Mount & Blade: The Real Game
Chapter 7

The Spiritual Realm Scene Inside the Door

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The apartment door was abruptly pulled open by Shen Mu.

"Kill!"

The five Swadian Militia at the front still held up their Spears, wanting to lead the ten Swadian Recruits behind them to charge in again.

But after only taking two steps forward, their expressions changed slightly, and they even stopped in their tracks.

"Lord Shen Mu... here... there seem to be no enemies."

A Swadian Militia member spoke hesitantly.

"What's going on?" Shen Mu frowned. The claim of no enemies was a bit ridiculous.

Drawing the Longsword from his waist.

Shen Mu had just pushed aside the Swadian Recruits blocking the front, and his expression also changed slightly as he looked at the scene behind the door.

What appeared before his eyes at this moment was not the thirty-square-meter room of an apartment at all.

Instead, it was a room built with stone and wood, similar to a medieval style, or rather, a room with the style of a Spiritual Realm Human Race castle Lord!

The entire area was about 600 square meters, and the whole room was built with stone walls and pillars, as well as a large amount of wood.

There was also a huge long table in the middle.

"It looks like a hall that Lords use for banquets."

A well-informed Swadian Militia member who had served as a servant for Lords spoke at this moment.

"Be on guard! Maintain vigilance!" But Shen Mu slowly spoke, interrupting them.

His Longsword was held tightly in his hand.

His eyes coldly scanned this empty Lord's Hall, which also carried a slight smell of decay in the air.

And while breathing, Shen Mu also keenly noticed the slight stench lingering in the air.

It was the smell of sulfur.

"Be careful, everyone." The expressions of these Swadian Militia and Recruits also became solemn.

Because under their observation, they also keenly discovered that on the ground of this Lord's Hall, there were quite a few corpses lying scattered about at this time.

They were all in pieces, dismembered, and even had tooth marks on the severed limbs.

This was enough to show that something bad had happened here.

They waited for a moment.

Nothing unusual appeared.

"Alright." Shen Mu's expression was solemn. While holding the Longsword in one hand, he waved his left hand backward: "Retreat."

The Swadian Militia and Recruits immediately retreated in an orderly manner.

They left this place again through the narrow anti-theft door behind them.

After everyone had retreated.

Shen Mu directly reached out and closed the anti-theft door. As the sound of it automatically locking again with a 'click' appeared, his expression improved slightly.

"I didn't expect a fragment of a Spiritual Realm Scene to appear on this floor."

Shen Mu slowly let out a breath.

He understood that this so-called fragment of a Spiritual Realm Scene was a location that had flowed out after the collapse of that fantasy-side crystal wall system, wrapped in a time seal.

As long as one stepped into it, it meant breaking the time seal, and time inside began to flow again.

During the day, the danger level might not be high.

But at night.

Due to the Necromantic Rules, it would be filled with countless Undead Monsters everywhere.

"This is indeed a tricky problem."

Shen Mu pursed his lips.

Although the monsters in the Spiritual Realm Scene would not easily appear in reality.

However, having such a door connecting to a dangerous Spiritual Realm Scene on this apartment floor did indeed make Shen Mu worried.

After all, what separated the Spiritual Realm Scene from reality was truly just that thin iron anti-theft door.

If they encountered a powerful, or rather, a higher-level Undead Monster with similar intelligence.

This iron anti-theft door would not be able to stop their advance.

Ding! Your mission is complete! You have cleared the floor and all rooms, confirming that there are no longer any enemies here and it is completely occupied by you. You have received mission rewards: Bread × 5 portions; Wheat Field × 1 mu; Recruit Upgrade Scroll (10 people) × 1.

Just as Shen Mu returned to his apartment room, looking at the room in front of him which was piled full, before he could say anything, a dialogue box appeared before his eyes.

At the same time, streams of data began to appear from Shen Mu's brow and extended into the room.

After the data stream disappeared and the light faded.

In the corner, there were now five loaves of bread, each as thick as an adult's thigh, brown and extremely dense.

And a card with a wheat pattern printed on it, which appeared in Shen Mu's mind.

There was also a rolled-up scroll with soldiers training depicted on its surface.

"Bread, a wheat field, and a Recruit Upgrade Scroll." Shen Mu slowly opened his eyes.

He knew that these were the rewards he received after completing the mission this time.

His eyes held a hint of surprise.

"It seems the Spiritual Realm Scene in that last room wasn't included in the mission completion conditions, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy to complete the mission."

This was an unexpected bonus.

Shen Mu turned his head to look at the bread in the corner, which was as thick as an adult's thigh, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He wouldn't have to worry about staple food for the next few days.

"And the Upgrade Scroll."

Shen Mu's thoughts stirred slightly.

A thin scroll, seemingly made of parchment, appeared in his hand.

It was also tied with a parchment string, and there were patterns of soldiers holding weapons on its surface.

[Recruit Upgrade Scroll (10 people)] [Description: This is a scroll that can instantly upgrade 10 newly recruited recruits.] [Function: Upgrade to Tier 2 Unit.]

The description of this item appeared before Shen Mu's eyes.

"Instantly upgrade to Tier 2 Unit." The smile at the corner of Shen Mu's mouth never disappeared. "Use!"

He chose to use it directly.

Instantly, the parchment scroll in Shen Mu's hand turned into a data stream and surged towards the only 10 Tier 1 Swadian Recruits he currently had.

The upgrade was in progress.

After only a dozen seconds, the white light dissipated.

The previously thin Swadian Recruits, who looked no older than 16, had undergone a huge change.

Just like the 5 Swadian Militia next to them.

Their bodies had become a bit plumper, their age seemed to have reached around 18, and they looked as if they had undergone training, their eyes had become firm, and their weapons and equipment had all been replaced with standard Kingdom of Swadia types.

Although they were still incomparable to true regular soldiers, within the territory of the Kingdom of Swadia, fighting bandits and robbers and driving out rebels was already a job they could handle.

"Greetings to you! Lord Shen Mu!" These Swadian Militia saluted Shen Mu by placing their hands on their chests.

"Mm, very good." Shen Mu raised his hand in response.

15 Swadian Militia.

Each equipped with a Shield, Spear, and Hunting Crossbow.

They had also received basic military training.

In combat, they could form better Spear Phalanxes or Shield Walls.

Their combat power had been greatly improved!

Shen Mu was quite satisfied.

"But what should I do with this remaining 1 mu of Wheat Field?" Shen Mu rubbed his chin.

A dialogue box appeared before his eyes.

[Wheat Field (Crop Building)] [Description: This contains 1 mu of land from the Suno Plain, on which dense and healthy wheat is growing. The wheat ears are full of plump grains and are ready for harvest soon.] [Function: Obtain 1 mu of fertile land with wheat ready for harvest soon.]

The description above was simple.

That is.

Where should this 1 mu of Wheat Field be placed?

"I can't just put it in the green belt downstairs, can I?" Shen Mu's expression was a bit helpless at this moment.

It would be simple to put it in the green belt downstairs in the residential area.

The problem was, it would attract envious eyes.

If it were harvested, it was uncertain who these wheat grains would belong to.

And it was also very likely to expose his Mount & Blade System, attracting unnecessary trouble.

In Shen Mu's mind, the card with the wheat drawn on it was floating.

As Shen Mu's thoughts touched the card, a faint, ethereal light shield, yet real in his eyes, appeared on it!

"Huh? What is this?!" Shen Mu subconsciously looked at the light shield extending from the card.

It began to spread around him.

It even followed his feet, extending towards the surrounding rooms.

So much so that in Shen Mu's eyes,

It was as if pieces of wheat fields were evenly distributed among the rooms of these apartments!

"This is..." Shen Mu suddenly remembered what he had added earlier: "Mount & Blade Map Editor!?"

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