When Shen Mu learned of this news, he was still researching the issue of Faith Power.
However, upon hearing the news, he immediately turned and went to the Su Family Village Station.
Beside him, Aleron, Lezalit, and Bestour, these three generals, already stood by his side, each holding their weapons.
They all cautiously watched the bottom of the half-built subway commercial complex at the Su Family Village Station.
Because that was where the subway platform and subway tunnel of the Su Family Village Station were located.
And it was also the source from which those Hell Devil appeared and attacked him last night.
Of course, caution was needed.
"Lord Shen Mu, the sound coming from this subway tunnel is a bit off, and we've detected that there seems to be something inside."
A Kujit Steppe Bandit from the Kujit Khanate came to Shen Mu's side to report, "It sounds like bones tapping on the ground. Based on some information we've received before, we speculate that these should be Skeleton Soldiers among the Undead Monster that are marching."
These Kujit Steppe Bandit had already learned from Aleron and the Holy Tree Knight what the Skeleton Soldiers among the Undead Monster were.
Ultimately, they were Undead Monster formed by a group of Skeletons that had emerged from graves.
Their entire bodies were made of bones pieced together.
Therefore, when they made the countless continuous crisp sounds of bones tapping on the ground,
These Kujit Steppe Bandit immediately thought that these should be the Skeleton Soldiers.
"Hmm, your analysis is very accurate."
Shen Mu nodded at this moment, agreeing with the analysis of these Steppe Bandit, because when he arrived at the subway tunnel entrance, he had already noticed that these crisp bone-tapping sounds were indeed the marching sounds of those Skeleton Soldiers.
Because the feet of those Skeleton frames were also bones, controlled by death spirit energy to walk normally.
Therefore, every time they walked, the clattering sounds were like bones being struck.
Just like the sounds appearing now.
Continuous, as if countless people were tapping bones in the subway tunnel.
Extremely clear.
"But why are there so many Skeleton frames?"
Shen Mu frowned at this moment. Although he understood that Undead Monster were the absolute main monster occupying the current Blue Star World.
Their numbers were boundless.
But it was daytime now.
Those Undead Monster could not possibly leave the areas occupied by death spirit rules where darkness existed.
As long as they appeared in daylight where sunlight shone, they would instantly be shattered into bone ash and completely annihilated.
Therefore, even standing at the subway entrance, Shen Mu felt no fear.
Moreover, even when night fell and death spirit rules permeated the entire world, seemingly turning the entire world into a death spirit world,
Shen Mu would not fear those low-level Skeleton Soldiers at all.
To him, the combat power of these Skeleton Soldiers was even inferior to that of first-tier recruits.
Even the most ordinary Calradia Farmers, armed with pitchforks and wooden sticks, could easily deal with a Skeleton Soldier.
If they could overcome their fear, a normal Farmer could easily take down three or four Skeleton Soldiers without any problem.
After all, those wobbling Skeleton had considerable difficulty walking. Although they looked quite terrifying, their actual combat power was basically no different from that of an eight or nine-year-old child.
If an eight or nine-year-old child was stronger or braver, they could even deliver a fatal blow to these wobbling low-level Skeleton Soldiers with a wooden stick.
This was why Shen Mu disdained those so-called Undead Monster.
As long as one mastered the power of rules, one could inflict effective damage on these Undead Monster.
Ordinary Blue Star Humans indeed did not master the power of rules, and therefore could not inflict effective damage on Undead Monster, only able to hide and hope that these Undead Monster would not discover them.
However, as long as these Blue Star Humans found the inheritance of marks from the spirit world and obtained some items from the spirit world, even rotten wood from the spirit world, they could effectively strike these Undead Monster.
It was just because at the very beginning, Blue Star Humans did not know that such a thing would happen.
That's why when the death spirit rules descended, the losses were so heavy.
It was because the humans of the Blue Star World simply did not know about this, and after they did know, because too many people had been lost at that time, they were no longer able to form a numerical advantage for Blue Star Humans, and could only be forced to barely survive.
"Aleron, Lezalit, and Bestour."
Shen Mu slowly spoke at this moment, calling out the names of his three generals, and then turned to look at the Holy Tree Knight.
"We are here."
The three generals and the Holy Tree Knight immediately stepped forward, responding solemnly to Shen Mu, "Please command us!"
"Now I need you to follow me down and see what's going on below," Shen Mu said slowly.
And immediately dismounted from his Holy Tree Heavy Steed.
Jumping to the ground.
He reached out to hold the hilt of his knight's sword, and casually hung the long spear in his hand on the horse hook on the horse's back.
And right behind him, the three generals had also dismounted and come over.
Including the 110 Holy Tree Knight, as the personal guard, they also dismounted cleanly and stood behind Shen Mu and the three generals, neatly forming a small square formation.
However, these Holy Tree Knight did not give up their long spears, because although they had dismounted and become dismounted knights,
With their armor and weapons, they could still be used as heavy infantry.
Therefore, they could also form a long spear formation.
Even Aleron, Lezalit, and Bestour still held their long spears and lances in their hands.
They also possessed rich experience in close-quarters combat.
And they clearly understood that in such a confined space, as long as they formed a long spear formation, the enemy could only attack them from the front, so having the long-pole weapons in their hands would be more effective than their one-handed weapons.
"Let's go." Shen Mu looked at the generals and Holy Tree Knight who were already prepared, then waved his hand forward, personally leading them towards the first floor of the subway commercial complex.
The first floor of the subway commercial complex had already been built, so it could barely serve as their initial entry area.
And there were no windows around to block it, so the evening sun could still shine in, letting light spill inside.
In this way, the darkness condensed with death spirit rules would not be effective.
Therefore, the first floor of the subway commercial complex was still a relatively safe location.
The only unsafe place was the staircase leading from the subway commercial complex to the subway station platform on the basement level.
The staircase was already occupied by darkness after descending about half a meter, and within the darkness, there was a renewed condensation, clearly a place filled with death spirit rules, and just below these renewed and dark-filled stairs.
Sounds of clattering bones continuously emanated from within.
And as they entered the first floor of the subway commercial complex,
The lingering sounds of bones became increasingly dense, making Shen Mu and the others feel a peculiar sense of suppression upon arriving on the first floor of the subway commercial complex.
Especially Shen Mu, who frowned slightly at this moment.
Because the Holy Tree Knight suit on his body had begun to feel hot, clearly the mithril within it was reminding him that evil was approaching.
Or rather, he had already approached a place where evil existed.
"These are not ordinary Skeletons."
Shen Mu's brows furrowed at this moment, and he spoke slowly, almost instinctively.
"Not ordinary Skeletons? Lord Shen Mu, what does that mean?" Beside Shen Mu, Lezalit and Bestour's faces also showed some confusion.
They now held long spears and lances, protecting Shen Mu like personal guard captains.
When they heard Shen Mu's subconscious mutterings, their expressions also became slightly grave.
After all, when they arrived at the subway commercial complex, looking at the deep subway area enveloped by darkness, the gray mist emanating from it, and the sounds of bones clattering within, their mood had also become suppressed.
It is the unknown that people fear the most.
They had not encountered the true so-called Undead Monster, so they instinctively raised their guard.
And it was precisely these precautions that made them more suppressed and more solemn.
Of course, if they had, like Aleron, first encountered those Undead Monster and personally cut down and shattered some Undead Monster, then they would be as relaxed as Aleron was now.
"Relax a bit, even if they're not ordinary Skeletons, they won't pose an effective threat to us." Aleron shrugged at this moment, saying casually, "No matter how strong those Skeleton frames and Zombies are, they're basically on par with ordinary Vigia Recruit or Vagir Light Infantry, so there's no need to worry too much about the threat."
"If that's the case, then that's great." Lezalit and Bestour exchanged glances, both seeing the gradually relaxing emotions in each other's eyes.
Of course, the long spears and lances they tightly gripped showed no slackening.
After all, as long as they were enemies, they needed to stay alert.
On the Calradia continent, countless strong individuals had been defeated due to underestimating their opponents.
Therefore, the two of them certainly did not want to suffer such a defeat.
In response, Aleron merely smiled slightly and said nothing more, because he understood that even if all these Skeleton frames and Zombies below were added together, their combat power would only be average.
The only threats were those Ghoul, or the previously heard of Skeleton Cavalry, and special Undead Monster like Skeleton Archers.
Even if Shen Mu said these were not Skeleton Soldiers, Aleron felt little fear.
Because besides Skeleton Soldiers, there were also Skeleton Soldiers.
Aleron had encountered Skeleton-type troops whose entire Skeletons had turned Ash-black and gleamed with a special metallic luster, and he had even personally led teams onto the battlefield to slaughter them.
They would still be shattered into pieces by the weapons in his hands, and they would be rushed by his brave Mount & Blade Soldiers and turned into a pile of useless Skeleton on the ground.
Therefore, Aleron had no fear at all.
“What appeared under this subway superstore should indeed be the Skeleton Legion.” Shen Mu did not hide his thoughts at this time, and said, “And there are many of them, they seem to have been marching all along.”
As he spoke, Shen Mu followed the special frequency of the sound coming from below and subconsciously looked to the east. To be precise, it should be the northeast direction.
And just over there was Angang Street.
“My Lord, do you mean that the Skeleton Legion in these subway tunnels is marching towards Angang Street?”
At this moment, Aleron, Lezalit, and Bestour all had a look of surprise on their faces.
Originally, they all thought that the reason these Skeleton Legions or Skeleton Legions in the subway tunnels came to Su Family Village Station was to attack them.
After all, their human territories had always been subjected to attacks and harassment from these Undead Monsters.
Now Shen Mu actually said that the target and destination of the Skeleton Legion in these subway tunnels were not New Rivadin, the Vigia Castle where he was located.
Instead, it was Angang Street, which was further to the northeast.
This truly surprised and puzzled them.
After all, they clearly knew that Angang Street in the northeast was occupied by Hell Devil.
It could even be said that Angang Street itself was the territory owned by Hell Devil.
Now these Undead Monsters had actually begun to advance towards that direction.
It truly made them quite puzzled and confused.
“Then we don’t need to go down.”
Shen Mu suddenly thought of a guess at this moment.
That is, whether the rules and the monsters under the rules can get along harmoniously.
Thinking back to when he was attacked by demon monsters before, those Undead Monsters did not launch additional attacks.
When he was attacked by Undead Monsters, there were no demon monsters around.
Including when Hell Devil appeared, neither Undead Monsters nor demon monsters appeared.
This was a special thought that had always surfaced in Shen Mu’s mind: “Monsters under different rules tacitly do not confront each other, and do not engage in fierce mutual slaughter, but that does not mean they are allies, nor does it mean they are in a cooperative relationship.”
Shen Mu touched his chin at this moment: “If any friction occurs, then both sides will still resolve the problem through battle.”
After all, Shen Mu had seen many times that when the abyss rules appeared, the death spirit rules were excluded.
When the hell rules appeared, the death spirit rules were also excluded.
And when the death spirit rules were too strong, neither the hell rules nor the abyss rules would appear.
“And then, coupled with the Skeleton Legion marching towards Angang Street, and the ground covered in Skeleton fragments when I first entered the subway tunnel.”
Shen Mu frowned slightly at this moment: “Or is it because the Skeleton Legion in the subway tunnel is fighting those Hell Devil, which is why such a sound of marching towards the northeast was produced?”
Shen Mu analyzed and pondered seriously in contemplation.
And in fact, his analysis was already close to the truth of the matter.
“Lord Shen Mu, do we still need to go down and see what happened?”
At this moment, Aleron held his spear tightly and turned to Shen Mu to ask.
And right next to him, Lezalit and Bestour also turned to Shen Mu.
As long as Shen Mu gave the order, they would immediately pick up their spears and rush down the stairs in front of them.
And their eyes were filled with eagerness to try.
Including the 110 Holy Tree Knights of the Holy Tree Knight Order behind them, they also gripped their spears tightly, and their gazes towards Shen Mu were extremely firm and full of fighting spirit.
“No need.”
But Shen Mu raised his hand, refusing their offer to fight.
He pondered for a moment.
Looking at the stairs leading to the subway platform, and the solidified darkness and gray mist half a meter below, Shen Mu said in a deep voice: “It’s getting dark now, and our main goal is to immediately return behind the city wall.”
“Go back?” The three generals in front of them and the Holy Tree Knights behind them were all a little stunned.
They didn't expect Shen Mu to tell them to go back.
“Hmm.” Shen Mu said lightly: “Perhaps these Skeleton Legions did not come to us on their own initiative, and there is no need for us to investigate here.”
Shen Mu wanted to confirm his guess.
After all, if these Skeleton Legions were truly fighting those Hell Devil to the northeast.
Then New Rivadin, this castle established by him in Su Family Village, would gain some buffer space.
He wouldn't have to worry about those Hell Devil retaliating against him again.
After all, as long as the Skeleton Legion and the Hell Devil clashed, and both were engaged in a fierce battle within the subway tunnels, it meant that the subway tunnels had been blocked, and those Hell Devil would not easily pass through the tunnels to reach his area and attack his castle.
Those Hell Devil would definitely have to deal with the Skeleton Legion first before they could deal with him.
Of course, Shen Mu didn't understand why the Skeleton Legion would clash with the Hell Devil, but as long as a clash occurred, he would have buffer space.
Not only could he quickly build his castle and his town.
He could also recruit more soldiers to make his military strength more sufficient.
“That’s how it is.”
Shen Mu also briefly explained his reasons to his three generals at this time; at least he needed to make his three generals understand why he was retreating.
And looking at the setting sun, which had already fallen on the horizon, struggling to release its last dim yellow light.
Shen Mu also said: “If no Undead Monsters appear here tonight, and no armies of Hell Devil appear here, then it means my guess has been confirmed, and we indeed have a certain buffer space.”
“Understood.”
Aleron, Lezalit, and Bestour also nodded with some regret at this moment.
The three of them were all battle-crazed generals.
They longed for battle.
However, they still decided to obey Shen Mu's arrangements.
After all, they also understood that the construction of the castle and town was more important.
So, after a brief check and confirming that there were no abnormalities, they led all their troops back into the city walls.
'Buzz!'
And as soon as they returned to the city wall.
The Vigia Guerilla Shooters closed the city gate.
Then outside, as the dim yellow light of the setting sun completely disappeared, and the last bit of sunlight vanished into the darkness.
A soul-level tremor instantly spread throughout the entire Blue Star World.
It was dark.
“Light the bonfires and torches.”
Shen Mu made arrangements at this moment.
At the same time, he stood on the city gate, looking at the pitch-black darkness outside, as if it were solidified black jelly, with subtle wisps of gray mist permeating through it.
He also subconsciously placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
“It’s a pity that within the range of this castle, the power of Mount & Blade Rules cannot cover a large area around it like in Deherim.”
Shen Mu looked at the darkness and gray mist that had already appeared about two or three meters away from the city wall, and a hint of solemnity appeared in his eyes.
This indicated that the Mount & Blade Rules were still in a relatively weak position in this area.
This also meant that the development of New Rivadin, this Vigia Castle, still needed to get back on track.
At least, this castle needed to become stronger and stronger.
“After tonight, I will need to return to Deherim first, gather those Blue Star Humans, and have them quickly provide me with Faith Power.”
Shen Mu had now discovered that Faith Power was a very useful thing; as long as he obtained enough Faith Power, he could make his castle and town develop faster.
And there were as many as twenty to thirty thousand Blue Star Humans left outside Deherim, and Shen Mu did not want to let them go.
After all, these were all human-shaped Faith Power providers.
They were still quite important resources.
It would not be good if they were kidnapped by other forces while he was away.
After all, Shen Mu now felt a hint of hostility towards his verbal ally, the Green Leaf Group, which had established a Wood Elf Village in the City Garden wetlands of Long City.
This might be the reason for the saying 'a man's wealth is his own ruin'.
And it should also be a fundamental conflict of interest where one mountain cannot hold two tigers.
At least for Shen Mu, he needed Faith Power.
Then the Green Leaf Group, which competed with him for Blue Star Humans as Faith Power providers, was obviously not so friendly.
If he thought about it carefully, their verbal agreement was also to jointly deal with the Diesel Company, this Orc Tribe.
And since the Diesel Company had been annihilated and the Orc Tribe had been destroyed.
Then the verbal alliance between the two sides was no longer necessary.
It automatically transformed from an alliance into a neutral but hostile, essentially interest-conflicting, delicate relationship.
The fact that they hadn't torn each other's faces yet might also be because the Orc Tribe had just been annihilated.
And Shen Mu, thinking about it now, should also understand that the Green Leaf Group must have developed a sense of caution towards him, after all, his troops had directly annihilated the powerful Diesel Company and the Orc Tribe.
For the Green Leaf Group, which was originally in a weaker position, this should have been a very impactful deterrent.