Of course, Shen Mu didn't need these Blue Star Humans to go to the front lines and pretend to help him.
Because in Shen Mu's opinion, these Blue Star Humans, whose templates were only Swadian Militia and Swadian Recruit level, would be useless even if they went to the battlefield; facing the thousands of Skeleton Skeletons charging directly, they would only cause trouble.
They wouldn't be of any help.
Moreover, he had already gained new assistance, arriving on the east side of the city wall, and this assistance from the Kujit Khanate was what made him feel quite reassured and a reliable support.
It was those thousands of Khergit Mounted Archers and Kujit Veteran Horse Archers.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
With the addition of these thousands of Khergit Mounted Archers and Kujit Veteran Horse Archers, a surging, accurate, and overwhelming rain of arrows had already covered the city wall and the towers, which were located every 20 meters.
Any Skeleton Skeletons appearing on the ramp were directly shattered, rolling down the ramp at an even faster speed.
“Excellent! Excellent! Seize the opportunity to quickly adjust your positions!”
Fatis, seeing this scene from the gate of the east city wall, immediately shouted for the soldiers on the city wall, whose formations had begun to scatter, to adjust their positions once again, so that they could repel the charging Skeleton Skeletons more conveniently, quickly, and easily the next time.
How to make one's attacks more convenient and easier on the city wall was clearly a skill.
As long as one's attack method and position were comfortable.
Then, for the enemy, launching a siege would be a more difficult task, as the besieging side was inherently at a disadvantage.
Once the defenders found the most convenient, fastest, and most comfortable way to defend, these enemies would feel as if they had fallen into the cruelest hell; no matter how bravely and efficiently they besieged, their ultimate fate would not be good.
Just like now.
These Khergit Mounted Archers and Kujit Veteran Horse Archers, who were inherently Tier 4 and Tier 5, could make countless Skeleton Skeletons fall with each arrow volley, relying on their years of experience in mounted combat.
As a result, those Skeleton Skeletons that had already reached the top of the city wall's barricades and were smashing them with their weapons, causing many cracks to appear on the wooden panels, were on the verge of shattering the barricades.
The rain of arrows formed by the newly joined Khergit Mounted Archers and Kujit Veteran Horse Archers was truly crucial.
It allowed the exhausted and panting soldiers on the city wall to catch their breath.
Incidentally, Fatis also transferred more reserve troops from below the city wall to the top.
Including the Holy Tree Knight Order troops.
Holy Tree Spearmen and Holy Tree Swordsmen, although they were Tier 2 and Tier 3 units, could still achieve good results on the city wall due to their excellent defense and armor, as well as the two-meter-long spears in their hands.
Of course, this was also thanks to the Khergit Khanate's Khergit Mounted Archers, acting as archers, who shattered the Skeleton Skeletons with their arrow rain.
This prevented the densely charging Skeleton Skeletons from directly moving from the bottom of the ramp to the top, attacking the barricades, or even the defending soldiers behind the barricades, as they had before.
After all, the Khergit Khanate's Khergit Mounted Archers were excellent at harassing enemies in open field battles.
When defending a city.
With their excellent archery skills, they were equally good at defending cities!
“Very good, these Kujit Horse Archers arrived just in time. It seems the city wall's defense has finally stabilized now.”
Fatis's face showed some relief at this moment, as he watched the black mist gradually receding below the ramp. He understood that this was the result of the Skeleton Skeletons within the black mist being defeated and scattering into useless bone fragments, causing the negative energy to dissipate on its own because it could not gather.
This also meant they had finally gained the upper hand.
‘Rustle!’
But before the smile on Fatis's face could last too long, a stiff expression appeared on his face as he subconsciously turned to look outside the east city wall.
“Wait!?” In Fatis's eyes, in the area outside the east city wall that the Holy Light Torch Tower could not illuminate, he discovered a black tide surging towards them.
It was as if a monstrous wave had risen from the depths of the sea, causing his heart to tremble as he stood on the breakwater.
“What is that!? Something seems to be happening over there!!”
“Be careful! Be careful to the east, what exactly is that over there!?”
At this moment, the Mount & Blade Soldiers on the east city wall all widened their eyes, subconsciously looking at the overwhelming black tide surging from outside the east city wall, and each of them let out exclamations of surprise.
Because that tide was truly surging and rolling, like a flood unleashed, it was rushing towards them!
Although the speed was not fast, it carried an aura of completely engulfing them, making anyone who saw it feel terrified, including Fatis and these Mount & Blade Soldiers.
It also included Shen Mu, who was still observing the battle from the 3rd floor of the main city wall building, and the Mount & Blade Soldiers around him.
“Lord Shen Mu, the special black mist appearing to the east seems a bit off.”
A Holy Tree Knight looked at the rolling black mist to the east, which resembled a tide, and immediately gripped the hilt of his sword, slowly speaking through gritted teeth: “The evil aura within it is truly too dense.”
“That’s right, Lord Shen Mu, please be careful next. I also sensed that the evil aura and dark power within are quite strong.”
The other four Holy Tree Knights also came to Shen Mu's side, getting closer to his body, and gripped their Holy Tree Knight Shields in their left hands, vigilantly watching the black mist tide from the east.
“Yes, I know, I will be careful too.” Shen Mu nodded lightly, but there was not much fear on his face.
Because he knew that Stage 8 had begun.
The black mist tide appearing now was filled with more Skeleton Skeletons, looking daunting, but it was important to know that the truly terrifying enemy was still hidden in the deepest darkness and had not yet revealed itself.
It was that dark magic caster.
The one who created the ramp.
Also the Vanguard Commander of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty, as mentioned by the Mount & Blade System.
And the completion objective for the Stage 8 mission was for him to defeat, repel, or kill this guy, and then receive different mission rewards based on his performance.
“The Mount & Blade System actually gave me three choices. Defeating and repelling are easy to explain, meaning making him retreat in the face of difficulty, or retreating on his own after being defeated.” Shen Mu frowned, his face becoming a bit grim, and his eyes serious.
It was precisely because the Mount & Blade System gave him these two relatively easier options to complete the mission that Shen Mu knew this mission should be somewhat difficult.
Especially killing, which would likely be very difficult.
After all, if killing were easy, the Mount & Blade System would definitely, based on his current power, directly tell him in the mission description that the goal this time was to kill this Stage 8 necromancer.
It wouldn't need to give him the options of repelling or defeating, which were relatively simpler.
Shen Mu slowly exhaled a heavy breath.
His eyes showed confidence.
“But as for killing, it’s not impossible, after all, the reward from the recently acquired Stage 7 mission included a Holy Light Enchantment Scroll.” Shen Mu’s eyes flickered.
This was a reward of the 'timely help' level.
“Open the description interface!” Shen Mu communicated with the system through his thoughts.
Then, on his retina, the item description interface from the Mount & Blade System appeared.
【Item Name: Holy Light Enchantment Scroll (Disposable)】
【Item Level: Campaign Level】
【Item Description: This is a sacred scroll from the Eden Garde Empire's Inquisition. It contains unparalleled Holy Light power; as long as one desires light, they can receive the Holy Light's protection.】
【Item Effect: After use, all characters gain +30% burning damage, and +200% additional Holy Light damage against dark creatures. Lasts for 30 minutes.】
【Item Requirement: Must be used in an area with sunlight or Holy Light.】
This was the specific ability of the Holy Light Enchantment Scroll he had obtained.
Quite powerful.
Because once this scroll was used, all soldiers in this campaign who desired light would receive the buff from this Holy Light Enchantment Scroll.
For example, the +30% burning damage effect.
And most importantly, it directly granted an additional 200% Holy Light damage against dark creatures.
This meant that previously, a single slash was just a normal slash.
Once this scroll was used.
When Shen Mu's soldiers struck a dark creature like a Skeleton Skeleton with a slash, it would inflict 30% burning damage, and simultaneously, an additional 200% stronger Holy Light damage than that single slash!
And Shen Mu's current attention was focused on this 200% additional Holy Light damage.
It should be noted that this included the spears, longswords of ordinary soldiers, the crossbow bolts and arrows of ranged archers, and even thrown weapons, and even bricks and stones held in their hands.
As long as these soldiers who yearned for light were willing to pick up any of their weapons, then the Holy Light Enchantment Scroll, this campaign-level buff scroll, could help them enchant their weapons.
Moreover, it should be known that Deherim, which Shen Mu possessed, did not only have individual weapons, but also the ballistas and catapults on the towers!
“Back then, I was able to use ballistas to literally shoot and kill extremely powerful Abyssal Demons within my Deherim.”
Shen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly at this moment, his gaze growing more confident: “Then with so many of my troops now, and so many light ballistas, medium ballistas, and catapults, why can’t I deal with that Vanguard Commander of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty!?”
Ordinary Skeleton Skeletons would be shattered into bone fragments.
Then Shen Mu didn't believe that his ballistas, after being enchanted with Holy Light, couldn't also blast that Vanguard Commander of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty into a pile of useless rotten bone fragments!
Moreover, his Castle District had already reached its final stage.
Once the final stage of the Castle District was completed, he could re-deploy his troops to the east city wall, letting the Skeleton Legion know what it meant to face Mount & Blade Soldiers from the Mount & Blade World who were united, loyal to the core, extremely strong in combat will, and would not easily retreat!
At this moment, he glanced at Zhang Bo, who was still pretending to be calm, a mocking smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. He didn't bother with him, but instead looked down into the Castle District again.
Piles upon piles of corpses lay in the castle's inner and outer courtyards.
All were Wood Elf corpses.
And now, in the library of the Holy White Council's Holy Light Torch Tower in the castle, the figures of Wood Elves, which had originally been continuously streaming out, had now significantly decreased.
From the 3rd floor, looking down, one could vaguely see that about two to three hundred Wood Elves had already occupied the Holy White Council's Holy Light Torch Tower.
They were fighting a desperate battle.
However, since the archers and Crossbowmen on the surrounding city walls had already consumed most of their arrows and crossbow bolts in the previous battle, their lethality had sharply decreased without these consumables.
For ranged archers, without these arrow-type consumables, it meant losing more than half of their killing capability.
But even if these ranged archers did not continue to unleash dense arrow rain, with the Wood Elves inside the library not daring to charge out casually, only hiding within the library, it was clear that these Wood Elves had been scared out of their wits by the previous dense arrow rain.
No wonder.
After all, the Tier 3 Viki Guerilla Shooters and Tier 3 Rodok Crossbowmen, including Tier 4 and Tier 5 ranged archers, that Shen Mu had obtained as rewards from Stages 4, 5, and 6, had all been deployed on the main castle building and the city walls of the Castle District.
Their total number was already approaching a thousand.
The dense arrow rain they unleashed, without needing to specify how many Wood Elves were killed, one only needed to look at the countless corpses lying all over the inner and outer courtyards of the entire Castle District, and the countless arrow fletchings and crossbow bolt fletchings growing like weeds, to know.
They had already begun a massacre.
Started a slaughter.
“However.”
Shen Mu raised his head at this moment, listening carefully, and hearing the sounds of fighting still coming from the staircase, he couldn't help but frown: “Has the battle in the castle hall not ended yet? I remember clearly that I had already placed 100 Rodok Sergeants there, and also stationed 100 ranged archers in the surrounding shooting boxes. It can't be that the battle is still fiercely stalemated, can it?”
Shen Mu was a little displeased, after all, the Stage 8 battle had already begun.
The lingering effects of Stage 7.
Did they still need to enjoy it? (End of this chapter)