A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

On the balcony, 10 hired crossbowmen and 20 hired sentries unleashed a volley of crossbow bolts.

In front of the castle gate, the Swadian infantry, already exhausted and panting for breath, struggled to raise their left arms, their kite shields held in front, trying their best to withstand the enemy's relentless onslaught.

These Swadian infantrymen numbered less than 35, and all of them were wounded. Exhaustion and injuries prevented them from even counterattacking.

They could only form a low wall with their shields, gritting their teeth and doing everything they could to prevent the enemy from getting close to the castle.

Meanwhile, the crossbow bolts fired from above by the hired crossbowmen and sentries rained down like a storm, causing the charging pig-men to explode in bursts of blood, splattering their faces!

At such close range, whether fired from war crossbows or light crossbows, the bolts possessed tremendous penetrating power.

Their destructive force was even more formidable.

Moreover, because the distance was so short, no more than 20 meters from top to bottom,

any hit to a vital spot would cause those ugly pig-men, without helmets and only wearing leather armor on their chests, to cry out in agony.

Then, with their skulls pierced by the crossbow bolts, they would fall to the ground, completely silenced!

The close-range volley from 30 ranged crossbowmen on the balcony

almost instantly caused a dozen of the charging pig-men to fall, effectively relieving the pressure on the Swadian infantry!

At this moment, the ballista, which had long been prepared, had already locked onto its target—

a fat pig-man elite leader, his entire body radiating a faint white light, with a completely different appearance and characteristics from the surrounding spirit realm creatures, transformed from a Blue Star human who had swallowed that mysterious object!

"Aim! Fire!" The hired sentry in charge of firing slammed down the wooden mallet heavily.

'Bang!'

Then, the trigger of the ballista was struck heavily by the wooden mallet, instantly releasing the locked crossbow string.

Accompanied by the force accumulated on the bow arms being converted into kinetic energy on the bolt.

'Hum!'

The bolt transformed into a black shadow, shooting from the balcony on the second floor of the castle, as if tearing through space, slamming with a 'bang' into the body of the pig-man elite leader, who was raising a flail, intending to launch a fierce blow against the Swadian infantry in front of him!

That's right, it was a slam!

The bolt, fired directly from the balcony with explosive force, was a typical example of brute force.

The sharp iron spearhead pierced through the pig-man's chest almost without any resistance, and with tremendous force, continued to slam into the abdomen of a pig-man who was closely following behind.

The terrifying force even pierced through the abdomen of this pig-man, sticking out more than half of it, and then pierced the thigh of the third pig-man!

One arrow, three kills!

Then, the first one, that Blue Star human who had completed the synchronous resonance after eating the imprint fragment and transformed into a pig-man, looked down in disbelief at the bloody hole that had appeared in his chest, opened his mouth, and instantly lost all strength in his body, falling heavily to the ground.

Including the ordinary pig-man follower behind him, he also clutched his abdomen, which had been torn to shreds, wailing and collapsing to the ground.

Then, he was trampled underfoot by more and more pig-men with bloodshot eyes who were crowding up.

Completely drowning out the wailing sound!

"Continue firing!"

Beside Shen Mu, the hired crossbowmen now had delighted expressions, reloading their crossbow bolts, raising their hands and pulling the triggers again and again at the dense mass of pig-men, not even needing to aim.

They only felt the sound of air being torn apart 'whooshing' past their ears one after another.

Again, seven or eight pig-men fell.

Again, the Swadian infantry, already in a disheveled and almost dying state, gained valuable time to rest and be replaced.

At the same time, the Lake Rat Gang members, who had refilled their javelins in their backpacks, began their actions.

Forming several rows.

These veteran thugs of the Lake Rat Gang stood in front, with the newcomers behind.

They drew their fish spears and harpoons.

Still taking advantage of the 1-meter gap above the heads of the Swadian infantry, whose shields were being battered by the flails, they hurled the javelins in their hands in a standard arc!

Just in time to replace the firing gap of the hired crossbowmen and sentries after a round of volleys!

Compared to the shooting of the crossbowmen,

these javelin-like weapons, which were originally intended to kill enemies within a 20-meter range,

exerted even greater destructive power!

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!'

The sharp and slender fish spears and harpoons whistled past the heads of the Swadian infantry.

Then, with a roar, they pierced into the bodies of those pig-men who were still charging forward one after another with bloodshot eyes, driven by anger and bloodlust.

Deeply piercing through their leather armor and plunging into their fat bodies!

Javelin-like weapons are designed for breaking armor and shields!

'Hum… Bang!'

Then, on the balcony, the ballista, which had been reloaded with a winch, blasted out its destructive force once again, launching the bolt that had been locked in.

Again, three or four pig-men were pierced on the spot by the bolt that flashed like lightning.

Even more unlucky pig-men were skewered into candied haws by the bolt!

Among them were those whose bodies were flashing with a faint light.

Because this was Shen Mu's order.

The requirement was that the 3 hired sentries operating the ballista should focus their shooting targets on those pig-men whose bodies were flashing with a faint light.

Doing this is not only to complete the temporary mission of the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

It's also because Shen Mu discovered...

These beings, shimmering with a faint light, are all transformed from Blue Star humans.

And Blue Star humans, according to the information Shen Mu has gathered, are essentially the commanders of those spirit realm creatures, the grassroots combatants of those spirit realm creatures, the... anchors that allow those spirit realm creatures to live on Blue Star!

“My predecessor vaguely remembered that as long as the Blue Star masters of those followers are killed, then these spirit realm creatures will lose their anchors and be exiled back to where they should exist by the rules of Blue Star.”

Shen Mu's gaze swept across the battlefield.

At this moment, a change did occur.

As he killed those Blue Star humans who were shimmering with faint light and had stronger combat power than the ordinary pig-headed men, some of the pig-headed men did indeed turn into nothingness on the battlefield after a short period of fighting.

This scene made Shen Mu think of the robbers he had let go in the past.

Including that bankrupt businessman-turned-robber, Nalot, carrying large bags, supposedly containing items of the soul, also faded into a phantom when leaving, slowly fading out of his stronghold.

These pig-headed men are now in a similar state.

“Just now, when feigning weakness, after killing a few of those guys who were obviously rabble, it seemed that a dozen or so spirit realm creatures, still howling in anger and heavily injured, also turned into phantoms…”

Shen Mu also recalled at this moment.

However, although those rabble troops rushed over desperately in the end.

It was still those spirit realm followers who took the lead.

Therefore, not many contract workers died.

Even if a contract worker died, the spirit realm followers under his command would continue to exist on Blue Star for a short period of time, about five or six minutes.

And because of the influence of that bloodthirsty and berserk power, they were still attacking Shen Mu's troops frantically.

Then, being killed and turned into corpses, without the design of the rules, instead leaving the corpses on Blue Star, made it somewhat difficult to discern the spirit realm creatures that had turned into phantoms in the previous battle.

Only now, those Blue Star humans who had turned into pig-headed men were being singled out by Shen Mu's order for the crossbowmen to target them one by one.

Thus, under the precise shooting.

It actually produced the phenomenon that Shen Mu only needed to hold the battle line, and then wait for five or six minutes, and he would naturally turn into a phantom and disappear in the corridor.

When the breeze from the Su Nuo Plain that brushed behind him disappeared, and another ten minutes or so passed.

The Swadian infantrymen were still holding on in place.

Even the veteran thugs and newcomers of the Lake Rat Gang had already thrown all their javelins, and were picking up woodland axes and small-bladed axes to start replenishing the battle line.

In the corridor, there were already only a few scattered pig-headed men with white light shining all over their bodies.

And a pig-headed men force of less than a hundred people.

As for the entire corridor.

At this time, it was already covered with a thick layer, almost a meter or so high, of pig-headed men's corpses.

Filled with arrows and javelins.

Lying scattered in the corridor, forming obstacles like sandbags.

Making it even more difficult for the remaining pig-headed men to launch an attack!

“Sure enough, charging heavy cavalry in the stairwell is just a whimsical dream.”

Shen Mu stood on the balcony at this time, looking at the corridor whose flat terrain had been completely changed by the corpses, squinted his eyes slightly, and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Then Shen Mu turned around and walked towards the spiral staircase, leaving only his voice: “Continue free fire!”

And the magic that was activated again after communicating with the system in his mind —

“Use the Low-Tier Supply Ring!”

‘Buzz!’

The fluctuation of the rules spread.

Streams of data turned into white light, directly enveloping all the soldiers who possessed ranged consumable weapons.

Whether it was crossbow bolts, harpoons, or crossbow artillery spears.

At this time, all of them had their quantities refreshed.

At this time, Shen Mu came to the castle hall, looked at the 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen who were still riding on their horses, and directly drew out his silver-shining Holy Tree Cavalry Sword from his waist.

He solemnly instructed: “All heavy cavalrymen, prepare to charge!”

“Yes!”

The 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen immediately checked the equipment on their bodies, tightened the lances in their hands, clamped them under their armpits, and maneuvered their warhorses to stand side by side behind Shen Mu.

“Open the castle gate!” Shen Mu instructed the Swadian recruits.

Immediately, some Swadian recruits ran over, removed the door bolt, and then slowly opened the two thick castle gates inward.

As the door hinges made a stiff creaking sound.

‘Whoosh!’

A thick bloody smell, mixed with a fishy stench, immediately poured into the castle hall.

Accompanying it was the noisy shouting and killing!

“Now!”

Shen Mu glanced behind him at the 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen who had not consumed at all, and also slowly exhaled a breath of stuffy air, and strode forward:

“It's time to completely end these two temporary missions!”

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