A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

"All devils! Now! Accelerate forward!"

Thus, the voice of this high-level devil echoed throughout the subway tunnel.

Causing the mid-level devils, low-level devils, and lesser devils following him to quicken their pace forward.

However, this time, the low-level and lesser devils had more defensive gear in their hands.

All were simple, handmade shields.

These were defensive items that the high-level devil had exchanged with other devil overseers at a certain cost, realizing that the losses of the first wave of troops sent out were too severe.

At the time, the high-level devil had gritted his teeth and endured the cost of these defensive items out of anger.

Now, he felt that perhaps he had done the right thing.

Especially knowing that the Blue Star human might have obtained an inheritance mark from a high-level force.

If he could directly eliminate him and bring back the remaining parts and rules within the Spirit Realm mark, perhaps he could recover all the current losses and investments, and even obtain a great harvest.

Just thinking about it made the high-level devil feel a tremor throughout his body.

This was a tremor of excitement.

Because since the collapse of the Crystal Wall System, obtaining the rich rewards that could once be easily acquired was now impossible.

As a high-level devil, he could only live frugally.

And now, with a good opportunity to feast in front of him, this high-level devil, who had once commanded wind and rain in the Prime Material Plane before ascending to a high-level devil, would certainly not miss it.

Moreover, he was eager to act.

"The human soldiers possessed by that Blue Star human are indeed quite powerful, but I refuse to believe that once we invade his castle and begin close-quarters combat, those human soldiers can still withstand my devil soldiers."

This high-level devil was quite clear that the moment of extraordinary power had not yet arrived.

Although it also imposed strict constraints on him.

It also allowed the devils' strong physique to be sufficient to crush those human soldiers.

After all, it was well known that humans could become stronger through breathing techniques and inheritances of professions, allowing them to rival demigods.

But everything required extraordinary power to train.

Now, without extraordinary power.

Their former terrifying combat power could not be displayed at all.

Therefore, they were now completely relying on the physique and combat skills of individual creatures to engage in brutal fighting.

That was too good for the devils.

Although these lesser devils were all defective products and freaks with no real combat power.

Even so, a lesser devil could be comparable to a human soldier.

Not to mention that a low-level devil could easily kill some elite humans.

As for mid-level devils, without extraordinary power, they could even directly confront elite human warriors or knights.

Even if extraordinary power was taken into account, mid-level devils with innate spells could slaughter those knights with lower-level breathing techniques when facing them.

This was the high-level devil's confidence.

Even without extraordinary power, this high-level devil believed that his devil army could rival an extremely elite human army.

This was the absolute confidence brought by the devil race.

Even though they had just experienced a crushing defeat, this high-level devil did not think that he and his devil army were unable to contend with that human.

It was entirely because that human occupied the advantage of being the city defender.

After all, even devils knew that defending a city naturally had an absolute advantage, as well as tactical initiative.

In the previous siege, the devils only brought about ten ladders.

The quantity was severely insufficient.

Therefore, this time, the high-level devil personally mobilized, bringing nearly forty to fifty ladders.

Moreover, this time, there were also 2,000 lesser devils gathered.

Plus 1,000 low-level devils.

And another 300 mid-level devils combined.

This high-level devil believed that as long as he ordered these devil troops to launch an attack, then forty to fifty ladders leaning against the city wall could directly capture one side of the city wall.

Let that Blue Star human lord know why Hell devils had such a reputation in the former Spirit Realm.

Why they could contend with the demons of the Bottomless Abyss.

"I really didn't expect this, this is truly an unexpected joy."

The high-level devil's mood became more and more pleasant.

Just looking at the stairs where the Su Family Village station was located ahead, the high-level devil's need could not continue forward at all.

Because although the hell rules ahead also possessed many, the concentration they possessed was not enough for it to maintain the phantom composed of this dark red blood mist.

Therefore, he could only move around in this subway tunnel at most.

In fact, before, he could only move around in the subway parking lot.

It was because of his anger that the hell rules extended to this subway tunnel and extended to the outside, making the concentration of hell rules in this tunnel become more abundant that he could come to this subway tunnel.

Otherwise, he would not be able to reach here at all.

"However, we should also fight quickly and decisively, it is best to eliminate that Blue Star human today."

The high-level devil phantom was pondering.

Especially looking at the depths of the subway tunnel, towards the more western area where there was obviously still pitch-black darkness, and gray mist in the tunnel area.

The dark red light at the position of the eyes also showed some flickering at this time.

Representing that the light belonged to the unstable emotions of this high-level devil.

"Damn Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty."

The high-level devil slowly opened his mouth and uttered a curse.

He really didn't expect that he had finally managed to occupy an entire Angang street, and then wanted to extend his power to Longcheng city through the subway.

But he did not expect to encounter those skeleton legions of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty, who had already occupied the subway and most of the subway platforms, in the subway tunnel.

Thus, a series of fierce battles occurred.

At this time, the high-level devil looked down at the scattered, decayed bones that had already buried the rails in the subway tunnel.

The disgust and hatred in his eyes were even more obvious.

If it weren't for the fact that the skeleton legion of the Seventh Dynasty of the Black Arrow Tower wanted to attack his subway parking lot before.

His hell devil legions could not have been severely damaged, and it would not have been possible for the human troops of this Blue Star human to take the opportunity to break through.

Causing the lord crystal nucleus on the hell altar that he left in the subway parking lot to be captured by that Blue Star human.

Becoming the Blue Star human's spoils of war.

This really made him quite angry.

"When I solve this Blue Star human, and I obtain more powerful power, then summoning more devil troops, I must completely destroy all the damn skeletons of the Seventh Dynasty of the Black Arrow Tower!"

The Hell High-Level Devil Phantom issued a more resentful curse.

Then, it slowly raised itself and waved forward with an arm formed from dark red bloody mist.

And then right behind him.

All those lesser devils and weak devils howled, raised their scimitars and the round shields that had appeared on their left arms, and began to charge forward.

Soon, they stepped onto the platform of the Sujia Village subway station, and then went up the stairs to the first floor of the shopping mall that had not yet been built.

It was as if a surge of dark red tide emerged from the ground like a spring, directly spreading out beyond Sujia Village.

“I don’t believe my soldiers will fail again.” The higher devil's phantom became increasingly excited in its eyes.

It thought of the Spirit Realm Lord's crystal core that contained the Spirit Realm's rules.

So, it couldn't help but swallow its saliva.

It was already impatiently waiting for the victory that would follow. As long as it could devour those fragment rules and the power of faith within those Spirit Realm rules, it would receive a great boost.

After all, the souls and spiritual energy within the power of faith are quite abundant, although they cannot be directly transformed into soul worms.

However, as long as these powers of faith are fed to the soul worms, then the taste of these soul worms will become more delicious, and the soul fragments within them will become more pure.

After all, being able to harvest the souls of those with faith into one's own hands is not an easy task in the Prime Material Plane.

Souls are not only able to turn into soul worms.

If they are creatures with faith, they will also be guided by the divine envoys sent by the gods they each believe in to the corresponding divine kingdom.

Then, in their lives, they will begin to solidify their souls, becoming praying individuals, forever providing a continuous stream of the power of faith to the gods they believe in.

And for the abyssal demons and hell devils who also need soul worms, they need to use various means to lure or capture the souls of these creatures.

Now, there is no way to hunt them.

But there are more abilities to use rules and directly contact the power of faith.

As long as the power of faith can be filled into the soul fragments, then they can produce a continuous stream of extremely pure soul worms.

The taste is quite amazing.

For both abyssal demons and hell devils, it is a tonic with good beneficial effects.

In addition, the Spirit Realm rules that it can devour can be transformed into Hell rules, which can bring it a higher level and more powerful abilities, which means that its strength will be significantly enhanced again.

This really makes it quite satisfied.

And it is becoming more and more eager for the victory that will follow.

“Kill, kill, kill!”

Then, a large number of hell devils at the Sujia Village subway station began to rush out.

But they were quickly discovered by those Kujit steppe bandits who were originally wandering around the area.

Or rather, those Kujit steppe bandits had been cautiously paying attention to any situation on the Sujia station side with vigilant eyes.

When a burst of noisy sounds came from inside.

The steppe bandits who were originally on the edge of the Sujia Village station immediately shook their reins with solemn expressions, and let the steppe horses under their crotches take them away from the vicinity of this station.

And between backhands, they drew out their nomadic bows, nocked feathered arrows, and began to watch vigilantly in this direction.

Including those steppe bandits who were also riding steppe horses around them.

And those steppe bandit elites led by Beshtur in the distance, wearing light studded armor, light studded helmets, and holding three-meter-long spears, were even more alertly looking in this direction.

Including Eren and the Holy Tree Knight members he led in the distance, as well as the Swadian heavy cavalry, also turned over and mounted their horses one after another.

They all knew that as long as any tactical movements occurred on the steppe bandit side at the Sujia station, then it meant that the demon army in the subway tunnel of the Sujia station had arrived once again.

Sure enough, watching the countless dark red figures rushing out like a spring.

Even Shen Mu, who had come to the top of the outer city gate of the castle at this time, turned his head to look in the direction of the Sujia Village station.

Frowning, his expression also had some solemnity:

“They’re here.”

Shen Mu slowly spoke.

“I don’t think they are a threat, Lord Shen Mu. Although they look scary, I think their real combat power is just so-so.”

Beside Shen Mu, Lesarit opened his mouth, his tone quite contemptuous.

Especially after he had just defeated those hell devils who attempted to attack the city, it made him have some emotions of nothing more than this in his heart.

In the past, when he was on the Calradia continent, he had also heard of so-called demons or devils.

It is said that they are terrifying creatures that only gods can solve.

But now, he himself has used the knight's sword in his hand to kill the devils who dared to approach the city wall baffle.

Now, he is not so afraid of the extremely terrifying and frightening devils in the past legends.

He even felt a sense of absurdity.

This kind of creature is called the terrifying appearance of a devil, and its combat power is about the same as that of a fourth-tier soldier.

And they were also shot to death by those nomads from the Kujit Khanate using nomadic bows, just like playing a game, annihilating them.

Then why should he be afraid?

“Lesarit, never underestimate these hell devils. Of course, strategic contempt is okay, but tactically, you must treat them seriously.”

Shen Mu also opened his mouth to urge at this time: "You must know that the fact that these hell devils are being slaughtered by us now does not mean that they are not powerful. Perhaps it is because the current rules have not reached the point where they become extremely powerful, so we must treat them seriously."

“Okay, I will treat it seriously.” Lesarit also nodded obediently at this time, and did not refute anything.

After all, what Shen Mu said was true.

Before, when they were having dinner together, Shen Mu also told them about the power of rules and the dangers facing the world now.

Including the various powerful professional inheritances and various spells in the fantastic side crystal wall system of the Spirit Realm.

They are all quite powerful things.

So, you must take it seriously.

Lesarit also understood this.

“Okay, my lads! Now everyone has had enough rest! Now I need you all to cheer up and prepare for battle!”

Lesarit then began to remind loudly.

On the west side of the city wall, the Vaegir archers and the Swadian light infantry and Vaegir recruits present all responded one after another.

Everyone's faces were quite excited.

They did not seem to be afraid of the upcoming battle.

And on the inner city wall behind, 100 hired crossbowmen were lying there, carefully aiming their heavy crossbows at the outside, ready to snipe at any time. (I forgot these crossbowmen in the previous battle…)

Standing high, these hired crossbowmen could just play some sniper advantages, after all, crossbowmen themselves are used for accurate shooting.

Before, Shen Mu had placed these hired crossbowmen in the castle.

In order to make the castle the last line of defense in times of crisis.

However, contrary to expectations, these Hell Devils didn't even reach the city walls. Instead, they were stopped by his archers outside the walls. Adding to that the harassment from the horse archers and the charge of the heavy cavalry, they were utterly defeated.

Therefore, these mercenary crossbowmen in the castle didn't have a chance to play any significant role.

So, Shen Mu now felt it would be better to dispatch these 100 mercenary crossbowmen to the inner city walls, to snipe at the outside, as that would at least be a decent position.

After all, the angle of fire is extremely important for crossbowmen.

(Found a reasonable explanation.)

However, even now, Shen Mu didn't think these crossbowmen could be of much use.

Because, for the forces Shen Mu currently possessed...

...those strengthened Prairie Bandits, those horse archers, would harass the Hell Devils attempting to attack with even more frequent and deadly attacks.

Whether those Hell Devils could resolutely launch a siege towards the city walls while dealing with these Prairie Bandits was uncertain.

After all, Shen Mu wasn't completely passively defending anymore.

With these 515 horse archers of the Prairie Bandits, plus the over 200 heavy cavalry led by Alayne.

The combat system Shen Mu now possessed...

...was a defensive counter-attack.

And it was a defensive counter-attack that seized the initiative on the battlefield.

For example, right now.

Standing on the city walls, Shen Mu watched as the Prairie Bandits, who had been regrouped, once again broke into smaller units and rained arrows down on the Hell Devils pouring out of the Su Family Village station.

They pinned the Hell Devils that had just rushed out of the subway tunnel to the ground, one by one.

With that leisurely appearance...

...even from a considerable distance, Shen Mu could see the confidence of those Khergit Prairie Bandits, and their playful, almost game-like mentality.

Because these Khergit Prairie Bandits didn't let their Prairie Horses leave the spot.

They just rode on the Prairie Horses.

These Prairie Horses just stood there, glancing sideways at the incoming Hell Devils, snorting boredly.

Then, the Khergit Bandits riding on these Prairie Horses would draw their nomad bows, and start releasing arrows one by one at the Hell Devils.

Letting the feathered arrows in their quivers pin the Hell Devils, one by one.

Even though these Prairie Bandits had already seen that most of the Hell Devils had added crude wooden round shields to their left arms, they still calmly drew their bows and fired.

As the Hell Devils continued to approach, the terrifying power brought by the feathered arrows shot from their nomad bows...

...could even pierce through their shields.

So much so that some unlucky Hell Devils thought they could block the incoming arrows with their raised shields.

But they didn't expect that arrow to directly pierce through the shield, and even shoot through and break their left arm bones.

Before they even got close to these Prairie Bandits, they had already suffered heavy damage.

Don't forget that even if the shield had some blocking ability, it couldn't protect all of their bodies. Their lower body and legs could still be hit by the arrows.

So, these Khergit Prairie Bandits were just casually drawing their bows and firing, as if they were playing a game.

They were extremely calm and relaxed.

And as the Hell Devils approached them, these Khergit Prairie Bandits aimed their shots at their lower bodies and legs, causing even more Hell Devils to wail and fall to the ground, losing their ability to move.

Then, they could only become lambs to be slaughtered.

Even if they gradually approached those Khergit Prairie Bandits by relying on their numerical advantage.

These Prairie Bandits only needed to gently shake the reins, signaling to their Prairie Horses, who were as intimate as old comrades, to start trotting with their four hooves.

They could easily create a distance of more than ten meters.

Then, by circling around or twisting their waists, they could continue to draw their bows and fire again, hitting those Hell Devils with every feathered arrow.

Even this was just the relaxed method of ordinary Khergit Prairie Bandits when facing Hell Devils.

For those more elite Khergit Prairie Bandit Elites...

They were equipped with quality nomad bows.

This type of bow was exactly the same as the quality nomad bows equipped by the Vaegir archers.

And they were all Tier 4 units.

This meant that their archery skills were quite superb, and their lethality was extremely excellent.

Even if these Khergit Prairie Bandit Elites still needed to make their horsemanship more exquisite, and were slightly inferior to Vaegir archers in terms of archery.

Killing those Hell Devils at close range was still extremely simple.

Especially since the arrow type equipped by these Khergit Prairie Bandit Elites was barbed arrows.

A type of arrow with slightly inferior armor-piercing ability compared to bodkin arrows, but with a better killing effect on lightly armored units.

At this time, they were also pinning the Hell Devils, one by one.

Moreover, it wasn't that this barbed arrow had no armor-piercing ability.

It still had some.

And it was precisely this bit of armor-piercing ability that allowed them to more easily pierce through the Hell Devils' round shields.

Directly shooting through the round shields and shooting through the Hell Devils' left arms, deeply piercing into their chests.

Causing even more terrifying killing effects to these Hell Devils.

Allowing these Hell Devils who had just poured out of the Su Family Village subway station to encounter the targeted sniping of these 515 Khergit Prairie Bandits in a short period of time, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

So much so that these Hell Devils were really quite miserable now.

And they could only rage in vain.

"Dense formation! Quickly!"

"Form a dense defensive formation!"

"Everyone must be fast!"

It was just that those Middle Devils were still scolding those Lesser Devils and Inferior Devils, telling them to form a phalanx of a hundred people again.

Then, they would tightly huddle together again to form an effective defensive formation.

It was still habitual thinking.

They still thought that huddling together would allow the Inferior Devils to attract the attention and ranged firepower of the enemy archers.

To protect the Lesser Devils, who were the main force on the battlefield.

And finally engage in close combat with the enemy.

It was still this battlefield thinking.

It was just that for these Hell Devils who had once again huddled together, Besthur's face in the distance showed an increasingly brighter smile.

He waved his hand forward.

Signaling to the Khergit Prairie Bandits around him to move closer.

After all, ready-made targets were placed here. If they weren't shot, then they would be too sorry for these nomads who were born on the great prairie and learned archery and shooting from childhood.

Besthur was simply enjoying it!