At the same time, based on your choices, the rewards for the eighth stage will be determined by different outcomes such as 'defeat/repel/kill'.
So, right before Shen Mu's eyes, the dialogue box popped up again.
And this time, the dialogue box that appeared was Shen Mu receiving the rewards for completing the 7th stage of the mission and the temporary mission entering its eighth stage.
Furthermore, more dialogue boxes began to appear before Shen Mu's eyes.
Congratulations! You have received the rewards for the 7th stage: ① 100,000 dinar; ② 5 Gold-tier Treasure Chests; ③ All skills upgraded +1 level; ④ 10 Transcendental Building Blueprints; ⑤ All generals' skills bestowed; ⑥ 1 Holy Light Enchantment from the Holy White Council; ⑦ A random high-tier support unit (1000 people).
Shen Mu merely glanced at the content of the dialogue box on his retina, and then he already had a plan in mind.
Without hesitation, he immediately made his arrangements: "Upgrade all my skills, then bestow skills upon all my generals, and explicitly confirm the arrival of the high-tier support unit."
These were the 3rd, 5th, and 7th rewards, respectively.
'Buzz!'
Almost immediately upon Shen Mu's confirmation, streams of white data, visible only to him, surged from between his eyebrows.
These were data chains formed by the Mount & Blade Rules.
They quickly intertwined and entangled.
Forming the rewards he had received.
Your following skills have been upgraded, and the following enhancement effects have been gained.
...
Your offensive and defensive skills have been passed on to your generals. However, certain special skills requiring unique mediums and conditions, such as Mind Codex Gift and Astral Gate, cannot be passed on due to special circumstances.
Ding! Congratulations! A high-tier unit from the Kujit Khanate has arrived as support. The force consists of 700 Tier 4 Khergit Mounted Archers and 300 Kujit Veteran Horse Archers. They are elite cavalry units roaming the Kujit Steppe, the sharpest fangs and claws to deter any enemy daring to set foot on the Kujit Steppe.
"Absolutely perfect."
Shen Mu looked at the dialogue box that appeared before him, and the smile on his face was simply uncontrollable.
Especially upon seeing that the 1000-person high-tier unit was actually a horse archer unit from the Kujit Khanate, his heart was filled with nothing but ecstasy. After all, horse archers, a highly mobile type of ranged cavalry unit, especially those from the Kujit Khanate, were incredibly difficult to deal with. Even though Shen Mu greatly favored the heavily armored cavalry units that the Swadia Kingdom possessed from Tier 4 onwards, and the invincible feeling of their overwhelming charges, he still held immense respect for these Kujit horse archers, who wore Kujit-style lamellar armor, carried Nomadic Bows and spears, had quivers on their backs, and Nomadic Scimitars and rawhide round shields at their waists.
Because these Kujit horse archers, while not charging like the Swadia Kingdom's heavy cavalry, smashing into enemy lines like a heavy hammer, or like the Vigia Knights, cutting directly into enemy formations like a great axe, nor were they like the Sarranid Mamluks, who were skilled at seizing opportunities to charge, like a surgical knife, quickly dissecting their chosen targets.
The Kujit horse archers were nothing like the three types of melee cavalry units mentioned above.
They were ranged damage horse archers.
At first, they would continuously harass the enemy from the outermost perimeter.
When the enemy could no longer tolerate the harassment, they would break away from their formation or the protection of their unit, hoping to engage these Kujit horse archers in a decisive, honorable battle.
At that point, these Kujit horse archers would not hesitate to draw their spears or Nomadic Scimitars.
And have a self-service feast.
Shen Mu had witnessed this tactic before.
After all, the Steppe Bandits and Steppe Bandit Elites were essentially a group of Khergit outlaws who fought as horse archers.
The tactics were the same.
And the results would also be the same.
Of course, for Kujit horse archers from regular army units, these national units of the Kujit Khanate, the effect of this tactic would be even better, more flexible, and more standardized and ferocious.
"Now, the addition of these Khergit Mounted Archers is truly fantastic." Shen Mu's lips curved slightly, because if these horse archers dismounted, they would be very competent archers. As long as they were positioned on city walls or towers, they would still unleash a formidable ranged killing power.
At this moment, he looked up and saw a black line suddenly appearing on the horizon to the west.
And it was kicking up a sky full of dust, rapidly galloping towards them.
Soon, they arrived at the west city gate.
"It's the Khergit! Reinforcements from the Kujit Khanate!"
At the top of the west city gate, some Swadian Light Infantry were stationed there. Seeing the cavalry unit in the dust getting closer and closer, they immediately recognized these cavalrymen, wearing Kujit lamellar armor and Kujit helmets, with a very typical Khergit style, as their familiar comrades from the Calradia continent.
That's right, comrades.
Currently, throughout the Calradia continent, the six kingdoms and six peoples had, in fact, united around Shen Mu, who now possessed the Dragon Flag and the right of inheritance to the Calradia Empire.
Moreover, Shen Mu was the savior, the protector of all Calradia, with immense prestige and reputation.
Any soldiers and units from the Calradia continent who came to this dangerous different world were coming to join Lord Shen Mu, or to prove themselves and join Shen Mu's forces, to fight for a future.
Therefore, without hesitation, these Swadian Light Infantry stationed at the west gate immediately reported to Lezalit, their commanding officer.
"Lord Lezalit, these Khergit should be our reinforcements. Should we let them in now?"
At this moment, Lezalit stood at the top of the west city gate, looking at the equally familiar Khergit outside. He nodded to them, raised his hand, and said, "In that case, open the city gate and let them all in."
Lezalit and these Swadian Light Infantry thought the same way, and since they all originated from the Mount & Blade Warband World, they shared a subtle connection.
So, without a word, he waved his hand, agreeing to the Swadian Light Infantry's report to open the city gate.
With the clanking sound of chains turning.
The outermost iron portcullis of the west city gate was slowly being raised, and the drawbridge that had been retracted was lowered.
Then, groups of Kujit horse archers skillfully crossed the drawbridge and entered Deherim's Town Area.
Throughout the entire process, apart from the thudding of hooves and occasional neighs.
There were no other sounds.
This was enough to show the Khergit's skilled horsemanship and excellent military discipline.
So much so that the Holy Tree Knight units, who had arrived first and were waiting in the Town Area, now had expressions of surprise on their faces, including the Holy Tree Knights, Holy Tree Cavalry, as well as the Holy Tree Spearmen and Holy Tree Swordsmen.
At this moment, they all looked at the arriving Khergit with rather surprised gazes.
Although there were also Dasha people on the Pandora continent.
They were also nomadic people.
However, the Dasha people, a nomadic group that had already settled and become Sarranid-ized, and the Kujit, a purely nomadic group, were two completely different concepts in terms of style.
At least, after looking at these Kujit horse archers, seeing the lamellar armor they wore and the agile steppe horses beneath them, or even the fierce appearance of steppe horses also wearing barding, they all realized in their hearts that this new batch of reinforcements was not to be trifled with.
Of course, they should be thankful that these nomadic horse archers who had arrived were their allies, allies who were all unified under the command of Lord Shen Mu.
It would be great if there was no conflict.
At this moment, these Khergit also looked coldly at the soldiers before them, who wore gleaming silver chainmail, white surcoats, and had tree patterns.
At the same time, these Khergit also discovered that these soldiers were also quite elite.
Not like ordinary units.
Just then, in the Castle District, a Swadian Light Infantry acting as a messenger quickly arrived at the west city wall.
After a brief greeting with Lezalit, he loudly addressed the newly arrived Kujit horse archers: "By order of Lord Shen Mu, all of you dismount immediately, form into combat squads, and enter the east city wall and towers. You are permitted to use any weapon and fire at will!"
"Understood!"
These Kujit horse archers did not hesitate in the slightest. They immediately dismounted and jumped to the ground, their lamellar armor clanking as they moved.
Then, without stopping, they immediately called out to their comrades and formed combat squads.
Each squad was 100 strong.
They immediately rushed towards the east city wall, quickly passing through Deherim's Town Area, causing the Blue Star Humans, who were still huddled in their tents, unaware of what was happening, to look like quails at these fierce archers, not daring to make a sound.
Even at this moment, those senior managers who had already achieved victory simply stayed quietly within their designated areas.
Seeing these elite units passing through the Town Area, and the human cavalry surging in from the city gate.
These senior managers also realized that something seemed wrong.
Especially hearing the sounds of fighting and shouting, and wailing, even from within the Castle District, including the sight of archers appearing on the city walls firing into the Castle District.
They also guessed that something unpleasant must have happened inside the Castle District; perhaps enemies had infiltrated.
Moreover, the shouts from the east city gate were almost deafening, especially the strange magical fluctuations that appeared, including the clattering, bone ramp that they all saw gathering, making them even more speechless with surprise.
They already understood in their hearts that Deherim had definitely suffered a terrifying attack from Undead Monsters today.
The intensity of the attack was very great.
Now they could see that the entire human army of Deherim had almost used all its reserves to resist.
Just these waves of reinforcements that appeared, in a short time, amounted to over 2000 people.
And in the first wave, so many cavalry appeared.
Now, in the second wave of reinforcements, horse archers carrying bows appeared, looking even more ferocious.
Doesn't this indicate that the Undead Monsters encountered outside the city walls were incredibly numerous and strong, and that Deherim had to use its absolute reserves to withstand such a tragic situation?
Just by looking at the cavalry units in Deherim now, they had already discovered that they were stronger than the Pig-Headed People tribe of the Diesel Company.
They still had a very vivid impression of how terrifying the Pig-Headed People tribe once was; after all, one sweep of their chain-hammer could easily smash an adult Blue Star Human's bones, leading directly to severe injury or death, a memory still etched in their minds.
The entire Diesel Company only had over 2000 Pig-Headed People.
Now, in this human castle of Deherim, there were suddenly over 2000 troops for support, and at least 1500 of those 2000 people were cavalry units.
Although very powerful, think of it another way.
They had already forced Deherim to request human reinforcements from the Astral Plane. Doesn't this indicate that the Undead Monsters they faced outside were even more powerful?
So, these senior managers felt a tremor in their hearts.
They no longer had the joy of victory they had before.
If solving those middle-level managers allowed them to completely gain control of Deherim, but now that Deherim was in absolute danger, then for them to continue to indulge in such ridiculous power would obviously be even more ridiculous.
After all, getting rid of those middle-level managers would give them leadership over the Blue Star Humans in Deherim's Town Area.
But if Deherim itself were to be destroyed, how could they, who depended on Deherim, possibly have a better future?
"What exactly is going on?" But these senior managers, like the other Blue Star Humans, could only widen their eyes in their rooms in the Town Area, watching the battle on the east city wall, unable to help.
Even if many of them had templates like Swadian Light Infantry or Swadian Recruit.
There were also four or five hundred of them.
But what use would that be?
When they wanted to volunteer to join the battle and fight together, they were directly ordered by the real human soldiers not to approach, but to return home and wait for news. (End of Chapter)
