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Chapter 229: Hoofbeats in the Dark

Everything is on track.

This result made Shen Mu quite satisfied.

"I didn't expect that the Mount & Blade system would be so considerate that I could use the power of faith to recruit refugees."

Shen Mu looked at the new function in his mind, and his face became more and more satisfied. After all, as long as there were a steady stream of civilian units coming, he could continuously obtain a large number of Mount and Blade soldiers through the characteristics of civilian units.

This means that he does not need to reproduce normally, give birth to children, and then wait for the children to grow up for ten years or so. He can get a huge population, and then he can turn the huge population into a huge number of Mount and Blade soldiers.

This means there is no buffer period in between.

And you should know that the conversion ratio between Mount and Blade civilians and Mount and Blade soldiers is 1:1.

This ratio means that every civilian unit in the Mount & Blade world can be converted into a Mount & Blade soldier without any loss or inappropriateness. Regardless of gender, age or status, they are all the most qualified soldiers.

This is what it means to mobilize everyone to become a soldier.

"In this case, I can really breathe a sigh of relief. After all, I always feel that something is about to happen. Now that the Mount & Blade system has given me this additional function, I can also feel a sense of pressure."

Shen Mu was also thinking.

After all, it is impossible for the Mount and Blade system to awaken this function for no reason. There must be a reason for awakening this function.

But as for the reason, Shen Mu certainly didn't know, but thinking back on it, the Mount and Blade system had been very considerate in making preparations for him in advance, so that he could have ways to overcome the difficulties that would arise next.

That means the Mount & Blade system has already predicted the danger that will arise next, so it has unlocked this function.

It will allow him to survive the crisis that will surely follow.

After all, many such things have happened before. If it weren't for the Mount and Blade system, the possible dangers would have been predicted in advance and he would have been given explicit or implicit warnings, as well as various targeted help.

It is still unclear whether Shen Mu can maintain the current development situation.

"But at least now we have these civilian Mounted and Bladed units, and with the help of my Blue Star humans in training, we can solve many problems well." Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

At least he doesn't need to worry about the training of soldiers.

Those humans on Blue Star will help him train batches of suitable Mount and Blade soldiers.

"Of course, although those Blue Star humans will get the help of my Mounted Blade Soldiers, they will never get the truly elite Mounted Blade Soldiers. For example, it is impossible for them to get the most powerful Swadian Heavy Knights in the Kingdom of Swadia."

Shen Mu also had his own plans for these humans on Blue Star at this time, which he had already planned before.

These Blue Star humans now have Mount and Blade civilian units, which can be upgraded later.

However, the upgraded arms are carried out in exactly the same way as ordinary civilian units.

Instead of upgrading the noble series units.

The upgraded units of the Noble Series are of course the Swadian Heavy Cavalry and Swadian Knight series.

Of course, the two fifth-level soldiers, Swadian Sergeant and Swadian Senior Crossbowman, can also be classified as upgraded units of the noble series.

So Shen Mu’s arrangement for these Blue Star humans is first-level Swadian recruits, second-level Swadian militia, third-level Swadian light infantry or Swadian guerrilla archers, and then fourth-level Swadian crossbowmen and Swadian infantry.

As for the 5th level soldiers, they will never be allowed to change their jobs.

Because in the world view of Mount and Blade, the fifth-level troops are a complete qualitative change.

It is an absolute transformation, an enhancement that is completely different from the fourth-level troops.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Shen Mu to allow these Blue Star humans to upgrade the fifth-level troops. The highest they can upgrade is only the fourth-level troops.

After all, the number of humans on Blue Star is huge, and the various tactics they master are stronger than those of ordinary Mount and Blade soldiers. Every human on Blue Star can be used as a general.

Although they are now only appointed as decapitations, the threat posed by so many decapitations gathered together is obvious.

After all, Shen Mu was planning to turn all of these 20,000 to 30,000 Blue Star humans into Mount and Blade soldiers, or at least apply the Mount and Blade soldier templates to all of these Blue Star humans.

In this way, he can get a steady supply of extra help.

These Blue Star humans are formed into Blue Star soldiers after following the template.

So if all these Blue Star soldiers have the 5-section template, it will be dangerous. And if the cavalry soldiers led by these Blue Star soldiers are all -level soldiers, it will be like raising a tiger to cause trouble. If something really happens, and Shen Mu does not issue an order to remove their military power in time, it will be dangerous.

That’s right, Shen Mu has always been on guard against these Blue Star soldiers, and the only ones he truly trusts are the Mount and Blade soldiers.

Therefore, it is enough to allow these humans on Blue Star to reach the highest standard of the fourth level.

The fourth-tier standard is already able to solve many problems. For example, enemies like ordinary undead monsters can be dealt with completely by fourth-tier soldiers equipped with heavy armor.

"Then let's get the caravan moving quickly again, and we have to accumulate the power of faith so that the town outside can be expanded again." Shen Mu touched his chin at this time, with a more thoughtful look on his face.

Now that the population of Dehrim has increased again, in order to prevent the residential area from shrinking again, the only option is to expand the town.

As for expanding the town, he had already discussed it with Manide before. At that time, two larger east and west urban areas would be added near the east and west gates.

Transform the existing urban area into the central urban area.

Everything is easy to solve.

However, the reason why Shen Mu did not choose to expand directly now is that his reserves of faith power are insufficient. After all, he can only obtain about 25 points of faith power a day, which is still relatively little.

Just maintaining relatively fast operation and obtaining food has consumed most of the power of faith, and the power of faith that can be stored every day is only about seven or eight thousand points.

"But it doesn't matter. When those spirit world commanders lead my Mounted Blade soldiers to become centurions, they will pray. Together with my Mounted Blade soldiers, they can also pray along with their spiritual power. Then, they will be able to obtain 11 points of faith power."

Shen Mu's face was not embarrassed at this time, but calm: "As the number of my centurions increases, the power of faith gained by leading the Mounted Blade Soldiers to pray together will also increase. Moreover, the faith level of my centurions is equal to the faith level of my Mounted Blade Soldiers, so the power of faith they produce will also increase."

After all, his master would pray alone, and would bring his 10 other Mounted Blade soldiers to pray together. In this way, the prayers of the 10 centurions would be equivalent to obtaining 110 points of faith power.

If 100 centurions pray, that would be 1100 points of faith power.

If 1000 centurions pray, that would be 11 points of faith.

5000 centurions praying means 55 pieces of faith power.

What if there are 10000 centurions or more?

For Shen Mu, the power of faith will appear continuously every day and bring him more and more rich rewards.

……

New Rivadin.

Airen was patrolling on the city wall at this time. He held the hilt of his knight's sword in his hand and looked at the castle with obvious Viktoria style with a satisfied look on his face.

And right behind him, 10 Holy Tree Knights were protecting him.

And on the city wall, there is a Vikia archer stationed at regular intervals.

And there are Swadian light infantry guarding here.

Standing on the city wall, closely monitoring the surrounding situation.

"Have you noticed anything unusual?" At this time, Airen came to a Vikia archer, looked at the vast plain scene outside, and asked the archer.

"No, respected Lord Airen, everything is normal here." The Vikia archer replied.

"Yeah, it sounds good. Pay close attention." Aileyen nodded with satisfaction again.

Especially when he looked at the vast plain outside, which seemed to be completely normal, he had a look of pity on his face: "It's a pity that such a vast and fertile land has been left barren. If I were to own such a vast territory in the snowy plateau of Vikia, even the king of Vikia would be tempted."

The Vigia Snowfield is really quite desolate. Although it has rich mineral and forestry resources, it is too difficult to develop. Moreover, the main problem of the Vigia Kingdom is the lack of excellent arable land to produce enough food to feed more people.

So what if there are abundant mineral and forest resources?

People always need to eat, and the wheat they produce is the best food.

"What a pity. We have to wait for Lord Shen Mu to occupy this world. Otherwise, I will feel guilty watching these lands become barren." Airen turned his head to look to the side, no longer looking at the barren farmlands.

Besides, he also needed to go to the side and take a look, especially to the west side to see if there was anything unusual at the subway station entrance.

So Ailen came to the stable under the city wall, mounted his warhorse, and led these Holy Tree Knights to gallop quickly towards the west.

Just over there in the land to the west.

About ten Kugit grassland bandits were patrolling there on their grassland horses.

Seeing Ailei and the Holy Tree Knight coming, they gathered together and came to Ailei, and bowed respectfully while standing on their horses, touching their chests and saying, "Hello, respected Lord Ailei."

"Well, that's good." Aileyen asked, "Did anything unusual happen at the subway station entrance?"

"No, Lord Airen." These Kugit grassland bandits also answered respectfully.

"That's good." Aileyen nodded and looked towards the direction of the subway station entrance.

After all, the reason why he came here was that inside the entrance of the Sujia subway station, there were those extremely scary and cruel hell devil armies.

You have to be careful.

"But Lord Airen." At this time, a Kugit grassland bandit said hesitantly: "There is something I need to report to you."

"Things? Tell me." Aileyen looked at him.

"Last night, we were patrolling at the edge of darkness, and we seemed to hear the sound of cavalrymen galloping in the darkness." The Kugit grassland bandit said, "Maybe I heard it wrongly, the sound of the cavalrymen galloping was far away from us, but as a Kugit, I think I should not have misheard the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground."

"Cavalry?" Airen's face became serious, and he looked at the Kugit grassland bandit seriously: "Are you sure? Don't say words like maybe you heard it wrong."

The face of this Kugit grassland bandit also became serious at this time, and he was thinking seriously.

Among the other Kugit grassland bandits nearby, someone's face changed slightly, and he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Respected Lord Airen, if my friend heard correctly, then I would say that perhaps this is indeed true."

"It should be true, because I also heard the faint sound of cavalry galloping. The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground is definitely correct."

Other Kugit grassland bandits also spoke up.

In fact, they all heard the faint sound of horse hooves last night.

Although it was very faint, they didn't even care about it and thought it was just some auditory hallucination.

But when the Kugit grassland bandit spoke out, they discovered that what they heard was not an auditory hallucination, but the real sound of horse hooves.

"Did you all hear it?" Airen was attracted by these Kugit grassland bandits. Of course, this was just his own question and answer, because when all the Kugit grassland bandits said that they heard the sound of horse hooves, he knew it.

Last night in the darkness, a group of cavalry did appear around Xinriwadin.

"Lord Airen, the sound was probably far away from us, and it was coming very fast and didn't stop, so we all thought we were hallucinating." These Kugit grassland bandits said seriously.

It can be regarded as defending oneself.

"I understand. Next time you all should be more careful and remember to report any abnormal sounds in time." Aileyen also understood their laxity.

After all, the sound of horse hooves was not close to the city wall, so being able to hear it faintly and distinguish it was already quite good enough.

But this doesn't mean he will relax next time. (End of this chapter)

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