Chapter 162: Surprise of Rules Rewards
When Shen Mu opened his eyes, it was already evening.
The sunlight outside the window cast its last rays of light, casting a dim glow on the eastern suburbs of Longcheng.
Looking out from the top-floor bedroom of the Vigia Castle, you can vaguely see the horizon all the way to the end in the distance.
And the countless small black dots rising and falling on the horizon.
“Those are villages.”
Shen Mu's consciousness gradually became clear at this time.
Sitting on the bed, looking out the window at the vast suburbs and the outlines of the villages dotted among them.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "It's a pity that this Blue Star world may also become a fantasy world in the future."
After all, the world is changing.
Of course it doesn’t matter to Shen Mu, he is not from the Blue Star World.
What this Blue Star world becomes has nothing to do with him. All he cares about now is whether he can survive when these two worlds are changing.
Thinking of this, Shen Mu's mind also moved slightly, and then he communicated with the system: "Open the reward panel."
Then, a new dialog box began to appear on Shen Mu's retina.
[Ding! Congratulations! You and your troops have achieved a great victory and completed the mission based on this victory.
[And because you repelled two enemy attacks, you received a +60% increase in additional mission rewards. Therefore, you received——]
【①70000 dinars. 】
【②140000 points of Faith.】
【③Special amplification effect on Mount and Blade rules. Effect: After your Mount and Blade rules absorb the Hell rules in the core crystal, your Mount and Blade rules also get sufficient supplies, and even comprehend some special rule effects in the Hell rules. Now your Mount and Blade rules have been amplified, and the specific effects need to be discovered by you. 】
【④Random Civilization Castle (Small) × 1. Effect: This reward can randomly draw a small castle of a civilization, bring it to your world and deploy it, and become your strong military guarantee.】
[⑤Psychic skills +5 levels and strengthen the rules once. Effect: You gain the amplification effect of psychological skills from the hell rules.]
Then, right in front of Shen Mu, a dense array of dialog boxes began to appear, all of which were the rewards for this mission.
But there are only these 5.
"7 dinars, 14 faith points."
Shen Mu raised his eyebrows, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "This is really good." It was the first time for him to receive such a large number of rewards.
Then look at the following 3 rewards.
His tone was somewhat puzzled: "A special amplification effect on the Mount and Blade rules... and a small castle of a random civilization, plus a +1 level mental skill and a strengthening once more!?"
Among these rewards, the small castles of random civilizations are easy to understand.
It's just randomly selecting a small castle.
This means that Shen Mu’s forces will be able to gain a new castle again and then control a new area.
Shen Mu already owned a village before, so he was not surprised by this castle.
It's also very familiar.
"It's just that this mental skill is directly increased by 5 levels, and it is strengthened once more, which is a bit surprising."
There was a hint of surprise in Shen Mu's eyes.
However, the only mental skill I have at the moment is the special mental skill I acquired before - the Gift of the Secret Book.
Being able to give the skills you have to those who open their hearts to you.
And Shen Mu has already bestowed the skill once.
It was a gift to Arien, the extremely loyal Vikia general, that gave him the skill of a powerful group attack, allowing him to release skills and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers around him.
"Now I can actually upgrade to level 5 directly, and I can also use the rules to strengthen it once more. This is really a bit unexpected."
Shen Mu's eyes flashed, and then his mind immediately communicated with the system: "Use this reward immediately to strengthen the special mental skill of the Secret Book's Gift!"
Shen Mu directly chose to strengthen the gift of the secret book, a special psychological skill. After all, he didn't have any other mental skills.
Of course, the only skill must be strengthened immediately.
Then, following Shen Mu’s thought communication system, a dialog box immediately popped up in front of him.
[Ding! You have chosen to upgrade the "Secret Book Gift" to a Psychic Skill and perform an additional Rule-based Enhancement.]
【Upgrade in progress...】
[Strengthening in progress...]
[Congratulations! Your "Secret Book Gift" has reached level 6, and the rule-based enhancement has been completed. Your special mental skill "Secret Book Gift" will apply the [Bewitching] effect to the target after being cast on it, making the target more obedient to you.]
[Congratulations! Because your "Secret Gift" skill has reached level 6, the number of people you have gifted has reached [60]. The person who has been gifted so far is [Aileen (Group Powerful Attack)]. ]
Then, on Shen Mu's retina, the dialog box appeared and the content was refreshed.
"My Secret Book of Blessing skill has reached level 6, and the number of people who have been blessed with the skill has reached 60."
Shen Mu nodded gently at this time: "Very good."
Previously, Ailen's own powerful group attack had produced quite good results.
He led the soldiers and easily defeated the devil from hell.
It can be said that the destructive power and killing effect produced is equivalent to casting a powerful enchantment spell on these Mount and Blade soldiers, making the weapons in their hands even stronger than mithril weapons.
One wave of charge directly defeated the frontal resistance of those hell demons, which was basically equivalent to breaking through the defense line of those hell demons.
So Shen Mu was quite impressed.
Now Shen Mu's special gift of the secret code of mental magic has been upgraded to the ability to grant 60 people a skill similar to a group powerful attack.
It can be said that this special spiritual skill, the secret gift that has reached level 6, has achieved a qualitative leap.
"Wait to give Resarit, Bestur, and Fatis the corresponding skills."
Shen Mu was also eager to try it out at this time.
After all, Airen possesses a powerful group attack, a warrior-type amplification skill, which can unleash such powerful killing power on the Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry.
So if other generals also have this skill of releasing a powerful attack on a group of soldiers to amplify their strength, what kind of combat power will they unleash when they lead the subsequent troops?
Just imagine it, it will be a very exciting scene.
"But now, I need to take another look at this so-called special amplification effect on the Mount and Blade rules."
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
At this time, his eyes were already looking at the third reward, which was also a bit confusing.
"Why is there a special amplification effect on the chessboard?" Shen Mu frowned more and more as he looked at the introduction above.
But the specific introduction only says that after absorbing the rules of hell, one's own Mount and Blade rules have obtained an effect similar to taking a tonic.
I have a deeper understanding of time and space.
However, the so-called effects of taking supplements and the perception of time and space were quite vague to Shen Mu.
And after Shen Mu’s thoughts communicated with the system.
This so-called reward ended so simply.
[Ding! You have used the reward! ]
[Congratulations! Your Mount and Blade rules have been supplemented by the Hell rules, and have gained full benefit effects! ]
Then a dialog box appeared in front of Shen Mu's eyes.
Then when the dialog box is refreshed, this is all the content.
He didn't know anything about the specific content.
It was as if this reward blew over him gently like a breeze, and then everything disappeared.
"Do I really need to explore this specific effect myself?"
At this time, Shen Mu couldn't help but gently reached out and pinched his eyebrows. If he heard it like this, it really made him speechless.
Only a genius knows how the current Mount & Blade system and rules have evolved after coming to this world and absorbing so much power of rules.
And even if he didn't absorb the power of rules, just the way he integrated all the mods and DLCs when he was on Earth, and those data packages into it, he created a Mount and Blade system that was similar to the full Mount and Blade pan-consciousness.
The rules related to Mount and Blade contained therein were no longer something he could easily understand.
"But since the system has already listed the explanation and said that it has increased the current Mount & Blade rules to a certain extent, it means that there is an effect."
Shen Mu sat on the bed and pondered for a moment.
But in the end he shook his head and said nothing more. After all, it had changed. When the time came, he would naturally know if there was any special increase.
"Now open the troop upgrade interface again."
After the battle, Shen Mu now still has so many Mount and Blade soldiers who can enter the upgrade state again.
Previously, the upgrade could not be completed due to lack of dinars. Now, Shen Mu has an extra 7 dinars, which makes him very wealthy.
Then, right in front of Shen Mu, a new dialog box appeared again.
[You have the following soldiers that can be upgraded:] [① Grassland Bandits × 115, each can be upgraded to 'Grassland Bandit Elite (Level 100 Archer Cavalry)' at a cost of 11500 dinars.]
[②1000 Vikia Light Infantry, each can be upgraded to 'Vikia Infantry (Level 30 Infantry)/Vikia Guerrilla Archer (Level 30000 Archer)' at a cost of dinars.]
What appeared before Shen Mu's eyes were the upgrades of two types of troops.
Steppe Bandits and Vikia Light Infantry.
"This is not surprising to me." Shen Mu looked at the two arms at this time, and there was no expression of emotion on his face.
Instead, he communicated with the system again and confirmed the upgrade: "Upgrade all."
'Om! '
Then, in an instant, a stream of white data surged out from between Shen Mu's brows again, flowing toward the military camp outside the castle and the outer layer of the castle.
It fell on the grassland bandits and the Vikia light infantry.
The grassland bandits were once again promoted to the grassland bandit elite.
They were all wearing light armor, holding spears and bows, and looked like elite archers who could fight both in close combat and at a distance.
Once again, the quality of the troops of the Kugit Khanate owned by Shen Mu was improved to a higher level.
Now his Kugit grassland bandit elites have reached 315 people, while there are only 200 grassland bandits left.
After a few more wars, all these grassland bandits will be upgraded to grassland bandit elites.
Don’t underestimate it because it just has an “elite” suffix.
But the combat effectiveness is definitely increased by several times.
Look at the light armor worn by those grassland bandit elites and the sturdier heavy grassland horses under their crotch.
And the excellent nomadic bow and even better barbed arrows in his hand.
It can be understood that once these grassland bandit elites encounter the enemy, they can not only shoot from a distance, but if the situation changes, they can also pick up their more than three-meter-long spears and launch a fierce charge towards the enemy.
And when surrounded by the enemy, he can draw out the heavy nomadic scimitar at his waist and chop at the enemy.
It can be said to be a comprehensive type of medium cavalry.
It can no longer be simply classified as light cavalry or archers.
So Shen Mu was quite happy about the upgrade of these grassland bandit elites.
However, a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth for the Vikia guerrilla shooters who had been upgraded to third-level long-range shooters.
"I never thought that all 1000 Vikia light infantrymen could be upgraded."
Shen Mu nodded slightly.
Looking at those Vikia light infantrymen who walked out of the eggshells formed by the white data links, they became more and more brave and powerful, and had turned into third-level Vikia guerrilla shooters.
I felt quite satisfied.
Although these Vikria guerrilla archers are only wearing simple leather armor or even leather vests, when they form a numerical advantage and hold nomadic bows, they are basically the nightmare of any enemy.
The archer may be fighting one-on-one, so the advantage is not too obvious.
As long as you get close to these archers, you can easily take care of them.
But once these archers form a numerical advantage, the overwhelming and continuous rain of arrows will make any enemy formation that dares to appear in front of these archers know what a heavy rain is!
Moreover, it was a torrential rain of arrows created by the Vikians, who were the most skilled and professional in using bows and arrows in the continent of Calradia.
And you have to know that these Vikians are capable of more than just raining arrows.
If the enemy gets close, these Vikians can always take out the two-handed axes behind their backs and chop at the enemy head-on, letting them know the power of heavy armor-piercing weapons.
The two-handed axe is a weapon that even the sleeveless plate armor worn by the Swadian knights has to consider carefully.
At countless critical moments in the continent of Calradia, when the infantry phalanx of the Vikians was facing collapse due to the enemy's attack, it was these Vikian archers armed with bows and arrows who took out their two-handed axes, rushed forward regardless of casualties, and chopped at the enemy fiercely.
Only then did they stabilize the front and finally get the chance to see the dawn of victory.
So the Vikian archers are really a very strong type of troops.
In addition, Shen Mu has been defending and counterattacking, using city walls and fortifications to fight against those undead monsters, abyss demons, and hell devils.
It's a match made in heaven!
After all, no enemy could remain safe and sound when facing the torrential rain of arrows when attacking Shen Mu's castle walls or town walls.
Now Shen Mu has these 1000 Vikia guerrilla shooters.
Plus the previous 300 Vigia archers and 100 mercenary crossbowmen.
That would create an absolutely invincible long-range killing advantage.
That is to say, if there are more Hell Demon troops coming to attack now, Shen Mu does not need to send out his own archers and Swadian heavy cavalry to harass their lines, but let those Hell Demons attack his city walls again as before.
The scene that appeared at that time was no longer the scene of Shen Mu's city wall crumbling and almost collapsing last night.
It was absolutely a pouring rain on the city wall, which could directly shoot the hell devil's troops into hedgehogs from a distance of two or three hundred meters. The entire army was wiped out and turned into corpses.
After all, if you think about it now, those devils from hell have no equipment or armor that can effectively defend against the rain of arrows.
The second wave of hell demons only had a small round shield the size of a human head, and it was a low-quality round shield made of wood.
Even the most common, inferior and simplest leather round shield among the Kugits is not as good as this type of crude round shield made of wooden boards!
Generally speaking, this simple round shield is mostly made by ordinary farmers to serve as a defensive device against robbers.
It's not real military supplies at all!
Therefore, as long as the distance is close, the ordinary feather arrows used by the Kugit people can directly penetrate all these round shields!
Not to mention the Vikia guerrilla archer who is equipped with the nomadic bow, a mid-to-high-level bow, at the third level.
As long as the distance is close.
Then you can easily shoot through the shields of those hell demons!
Let these devils from hell know what the arrow rain tactics used by the Kugit people from the snowy plateau are!
"Oh, by the way, there are still three gold-level treasure chests that have not been opened."
At this time, the smile on Shen Mu's lips became more and more prominent.
No hesitation.
Thoughts communicated the system again.
Then, on the retina in front of Shen Mu's eyes, the dialog box immediately began to refresh and change to new content.
But this time the content is not about military branches.
But his three gold-level treasure chests!
[You opened 3 gold-level treasure chests and received the following rewards——]
[① Evening breeze from Suno Plain (enhanced environment rules). This is the evening breeze from Suno Plain. Whenever night falls, it will blow in the area filled with Mount and Blade rules. Effect: Mount and Blade personnel bathed in this evening breeze will gain +30% morale, +30% mental willfulness, and +30% fighting spirit. At the same time, it will have a slight promoting effect on plants under the Mount and Blade rules. ]
[②Natural Gift of Food (Special Output Rules). After using this item, consuming faith points can speed up the maturity of ordinary crops in your fields.]
【③ Caravan Speed Up (Special Time Rules). After using this item, consuming faith points can speed up the arrival of your caravans.】
"..."
But when Shen Mu looked at the content above, his face became slightly surprised.
The three gold-level treasure chests that appeared this time brought with them rewards that were a little too... abrupt! ?
That’s what Shen Mu thought.
He really didn't expect that the rewards he got from opening three gold-level treasure chests would be so beyond his expectations!
Before, Shen Mu knew that what was opened from this kind of gold-level treasure chest was related to the rules.
They are all rule-based props!
It was these three rules that appeared now that made him swallow his saliva: "It can directly affect the territory covered by the entire Mount and Blade rules, thereby strengthening the environment level of Evening Breeze..."
Shen Mu looked at the first reward, and his mind instantly thought of the breeze from the Suno Plain, this special reward.
Every twenty minutes, a special breeze would appear and blow through the area where Dehrim was.
Although the breeze was weak.
But the effect is quite powerful, increasing morale and courage, and improving mental resilience.
Make your Mount and Blade soldiers stronger when fighting.
And now.
It's no longer just a breeze that affects Dehrim, the town area.
It is a genuine evening breeze, and the area of its effect is a vast area as long as it is within the territory where his Mount and Blade rules are in effect!
Now Shen Mu can understand it just by thinking about it.
If you have more and more territories in the future, and the territories you own become more and more vast, the area covered by the Mount and Blade rules will become wider and wider.
Doesn't that mean that this evening breeze can blow to all areas? !
This is really useful!
Shen Mu swallowed his saliva again at this time, looking at the two rule reward props behind: "As long as you consume the power of faith, you can speed up the growth of ordinary crops and speed up the time flow of the caravan's arrival!"
Now Shen Mu suddenly understood the amplification effect of the Hell Rules absorbed by his Mount and Blade Rules.
Before, he could only use the power of faith to speed up the construction time of the building.
At most, the power of faith can be used in construction work.
Build your towns and castles faster.
just now.
It not only speeds up the construction of towns and castles.
It can also allow the ordinary crops in your territory and the caravans you send out to enjoy this time bonus!
Ordinary crops represent food that matures quickly and is then harvested.
What the caravan represents is sending out a caravan, completing the transaction quickly, and then coming back.
"This... really surprises me a bit!" Shen Mu muttered to himself.
(End of this chapter)
