Dumbfounded Enemies

The first to notice the presence of outsiders on the fifth floor were the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs who were originally stationed at the entrance of the Elevator Room.

When the sound of violent kicking on the door occurred, and it happened repeatedly, accompanied by angry roars and excited shouts, these Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, who came from a bandit group, exchanged glances. They reached for the Woodland Axes tucked at their waists and prepared for battle.

And when they realized that the fighting below was becoming more intense and was starting to move up the floors towards their location, and they wanted to report it,

The Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen who were originally stationed in the Stronghold Main House had already gathered.

They said they were following Lord Shen Mu's orders to come and assist in the defense and see what was happening.

It was this phrase, "see what was happening,"

That ultimately led them to push open the fire door of the stairwell and all enter the sixth floor to set up an ambush.

As a result, with a ground-shaking tremor,

Whether it was the Lake Rats Veteran Thugs or the Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen, in a moment of stunned surprise or a blink of an eye, they found themselves in a... 10-meter wide Corridor!

Before these people could react, behind them, there were terrified screams and panicked shouts.

"Run! It's Gnolls! And Wild Goblins!"

"Protect Miss Liu Na first!"

"Someone must hold back those ferocious Gnolls and Wild Goblins! Someone must make a sacrifice!"

"You protect Grandpa Polo! Young lads! Follow me!"

"Halflings have warriors too!"

The 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, 15 Swadian Footmen, and 30 Swadian Light Footmen blinked and turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

Of course, they also saw the Halflings, each about 1.3 meters tall, surrounding a woman in a black robe, running in panic towards the depths of the Corridor. However, the further they ran, the stiffer their legs became, and they stood rooted to the spot, as if greatly frightened, slowly coming to a halt.

These Lake Rats Thugs and Swadian Soldiers naturally recognized those short people and the person in the black robe as the Halflings and Miss Liu Na from the fifth floor.

Cooperators with whom their Lord Shen Mu had expressed goodwill.

But now, these Lake Rats Thugs and Swadian Soldiers looked past these Halflings and Liu Na, and were equally dumbfounded as they looked behind them, at what appeared between the fifth and sixth floors...

A Castle!

Built entirely of huge ashlar stones, it was 9 meters high, extending directly from the floor beneath their feet all the way up to the ceiling above their heads. On both sides were huge stone Towers, and even from nearly a hundred meters away, they could see the crenellations with their concave and convex shapes, and the dense shooting holes opened in the walls.

Even these soldiers, who came from Calradia, a chaotic world where they had been fighting like dogs, couldn't help but feel their minds go blank for a moment.

Then came a sharp intake of breath, their faces extremely expressive!

This... this is the great power of Lord Shen Mu!

This thought arose in the hearts of these Lake Rats Thugs and Swadian Soldiers.

That's right.

They could see these changes.

And they could sense this transformation that was like divine power.

After all, whether they were Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, Swadian Footmen, or Light Footmen, they were all living people.

They all had their own thoughts and minds.

They all had their own emotions.

And of course, they all had the innate worship and respect for Shen Mu, this mysterious and noble figure whom even kings would treat with courtesy, which had been deeply instilled in their minds by the Mount & Blade System since their birth.

Now, because of Lord Shen Mu, they had crossed the barrier of time and space to come to this different world.

And they had witnessed such a huge change.

Naturally, they attributed everything to Lord Shen Mu, who possessed power comparable to that of a creator deity.

Their hearts were filled with even greater reverence!

They were even so excited that their hearts were pounding rapidly!

'Bang!'

Just then, the fire door of the stairwell not far behind them was violently kicked open.

Then, accompanied by a series of 'hehe' sinister laughs, a group of Gnolls wielding Scimitars and Wild Goblins wielding axes and maces, howled excitedly, raising their weapons high, and rushed into this 10-meter wide Corridor.

Then, as they ran, they too froze in place, looking at the obviously different decoration style around them compared to the floor below, and even their howling stopped.

These Gnolls and Wild Goblins stared at each other with wide eyes, looking at the fully armed Human Race in front of them...

They all swallowed, a little speechless!

"Stop!"

"State your intentions!"

At this moment, the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs who were supposed to be stationed at the stairwell entrance instantly reacted.

Picking up the Woodland Axes in their hands, they took two steps forward, their round shields protecting their chests, and stared at the foreign races with either Jackal heads or short and ferocious appearances. Without the slightest fear, they sternly shouted, "Be honest!"

"Those! Those are Bandits! They killed many people! They even killed Geng Jun!!!"

Then, behind them, the Halflings who were still between the Castle and the Swadian Soldiers shouted excitedly.

Those Halflings, who were inherently kind, pointed at the Gnolls and Wild Goblins with tears in their eyes and accused them loudly:

"These are murderers!!! They are the bad guys who came to rob and slaughter our apartment building!!!"

"Huh?!" At this moment, it wasn't just the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs.

Even the Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen who hadn't reacted yet, upon hearing these words, immediately turned around in unison, picked up their 2-meter-long Spears, and in almost an instant, spread out along the 10-meter-long Corridor, forming a dense Pike Square!

"...Enemy!"

The Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen let out a low shout in unison, their Spears pointing forward with a cold glint.

Even the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs at the very front, facing the frontline of the Gnolls and Wild Goblins, changed their expressions. They instantly transformed from their previous somewhat relaxed state into the tyrannical Lake Rats thugs who ran rampant in the Great Lakes Region!

Looking at the large number of them, densely packed in the 10-meter-wide Corridor.

"Switch to Harpoons!"

These more experienced Lake Rats Veteran Thugs put away their Woodland Axes and directly reached behind them, pulling out the Harpoons from their backpacks. Each of them was equipped with 10 of these!

A weapon that was longer, sturdier, sharper, and had stronger armor-piercing capabilities than the Fishing Darts equipped by the Lake Rats Recruits.

And of course, a throwing weapon with even more terrifying killing power!

"Human Race! Kill!"

At this moment, the Gnolls and Wild Goblins finally reacted, their eyes turning crimson.

Their eyes were bloodshot.

Their eyes were full of brutality and ferocity.

Especially after having just killed so many Human Race members and eaten so much fresh and sweet Human flesh, seeing these Human Soldiers, whom they mistakenly believed to be Spiritual Realm Human Race, the madness from the Gnolls and Wild Goblins quickly manifested.

"Awoo!"

Then, as the Gnolls raised their Scimitars and the Wild Goblins raised their battle axes, they howled and began to charge towards the Human Race members who were close at hand, less than 20 meters away!

There were 13 of these Gnolls and 34 Wild Goblins, a total of 47 individuals.

This gave them confidence in their numerical advantage!

Moreover, in their impression, when they encountered these Regular Army Human Race members in the wilderness and desert border regions of the kingdom, even though they were difficult to deal with and hard to fight, when they formed the main force and charged forward fiercely.

Except for the Human Race members on horseback who were quite powerful, the remaining ones who weren't on horseback weren't much stronger than them.

Furthermore, some of the guys wearing coarse linen and holding Spears would even get weak in the knees when they encountered them.

As long as the offensive was fierce enough.

It would cause those cowardly Human Race members to collapse on the spot!

"A bunch of weak Human Militia!"

Some Gnolls and Wild Goblins were already shouting excitedly, "Kill them! We'll have a delicious feast today!"

"A delicious feast!" Hearing this, the Gnolls and Wild Goblins became even more frenzied with excitement, the bloodshot in their eyes growing thicker.

Their charging footsteps also became faster!

And then...

Amidst the skilled throwing actions of the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, the six or seven Gnolls charging at the very front immediately fell headfirst to the ground as the dark shadows appeared!

The slender Harpoons with barbs that were thrown directly pierced through the bodies of those six or seven unlucky Gnolls.

The sharp fork heads even poked out from their backs.

Before the Gnolls who had fallen to the ground could let out a wail.

In front of them, the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs drew out new Harpoons with a backhand motion, not even looking, and threw another wave of Harpoons fiercely at the Gnolls and Wild Goblins who had already reached within 10 meters, looking at their innocent yet terrifying faces!

Throwing Harpoons before charging was itself a specialty of the Lake Rats Veteran Thugs.

If the opponent didn't change their formation.

Or didn't consider using Shields to block, or charging up to these Lake Rats members for close combat.

Then these Lake Rats thugs would be very happy to do as they were doing now.

Pick up the Harpoons in their hands.

Just like fishing in the Great Lakes, they would aim at their targets and throw the Harpoons one by one!

If you didn't consider aiming, a round of javelin throwing would only take seven or eight seconds.

Let alone these Lake Rats Veteran Thugs who were extremely skilled at throwing.

In this short period of less than twenty seconds.

They had already thrown four or five rounds of Harpoons.

In front of them, those aggressive, huddled-together Gnolls and Wild Goblins, who had no space to dodge and could only use their bodies to withstand these Harpoons, were already lying on the ground, a third of them.

With 1-meter-long Harpoons stuck in their bodies, the tearing wounds caused massive bleeding, instantly putting them into shock or severe injury.

With wails and painful howls.

This caused the remaining two-thirds of the Gnolls and Wild Goblins, who were almost in front of the Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, to hesitate in their steps, and their eyes filled with fear.

Because at this moment, they not only saw the Lake Rats Veteran Thugs drawing their Woodland Axes, preparing for melee combat.

They also saw, right behind these Lake Rats Veteran Thugs.

Led by 15 Swadian Footmen, supported by 30 Swadian Footmen behind them, raising 45 Spears over 2 meters long, they advanced past the Lake Rats Veteran Thugs, then leveled their Spears, step by step, beginning to press towards them, a Pike Square like a forest!

At this moment, the fire door of the stairwell was just pushed open.

Zhang Caidong and the Sun Family Brothers walked out.

Looking at the battle situation before them, which had fallen into an absolute disadvantage in just a few minutes, they were dumbfounded!