our family is gone

Chapter 6 Hamlet Welcomes You

After crossing a stone bridge and crossing the river, Lance and his party finally came to the town of Hamlet.

Entering the small town of Lance, you can feel the depression here. Unlike the city in memory, most of the town is crowded with small, simple wooden houses, and the roofs that are sheltered from the wind and rain are only covered with thatch.

There were not many people on the street in the early morning, and the only few were squatting or lying in the corner of the building, wearing old and tattered coarse linen clothes, looking yellow and emaciated, with empty eyes, losing all hope, as if waiting to die.

There are still traces of war in the small town, a large number of destroyed and collapsed houses, and the scorched black left by the flames are still clearly visible. It is hard to imagine how critical the situation was at that time.

As for the population, it was even more sluggish, and some houses were empty, leaving only a messy scene, and no one knew what happened.

Lance could only curse inwardly when he saw this scene.

The old ancestor is really a fucking waste, leaving such a mess for himself.

"Lord, what should we do now?" Disma also realized that this place is not easy to mess with.

"Eat something and settle down first, and then talk about it after you have rested."

Lance began to go deep into the town and found that the situation was actually a little better than he imagined. Although the building was also thatched, the main body had changed from wood to mudstone walls, at least it looked a little stronger.

However, the ground was still muddy, and some people even dumped their excrement onto the street, causing a stench to permeate the air.

Lance had to carefully avoid the dirt, and every step he took was tortured psychologically.

The structure of the town of Hamlet is very simple. It is not so much a town as it is a small fishing village, and it is only near the central square that you can see the appearance of the town.

In the few tall masonry buildings around the square, you can still see the former glory of the town, but as time goes by, what remains today is dilapidated, and all the buildings have been damaged to varying degrees. The power of the war is vividly reflected .

"Let's go to the tavern."

It was still early at this time, and Lance was afraid that the building would collapse suddenly when he opened the door of the tavern. There was no one on the bar, only a young man who looked like a clerk was wiping the tables and chairs.

"Good morning, three guests!" The clerk yelled when he saw the three of them coming in.

"Is there anything to eat?"

"There's medley in the morning, and ragout, and black bread, and chicken and fish."

Although he knew from the bandit leader that the mayor raised the price of food, Lance was still surprised by the price of food here.

Black bread is made of various coarse grains mixed with bran, pea flour, etc., because of fermentation problems, it will have a sour taste, and the taste is like chewing wood chips, which is difficult to swallow.

In the city, one copper coin can buy two pounds of soft and sweet white bread, and one pound of beef is only 1~3 copper coins.

Black bread, which pigs don’t even eat, costs 1 copper coin a pound here, and pork is actually the same price as beef. As for beef, he can’t afford it even if he has a little money, let alone ordinary people.

"Three chowder, three fish, and a glass of ale for the two of them."

The dishes started to be served, and it was only at this time that Lance saw Leonard's face under the helmet.

With a thick beard, he also looks about 30 years old, but his face looks haggard, and his sad expression feels inexplicably ashamed, but his eyes still hide the fiery power of the Holy Light.

But now he was really hungry, and Lance couldn't control so much, so he had to eat first.

While they were eating, a ragged, unkempt man broke into the tavern with his stooped body.

"Hey! What are you doing here? I'm going to be in trouble when the boss sees me." Seeing this, the clerk didn't bother to wipe the table, and quickly got up to stop the man, but he still couldn't stop the man from shouting.

"Please give me something to eat, I will do anything."

Lance recognized from the voice that it was a woman, but she also looked very weak.

The weirdo was quickly kicked out by the clerk, and the clerk hurried over to apologize to several people.

"I'm sorry to disturb the guests. She is also a poor person. Please don't mind the guests."

"Oh~" Lance suddenly became interested and asked: "What's the matter with this person?"

But before the clerk could say anything, the movement from the door caught Lance's attention again.

"It's so fucking unlucky to see you bastard early in the morning!"

A haughty gangster at the entrance of the tavern was yelling and cursing, kicking and kicking, the weirdo fell to the ground and curled up, letting his fists and feet land on him.

Seeing this, the clerk hurried out, endured the scolding from the gangster, and praised him with a smile for a while before bringing him into the shop, and the weirdo was able to escape.

The gangster pushed the door open and taunted the clerk with a dissatisfied face.

"How did you do it, even this..."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to notice Lance's gaze, and yelled at them viciously.

"What are you looking at!"

But after discovering that they were strangers, they became interested, not to mention that Lance was white and clean, and his eyes showed greed, as if seeing a wolf with a fat sheep walking towards them.

"I am the security officer here, now I suspect that you are bandits and let me prosecute..."

Before he finished speaking, he went dumb, because the gun in Disma's hand was already aimed at him.

Lance watched Desma holding a gun in one hand and eating with a spoon in the other, without even looking at the bastard, his disdain was beyond words.

But the bastard froze in place and did not dare to speak, his survival instinct was warning him that this person really dared to shoot.

"How could my lord do it~ They are just passing by here, and they will leave soon." The clerk broke the weird atmosphere and walked him up the steps.

"What about the food? You made me wait so long and you want to die!"

At this moment, he had no choice but to vent his grievances on the clerk and curse a few times, but he didn't dare to provoke Lance and the others.

"Yes, yes, come right away." The clerk smiled apologetically, turned back and took out the food, and quickly sent the gangster away.

At this time, the clerk immediately came to Lance and the others to persuade them.

"He must have just come out of the brothel, you guys go away quickly after eating, in case he calls someone over, it will be troublesome."

"Exactly." Lance didn't care, he put a copper coin on the table and asked the clerk instead.

"We passed by here and found that this town is a bit strange. There are some things I want to ask you. As long as you answer well, this is yours."

"Guests, just ask, and I will definitely answer." The clerk smiled flatteringly, his eyes drifting unconsciously to the copper coin.

This place is no different from the city. All he can get for a day of work is a full meal. He has never seen money, but even this job is still being rushed for.

"How did this town become like this?"

"Hey~ The town was alright, but the bandits a while ago..."

Soon Lance knew about the situation. The bandits attacked the town half a month ago, burning, killing and looting the population of the town dropped sharply.

(End of this chapter)