A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

This is indeed quite a surprise.

Previously, the trade caravans were truly authentic, requiring 10 to 15 days to complete trade operations between the two worlds.

It can be said that as long as the trade caravan's trading time can be accelerated, allowing the caravan to go to the Mount \u0026 Blade world for trade and then return quickly,

it is a great help to Shen Mu.

After all, think about it, military consumables, such as arrows and crossbow bolts, are high-consumption items that require a constant supply.

Relying solely on Shen Mu's low-level supply ring is already difficult to supply, and besides, this special magical item can only supply a unit of 500 people at most.

It is根本 impossible to effectively supply the current ranged archer units that already number in the thousands, so even if Shen Mu uses the ring's function every day to store some arrows to make up for wartime consumption,

it's still not enough.

Because there are too many battles now, basically one after another, and there is very little free time.

Therefore, normal supplies are still needed to provide a constant stream of arrows to the current ranged archer units.

And the effect of speeding up the caravan's journey to the Mount \u0026 Blade world for trade and shortening the round-trip time is really very important to Shen Mu now.

Moreover, the most important thing is the crop growth function.

As long as faith points are consumed, the growth rate of crops in the fields can be accelerated, increasing their time flow.

In this way, it is equivalent to being able to provide Shen Mu with a constant stream of self-produced food.

It makes up for Shen Mu's food shortage problem.

And it really solves his food acquisition problem in the future.

"It can speed up the growth of food crops."

Shen Mu looked at the introduction about accelerating the growth of food crops again at this time, and some surprise and joy appeared in his eyes.

After all, according to the normal rhythm,

the growth of those food crops does require a steady and down-to-earth growth, day by day, week by week, and month by month.

Just like the thousands of acres of wheat fields outside the town of Deherim, if you want the wheat to be fully ripe for harvest and become food reserves in the granary, you need to wait several months.

Because under normal circumstances, it takes seven or eight months for wheat, a crop, to mature from sowing to harvest.

Now, as long as it can speed up the ripening time by a few months,

that's already enough.

At this time, the dialog box reappeared in front of Shen Mu.

It was as if the Mount \u0026 Blade system knew what Shen Mu was thinking and popped up content about how much faith power would be consumed and how much time flow could be increased.

[Caravan Time: Consuming 10,000 faith points can speed up the round-trip time of 1 caravan by 1 day.]

[Crop Time: Consuming 100 faith points can speed up the growth time of crops in 1 acre of land by 1 day.]

The dialog box clearly stated how much faith power would be consumed and how much the accelerated time flow would be.

Shen Mu nodded lightly to this, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"For the caravan, it consumes 10,000 faith points to speed up the round-trip time of a caravan in the Mount \u0026 Blade world by one day."

Shen Mu touched his chin.

He focused his attention on the crop time: "For crops, it's simpler. Consuming 100 faith points can speed up the growth time of crops in one acre of land by one day."

Looking at it this way, the consumption of the caravan is relatively high.

After all, it takes 10,000 faith points to consume one day.

But thinking about it, this should be the case. After all, the Mount \u0026 Blade caravan that is sent out needs to carry out commercial trade between this other world and the Mount \u0026 Blade world, which is an interaction at the world level.

So it is right to need 10,000 faith points to increase the round-trip time by one day.

The most important thing is that the round-trip time for the Mount \u0026 Blade caravan to go to the Mount \u0026 Blade world for commercial trade is at most about 10 to 15 days.

The smuggling trade to the Swadian continent takes only about 10 days.

And the commercial trade to Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings only takes about 15 days.

Even if you add them together, it's only 150,000 faith points.

And for Shen Mu now, in Deherim, he still has many Blue Star humans who can provide him with faith power, and according to his speculation, as long as everyone prays sincerely to him, each person can provide one point of faith power every day.

There are about twenty to thirty thousand people in Deherim.

If they all pray to him for one day, then he can harvest twenty to thirty thousand faith points.

150,000 faith points can be accumulated in 5 days.

It is a fairly good and stable income.

If Shen Mu obtains more Blue Star humans to provide him with a constant stream of faith power, then he can accumulate more faith power.

In this way, using these various Mount \u0026 Blade functions that consume faith power will be easy to use!

"Hmm."

Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly at this time.

He found that the biggest effect of the Mount \u0026 Blade rules swallowing the Hell rules this time seems to be really how to use faith power!

Shen Mu sincerely exclaimed: "It's really too perfect!"

He is really very happy.

Especially when looking at the rule below that speeds up crop time, it only requires a mere 100 faith points.

The whole person's heart even has a feeling of unreality.

"100 faith points can speed up the growth rate of 1 acre of crops by 1 day."

Shen Mu raised his eyebrows lightly.

Although he understands very well that 100 faith points can only speed up the growth time of 1 acre of crops by 1 day. If it is 1,000 acres, then it will take 100,000 faith points to speed up the growth time by 1 day.

For food crops that are calculated by the month, at least 6 months, this 1 day is basically like scratching an itch.

But you need to know.

Shen Mu's faith power can be accumulated over time.

Moreover, those Blue Star humans under Shen Mu are not said to be forever just that many, they can continue to be recruited.

They can continue to gather together, become a part of being protected by themselves, and provide themselves with a constant stream of faith power!

Even now, Shen Mu's entire Deherim has 1,000 acres of land in each direction.

There are almost 5,000 acres of land in total.

1 day of growth time requires 500,000 faith points.

It is comparable to an astronomical number.

But.

Who says you can't take small steps and run fast?

First, quickly accelerate the growth rate of the wheat in those few acres of land.

Then first provide some urgent rations.

Then cooperate with the caravans that come and go to carry out food trade for themselves.

With this dual cooperation, the food needs of the populations of Deherim and New Rivacheg can be met.

Everything is very simple.

Speeding up the growth rate of 1 acre of land by 1 day only requires 100 faith points.

If you convert it this way.

30 days is 3,000 faith points.

Half a year of 180 days is 18,000 faith points.

Plus the wheat grows slowly, and it takes 200 days to mature, which is only 20,000 faith points.

10 acres is 200,000 faith points.

For Shen Mu.

It is affordable!

As long as the 30,000 Blue Star humans are gathered together, 30,000 faith points can be provided in one day.

Converting it this way, 10 acres of wheat fields can be harvested in about a week.

And the grain harvested from 10 acres of wheat fields is enough for 1,000 people to eat for 1 week!

Plus the grain seized from the orc troops, as well as the Blue Star food scavenged from the Blue Star world.

And the food obtained from caravan trade.

It can be said.

The food problem has been solved!

Later, as long as you continue to work hard and scavenge more and more Blue Star humans to come to your castles and towns to receive protection.

Then it is equal to more and more faith power that can be obtained.

It is even feeding back one's own Mount \u0026 Blade system and Mount \u0026 Blade rules, allowing one's power to develop more smoothly again!

"Yes, this is really possible."

Shen Mu now associates with the good life in the future, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised with a smile: "No wonder those spirit world lords regard those Blue Star humans as if they are treasures, and no wonder those spirit world lords order their spirit world commanders to never allow bullying and killing of the surviving Blue Star humans, it turns out that this thing of faith power is so important."

This is also a point that Shen Mu was puzzled about before.

After all, it's already the end of the world.

For the Blue Star world, the current world is equal to a world where all order has collapsed and civilization has collapsed at the end of the world.

Even if there are various oppressions and crimes, they are commonplace.

However, the memories left by his predecessor found that there was very little crime and oppression.

At most, it is like the underdeveloped areas of the earth in the previous life.

There are even faintly some rules and order left.

There are even forces acting as law enforcers, secretly maintaining the outline of civilization that should be there.

Even the unruly orc tribes, who seem like thugs, actually maintain the gray-area rules of the 'gangster' level.

Instead of the appearance of 'terrorists' or 'anti-social elements', completely collapsing the rules and order.

Now, thinking of the effect of faith power, Shen Mu finally understands.

Those spirit world lords really need these faith powers too much.

I can now use faith power to obtain a constant stream of materials and various effects.

Then those spirit world lords who have obtained the inheritance of the spirit world, which is the source inheritance that has more ways to use faith power, and know more about the wonderful uses of faith power.

Then of course, they regard these faith powers as precious as gold!

No, not gold.

Gold has long lost its original effect with the collapse of civilization and order.

The current faith power is basically equal to life-saving food!

It is a crucial resource!

"Thinking about it this way, it's no wonder that there are various means of confrontation or alliance between those spirit world lords."

Shen Mu pursed his lips.

Thinking about the previous antagonism between the Diesel Company and the Green Leaf Group in the Bali River Street area.

Originally, his predecessor thought it was just a case of 'one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers'.

But now, thinking about it.

It was definitely because of the allocation of faith power from the Blue Star humans that they were so hostile, even to the point of engaging in several battles, both large and small.

After all, the Beastman tribe sheltered more than 30,000 Blue Star humans.

And that Wood Elf village also sheltered more than 10,000 Blue Star humans.

Whoever looked at the other's Blue Star humans, it was equivalent to looking at a series of humanoid faith power generators.

Wouldn't that inevitably lead to conflicts?

Cutting off someone's financial path is like killing their parents.

Moreover, now it's not just a matter of cutting off someone's financial path.

But rather, it's a matter of whether or not one can survive well on this Blue Star world that is already filled with undead monsters.

Now, Shen Mu also strengthened his idea that he must strive to obtain more Blue Star humans to serve as machines providing his humanoid faith power.

"But for now, I still need to wait in this Vekia castle, New Rivadin, for another two or three days."

Shen Mu thought at this time.

Because tonight, he didn't know if those Hell Devils in the subway station would launch an attack against him again.

After all, last night, he had engaged in an extremely fierce battle with the Hell Devils that poured out of the subway tunnel, and he had even fought them back twice, annihilating them all in the flat fields above ground.

And now, when Shen Mu turned his head to look, he also discovered that his Swadian skirmishers were cleaning up the battlefield outside.

They stripped the Hell Devils' weapons and leather armor from their corpses and gathered them together.

Then, they piled up the Hell Devils' corpses separately.

It almost formed a tragic situation like a morgue.

Looking down from here, it was basically equivalent to the dirtiest slaughterhouse.

Moreover, even from a distance, as the breeze blew, Shen Mu vaguely sensed a putrid smell.

It was the corpses of the nearly 5,000 Hell Devils that were killed last night, lying scattered there, forming a large pile of corpses, which was terrifying just to look at.

After all, a pile of more than 5,000 Hell Devil corpses together really created a huge visual impact.

And a shocking effect that directly impacted the soul level.

Of course, for those Vekia skirmishers who were cleaning up the battlefield and carrying the Hell Devil corpses in pairs, these scenes were commonplace.

After all, for them, although a battlefield where more than 5,000 people died at once was also relatively rare.

But it wasn't like they hadn't seen it before.

If it was a confrontation between national-level legions, then the terrifying scene of more than 5,000 people dying at once on the extremely tragic front line was not something that had never happened.

Moreover, now that they were on the victorious side, carrying the corpses of these defeated, they naturally carried some contempt and complacency in their hearts.

So, one by one, they were not afraid at all.

They quickly carried the Hell Devil corpses, and then whispered to each other, commenting on the appearance of these Hell Devils.

Especially looking at the appearance that was similar to the human race, but the whole body was dark red, and there were slender little horns on the forehead, and there were also slender tails behind the tail, and even in the position of the back, there were degenerated bat wings that could not be used as real wings at all, and could only be used as decorations.

Each and every one of them had a strange look in their eyes.

After all, these Hell Devils did look exactly like the monsters that appeared in their myths and legends.

It is said that these Hell Devils are terrifying creatures that judge souls after people die.

It's just that no matter how terrifying these Hell Devils are, they are still killed by them outside the city walls, and these Hell Devils look no different from the bandits or robbers in the wild.

As long as they dare to approach their city walls, they will be shot to death on the spot by feathered arrows and crossbow bolts.

Even in the wild, they were treated like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered by the light cavalry composed of Kujites and the heavy cavalry units composed of Swadians, and slaughtered alive in the flat land outside the city walls.

And then so many corpses were thrown down.

It seemed particularly ridiculous.

That's right, in the eyes of these Vekia skirmishers, these Hell Devils really seemed particularly ridiculous here, and their impression of those Hell Devils also changed from initial fear to the current disdain.

Their psychological changes were the same as those of Bestur and Lesalit.

As long as something can be killed, then it doesn't count as being afraid.

It doesn't even count as being terrible.

The Hell Devils, who were once so terrifying in myths and legends, are now easily killed by them on the spot,

Of course, there will be subtle changes in their hearts.

In fact, it's not just these Vekia skirmishers who have just been promoted who have experienced this subtle change in their hearts.

Those Kujites who have also just arrived, who have personally shot and killed many Hell Devils, whether they are Lesser Devils or Lower Devils.

It made them feel the ridiculousness of these so-called Hell Devils, as well as the disdain and contempt from the bottom of their hearts.

After all, the Vekia skirmishers have not yet directly participated in the close combat with these Hell Devils, and have not yet been in close contact with these Hell Devils.

But the Kujite steppe bandits are not.

These steppe bandits have really seen these Hell Devils clearly within a range of 10 meters, and have shot and killed these Hell Devils with the nomadic bows in their hands.

But precisely because of this.

That's why these steppe bandits have a feeling in their hearts for those extremely terrifying and powerful Hell Devils in myths and legends, which are simply the same specifications as gods, a ridiculous feeling that bursts out because they easily killed them.

It's as if you've always heard that someone is very powerful before, but after you come into contact with them, you find that that person is a coward.

The fear and panic that you had before because you heard others say that he was very powerful instantly turned into ridicule and absurdity.

That's the mentality.

Then, they don't feel anything terrible about these so-called Hell Devils at all.

Because in the hearts of these Kujite steppe bandits, these so-called Hell Devils, whether they are Lesser Devils, Lower Devils, or Medium Devils, are no different from ordinary people on the Calradia continent in their eyes.

It's just that they are more burly and stronger in physique.

However, because they don't wear effective armor as protection, in fact, the real combat power is worse than those units on the Calradia continent who are generally equipped with chain mail after reaching the third tier, and they are relatively poor in defense.

Instead, they will be killed on the battlefield more quickly by ranged archer units.

So, this is why the Kujite steppe bandits are more dismissive of these so-called Hell Devils, more ridicule, and more ridiculous.

Just this level.

If you put it on the Kujite Great Steppe, I'm afraid that a little tribe can make all these Hell Devils die on the spot.

After all, the flat and vast Kujite Great Steppe is very suitable for the running of cavalry, and these are all infantry, and there are no Hell Devils with armor and advanced shields, once they are targeted by the Kujite cavalry.

Then the end will definitely be miserable.

The Kujites are best at endless harassment and kiting tactics.

And the Kujite's totem is the steppe wolf.

They will stare at these Hell Devils like wolves, and then rush up and bite them hard when these Hell Devils show flaws, and then leave.

They will not entangle with them at all.

And then, bite by bite, they will completely eat these Hell Devils alive.

And when facing the other 5 kingdoms, the Kujites basically use this tactic to gain battlefield advantage and victory.

When the enemy is exhausted and mentally萎靡, because there are huge tactical loopholes, they are rushed into by those fierce Kujite veteran strong cavalry, holding up the spears in their hands, completely tearing apart the enemy's formation, and completely dismembering the enemy.

Except for the Rhodok Mountains where they can't carry out this tactic, they are predators like wolf packs in other places.

And now these Kujite people are looking at the sun gradually setting in the sky.

They know that it will be dark soon.

But each and every one of them doesn't have the slightest bit of panic on their faces, but rather some eagerness to try, wanting to enter the battle again in an excited state.

They are not afraid of the upcoming battle.

They are not afraid of the so-called Hell Devils, and they are even less afraid of the undead monsters.

Relatively speaking, these Kujite steppe bandits, who already know what the Hell Devils are made of, even have some thoughts of wanting to fight with those undead monsters.

After all, they want to see what the undead monsters are made of.

After all, some skeletons and zombies crawling out of the graves, really, just thinking about it makes them a little excited.

"Wait, what's that sound?"

It was just when these Kujite steppe bandits were galloping in the light of the setting sun, they also came to the location of the Sujiacun station.

After they came here, they suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a special sound coming from below the Sujiacun station.

Each and every one of them had some doubts on their faces.

The sound was not loud, but it was quite rhythmic, and there was also a subtle crackling sound.

It sounded like…

Extremely dense… the sound of knocking on bones!