Chapter 3 Gratitude from the Robbers
The battle ended quickly.
When the skeleton appeared in the toilet door and arrived at the apartment, it only took a few seconds to stare at the blue soul fire flashing in its eyes.
The Swadian recruits swarmed forward, picked up the long-handled scythe, and smashed it into a pile of bones with a few blows.
He fell at the door of the toilet and returned to the state of a skeleton.
"It feels really good to have subordinates to help solve the battle." Shen Mu didn't do anything, and it felt a bit strange.
Take out the match and light the rough candle made entirely of wax and cotton. Then put it in the toilet, letting the candle light sway to dispel the darkness in the toilet.
‘Hoo! ’ The candle flickered.
The gray mist born in the darkness of the toilet met this candle the size of a soybean, just like cold butter met a hot knife, and was instantly overwhelmed by this small light. Dispersed completely.
It’s like encountering an absolutely restrained natural enemy!
This is indeed the case.
The remaining memories of Shen Mu's predecessor clearly told him that the presence of light and fire can dispel the gray fog and darkness.
You can expel the evil rules born in the dead spiritual world.
Form a temporary safe zone.
This is also the reason why, during the day, after the sun rises, the whole world will return to peace again.
"But it's quite safe now." Shen Mu at least doesn't have to worry. Those undead monsters will appear from the darkness from time to time, full of hatred for living people, and will attack directly.
The 15 Swadia recruits are now sitting in the corners or in free places.
Everyone put the fan-shaped wooden shields on their backs by their legs, and the long-handled scythes that were polished to be sharp and capable of stabbing and chopping were now leaning against the wall. superior.
But as long as something happens, these Swadia recruits can stand up directly, pick up weapons and fight immediately.
After all, in the continent of Calradia, a war-torn world full of bandits and bandits, even the most ordinary farmers have received military training.
This is why even these young men who have just come out of the countryside and are recruited as recruits remain calm in the face of danger.
Just moving corpses and skeletons, their movements clumsy and stupid.
Can it be worse than those cruel bandits or robbers, or even the lords who often massacre and burn villages?
"Then there are you two." Shen Mu turned his head and saw the two robbers huddled in the corner.
"Sir, we are bankrupts in Dhremri. We originally invested in a bakery, but years of war have kept the price of food high. We really have no choice, and it will become a disaster. Bandit.”
The two robbers, who had removed the rags from their mouths but whose hands and feet were still tied, were talking about their innocence and pity.
Just the rolling eyes can obviously let careful people know that this is just their lie.
“Be honest!”
So on both sides, three Swadian recruits were standing next to them, holding the one-handed axes they usually used to chop firewood. He looked coldly at the two robbers who had committed an unforgivable crime.
That’s right, the Swadia recruits who were still farmers before these, and now even if they are hired as soldiers, still retain most of the peasant mentality, hate these robbers very much.
Because every time they go to towns to sell crops or purchase some tools or fabrics.
The worst thing I encountered was these robbers!
This also includes bandits, robbers, or groups of greenwood bandits who are rampant in the Kingdom of Svadia.
In short, they are all extremely disgusting and annoying existences for the civilians or farmers of the Kingdom of Swadia.
So these Swadia recruits looked down upon the two robbers who had been captured before.
"Wait." But Shen Mu's eyes looked dazed at this time, as if he had seen something.
From the mind, the dialog box issued by the system.
【Ding! Temporary task system detected event! 】
[Task release: Dealing with the robbers. 】
[Mission Introduction: You captured two robbers in the previous battle, but since your current activity range is not within the continent of Calradia, the laws of the past do not seem to apply now. situation, you find yourself in a distressing situation. 】【Task conditions: You can choose to 'release/kill' these two robbers for different handling methods. 】
[Conditional reward ① Let go of the robbers: If you let these two robbers go, your name will be spread around the bandit circle in Dehrim, and people will praise your name. And when you obtain the 'Svadia Stronghold', you will get the 'Robbers' Junction Point' building to provide you with stolen goods sales services or purchase of supplies. 】
[Conditional reward ②Kill the robbers: If you kill these 2 robbers, your troops will receive a +2 morale boost. 】
"Temporary mission?" Shen Mu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that when he integrated all the riding and slashing games, he compiled a small program that could retrieve the protagonist's events and issue temporary missions on his own. .
It seems that even after traveling to this world and activating the riding and slashing system, this small program also came with it.
But look at the rewards on this temporary mission.
Shen Mu pursed his lips slightly.
"It seems that there is no need to choose, right?" Shen Mu made a decision immediately: "Choose to let these two robbers go!"
"Thank you for your kindness! Sir! Thank you. Your mercy!"
The two robbers suddenly raised their heads in surprise, their faces full of joy after the robbery.
There are clear legal provisions on the continent of Calradia.
If you encounter robbers or robbers, it is guiltless to kill them no matter who they are.
Even if these robbers or bandits are captured and sold as commodities to slave traders to earn some dinars, it is still a legal transaction and will not trigger any laws of the kingdom.
So when these robbers and robbers are captured, they are usually either sold or killed.
It is so rare to just let go like this!
"Untie their ropes." Shen Mu ordered.
"Understood." The Swadia recruit who was standing behind the two robbers nodded, took out his one-handed ax, squatted down and used the same sharpened ax blade to directly kill the robbers. The ropes from their hands and feet were cut and they were set free.
"We will remember your kindness, Master Shen Mu!" The two robbers stood up and bowed to Shen Mu excitedly.
"It's okay, you are free." Shen Mu waved his hand, indicating that the two robbers could leave.
This is part of the mission anyway.
"Lord Shen Mu, please believe us, your kindness will eventually bring us gratitude."
The two robbers didn't say much. After bowing respectfully again, their whole bodies gradually disappeared. .
Shen Mu looked a little surprised.
And these two robbers just turned from reality to fantasy, the color of their bodies disappeared, and they really lost their traces completely.
Only in Shen Mu's mind, it turned into a dialog box from the riding and slashing system.
[You let go of the robber. 】
【Because your personnel have not yet reached 30 people, and most of them are Swadians (70%), it is impossible to form a 'Swadian stronghold'. 】
【Your legendary reputation among "robbers" +1 point. 】
“It takes 30 people to form a Swadia stronghold?” Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly.
He turned to look at the 15 Swadia recruits still crowded in the apartment. He was also a little helpless.
He doesn't know how to increase the population.
"Or finish the battle and get the reward?" Shen Mu thought, after all, this is how the 10 Swadia recruits he just obtained came from.
And about fighting.
Shen Mu looked at the apartment door that was still closed.
"If you think about it this way, is it to go outside to fight those undead creatures?" Shen Mu pursed his lips, but there was also a bit of hesitation on his face.
(End of this chapter)