A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

And so, in the darkness, these executives and middle managers among the Blue Star humans led their Swadian soldiers to charge towards the undead monsters in the darkness ahead, initiating a fierce battle.

Perhaps 'fierce' isn't quite the right word, as no adjective can truly capture the Swadian soldiers' speed in knocking down the staggering, swaying, clumsy zombies and skeletons, then quickly finishing them off.

Moreover, the danger level outside the low wall isn't high. If they're careful, they can achieve many victories.

Especially when they engage in intense combat.

Just then, the sound of hooves came from behind. Two or three Khergit steppe bandits were riding their steppe horses quickly, holding bows and spears, watching them with amusement.

It must be said that these Khergit steppe bandits are quite familiar with these Swadian civilians.

The Khergit Steppe borders the Swadian plains, and the bordering area is close to Swadia's Dhirim.

So, whenever these steppe bandits go west to rob civilians, caravans, or villages, the Swadian villages are also harassed and plundered by them.

Therefore, it's not surprising that they're familiar with these Swadian civilians.

Then, they saw these civilians charging forward clumsily in their eyes, using wooden clubs or spiked clubs to fight with those even clumsier zombies and skeletons.

Although these civilians could deal with those zombies or skeletons, in their eyes, these undead monsters could be solved with a simple arrow or a thrust of a spear. These civilians, however, needed to put in a lot of effort and work to solve them, which made them couldn't help but reveal a chuckle.

It's only because they are now united under Lord Shen Mu that they are fighting together. Otherwise, these Swadian civilians would really be easy targets in their eyes.

Moreover, even if these Swadian civilians are upgraded to Swadian recruits, Swadian militiamen, or Swadian light infantry, or even upgraded to Swadian infantry or sergeants.

For these relatively agile steppe bandits, they can easily ignore them.

After all, although the steppe horses under them are not strong, their sprinting speed is average, and their physique is relatively weak.

But their endurance is quite strong.

Their ability to travel long distances is very strong.

As long as they can engage with these Swadian infantry units, they can use their powerful tactical and strategic raiding capabilities to bypass these clumsy infantry units and attack those fragile enemy target units.

That is a very good way to achieve victories.

Even those powerful Swadian heavy cavalry and Swadian knights in the Swadian kingdom, in fact, as long as these Khergit steppe bandits don't want to fight them, they can rely on their light and agile agility to escape their combat range and bypass them.

Although the Swadian heavy cavalry is almost invincible in field battles, as long as no battle occurs and no conflict occurs with them in the wild, what do the Khergit steppe bandits have to fear from them?

Therefore, facing the Swadian kingdom's powerful combat capabilities, it can be said that apart from the Rhodok kingdom, which can rely on the mountains and its own powerful heavy infantry and ranged crossbowmen to grit their teeth and resist.

The only ones left are the Khergit steppe bandits, who can ignore them with their flexible tactical and strategic mobility.

So now, as they watched these Blue Star humans leading these Swadian civilians fighting with those zombies and skeletons, they all felt very interesting. Soon, nearly twenty or thirty steppe bandits who came out to patrol gathered behind them.

All of them were watching these Blue Star humans and these Swadian civilians fighting with those undead monsters, as if they were watching a good show.

Usually, they patrol with nothing to do. It's rare to see something very interesting tonight, so of course they will gather together to watch.

As they were watching, Beshter also led 10 elite steppe bandits to come here and saw the battle that was happening.

"Boss, look here, it's really interesting." Those steppe bandits also discovered that Beshter, the commander, and those elite steppe bandits had come here, but they didn't show any fear. Instead, they excitedly waved to Beshter, signaling their boss to come and see the good show that was happening now.

"What are you all yelling about here? Have you forgotten about patrolling? If something goes wrong, I will have to cut off your heads with a nomadic scimitar to apologize," Beshter glared at them, though he also had a smile on his face, scolding them jokingly.

"There really is something good to see, boss." These steppe bandits were not afraid. Instead, they rode their horses to Beshter's side and rode with him to a protruding platform.

"Hmm, are those Blue Star humans leading the Swadian civilians in battle?" Beshter rode his horse over and stood on what seemed to be a parking lot platform before, watching the battle in front of him, with a look of surprise on his face.

Then, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, because this scene was really too interesting.

No wonder these steppe bandits were all gathered here, not wanting to go back.

Those clumsy fighting methods and the zombies and skeletons that took so much effort to kill, as well as the way they rolled and crawled back after making mistakes in the middle, made them couldn't help but laugh.

Especially the fact that the Swadians, who were so famous and powerful on the Calradia continent, were being humiliated, made them feel even more amused.

You must know that the Khergit Steppe is a place that completely believes in the survival of the fittest. Children with weak physiques or Khergit people who are not agile enough are only worthy of being slaves and cannon fodder.

Like this kind of clumsy appearance when fighting enemies, it is despised among the Khergit people.

After all, the Khergit people grew up on horseback since childhood. Whether it is riding a horse or using a bow and arrow, or even using a spear, they have been trained since childhood, and they are quite agile and know how to find opportunities.

Compared with these clumsy farmers who grew up in towns or villages since childhood and only know how to do farm work, the Khergit people are indeed quite agile.

"Look over there, those three Swadian farmers couldn't even take down one zombie. In fact, one of them almost got tackled by it! If he had been pinned to the ground, his arm would definitely be gone, a bloody mess for sure," a Kujit plains horseman said with a burst of laughter.

They had also witnessed the three Swadian peasants trying to kill a zombie, only to fumble and stumble away in a chaotic retreat due to a lack of coordination, which made them burst into hearty laughter.

"And over there, those two Swadian farmers with long staves couldn't even defeat a skeleton soldier charging at them. With such slow reactions, they didn't dare use their staves to hit its head, instead just poking at the skeleton's ribs. How ridiculous! What's the point of breaking its ribs?"

More plains horsemen joined in the laughter.

For them, dealing with these undead monsters couldn't be done using conventional combat experience. They had to use their own methods to precisely target the undead monsters' heads, destroying the soul fire within to truly kill them.

Otherwise, what good would it do to break the undead monsters' arms, legs, or even spines? The soul fire in their heads would still provide them with a constant stream of undead energy, preventing them from truly dying and allowing them to continue attacking.

Therefore, they had to extinguish the soul fire in their heads to eliminate these undead monsters, understanding that these undead monsters were merely husks, animated by the negative energy of the undead fire within their heads.

And the soul fire was the true central core of these undead monsters.

"Hey, you can't do it like that! You have to hit their heads! The vital point of these undead monsters is their heads, or more precisely, the soul fire inside," one of the plains horsemen couldn't help but shout, offering a reminder, as they couldn't bear to watch these clumsy Swadian peasants any longer.

"Damn it, those plains riders are really annoying to look at," a Blue Star human fighting alongside the Swadian peasants couldn't help but say.

Especially hearing the bursts of laughter, cheers, and jeers from behind, they felt like monkeys being watched, their faces filled with anger.

These humans had always considered their civilization to be more advanced. Only due to the rule changes were they forced to cooperate with these frontier creatures. In essence, they still considered themselves superior, thinking they were a cut above the rest.

But they never expected to be ridiculed by these backward people of the Spirit Realm. How could they swallow this insult?

"Alright, we can't beat those guys right now. If real danger arises, we'll still have to rely on them to protect us," a wise Blue Star executive advised, stating the truth. At this point, they could only swallow their pride.

However, this act of swallowing their pride only made them grit their teeth and fight even more furiously against the undead monsters in front of them.

It wasn't that they couldn't turn around and scold those plains horsemen, those Spirit Realm cavalry in their eyes.

But as the person had just said, if they encountered danger, like a difficult skeleton legion, skeleton cavalry, or even ghouls, undead monsters with strong combat power, they would have to rely on the help of these Spirit Realm cavalry to retreat.

If these cavalrymen didn't help them and instead watched them die while they rode away, there was nothing they could do but die.

That would be a truly miserable end.

Therefore, they didn't dare to offend these Spirit Realm cavalrymen, and could only let them watch their show.

Fortunately, they had been gaining the upper hand in the battles during this period. Although the combat power of the ordinary Swadian peasants under their command was truly average, and they sometimes made mistakes, even if they did, it only resulted in minor injuries, and no serious injuries had occurred yet.

Gradually, they united and swept away some of the undead monsters in the surrounding black mist, clearing the area of them.

Among them, Zhang Caidong, fighting even more fiercely, personally led the Swadian recruits behind him deep into the black mist, nearly 100 meters, killing nearly a hundred undead monsters.

It wasn't until they heard more and more undead monsters moving around in the surrounding darkness and gray mist that they realized they had ventured too far into the darkness.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" Zhang Caidong swung the long spear in his hand, smashing the head of a skeleton soldier trying to approach.

Seeing that his attack was ineffective, he pulled out a mace from his belt and smashed it down on the skeleton soldier's head, completely shattering it into useless, rotten bones.

He commanded the skeleton soldiers behind him to retreat quickly.

The darkness was still quite dangerous. He didn't want to be in any real danger, especially with Zhang Bo right behind him.

And those ten or so little sprites who were holding torches, trembling with fear, and occasionally letting out screams.

"Let's go, let's retreat," Zhang Bo also directed the little sprites to retreat.

They had indeed ventured too far into the darkness. A distance of 100 meters was enough for the undead monsters to surround them.

And at this distance, even more advanced undead monsters might appear.

For them, mere Swadian recruits, cannon fodder troops, encountering more advanced troops would definitely be quite troublesome.

And as they retreated, some denser, ghostly blue soul fires seemed to flicker in the surrounding gray mist.

Unknowingly, a sense of unease suddenly arose in Zhang Bo's heart. This was the precognitive ability of a divination mage to sense danger.

"Not good, we need to leave quickly. I sense something is wrong," Zhang Bo immediately patted Zhang Caidong's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "There's danger!"

(End of chapter)