A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

At the top of the Rhodok castle beside the town of Dhirim, Shen Mu was standing on the wooden frame of the main building at the highest point, looking at the bustling crowd below.

Now Dhirim is really different from before.

In the distance, white data streams were flickering, and new town houses were being built.

Within a short two or three days.

The originally empty area south of Dhirim has been filled with more houses.

This was the town houses that Manid, as the temporary governor of the town, had built according to the plan in the past two or three days.

Moreover, according to the planned design, if all the empty areas of Dhirim are built into houses, then it can accommodate 10,000 people.

So it will definitely be quite crowded by then, and various sanitary conditions will also occur frequently.

But it doesn't matter.

As far as Shen Mu is concerned, the town area itself is an experimental site where he throws these Blue Star humans to manage themselves.

As long as the safety of the castle area is ensured, then he can sit back and relax.

Nothing will happen.

"Lord Shen Mu."

Just as Shen Mu was pondering, Manid also climbed up the stairs next to him.

"Yeah."

Shen Mu nodded in response.

After Manid climbed onto the wooden frame with him, he slowly said, "You've done a good job. These newly planned town buildings do make the south look more orderly."

Before, the south was a messy collection of warehouses and open spaces. After being planned as a new residential area, Manid carefully coordinated and planned it again.

Although it has only been two or three days, Shen Mu has already seen the change.

After all, the reason why those houses and residences were built so quickly was also related to his use of the power of faith to push the construction workers in front of him to build quickly in an extremely fast flow of time.

Otherwise, relying on an ordinary wooden house that could only be built in more than half a month would really take until the Year of the Monkey to be completed.

After all, there are currently thirty to forty houses being built uniformly throughout Dhirim.

"You flatter me. These are all things I should do."

Manid still humbly bent down and respectfully saluted Shen Mu, and in his opinion, this was indeed what he should do.

"Our Dhirim is already too crowded. If we want to accommodate the remaining 20,000 Blue Star humans outside, we need to expand."

Shen Mu still expressed his concerns: "Then, in your opinion, which direction is better to develop if we rebuild a new urban area?"

"Anyone is fine, but according to me, it is best to add urban areas on the east and west sides."

Manid immediately replied: "There are reserve areas and light industrial areas on the east and west sides. If we add new urban areas outside the city gates on the east and west sides, then we can divert these humans inside. This way, we can also ensure the safety of the castle area and the town area. If anything happens, we can completely isolate the new town areas on the east and west sides from the old town area and the castle area by closing the city gates."

"Adding new urban areas on the east and west sides, this idea is not bad."

Shen Mu also looked at the east and west city gates that Manid mentioned.

His eyes were thoughtful.

What Manid said was indeed very reasonable.

As long as new urban areas are added outside the east and west city gates, then new connected areas can be formed quickly. Of course, as long as new city gates are added outside the new urban areas, then the traffic problem will also be solved, and the accommodation problem for more Blue Star humans will also be solved.

"Let's wait a bit. Dhirim is currently short of funds, and the power of faith is not enough. It will take a long time to build a new urban area."

At this time, Shen Mu's face also showed some regret. After all, his denars rely entirely on those two caravans to maintain, and the power of faith is mainly spent on those two caravans. The construction of the town really has to wait.

Manid still understood this point, and this also belongs to the scope of grand strategy, which he has no way to intervene in.

"Alright, I've finished watching. That's it. Manid, you continue to focus on town construction."

Shen Mu looked at Dhirim, which had begun to build new buildings again, and nodded in satisfaction. He instructed Manid a few more words and then turned and left.

And in the 1st floor location of the castle hall, 4 generals were already waiting there.

They were Fatis and James respectively.

As well as Lezalit and Bestur.

"Lord Shen Mu."

They stood up and bowed to greet him when they saw Shen Mu coming.

"Yeah, hello to you too."

Shen Mu nodded and signaled the 4 generals to sit down.

Then, after watching them all sit on the chairs, he directly stated the reason for summoning the four of them this time: "Lezalit and Fatis, you two are both from the Kingdom of Swadia. You must do a good job of the town's defense and patrol work in Dhirim."

"Understood."

"Understood."

Lezalit and Fatis stood up again, patted their chests, bowed, and then sat down again.

This represents their serious attitude.

Although Lezalit and Fatis are indeed from the Kingdom of Swadia, in reality, because of their different personalities, the two of them don't have much contact with each other. They have even had many conflicts during their travels on the continent. After all, they are people from the Swadia Kingdom faction, but because of their different ideas, it is easy for conflicts to arise.

Now, in Shen Mu's forces, they also understand that they should put away those conflicting remarks and ideas that they couldn't stand at the time. Now, serving Shen Mu wholeheartedly is the most important thing.

After all, Shen Mu is the most important savior-level existence that concerns the safety of the entire world and his own future.

And Shen Mu didn't care about their psychological fluctuations at this time, but just watched them solemnly sit down, completely obedient, and nodded in approval.

Then he looked at Bestur, this nomad from the Khergit Khanate, or rather, the leader of the steppe bandits.

"Please give me your orders, sir."

Bestur did not hesitate at all. Seeing Shen Mu's gaze on him, he immediately stood up from the chair with a thud, respectfully put his hand on his chest, and bowed to Shen Mu.

"Well, very good, Bestur. I need you to lead your steppe bandit troops to patrol directly in Dhirim and the newly established Uzhitz, and when hidden, you also need to go to the newly established Rivacheg to patrol to ensure the smooth passage of roads and the connection between these two newly established castles and us."

"Understood, respected Lord Shen Mu, please rest assured, these are what I and my Khergit people are very good at."

Bestur smiled confidently. For him, this was simply an easy patrol mission.

Perhaps for others, it would require weathering the elements and constantly staying on horseback, but for a Khergit, especially a Khergit steppe bandit-turned-leader, this was simply daily life.

"Yes, very good, just like that." Shen Mu was quite satisfied with Bes Ture's confident response, nodding to him and signaling him to sit down again, finally turning his gaze to James.

"Lord Shen Mu." James stood up at this moment, looking at Shen Mu and bowing respectfully once more.

"Mm." Shen Mu nodded.

In fact, Shen Mu hadn't originally intended to call James to the meeting. After all, his arrangement for James was to diligently study the power of magic within the library alongside those Eden Garde zealots.

How to use magic, how to learn to wield the power of magic to injure enemies, or to bring beneficial effects to his own soldiers, this was his arrangement for James.

But this morning, James had actually taken the initiative to send someone to notify him, hoping to attend the meeting together, and that he also had something to report. This piqued Shen Mu's curiosity, so he had someone call James to the meeting.

"You said you have something to report?" Shen Mu looked at James and inquired.

James immediately said solemnly, "That's right, esteemed Lord Shen Mu. It's because recently, while studying magical structures and how to cast spells with those Eden Garde zealots, I've had new insights. Furthermore, we've also discovered that it seems the world is becoming increasingly receptive to the release of magic."

Hearing James' words, Shen Mu frowned slightly: "What do you mean the world is becoming increasingly receptive to the release of magic?"

This sentence sounds a little strange.

James didn't keep him in suspense and immediately answered Shen Mu's question: "It means that the world seems to be able to use stronger offensive magic." He also added in detail: "Before, you saw that the Sunflare Ray could only shoot 20 meters before losing its power, but according to our previous tests, the range of the Sunflare Ray, this offensive spell we are using, has now reached 30 meters."

Hearing this, Shen Mu's eyes widened slightly: "The Sunflare Ray has reached an effective range of 30 meters."

Previously, he had tested the Sunflare Ray himself, and it could only injure unarmored targets at around 20 meters, causing a rather scorching burn effect, as if someone was holding a burning piece of charcoal against their skin.

It was quite painful.

But the lethality was average.

Only at around 10 meters could it truly strike the enemy like a red-hot iron rod, not only bringing a huge impact effect, but also a terrifying burning effect.

At around 3-5 meters, hitting the enemy's head could kill them instantly.

It could be said that before, the reason why Shen Mu hadn't let these Eden Garde zealots go directly to the battlefield was because their Sunflare Ray was somewhat of a burden.

After all, within a range of 20 meters, crossbowmen could accurately hit the target, directly injuring or killing them.

And for archers, they could already shoot two or three arrows.

Even the burly Lake Rat thugs could throw javelins one after another, covering the short-range damage at around 10-20 meters.

So, at the time, these Eden Garde zealots were simply useless.

A shooting distance of 20 meters with insufficient damage, wasn't that a complete burden?

Now, James was telling him that the shooting distance had actually reached 30 meters, an increase that truly surprised Shen Mu. After all, if these spellcaster-type mages could be developed, it would be an absolute help to Shen Mu.

Moreover, this also illustrated a principle: although these Eden Garde zealots hadn't absorbed enough combat experience to level up, with certain changes occurring, their strength was actually quietly growing.

"Could it be because of the change in world rules?" Shen Mu thought to himself at this moment, lost in thought.

He also thought of the black lines he had seen in the sky at that time, gradually seeming to surge towards this side, and when he entered build mode before, he had also seen that the black lines on the horizon seemed to have changed somewhat.

And during this period, the land in the Spirit World scene also began to smash down towards the Blue Star World at a faster rate, turning all the buildings and terrain in the Blue Star World into Spirit World terrain.

"Could it be because of this reason?" Thinking of this, Shen Mu was lost in thought.

"Furthermore, Lord Shen Mu, according to the Eden Garde zealots, if this continues, the magical fluctuations of this world will bring them better and stronger spellcasting abilities," James said again at this time.

"Sure enough, it's because of the Spirit World's descent that a resurgence of extraordinary power has occurred in this world," Shen Mu thought to himself.

At the same time, he nodded to James and said, "Good, your report is very important. Then let those Eden Garde zealots continue to comprehend the magical fluctuations of this world. If they reach a certain level of strength, or if they can advance again after reaching a certain level, tell me."

"Understood." James nodded and sat down again.

Because Shen Mu had also discovered that these Eden Garde zealots belonged to the true magic-using mages among the magic races.

Their current leveling up was very difficult.

Before, he had led these mages to participate in many battles, including the battle to destroy the Diesel Company, and had also let them go to the front lines to absorb combat experience.

However, these Eden Garde zealots were only Tier 1 spellcasters, and there was no option to upgrade.

This really made Shen Mu a little puzzled.

If they were ordinary Tier 1 soldiers, they could quickly reach Tier 2 after experiencing a few battles. After all, these cannon fodder-level conscripts who had just been pulled onto the battlefield had nothing to commend them, so the demand for combat experience was very low.

It was impossible for the situation to occur like it was now, where these Eden Garde zealots had experienced several major battles without leveling up.

There must be other problems that hadn't been discovered. (End of Chapter)