A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

But Shen Mu didn't care about them.

The heavy armor, driven by the sturdy Holy Tree Steppe Horse, charged and crushed countless tents.

It only slowly stopped in front of the old Gnoll chieftain's tent.

“Go!” Fatis waved his hand.

Immediately, four or five Swadian heavy cavalry dismounted from their warhorses, picked up spiked maces in their right hands, and charged into the filthy tent, lifting the flap with their left arms.

After a period of rummaging, as the Gnoll Momit had said, they indeed found something under a dirty blanket in the southeast corner of the tent.

Two Swadian heavy cavalrymen, disregarding the filth, knelt beside it and dug away the sand with their hands.

And then inside.

A box that looked somewhat exquisite, but was covered in gray dust, was buried within.

At this moment, half of the front cover was revealed.

“The item has been found!”

The Swadian heavy cavalrymen's tone also carried a hint of cheer and pride.

After all, they were the first to discover it!

At this time, Shen Mu also entered, following Fatis's action of lifting the tent flap.

A stench made him frown.

But his gaze fell on the box.

‘Rustle’

The Swadian heavy cavalrymen quickly dug away the sand around the box, and the entire outline of the box appeared before their eyes.

Finally, with another Swadian heavy cavalryman reaching out, he directly pulled the box out.

This dust-covered box was patted a few times and handed to Shen Mu.

‘Buzz!’

At this moment, Shen Mu's brow suddenly felt a warm sensation.

At the same time, at the location of his heart, a stream of cool sensations immediately began to spread throughout his body.

However, it didn't bring the ethereal and comfortable feeling from before.

Instead, it was a sense of trepidation!

Especially when Shen Mu's hand was placed on the top of this octagonal, long box, and he gently began to pry it open.

‘Buzz!’

At Shen Mu's chest, the cool sensation instantly began to surge out.

Mixed with the warmth of his brow.

Forming powerful, invisible fluctuations from the rule level!

‘Crack.’

Then, the moment Shen Mu completely opened the box, this fluctuation sealed the tent, or rather, sealed this space.

And countless streams of white data began to materialize in Shen Mu's brow like they were free, pouring into the palm-sized box in large quantities.

‘Whoosh whoosh whoosh!’

To the extent that these countless streams of data formed an invisible storm, producing a special echo.

Carrying the emerald green specks of light mixed within, suppressing the power inside that had already begun to awaken because it had sensed the calling of its name…

Again, forcefully suppressed!

[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained — ‘Divine Power’ × 1 point.]

[Ding! The system is analyzing this “Divine Power”, countdown: 00 hours 05 minutes 00 seconds.]

[Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the fourth stage of the temporary mission and received the reward — Skill Enhancement (Divine Power Enhancement)!]

[Ding! After the system analyzes this power, all 3 of your skills will be allowed to undergo Divine Power Enhancement.]

Thus, after the white light formed by the data stream surged into the box.

The dialogue box reappeared on Shen Mu's retina.

Then, after the white light dissipated.

Shen Mu looked at the box, inside was a dark red, thick nail, about the length of an adult's palm and the thickness of a thumb, casually placed inside.

At the bottom, a break mark, as if it had been snapped off, could be clearly seen.

Overall, it looked rusty.

In Shen Mu's eyes, it didn't have the slightest appearance of the concept of a 'divine artifact'.

“That's it?” Shen Mu gently shook his head, reaching out to take out this coarse iron nail-like thing.

‘Rustle!’

But the moment he made contact, this rusty, coarse iron nail actually seemed to have completely rotted away, rustling and turning into a box full of reddish-brown iron powder.

Completely vanishing!

If it weren't for the countdown dialogue box for analyzing Divine Power still appearing on Shen Mu's retina.

Shen Mu would have thought that this was just an empty, ordinary box.

This made him purse his lips, feeling helpless.

“Looks like that's it.” Shen Mu turned the box over, scattering all the useless iron rust powder inside onto the ground.

Looking at this octagonal long box, hammered into shape with thin brass sheets, and with the gaps and edges sealed with thin silver sheets, Shen Mu stared intently for a few more moments.

The pattern on the surface of the box seemed to be made using the gilding technique, making it appear particularly exquisite.

If it were carefully wiped with a damp towel, it might still be a beautiful work of art.

It does have collection value.

Shen Mu casually tossed the octagonal long box to the Swadian heavy cavalryman beside him, looking at the dirty and smelly tent, he lost the desire to continue staying here.

In his heart, there was also a faint, special sense of wanting to leave this place.

“What's going on?” Shen Mu frowned slightly.

Moreover, it wasn't just Shen Mu who had this feeling.

“Lord.” The four or five Swadian heavy infantrymen who had originally come into the tent together also frowned at this time, seeming to feel somewhat uneasy as they opened their mouths: “We always feel that we shouldn't continue staying here.”

“Hmm?” Shen Mu turned his head to look at them.

“It's as if we should leave this world.” These Swadian heavy cavalrymen said hesitantly.

“Leave this world?” But this statement also made Shen Mu thoughtful.

He thought of the Lv4 Enchanter named Anle City mentioning that if one obtained a relatively large number of Spirit Realm Marks in a certain Spirit Realm scenario, it would cause a faint rejection from the scenario.

At that time, one had to find a way to quickly leave the scenario.

Moreover, if too many marks were obtained, the remaining power of the rules would be unable to continue condensing the entire Spirit Realm scenario, and might even cause the scenario to collapse and disintegrate itself, completely dissipating.

“No wonder the Spirit Realm scenario I encountered in the apartment collapsed after I absorbed the Spirit Realm Mark.”

Shen Mu thought of the dangerous situation he encountered when he obtained the castle main building before.

“Lord, let's go!”

Outside the tent, Fatis also lifted the tent flap and said to Shen Mu: “I feel a bit unsafe here!”

Not only Fatis, but in fact, even the Holy Tree Knights and Swadian Knights who had come together felt a strange feeling in their hearts.

“Then let's go!” Shen Mu didn't hesitate, walking out and mounting his horse.

“Lord Shen Mu, what about them?” At this time, Fatis gestured for Shen Mu to look towards the five Gnolls not far away, still at the edge of the oasis, guarded by 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen.

At this time, they were sitting there shivering, each with a look of fear on their faces.

“Them?” Shen Mu spurred his horse over, his eyes flashing with a hint of danger.

Seeing Shen Mu and the others return, the Gnoll Momit, who had already received a promise and whose complexion had recovered a lot, immediately stood up excitedly, constantly asking:

“Respected Lord Shen Mu! Have you found it? You must have obtained that divine artifact, right?!”

“Yes.” Shen Mu looked at it, this Gnoll who had given him a very bad first impression in the apartment, speaking truthfully: “I did dig out something very good under the ground of that tent through your information.”

“That's good! That's good!” The Gnoll Momit's ear, which was missing a section, immediately shook.

This showed that its emotions were extremely agitated.

“……” Shen Mu was silent.

He didn't speak.

At this time, the surrounding 10 Holy Tree Knights, 10 Swadian Knights, and 40 Swadian heavy cavalrymen were surrounding it.

No one spoke either, they just looked at it coldly.

“This… this…”

Momit's chest, which had originally perked up, and its ears, which had perked up, drooped down again at this time.

Its emotions suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

That ferocious Gnoll head, at this time, looked at Shen Mu with a hint of despair and hope, and murmured: “You promised me that you wouldn't kill me! You are a great figure with noble character!”

But as these words were spoken, Momit's voice became smaller and smaller.

In the end, because it completely lost its confidence, its voice also fell into silence.

Some things can be understood just by thinking about them.

“Yes, I won't kill you.” Shen Mu, feeling the rejection from this Spirit Realm scenario, still spoke slowly.

Looking at the Gnoll who directly raised his head to look at himself, Shen Mu said indifferently:

"Geng Jun is a very good person, enthusiastic, highly vigilant, and happy to help others, such as the seven or eight ordinary families living in the apartment."

As Shen Mu spoke, he turned his horse's head and shook the reins to leave.

"I..." This Gnoll, Momit, opened his mouth as if to say something.

‘Puff!’

Only a sharp spear pierced directly from its back, exiting through its abdomen, forcibly pinning it to the ground.

It was a Swadian knight who raised his spear in a backhand and thrust it down.

‘Puff!’

Another Swadian knight in front of it raised the spear in his hand and pierced through the heart in its chest, exiting through the lower back, similarly pinning it to the ground.

The spears of these two Swadian knights crossed in the Gnoll's chest, through its heart.

"Let's go."

Then, urged by Fatis, who also turned his horse's head, they pulled out their spears together.

Leaving the Gnoll's corpse lying on the ground like a tattered rag.

Large amounts of blood flowed out.

Quickly soaking the sand beneath it.

But it was not alone.

Because right next to it, the five Gnoll chieftains who had been brought along were, after losing their value, approached by those Swadian heavy cavalry preparing to leave, and were all stabbed to death on the spot.

Then these cavalrymen quickly spurred their horses and galloped in the direction they had come from.

They were just some monsters.

They couldn't be considered kin at all.

Killing them was no big deal.

Moreover, these Gnolls, during the fierce battle between these people and the Abyss Demons, even wanted to ambush them and become the mantis behind the cicada.

This was seen by these Swadian heavy cavalrymen, so how could they let them off?

If they hadn't quickly defeated those Abyss Demons at that time.

And either been defeated or won a pyrrhic victory.

And suffered heavy losses with the Abyss Demons.

Then what would these Gnolls have done when they saw it? It's easy to imagine it wouldn't have been a good outcome!

"Lord, everything is taken care of," Fatis reported to Shen Mu as he caught up.

"Yes, we should leave here now."

Before Shen Mu's eyes, a prompt box from the system had already appeared.

[Ding! The 'Plane Teleportation Gate' in your current large Spirit Realm scenario is about to reach its critical point. To avoid getting lost in the Astral Plane, please return in time.]

This was the system's warning.

Shen Mu absolutely trusted the Mount \u0026 Blade system, which he had created from the root up.

He spurred his horse and galloped.

Soon, he arrived at the nearly 3-meter-tall oval teleportation gate that resembled a mirror, where he had arrived in this large Spirit Realm scenario.

Bandak and the infantrymen who had left earlier were already waiting there.

"Well done, Bandak," Shen Mu praised as he saw the soldiers holding a large number of demonic weapons in their arms, nodding, "Now let's go back."

"Understood," Bandak nodded to Shen Mu without arrogance or impatience, then waved for everyone to enter the oval plane teleportation gate.

With ripples of silvery-white water, these soldiers disappeared into this large Spirit Realm scenario.

After Shen Mu and the cavalrymen also entered one after another, leaving completely.

‘Poof!’

The oval, silvery-white teleportation gate naturally disappeared on the edge of this barren desert full of sand.

But at the instant the teleportation gate disappeared, a special force spread in.

Descending from the originally brighter sky with a rustling sound.

‘Buzz!’

In just a flash, this entire large Spirit Realm scenario was instantly enveloped in a golden light.

From the yellow sand to the hills, to the corpses all over the ground and the devastated oasis.

Including the Gnoll elderly, weak, sick, and disabled who were fleeing into the depths of the desert, as well as the various Gnoll warriors who had wanted to ambush them but had scattered because their chieftains and leaders had been captured.

All of their bodies were glowing with golden light.

Saying it was golden light wasn't quite right; it was a yellowish light, almost like bathing in the twilight of the setting sun, with a hint of dusk.

Eventually, it solidified into a golden scab in this large Spirit Realm scenario.

The entire large Spirit Realm scenario was as if it were cast in gold.

Lifelike.

Like a toy!

Because time had stopped; the river of time had sealed the entire large Spirit Realm scenario like amber.

Everything had entered a state of stasis.

But...

Except for thought!

Or rather, the souls of these Spirit Realm creatures, due to their special nature, would not be frozen and sealed except in death.

Those Gnolls who were still fleeing were now glowing golden all over.

If one observed carefully, there were faint glimmers of light flickering in their eyes, carrying pain and unbearable torment, and the light had become sluggish.

This was why it was said that these Spirit Realm creatures were vying to sign contracts with those Blue Star humans, descend to Blue Star, and become followers.

At least they wouldn't have to be trapped in the seal of the river of time like this, with no hope of release!

It wasn't to say that there would never be a time for release.

Unless a Blue Star human brought rules that did not belong to the Spirit Realm, descended here, and broke the seal of the rules completely composed of the Spirit Realm's river of time, then time could start running normally again.

At that time, these Gnolls, like insects sealed in amber, could move again.

And their thoughts could be freed from that sluggish torment.

Regaining vitality.

It was just that outside of Blue Star, an entire fantasy-side crystal wall system had shattered into countless Spirit Realm scenarios.

So why could one be sure...

That a small number of Blue Star humans would definitely be able to come here and save them?

Unless a Blue Star human signed a soul contract with these Spirit Realm creatures' tribes.

And could come over periodically.

Otherwise.

Then they would forever be trapped in this painful torment, unable to break free!

......

‘Buzz!’

After everyone returned to the village of "Dhëreim," the plane teleportation gate, which had originally been opened with a crystal core mark as a key, immediately closed and dissipated.

Shen Mu and the soldiers returned from the relatively bright environment to the dim Blue Star village.

"Lord Shen Mu."

Those Swadian light infantrymen and Lake Rat Gang veterans who had originally stayed behind also came over one after another.

After saluting and greeting, they quite consciously took over the demonic weapons.

And began to transport these spoils of war to the warehouse for storage.

When the merchants arrived next time, they could be sold and exchanged for denars.

"Let everyone take a shower, and then arrange for the halflings to continue making food, and hold a small victory banquet for this triumphant return."

Shen Mu tugged at the collar of his chainmail and took off his helmet.

Breathing in the relatively chilly air, which was mixed with the pungent smoke produced by the burning bonfire, he instructed Bandak beside him, "Use flour to make more good bread, boil some vegetable soup with cabbage and pumpkin, and arrange a piece of salted fish, sausage, and dried meat for everyone."

"Understood, I will go and tell the halflings," Bandak carefully noted it down.

"Yes, go and arrange it," Shen Mu nodded, then walked towards the main building of the castle.

Having just experienced a fierce battle, he felt sticky all over from sweating, and he really wanted to take a shower quickly to make his body feel refreshed.

As for his special arrangement for the soldiers to take a shower quickly, it was entirely because they, who had mainly fought the Abyss Demons in a bloody battle, had been stained with a lot of sulfurous demonic blood.

Not only was the sulfur smell strong, but it was also particularly fishy and stinky, making it unbearable.

At least Shen Mu hated this smell.

Returning to the second floor of the castle.

Soon, the Swadian light infantrymen who had stayed behind in the village, as attendants, brought Shen Mu a huge bathtub.

And also buckets of cool, refreshing, and clean bathwater brought from Crescent Lake.

"Hoo-ha!"

Shen Mu soaked himself in it. As a Saint Tree Knight, with the physical fitness of a Tier 5 unit, he didn't care about cold showers at all.

Moreover, he had been blessed by the Will of Nature and would not get sick at all.

This cool and refreshing bathwater quickly calmed Shen Mu's mind, and washing away the sticky, smelly sweat on his body was extremely comfortable!

By the way, at this time, deal with the dialog box that appeared in front of him.

[Ding! Congratulations! After your valiant fight, you and your troops have successfully defeated and annihilated a large force of the enemy, and have obtained a 'Thorough Victory'!]

Ding! After the system's post-battle evaluation, you have received — Silver Treasure Chest × 2.

System analysis of 'Divine Power' has been successful. You can now use 'Divine Power Enhancement' on all 3 of your current skills.

Ding! King Harlaus is still waiting to see if you are willing to exchange your dilapidated small castle for his castle in the Kingdom of Rhodoks. (If you agree, it will provoke criticism from the Kingdom of Rhodoks.)

Shen Mu lay in the cool bathwater, his mind communicating with the system, which popped up all these dialogue boxes on his retina.

"Open the Silver Treasure Chests."

He directly opened these two Silver Treasure Chests, which could now only be considered small rewards.

Then, in Shen Mu's mind, treasure chests adorned with silver appeared, emitting a silvery-white light, slowly opening a crack.

Then, in an instant, they transformed into a dazzling array of colors, converging into new dialogue box content.

Ding! Congratulations! You have opened 'Silver Treasure Chest' × 2. You have received —

① 100 strong immigrants from the Kingdom of Vaegirs, seeking opportunities.

② A migrating herd of desert gazelles (5 minutes).

The final rewards from opening the two Silver Treasure Chests were all displayed before Shen Mu.

"100 immigrants, and a herd of desert gazelles migrating through my village for 5 minutes?"

Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly.

He was no stranger to the first reward, which was basically increasing the population.

But the second, a migrating herd of desert gazelles, passing through for only 5 minutes.

This reward left Shen Mu somewhat stunned.

"Open the Level 2 page," Shen Mu communicated with the system.

Item Name: Migrating Herd of Desert Gazelles (5 minutes)

Item Description: This is a herd of desert gazelles living in the Sarranid Desert, with strong bodies and agile figures, and extremely fast running speeds. News has arrived that a herd of desert gazelles will pass through your territory. Perhaps arranging hunters to hunt them will yield a batch of fresh gazelle meat.

Item Restriction: The gazelle herd's migration speed is very fast, and they can only pass through your territory for 5 minutes. The amount of gazelle meat you obtain will depend on the hunters you deploy.

"A reward of fresh meat?" Shen Mu straightened up slightly in the bathtub at this point.

This was truly precious.

During this period, the meat he ate was either canned, dried, or sausage.

Or salted fish.

After losing the apartment, he couldn't even scavenge the frozen meat from the refrigerator.

Therefore, during this time, just eating these salty sausages and dried meat was almost giving Shen Mu a slight aversion to food.

"Then I really need to study this carefully." Shen Mu looked at the still-dim sky outside the window, a slight hesitation on his face.

Now was the time of the Black Tide's duration.

Outside was a dark, gray mist, and undead monsters hidden within.

Of course, it was impossible to use this item during this time.

Otherwise, being completely blind, even if desert gazelles appeared within his territory and ran past quickly, could archers hunt these gazelles in the dark?

Obviously impossible!

Then he would have to wait for the end of the Black Tide.

"But these 100 immigrants don't need to wait for the end of the Black Tide." Shen Mu's thoughts moved at this time, and he communicated with the system again.

Confirming the use of this reward item.

Ding! 100 healthy, young, and energetic Vaegir villagers, originally following the Vaegir Kingdom's army, wanted to seize a village for colonization in the battle to invade the Kingdom of Swadia.

But when they learned from the Swadian villagers that you were in dire need of villagers, they were all eager to follow you and seek opportunities to make a name for themselves!

Now, they have crossed the barriers of fate and successfully arrived outside your village.

At this time, on the east side of the castle wall, a clamor arose.

Shen Mu didn't get up from the bathtub, knowing that it must be the 100 Vaegir people, after the realization of the Mount \u0026 Blade system, coming to this real world to join him, making the clamorous sound.

Bandak would definitely handle it, and Shen Mu was quite relieved about this.

Then his thoughts communicated with the system again.

"Select skill enhancement!"

Now, Shen Mu was more concerned about what the so-called 'Divine Power Enhancement' of skills, obtained after absorbing the so-called 'artifact,' was all about!

Ding! Because you have absorbed a special power, it contains a special enhancement effect for spells or skills!

Currently, you have the following skills —

① Group Heal lv5 (Nature Magic). Divine Power Enhancement effect: +1 release count; +10% healing effect; and the creatures enveloped by this skill will be more warlike.

② Bee Swarm Harassment lv2 (Nature Magic). Divine Power Enhancement effect: +1 release count; and the summoned bee swarms will be more numerous, larger, and more aggressive; and can effectively kill low-level enemies.

③ Power Strike lv1 (Warrior Skill). Divine Power Enhancement effect: +1 release count; +10% attack power; and this skill can be bestowed upon your followers or subordinates, allowing them to also gain the ability of this skill. (10 people)

Tip: You have obtained the meager divine power of 'Gnoll Lord Yeenoghu.' He has influenced your skills, with the greatest influence on warrior skills.

"Hmm?!" Shen Mu was slightly stunned when he saw the content in the dialogue box at this time.

His face was somewhat surprised.

"All of them have increased the number of releases by one, and also increased the effect!"

Shen Mu really felt extremely surprised.

This was indeed worthy of Divine Power Enhancement.

Group Heal increased the number of releases by 1, now Shen Mu can release this skill 6 times in a battle, and also additionally increase the healing effect by 10%.

Although the last point, increasing the soldiers' warlike nature, seemed a bit strange.

But for a general.

Isn't it good for soldiers to be warlike?

"Warlike is always better than cowardly!" Shen Mu's lips curled up slightly, which was equivalent to indirectly increasing the morale and courage effect!

And Bee Swarm Harassment also increased the number of releases by one.

The released spirit world killer bees are also more numerous, larger, stronger, and more aggressive.

The most crucial point is that these killer bees, after being enhanced by divine power, also have a killing effect on low-level enemies!

This term was quite intriguing.

Killing effect!

This shows that the current Bee Swarm Harassment skill can not only be used for harassment.

But can also use this skill to directly kill some low-level enemies!

"And the third enhancement is even more unexpected, actually transferring the amplification effect of this skill to my soldiers after use."

Shen Mu didn't expect it even more.

And in it, there were also strange words such as 'bestow' and 'followers.'

It really had a bit of a mystical meaning.

And the Mount \u0026 Blade system also gave an extra reminder at the back.

"The third warrior skill is the most influential." Shen Mu stroked his chin, thoughtfully: "Does this mean that the divine power of different gods also has different amplification effects on different professionals?"

Just as he thought of this, Shen Mu couldn't help but reach out and splash a piece of cold water on his face.

'Splash!'

Then he vigorously rubbed his face, and a self-deprecating bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"I really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth, now I'm starting to think about the divine power related to the gods!"

Now, Poro, the halfling elder busy in the kitchen, is really cautious and cautious about topics related to the gods.

He wouldn't say it if he could avoid it.

He wouldn't say more if he could avoid it.

Especially when he said a few words, his face was covered with cold sweat, looking uneasy.

This was still on Blue Star.

This was still under the circumstances that the fantasy side crystal wall system was broken, and even the gods were missing.

It was enough to prove that the word 'god' was really some kind of taboo in the spirit world!

Shen Mu crossed over from Earth.

He didn't have too much of a concept of understanding of the gods.

But being cautious and choosing to respect the habits that others respect was also a relatively wise choice.

"At least even the system has to be careful, even popping up a separate dialogue box to remind me, something that looks like a broken big iron ingot has brought me so much help, which can also prove the power of the gods."

Shen Mu curled his lips, and his emotions were a bit affected.

"Forget it, I won't think about these anymore!"

'Splash.'

Shen Mu completely submerged his body in the bathtub, even immersing his head in the cool spring water.

The originally noisy sounds instantly disappeared as he dove underwater.

Only silence remained.

And Shen Mu's brain, rapidly working as he held his breath.

"The outcome of this trip to that large Spirit Realm scene was pretty good. Not only did I get these rewards, but I also obtained a complete castle, plus two stone towers."

Shen Mu smiled as he thought of Anle City's generous gifts.

The two stone towers were a gift.

The small castle inside the rammed-earth city wall was also, in effect, a gift from them.

After all, Anle City had clearly stated that they were acting on behalf of Luo City's Binggong Mage Tower to collect various Spirit Realm buildings to strengthen their city defenses and resist the undead disaster they encountered locally, the key to this disaster being the massive number of undead monsters.

"They can be considered people of character," Shen Mu thought, having a good impression of Anle City.

These two stone towers, and that small Spirit Realm castle destined to become a Rhodok castle, plus the castle main building Shen Mu currently possessed, could form a powerful castle defense system in a short amount of time.

Because Shen Mu knew that the Rhodok people, most skilled in defensive warfare, built castles from the stone and wood of the Rhodok Mountains, and they were definitely high-quality!

These Rhodok people, with personalities as simple and straightforward as rock, were mostly outstanding lumberjacks and quarrymen on the Calradia continent.

Including construction workers!

'Splash!'

Shen Mu had been holding his breath until now, feeling that he had reached his limit.

So he tilted his head back and burst out of the water, breathing deeply while also accumulating new oxygen, allowing him to squat down again, sink into the bathtub, and seriously consider things.

"There's also changing the terrain of 500 mu around, upgrading the village, building a new village, and the Magic Orb."

Shen Mu pondered:

"Whether it's changing the terrain, upgrading the village, or building a new village, I can use the Magic Orb's map editor permissions, including when placing the Rhodok castle and the two stone towers."

The Magic Orb's map editor permissions were truly rule-level modifications.

Extremely useful.

When the time comes, all the concrete cement walls will be torn down and rebuilt into real ancient city walls with Mount \u0026 Blade rules.

This will not only be able to resist the attacks of those undead monsters.

Even if encountering attacks from other humans, it will still have excellent defensive capabilities!

Only, Shen Mu thought to this point, and the face submerged below the water surface also showed a bit more solemnity: "There's also the threat of the Diesel Company, can't keep dragging this on."

Before the Black Tide descended, he and his troops directly wiped out a batch of the Diesel Company's forces.

One could imagine.

If the Black Tide hadn't come so suddenly, perhaps the Diesel Company would have already dispatched more troops to attack him.

"And Zhang Song said that before the Black Tide, we must accumulate more Blue Star humans, so that we can pray in the territory and let pure spiritual power charge the Spirit Realm rules, which is a good way for the territory to survive the Black Tide."

Shen Mu softly murmured, opening his mouth and spitting bubbles.

Only, in his eyes, there was increasing solemnity.

"But in the period when I had just established the territory, not only were there no Blue Star humans willing to come and join my territory and think of ways to survive the Black Tide with me, but no one even asked. There weren't many Blue Star humans living around this area anymore."

Shen Mu didn't believe that this was because the Black Tide was about to arrive, and these Blue Star humans had foreseen it in advance.

Thinking about the Diesel Company's actions of acting like a tyrant in this Balihe Street area.

Shen Mu could clearly guess.

This kind of thing.

Was definitely a method used by the Diesel Company!

"In that case, then it's really annoying," Shen Mu's eyes became increasingly indifferent.

If it were a normal, newly appointed human lord who had just obtained the Spirit Realm Lord inheritance, and was just stuck with the Black Tide about to arrive, without Spirit Realm imprint fragments, without extra friends to lead a large number of Spirit Realm followers to help.

And without enough Blue Star humans to piously pray when the undead rules corroded here, sacrificing their spiritual power.

Then for many lords, the Black Tide that needed to be handled carefully would be, for the new lord…

It would be equal to an extremely dangerous death trap!

"No wonder Zhang Song came to form an alliance. This Diesel Company's methods for dealing with competitors are truly endless, and they dare to strike directly! And it's the kind that's fatal with one blow!"

Shen Mu poked his head out, breathing in large gulps of air.

Then he didn't continue to dive underwater.

Having already analyzed everything, Shen Mu was very clear that his next tasks seemed to be just two points.

One, while building the castle, upgrade the village into a residential town.

Two, solve the Diesel Company!

"The gains from going to this large Spirit Realm scene were pretty good."

Shen Mu smiled softly at this time:

"At least, with the help of the Spirit Realm buildings, I can solve the village's upgrade problem. Now, not only can I upgrade the town for daily economic development, but I can also have the defensive effect brought by the castle buildings, not bad."

Now, just waiting for the Black Tide to pass.

There are still 5 days left.

If you want to get through these 5 days, then it will indeed be very fast.

Shen Mu was sleeping soundly now.

During the Black Tide, Swadian light infantry stood guard, and Lake Rat Gang veteran thugs patrolled.

Plus hired crossbowmen and Vaegir archers wandering on the city walls from time to time.

The entire village was as solid as a rock.

Even if encountering small groups of undead monsters, most of them were just skeletons and zombies.

Even powerful undead monsters like ghouls and skeleton warriors were rare.

It really made Shen Mu a little surprised.

In his predecessor's memory, every time this kind of Black Tide descended, even when hiding in the apartment, he could feel the crowded figures of countless undead monsters outside.

Wandering around casually, they could bump into the apartment door, making a banging sound, as terrifying as knocking on the door.

"Why is it that now, just after that demon squad appeared at the beginning, nothing has happened?"

Shen Mu was still a little puzzled.

This was clearly not the same as the Black Tide in his predecessor's memory!

Even in their spare time, those newly arrived Vaegir villagers dared to take rubble and go up to the city walls, and then use the stones in their hands to throw at those undead monsters for fun.

So much so that after two days, they began to spontaneously form a stone-throwing competition.

Even the soldiers participated.

In the beginning, when Shen Mu first discovered this situation, he was shocked.

But after confirming that nothing was happening.

And the intensity and number of undead monsters appearing outside during the Black Tide hadn't exceeded the usual amount too much.

Shen Mu let it go.

Just everyone's entertainment activity.

They were all living people, and they all had their own joys, sorrows, and happiness.

In this closed and dark environment, wouldn't it be better not to let everyone stay dull and do nothing, causing psychological problems?

Now, being able to relieve worries and solve problems in this way was also not bad.

So, in this cheerful atmosphere.

The time of the Black Tide passed day by day.

Soon.

On the seventh day, when Shen Mu woke up in bed, his eyes, just opened, had a special stinging pain.

"Ugh, what's going on?" Shen Mu closed his eyes for a while before getting used to it.

Looking at the sunlight shining in from the window, not very bright, but also bright and clear.

He then reacted: "It's dawn…"

The Black Tide has passed!