A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

However, for Shen Mu, the 24-hour countdown was basically just a blink of an eye.

Anyway, he returned to Dertherim to rest and explore the power of faith.

After all, there are still so many Blue Star humans in Dertherim, and the power of faith they provide every day is a considerable number.

Of course, he had to come back to see and coordinate these Blue Star humans to ensure a stable supply of faith power.

Then, he could use this stable faith power to promote the development of his territory.

Of course, there is also Zhang Caidong, a very good assistant, who is coordinating and contacting the Blue Star humans.

Basically, Shen Mu doesn't need to worry about it here.

It can be said to be very easy.

That's why he could quietly wait for the countdown during this time, and look around to make sure that the lives of the Blue Star humans were not affected by moving to Dertherim.

Very, very relaxed.

And during this time, he also met with Liu Na, as well as the halflings and the halfling elder Poro.

He had a cordial exchange with them for a considerable amount of time, and also tasted some delicacies carefully cooked by the halflings, which Shen Mu enjoyed very much.

Of course, the most important thing was the exchange with Liu Na, after all, Liu Na is still working hard to learn natural magic.

She is also comprehending the natural pan-consciousness she possesses.

And she is also working hard to cultivate the growth of the Holy White Oak, which has been moved to the castle area.

Shen Mu has already seen the Holy White Oak, which has now completely sprouted and entered a state of growth, completely turning into a small branch about the size of an adult's forearm.

Green leaves and other forked branches have also appeared on it.

It may not take a month or two to reach the first stage of one meter in size, and by then Shen Mu will also receive the reward for the Holy White Oak growing to one meter.

This made him feel even more cheerful.

After all, the stages of the Holy White Oak are very important.

And as long as it is in the first stage, then 4th-tier cavalry can be recommended to enter the Holy Tree Knights for training, so as to be promoted to Holy Tree Knights.

And for Shen Mu.

Although both the Holy Tree Knights and the Swadian Knights are 5th-tier heavy cavalry, the Holy Tree Knights are more useful in fighting against evil.

After all, the mithril equipment on the Holy Tree Knights is genuine, with good things that have extra killing and defense attributes against evil.

Especially in small-scale team battles, the combat power of the Holy Tree Knights is stronger than that of the Swadian Knights, which are specially trained for large-scale charges and heavy cavalry clusters.

So, in Shen Mu's next development plan, he will also turn the Swadian heavy cavalry in the world into 5th-tier Holy Tree Knights.

This will also effectively increase his powerful combat power in the plains around Dertherim.

After all, the surrounding area is the plain suburbs east of Longcheng, which are all flat areas.

It is very suitable for heavy cavalry charges.

It's almost as if it was tailor-made for Shen Mu and his heavy cavalry unit.

Moreover, with the spiritual realm beginning to erode the Blue Star world, the eastern area has become a large area of desert terrain, which is still flat plain terrain, and is still very suitable for cavalry charges.

So, Shen Mu likes this place very much.

He also takes the cultivation of the Holy White Oak to heart.

"But after the 24-hour countdown ends, I have to go outside and take a look again."

Shen Mu was also thinking at this time.

After all, there is still an extra castle in his mind that can be placed.

This will also add a defensive point to Shen Mu's Dertherim and the New Rivadine in the east.

Let the three points form a support line for each other.

In this way, if there is any situation, they can be rescued in time, and if they develop, it is equivalent to having another cave in the cunning rabbit's three burrows.

And just as Shen Mu was thinking and waiting.

The countdown has ended.

[Ding! Congratulations, your analysis has ended!]

[You have successfully obtained a special module, but you need to unlock it through a new temporary task.]

The dialogue box from the Mount \u0026 Blade system immediately popped up in his mind.

[Ding! The system detects that an event has occurred, and a temporary task has been released - Imperial Commander System (Centurion Rank).]

"Huh!?"

Shen Mu was slightly stunned at this time, this turned out to be another temporary task from the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

Then his eyes became more serious.

After all, Shen Mu understood very well that the temporary tasks from the Mount \u0026 Blade system were actually deliberately helping him to grow rapidly based on some urgent things he needed now.

It can be said that it is a temporary task tailored for Shen Mu, as long as it can be completed, then he can obtain a very important growth.

So Shen Mu's eyes also looked at the dialogue box on the retina.

The content is about this temporary task.

[Task Name: Imperial Commander System (Centurion Rank)]

[Task Introduction: Your power is developing and growing rapidly, from the initial few recruits to now owning your own towns and castles, as well as thousands of elite troops, all of which show how successful your growth is. At this stage, it is time to introduce a corresponding military merit system as the cornerstone of your empire.]

[As the owner of the Dragon Banner, even if the Dragon Banner you own is only a fragment, you can still confer the rank of 'Centurion', which is also the lowest-level commander in the Calradic Empire, as the leader of your troops.]

[Task Requirements: Find Blue Star humans who are willing to be loyal to you, you can hand over the temporary command of your Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers (limit of 10 people) to the other party.]

[Task Rewards: When your Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers are under the command of the conferred 'Centurion', your Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers will also provide the same faith power as the Centurion when praying.]

[Hint: Given the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers' devout faith in you, Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers above Tier 2 refuse to listen to the command of any Blue Star humans other than you.]

[Hint: If you obtain more Dragon Banner fragments, perhaps the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers, out of respect for the Calradic Empire, will be willing to obey the overall situation and temporarily listen to the command of Blue Star humans.]

[Hint: If the Blue Star humans' faith in you reaches the 'Fanatic Believer' level, then you can consume 10,000 faith points and 1,000 denars to allow them to be promoted to the Tier 1 soldier template of that garrison.]

"Huh?!"

Shen Mu's face changed slightly when he looked at the content in the system dialogue box on his retina at this time.

This is really the relevant response measure that the Mount \u0026 Blade system formulated based on Zhang Caidong's suggestion.

But it is not soul-level resonance.

Nor is it using one's own spirit and soul to set up anchor points in the corresponding spiritual realm scene, recruiting the spiritual realm creatures living in those spiritual realm scenes as one's followers.

But it requires oneself to confer titles.

As long as Blue Star humans are appointed as Decurions, they can command 10 Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers in battle, acting as commanders for these soldiers.

If that's the case, it's just a common consideration of the Spirit Realm's rules, a Mount \u0026 Blade follower mode.

Essentially, it's no different from a Spirit Realm commander and Spirit Realm creature followers.

However, Shen Mu paid more attention to the following two prompts.

"If the Blue Star humans' faith in me reaches the level of 'general believer,' then 10,000 faith points and 1,000 denars can be consumed to allow them to transfer to the template of a Tier 1 soldier in this garrison."

"And if my Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers are led by those appointed Decurions to pray together, they can provide the same power of faith."

Shen Mu carefully examined these two prompts.

Of course, there was an additional prompt, which was that the Decurions he appointed could only have Tier 2 or lower Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers following them.

As for troop types above Tier 2, they simply wouldn't follow them.

This was a restriction.

But thinking about it, it made sense, as they were only Decurions after all.

At most, they could only command 10 Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers.

In Shen Mu's view, this was only natural.

It wouldn't be realistic for these so-called Decurions to immediately command 10 Swadian Knights or Sacred Tree Knights, Tier 5 top-tier troop types, from the start.

Shen Mu would never hand over such elite soldiers to them for command, as he fundamentally couldn't fully trust these so-called Blue Star humans.

He only trusted the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers.

"If that's the case, my ability to appoint Decurions means I can also, like the Spirit Realm anchors, allow those Blue Star humans to obtain the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers' character templates and have Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers as followers."

"And if I assign Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers to them, then the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers can also generate additional power of faith."

After thinking it over, Shen Mu felt it was really good.

With a thought, Shen Mu directly returned to the noble manor, waving his hand in the meeting room to instruct the herald to deliver a message.

"Summon Zhang Caidong and the other 15 senior managers to my noble manor, and also notify Sun Zhiru to come to my meeting room to attend the meeting."

Zhang Caidong and the other 15 senior managers were the 16 insiders Shen Mu had initially selected.

They were the most trustworthy and hardworking group working for him.

After all, why was the orc camp of the Diesel Company destroyed?

It was because Shen Mu chose them, making them insiders, and executing a perfect coordinated attack from within and without, that they defeated the Diesel Company.

So, it's only right that they are now trusted by Shen Mu.

As for Sun Zhiru, he was the middle-aged man who gave him that special treasure yesterday, allowing the Mount \u0026 Blade system to analyze it and obtain a special module.

Based on the various abilities in this module, a new temporary task was even extended, which allowed him to appoint Blue Star humans as Decurions and also allow his Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers to follow them.

Overall, it was as if there was a relationship between a Spirit Realm commander and Spirit Realm followers.

If you didn't carefully distinguish them, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a Mount \u0026 Blade Decurion and a Mount \u0026 Blade soldier compared to the relationship between a Spirit Realm commander and Spirit Realm followers.

After all, Mount \u0026 Blade Decurions can also be assigned character templates, and the assignment of character templates is actually much stronger than that of Spirit Realm commanders.

After all, Spirit Realm commanders still need to collect Spirit Realm equipment themselves before they can gain combat power.

But Mount \u0026 Blade Decurions can genuinely possess the character's template and the character's equipment.

So, the initial character templates are definitely all at the Tier 1 recruit level.

But even the shields and polearms in the hands of Tier 1 recruits are genuine weapons with the power of rules.

Weapons capable of killing undead monsters.

"Lord Shen Mu."

Soon, the herald went to convey Shen Mu's order.

Zhang Caidong and the other 15 senior managers had already arrived, and behind them was the new face, Sun Zhiru, who also appeared there.

At this time, they were all quite respectfully bowing with their hands on their chests, and their attitude towards Shen Mu was definitely impeccable.

"Yes, very good." Shen Mu nodded.

At this time, he also looked at Zhang Caidong, his tone carrying some smile: "I heard you mention before that you wanted to use Spirit Realm commanders and Spirit Realm humans as followers, allowing the most trusted group of Blue Star humans to be the first to transform and command."

"Yes, that's right." Zhang Caidong nodded.

After all, this was the suggestion he had made to Shen Mu yesterday, and Shen Mu suddenly summoned this group of people at this time. Zhang Caidong's face also carried some smile.

He had already guessed the reason why Shen Mu had summoned them, and his eyes also carried some considerable excitement.

He made this suggestion yesterday, and Shen Mu started to handle it today, wouldn't that mean his suggestion was very effective, his voice carried weight, and his words were very important?

This was also a sign of considerable respect for him.

Looking at the 15 senior managers around him, they were all a group of people who started out as spies and insiders.

Only at this time did Zhang Caidong turn his head and glance at Sun Zhiru, his eyes flashing slightly. Of course, he was no stranger to this new face, after all, through Shen Mu's introduction yesterday, he already knew that this was a middle-aged man who had some contact and connection with Shen Mu before.

And he also presented a special treasure with the power of faith, so Shen Mu arranged him to be his deputy.

This was a kind of act of buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold.

Of course, Zhang Caidong also understood that this behavior was necessary, especially as Deherim grew stronger and stronger, and some scattered small settlements of Blue Star humans around, who had heard of this new human territory, also began to come here to prepare to join them.

Of course, there was also a need for an act of buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold to attract more people to join this territory.

Zhang Caidong understood.

However, now that he knew he had the opportunity to become a Spirit Realm commander of the human race, Zhang Caidong was more concerned about this.

As for some conflicts or struggles for power that might arise next, Zhang Caidong didn't care too much, after all, his grasp of intrigue was quite profound.

He didn't believe that a guy who came to contribute treasures could easily take his power from his hands.

After all, if more people contribute treasures in the future, will everyone have to divide a part of the power from his hands?