A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

Just outside the main house of the stronghold, at the edge of the wheat field shrouded in normal darkness, three furtive figures suddenly appeared.

At this moment, the complete darkness outside the window solidified, and eerie gray mist flowed.

This made the three fellows, dressed in linen robes, holding stones and butcher knives, and with hesitant expressions, feel very afraid.

They were robbers from Deherim, or rather, homeless people in the town who had taken to this evil path due to bankruptcy.

Therefore, they were always very careful when operating in the wild.

Otherwise, whether they encountered the lord's army, patrols between towns and villages, passing caravans, or even slave-catching teams coveting their bodies, it would be quite dangerous.

After all, in this day and age, even becoming a robber is a last resort, a highly dangerous occupation with little future.

Especially since even if they were robbers, they would encounter bandits or brigands, as well as the famous green forest robbers within the Kingdom of Swadia.

Because of their shared profession.

They themselves would be robbed, extorted, and even killed…

“Nalot, is that generous lord you mentioned really here?” one of the robbers asked cautiously.

Another robber also looked up at the companion in front.

Nalot was bragging a lot in the Deherim robber circle, saying that he had been captured by a lord from another world, and then, considering that he was a Swadian, he was let go, and he often boasted about this.

Nalot, a young former merchant who had reluctantly joined the robbery industry due to bankruptcy.

“That's right, it's here.”

Nalot walked in front, looking at the strange surroundings, the concrete supporting pillars that looked like stone but had no stacking gaps, and nodded slowly.

Especially when he looked up at the ceiling above his head, as well as the concrete walls on the left and right sides.

His tone became even more certain: “Here, is the other world where that lord exists!”

“But can the three of us really connect with that lord?” another robber behind him said worriedly: “Won’t we all be tied up and sold to those slave traders who deserve to go to hell?”

“Nalot, you know, I still have a 7-year-old child, and I didn’t want to be a robber in the first place.” The other robber was also saying.

“Believe me!”

Nalot's tone was very confident: “That lord is extremely benevolent, and I know he lacks a lot of supplies, this is our chance!”

In the past, Nalot was just a small merchant.

Although his assets were only a little over ten thousand denars, he quickly went bankrupt due to being involved in certain events.

However, Nalot never really thought of himself as a robber.

Instead, he regarded the profession of robber as a way to accumulate initial capital again.

Last time he failed and was captured.

Nalot was already desperate, thinking that he would either be killed or sold off.

But unexpectedly, that benevolent lord actually let him go.

This really surprised Nalot.

Even after returning to Deherim and mixing in the robber circle again, he still couldn't forget what happened that day.

At the same time, every time when he thought of this at night, he was moved.

That benevolent Lord Shen Mu seemed to be lacking a lot of supplies. If he could get in touch with him and buy and sell in the middle, perhaps he could take this opportunity to restore his former wealth again!

This is why Nalot finally made up his mind to call his two trusted friends on a dark night to find a way to come to this other world and find Shen Mu.

Now, they finally, by chance, passed through a darkness and arrived at this place.

“Let's go, let's go over.”

Nalot straightened his back slightly and said to the two robber friends behind him: “Be sure to be humble in a while.”

“Of course we know.” The two replied.

After walking a few more steps, they also saw the faint light at the end of the wheat field.

And in that light, there were several guards standing.

This further strengthened Nalot's idea.

“We…” But before Nalot could say anything, his foot suddenly tripped over a pile of hard things.

At that time, Nalot fell to the ground with a 'plop'.

And his calf and knee also hit this extremely hard pile of things, and the pain made his face turn slightly pale.

“What's wrong?” The two robber friends quickly came over to help him up.

“It hurts so much, who threw it here…” Nalot was already nervous, and after being helped up, he looked very ugly and wanted to curse.

Just looking down.

A pile of dark, smelly iron forks were thrown here randomly.

His face changed slightly: “So many iron products… no, weapons?!”

But when Nalot reached out and picked up these small iron forks, which were about the length of an adult's arm, his face was even more surprised: “No, these weapons… could they be spoils of war!?”

Nalot saw that on these iron forks, there were still some obviously fresh, sticky, dark red liquids remaining.

It was blood!

… …

[Ding! A group of robbers from 'Deherim' has quietly arrived at your stronghold and recognized your 'Robber Rendezvous Point'.]

[You can engage in black market trade or sell stolen goods with them now.]

“A group of robbers is here?”

Shen Mu looked at the content on the dialog box and immediately understood that this was the effect of the 'Robber Rendezvous Point' taking effect.

Moreover, the content on the dialog box even stated that black market trade or selling stolen goods could be carried out.

“Doesn’t this mean that I can get some denars and some urgently needed supplies?” Shen Mu touched his chin, with a smile in his eyes.

This is really a timely help.

“Stop! Who is outside!”

At this moment, from the direction of the wheat field outside the stronghold, a reprimanding voice came.

It was the voice of the new Lake Rat gang member guarding there.

“We, we are civilians from Deherim, who have been treated kindly by Lord Shen Mu before, so we came to visit him.”

A strange voice also replied tremblingly.

“Stand there! Be honest! I'll go report!” Another scolding from the new Lake Rat gang member.

Then the curtain was lifted.

A strong young man wearing a waist-tight leather jacket and carrying a fish dart walked over quickly, respectfully saluted, and reported to Shen Mu: “My lord, three fellows have come outside, saying that they used to know you, but I don't think they look like kind civilians, they look like robbers.”

The Lake Rat gang is a genuine villain organization in the world of Mount \u0026 Blade.

Usually, they just fish in the swamp when nothing is happening.

If something happens.

Then it is the most notorious criminal gang in the Kingdom of Sturgia!

Therefore, when identifying peers, or rather, distinguishing whether they are civilians or merchants, or even lord families or wealthy businessmen, their eyesight is quite sufficient.

At a glance, they could see that the three robbers who had arrived were not ordinary civilians as they claimed.

“Let them in.” Shen Mu curled the corner of his mouth: “Indeed, they are acquaintances from before, friends.”

“Then I understand.”

This new Lake Rat gang member nodded, then turned around and came to the outside of the curtain, bringing in the three robbers who were still being coldly stared at by other new Lake Rat gang members holding small battle axes.

At the same time, on both sides of the main house of the stronghold, those Swadian light infantrymen who were still sleeping on the ground also woke up at this time.

Five Swadian light infantrymen directly drew their Germanic swords and stood on both sides of the chair Shen Mu was sitting on, acting as guards.

It seemed to add some of the aura of a lord to Shen Mu.

“Nalot, who was once kindly let go by the benevolent you, pays his respects to the benevolent Lord Shen Mu!”

Nalot led his two robber friends and walked over quickly, directly kneeling respectfully in front of Shen Mu.

His attitude seemed extremely humble.

Including the two robber friends, they were also in the same state.

“Yes.” Shen Mu nodded to the robber who called himself Nalot and said in a calm tone: “Get up, my friend.”

“Thank you for your kindness.” Only then did Nalot, in the cold gazes of the Swadian light infantrymen and the new Lake Rat gang members, stand up with trembling legs.

Now he found that this Lord Shen Mu seemed to have changed a bit compared to before.

Not only the surrounding environment and the materials he possessed.

Even the soldiers under his command looked no different from the soldiers under those lords!

This made Nalot, who was currently a robber, even more frightened.

Not just him.

The two robbers behind him were now so frightened that their legs were weak, their backs were bent, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, looking pitiful.

Obviously they were scared!

“Nalot, your arrival makes me very happy.”

Shen Mu didn't want to waste time and asked directly: “But I want to know, what kind of help can your arrival bring me?”

“Ah? Of course! Lord Shen Mu!”

Nalot was slightly startled.

Shen Mu's directness caught him off guard.

But then he showed a look of ecstasy, knelt on the ground again, and said very seriously: “Lord Shen Mu, I used to be a qualified merchant, but the war caused me to go bankrupt. I think you need me, a former merchant, to help you solve some financial problems and material needs!”

“Continue.” Shen Mu nodded, signaling him to continue speaking.

“I have many merchant friends, and I also know many robber friends who work in the dark.”

Nalot swallowed and said very seriously: “Lord Shen Mu, if you can trust me and give me some spoils of war or valuable things, I will sell them and then exchange them for denars or equivalent goods, and then send them back to you!”

After speaking, Nalot directly kowtowed on the ground.

The whole person stopped speaking.

It was as if he was waiting for Nalot's judgment.

“Then, what do you think are valuable things?” Shen Mu asked after a moment of silence.

“My lord, those iron forks you have outside, those weapons you have seized, if they are sold to the Kingdom of Swadia, which currently lacks iron products and iron ingots, then you will receive generous rewards!”

At this time, Nalot spoke decisively.