A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

【Task Name: The Devil's Covetousness】

【Task Description: Su Family Village was once plagued by devils, but they were destroyed by you and your troops. Now, new devil's claws have infiltrated this place, evil is breeding, and strangeness is spreading. For devils, human souls are superior delicacies and currency, and flesh is even better material for parasitism.】

【Task Requirements: Find the devil's lair and eliminate them all.】

【Task Reward: 10,000 denars.】

【Hint: According to the system's scan of the rule changes in the surrounding area, this temporary task is a prerequisite for subsequent tasks. Please complete it carefully.】

Right before Shen Mu's eyes, this temporary task was completely displayed.

“Find the devil's lair.” Shen Mu frowned slightly, looking at the task requirements above: “And eliminate them all…”

The system made it very clear that the devils have a lair in this vicinity.

And there are devils hiding inside.

The gazes that coveted these construction workers and contractors before were indeed the work of devils.

And there's a hint below.

It says that the system scanned the surrounding area and noticed changes in the rules.

Then this temporary task also has a follow-up task.

After completing this temporary task, as a prerequisite for starting the subsequent task, it needs to be treated with caution until the temporary task is completed.

“Then this is interesting.” Shen Mu frowned even tighter.

The system's scan is at the rule level.

Now it says that the rule level has changed, and it hints that this temporary task is a prerequisite for a subsequent task.

That definitely means there's something going on!

It's this Su Family Village.

“At that time, I don't seem to have left behind any parasitic monsters, right?” Shen Mu pondered.

He remembered that when he cleaned up Su Family Village, he searched it inside and out.

Only then was the temporary task issued by the system considered complete, and after confirming that there were no devils or other enemies remaining, the task was considered complete, and the reward was obtained.

Now he's being told that the devil's claws have infiltrated this place again.

That means that devils have appeared in this Su Family Village again.

“And it didn't say parasitic monsters.” Shen Mu looked at the information points obtained from the temporary task, his face becoming serious: “It said genuine devils!”

This is the system's explicit indication!

Then this clearly means that the enemies he will face next are those devils born in the 9 Hells.

Cunning, insidious, and adhering to order.

But even more evil and cruel, with brains, knowing how to think, possessing organization, and quite troublesome devil creatures!

In a sense, the demons in the Abyss have extremely strong combat power, and after rushing up with a fierce brute force, they can directly crush many spirit world lord's troops.

It is the most thorough violence of the kind that relies on hard power to rush up.

But in comparison.

Devil, this kind of evil creature, is similar to abyss demons but even more difficult to deal with.

Because devils are more difficult to deal with than those abyss demons who are tyrannical, capricious, and prone to bloodthirsty rage, and who don't seem to have much rationality, as if they are hysterical lunatics.

Because the Nine Hells rely on nine regions similar to the abyss layers to withstand the attacks of all the abyss demons in the bottomless abyss.

They have repeatedly won victories in the blood war and have always been suppressing these abyss demons in the bottomless abyss.

What they rely on is organizational strength.

A strictly hierarchical relationship that is almost harsh.

As well as absolute authority, and an order that can make subordinates unconditionally go to their deaths, such discipline.

In one-on-one or small-scale squad battles, these devils have no way to contend with abyss demons.

But once they enter large-scale group battles, the more the number, the more these Nine Hells devils occupy the advantage, and can easily command all their legions, and then in terms of absolute organization and discipline, make those abyss demons return without success.

Even because the cruelty, discipline, and organizational strength of these devils are stronger than those of the human race's troops.

So once a devil legion appears, it will be quite dangerous.

Because the devil legions are really the kind of bloodiest butchers who leave no one alive and slaughter all the occupied areas, and with extremely high efficiency.

This information was obtained by Shen Mu when he was chatting with Elder Polo.

Therefore, although Shen Mu has never really seen the devils in the Nine Hells, he has already implicitly equated them with the abyss demon legions in his heart.

After all, for him, they are all equally dangerous.

“What you said is really important.” Shen Mu nodded at this time.

This contractor did give him a reminder.

He is not afraid of danger.

The sooner it is discovered, the sooner it will be dealt with.

Prevention is better than cure, it is never too late to mend the fold, that is the truth.

“Aereon.” He slowly spoke.

“Lord, I am at your command.” Aereon immediately responded beside him.

“Summon the Vaegir archers.” Shen Mu said: “Follow me into Su Family Village and clear out the devils inside again!”

“Understood.” Aereon nodded.

Then he turned around to summon those Vaegir archers.

At the same time, beside Shen Mu, the 10 Holy Tree Knights who had come with him, and the 100 Holy Tree Cavalry, also approached in unison.

They all heard Shen Mu say that they would be clearing out next.

Then, they all understood that they were about to enter combat mode.

“Lord, if there's nothing else, I'll continue to arrange for those construction workers to continue working.” However, when the contractor saw this situation, he quickly swallowed, seemingly not daring to say anything more.

His attitude was very clear.

That is, he doesn't want to participate in the battle, and seems a little timid.

“Well, go.” Shen Mu waved his hand at him, not saying anything more.

“Thank you for your kindness.” The contractor immediately gratefully bowed and saluted, then quickly turned around and walked quickly towards his construction workers.

There was no way.

Although he is also a loyal admirer of Shen Mu, he has a natural fear of war.

Including those construction workers.

Although even a rabbit will bite when cornered, and they know how to resist with the tools in their hands.

But that is also under the circumstances of being forced into a desperate situation.

If it is under normal circumstances.

For example, now that they are still building for Shen Mu.

They would rather stay together, chat, and speed up the construction of these buildings.

Complete their duties.

War and the like.

That is really as far away from them as possible.

Of course, Shen Mu didn't care about this, he understood that this was some kind of limitation on these civilian construction worker units, stemming from the Mount \u0026 Blade system and the Mount \u0026 Blade rules.

After all, real battles should be handled by Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers.

When something happens.

It should also be up to the proper professional soldiers to step forward and deal with it.

Some construction workers are professional construction civilian units.

They really shouldn't be involved in war-related matters.

“Lord Shen Mu, everything has been assembled.” Aereon quickly returned at this time.

Just below the hill where the main house of New Rivacheg is located, the 300 Vaegir archers are wearing leather vests, fur helmets, and are standing there with their hands behind their backs, holding high-quality nomadic bows, full of energy.

Their hands are also placed on the fletching of the arrows in the quiver at their waists, eager to try.

They are ready to draw the bodkin arrows in their hands at any time, shoot them at the enemy, and quickly and skillfully shoot the enemy to death in front of them with excitement and fighting spirit.

“Well, very good.” Shen Mu nodded.

This is a response to Aereon.

It is also a compliment to those Vaegir archers who have already assembled and are full of fighting spirit.

“Respected Lord Shen Mu, please allow us, these Khergit horse archers, to follow you as well.”

At this time, not far away, the 5 steppe bandits and 10 Khergit people who were still standing alone while holding their steppe horses were all looking at Shen Mu expectantly.

The leader of the steppe bandit captain spoke, his tone firm: “The nomadic bows and short bows in our hands can also shoot feathered arrows and shoot the enemy to death in the distance, they are also useful!”

“Alright, you can follow.” After Shen Mu pondered, he also chose to nod.

But he still instructed: “Your task is to quickly relay my orders on horseback, and to wander around me, always being vigilant about the surroundings, and not allowing close-range melee combat, understand?”

“Understood!” These steppe bandits and Khergit people immediately responded.

Their faces were also extremely solemn.

This also relieved Shen Mu.

The grassland bandits and Khergit people couldn't casually enter the battlefield, nor could they easily enter the front lines of close combat.

After all, Shen Mu still needed to accumulate the number of these Khergit people and grassland bandits.

To unlock the grassland bandit lair upgrade project!

In that case.

It's better to have them wander around Shen Mu, acting as humanoid reconnaissance machines to scan the surrounding situation.

"Alright, let's go."

Shen Mu gestured for the 5 grassland bandits and 10 Khergit people to obey his orders behind him.

Then, he mounted his horse and, under the true protection of the 10 Sacred Tree Knights and the escort of the 100 Sacred Tree Cavalry, began to gallop towards Su Family Village.

Aerian was left behind to lead the 300 Vaegir archers on foot.

Anyway, the distance wasn't far.

It was only a 10-minute journey, even faster on horseback.

They arrived in less than 5 minutes.

"Everyone, be vigilant."

Shen Mu looked at the dark factory buildings ahead, his expression solemn. "This time, we may be facing real demons, a type similar to the Abyss Demons we encountered before, evil monsters with relatively strong combat power."

"We understand."

The Sacred Tree Knights and Sacred Tree Cavalry nodded.

Looking at the village ahead, the expressions in their eyes gradually became more serious.

Especially the Sacred Tree Knights.

At this moment, within the armor they were wearing, a faint heat had already begun to appear.

This indicated that within Su Family Village, especially near the northeast corner, in the direction of the new Rivacheg of the Vaegir village, there was indeed evil hidden.

Otherwise, the mithril-infused armor they were wearing would not have this kind of heat.

This was a warning in itself.

Evil...

Was hidden here!

However, for Shen Mu, there wasn't too much psychological pressure.

Because he was also wearing the Sacred Tree Knight set.

The mithril mixed within, a special magical material, could sense the amount of evil based on the distance to it, and release a corresponding temperature.

If the amount of evil was large, and the intensity of evil was high.

Then the temperature of the Sacred Tree Knight set would gradually increase, even to the point of becoming somewhat hot.

The opposite was also true.

If the amount of evil was small, and the intensity of evil was low, then it would only be slightly warm.

Allowing them to prepare in advance.

And wherever there was evil, as long as he and these Sacred Tree Knights wandered over and approached the specific location, they could know a general idea.

No need to search aimlessly throughout the entire village.

Just focus on searching specifically based on the increasingly hot Sacred Tree Knight set, and they could draw a conclusion.

And that's what Shen Mu did.

After Aerian brought the 300 Vaegir archers over with their quality nomadic bows, and they drew their bodkin arrows, looking vigilantly at the buildings in front of them.

He extended his right hand and pointed forward: "All Sacred Tree Knight members, dismount."

"Understood!"

A Sacred Tree Knight responded immediately.

Then he turned his head and shouted to the 100 Sacred Tree Cavalry behind him: "All, Sacred Tree Cavalry, dismount!"

"Dismount!"

The command echoed.

These Sacred Tree Cavalry, wearing chainmail, instantly and nimbly dismounted.

Each of them held their slender lances and quickly lined up, forming a rectangular formation.

Transforming from Sacred Tree Cavalry into Sacred Tree Spearmen.

The 10 Sacred Tree Knights were still in front.

"Let's go."

Shen Mu waved his hand forward.

The dismounted Sacred Tree Knights and Cavalry immediately shouldered their lances and quickly entered Su Family Village.

Various narrow alleys and not-so-wide village roads caused these Sacred Tree Knights to line up in long, snake-like formations.

However, looking at the heavy chainmail and chainmail worn by these Sacred Tree Knights and Sacred Tree Cavalry.

One could understand that this set of equipment, armed to the teeth, and the shape of the fan-shaped shield, with an extra layer of iron on the outside, and a thin layer of leather inside, plus the defensive power of the hardwood board itself, formed the Sacred Tree Fan-shaped Shield.

It was enough to deal with most problems.

Shen Mu was quite relieved to have these Sacred Tree Knights and Sacred Tree Cavalry walking in the front.

What's more, behind them.

There were still these Vaegir archers following.

The Vaegir archers on the periphery were not holding nomadic bows, but instead hung them on their bodies, and held two-handed battle axes in their hands.

Looking at these gleaming, large-bladed two-handed battle axes, one could understand.

If they encountered an enemy, and directly chopped at them.

The power would probably be difficult for ordinary defenses to block.

As the strongest melee attackers among the tier 4 archers, the Vaegir archers were not afraid of close combat.

The only shortcoming might be that after becoming tier 4 archers, their equipment was only leather vests.

A type of defensive civilian armor with leather armor pieces sewn onto the main parts.

The defensive power was relatively weak.

Therefore, it also gave these archers the disadvantage of high attack and low defense in close combat.

This shortcoming might cause the Vaegir archers to suffer greater losses in close combat.

However, if they encountered those parasitic monsters again, there would be no problem in letting these Vaegir archers go into battle.

As for the more terrifying demons.

Of course, Shen Mu would let these Sacred Tree Knights and Sacred Tree Cavalry go into battle to solve them.

"It seems there's no problem on this street."

Shen Mu was riding on his Sacred Tree Heavy Steed, followed by the 10 Khergit people with short bows, and the 5 grassland bandits with nomadic bows.

Looking at the deathly silent streets around him, and the lack of any feeling of heat on his body.

He couldn't help but frown slightly.

This street was the main road of the entire Su Family Village, basically the main artery running through the entire village.

Having walked all the way here.

He only felt a slight heat on his body, proving that there was indeed an evil aura permeating Su Family Village.

However, none of the small western-style buildings and villas they passed had any more heat emanating from them.

Which meant that there was no evil residing inside, right?

This made Shen Mu even more puzzled.

Shen Mu could sense even the slightest fluctuation in temperature.

Proving that somewhere along this street, demons must be gathering.

"Now that there's no change in the heat on my body, it's still that slightly warm feeling, there's a bit of a problem."

Shen Mu reached out and grasped his knight's lance.

His brow furrowed even more.

He turned his head and asked the grassland bandits and the Khergit people behind him: "Have you discovered anything unusual?"

These grassland bandits and Khergit people were all troops of the bandit type.

Therefore, their observation skills were relatively strong.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to discover targets to rob or plunder from a long distance.

But at this time, the 10 Khergit people and 5 grassland bandits were slightly stunned, looked around at the surrounding environment, and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Sorry, Lord Shen Mu, we haven't found much that's unusual here..."

"Alright."

Shen Mu didn't take it to heart, he was just asking casually.

Even his Sacred Tree Knight set hadn't discovered anything.

Let alone these people's naked eyes.

This made Shen Mu even more puzzled: "What exactly is going on?"

Shen Mu couldn't help but mutter.

He raised his vigilance even more in his heart.

Not discovering the demons that the system rules had already scanned out.

Meant that.

The other party was hiding extremely deeply!

It was difficult to be effective with ordinary searches alone.

"Are you not going to make me dig three feet into the ground to discover the traces of those demons?"

Shen Mu curled his lips.

Looking at the end of the village's main road ahead, Shen Mu pondered for a moment and then waved his hand again, saying: "Go around the village."

Since no discoveries were made on the main road, then they would go around the perimeter of the village.

Anyway, the system had already determined that there were demons inside the village.

Then they would search carefully.

He didn't believe that after such a careful search, there wouldn't be even a little bit of a clue about the demons revealed.

Then the troops turned around and began to walk towards the road outside the village.

Su Family Village previously had two major pillar industries: logistics and parts processing.

Therefore, the logistics park was located on the south side of the village, near the main road.

The parts processing factory buildings were on the east side.

Then, on the west side, there were some restaurants and hotels.

It was a small town-like village.

This was why every household had small western-style buildings and had already developed wealth.

Now Shen Mu's troops were taking a detour through the residential area in the middle of the village and arriving in the direction of the logistics park on the south side.

However, in the process of walking, they still hadn't discovered anything unusual.

To the point that he led the troops back and forth in the logistics area several times, including two laps around the parts processing factory.

Still found nothing.

You know, before, the parts processing factory building was the old nest where those devil's parasitic monsters lurked.

But now, still nothing was found.

Shen Mu's face was a little off.

"What's going on?"

He couldn't help but frown.

At this time, he had already arrived at the northernmost part, the suburban farmland of Sujia Village.

It didn't look like there was anything unusual here.

It was all large areas of farmland.

Standing on the edge and looking, you could still find that a small part of the farmland had been changed by the spirit realm scene, turning into a desert terrain.

Making this large area of fertile land look a bit more abrupt and ugly.

But just looking at it like this, it was no different from the surrounding farmland.

It all looked quite normal.

"Huh?" Just then, Shen Mu frowned slightly: "What is that! ?"

As he raised his head, he saw that in the middle of the large farmland, there were still many half-built reinforced concrete building ruins.

No, it wasn't ruins, but unfinished construction buildings that had just been built with foundations and a few above-ground structures.

Attracting his curiosity.

Shen Mu looked up from a distance. Although there was a distance of about a thousand meters, he could still vaguely see the words on the large banner hanging above the construction area surrounded by partitions.

"Subway Line 7, Sujia Village Station, construction project?" Shen Mu read the name on it word by word.

While speaking, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Could it be inside here?"

Although Shen Mu said that.

However, his eyes had already locked onto the so-called construction area of Subway Line 7, Sujia Village Station.

According to the memories of his predecessor.

Three years ago, there was indeed a Subway Line 7 that was preparing to start construction, and it was also planned to dig through the Xiaolong River underground to the Angang Street on the other side.

Turning Subway Line 7 into a commercial and industrial transportation line.

In this way, a large number of storage areas and transportation logistics areas on the opposite side can be directly connected to Balihe Street.

Then, a large area of land south of the river, belonging to Balihe Street, would be developed into industrial plants with higher economic value and tax revenue.

But with the advent of the undead rules three years ago, this plan has been stopped.

I just didn't expect that this subway station has already been built.

Obviously, the underground has been opened up, and now the above-ground attached buildings have begun to be built.

Moreover, although the entrance of the subway station is in the farmland, it is indeed within the scope of Sujia Village.

"Sir, something seems wrong over there?"

At this time, not to mention Shen Mu, even the Kujit people and prairie bandits behind him noticed something was wrong.

"You go over and see what's going on." Shen Mu nodded and ordered these light cavalry.

"Understood."

Following Shen Mu's order, the 10 Kujit people who were still riding on inferior prairie horses, and the prairie bandits riding ordinary prairie horses, immediately tapped their horses' bellies lightly with their legs.

They immediately spurred their horses forward and rushed out.

They galloped quickly forward in this flat field, with great speed.

Compared to those Holy Tree cavalry who only had cavalry wearing heavy armor, and the Holy Tree steeds under their crotch were not armored, they were still about 30% faster.

As for those fully armored Holy Tree Knights or Swadian Knights and heavy cavalry.

That was even faster by nearly 40% or more.

Even the steeds of the Holy Tree Knights and the warhorses of the Swadian Kingdom were all superior horses.

The people and bandits who came from the Kujit Khanate were riding inferior or ordinary prairie horses.

But in terms of pure speed, they still couldn't keep up.

After all, these prairie horses were used to galloping in flat environments.

The riders on horseback were not wearing iron armor and were very light in weight.

Although their combat effectiveness was obviously not comparable to these true knights and heavy cavalry units.

But for reconnaissance, that was enough.

These Kujit people and prairie bandits began to run back and forth around the outside of the construction area's baffle, and from time to time they took out the short bows or nomadic bows in their hands, bent their bows and shot a few arrows at the inside.

As the sharp whistling sound of the feather arrows tearing through the air.

These Kujit people and prairie bandits keenly sensed something and quickly turned back.

"How is it?" Shen Mu asked.

"Sir, there are indeed some situations inside."

These Kujit people and prairie bandits returned and immediately reported: "We saw in the gaps of those baffles, in the depths of the stone buildings, something seemed to be entrenched in the darkness!"

"That's right, Lord Shen Mu, there also seemed to be dark red figures flashing in the darkness!"

Another prairie bandit also added.

Each of them had a solemn look on their faces.

"It seems this is the place." Shen Mu nodded lightly. The dispatch of these light cavalry for reconnaissance did indeed verify his guess.

"Lord Shen Mu, shall we go up?" At this time, Eren, who was still leading the dismounted cavalry units and the Vegian archer units from behind, also quickly walked over to inquire.

"Go." Shen Mu, riding on his horse, stretched out his hand forward and said: "First remove those baffles outside."

"Understood!"

Eren, who received the order, immediately led the team forward in large strides.

Quickly removed all the surrounding construction baffles.

Soon.

The half-built reinforced concrete building inside, which should be a two-story complex with a subway entrance and a shopping mall, appeared in front of them.

The original location of the door heads or the floor-to-ceiling windows of the shopping mall was also sealed with many bricks.

Preventing the sunlight from shining into it.

Only a few passages were left for entry and exit.

Looking into it through the passage, it was indeed dark, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Only on Shen Mu's body, at this time, a faint heat had appeared on the Holy Tree Knight suit.

Representing that there was an evil existence inside!

"Sir, please be careful, the situation inside is not right, there should be evil entrenched inside."

Even the Holy Tree Knight next to Shen Mu quickly walked over to remind him.

"Yes, I know." Shen Mu nodded.

Looking at the half-built commercial complex, which had only two floors before construction was stopped, and which was all sealed with bricks, creating a dark environment inside.

Everywhere was exposed rebar and unpainted concrete walls.

A simple war-torn bare-bones style.

Shen Mu's eyes narrowed slightly: "There... there really are dark red figures flashing."

Just now, in the passage, he did see a dark red figure flashing past.

Although it was only for a moment.

But for Shen Mu, who had obtained the Holy Tree Knight character template and had his physical fitness comprehensively strengthened, he really saw that moment of dark red clearly.

It was a dark red humanoid figure, vaguely with short horns, and holding some kind of weapon in his hand...

Devil!

A true devil from the Nine Hells!

"Those are the devils?" Shen Mu squinted, with a few traces of solemnity on his face.

He saw it clearly.

In the passage, on the outer side of the dim darkness, in the area where the gray mist was relatively weak.

The devil also seemed to be observing these people.

Both sides were observing each other.

"However, these devils are also restricted by the Blue Star rules. They still can't leave the darkness and the area shrouded in the gray mist of the undead rules during the day."

Shen Mu looked at the devil hiding in the subway shopping mall, his face indifferent.

He was not afraid of these so-called devils.

Including the cavalry soldiers behind him, there was no fear on their faces either.

The soldiers from Mount \u0026 Blade were the source of his absolute confidence!

"Vegian Archers! Ten steps forward!"

Shen Mu directly waved his hand backward.

Commanding the Vegian archers to take a big step forward, crossing the Holy Tree Knights and the Holy Tree Cavalry.

Directly standing at the very front of this line.

As the sound of drawing bows appeared.

These Vegian archers had already placed all the bodkin arrows in their quivers on their nomadic bows, and pulled the bowstrings into a full moon.

The arrowheads were aimed at the location of the passage.

Ready to listen to Shen Mu's subsequent orders at any time and begin preparing for long-range shooting!

Just, before Shen Mu's hand, raised high, could be waved forward.

"Aow——! ! !"

In the subway shopping mall, there was a howl of anger.

'Whirr!'

And in that passage and the surrounding storefronts, dozens of dark red parasitic monsters crashed through the stacked bricks used to block the sunlight, howling as they charged towards the figures there!

Clearly, these were parasitic monsters controlled by demons, launching the first attack!

"Loose the arrows! Free fire!"

At that moment, Shen Mu casually waved his hand forward, as if only then giving the order.

'Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!'

The arrow rain, long prepared by the 300 Vaegir archers, poured down like a torrential downpour!

The distance between the two sides was only about 50 meters.

The arrow rain was a direct, flat volley, instantly falling upon those parasitic monsters that had broken through the brick wall and charged out, their bodies seemingly skinned, leaving only bloody muscle, making them look extremely terrifying.

They were instantly turned into hedgehogs!

These parasitic monsters, originally charging forward frantically, fell headfirst to the ground.

The parasitic monsters charging this time numbered only fifty or sixty at most.

But facing the ranged attack of 300 Vaegir archers,

that meant only five or six people had to deal with each parasitic monster.

Thus, the scene before them unfolded: in just ten seconds, as the 300 Vaegir archers drew their bows and fired,

all the charging parasitic monsters fell to the ground.

Shot dead on the spot!

So much so that the Vaegir archers, who were originally prepared for a massacre, now had a hint of regret on their faces.

Just fifty or sixty parasitic monsters.

It was even more boring than when they surrounded an entire forest in autumn and drove out the beasts for a hunting competition.

"Awooo!!!"

As if sensing the Vaegir archers' contempt,

a loud, angry howl echoed from inside the subway shopping center again.

Then, one after another, dark red figures, even more numerous parasitic monsters, rushed out from within.

And at the back of this subway shopping center, hundreds of dark red figures appeared as well, running quickly on all fours.

They actually wanted to use the parasitic monsters charging from the front to attract the archers' attention.

These hundreds of parasitic monsters appearing from the back would then outflank them, attacking the archers from both sides, as well as charging into the infantry formations in the rear.

"Interesting."

At this moment, Shen Mu's eyes showed a hint of amusement.

He had to admit that this was the first time he had seen enemies using genuine tactics to attack him.

Although the combat power of these parasitic monsters, possessed by demons, was only equivalent to Tier 1 peak or Tier 2 troops,

they had no armor and no powerful attacks.

Only relatively high mobility.

Compared to the Abyss Demon legions he had encountered before, they were simply far inferior.

But just this tactic alone was enough to surprise him.

A hint of solemnity also appeared in his heart.

Strategically despise the enemy.

But tactically, take the enemy seriously.

"As expected of demons, known for their discipline and organization. This is going to be a bit tricky."

What Shen Mu meant by 'tricky' was not these fragile parasitic monsters in front of him.

As the 300 Vaegir archers at the front drew their bows and fired, cone-headed arrows made sharp, shrill sounds, tearing through the air, and then shooting down the parasitic monsters they had already aimed at on the spot.

The short distance of 50 meters had become the graveyard of those hundreds of parasitic monsters.

No matter how the parasitic monsters charged,

the final result was only to be accurately hit in the head or chest, and then, with the sharp, armor-piercing cone-headed arrows, fall to the ground and completely lose their ability to move.

And even the Vaegir archers at the front still had energy to spare, occasionally shooting an arrow at the parasitic monsters flanking from both sides.

Shooting down those flanking parasitic monsters as well.

Each of their faces didn't show much solemnity; they still seemed to be handling it with ease.

"Holy Tree Knights, each lead a squad of Holy Tree Cavalry to resist the flanking enemies on the left and right!"

At this time, Shen Mu issued his order again.

Then, on both sides, 5 Holy Tree Knights each led 50 Holy Tree Cavalry, forming a spear formation and pressing forward.

Moreover, these so-called spear formations were quite thin.

A total of 55 people formed a row of spear formation.

Although the number of spears looked extremely large,

the density was very sparse.

In other words, these Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry simply didn't take these charging parasitic monsters seriously.

They stood in a row, and then stabbed at the charging parasitic monsters with their spears.

They actually managed to stop the parasitic monsters in their tracks.

Using the spears in their hands to stab the charging parasitic monsters to death on the spot!

As knights and cavalry within the Holy Tree Knight Order,

they were originally the most trained, and their tactical literacy was also the strongest.

Although within the Holy Tree Knight Order, the strongest were the archery units.

But this was only because they had obtained the inheritance of the Noldor elves from the world of Pendor, and thus possessed powerful ranged archers.

But as a knight order, what they relied on for survival was still the cavalry units composed of these knights and cavalry.

Even if they dismounted for infantry combat, holding spears, their combat power was still much stronger than ordinary kingdom soldiers.

Dealing with these unarmored light infantry units, whose strength was only comparable to Tier 1 or Tier 2,

was as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs.

Even if the number of parasitic monsters was too large, and they had already surged in front of these Holy Tree Knights and Cavalry, and the two-meter-long spears in their hands were beginning to be unable to parry,

"Switch to secondary weapons!"

With the loud shouts of the Holy Tree Knights,

at this time, whether it was the Holy Tree Knights or the Holy Tree Cavalry, they all uniformly threw away the spears in their hands and took out their Holy Tree Knight Swords or Cavalry Swords from their waists.

Facing those parasitic monsters that were already close at hand, and whose ugly and terrifying faces could even be seen,

they slashed fiercely.

The Holy Tree Shield on the left arm could effectively block the pounces of those parasitic monsters.

The Holy Tree Knight Sword or Cavalry Sword in the right hand, with its sharp blade, and a sword body with excellent strength and toughness, coupled with more skilled techniques,

after abandoning the spears, they were even more efficient in slaughtering these parasitic monsters.

Especially those Holy Tree Knights in the very middle.

Using the Holy Tree Knight Sword mixed with Mithril in their hands, the power was even more astonishing when killing these enemies deemed to be of the evil alignment.

Almost every swing could cut these skinny parasitic monsters in two.

After only a brief moment of contact,

these excited members of the Holy Tree Knight Order took the initiative to move forward, forcibly cutting through these parasitic creatures.

Even if there were remaining parasitic creatures that pounced in front of those Vaegir archers,

before they could bare their fangs and launch an attack,

facing the raised two-handed axes, their ultimate fate was to be directly chopped to death on the spot.

They couldn't even pose much of a threat to those Vaegir archers!

However, Shen Mu didn't show much emotion about this.

Looking at the still dark subway shopping center in front of him,

he turned his head and said to Aylien next to him: "Take people to make a batch of simple torches, and bring more wood and flammables. I think we will have to go deep into this subway shopping center next."

"Understood, please wait for me for a moment."

Aylien nodded, and then immediately took people to prepare.

Torches were easy to make, and the production speed was very fast.

The entire Su Family Village had countless such raw materials.