering of construction vehicles and cars parked.

It wasn't full.

It was just enough space for Shen Mu and the warhorses of these knightly heavy cavalry to stay and be guarded.

"Leave 20 Swadian heavy cavalrymen here to watch our warhorses."

Without waiting for Shen Mu to speak, Fatis took the lead, turning his head and pointing out 20 Swadian heavy cavalrymen to stay behind: "You not only need to guard the warhorses, but if you sense that we are caught in a battle inside, then you must go and support us based on the intensity and timing of the battlefield."

"Understood, Lord Fatis." These 20 Swadian knights nodded in response without the slightest hesitation.

Then Fatis pointed at the others and said in a deep voice: "Come, let's dismount now, listen to Lord Shen Mu's arrangements, dismantle all the baffles, let the sunlight shine in, and drive away the darkness and gray mist!"

"Understood!" The other 130 Swadian heavy cavalrymen and 50 Holy Tree Knights responded in unison.

"Understood." The 10 Swadian knights and 10 Holy Tree Knights also dismounted in response.

They all nimbly dismounted and stood on the smooth marble floor, checking the weapons they carried with them, moving their hips, which were uncomfortable from riding, and then walked forward together in large strides.

It was just a matter of dismantling some thin-looking wooden baffles, not the three-finger-thick baffles on the city walls.

These baffles surrounding the first-floor French windows were not even half a centimeter thick.

They were just two or three millimeters of thin board.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no rain or snow and no strong wind after the arrival of the undead rules.

Otherwise, the connections of these baffles would have been eroded and rotten by rain and snow long ago, and then torn into several pieces of rotten thin board by the strong wind, and blown away to who knows where.

Shen Mu understood this.

They were just temporary baffles with a lifespan of only a month or so, to be dismantled after use.

Convenient, simple, and cheap.

They were very cost-effective decoration and shielding materials.

"Everyone, put in more effort and tear down all these thin boards!" With a few shouts, a whole area of baffles was torn down.

For these knights and heavy cavalrymen, who already had strong arms, it was simply child's play.

It was just that when the thin boards were torn down and the huge French windows appeared.

It wasn't the transparent burglar-proof glass that Shen Mu had expected.

But some kind of black wall.

"No, it's not a black wall, but there's something inside the burglar-proof glass that's blocking it with black stuff." Shen Mu walked over, took off his chainmail gloves, put his hand on the cold glass, and frowned slightly.

Especially when Shen Mu seriously looked at the black, seemingly viscous substance piled up.

'Hiss...' Shen Mu vaguely noticed that it seemed like some kind of substance was reacting.

It was like it was between rapidly disappearing and dissolving, but it was stubbornly held back by something, preventing these black, viscous, and already solidified substances from being directly destroyed and collapsing!

"What exactly is this stuff?" Shen Mu was quite puzzled.

"Lord Shen Mu, if you want to know what this stuff is, it's very simple." At this time, Aireen, who was beside him, heard Shen Mu's mutterings and revealed a smug smile.

Then, just as Shen Mu noticed his movements and subconsciously took two steps back.

Aireen raised the two-handed battle axe in his hand.

'Bang!'

'Crack!'

'Whirr--'

As he slashed forward heavily, the entire huge French window-like burglar-proof glass was actually directly broken through at a single point by Aireen's raised two-handed battle axe, and smashed into fragments all over the ground.

It turned into a rain of transparent glass, smashing down on the ground.

And also opened up a passage on the first floor of this commercial complex.

Because just at this time.

The black, viscous, and solidified substance inside finally revealed its true face.

"It's blood plasma." Fatis walked over, looked at the black substances that had also shattered on the ground, and frowned slightly: "It seems that a lot of blood has been mixed with something, and after coagulation, it has become a kind of blood plasma."

And Fatis slightly raised his head, sniffed with his nose, and his face suddenly turned ugly:

"There is still a lot and a lot of blood, there has probably been a massacre here, or even a torture."

"What a strong bloody smell, like the stench after blood has decayed." Aireen, who was holding the two-handed battle axe again at this time, looked solemn.

He had experienced very tragic battlefields and was very familiar with this bloody smell, so he reminded: "Be careful."

"Everyone, prepare for battle." Fatis directly pulled out his knight's sword and said in a deep voice: "Guard the surroundings!"

'Clang--'

Then the knights and heavy cavalrymen holding knight's swords and hand-and-a-half swords all drew their long swords from their sheaths and looked expressionlessly at the still dark, seemingly giant mouth-like commercial complex.

"Are there any torches?" Shen Mu asked, standing in front of this broken glass.

"Yes!" A Swadian heavy cavalryman immediately turned around and ran towards his warhorse.

When he came back, he had two or thirty wrist-thick torches in his arms, all of which they had made in advance when they had nothing to do last night.

"Well done." Shen Mu nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered: "One torch for every 5 people."

"Understood." This Swadian heavy cavalryman immediately distributed all these torches.

It was just barely enough.

'Whoosh!'

When these self-made simple torches were lit, a Swadian knight personally held a torch beside Shen Mu, and then accompanied Shen Mu into this commercial complex.

As the torches burned, the extremely dark environment inside the commercial complex, which was obscured by the black solidified viscous substance, suddenly showed some light.

And as more and more knights and heavy cavalrymen walked in, the light gradually increased.

It was just that after entering, everyone subconsciously frowned.

"This place..." Fatis supported a fan-shaped shield with his left hand, guarding Shen Mu's left side. The chainmail boots under his feet seemed to have kicked something. He looked down and found that it was a skull.

Looking around with the light of the torch, he found that large batches of skeletons were scattered here.

Among them were mixed skulls of various sizes.

As well as various scattered ribs, leg bones, arm bones, hip bones, spine bones, and so on.

"This place is like a slaughterhouse!" Fatis finally said all the words he had been holding back in his throat, his voice a little solemn.

For a kind knight, he could not tolerate this kind of slaughter and torture scene.

"Indeed, there is a massacre of civilians here." Even Aireen, who was enthusiastic about fighting but恪守骑士道德 (ke shou qi shi dao de -恪守 means to scrupulously abide by, and 骑士道德 refers to chivalry/the code of honor of knights), also frowned at this time, looking at this place with a displeased expression: "This is really the most vicious and bottomless thing that even a robber can't do."

The surrounding knights and heavy cavalrymen dispersed, holding knight's swords and hand-and-a-half swords, their faces equally solemn.

No matter what world, the massacre of women and children is abhorrent.

Anyone with a little status will try to avoid this kind of thing.

They had already become knights.

They were already high-ranking heavy cavalrymen.

And even members of a respected knight order.

They were now stepping on these bones, looking at the dark ground, which was obviously blood scabs formed after a lot of blood had dried up, how could they not understand that this massacre of civilians was carried out from this huge hall?

Shen Mu also frowned slightly, looking at the faint gray mist that permeated the darkness around him, and the bones under his feet.

His heart was already full of vigilance.

Just the bones he saw, the dense mass of countless heads and various bones, scattered on the ground, probably already numbered more than a thousand deaths.

And so many people died here, were massacred, he couldn't help but be vigilant.

"But, the Holy Tree suit on my body is not burning up again." Shen Mu took two steps forward, his chainmail boots breaking a rib, making a cracking sound.

Including the surrounding knights and heavy cavalrymen, they all moved forward with their swords and shields, accompanied by the rustling sound of the chainmail colliding with each other.

What came was the crisp sound of crushing these bones under their feet.

The sound was extremely strange and chilling.

Finally arrived at the atrium.

It was also this large commercial complex, with about seven floors above ground, in the middle of the entire hollowed-out hall.

The transparent glass at the top didn't have any black, viscous substance, so some light could barely penetrate under the morning sunlight, eliminating the effects of darkness and gray fog.

However, Shen Mu still keenly noticed that gray fog was still spreading in the dim corners of the surrounding walls.

Including inside the half-closed fire door.

Because the sunlight couldn't completely penetrate, darkness and gray fog with the rules of necromancy appeared.

And on Shen Mu's body, a burning sensation quietly began to emerge at this moment.

“Lord, please be careful.” The 10 Holy Tree Knights behind him immediately reported: “Our equipment is heating up. Evil is approaching. If possible, we must increase our vigilance again.”

These words were a report to Shen Mu, but in reality, they were also spoken to the other knights and heavy cavalry around.

Upon hearing this, these Swadian Knights, Swadian Heavy Cavalry, and Holy Tree Knights all tightened their grips on their knightly swords or hand-and-a-half swords, expressionlessly scanning the surroundings.

They moved their feet and formed a circular formation, protecting Shen Mu, Fatis, and Alayne in the center.

But just as the 200 men finished forming the defensive circle of shields.

‘Gaa!’

From the darkness of the surrounding fire doors, a strange, hoarse, and shrill sound suddenly came.

Then, the fire doors were pushed open with a ‘bang,’ and hundreds of people staggered out, their bodies grayish-white, wielding cleavers, watermelon knives, even meat cleavers and chair legs, as well as steel pipes and steel bars, dressed in Blue Star human clothing, staring with only the whites of their eyes, charging towards this side.

They also emitted strange groans, looking extremely like zombies, but more agile than zombies.

Although their charge was unsteady, their speed was quite fast.

So that within a dozen breaths after pushing open the fire doors.

These creatures at the forefront, resembling zombies but more agile, wielding various weapons, like street thugs in a brawl, arrived in front of the Swadian Heavy Cavalry.

‘Bang, bang, bang, bang!’

The cleavers, watermelon knives, and steel pipes heavily struck the kite shields.

Emitting a series of intense sounds that sounded as if multiple armies were fighting each other fiercely!

“Kill!” Relying on the protection of the kite shields, the Swadian Heavy Cavalry and the Holy Tree Knights, feeling the not-so-intense impact on their left arm shields, had strange expressions.

Then, they directly picked up the hand-and-a-half swords in their hands and slashed at the monsters transformed from Blue Star humans in front of them.

As the sharp blades flashed with a chilling gleam.

The monsters transformed from Blue Star humans, with only the whites of their eyes remaining, were directly cleaved by the hand-and-a-half swords, their skulls shattered, collapsing to the ground on the spot, completely losing their vitality and remaining motionless.

In the brief moment of contact, it could be said that these Swadian Heavy Cavalry and Holy Tree Knights on the outermost perimeter resolved the surrounding danger.

They instantly ended the lives of these strange monsters!

“So weak in combat?” Alayne frowned at this moment, looking a little surprised.

“Don’t be careless.” Fatis reminded.

“They’re just weak.” Alayne had a feeling of unfulfilled potential: “I haven’t even joined the battle yet.”

The battle before and after hadn’t lasted more than ten minutes.

The 50 Swadian Heavy Cavalry and Holy Tree Knights on the outermost perimeter easily resolved the monsters that surrounded them, as if completely encircling them.

Looking at the piles of corpses on the ground.

These Swadian Heavy Cavalry, who had been following Shen Mu from the beginning, felt that these monsters were even weaker than skeletons or zombies!

At least 300 monsters were slaughtered by them in this way.

Even the brothers who were ready to replace them in the second layer hadn’t even been used yet, and the battle was completely over.

Those behind them looked at each other in dismay.

“Don’t relax, I feel the burning sensation on my body hasn’t dissipated yet.” A Holy Tree Knight said in a deep voice at this moment: “Obviously, there is still an evil lurking behind the scenes, spying on us!”

“Everyone, be alert!” Fatis said in a deep voice at this moment, which was considered an order.

And Fatis looked at Shen Mu.

He asked in a deep voice: “Lord, do we still need to go deeper?”

Now they had occupied the hall of this commercial complex, and the surrounding exhibition halls were empty, vacant rooms.

If they wanted to go deeper, they would have to enter the area concealed by the fire doors.

Those were all closed units.

Whether they were warehouses or passages leading to the upper or lower floors, or even the underground parking lot.

But they all had a common characteristic.

That was, there was no sunlight, only darkness and gray fog permeated the land of the dead!

“Well, let’s go take a look.” Shen Mu nodded.

The temporary mission issued by the system required him to explore this commercial complex.

No matter what.

The seven floors, the warehouses, and even the underground garage, seemed to need to be explored.

Otherwise, could it be called exploration?

There might be danger inside, but Shen Mu looked at the knights and heavy cavalry around him, all wearing heavy armor, and felt much more confident.

The key was that the monsters dressed as Blue Star humans who had appeared just now were easily killed.

This really boosted Shen Mu's confidence a lot.

They couldn’t even beat Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers.

Did they think they could fight him?

That was definitely impossible!

“Go.” Shen Mu waved forward.

“Follow me!” Immediately, 10 Swadian Heavy Cavalry raised their swords and shields and charged in the direction Shen Mu pointed.

They kicked open the fire door, holding torches high and brandishing their cold, gleaming longswords.

Fearlessly charging in.

“Kill!”

As the Swadian Heavy Cavalry roared, new Swadian Heavy Cavalry supported them, accompanied by the sound of metal clashing.

When Shen Mu led the others to catch up, they found that the 20 Swadian Heavy Cavalry had already braced the kite shields on their left arms and used the hand-and-a-half swords in their hands to dismember the twenty or so strange monsters remaining behind the fire door.

This could be considered resolving the hidden dangers inside.

“Well done.” Alayne nodded in praise to these heavy cavalry of the Swadian Kingdom at this moment.

Raising his battle axe, Alayne was even more eager to try.

“Go upstairs first.” Shen Mu looked at the steps inside the fire door, which led to the underground garage below and the floors of the commercial complex above.

Without hesitation, with the idea that the underground garage was more dangerous, Shen Mu led the team up the stairs to the upper floors.

But just as they arrived on the second floor and quickly inspected it.

After solving some weak monsters transformed from Blue Star humans.

As they pushed open the fire door on the third floor, ‘whoosh,’ bats the size of皮球 appeared, staring with scarlet eyes and sharp fangs, quickly pouncing towards them!

However, these bats seemed extremely afraid of the torches held high by Shen Mu and the heavy infantry.

‘Squeak, squeak, squeak!’

Encountering the bright light, they emitted sharp cries and fluttered their wings, quickly flying towards the darkness behind.

Through the torches held in their hands, Shen Mu and the others suddenly discovered that these bats…

There were also a few hundred of them!

Fluttering their wings densely, flying around the floors of the entire hall.

Even more red-eyed bats appeared in the dim rooms of the seven floors around them, which should have been various shops, fluttering their wings, which was extremely spectacular.

“Careful!” Just among these bats, the corner of Shen Mu's eye seemed to have noticed something.

Shen Mu immediately issued a reminder in a deep voice: “Be careful outside the railings!”

“What?” Near the railings of the second-floor hall, there were four or five Swadian Heavy Cavalry standing, holding torches and vigilantly watching the bats with hand-and-a-half swords.

But just as they turned their heads to look elsewhere, four or five larger black shadows appeared among the piles of bats.

‘Whoosh!’

Then, two humanoid black shadows emerged from the countless bats fluttering their wings for cover, lunging towards the Swadian heavy cavalry near the railing!

In that brief moment.

Shen Mu then realized that they were humanoid in size, with pale, wrinkled skin, huge bat wings on their backs, mouths full of fangs and sharp teeth, and bald heads that were extremely ugly and evil.

"Vampires!?" Shen Mu blurted out the name subconsciously.

Wasn't that the classic image of a vampire from the undead race in Shen Mu's memory!?

"Heh ha!"

Then, at the railing, the ugly, humanoid vampire with long fingernails and a mouth full of fangs instantly pounced on the back of a Swadian heavy cavalryman, fiercely biting at his neck and back.

'Clang!'

'Clang clang clang!'

Immediately, the sound of metal clashing rang out.

The vampire's fangs and sharp teeth, due to the force of the bite, actually created sparks on the heavy chainmail that covered the heads and necks of several Swadian heavy cavalrymen!

This situation filled the seven or eight vampires that had fallen from the air and were biting at the Swadian heavy cavalrymen with astonishment.

"Damn it!" But their astonishment only fueled the anger of the six Swadian heavy cavalrymen who had been knocked to the ground and hadn't expected such an attack.

They no longer intended to use their hand-and-a-half swords.

Instead, they heavily swung their elbows, delivering a fierce elbow strike to the vampire's face. When the vampire recoiled in pain, they immediately drew out the spiked mace they had prepared for close combat.

With a forceful roll, they threw the vampire off balance.

'Bang!'

At this moment, the Swadian heavy cavalryman seized the opportunity and smashed the spiked mace fiercely into the vampire's head. The blow, fueled by anger, directly shattered the vampire's skull, splattering brains everywhere.

The vampire wailed, clutching its head, staggered for a moment, and then crashed to the ground.

Not only that vampire, but three other vampires also had their skulls caved in on the spot by the spiked maces wielded by the Swadian heavy cavalrymen.

"Heh heh!" The remaining four or five vampires, wearing tattered clothes, watched all of this in terror.

Their bat wings vibrated, and they flew directly towards the higher levels.

They were clearly fleeing.

"Damn it, these guys are really cunning." At that moment, the other Swadian heavy cavalrymen came to their side with their hand-and-a-half swords, watching the vampires disappear into the other floors, and spat fiercely: "Lucky they escaped quickly."

They then reached out and helped up their comrades who were still on the ground, panting heavily from the quick reaction.

"Thanks." These Swadian heavy cavalrymen stood up, re-sheathed their spiked maces, picked up their knightly swords, and said with feigned ease: "It's okay, those guys are strong, but they still can't penetrate the chainmail made for me by the blacksmiths of the Swadian Kingdom."

As they spoke, they patted their chainmail, which made a rustling sound, proving that the quality was indeed good.

The key was that they didn't want to lose face in front of Shen Mu, this legendary figure.

"It's good that you're okay." Shen Mu nodded in response.

However, his face was also rather solemn at this moment.

Coming here this time, he hadn't expected to discover new undead creatures in this shopping mall complex.

Vampires!

"In the past, the original owner of this body seemed to have heard others say that vampires are a relatively high-level undead monster."

Shen Mu frowned in thought: "They have the intelligence of some normal creatures, and at the same time, they are very strong, good at flying, and are extremely troublesome undead monsters. Moreover… they can create corpse servants and puppets through bloodsucking and special means."

Now that he thought about it, those monsters wearing Blue Star human clothing that he encountered on the first floor were the corpse servants and puppets created by these vampires!

"Lord, has this place become… a vampire's lair, as you said?" Airenn asked.

"Yes." Shen Mu nodded: "It seems so."

Especially looking at those creatures that were about 1.6 meters tall, like a thin human, but covered in muscles, with an ugly face and a large mouth full of sharp teeth.

Plus the wings on their backs, with a wingspan of about 2 meters, and claws as sharp as small daggers.

They certainly looked very intimidating.

And…

They were also very difficult to kill.

"I should have brought crossbowmen, or Lake Rat Gang destroyers who can throw javelins."

Shen Mu looked at the knights and heavy cavalrymen around him, who were all melee units, and felt a bit regretful: "Dealing with those vampires who are obviously more agile, relying solely on melee combat is too passive."

After all, vampires could fly.

This shopping mall complex, with its through-and-through hall and the corridor-style interlayers of the seven-story food court, shopping area, and children's playground, was a rather complex environment.

These flying vampires were truly in their element, this was their territory!

"Forget it, there's no need to kill all these vampires, they're all undead monsters, as long as there's darkness and gray fog, they'll continue to descend."

Shen Mu frowned, and also thought of his mission requirements, which was to explore this entire shopping mall complex.

Especially to find out where that spot of light had fallen.

It wasn't to wipe out these vampires.

There was no need to go to such lengths.

"Let's go." Shen Mu then raised the knightly sword in his hand, leading everyone to continue towards the top.

With a mighty force of 200 people, they could basically fearlessly face any unsystematic vampire attacks.

Moreover, even if it was a systematic attack.

Faced with knights and heavy cavalrymen who were so well-equipped, completely unafraid of attacks from sharp weapons, and only worried about blunt weapon strikes like those of the Pig-Headed Men.

They wouldn't care about those vampires!

So Shen Mu led the team, charging up floor by floor.

Along the way, they also discovered a dozen vampires, flapping their wings and screeching as they fled their floors.

Some even hid among the giant bats that were flying randomly in the hall, watching angrily from the dark corners, glaring at these humans who dared to intrude into their home and were wandering around as if they were sightseeing.

But they could do nothing.

Until Shen Mu arrived at the top floor, which, according to his memory, should be the area with the movie theater and the gym.

After searching the gym, just as he was planning to go to the movie theater to take a look, Shen Mu discovered that at the entrance of the movie theater, there were already forty or fifty vampires gathered, all pale gray, with scarlet eyes, and ugly faces.

At this moment, they were all baring their teeth at Shen Mu, opening their claws that were like small daggers.

They clearly meant to prevent Shen Mu and the others from continuing forward.

But this also proved.

That inside the movie theater on the seventh floor, there must be something that these vampires wanted to keep them from seeing!

"Interesting."

Shen Mu's lips curled slightly: "The more you don't want me to go in, the more I want to go in and take a look." He had a smile on his lips, but there was no hint of a smile in his eyes. He turned to look at Airenn and said in a deep voice: "Airenn, take 10 Swadian knights and 50 Swadian heavy cavalrymen and take care of those vampires blocking the way!"

"Understood!" Airenn shouted excitedly, raising his two-handed battle axe next to his ear.

The 10 Swadian knights and 50 Swadian heavy cavalrymen beside him immediately stepped forward.

One by one, they drew out the longswords in their hands and placed their kite shields in front of their chests.

Following Airenn, they charged forward without fear!

Vampires.

This special undead monster.

It wasn't that they despised them, their current appearance of charging forward was just to see how these vampires fared in a positional battle.

After all, before, these vampires had only been running back and forth.

They hadn't had enough fun killing them yet!