News of the Enemy's Arrival

The Xiaolong River is not far from the apartment.

It's only two blocks away, a walk of about 20 minutes.

When his predecessor was still acting alone, he often came here to fetch water, or in his leisure time, when he was in a bad mood, he would come to the bank of the Xiaolong River to watch the water splash.

"This scenery is indeed beautiful." So Shen Mu, riding on the white steed standardly issued to the Sacred Tree Cavalry, holding the reins, stood on the riverbank embankment, gazing at the calm river surface, about 50 meters wide, flowing gently, and felt a surge of emotion.

Just below the river embankment, there was a platform specially prepared for fishermen, which also served as a viewing platform along the river.

It was just right for fetching water.

The 30 Swadian Recruits had already lined up and walked down. With the sound of splashing water, buckets of river water were poured into containers, and they were quickly filled to the brim.

However, this river water in the plastic buckets still looked somewhat yellowish and turbid, and could not be drunk directly.

This was related to the fact that there was a lot of dirt in it.

Similarly.

It was also closely related to the fact that after the Necromantic Rules descended, they polluted everything in the Blue Star world, including the river water.

Ordinary Blue Star people would vomit and have diarrhea if they drank it, and long-term consumption would lead to various diseases causing their physical fitness to decline rapidly, and even produce various negative effects leading to death.

And the only way to solve this problem was to go home and boil the water with firewood.

Only water that had been boiled by fire could be drunk normally again.

"However, as long as one becomes a follower of a Spiritual Realm Creature, or becomes a Professional, then one can effectively improve their resistance to the Necromantic Rules, and there is no problem in drinking this fresh water polluted by the Necromantic Rules directly."

Shen Mu also thought of some information he had heard when his predecessor was still a lone wolf.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked to the side.

10 silent Swadian Heavy Cavalry, wearing Flat-Topped Helmets, heavy Chain Armor, and fully armored with both rider and horse, were holding their Lances towards the sky, waiting by his side, looking imposing.

This immediately brought a smile to Shen Mu's lips: "My lord, times have changed!" He liked this meme.

Just at this moment, a dialogue box suddenly flashed on Shen Mu's Retina.

[Ding! Temporary Mission System detected an event!]
[Mission Issued: Enemy's Outpost.]
[Mission Brief: Your Castle is established on the floor of the Apartment, but this has also attracted the attention of malicious bad guys. Now, he has dispatched his troops to attack your territory. And the enemy's outpost, in order to seize credit, has already rushed towards you impatiently.]
[Mission Requirements: Defeat the enemy's outpost.]
[Mission Rewards: ① Swadian Reputation +1 point; ② Immigrant Tide (small) × 1 wave; ③ Light Ballista × 1.]

It turned out to be another Temporary Mission from the Mount & Blade System.

"Enemy, outpost."

Shen Mu frowned slightly, scanning the two key words on the dialogue box, his face becoming a little gloomy:

"I knew it. At that time, I was still in the Magic Ball Modifier and hadn't come out, which caused me to not detect the invading Gnolls and Wild Goblin Bandits in time. When I went down, I only routed them and didn't completely annihilate them, which was like letting the tiger return to the mountain and leaving a hidden danger."

It seemed that now, they had brought people back for revenge.

And.

It was indeed the style of the Diesel Company.

Only that notorious Diesel Company, which regarded most of Balihe Street as its sphere of influence, was qualified to form a troop.

The residual memory left by Shen Mu's predecessor was very clear.

In Balihe Street, except for a Lord called the Green Leaf Group in the wetland forest park that was once preserved at the junction of the city and the suburbs, who could simply contend with the Diesel Company by virtue of the complex environment.

There was no other force that could stand in front of the Diesel Company!

Moreover, because of the lesson from the Green Leaf Group, since a year ago, as long as any Spiritual Realm Mark appeared in Balihe Street, the Diesel Company would send people to frantically snatch it.

This also led to the extremely poor situation of lone wolves in Balihe Street today, and their strength was not enough to contend with the Diesel Company.

"Since that's the case." Shen Mu turned his head to look at the Swadian Recruits who had all finished fetching water, helping each other, and carrying the containers of water back to the river embankment, so he shook the reins and ordered: "Go back and prepare for battle."

"Yes." The Swadian Heavy Cavalry responded, also shaking their reins, and followed Shen Mu's figure.

They all returned to the Castle inside the apartment.

Shen Mu also realized that the zigzag stairs not only hindered the enemy's attack time, but also indeed reduced the attack ability of his Swadian troops.

Looking at the central Corridor on the fifth floor, these Swadian Heavy Cavalry actually needed to dismount and lead their horses slowly.

This awkward appearance made Shen Mu's face look a little unpleasant.

But there was nothing he could do.

Shen Mu, in terms of the number of personnel and troops he possessed, was still at an absolute disadvantage.

If he gave up such a complex defensive environment, once he encountered a large number of enemy attacks, he was afraid that it would be a situation where ants could bite an elephant to death.

Moreover, Shen Mu considered himself not yet an elephant, not even a baby elephant.

"I still have to develop." Shen Mu sighed.

Just in the short time Shen Mu returned.

Because the news of the impending enemy attack had been relayed, all the Mount & Blade Soldiers sprang into action.

In the 10-meter corridor in front of the Castle Hall, 45 Swadian Footmen had already lined up. They all held their spears upright, either level or angled, and the dense spearheads immediately formed a Pike Square, ready for battle.

Inside the Castle, in addition to the 10 Swadian Recruits who had gone to the Stronghold Main House to guard the spiral staircase of the Tower,

The remaining 20 Swadian Recruits also gathered in the Castle Hall, serving as a reserve force in case of any accidents. At that time, they would fight desperately to fill any gaps in the battle formation.

However, if it came to that, it would definitely be when the 10 Lake Rats Veteran Thugs and the 25 Lake Rats Recruits had all encountered problems and were forced into a desperate situation.

The Lake Rats members, totaling 35, were currently checking the javelins on their backs.

The Lake Rats Veteran Thugs were equipped with 10 harpoons.

The Lake Rats Recruits were equipped with 8 fishing darts.

Lake Rats members, who were skilled at throwing javelins before charging to damage the enemy's shields and armor, and even disrupt their formation with javelins, and then charging in with Woodland Axes and Small Bladed Axes to fight, were far more efficient in attack than Swadian Footmen, who were line-holding troops!

Moreover, while the Ballistas were ready on the Castle's Tower and balconies, 10 Mercenary Crossbowmen leading 20 Mercenary Sentinels had already occupied various advantageous shooting positions.

Whether it was War Crossbows or Light Crossbows, their strings had been drawn, and the crossbow bolts were loaded into the shooting slots.

They aimed the arrowheads at the entrance of the central corridor, in the direction of the Fire Door!

"However, this time, I won't let those guys escape easily." Shen Mu turned his head at this moment to look at the Swadian Heavy Cavalry who were already mounted on their warhorses and lined up in two rows in the Castle Hall, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Charging Heavy Cavalry from the stairwell was his dream!