A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

At the same time, a new dialogue box appeared before Shen Mu's eyes.

It came from the temporary mission system.

[Ding! The temporary mission system has detected an event. Temporary mission issued: Inspect the Castle.]

[Mission Name: Inspect the Castle]

[Mission Brief: Your castle has been erected in this world. Combining the rules of Mount \u0026 Blade and the Spirit Realm, the defensive system might unleash a special effect.]

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[Mission Reward: Rhodok Mountain Rock Base (Terrain Modification).]

[Hint: This is an entire rock base from the Rhodok Mountains. Even an earthquake would find it difficult to shatter. It is a good choice for building a castle.]

Shen Mu had just walked out of the main castle building at this time. Looking at the dialogue box in front of him, his eyes showed a hint of astonishment.

Immediately followed by great joy!

After all, he had just withdrawn from the Magic Ball Map modification authority and knew that the biggest shortcoming of his newly built castle area was that it was not strategically advantageous.

That's right, it was not strategically advantageous.

The castle was built directly on flat ground, and enemies could attack from all directions, coupled with a single city wall.

There was no way to link it with being strategically advantageous.

"Now that there is this mountain rock base to increase the height of the castle, it will just form the concept of a strategic advantage!"

Shen Mu was pleasantly surprised.

And the requirement to complete this mission was just to inspect his castle once.

Even without this mission.

He, as the controller of this castle, would have to inspect the newly built castle!

He quickly came to the front hall of the castle, looking around at the very flat castle forecourt protected by the city walls, and his eyes revealed even more joy.

Compared to the main castle building built on the pier before, it seemed to have a panoramic view of the entire town.

But it was basically just a solitary building, without much supporting construction.

Now what appeared was an entire castle defense system.

From the main building to the city walls, to the towers and lighthouses, as well as the stables, armories, warehouses, granaries, prisons, etc. on both sides.

Basically, everything was complete.

Especially looking at the north side of the large tower next to him, which could no longer be called the main castle building, a magnificent main castle building appeared there.

13 meters high, the whole building was made of heavy stones, looking as majestic as a heavily armored giant.

"Lord Shen Mu."

"Lord Shen Mu."

Just as Shen Mu was standing in front of the large tower in the southwest corner, looking at the buildings in the castle forecourt, Fatis and Bunduk also walked over quickly.

The two of them still bowed respectfully, fearing that Shen Mu had already said that there was no need for formalities.

"Yes." Shen Mu nodded, and seeing them come over, he said, "Just right, the new castle and town have appeared, you two can accompany me for a walk."

"Understood, it is our honor." Bunduk and Fatis followed behind Shen Mu.

For this brand-new castle, and the earth-shattering changes they had just experienced, both of them felt a spiritual shock and awe at this time.

At this time, not only Bunduk and Fatis, but even those Swadian soldiers, Lake Rat Gang Destroyers, and Swadian Light Infantrymen walked out with bewildered faces, their eyes filled with shocked expressions, as well as fanatical gazes.

Looking at Shen Mu, this legendary figure, it was as if they were looking at a deity with reverence.

No, many soldiers who were close to Shen Mu and had experienced several battles had long regarded Shen Mu not simply as a commander, a general, or a nobleman.

In many cases, the impression from their minds, looking at Shen Mu, was that of a deity!

Shen Mu knew this well, this was the effect of the constant loyalty from the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

'Creak—'

The main gate of the castle slowly opened.

Four Swadian Light Infantrymen came out to greet him, and after saluting respectfully, they stood on both sides of the main gate, lined up to welcome him.

Shen Mu walked in.

The first thing that appeared was a front hall that could accommodate 50 people, about 100 square meters.

There were huge stone pillars as support around it, and the middle of the ground was covered with fine linen carpets, which extended all the way to the top of the front hall, with a 1-meter height, requiring climbing more than a dozen steps to reach the lord's chair.

Shen Mu stepped on the fine linen carpet with a good foot feel and turned to look to the left.

"Meeting Hall." Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly.

On the left was a space of about 300 square meters, with only a long table 20 meters long and 5 meters wide, with 20 chairs on each side.

It could be known that this was the place where meetings were usually held, or where senior generals dined.

"Then the right..." Shen Mu turned to look to the right: "Sure enough, it's the kitchen and utility room, as well as the servant's room."

The right side was also a space of about 300 square meters, but it had been separated.

There was a kitchen dedicated to the castle's internal dining, a warehouse for storing sundries and food, as well as some military supplies.

And there was a servant's room near the door, about 200 square meters, with 3 doors, inside which were dozens of bunk beds, specifically for the servants and guards in the castle to live in.

"Not bad." Shen Mu nodded.

He understood the original intention of this design, which was to strengthen security and defense capabilities.

After all, for a town, it was possible to capture the city walls and gates, and then it would be necessary to clear out those defenders who had lost most of their defensive space and could only fight like trapped beasts one by one.

But for a castle, losing the city gates and walls was just losing the outer works.

The strongest defense was actually the main castle building built entirely of stone.

Blocking the castle gate.

The garrison in the castle fiercely resisted, and could defend for a long time, and could not be conquered for a while.

Either it would be dragged until their own food ran out, or it would be dragged until the enemy's reinforcements arrived.

Especially the Rhodok castles, which were famous for their stronghold defense, took into account the long-term siege and the strong siege, and arranged granaries and miscellaneous warehouses both inside the castle and inside the main castle building.

This servant's room at the door was also equivalent to a barracks, allowing the elite to sleep here.

In case of any emergencies, they could appear in time to solve them.

"Wait, is there an extra platform above this lord's hall?"

When Shen Mu came to the one carved from a whole piece of stone, with various exquisite Rhodok-style carvings on it, the corner of his eye glanced at the shadows and keenly discovered something.

He looked up.

That was at the top of this 6-meter-high castle hall with a stone vaulted ceiling, an extra circle of balconies built of large blocks of stone, facing only the interior.

"Hmm?" Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the platform behind the lord's chair, and the circle of balconies around it built at a position 6 meters above the ground, with a height of about 2 meters, his eyes thoughtful.

He understood what this circle of balconies represented.

Especially looking at this circle of 2-meter balconies, with a 1-meter breast wall in front, and crenellations in a concave-convex shape.

Shen Mu quickly crossed the lord's chair and came to the back along the steep slope, this platform of about 50 square meters, and immediately understood.

"Sure enough." Shen Mu looked at the balconies on both sides, all the way to directly above the castle gate, 2 meters high and half a meter wide, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was even greater.

"These balconies can shoot arrows at the enemy from all directions when the enemy breaks into the city gate."

Bunduk was very familiar with this and explained to Shen Mu: "And we only need to guard these two slopes, we can let the enemy who breaks into the castle hall be blocked in this castle hall and become the target of archers and crossbowmen."

"Very good." Shen Mu nodded with a chuckle, praising this ingenious design.

"The Rhodok people's city defense is indeed both solid and cunning." Even Fatis couldn't help but say something strange next to him.

This attracted Shen Mu and Bunduk to look at each other, silently chuckling.

Both of them understood the reason for this.

The Kingdom of Rhodoks itself was a kingdom that had seceded from the Kingdom of Swadia due to excessive oppression, and fierce battles broke out because of this independence.

On the plains, the Swadian Kingdom's heavy cavalry rampaged, easily crushing countless Rhodok troops.

But when they came to the Rhodok Mountains.

After starting the city defense war.

The Rhodok people's crossbowmen and infantry equipped with heavy broad shields, as well as the castles built on steep cliffs, and the tricky city defense design, all made the Swadians suffer.

Otherwise, with Harlaus's nasty character, it would have been impossible for the Rhodok Kingdom to become independent.

Fatis, as a nobleman of the Swadian Kingdom, was also a knight.

Although he didn't participate in those battles back then,

his family members must have participated and told him the details of these battles.

That's why he had such mixed feelings about the castle defense system designed by the Rhodoks.

"Wait! There's a sound!"

Just as Fatis wanted to say something to salvage the reputation of the Swadian Kingdom, not wanting to be overshadowed by the Rhodoks, his expression changed.

He immediately reached out and gripped the hilt of the knight's sword at his waist, turning his head to look at both sides of the platform.

On both sides of this 2-meter-high, oppressive platform, there were two sloping ladders leading upwards, and at this moment, there were hurried footsteps coming from inside.

Then, before Shen Mu and Bunduk could react, 50 Rhodok Sharpshooters quickly ran down.

Each of them scanned Bunduk and Fatis with their eyes, and then looked at Shen Mu.

They were slightly stunned.

Immediately, they lined up on the platform with their crossbows raised.

They respectfully reported to Shen Mu: "Respected Lord Shen Mu, we are Rhodok Sharpshooters from the Rhodok Kingdom, willing to be loyal to you along with this sturdy castle, and pay our respects!"

"Very good."

At this time, Shen Mu reached out and pressed down on Fatis's knight's sword, which had been half-drawn.

He nodded with a smile on his face.

He said to the 50 Rhodok Sharpshooters, "I accept your allegiance, and at the same time, I require you to return to your posts immediately."

"Yes, sir!"

These tier 3 Rhodok Sharpshooters immediately responded respectfully.

Then, turning around, they carried their crossbows and broad shields, and returned to their posts.

In the positions on the second and third floors of the castle, behind the windows opened in the city walls, about the size of an adult's head, they continued to be vigilant.

"These are all top-notch crossbowmen, they use crossbows, wear hard leather armor, have long-bladed scimitars and heavy broad shields, and can also use spears to set up long spear phalanxes."

Bunduk watched them leave, and at the same time praised: "It can be said that they are a comprehensive upgrade of the Swadian militia."

Bunduk was a Rhodok, and had lived in the kingdom's army for more than 20 years.

Before leaving the army, he was an experienced sergeant commander.

Of course, he understood the value and combat capabilities of the tier 3 Rhodok Sharpshooters.

"Yes, the Rhodok Kingdom's crossbowmen and spearmen are indeed very strong."

Fatis, who had misjudged this, pursed his lips and didn't say much more, just nodded dryly in response:

"Moreover, the Rhodok spearmen are the hardest shields in the world, and can be paired with the sharpest Swadian cavalry to exert unimaginable battlefield effects."

"It can't be realized in Calradia, but in front of Lord Shen Mu, everyone can unite to realize it."

Bunduk chuckled.

He understood what Fatis meant.

When the Rhodok Kingdom had not yet become independent from the Swadian Kingdom, the cooperation between these two nations was simply seamless.

The Rhodok spearmen were the best line-holding infantry, standing there, no matter how fierce the battle, they would not retreat even half a step.

The Rhodok crossbowmen, using sniper crossbows, could stand behind these spearmen, accurately sniping enemies, forcing those enemies to only attack them, otherwise they would be singled out by the sniper crossbows and shot to death on the spot.

But once the enemy began to attack the Rhodok troops, the formation would be scattered.

At that time, the Swadian heavy cavalry would begin to charge, completely crushing the enemy.

At that time, during the peak of Swadian Kingdom's rule, they used this tactic to defeat the surrounding nations, thus dominating that fertile plain.

Unfortunately, as Harlaus became king through conspiracy, he began to forcibly levy taxes and launch brutal wars.

The Rhodoks rebelled and became independent.

The harmonious cooperation between the two could no longer continue.

From then on, the Swadian Kingdom began to be unable to suppress the Nords from the sea, the Vaegirs from the snowy plains, the Khergits from the grasslands, and the Sarranids from the desert.

They were beaten back again and again, and could only retreat to the indefensible plains, no longer having the strength they once had.

Of course, for the Rhodok Kingdom, it was also a lose-lose situation.

Losing the Swadian Kingdom's heavy cavalry, and being unable to raise horses in the Rhodok mountains, they couldn't form any cavalry, losing tactical mobility and battlefield initiative.

They could only rely on shields to block enemies, and use the geographical advantages of the Rhodok mountains to shoot enemies with heavy crossbows and sniper crossbows, this foolish way of fighting.

If they left the mountains, left the complex environment, and encountered enemies.

Even if they defeated the enemy, it would be difficult to form a large-scale killing effect.

Instead, the enemies would come wave after wave.

Wave after wave retreat.

Endlessly harassing these Rhodoks.

When they were tired and exhausted, they would take the opportunity to attack, directly causing them to be defeated.

Very uncomfortable!

This is also why the Rhodok Kingdom's troops can only be deployed near the mountains.

They simply don't dare to go deep into the plains or inland.

Compared to the Nords, who also only have infantry and low-level archers, in the background, these Nords at least have ships, and can use waterways for strategic mobility.

Tactically, relying on stronger impact, using throwing axes and javelins, wearing chainmail and large shields, and still running very fast in close combat, the extremely powerful Nord infantry still vaguely grasped some battlefield initiative.

No matter what, they are stronger than the Rhodok Kingdom, which is now in an awkward situation, only able to fight defensive counterattacks.

"I really hope to see the union of Rhodoks and Swadians again in Lord Shen Mu's army in the future," Fatis exclaimed.

"We will see that day," Bunduk nodded with emotion beside him.

Following the sloping ladder of the platform, they came to the second floor.

Inside were more rooms for living and storage warehouses.

As a Rhodok, Bunduk quickly remembered these castles he had seen when he served in the Rhodok Kingdom's army, and explained:

"Lord Shen Mu, this place can be arranged for the garrison of the guards and elite troops, and there is also your room. According to my understanding, the number of permanent residents is 100, and if it is wartime, the maximum number can reach 300."

"Yes," Shen Mu nodded, looking at the city wall outside the window in the room, and nodded again in praise: "A very good place."

Then they came to the third floor.

Here, there were still many rooms, and many soldiers could be stationed and many supplies could be stored.

Moreover, on the outside of the four city walls, there were additional mushroom-like, outwardly extending rooms.

Not only could they provide a wider field of vision, but they could also open holes in the wooden planks under their feet, aiming at the key directions such as the castle gate and the main road of the city wall, and throw stones or debris when the enemy's troops approached, hitting the enemy!

"Very good," Shen Mu nodded.

Then, looking at the last staircase, he stepped onto the roof of the entire castle main building.

In the middle was a pointed roof built of stone bricks and wood.

At the edge of the roof, there were wooden frames like scaffolding, allowing archers and crossbowmen to climb up and shoot downwards.

On these scaffolds, there were still 10 Rhodok Sharpshooters holding crossbows, standing guard here, vigilantly scanning the surrounding open land, and any teams coming over, or abnormal situations occurring, could not escape their eyes.

Adding the scaffolding, it was already 15 meters high, indeed an excellent place to look around.

Shen Mu also came to this scaffolding through the ladder, looked at the wide field of vision around, especially the large area to the east, connected into fields, but already abandoned, he knew that it was the land from Zendar Town, and could be reclaimed again at any time.

Not only that, but looking at the farther position, it was still dark and pitch black, all black patches.

Shen Mu pursed his lips slightly.

The relatively relaxed mood in his heart also became slightly solemn.

Because that was the trace caused by the abyss demons.

The tragic battle that appeared in the Black Tide, Shen Mu still felt a little lingering fear when he thought about it now.

If those abyss demons hadn't underestimated the enemy, it would have been difficult to say what the result would have been!

Now that he had obtained a new upgrade, he felt complacent, which was an extremely stupid, self-destructive act.

"Let's go see what's outside the main castle building," Shen Mu said.

Frowning, Shen Mu adjusted his mindset, turned, and walked down the stairs.

Exiting through the main castle gate on the first floor, Shen Mu turned his head to the left side of the castle courtyard, which was where the stables built close to the city walls, the granary storing grain and fodder, and the armory were located.

Nothing special.

Therefore, Shen Mu simply went through the motions and came to the right side of the castle courtyard.

This was the location of the prison and the warehouse for storing miscellaneous items.

Also nothing special.

But at this moment, Shen Mu's focus shifted to the southeast corner, to that two-story building with a special structure that looked like a thick chimney—the Holy Light Torch Tower of the Holy White Council.

"As long as it's lit, it can release light and has the special magical ability to dispel darkness," Shen Mu said of the Torch Tower.

Shen Mu walked forward.

Bandak and Fatis both had looks of amazement in their eyes at this moment.

Because this Torch Tower was entirely built of pure white marble, and the craftsmanship was quite superb, with each layer stacked on top of the other, the gaps at the edges were very tightly fitted.

Compared to the rough texture of the city walls next to it, where some gaps were even wide enough to fit a finger, it was simply a world of difference!

And they also discovered that the stones used to build this Torch Tower were all rectangular, high-quality stones.

Whether in Swadia or Rhodok, they could be directly used to build private manors and residences for nobles, instead of being in a castle, only to have the enemies destroy them in the end.

"This doesn't seem like a building that should be inside a castle," Bandak said with regret.

"Indeed," Fatis agreed.

Shen Mu didn't say anything about this.

After all, this was originally a building belonging to the Holy White Council, a high-level organization in the Mount \u0026 Blade: Warband modification 'The Last Days of the Third Age', specifically used for lighting.

The level of grandeur certainly wouldn't be low.

"The ground floor is a warehouse for storing firewood."

Shen Mu walked over, looked at the firewood that was already fully stacked, filling almost the entire warehouse, and nodded slightly, "It seems that this firewood is enough to burn for a short time."

But Shen Mu had a reminder from the Mount \u0026 Blade system, understanding that the most important thing about this special building wasn't firewood.

But rather the magic scrolls that should be stored in the library on the second floor.

A special scroll that had magic infused and stored inside it.

"As expected, it's empty," Shen Mu said as he came to the second floor, which had many tables and chairs, and cabinets on the walls, but all were empty with nothing in them.

Shen Mu knew that if he wanted to obtain magic scrolls, he could only trade with the White Tower.

To be precise.

It was to trade with Saruman, the owner of that White Tower, who was still outwardly respectable and a righteous figure, but had already been tempted and begun to fall.

The trading material was the corpses of Abyss Demons.

This couldn't help but make people's minds wander.

Of course.

Shen Mu didn't care.

It was just trade, first get denars, then get magic scrolls.

"Let's go to the top floor and take a look," Shen Mu found the location of the second-floor staircase of the Torch Tower, a narrow, spiraling staircase.

Climbing up.

When he came out, he arrived at a small house that looked like a lighthouse.

Inside was a huge marble brazier.

And on the edge of the brazier.

There was also a marble frame similar to a pulpit, with many fine runes carved on it, forming a mysterious magic circle together.

It looked like it was just right for people to put magic scrolls on it and then use them.

"It's not dark yet, but the trade should be starting," Shen Mu said as he looked at the brazier and the pulpit, thinking of the function of the Holy Light Torch Tower of the Holy White Council, and his eyes were also quite moved.

But he didn't stay here.

Instead, he turned his head and looked at the castle gate in the south, sandwiched between two stone towers.

As long as he finished looking there, this inspection of the castle would be considered complete.

The temporary mission would be completed!

So Shen Mu then came to the location of the castle gate.

Two square stone towers, 8 meters high and 4 meters wide, were like two giant warriors, protecting the castle gate, which was 7 meters high and 6 meters wide, on the left and right, sandwiched in the middle.

The castle gate was currently closed, and there were no soldiers stationed on the stone towers on either side.

But just looking at it, one could know that if there were heavily armored soldiers standing guard in front of the castle gate, and ranged archers holding war crossbows or longbows on the stone towers on duty.

The atmosphere of a military management area, even more solemn than the towns outside, would immediately permeate out.

Also carrying a hint of solemn killing intent.

"That would be a real castle," Shen Mu nodded lightly, sincerely feeling recognized for the current changes.

Immediately, a new dialog box appeared in front of Shen Mu.

[Ding! Congratulations! Through your careful observation, you have summarized the changes within the castle. Your mission is complete.]

[You have obtained—Rhodok Mountain Rock Base (Terrain Modification).]

And in Shen Mu's mind, the card formed by this item also quickly condensed within it, depicting the appearance of mountains and rocks, very lifelike.

This was the reward Shen Mu obtained this time—a base formed by a whole piece of huge mountain rock from the Rhodok mountains.

Very suitable for building a castle on it.

"In that case."

Shen Mu at this time glanced at the dialog box on his retina, which still had the last bit of countdown.

[Magic Orb Modification Permission: 00 hours 03 minutes 22 seconds.]

The 60-minute Magic Orb permission, or rather, the modification permission of the map modifier, was still in effect.

Able to violate the laws of physics at any time according to his ideas, casually changing it!

"Enter the modification permission again!"

Shen Mu's thoughts once again communicated with the system.

'Buzz!'

The first-person perspective instantly changed to a third-person perspective.

The overview of the entire Rhodok castle and the town of Dhirim appeared in front of him again.

"Use the item!" Shen Mu did not hesitate, his thoughts once again communicating with the system.

[You have used the item: "Rhodok Mountain Rock Base (Terrain Modification)".]

[Beneath your castle, a complete rock base from the Rhodok mountains has begun to appear. It seems to have crushed a certain cave beneath the ground, completely destroying it, and suppressing it at the bottom of this huge mountain rock, leaving no space at all.]

[Detected that you are currently in the "Magic Orb Permission Map Modifier" state, you can now freely adjust the height of the mountain rock.]

Then, in front of Shen Mu's retina, the new dialog box refreshed again.

"Just like I thought," Shen Mu's mouth curled up slightly.

But his attention, at this time, had already followed his thoughts, zooming in on the huge flat rock beneath the castle, level with the ground.

At this time, streams of white data flowed in Shen Mu's eyes, making his vision even more realistic.

The entire mountain rock, most of which was buried beneath the ground, also completely appeared in Shen Mu's eyes, until it reached a height of nearly a hundred meters, lifting up the entire castle underground area, like a behemoth that appeared out of thin air!

"Then, raise it to a height of 10 meters for me!" Shen Mu's thoughts communicated with the system, wanting to directly control this huge mountain rock with permission.

'Swoosh!' Then the mountain rock trembled slowly twice, and began to slowly rise.

Saying it was slowly rising, but under the effect of the Mount \u0026 Blade system, the speed was really not slow.

1 meter... 2 meters... 3 meters... 4 meters... 5 meters.

Only at the 5th meter.

This huge rock mass seemed to have taken root underground, and there was no way to continue raising it.

"Huh? What's going on?" Shen Mu frowned slightly at this time.

His thoughts once again communicated with the system.

'Swoosh!'

But as the mountain rock trembled a few more times, it completely lost its voice.

As if there was no way to continue rising.

It was only fixed at a height of 5 meters.

Then, a dialog box popped up on Shen Mu's retina.

[Ding! Currently, the volume of this mountain rock is too large, the rule level is too high, and the rule power you currently possess is difficult to continue controlling. Please strengthen the rule power you possess before trying again.]

"Wait? What does it mean that the rule power I possess is difficult to continue controlling? And I need to strengthen the rule power I possess before trying again! ?"

Shen Mu looked at the content in the dialog box, he knew all these words, but after connecting them into this whole paragraph, he felt a little stunned.

He subconsciously looked at the massive rock foundation that had only been raised by 5 meters.

Including the height of the city wall itself, the overall height was only 15 meters.

Although this height was indeed not bad.

However.

What Shen Mu wanted was at least 10 meters in height!

That way, it would be like a castle built directly on a cliff. No matter how the enemy attacked, the foundation and base height of at least 10 meters, made of a single piece of rock, would be the nightmare of any siege force.

The original plan was quite good.

But now, the system was telling Shen Mu that, due to special reasons, it could only raise the foundation to a height of 5 meters?

【Ding! Reminder! Magic Ball Modifier Countdown: 00 hours 00 minutes 30 seconds.】

Just as Shen Mu was still pondering, the dialogue box reappeared in front of him.

This time, it indicated that the Magic Ball authority was about to enter the final 30-second countdown.

“And the city gate!” At this moment, Shen Mu's expression changed slightly. With a flash, this third-person perspective, akin to a God's-eye view, directly arrived at the location of the castle's city gate.

At this time, the castle gate, due to the 5-meter-high rock layer raised from the ground, was also 5 meters higher than the town's direction.

However, even inside the town, there was a moat about 5 meters wide and 3 meters deep, blocking the outside of the castle area's city wall and the inside of the town area's city wall, serving as a dividing line between the two areas.

Now that the entire castle area had been raised by five meters, wouldn't that mean the town area was 5 meters lower? Even if the drawbridge on the castle wall was lowered, it wouldn't be able to reach the ground on the town's side?

Shen Mu had come here now to deal with this matter.

“The door panels that were shattered by the abyssal demons before were originally creations of the Mount \u0026 Blade system.”

Shen Mu was using the Magic Ball Modifier to carry out small-scale item modifications.

At the same time, he conveyed all his thoughts to the system:

“Now, integrate them all to form a drawbridge 10 meters long and 10 centimeters thick, which can also be folded up and reinforced with iron bars, and then retrofit it onto the castle gate!”

He saw countless broken wooden planks in mid-air restoring themselves, then coming to the castle gate and beginning to combine with the original drawbridge.

The original drawbridge was disassembled and dismantled, and then merged with these wooden planks.

Moreover, in the town's warehouse.

Twenty or thirty relatively long iron chains, originally seized from chain demons, also flew over at this time and were stuck on these drawbridges.

All of this was completed in just over ten seconds as Shen Mu manipulated the Mount \u0026 Blade system with his thoughts.

Finally, when the dialogue box representing the disappearance of authority appeared on Shen Mu's retina, his entire perspective instantly returned to his own body, restoring the first-person perspective.

On the retina in front of him, a dialogue box floated up.

【Your Magic Ball authority time has ended.】

“It's over.”

Shen Mu slightly raised his eyebrows.

Now he was still standing on the inner side of the castle gate, with the thick double doors still blocking his way.

“Someone!” At this time, Bandak, who was behind Shen Mu, immediately pointed behind him and shouted loudly at the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers and Swadian Light Infantry who were looking over in surprise: “Open the city gate!”

“Understood!” The Lake Rat Gang Destroyers and Swadian Light Infantry immediately walked over quickly.

The Lake Rat Gang Destroyers moved quickly, directly drilling into the small door of the stone tower and going to the top of the gatehouse.

There was a winch on it.

After looking at the direction of the winch and the iron fence connected by iron chains and pulleys below, they immediately understood what was going on.

Working together, they began to turn the cross winch, slowly pulling up the iron fence with iron chains.

‘Whirr — —’

Amidst the violent sound of iron chains rubbing against the pulleys, the huge iron fence gate was finally raised to a height of 3 meters, leaving a passage that could be passed through below.

‘Creak — —’ At this time, the Swadian Light Infantry had also lifted up six huge iron-ringed door bolts, which required two people to lift together, and were made of whole logs, opening the city gate.

Then, outside was the iron fence gate, which had been pulled up and was extremely heavy.

And the drawbridge that just happened to be blocking the outside of the gate cave.

“Open the drawbridge.”

This time, without Bandak's reminder, the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers who were still on the gatehouse found two slightly smaller winches.

“Push hard!” As these Lake Rat Gang Destroyers pushed the winches hard, the iron chains moved.

The intense rustling sound of metal rubbing against the pulleys continued to appear.

Two drawbridge door panels appeared, bound with a large number of two-finger-wide iron bars, also reinforced with iron nails, and the folding part was completely bound together with thin iron cables, and several fist-sized metal buckles were reinforced again.

Following the iron cables pulled up from the city wall, they slowly merged into one in mid-air, forming a drawbridge door panel 5 meters wide and 10 meters long.

Then, controlled by a large number of iron cables on the edge of the door panel, they slowly fell into the town area.

With a ‘clang’ sound, the drawbridge finally landed.

A steep drawbridge connected the two areas.

And finally, let this castle area, which was nominally connected to the town area, lift the closure and truly establish contact with each other.

“Lord Shen Mu! It's Lord Shen Mu!”

“The respected Lord Shen Mu has finally come out!”

At this time, just opposite the drawbridge, one Swadian Light Infantry, Holy Tree Knight, hired crossbowman, and Vaegir villager, etc., etc., most of them were gathered there.

Seeing Shen Mu coming out, they all looked at him with excited expressions and cheered loudly.

They were also the ones who experienced the great changes in the castle and town just now.

They didn't quite understand what had happened.

However, when they saw the extremely huge changes in the castle area, as well as the rising rocks, and the channels that had isolated them from entering, they had to say that they were still a little panicked.

After all, Shen Mu, the supreme commander, and the two deputy commanders, Bandak and Fatis, had all lost contact.

Wouldn't that be the same as suddenly falling into a state of being without a leader?

It was also because these Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers each had their own command system.

Higher-ranking commanders command lower-ranking ones.

Noble troops command commoner troops.

This is why there was no chaos.

“Yes, I'm here.” Shen Mu stepped over the solid drawbridge door panel and came to the town area.

Looking at the situation where there was no change, only the city wall had become shorter, but in fact it had been strengthened.

Shen Mu was very satisfied.

Looking at these soldiers in front of him who were all looking at him eagerly, Shen Mu also pondered slightly, turned his head and instructed Bandak and Fatis, who had followed him:

“You should distribute these soldiers to their respective rooms, and also arrange their respective garrison locations and patrol teams in the castle and town.”

“We understand.” Bandak and Fatis nodded in agreement at the same time.

“Also, let those 100 Vaegir villagers go outside to explore the 500 acres of abandoned land first. If they find anything of value, bring it all back. I think there will be some vegetables and other food inside.”

Shen Mu had not forgotten at this time, the 200 acres in the south and the 300 acres in the east, about the abandoned land of Zendar Town.

As well as the vegetables inside that had not been picked for various reasons and had been abandoned in the fields.

If they were not picked again, they might rot in the ground themselves, which would be a waste.

“Understood.” Bandak and Fatis nodded again.

“As for the others.” Shen Mu did not arrange any more tasks for the two of them, but instead looked at the only two remaining props.

One was the antelope herd hunt.

One was the White Tower's trade permit.

“I'll do these myself.” Shen Mu made a decision.