Of course, for Zhang Bo, it was impossible for him to truly climb over the barrier and jump directly from the 3rd floor, after all, in his heart, his espionage had not yet been discovered, and the Wood Elves of the Green Leaf Group outside had not exposed him.
Given this situation, if he were to climb over the barrier and jump down now, falling to his death, it would be of no benefit to him or the Green Leaf Group.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bo also realized his current Gaffe, and quickly forced himself to adjust his inner fear, regaining his composure.
“Sorry, I lost my composure. I’ve never seen such a brutal battle before, especially on the front lines of intense combat. I was truly terrified.”
Zhang Bo was still making excuses for his current actions.
However, to Shen Mu and the Holy Tree Knights beside him, they merely glanced at him without saying much. Only Shen Mu walked over and patted Zhang Bo’s shoulder, saying with concern, “It’s alright, Mr. Zhang Bo. War is cruel like this. As a Prophecy-type Mage, and having lived in this apocalypse for three years, such fear and terror are truly inappropriate.”
“So, I’m very sorry.”
Zhang Bo looked at Shen Mu, who was patting his chest, and forced a smile. But compared to his pale face and the countless cold sweats on his forehead, this smile looked more like a miserable, bitter smile: “I truly haven’t seen such a massacre, Lord Shen Mu. When you deployed all your troops earlier, I thought I was going to die too, but I didn’t expect it to be an ambush that killed all these suddenly appearing enemies here. This is truly brilliant.”
Zhang Bo even said words of praise against his will.
“Hahahahahahaha.”
Shen Mu immediately smiled, then turned to look at the Holy Tree Knights who were advancing towards the city wall, who were also 4th-tier archers. The smile on his face did not diminish in the slightest: “That’s right, this is my ambush. I used to always wonder what would happen if my Castle District was empty of troops and enemies suddenly broke in? It would definitely be a massacre, and my life would be in danger. So, from then on, I always arranged some reserve forces as ambushes in the main castle building and the city wall towers, hiding them to lure those enemies into my Castle District, eventually becoming lambs to the slaughter.”
As he spoke, Shen Mu pointed to the Wood Elves who were being brutally slaughtered below and said, “Just like this.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Zhang Bo’s face showed a smile, but it was a smile worse than crying: “Lord Shen Mu, you are truly too wise. I really don’t know how you came up with such a wise method.”
“Just think more about it and ponder it more often.” Shen Mu still smiled, placing his hand on his waist and saying with a laugh, “If you think more, there will always be a way.”
Zhang Bo then bowed respectfully to Shen Mu again, appearing completely convinced.
But his heart was already completely in despair.
For what was happening now, he felt that he should definitely bear the greatest responsibility.
Forget about good things like those Human Mages.
Now that so many elite Wood Elves from the Green Leaf Group had been lost, it was uncertain whether his always loyal cousins, Yang Di and Zhang Song, would be able to escape this Castle District after it was over.
So, Zhang Bo was no longer considering any grand plans of victory or beheading in his heart.
He had completely tossed this so-called grand plan aside in his heart, no longer considering this plan that once made him full of confidence, as if he were the Green Leaf Group's greatest contributor.
Because in Zhang Bo’s view, this plan had already failed, and it was the most tragic failure.
So, investing his efforts in this grand plan now would be inappropriate. He now needed to turn the tide and continue to hide by Shen Mu’s side, then fully utilize his role as a spy to ensure that the Green Leaf Group could survive as much as possible when subsequently attacked by Deherim.
At least they wouldn't lose even more miserably, or even be completely annihilated like the Diesel Company.
After all, Zhang Bo understood that behind the Green Leaf Group stood an entire powerful Wood Elf Plane, with tens of thousands of Wood Elves inside, which could be said to be a very powerful existence.
If something truly horrific happened to this Wood Elf Village, the Wood Elf Plane would definitely not stand by and do nothing.
Yes, Zhang Bo had placed all his hopes on that Wood Elf Plane, after all, he thought back to the powerful Wood Elf Plane that Zhang Song had described to him earlier, that Wood Elf Plane that could even form a plane world to barely survive after the collapse of the Spirit Realm Crystal Wall System.
If that Wood Elf Plane was willing to assist the Green Leaf Group's Wood Elf Village, perhaps it could generate the power to resist Deherim.
Although he knew that the Human troops Shen Mu possessed were truly quite powerful, and were also quite deeply bound to the Human Empire in the Astral Realm, through his understanding, he also discovered the biggest weakness in Shen Mu’s faction.
That was the lack of extraordinary power.
But it should be known that although the Wood Elf faction had already shed the High Elf bloodline and become a diluted, spontaneously formed sub-species of High Elves in the forest, or rather, a lower elven race.
Their extraordinary power had declined by more than ninety percent compared to High Elves, but the Elven race was still the Elven race, and the extraordinary power they possessed was still quite strong, especially according to his previous conversations with several core high-level members of the Green Leaf Group, he had even heard Yang Di, the general manager, mention that the powerful Great Elder in the Wood Elf Village was still a 9th-ring spellcaster, just one step away from advancing to the legendary level.
And becoming legendary was equivalent to being one of the few in the Spirit Realm. Powerful empires, or even entire empire-level nations, couldn't even gather enough to fill two hands.
Moreover, as long as a faction possessed a legendary spellcaster, or a legendary professional, it meant that as long as this legendary powerhouse was still alive, this faction was a major power in the entire Spirit Realm.
It was no longer something ordinary forces could contend with.
“As long as the Wood Elf Plane is willing to act, then the Green Leaf Group will definitely be fine.” Zhang Bo had now placed all his hopes on the Wood Elf Plane.
However, he didn't notice that as he lowered his head and looked at the situation outside, Shen Mu's lips curled up more and more, and the smile on his face became happier and happier.
Because this battle was about to end.
“Yes, it’s about to end.” The smile on Shen Mu’s lips didn’t fade at all. The dialogue box displayed in front of his eyes also indicated that he was about to win.
【Temporary mission Stage 7 is about to end! You have currently killed 【1208 / 2000】 invading enemies, more than half.】
Just then, the requirements for Stage 7 also appeared on Shen Mu’s retina, which was to kill 2000 enemies.
Looking at the many corpses already lying throughout the Castle District, including the miserable wailing sounds coming from the stairs, and the number of invading enemies killed in the dialogue box constantly refreshing and rapidly increasing, he understood that it wouldn't be long before he would win Stage 7 of this temporary mission.
“What were the rewards for Stage 7 again?” At this moment, Shen Mu even had other thoughts to consider the mission rewards for Stage 7.
Just then, the dialogue box also appeared on his retina in response to his query.
【Stage 7 Completion Rewards — ① 100,000 dinar; ② Golden-grade Treasure Chest × 5; ③ All skill levels +1; ④ Extraordinary Building Replication Blueprints × 10; ⑤ All general skills bestowed; ⑥ Holy Light Enchantment from the Holy White Council × 1; ⑦ A random High-tier support unit (1000 people).】
Shen Mu looked at the rewards on the dialogue box, a total of 7 types, representing his Stage 7 rewards were also included.
After all, each time a stage of the mission was completed before.
Then the mission rewards would increase by one type, and the quality of the mission rewards would also increase by one level.
Look now.
Just the dinar alone had reached 100,000, plus 5 golden-grade treasure chests.
There was also another +1 level upgrade for all skills, and 10 extraordinary building replication blueprints, including all generals being able to receive skill bestowal.
It can be said that not only is Shen Mu no longer short of dinar now, but opening 5 rule-type protection or buff effects from the golden-grade treasure chests would make him extremely rich, not to mention the all-skill upgrades and extraordinary building blueprints.
In addition, all generals can also enjoy Shen Mu’s skills, thus inheriting all of Shen Mu’s own skills to those generals, giving them the ability to release extraordinary power.
The rewards for this Stage 7 mission were so generous that he hadn't even imagined it.
Moreover, looking at the Holy Light Enchantment from the Holy White Council once, plus a random High-tier support unit of 1000 people, made Shen Mu even more excited.
The Holy Light Enchantment of the Holy White Council means that the Holy White Council uses the abilities of high-level spellcasters to directly descend powerful enchantment abilities from the sky.
As long as it's not a creature of the evil alignment, as long as it's a normal living being, placing their weapon into the energy cluster condensed by the Holy Light can complete the enchantment, giving their weapon stronger destructive power against evil forces.
Although the duration only lasts for 30 minutes.
But within 30 minutes, to output a batch of powerful attacks with super strong destructive power against evil forces, looking at the Undead Legion’s attack that Shen Mu’s Deherim is facing now, one can understand that in their subsequent attacks against these Undead Monsters, they will not only have good defensive effects, but also let those Undead Monsters know what a more tragic blow looks like.
The most crucial thing is that Shen Mu knows very well that the terrifying monster in the death spirit rules that released extraordinary power three times and piled up three ramps has not yet appeared.
That spellcaster among the Undead Monsters, or even the commander among these Undead Legions, is the existence that makes Shen Mu most wary.
“Now that I’ve obtained this Holy Light Enchantment from the Holy White Council…” Shen Mu frowned at this moment, as if he had thought of something: “Does that mean the System is hinting to me that I’m about to fight that terrifying death spirit spellcaster!?”
Finally, Shen Mu’s gaze fell on the seventh reward at the very bottom: “A 1000-person High-tier troop support.”
He slowly spoke, his eyes also showing some solemnity.
This was the first time that the Mount & Blade System’s stage reward directly gave him such a high-level troop support reward.
High-tier.
These two words were not casually spoken.
Because according to the Mount & Blade System’s regulations, only troop types of 4th-tier and 5th-tier combined can be called High-tier.
Troops composed of 3rd-tier and 4th-tier can only be called Mid-tier.
It should be known that the Holy Tree Knight Order combat detachment of 1000 people that just entered was actually the final support troop rewarded by the System after the previous battle was completed.
Unexpectedly, this time, Shen Mu directly received the words “High-tier.”
It also sufficiently indicated that after Stage 7 is completed, the tasks for Stage 8 will be even more difficult.
“Then in that case, we need to be more vigilant.” Shen Mu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Bo, whose face was fluctuating between green and red, crying one moment and laughing the next, his expression extremely complex, as if he had gone mad. The smile at the corner of his mouth became increasingly mocking: “If it weren’t for this guy, perhaps I wouldn’t have been able to complete this series of missions so easily.”
Shen Mu merely went with the flow.
Based on the series of arrangements and plans made by Zhang Bo, he cleverly found the points where he could complete the mission in the simplest way and at the most opportune time.
And so, it became what it is now.
Zhang Bo and his Green Leaf Group completely declared their failure.
And he, taking advantage of the System’s rewards, completed the annihilation of the Green Leaf Group’s main force, and was about to contend with that Undead Monster, and was going to completely kill and defeat it with the help of the new mission rewards.
Now Shen Mu could guess that the legion composed of so many Undead Monsters outside, and an Undead Legion that was attacking in an orderly manner, might be the Undead Legions from beneath Long City.
If he could defeat them all.
Or even annihilate them all.
Then.
Shen Mu also wanted to know if the death spirit rules could still replenish such a large number of high-quality, elite Undead Legions. (End of this chapter)