Chapter 62 The task of training villagers
Climbing the city wall, under the dim night, is the entire village decorated with countless bonfires and torches.
In the middle is a residential area dominated by 30 Swadia longhouses. To the west is the military camp area, to the east is the commercial area and the city gate that also opens to the east.
To the north is a castle standing on a 10-meter concrete platform, and to the south is an agricultural area occupied by large farmland. You can still see the lush unharvested wheat in the night.
And outside the city wall on the south side, there are 12 acres of wheat fields, 5 acres of pumpkin fields, and 5 acres of cabbage fields scattered neatly.
They are also full of wheat, pumpkins, and cabbages.
There is no time to harvest yet.
“It seems that the fields outside the city wall are also being protected by the rules of riding and cutting.”
Shen Mu looked out between the crenellations specially built on the city wall.
Outside the city wall and ditch on the south side, although the fields are in darkness, there is not much gray fog.
Even though Shen Mu was standing on the city wall, he could already see several skeletons or zombies staggering over from the edge of the field, entering the field and trampling on the lush wheat, cabbage, and pumpkins.
It still looks like it was just wandering over.
It is not the undead monster that descends from the darkness and gray mist, from the undead rules!
"Those monsters are trampling on the village fields." Bandak also saw it at this time.
There was a little anger on the honest face.
He reached out and took out his heavy crossbow, looking outside at a distance of less than a hundred meters. If he wanted to, he could accurately hit these slow-moving low-level people who would even occasionally stop moving and stay in a daze. Undead monster.
"No need to be nervous, Bandak." Shen Mu stretched out his hand to stop his movements.
"Sir, those are the assets that the farmers have watered with their sweat." Bandak pursed his lips, somewhat displeased that the villagers' assets were trampled upon by those undead monsters.
“When daybreak, I will arrange for the villagers to harvest the wheat in the wheat fields.”
Shen Mu comforted.
He knew Bandak's character.
After all, in the world of horse-and-blade battle groups, even if the protagonist becomes a king and all NPC heroes are made nobles and lords, Bandak is also an exception.
Because Bandak will refuse to become a noble and refuse to own territory.
On the contrary, he calls himself a tribune and resolutely breaks away from the special class of nobles.
This is why, when Shen Mu knew that the first NPC hero to arrive was Bandak, he was so polite to this hero who used crossbow weapons.
Whether in the game or in reality, he is a person with compassion and moral integrity.
All deserve respect.
So Shen Mu made arrangements for Bandak at this time: "Bandak, after you get familiar with the village environment later, I need you to be responsible for arranging the inspection of the city wall and the soldiers' inspection tonight. Stand guard and wait for work.”
After all, Bandak has been in Calradia for a long time, and he must be familiar with these basic tasks.
At least there is professionalism derived from battlefield experience.
"Understood! Thank you for your trust in me, Master Shen Mu!" Bandak bowed his head in thanks from the side.
He does have the confidence and professionalism.
"Well, that's good." Shen Mu chuckled and nodded.
Then he led Bandak around the city wall at his feet and back to the north of the village, in the direction of the main building of the castle.
The piers under the main building of the castle are indeed connected to the walls on both sides, both 10 meters high.
Counting the 9-meter-high castle main building.
In this darkness, it is like a giant standing on the pier, guarding the village.
If you want to go up to this pier, you need to pass a slope-type zigzag staircase.
The stairs also fit within the fire coverage of the castle's towers and balconies.
Therefore, even if the enemy breaks through the protection of the city wall.
Invaded the village.
Then we need to continue attacking the pier and the main castle building on the pier!
Even in terms of attack difficulty, the two entrances and exits of the city wall that do not have city gates are the easiest to attack.
On the contrary, the combination of castle and pier is truly easy to defend but difficult to attack!
"This is very good." Shen Mu nodded with satisfaction after viewing the modification plan that he had thought of in a short time during the modification of the magic ball.
Time was tight, there was an underground garage to consider, and an apartment building to decompose.
It’s not bad to think of this.
"Lord Shen Mu, in that case, I will arrange the patrol work of the soldiers and arrange the sentries at the main locations." Bandak reported.
"Well, go ahead." Shen Mu nodded.
Bandak then bowed and left.
As for the general Bandak, Shen Mu was quite relieved about him even though he had just arrived.
"In this case, I can go back to the room on the second floor and have a good rest, right?" Shen Mu's lips curled up slightly at this time.
In the past, he kept vigil alone. Even though he had soldiers on horseback, he did not dare to relax easily because of various trivial matters.
I have never slept so well this night.
Now Bandak is here.
It is obvious that many of the command rights for normal patrols or resistance to small-scale invasions can be given to Bandak.
"It saves my worries." Shen Mu relaxed and felt a little tired in his heart.
"Stand by in the hall."
So Shen Mu turned around and arranged for the 10 Swadia heavy cavalry who were following him and acting as bodyguards to stay in the castle hall.
"Okay, Master Shen Mu." The 10 Swadia heavy cavalry immediately reached out and beat their chests, responding in unison.
Shen Mu walked along the spiral staircase to the second floor of the castle.
"Lord Shen Mu!" Just on the side of the spiral staircase, the Swadia recruit holding a scythe also saluted and said hello.
"Yes." Shen Mu nodded.
But when he arrived at the huge space on the second floor of the castle, he found a figure wearing a black robe and a hood sitting in the corner.
A dozen short figures were also sitting around.
It was Liuna and her 12 halflings.
"Shen...Lord Shen Mu!"
The leader, Elder Pero, noticed Shen Mu's arrival and quickly stood up.
By the way, he also gave Liu Na a hard tug, who was squatting there, leaning against the wall as if she was about to fall asleep, and reminded her in a low voice: "Wake up, everyone! Lord Shen Mu is here! "
"Ah...oh!" Liu Na, who had been trying to sleep but couldn't fall asleep, suddenly woke up completely.
He quickly got up like the halflings next to him.
Then he bowed respectfully to Shen Mu and said hello:
"Lord Shen Mu!"
"Yes." Shen Mu nodded.
At this time, he also thought of these nominal allies he had accepted.
Of course, de facto vassalage.
"We...we saw that the power you control is too powerful..."
The halfling elder Pero's tone was not right at this time. Despite the elder's reserve, even the pride of being a follower of Liu Na, a level 2 druid, completely disappeared.
On the contrary, he was very respectful and lowered his head in awe-inspiring tone: "I hope we can be of some use to you."
This was almost humility.
"Of course, Elder Perot, I very much hope that you and Miss Liu Na will take good care of my fields."
Shen Mu smiled as a comfort to them.
However, looking at these halflings, he still said calmly: "Next, I hope you will stay here. There are many rooms on the second floor of the main building of the castle. I will specially arrange two rooms. , one is for Miss Liu Na, and the other is for you halflings to live in. "
Regarding the secrets of riding and slashing, Shen Mu does not want to let these halflings know too much.
The constraint on the scope of activities must constrain the scope of activities. "Thank you for your generosity, Lord Shen Mu." These halflings and Liu Na also understood, so they all bowed and saluted again as a sign of gratitude.
"That's it." Shen Mu greeted the hired sentries still guarding the surrounding balconies and asked them to arrange rooms on the second floor of the main building of the castle.
Then he entered his room, sat on the edge of the small bed, and lay down on it without taking off his chain armor.
"Huh!" Shen Mu let out a deep breath.
This feeling of relaxation.
He really hadn't enjoyed it in a long time.
"But this chain armor is really a bit heavy." After Shen Mu rested for a while, he stood up again, quickly took off the holy tree suit on his body, and placed it on the bedside table. On the bedside table.
Put on a simple round-neck robe and move your shoulders slightly.
This time, from body to spirit.
I feel relieved now.
At the same time, a feeling of tiredness quietly appeared in his heart.
Shen Mu felt a little sleepy.
"But before going to bed, there is still some work that needs to be done."
The system dialog box appeared in Shen Mu's mind.
【Ding! You have soldiers that can be upgraded...】
[You have 10 "Svadia Infantry", which can be upgraded to "Svadia Sergeant (Level 5 Lance Heavy Infantry)"]
[You have 20 "Mercenary Sentinels", which can be upgraded to "Mercenary Crossbowmen (Level 4 Crossbowmen)"]
[You have 10 "Lake Rat Gang Senior Fighters", which can be upgraded to "Lake Rat Gang Destroyers (Level 4 Heavy Throwing Infantry)"]
[You have 25 "Lake Rat Gang Newcomers" who can be upgraded to "Lake Rat Gang Senior Fighters (Level 3 Throwing Infantry)"]
[You have 30 "Swadi "Sub-new Soldier", which can be upgraded to "Svadia Militia (Second-Level Multifunctional Infantry)"]
[Due to your high reputation, your upgrade of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Swadia this time will be free; the dinars required for the upgrade of soldiers of the mercenary and bandit systems will be greatly reduced by the corresponding proportion. 】
【So for this upgrade, you need to spend a total of 1066 dinars. 】
Shen Mu was really very sleepy at this time and had already laid on the bed and closed his eyes.
However, looking at the content of the dialog box on the retina, I made a decision directly: "Upgrade them all!"
With just over a thousand dinars, all upgrades can be completed.
How could he not do such a good thing?
‘Buzz! ’
A huge data stream instantly appeared between Shen Mu’s eyebrows, and then poured out of the window.
Floating in every corner of the village.
A stream of white light filled the air.
The fluctuations from the riding and cutting rules continue.
And the cavalry and slashing soldiers who had been transformed one by one and completed the upgrade also broke free from the white light.
Then complete their promotion!
Of course, it was not clear to Shen Mu who had already entered a deep sleep.
When he wakes up.
It was already bright.
The rules of the undead have also been dispelled by the blue star sun rising again.
The time has also come to ten o'clock in the morning.
Shen Mu slowly opened his eyes and woke up.
“Well——”
Shen Mu stretched hard.
Lifting the thin blanket covering him, he looked at the light coming in from the window.
"Is it dawn?" Shen Mu murmured to himself, then walked out of bed barefoot and came to the window, looking out with sleepy eyes.
Out the window is a slightly dim blue sky.
The sun hangs feebly in the sky.
Not many clouds.
But there is not much pollution.
Looking out from this 16 to 7 meter high place, you can easily see the tall buildings scattered outside in the suburbs.
Including various large-scale buildings such as factories or shopping malls that were built when Blue Star Technology was still at its peak.
It’s just three years without maintenance.
Look from afar.
They are all very old and dilapidated.
“But, can those buildings be reduced to this condition in three years?”
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
Looking at those high-rise buildings that had obviously changed their appearance, I subconsciously pursed my lips.
This is not his imagination.
Because in Shen Mu's mind, the remaining memories of his predecessor also had similar questions.
There are many places where no one lives. No matter it is a high-rise building or a shopping mall or a factory, even a solid all-steel structure building will turn into a dilapidated and dilapidated building.
Even in the past three years, Shen Mu's predecessor had seen the ruins of those dilapidated buildings.
“Forget it, don’t think about this anymore.” Shen Mu touched his belly at this time.
My stomach was growling because of hunger.
Pick up the fine linen robe on the bedside and put it on.
This is the soft-touch robe that comes with the exclusive suits of the Holy Tree Cavalry in the world of Pendor.
It is relatively comfortable to wear, at least Shen Mu is very satisfied.
Think of this as daily wear.
Then he opened the door and walked toward the stairs.
"Good morning, Master Shen Mu."
The person standing at the stairs at this time was no longer the Swadia recruit who looked like a peasant.
Instead, they were replaced by upgraded Swadian militiamen, holding spears, hunting crossbows and crossbow bags hanging on their waists, carrying old fan-shaped shields, wearing cotton robes and cotton hats, and finally had It gained some of the style of the regular army.
Of course, I am still very respectful to Shen Mu.
"Yeah, very good." Shen Mu nodded in response.
Then we went downstairs to the castle hall.
Just then, Bandak, who had finished inspecting the last circle of city walls, walked in at this time.
Seeing Shen Mu coming down the stairs, he quickly walked over. After saying hello first, he said directly: "Master Shen Mu, I have a proposal!"
"Yes." Shen Mu sat on the lord's bench, nodded and was about to say something.
A dialog box suddenly appeared in front of me.
It was as if it popped up immediately as Bandak opened his mouth.
【Ding! The temporary task system discovered that an event occurred! 】
[Task release: Villager training! 】
PS: I am no longer a destiny person...I want to be a coder! Don't scold me, I'll update it steadily starting tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)