Swadian Militia

"Lord Geng Jun, they're just ordinary human farmers. If you want, hehe, bring our four brothers, and we can slaughter them all!"

Geng Jun walked down the stairs. Right behind him, a Gnoll with a piece missing from its ear grinned and spoke.

The other Gnoll was also snickering and seemed eager to try.

"And then?" Geng Jun didn't react to this.

He just continued walking down the stairs.

He reminded them in a flat tone, "If we encounter the Black Tide, and there are no allies to help, are we just going to rely on me and the four of you to fight those Undead Monsters head-on?"

"Hehe, don't be angry, Lord Geng Jun. At least the four of us Gnolls are your allies."

That Gnoll wasn't annoyed by the rejection. It still followed behind Geng Jun and smiled indifferently.

Only the pink tongue sticking out from its mouth twitched twice, indicating that it was in a somewhat bad mood.

There was nothing it could do.

Fresh humans, and it seemed very likely they were humans from the Spiritual Realm, they hadn't tasted them in a long time.

Since breaking free from the seal and coming to this world, it had constantly missed the fresh, delicious, rich human flesh and blood.

But the otherworldly human in front of it had always blocked their greedy desires.

Hmph. It let out a rough gasp.

Hmph. Beside it, the fellow tribesman who had followed also let out a rough gasp.

Their eerie green eyes glanced at each other, and they immediately understood each other's intentions.

They also understood each other's mood.

They were both hungry.

"Also, let me remind you, if you want more of your tribesmen to come out of the seal, you need to collect more Spiritual Realm Marks."

Geng Jun spoke.

"Lord, what do you mean?" The Gnoll with the notched ear spoke sinisterly.

Its claws also began to feel for the hilt of its rusty curved saber.

Geng Jun was still going downstairs.

He showed no fear at all, even though he knew that these Spiritual Realm creatures following him had ulterior motives.

When he reached the fire door on the second floor, he turned around, looked the Gnoll directly in the eyes, and said seriously, "If the two of you, and the two staying at home, don't want to return to being sealed, then obey my orders honestly!"

The faces of these two originally unruly Gnolls became even more gloomy at this moment.

However, after three to five seconds.

They still struggled somewhat, slowly lowering their ferocious, wolf-like heads.

"As you command, Lord Geng Jun."

Geng Jun didn't say much more.

Instead, he pushed open the fire door and returned to his area on the second floor.

This was why, when he saw that Shen Mu had human Spiritual Realm creatures, he felt envious and approved.

You have soldiers that can be upgraded.

Upgradable unit: Swadian Recruits × 5.

For 20 Denar per person, they can be upgraded to: Swadian Militia.

The system then popped up a new dialogue box.

"20 Denar per person, and I can upgrade 5 Swadian Recruits to Swadian Militia."

Shen Mu felt as if the system knew how many Denar he had.

After all, he had just been rewarded 100 Denar last night.

"Confirm upgrade." Shen Mu made his choice.

Buzz!

A certain profound power descended again.

In Shen Mu's glabella, countless data streams appeared again.

They turned into data chains that extended directly into this room, especially to the 5 Swadian Recruits that Shen Mu had first summoned to this world.

They underwent huge changes in the white light formed by the data chains.

And all of this appeared after the white light dissipated.

"Swadian, Militia." Shen Mu looked at these 5 newly appeared soldiers and examined them carefully.

What appeared this time were indeed Swadian Militia.

Compared to the Recruits who were not much different from farmers, these Militia, who were about the same size but noticeably fatter and had completely changed their weapons and equipment, looked more like soldiers.

At this moment, these Swadian Militia were standing there, holding two-meter-long, more standardized spears.

They were wearing grayish-white cotton robes and cotton hats, carrying wooden shields made of similarly rotten planks pieced together on their backs. The one-handed weapons tucked into their waists had been replaced with pointed hoes, which had better armor-piercing effects.

And at the back of their waists, there was a quiver filled with 20 crossbow bolts, because a relatively rough hunting crossbow was hanging behind their buttocks.

"The main weapon is a spear, the secondary weapons are a pointed hoe and a wooden shield, plus a basic hunting crossbow."

Shen Mu's eyes showed a satisfied look: "Very good."

"Greetings to you, Lord Shen Mu!"

These upgraded Swadian Militia stood in a row respectfully and saluted Shen Mu.

"Mm, very good." Shen Mu nodded at them, as a response.

"Lord, we found some fresh vegetables and some food here." The Swadian Recruits who were still searching the rooms found quite a few things.

They were all found in the kitchen.

There were whole cabbages, a bundle of celery, two heads of cabbage, two small cartons of about 20 eggs, plus two 10-pound bags of rice.

They even found over ten pounds of frozen pork and beef after opening the refrigerator.

Plus bags of salt and various spices and seasonings.

It was a bountiful harvest!

"Mm, pack them all up and send them to our room." Shen Mu made arrangements.

This was the reason why time stopped flowing in the darkness after the Undead rules descended, and the supplies stored on Blue Star would not spoil or deteriorate.

It could also be considered a silver lining in the hardship.

"Let's continue to the next room." Shen Mu did not stop the pace of continuing the task.

After searching this room.

He continued to lead the team, taking the 5 Militia and the 10 Recruits, and began to check the apartment rooms one by one.

With these 5 more regular army-like Swadian Militia leading the charge, the battles were much easier.

When Shen Mu detected something unusual in a room, the moment the door was opened.

The spears in the hands of these 5 Swadian Militia could stab in extremely tricky and accurate ways.

Whether it was a Zombie or a Skeleton.

Or an Imp.

With one encounter, they could instantly stab them in the body.

Then, the Swadian Recruits following behind, holding long-handled sickles, would swarm forward and cut them down.

The battles ended easily.

"As expected of the Kingdom of Swadia, from low-level soldiers to high-level soldiers, they are all top-notch."

Shen Mu sighed.

The Kingdom of Swadia, as the strongest kingdom in the Mount & Blade: Warband world.

The Tier 1 Recruits had large shields that could cover their entire bodies, long-handled weapons, and one-handed axes that could pierce armor.

When they reached Tier 2 Militia, all the above weapons were upgraded, and they also gained a hunting crossbow that could shoot remotely.

Although the effective range of the hunting crossbow was only about 30 meters.

The damage was also low.

But that didn't matter, this was the configuration for Tier 2 soldiers.

Before engaging in close-quarters combat, it was obviously a good idea to first harass the enemy with a hunting crossbow.

If the numbers increased.

Even hunting crossbows could kill people!

"After clearing all the rooms, I will get a 10-person Upgrade Scroll."

Shen Mu was still quite tempted.

At that time, all the soldiers would be upgraded to Swadian Militia, and 15 hunting crossbows would be set up.

Coupled with the spears and large shields in the hands of these soldiers.

That would basically be able to block the narrow corridor, which was only about 1.5 meters wide.

Setting up a Spear Phalanx in such a confined environment.

Even if Geng Jun, whom he had just met, and the 2 Gnolls under his command wanted to charge over, they would probably have to pay a heavy price.

The clearing of the entire seventh floor of the apartment building was relatively fast, and by noon.

All 40 apartments were cleared.

"This is the last one. After we clear this apartment room, we'll go back for lunch."

Shen Mu waved forward.

"Understood!" The Swadian Militia and Recruits behind him responded eagerly.

After all, out of these dozens of apartments, only about ten had problems.

At most, there were only seven or eight Imps inside.

Or maybe two or three Zombies or Skeletons.

Facing them, they were simply swept away like a storm.

"Come, let me see what's in the last room." Shen Mu took out a wire and began to pick the lock, a familiar action.

But as he picked, his expression changed slightly.

He seemed to hear some movement inside the room.

And a sense of dread came over him.

"Something's wrong." Shen Mu turned his head and said in a deep voice to the Swadian soldiers behind him, "Prepare for battle."

At this moment, the Swadian Militia and Recruits also picked up their weapons and got ready.

Click. The wire picked the lock open.

Shen Mu immediately pulled open the door.