Chapter 112: The First Appearance of the Extraordinary
"Accept the prisoners!" Shen Mu's thought communication system made its own choice.
'Om! '
Then, right between his eyebrows, a special white wave instantly surged out.
It turned into an invisible force and seemed to spread into the surrounding space.
Didn't come back.
Instead, it seemed to be overflowing in the Blue Star world.
Shen Mu was slightly stunned.
This was the first time after he acquired the Mount and Blade system that he realized that the power of the system did not return, but instead disappeared.
And then, nothing happened.
[Ding! Congratulations! Your current alignment has been established as "Lawful Good"! ]
[Please ensure that your behavior is in accordance with the "lawful" state of order, and at the same time, please ensure that your style of treating the outside world is "kind", which will affect your treatment in the "camp". 】
[Reminder: This temporary task has been completed! Due to your outstanding performance, you have received an additional 2 gold-level treasure chests.]
[You have soldiers that can be upgraded...]
Shen Mu stared blankly at the dialog box that appeared in front of him, which meant that this temporary task had been completed.
But the content about the camps above still made Shen Mu a little confused.
Some people can't figure out what this camp is.
I also don't quite understand what this prompt from the system means.
"My Lord, I am going to accept the surrender of those guys."
But at this moment, Manid put down the crossbow in his hand and pulled out a nail hammer, interrupting Shen Mu's thoughts.
Manide looked at Shen Mu who was still thinking, and said with a smile on his face: "I think you can leave this small matter of receiving prisoners to me. I will handle it properly and put them all in the prison in the castle area and keep them under strict supervision!"
"Well, then go and handle this matter." Shen Mu was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
He nodded in agreement.
It's just a small thing.
"Thanks for your trust."
Manid immediately smiled, bowed respectfully, then picked up the mace and walked quickly towards the city wall of the town with a few Swadian light infantrymen around him.
For a businessman, it is indeed a good thing to be able to receive prisoners with pride.
Especially for Manid, who had just arrived in this strange world, seeing those strange-looking guys, who looked like monsters, no, were monsters, and he could actually go over and accept their surrender, this was something he could brag about to his grandchildren while leaning against the fire when he was old.
When Manide thought about it, he felt a little vanity in his heart.
Moving forward faster.
And just over there on the city wall.
Bandak, who was still leading the troops on the front line, waved his hand and regained ownership of the entire city wall.
Those Blue Star humans who had dropped their weapons and chose to surrender were forced to kneel on the city wall, waiting for the next steps after their surrender.
After all, these enemies have indeed surrendered.
However, whether it is a real surrender or a false surrender, and any subsequent handling methods, all need to be reported to Lord Shen Mu before a decision can be made.
Bandak couldn't make a decision.
"Except for the guy holding up the enemy leader's head, make the others kneel on the ground."
Bandak raised his chin at this time, looking at the Lake Rat Gang saboteurs around him who were holding armor-breaking axes and looking more and more rebellious, and said, "If there is anything unusual with these prisoners, you don't need to report it, just do it yourself."
"Understood!" These Lake Rat Gang saboteurs walked forward with a grin, shouting at the Blue Star humans to kneel on the city wall.
The city walls were now filled with smelly blood, broken limbs, and corpses lying all over the place.
But most of those who had surrendered were Blue Star humans who looked like desert bandit races such as gnolls, hobgoblins, lizardmen, and bugbears. Without any hesitation, they all knelt obediently on the city wall, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.
Everyone understood that they had just experienced a bloody battle, and both sides had been fighting desperately for so long, and had the blood debts and lives of the other side's soldiers on their hands.
It was when hatred was at its peak.
If they dared to make any unnecessary movements, or were found to have no intention of surrendering, they would surely be subjected to a massacre deliberately directed at them.
Even though they had already put down their weapons, they all knelt down obediently.
They will also be picky about the blood debts of their relatives and friends, and slash them to vent their anger, or even take the opportunity to retaliate!
After all, in the past, the temporary workers in these temporary fleets always liked to do this.
However, their speculations were not so dirty to these Mount and Blade soldiers from the continent of Calradia.
Even the Lake Rat Gang saboteur, who came from a bandit-type army, nodded one by one when he saw the captives kneeling on the ground obediently with their hands raised, not daring to have any thoughts, and weighed the armor-piercing axes in his hands with satisfaction, without any unnecessary movements.
But Bandak's orders are still here.
As long as these captives dared to resist, the saboteurs of the Lake Rat Gang would pick up the armor-piercing axes in their hands and chop at the back of their heads.
There won't be any hesitation.
Just as these Lake Rat Gang saboteurs were guarding the captives carefully.
Manid also came over with the Swadian light infantry who served as messengers.
"Mr. Bandak." Manide greeted first, and said with emotion: "I saw you leading the soldiers in the castle before, fighting against those horrible monsters here. It was really thrilling and heroic."
"This is all to live up to Lord Shen Mu's trust in me." Bandake nodded and replied.
But it seems that he is quite pleased with Manide's compliments.
As a general who stood firm on the front line, if there were a ranking of meritorious figures in this battle, then Bandak would definitely be ranked first.
And it is a well-deserved first place.
Even Manid and Fatis wouldn't say much.
After all, these two generals saw with their own eyes Bandak commanding the battle in the most dangerous battlefield and his heroic posture of shooting and killing more than a dozen enemies with a heavy crossbow. They all admired him very much in their hearts.
Manide explained why Shen Mu asked him to come and lead the prisoners and detain them in prison.
Bandak waved him off.
"I leave it to you. Be more careful." Bandak also reminded Manide, a general who was a businessman, "Don't be too sympathetic to the prisoners. You have to know that when they surrendered, these people killed their comrades. They have no moral bottom line."
"Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Bandak, I understand." Manid nodded.
"Lake Rat Gang saboteurs, bring 10 people to protect Mr. Manid." Bandak thought about it and pointed out 10 more people from the Lake Rat Gang saboteurs around him and asked them to go and protect Mr. Manid.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the captives holding their hands obediently and walking towards the castle area under the close surveillance of Manid, the Swadian light infantry, and the Lake Rat Gang saboteurs.
"It's over." Bandak sat on the battlement of the city wall and said casually, "Just clean up the battlefield and make up for the losses. I'll arrange for food to be sent up after it's over. Eat something first, drink some water, and replenish your water and energy."
"Understood." The remaining Swadian light infantry and a small number of Swadian sergeants around also responded.
However, although they said they were cleaning up the battlefield, in reality they just wanted to let them take a simple rest.
catch my breath.
The fierce fight had just ended, and most of the soldiers had unconsciously consumed a lot of unnecessary energy due to nervousness and the upcoming fierce battle.
This caused many people to feel weak and frail after the battle.
You have to take a short break to recover.
As an experienced officer, Bandak understood the needs of frontline combat soldiers very well, so he was so considerate and allowed them to clean the battlefield while resting and relaxing a little.
"Also, someone come here." Bandak also felt a little tired. He sat on the parapet and waved to the side.
Immediately, a Swadian sergeant who had not received much damage in the battle came over.
"Lord Bandak, what do you want me to do?" asked the Swadian sergeant.
"Count the losses of Swadian sergeants, Lake Rat Gang saboteurs, Lake Rat Gang veteran thugs, and Swadian light infantry, summarize them, and report to me," Bandak ordered.
"Understood. I'll go and count right away. Please wait." The Swadian sergeant saluted, then turned around and started counting as Bandak requested.
Bandak also chose to entrust these post-war statistics and other tasks to these senior soldiers.
After all, it’s not tiring.
It's just a little more complicated.
Soon, the Swadian sergeant completed the statistics and came back to report it carefully to Bandak.
"Okay, thank you very much." Bandak took out his parchment scroll and quill pen. He first sipped some saliva on the quill pen, then dipped it in the sticky ink bottle, and quickly wrote down the detailed contents on it.
After confirming that there was no problem, I had rested enough during this period of time, so I stood up and walked towards the castle area.
Climb the steep ladder and arrive at the city wall of the castle area.
At this time, Fatis had already arrived here in advance and reported his battle results to Shen Mu:
"Sir, we have already wiped out all the remaining enemy troops outside the city wall. Except for a few who fled to the complex residential areas, our cavalry could not pursue them due to the terrain, but we basically chased and killed all the others we could see."
"Well, very good." Shen Mu nodded with satisfaction: "You did a good job."
"This is what we should do." Fatis humbly put his hand on his chest, bowed and saluted, and said seriously: "In my opinion, the one who really contributed a lot to this battle is Mr. Bandak. As a city defense expert and crossbow master, he bravely commanded the soldiers to fight on the front line, which is even more admirable."
Fatis saw Bandak walking by and did not hesitate to praise him.
"Lord Shen Mu." Bandak came over and first bowed respectfully to Shen Mu, then nodded modestly to thank Fatis: "You are too kind, Knight Fatis."
"This is not an exaggeration. Thanks to your calm and composed command in the battle on the city wall, the enemy did not break through the city wall's defense line. You did a great job." Shen Mu also affirmed Bandak's efforts at this time.
After all, he could see it clearly from the castle wall.
If Bandak had not been commanding those troops calmly and calmly, deploying them to the battlefield rationally and stepping forward to block the fierce attacks of the spiritual creatures of the Diesel Company, it is hard to say whether the soldiers could have held out as they are now by spontaneously organizing themselves to resist.
This is also the reason why generals are so important in the world of Mount and Blade.
At the critical moment, you can really hold on!
"Sir, the post-war inventory has been completed, and the casualties of our soldiers have also been counted." Bandak started talking about business at this time.
"Well, go ahead." Shen Mu looked at him.
"A total of 50 Swadian soldiers, 22 killed, 17 seriously injured, and 11 slightly injured."
"A total of 50 Lake Rat Gang saboteurs, 19 killed, 21 seriously injured, and 10 slightly injured."
"A total of 100 Lake Rat Gang veteran thugs, 25 killed, 19 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured, and the rest slightly injured."
"A total of 370 Swadian light infantrymen, 59 killed, 183 seriously injured, 34 slightly injured, and the rest slightly injured or uninjured."
"According to statistics, a total of 125 people were killed. The rest of the seriously injured were able to be treated and saved by Lord Shen Mu, so there is no detailed statistics. They have also been transferred to the Lake Rat Gang training camp in the military camp, waiting for your treatment."
Bandak took out the parchment and reported carefully.
"I see."
This number of casualties is still within Shen Mu's acceptable range.
Shen Mu looked towards the city wall and saw many intact Mounted Blade soldiers helping each other carry the seriously injured soldiers to the military camp. He then said, "I will personally go to the Lake Rat Gang training camp later to treat the wounded."
"Everyone is aware of your kindness, Lord Shen Mu." Upon hearing this, the three generals and the crossbowmen present all bowed their heads respectfully and praised him in unison in gratitude.
Everyone will get hurt, and at this time there is someone who can perform miracles to treat them.
This undoubtedly increased everyone's gratitude and confidence.
"Let's go over there now." Shen Mu did not hesitate here. Looking at the Mounted and Bladed Soldiers who were being carried into the Lake Rat Gang training camp, still bleeding, Shen Mu's heart was bleeding too.
These are all soldiers that I have trained with great effort and upgraded with great difficulty.
In the game, as long as you don't die on the spot, you can be rescued at any time and enter the next battle, basically just like no one else has died.
This is due to the game mechanics.
But in the real world, if these seriously injured people are not treated and cared for quickly, they may die due to various reasons!
Shen Mu didn't want to waste time.
I don't want to waste the lives of these Mount and Blade soldiers that I have trained with great effort because of my procrastination!
"Open the gates! Lower the drawbridge!"
Then the gate of the castle area was slowly opened, the iron fence was lifted up, and even the extended suspension bridge fell onto the land of the town area with a clang.
Shen Mu walked out quickly.
He quickly came to a group of tents in the military camp, the Lake Rat Gang training camp.
At this time, on the training ground of the training camp, many seriously injured soldiers, with pale faces, frowning brows, and some even fainted due to excessive blood loss, were lying there waiting for treatment.
And on the side, there were many lightly wounded soldiers, also squatting there with cold sweat on their faces and gritting their teeth.
"Master Shen Mu!"
At this time, seeing Shen Mu coming, each and every one of them, whether they were lightly injured or seriously injured, were struggling to stand up.
It was obvious that he wanted to greet Shen Mu.
"Just sit there quietly."
Shen Mu frowned slightly at this time, and stretched out his hand to signal everyone that they did not need to salute. Then he communicated directly with the system and activated the skill: "Use, group recovery!"
'Om! '
A refreshing feeling instantly appeared in Shen Mu's chest.
And as Shen Mu opened his palm, countless white light spots and extremely tiny red light spots merged into a green rain of light, which began to fall on the Lake Rat Gang training camp.
As the emerald green rain of light began to touch all the seriously injured people lying on the ground or squatting in the corners.
Miracles are happening.
These Mounted and Bladed Soldiers who were only slightly injured all slowly stood up with excitement on their faces. They moved their injured parts and quickly recovered.
As for the seriously injured, whether due to excessive blood loss or serious injuries, they all opened their eyes in surprise after being touched by the emerald green light rain. With the physical strength appearing in their bodies and the repairing power surging from the emerald green light spots and white light, their injuries were healed as before.
Then these seriously injured soldiers actually stood up slowly, no longer looking as miserable as before as if they could die at any time.
This also applies to those seriously injured patients who had fallen into a coma and were on the verge of death.
Even when these seriously injured soldiers were bathed in the emerald green rain of light and were exposed to the extremely tiny red spots of light, a sense of guilt appeared on their faces because they were injured and were rescued by the legendary figure Shen Mu!
Then, this feeling of guilt turned into anger towards the enemy!
"Master Shen Mu! Please give us a chance! We will prove ourselves with our lives this time! We are definitely not cowards who lie here and receive treatment!"
"Please let us charge again! We will definitely wash away the shame with our lives this time!"
"We will fight those enemies!"
The eyes of these seriously injured soldiers were all red, and their faces were twisted with anger as they looked at Shen Mu.
Each and every one of them was extremely angry, as if it was a shame for them not to have killed the enemy before or not to have died on the battlefield.
The anger that developed at this time made their hearts burn like a raging fire.
It made them so angry that they lost their minds!
"Quiet!"
Just at this moment, Shen Mu frowned slightly, and then spoke in a deep voice.
The voice was not loud, but in the Lake Rat Gang training camp, which was already as messy as a vegetable market, the camp suddenly fell silent because of Shen Mu's voice.
All the seriously injured soldiers in the entire Lake Rat Gang training camp felt as if there was a thunder explosion in their ears in an instant. They all stared at Shen Mu in amazement, their expressions frozen on the spot, even their originally distorted expressions of anger disappeared without a trace.
Not to mention the bloodshot that appeared in his eyes, which had disappeared by now.
Just these two words immediately made all the angry Mount and Blade soldiers who were about to lose control regain their sanity. They lowered their heads in extreme shame, as if they were children who had done something wrong.
In fact, to Shen Mu, who possesses the Mount and Blade system, these Mount and Blade soldiers are like children themselves.
No one dared to refuse Shen Mu's words. These Mounted Blade soldiers, who had already pledged their loyalty to him and whose loyalty was fully maxed out, did not dare to, and could not, refute or reject Shen Mu's orders.
And this is what Shen Mu needs.
"Very good." Shen Mu didn't say much at this time. Instead, he raised his arm again, communicated with the Mount and Blade system with his mind, and released his skills again: "Group Recovery!"
'Om! '
The emerald green light descended again, mixed with streams of white data.
Of course, there is still that tiny red light.
Insignificant.
But it is real.
The Mounted and Bladed soldiers who came into contact with each other again lowered their heads, clenched their fists, gritted their teeth and let out muffled groans through their noses.
But he really didn't say anything, didn't continue to make a noise, and just stood there quietly.
It wasn't as messy and chaotic as a vegetable market as before!
"this…"
At this time, just behind Shen Mu, Fatis, who followed, was originally frowning, looking at these seriously injured soldiers who were extremely angry just now with dissatisfaction.
But now I saw that they all clenched their fists, as if they were enduring something.
I seemed to realize something in my heart.
Especially when he glanced at the red spots among the emerald green and white spots, Fatis couldn't help but clench his teeth slightly. A feeling that made his emotions restless appeared in his heart.
Fatis couldn't help but whispered, "These red spots seem to be very wrong."
Bandak and Manideh beside them also nodded.
They noticed it too.
"Yeah." Shen Mu also understood this. After releasing his skills, he looked at the Mount and Blade soldiers who were all suffering from psychological shock. He waved his hand and said, "Since they have all recovered and are still full of anger towards the enemy, let them clean up the battlefield and clear away the bodies of the enemies. Let them rest after their physical strength and anger are exhausted."
"Understood." Bandak nodded at this time, looked at the Mount and Blade soldiers who were indeed enduring torture, walked over and waved his hand, and assigned them work to do.
They were not given time to rest and continue recuperation.
Then, these soldiers, who had recovered from their injuries and even their physical strength and energy, didn't say much. They bowed again and saluted, then turned around in silence and went to the battlefield to help clean up.
Being tired is indeed a good way to dissipate anger.
When the physical strength of these Mounted Blade soldiers is exhausted by various tedious tasks, the anger in their hearts will also be exhausted in the process.
Very effective method.
However, Shen Mu stood there at this time, looking a little bad: "The effect of this divine power enhancement seems to have more disadvantages than advantages."
Previously on the battlefield, the use of group recovery magic caused those soldiers to break away from the spear formation due to excessive offensive desire caused by anger and start fighting on their own.
There is no consideration of the melee combat difference between humans and orc tribes like the Pig-Headed People.
Although this is indeed brave.
However, this is too brave and becomes reckless and stupid!
Almost suicide!
If this is the effect that makes people more aggressive, Shen Mu would rather not have it!
After all, the reason why the Mount and Blade soldiers can fight against those creatures from the spiritual world is because of their excellent organization and formation.
If they lose their organization and formation and rely solely on one-on-one combat, the human race, which is already at a disadvantage, will not be able to fight against those natural warrior races.
It is equivalent to giving up one's own advantages and using one's own weaknesses to fight the enemy.
It's just stupid!
"Sir! There is a situation to report!" However, just as Shen Mu was standing in the Lake Rat Gang training camp, in a very bad mood and not at all excited about winning, a senior thug from the Lake Rat Gang who was cleaning the battlefield walked over quickly.
"What's the matter?" Shen Mu asked.
"We found special white spots of light inside the bodies of those enemies on the city wall. They seem to be the fragments of the mark you mentioned before. Lord Shen Mu needs you to go and take a look in person."
The Lake Rat Gang's senior thug reported.
"Hmm?" Shen Mu was slightly stunned, and his expression recovered a little: "Fragments of the mark of the spiritual world? Lead the way!"
This is good stuff, of course he has to go and take a look.
So the veteran thug of the Lake Rat Gang led Shen Mu and Bandak, as well as Fati and Manide, and quickly came to the gate of the west wall, which was still covered with the smelly blood.
However, compared to before, the corpses lying all over the city walls have now been gathered under the baffles.
If you wanted, you could just push all those bodies inside the city wall and pile them up.
Now, due to the problem of corpses rotting, the senior thugs of the Lake Rat Gang and the Swadian light infantry who were still cleaning the city walls did not throw the corpses inside the city walls, but piled them on the walls instead.
It is also a wait for follow-up processing.
It is precisely because of this that when all these corpses gathered on the city wall, they seemed to be repelled by some kind of force. Some of them were obviously the corpses of spiritual creatures incarnated by humans from Blue Star, and the faint light that was flickering on their bodies was gradually fading away.
And just above these corpses, some faint lights gradually formed...
Tiny pieces like pills!
"Fragments of the mark of the spirit world."
Shen Mu came to the city wall and instantly saw hundreds of small fragments floating above the corpses of these Blue Star humans.
Walk over quickly.
He stretched out his hand and just happened to catch a fragment of the spiritual world mark in his palm. It turned into a crystal fragment-like substance, flashing a faint white light.
Shen Mu was not unfamiliar with this kind of thing. After all, he had often seen this kind of thing when he was wandering.
And for those lords of the spiritual world, this kind of thing is equivalent to hard currency!
As long as there is one fragment of this mark, even an ordinary human on Blue Star can enter the territory of the Lord of the Spirit World and live there for thirty days or a month.
On normal days, there is free food available, which is of great value.
And here, hundreds of fragments of the spiritual world's imprint appeared directly.
'Om! '
When Shen Mu appeared here, special fluctuations began to emerge around Shen Mu.
All of a sudden, a special kind of atmospheric pressure was formed, which began to slowly accumulate the floating fragments of the spiritual world marks on the city wall.
Including fragments of spiritual world imprints that appeared among some corpses under the city wall.
They were all trembling slightly due to the backlog.
It was as if he had encountered something terrifying. While trembling, he was completely enveloped by the pressure that was like atmospheric pressure.
It finally turned into a dialog box that appeared in front of Shen Mu.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained 137 pieces of 'Spiritual World Mark Fragments'. ]
[You can collect these 'Spiritual Mark Fragments' and strengthen your skills! ]
[Ding! Reinforcement cannot take effect! There is currently resistance from special rules! Your skills cannot be enhanced! ]
[After system inspection! After another special rule offset, you can use the Mount and Blade rules to strengthen your skills with the special rule power of the 'Spiritual Mark Fragment'.]
Just as a dialog box appeared on Shen Mu's retina, the power of Mount and Blade rules like atmospheric pressure began to emerge.
All the fragments of the spiritual world mark that remained in the town of Dehrim under the influence of the Mount and Blade rules were gathered together, slowly floating in front of Shen Mu, forming a pile of spiritual world mark fragments.
'Om! '
Then, before Shen Mu could finish reading the content, a white data stream suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.
It seemed to have turned into a big net in mid-air, directly covering all the hundreds of fragments of the spiritual world's imprints.
Then he closed the net and dragged the fragments of the spiritual world's imprints into Shen Mu's forehead.
It turned into special streams of warm and clear water!
And the new dialog content.
[You currently have 137 "Spiritual World Mark Fragments".]
[Ding! After system detection, the fragment of the spiritual world mark contains special rule power, so new skills can be analyzed. ]
[Are you willing to consume 50 points of Spirit World Mark Fragments to analyze new skills? ]
"Yes!" Shen Mu had just finished reading the content in the previous dialog box when he saw a new dialog box pop up on his retina again.
It’s still about analyzing new skills.
Without even thinking, he made the choice immediately: "Analyze immediately!"
This is a skill!
Before, Shen Mu already possessed two natural magic skills and one tactical expertise skill through system analysis.
Now there are skills to be had.
Although I don’t know what type of skill it is, I don’t know what the corresponding skill looks like.
But this did not prevent Shen Mu from agreeing directly.
After all, even though Shen Mu's divine power had been enhanced, he was still cautious about using his skills.
But I also understand it very well.
skill.
It represents the use of an extraordinary power that can bring about a qualitative improvement in him!
But in just a short moment, the content on the retina in front of my eyes was refreshed again.
[Ding! Congratulations! After system analysis, you have obtained 'Group Stoneskin (Protection Spell)'! ]
【Group Stoneskin (lv1 protection spell). Effect: Release mana, summon the power from the earth element to cover the skin surface, and a hard shell will be formed, providing additional defense effect lasting 1 minute. However, there will be a negative effect of reducing movement speed by 40%. It can be released once a day without consumption.】
"Group Stoneskin?" Shen Mu thought of the special spells cast by the Blue Star humans from the Diesel Company on the city wall before.
Covering the skin surface of those spiritual creatures, their whole bodies seemed to be covered with a layer of stone shell. Even lightly armored units became heavily armored units, and they were almost immune to feather arrows and crossbow bolts shot from a distance.
Even the spears poking from the front and the armor-piercing axes or maces chopping at it can be ignored!
Only weapons of the crossbow level can break through the defense threshold of these stoneskin spells and produce a lethal effect.
"Not bad." Shen Mu's lips curled up slightly.
This is really good.
He knew before that anything related to skills could bring about qualitative changes in himself.
This group stoneskin technique means that once used, it can turn one's soldiers into an invulnerable iron curtain for 1 minute. If fighting with the enemy in close combat, whether it is breaking through the enemy's formation or blocking the enemy's attack, it will be an absolutely perfect performance!
If you use this skill well.
That is truly a crucial skill that can turn the tide of battle!
"This makes me feel much better." Shen Mu's mood gradually became more relaxed.
Think about it, you still have 3 dinars and gold-level treasure chests to open.
My mood gradually became happier.
"Only in this way can I enjoy the joy of victory." Shen Mu looked around and saw that there were no more fragments of the spiritual world mark floating on the city wall, so he walked towards the stairs.
Return to the noble mansion.
"Go get some bath water. I need to wash and rest." Shen Mu instructed Manide.
"Understood. I'll arrange it right away." Manide is not only the mayor in the administrative system, but also the steward in the aristocratic system. These jobs are of course his main job.
Shen Mu took off his armor and didn't wait too long.
The clear spring water from Crescent Lake and the boiled hot water are mixed into water of suitable temperature for bathing.
"Sir, I will ask the halfling to arrange dinner next." After Manideh made sure that the water temperature was appropriate, he reported the next work to Shen Mu and left the bathroom, leaving Shen Mu alone.
Shen Mu likes to bathe alone.
Of course, outside the door, there are also Holy Tree Knights guarding there.
Including the Swadian Knights.
They had just come down from the battlefield, their bodies still stained with the blood of the enemy.
However, compared to their own need to rest, they thought that guarding outside the door of the legendary figure Shen Mu and acting as a personal guard was the most important thing.
'Crash'
Shen Mu had already entered the bathtub at this time. He soaked his body in the water, closed his eyes and leaned against the bathtub, feeling extremely satisfied.
Now he is indeed relaxed.
Now, you can also take a look at the rewards and gains this time.
"Open 3 gold-level treasure chests!"
Shen Mu's thought communication system.
'Om! '
In an instant, the outline of the golden treasure chest flashed on Shen Mu's retina.
The luxurious boxes were placed side by side, and with the slight sound of "click" they were opened, the colorful colors finally turned into golden light, completely blooming in front of Shen Mu's eyes.
Transformed into the content in the dialog box.
[Ding! You opened 3 'Gold Level Treasure Boxes'. ]
[Congratulations! You have obtained——]
[①20 Devout Believers (military reinforcements). Introduction: These are a group of devout believers from the Kingdom of Aidengard who believe in the glory of the Holy Temple. After hearing about your glorious deeds in fighting against evil, they are willing to join you. Bathed in and devoutly believing in the Holy Light, they have mastered the power of the Sun Rays and Holy Light Healing spells that use the Holy Light to burn the enemy.]
【② Gift from the Earth (Land Expansion). Introduction: Because of your victory, Mount & Blade rules were able to occupy this area. Now, Mount & Blade rules can cover more places and turn the land near your town "Derherim" into fertile land like the real "Derherim". 】
【③ A large number of immigrants have arrived (immigrants have arrived). Introduction: A group of people and troops from the Kingdom of Swadia, numbering thousands, can no longer tolerate King Harlaus's greed and stinginess, as well as his constant nagging and endless complaints against you, so they plan to break away from his rule and come to your town to serve you.】
The content in the dialog box is refreshed.
Shen Mu, who was still taking a comfortable bath in the bathtub, suddenly opened his eyes, stretched out his hands to support the edge of the bathtub and sat up in the bathtub.
"etc!?"
Shen Mu looked at the contents of the dialog box that appeared in front of him, with a look of horror on his face:
"20 believers from the Kingdom of Aidengard... a land expansion gift from the land... and one from the Kingdom of Swadia, a combination of civilians and troops... a thousand-man immigration force!?"
These rewards appeared in front of Shen Mu, clearly appearing on the dialog box.
Shen Mu felt dizzy after seeing this.
Although he knew that the gold-level treasure chest contained generous rewards at the rule level.
But I didn’t expect it to be so generous!
The devout believers of the Kingdom of Aidengard are the most basic spellcasting troops in the monastery of this holy country that worships holy light.
A spellcaster with extraordinary powers!
just now.
There were actually 20 people who came to join him!
Although it only has the ability to release damage-type Sun Rays and Holy Light Healing spells.
But this also means that for the first time, extraordinary soldiers have appeared in Shen Mu’s army!
Significance!
And there is also the mysterious gift of land, which directly means that the land around the town "Dherim" that he now owns will be transformed into fertile land like the "Dherim" Highlands in the world of Mount & Blade, which is located in the center of the continent of Calradia and is famous for its fertility, using the power of the rules of Mount & Blade!
In addition, what Shen Mu was most familiar with was the immigration scale of "thousands of people" at this time.
It is an immigrant group consisting of ordinary people and Swadian troops.
“I really didn’t expect that.”
Shen Mu scooped up the bath water with his hands and wiped his face vigorously, making himself more excited: "This really makes me feel... surprised!"
(End of this chapter)
