A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

After all, when heading to an unknown large spirit realm scenario, you never know what enemies you might encounter.

Therefore, it's important to be careful, cautious, and to consider everything thoroughly.

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"Then let's do that."

Shen Mu nodded, also taking out the crystal that was sparkling and translucent, shimmering with the power of special rules.

The Thought Communication System.

'Buzz!'

Then, a faint white light surged from between Shen Mu's eyebrows, directly entering the crystal in his palm, which was called the Spirit Realm Mark.

'Buzz!'

Again, special waves of energy spread out from it.

Then, right in front of Shen Mu and the others, the crystal floated outwards, as if it was officially being activated.

It transformed into a huge, mirror-like object in front of them, with countless ripples rotating within it, a Plane Teleportation Gate!

"Isn't this just a teleportation gate?" Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, his mood becoming somewhat solemn.

He knew that this was the passage to enter the large spirit realm scenario.

So he directly waved his hand forward:

"Swadian Sergeants! Swadian Light Infantry! Forward! Enter the teleportation gate!"

"Understood!" From within the troop formation, the 137 Swadian Sergeants and Swadian Light Infantry, acting as frontline heavy infantry, didn't hesitate at all, raising their spears and striding towards the teleportation gate.

As ripples like waves appeared on the mirror-like teleportation gate,

these Swadian Sergeants and Swadian Light Infantry disappeared before their eyes.

"Lake Rat Gang Marauders!"

At this time, Bunduk also spoke in a deep voice, taking the lead: "Vegir Archers, follow me!"

Then he strode into the teleportation gate.

With the ripples of water spreading.

Their figures also disappeared into the mirror-like teleportation gate.

Only Shen Mu, Fatis, and 60 cavalry troops remained.

"Lord Shen Mu, please mount your horse." Fatis didn't rush to enter the teleportation gate, but instead led his Swadian Warhorse and Shen Mu's pure white Holy Tree Destrier, both equipped with matching plate and chain armor, over.

"Yes, thank you." Shen Mu stretched his limbs, also wearing this set of Holy Tree Knight armor, and skillfully mounted his horse using the stirrups.

He pointed to the 10 Holy Tree Knights dressed in the same attire, but lacking golden纹饰, and instructed: "You will follow by my side, the other Swadian Knights and Heavy Cavalry will obey the command of Knight Fatis!"

"Understood!" The 10 Holy Tree Knights spoke first, shaking their reins and gathering around Shen Mu.

"Understood!" Next, the 10 Swadian Knights and 40 Swadian Heavy Cavalry, all wearing gray-black sleeveless plate armor and chainmail, resembling ancient tanks, rode their horses and stood behind Fatis.

"Let's go." Shen Mu nodded, gently shaking the reins, and took the lead, urging the warhorse under his crotch forward.

'Buzz!'

Then, as if passing through a thin, cool curtain of water, in the blink of an eye,

Shen Mu found that he had left his village, "Dhirim."

Or rather,

he had left Blue Star and arrived in the so-called 'Large Spirit Realm Scenario' world!

"Be vigilant!" Bunduk's voice just happened to ring out at this time.

He commanded 50 Swadian Sergeants to spread out in a semi-circle, and 87 Swadian Light Infantry also followed suit, holding spears and forming a semi-circular spear formation, establishing a position.

50 Vegir Archers also scattered at this time, standing behind these Swadian Kingdom infantry, drawing feathers from the quiver on their backs, vigilantly watching the surrounding situation, ready to draw their bows and shoot the sharp cone-headed arrows if anything was amiss.

On both sides, 50 Lake Rat Gang Marauders had already joined the spear formation with their serrated spears.

Although the Lake Rat Gang, as a minor family and a leader in the bandit faction, excelled at melee combat and charging enemies, they weren't skilled at forming a proper spear formation.

However, posing and striking a pose to cooperate with the spear formation was definitely not a problem.

After all, they were there to establish a position.

'Neigh!"

At this time, the 10 Holy Tree Knights also followed on horseback behind Shen Mu.

Behind them were the 10 Swadian Knights and 40 Swadian Heavy Cavalry led by Fatis.

They first made sure that Shen Mu, this important figure, was safe, before turning their necks and looking at the surrounding scenery in surprise.

A barren, green-deprived desert area.

[Ding! You have successfully passed through the mysterious 'Plane Teleportation Gate' and arrived in this unfamiliar large spirit realm scenario.]

[You have received the first stage reward: Random Skill - Power Strike (lv1). Effect: A technique derived from a warrior's slash, it increases attack damage by +30% when used. Can be activated 10/10 times per day without consumption.]

Just as Shen Mu, who had just ridden over, hadn't had time to carefully observe the surrounding environment,

a dialog box had already appeared before his eyes.

The reward from the first stage of this temporary mission was issued to his mind along with the system.

At the same time, Shen Mu instantly learned various techniques for using this new skill.

"A single-target damage skill."

Shen Mu gently shook his shoulders, holding the more than 3-meter-long Holy Tree Knight spear in his hand, and pondered as the techniques emerged in his mind: "As long as a weapon is used for attack, even if it's a lance thrust, this skill can be used to increase attack damage by 30%."

Power Strike is just a strike in name.

Just like the effect in the dialog box says, it increases attack damage by +30% when used.

As long as it's an attack.

"Not bad." Shen Mu pursed his lips, still feeling a little regretful in his eyes.

A single-target attack skill.

The problem is.

As a general and commander, he has rarely directly entered frontline combat since awakening the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

The number of times he has personally gone to the front line to fight is, so to speak, countable on his fingers!

To give him this damage-increasing skill…

It's really a bit of a waste!

"Let it be." Shen Mu raised his head, riding on the tall Holy Tree Destrier, and now he finally had the opportunity to observe the world after crossing the teleportation gate.

Only his expression was slightly surprised.

This was indeed a barren desert area.

Everywhere was yellow sand.

From under his feet to the distant rolling hills, everywhere was a desolate scene of yellow sand and rocks exposed on the ground.

At this time, light shone from above, and faint breezes blew, a scorching heat wave like in an oven flowed, causing Shen Mu and the others who had just arrived here to subconsciously frown and squint their eyes.

Because unknowingly, when the breeze carrying the heat wave blew, a layer of fine sand also came along.

Making everyone present covered in dust!

"This reminds me of the Sarranid Sultanate's desert." Fatis rode his horse to Shen Mu's side.

Looking at the harsh desert environment, he couldn't help but purse his lips slightly, with a hint of solemnity on his face: "That is an equally barren land, but it has given birth to equally powerful cavalry, and Sarranid Mamlukes, comparable to Swadian Knights, equally top-notch, respectable heavy cavalry!"

"Yes, the Sarranid Sultanate's Mamlukes are indeed worthy of respect." Shen Mu nodded.

He knew that the Sarranid Sultanate that Fatis was talking about was the nation living in the desert oasis in the Mount \u0026 Blade warband worldview, possessing fifth-tier heavy cavalry.

It can be said that they are the only fifth-tier heavy cavalry that can contend with the Swadian Knights.

And one of the only two top-tier fifth-tier heavy cavalry.

However, in terms of field battles.

The Swadian Knights, with their stronger charge ability, capable of easily tearing apart the enemy's formation, are the strongest.

Fatis's statement was overtly praising the Mamlukes, but in reality, he was also taking pride in his own strength as a Swadian Knight, and a Swadian Knight of noble birth.

"We should have brought some light cavalry at this time." But Shen Mu didn't have time to think about Fatis's implication at this time.

Looking at the empty and barren wilderness around.

Just being at the bottom of several hills, in a shaded spot, they were now completely in the dark, without any map information, and unable to understand the situation.

If there were light cavalry, they could be sent out to quickly scout the surrounding area.

As it is now.

Shen Mu pursed his lips slightly, and shook the reins: "Holy Tree Knights, all follow me, to scout!"

"Understood!" The 10 Holy Tree Knights immediately shook their reins and followed Shen Mu on horseback.

"Lord!" Bunduk and Fatis wanted to say something.

“You guys stay here.” Shen Mu didn't give them a chance to speak. Instead, he shook the reins, urging the armored Holy Tree Destrier beneath him to run towards the sand dune ahead along the relatively firm ground.

The 10 Holy Tree Knights behind him spread out, following Shen Mu while subtly protecting him in the center.

In case of any abnormalities, they could escort Shen Mu away first.

Because at this moment.

These Holy Tree Knights had already noticed that the weapons in their hands and the armor on their bodies were beginning to heat up slightly.

As if to remind them.

And as if to foreshadow.

After arriving in this world, they were about to encounter an evil force that was extremely sensitive and abhorrent to sacred raw materials like Mithril!

“Lord, be careful!” A Holy Tree Knight Captain said in a deep voice, reminding Shen Mu.

“Yes, I know.” Shen Mu replied calmly.

Looking at the hill covered in sand but still with hard rock underneath, he shook the reins, making the steed beneath him climb the slope faster.

At the same time, the hand tightly gripping the spear shaft gradually increased its strength.

He also felt the heat on his body.

From the armor to the helmet.

As well as the weapon in his hand, the chainmail gloves, and the plate armor boots.

All began to release a burning sensation.

Most importantly.

A dialog box appeared on Shen Mu's retina!

【Ding! Temporary Task Stage Two Released—Skirmish in the Wilderness!】

Just as the dialog box appeared on his retina, Shen Mu had already ridden his horse to the top of the hill.

In the distance, a dilapidated castle built of flagstones and a rammed-earth wall stood on the hilltop on the horizon.

Figures were moving about on top, as if many people were gathered there, moving quickly.

And all around, countless abyssal demon troops with dark red skin, whose furious roars could be heard from a great distance, were launching an attack on the rammed-earth fortress!

Clearly, these abyssal demons were besieging the human race in that castle.

A fierce battle was taking place!

【Temporary Task Stage Two Requirements: These human soldiers and their castle have fallen into this barren and desolate desert. Due to the appearance of a dimensional rift in this scene, a battle has broken out. Now, as a member of the human race, offering assistance and rescuing them might be a good idea.】

【Stage Two Task Reward: Total Mount \u0026 Blade reputation +1 point, and 1000 denars.】

The dialog box on Shen Mu's retina refreshed, and more content appeared.

“A rescue mission.”

Shen Mu immediately understood the intention of the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

But looking up at the dense, dark red figures rushing towards the rammed-earth wall and dilapidated castle.

Shen Mu's brow furrowed slightly.

He couldn't just say he wouldn't go and directly abandon the mission.

But from this distance.

He also had to see what kind of abyssal demons they were, estimate how many there were, where the defenses were weaker, and so on.

It wouldn't hurt to make a decision after scouting.

“However, judging from the looks of it, the number and quality of the demon troops appearing in this large Spirit Realm scene this time seem to be inferior to those I encountered before.”

Shen Mu pursed his lips.

Without hesitation, he directly ordered the Holy Tree Knight beside him: “Go down, notify Bandak and Fatis, march covertly, approach the castle ahead, and be careful not to expose yourselves too early during the march.”

“Understood.” The Holy Tree Knight responded, turned his horse around, and quickly rode down the hill to convey Shen Mu's order.

At this time, Shen Mu also continued to ride forward, carefully advancing along the ridge of the hill.

Quickly approaching the dilapidated castle.

But in the process of approaching.

Shen Mu frowned slightly.

Because in the corner of his eye, for some reason, he always felt that something was strange on the distant hills full of sand in the desolate wilderness.

It was as if something was lurking there, carefully observing this side.

When Shen Mu turned his head to look, there was nothing.

“Something's there!”

Just as Shen Mu frowned in doubt, the Holy Tree Knight Captain beside him slowly said: “Lord Shen Mu, there are indeed some eyes watching us over there. There are quite a few, and they are all disguised.”

“Have you seen clearly what they are?” Shen Mu frowned. He also noticed the faintly swaying shadows.

But the shadows were hunched over, and the overall disguise seemed to blend in with the surrounding wilderness and desert.

Therefore, Shen Mu didn't see clearly.

“It's a kind of humanoid creature, but its head is a bit like a jackal's.”

These knights, who had been tested on the battlefield for a long time and were more professional than Shen Mu, who had been artificially created, keenly noticed the figures on the distant sand dunes who had discovered and were spying on them.

At the same time, in the instant of locking their gaze, they successfully captured some of the creature's outline.

“Jackalmen?” Shen Mu pondered.

His mind instantly thought of this Spirit Realm creature, which had a bad reputation and did indeed like to live in the desert border areas near the human kingdoms, living by plundering and robbery, with a cruel and violent nature.

Generally speaking, they were one of the disasters of the border humans, and they needed to be hunted and swept away regularly.

However, after the advent of the Necromantic Rules.

Faced with dangerous situations, as well as necromantic monsters and abyssal demons, regardless of race, they sought to slaughter them all, without leaving any survivors.

Whether it was jackalmen, humans, or orcs, etc., they were all united.

The key was that they had no choice but to unite.

With the shattering of the crystalline wall system, countless Spirit Realm creatures died, and the authority of death seemed to soar into the sky, expanding explosively.

Countless dead creatures turned into necromantic monsters, merging into the Necromantic Rules, appearing with darkness and gray fog in Blue Star, and even in other places where crystalline wall fragments existed.

Including those situations where time and space were frozen, which were as tragic as living seals.

It was like this, of course they needed to unite.

“Lord, do we need to get rid of those... jackalmen first?” The Holy Tree Knight asked.

“It's okay, just stay vigilant.” Shen Mu rejected the suggestion.

When he communicated with the halfling elder Perro, he knew that all Spirit Realm creatures now, because of the tragedy of the crystalline wall system breaking, as well as the invasion of necromantic monsters and the ravages of abyssal demons.

So they could barely be considered united to jointly resist the threat of these two types of monsters.

Although some conflicts would still break out.

But as long as they faced those necromantic monsters and demon monsters, with a common enemy, generally speaking, there would be no major conflicts between the two sides.

In many Spirit Realm scenes formed after the crystalline wall system shattered, it was basically like this.

Including those more hidden Spirit Realm secret realms.

Or...

Spirit Realm planes with larger areas, more varied environments, and more diverse populations.

It was the same!

‘Boom!’

Just as Shen Mu and these Holy Tree Knights were observing the location of the castle and the battle was taking place.

A dazzling burst of fire, coupled with a huge explosion, instantly appeared from the position of the rammed-earth wall in front, with terrifying flames and momentum, directly blasting many of the originally densely packed dark red demons into scattered fragments.

Seeing this scene from hundreds of meters away, while still observing the battle at the castle on the reverse slope of the hill, Shen Mu and the others exclaimed in unison!

“That's...!!!”

“Magic!”

Faced with the exclamations of the Holy Tree Knights around him, Shen Mu seemed relatively calm.

Although a look of surprise also appeared in his eyes.

But looking at the gradually dissipating smoke, which had blown many abyssal demons to pieces, and even the remaining corpses were still burning with flames, looking quite violent, he slowly raised his eyebrows:

“There should still be mages in the castle!”

Mages, a type of profession.

Like Druids, they belonged to spellcasters.

However, compared to Druids who needed to maintain the natural pan-consciousness, these mages only needed to study the magic structure, or improve the level of exploring the magic net, to be able to wield the authority of elements and matter, and even the soul level.

By reorganizing, gathering, and transforming these authorities, they could obtain powerful spells.

So in the Spirit Realm, many people regarded high-level mages as existences comparable to gods manipulating authority.

Their status was very high.

Therefore, when Elder Perro communicated with Shen Mu, the reverence and respect for the profession of mage that was revealed in his words was also vaguely remembered in Shen Mu's heart.

“Lord, that mage is on the balcony of the castle.” At this time, a sharp-eyed Holy Tree Knight pointed out.

Shen Mu looked in the direction he was pointing.

Indeed, on the balcony built from an extra square tower on the second floor of the castle, he saw people dressed as mages, wearing gray robes and holding staffs.

But not just one, but three!

At this time, because of the distance, he couldn't see their specific ages clearly.

However, vaguely seeing the hair and beards that hadn't been dyed white yet, if he had to guess, they should still be in their middle or prime years, not yet entering old age.

As Shen Mu gazed over.

From the shooting holes opened in the towers and main building edges of the castle, crossbow bolts or feathered arrows were shot out from time to time.

Coordinated with the human spearmen holding long spears or sword and shields and wearing leather armor on the city walls, they resisted the numerous little demons who relied on their wings to fly and jump onto the rammed earth walls.

They didn't allow these little demons to seize the city walls, lest they be forced to retreat into the main body of the castle.

Once they lost the city walls and were trapped in the main body of the castle, it would be equivalent to completely losing their tactical maneuvering space, and they could only fight to the death in the main body of the castle, engaging in a life-for-life attrition war with those numerous abyss demons, numbering at least over a thousand.

These human troops, all added together, barely numbered over two hundred…

That would truly be dangerous!

Inside the castle, the three level 4 evocation mages looked grim.

They were actually humans from Blue Star, who had obtained a mark in the Black Tide that allowed them to teleport to this Spirit Realm scenario.

They had gathered their own soldiers, thinking of coming over to investigate what opportunities existed here.

But unexpectedly, just as they found a castle and hadn't had time to occupy and digest the core of the mark within.

A rift to the abyss appeared in this Spirit Realm scenario.

Thousands of abyss demons poured out.

They were immediately surrounded here, unable to leave!

"This time, we're really in a bit of trouble."

The leading level 4 mage, An Lecheng, looked grim.

"The distress message has already been sent out."

Another level 4 mage, Liu Lu, leaned out to look at the rammed earth city walls below, his tone heavy: "If the Mage Tower goes through the process to send reinforcements, holding meetings and gathering Spirit Realm followers to form a unit, it will take at least 2 hours or so."

"Those bureaucrats only know how to hold meetings!"

Another level 4 mage, Zhao Hongying, with a gloomy face, in her forties and right in the middle of menopause, didn't indulge those people and directly said angrily: "If they really come over after 2 hours, we'll all be eaten clean by these abyss demons!"

The 2-hour rescue time was too awkward.

Now, the three of them, leading 10 human warriors and their 200-plus human followers, were doing their best to resist those abyss demons.

They were already somewhat exhausted.

Don't even mention 2 hours, even being able to hold on for 40 minutes would be good!

After all, this was just a dilapidated castle, forgotten in this large Spirit Realm scenario for who knows how many years, looking like it had been abandoned for a long time.

It was only because they hadn't appeared that this large Spirit Realm scenario was in a state of temporal sealing.

It hadn't fallen into the ravages of the chaotic river of time after the crystal wall system shattered, continuing to dilapidate into a severely ruined state over time.

Otherwise, they would have really been finished then!

"Damn it, with these abyss demons here, we can't even absorb the mark crystal core of this castle!"

Zhao Hongying became even more furious, gritting her teeth and raising the staff in her hand, coming to the edge of the balcony, wanting to cast a new round of evocation magic, known for its powerful destructive force.

But next to her, An Lecheng, who was only in his thirties and considered promising in the Mage Tower, reached out and stopped Zhao Hongying, whom he usually called Sister Hongying.

"Sister Hongying, now is not the time to act impulsively, we don't have many spell slots, we must carefully allocate the use of spells."

An Lecheng's tone was solemn: "After all, we only have 4 first-tier spell slots, 2 second-tier spell slots, and 1 third-tier spell slot. If we use them all up, we will be very passive when facing those abyss demons next."

"That's right, Sister Hongying, let's calm down first."

Liu Lu also dissuaded her.

It was just that the three of them, looking at the 4-meter-wide and 6-meter-high rammed earth city walls below, where they were wielding weapons and fighting those little demons who were flapping their wings and jumping up, their faces became increasingly solemn.

Especially when there were cases of human soldiers slipping or being unlucky, being rushed by a dozen little demons who activated their impact attacks, falling to the outside, and being instantly submerged by a group of demons.

They looked at those abyss demons who were becoming increasingly frenzied after tasting the tender flesh of humans.

Their hearts had already become extremely uneasy.

"After we go back, I will immediately find the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission to sue those guys who only know how to hold meetings, disregarding our lives and safety, only knowing how to let us scavenge for architectural Spirit Realm marks everywhere!"

Zhao Hongying said hatefully, still gritting her teeth, her eyes reddened by her emotional agitation.

But no one responded to her words.

And they didn't dare to speak carelessly.

What a woman can say casually, men must be careful.

After all, everyone was in the same circle of civil servants, even though the Necromantic Rules had been in effect for three years, the old order had not only not been completely destroyed, but had instead rejuvenated within their small circle.

Plus, with some special abilities obtained by the Mage Tower, some words really can't be said carelessly!

"Let's wait a bit."

An Lecheng comforted in a deep voice at this time: "Believe in the Federation, believe in the Mage Tower."

The balcony was silent, leaving only the sounds of fighting outside and the deafening roars of countless demons.

However, after a period of silence.

An Lecheng's eyes seemed to have noticed something, causing him to subconsciously turn his head.

Then his entire face was filled with astonishment, and he felt a little unbelievable as he nudged Liu Lu's arm next to him, swallowing his saliva and saying:

"I say, Old Liu, look over there, could it be that I'm… seeing things?"

"Huh?"

Liu Lu and Zhao Hongying also looked over there.

But the expressions on both of their faces immediately changed, even turning from disbelief to ecstasy!

Because on the edge of the sand dunes, a group of human troops wearing armor, holding weapons, from infantry to archers, and even a group of heavy armored cavalry, had suddenly appeared, starting from who knows when.

They had appeared there!

Looking at their appearance.

They had already prepared for battle.

Clearly, they had noticed the existence of the abyss demons here, as well as these trapped human beings.

They had come to try and relieve the siege!

"This is really great! It's reinforcements!"

Liu Lu exclaimed.

"Those old guys acted pretty quickly this time!"

Zhao Hongying's eyes were already filled with tears at this time, unable to control her excited emotions.

It was just that An Lecheng frowned slightly, carefully glancing over those human troops who were advancing towards this side.

He felt a bit more doubt in his heart.

"Are those human troops… really sent by the Mage Tower?"

The combination of those human troops was too reasonable.

And too strong!

Especially looking at those 62 heavy cavalrymen, fully armed to the teeth, men and horses.

Even they, these former Blue Star civil servants of the Federal Government, who had piled up resources in the early stages to build up the Mage Tower, rarely had such elite human troops!

"This fragment of the Spirit Realm plane, which is destined to descend in the Longcheng area…果然隐藏着很多秘密 (sure enough, hides many secrets)."

An Lecheng thought of his old leader, who was also a manager in the current Mage Tower, and as a level 8 evocation mage, had specifically talked to him alone about some things before.

It was about the Blue Star Longcheng area, and the countless plane fragments floating in the place that had already become the astral world, giving a reminder.

"About, the secret of the disappearance of the gods."

An Lecheng pursed his lips, a solemn look appearing in his eyes.

But he didn't want to delve into it.

Especially looking at the scene where those ecstatic abyss demons, who had already started advancing towards this side from behind the reverse slope of the sand dunes, attracting a group of them, had rushed over and started fighting.

He raised his hand, clenched his staff, and at the same time, directly outlined the structure of a spell in his mind with mental power, and then poured out a surge of magic power to release it:

"Energy Missile!"

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh!'

In an instant, a series of special sounds of air being torn apart appeared.

In front of the staff raised by An Lecheng, seven or eight blue light spheres the size of adult fists floated, carrying comet-like tails, quickly smashing into the demon horde below, which was attempting to rush towards the support troops.

'Boom!'

A surge of shockwaves and destructive force generated by the energy explosion spread out fiercely.

Once again, over a dozen Abyss Demons, unable to dodge in time, had massive holes blasted into their bodies by the energy missiles.

Some unlucky Abyss Demons were too close to the trajectory of the energy missile explosion.

When the uncontrollable energy within the energy missile erupted, half of their bodies were blown to smithereens, scattering fragmented flesh and blood like a macabre rain!

“Let’s get moving too,” Anle City said at this moment, “Let’s not let the support troops look down on us!”

“Alright!” Liu Lu and Zhao Hongying responded in unison.

They raised the staffs in their hands.

Streams of the most basic Tier 1 Shaping magic, Energy Missiles, surged downwards.

It was as if they were throwing hand grenades, exploding violently among the Abyss Demons.

The Abyss Demons were sent flying in chaos!

Anle City's idea was simple: he was here to search for architectural Spirit World Imprints for the Mage Tower, not to seek out those legendary items.

He was just a small, level 4 Shaping Mage.

Prudence was the basic skill for every clerk.

......

Meanwhile, Bandak had already moved forward, leading 50 Swadian Sergeants and 87 Swadian Light Infantry, and had completed their formation on the plain beneath the hill, near the castle.

Rows of straight spears were raised forward, ranks of soldiers stacked tightly together.

Within a few short minutes, the spear formation was set up, forming a dense forest of steel, coupled with the shield wall formed by rows of fan-shaped shields in front, appearing like an insurmountable chasm from the front!

At this moment, Bandak was still directing in a deep voice: “Vigilante Archers, occupy the top of the hill, free to fire!”

“Understood!” The 50 Vigilante Archers immediately dispersed on the hill.

Taking a commanding position, they occupied the terrain advantage.

Then, watching the Abyss Demons charging towards them, they drew their bodkin arrows from their backs and nocked them onto their high-quality nomadic bows, drawing them back.

‘Swish, swish, swish, swish!’

A flurry of rapid, torrential arrows began to pour out with the Vigilante Archers’ skilled rapid-fire technique.

The Serpent Demons, who were charging in the front, wielding two scimitars and possessing the upper body similar to humans but with stout snake tails for their lower bodies, were hit by the arrows one by one during the charge, collapsing into the sand of the wasteland with wails, quickly falling silent!

The 50 Vigilante Archers stood in position, starting to provide ranged output.

In the world of Mount \u0026 Blade warbands, even the Tier 6 Nord Royal Huscarls would choose to respect them, needing to raise their large and thick Nord Royal Round Shields to resist, along with their impressively defensive heavy chainmail, before daring to advance.

These Serpent Demons, with only two scimitars, lacking even armor, their skin not as tough as the Horned Demons, relying entirely on their snake tails for rapid movement.

When faced with such dense arrow rain, they could only be slaughtered!

As for the Little Devils, fluttering their wings above the Serpent Demons’ heads and wielding iron forks, they were like sparrows, each one being hit by the dense and accurate arrows, immediately falling headfirst, dying even faster!

The two sides made contact from a distance of 200 meters, and then the 50 Vigilante Archers began their ranged output.

Just the number of Serpent Demons and Little Devils that had fallen, added together, was probably already over 80.

And what appeared in front of these Serpent Demons and Little Devils was the Swadian formation, ready and waiting, like an iron hedgehog that made one's scalp tingle, the spear formation!

This caused the naturally cruel and relatively cunning Serpent Demons to hesitate in their charge.

They weren’t stupid.

Charging directly into such an elite spear formation, protected by shields, was tantamount to suicide!

With so many Serpent Demons and Little Devils, they already had a numerical advantage, and this was still an open desert area, so there was no need to charge the spear formation head-on.

In the Abyss, these demons often broke out in civil wars.

Or rather, different types of demons, even demons of the same type, would erupt in civil wars for various reasons, even if there was no reason, just feeling displeased with the other side. This was a common occurrence for the demons.

Therefore, those demons who survived in one civil war after another were basically veterans on the battlefield.

Now, before they had even fully approached the human troops, so many of their comrades had been shot to death, so these Serpent Demons would certainly consider tactical arrangements.

Although the so-called tactics, arranged by these demons condensed from negative emotions, with their desire for killing and blood, were quite crude.

But basic tactics such as attacking the flanks, flanking around the rear, and focusing on breakthroughs were still achievable!

Now, many Serpent Demons were moving towards the left and right flanks in unison.

Wielding the scimitars in their hands.

Spitting out their snake tongues.

One by one, they let out low, ferocious smiles, staring with scarlet snake eyes, twisting their snake tails to make their speed faster in this sandy terrain!

“Lake Rat Gang Marauders! Hold the left flank!” Bandak’s expression didn’t change when he saw the Serpent Demons charging over.

He directly reached out, directing the 50 Lake Rat Gang Marauders behind him to move towards the left flank.

Then, looking at the right side, he turned his head to look at Shen Mu and Fatis, and said in a deep voice:

“Sir Fatis, if possible now, I hope you will lead the Swadian heavy cavalry and take the initiative to attack when the demons get within 50 meters, first crushing those Abyss Demons coming towards the right, shattering their right-wing attack force!”

“I understand.” Fatis responded in a deep voice, without the slightest hesitation, and immediately spurred his horse back.

Because at this time, as the cavalry captain, the 10 Swadian Knights and 40 Swadian Heavy Cavalry he commanded were still hidden behind the reverse slope of the hill, waiting for orders!

‘Whinny!’ At this time, the warhorses, carefully bred from the Swadian Kingdom’s manors, were impatiently flicking their noses.

The hooves beneath them were also digging into some of the sand and soil on the hill's rock layer.

As for the Swadian Knights and Cavalry, they were standing next to their warhorses, looking at Fatis, who had spurred his horse over from the hill and reined in his horse, each one immediately revealing a smile.

“Mount up! Follow me! Prepare to charge!”

As Fatis’s voice echoed on the hill, these Swadian Knights and Heavy Cavalry immediately leaped onto their horses, the smiles on their faces turning into ferocious grins, eager to enter the battle state before the upcoming fierce battle!

The sound of hooves immediately began to appear behind the hill, these heavy cavalry slowly came to the top of the hill, but did not directly show their heads.

Because Fatis was estimating the distance between the two sides.

At 50 meters.

He directly raised the spear in his hand, leading the fellow countrymen of the Swadian Kingdom, and began the charge:

“For! The Swadian Kingdom!”

“Everyone forward! Charge!”

Fatis was shouting.

And behind him, 10 Swadian Knights and 40 Swadian Heavy Cavalry directly divided into two rows.

They crossed the top of the hill, letting the heavy horseshoes strike the ground.

Also shouting:

“Charge!”

‘Woo—’

And just at this moment, a muffled, long, and encouraging howl appeared.

In the direction of a ridge, Shen Mu, surrounded by 10 Holy Tree Knights, had taken out his Horn of Encouragement and blew it with all his might, puffing out his cheeks.

This was a wondrous item that could increase morale and courage.

Because it wasn't just these heavy cavalry.

In front of the spear formation in the middle, and the Lake Rat Gang Marauders on the left.

Those Serpent Demons with stronger mobility, wielding two scimitars, were already killing towards them!

The fierce battle began instantly!

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