our family is gone

Chapter 78 Punishing the Heart
They can go to the tavern to relax and rest, but Lance can't, he needs to take a thorough inventory of all the gains from this trip.

The three cannons are the most important gain besides a few supernatural items, because only the empire has the technology to forge them, and his small town can't even make gun barrels.

There were sixty long-barreled flintlocks in working order, and only twelve short guns.

There are only twenty complete sets of armor, and most of the rest are low-value cold weapons and armor and equipment that I don't know where to piece together.

But he plans to recast all the armor of the artillery group and the wolf group.

Because this one is the imperial army, and the other is a wanted mercenary group, it will be troublesome to be found if it is contaminated.

And his army needs to have its own characteristics, and the military uniforms have to be designed.

Must be handsome!
Only in this way can the sense of belonging of the soldiers be deepened, as well as the recognition and admiration of the townspeople for the army.

This is a long-term order. He has a lot of cloth and manpower for the clothes, but he doesn't know how long it will take the blacksmith to get enough equipment for 30 people.

Lance is strongly aware that more people and more talents are needed.

But now the old road has not been opened, we need to wait...

His attention was quickly turned to the other side, and he took out all the Transcendent items he had harvested and studied them carefully.

It's just that he didn't see anything about the collector's hood.

He studied archeology and not mysticism, and he had never been exposed to these before, and he didn't have the ability to identify extraordinary items without writing or obvious characteristics.

However, [Wolf Head Pendant] and [Wolf Head Statue] got some clues because of the secret volume.

It's a pity that it will take some time to fully decipher it, but what he lacks most is time.

Lance was a little helpless, but he could only put it on hold for the time being. Anyway, it was a huge profit to have the [Collector's Showroom] piece of equipment this trip.

But a surprise came, he found a lot of good things in the collector's showroom.

Some antique artwork and books, weird bones, and that mysterious stone box.

Originally, he wanted to open it, but it was locked, and he didn't want to open it violently, so he had to leave it for now and study it slowly later.

Except for these Lances, a large number of weapons and equipment, even a complete set of knight armor, and various types of weapons were found.

These should be the weapons and equipment carried by the collections it collected, and the quality is much better than those of the bandits.

I can finally get rid of the embarrassing situation where I can't even get a better armor.

Among these, I chose a well-fitting steel armor and helmet. In terms of weapons, Lance also left several heavy weapons, such as big swords and war hammers.

He chose to use a short sword because it was easy to carry. After all, he still needed to bring a backpack and a crossbow.

But after actually fighting those people, he found that he was very weak in some situations from a distance, and his knife in close combat couldn't break through armor at all.

The reason why it was so difficult to face the heavily armed warriors of the wolf regiment this time was that his attacks could not penetrate armor.

But now that he has a showroom, he doesn't need to bring a backpack, and he can quickly change weapons according to the situation when everything is put in. Then the battle will be very interesting.

Long-range crossbows, pistols, long guns.

Melee short sword, long sword, war hammer.

If you want to survive in this world, you must not only be accurate in long-distance combat, but also proficient in melee combat.

This is what he requires of himself, and he must be comprehensive in order not to show any flaws in the face of any enemy.

…………

"...Because the bandits blocked the caravan and disappeared, the prices in the town..."

Susan slowly recounted her experience during this time, and these words were like a sharp knife piercing the captain's heart.

He was originally a commoner, and he knew what the life of ordinary people was like, so he was more aware of the pain he had brought to them when he led troops to plunder.

At the same time, I also think of the hard work of my parents day and night to support him in studying, but in exchange for what I am today.

How sad it would be for parents to know that their proud son turned out to be a deserter and a bandit again~
He was ashamed to face it at first, and it was even more so now, with strong guilt tormenting his heart.

Why would I do that kind of thing...

"Are you all right? Is it hurting again?" Susan noticed his strange reaction.

"I'm fine, those bandits really deserve to die." The captain gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart.

He hated himself for listening to a woman's words and doing such a thing.

Damn it~
"Oh~ the matter is over." Susan thought the captain was thinking about being tortured by the bandits, so she sighed softly and said, "Don't worry, the lord will definitely wipe out those bandits, and you will be able to go home soon .”

"I..." The captain suddenly choked up when he heard this, "I don't have a home anymore..."

He knew that the Imperial Army might have announced that he was a deserter, and now he would have no way to face his parents when he went back, let alone doing something like a beast like massacring civilians.

Susan couldn't help but fell silent when she heard this. She understood why this person hated the bandits so much. I'm afraid that her family members were killed by the bandits just like herself.

She... can understand that feeling...

Thinking of her own situation back then, Susan also imitated what the lord did to herself, hugged him with open arms and comforted him softly: "There will be no such things in the future, I will ask the lord to let you stay, the lord will protect you For all of us, when you recover from your injury..."

Not only bad words can hurt people, sometimes kindness is the most "vicious" sharp edge.

The better Susan treats herself, the more his fragile psychology is aggravated, and the pressure rises wildly.

The captain suddenly broke away from Susan's arms and rushed towards the edge of the bed beside him.

I would rather die than bear this regret. (despair)

After a muffled sound, when Susan realized that there was an obvious wound on the captain's face, blood was flowing.

Seeing this, Susan was also a little flustered, so she had to call Lance over.

"How is this going?"

Lance looked at the captain's appearance and was also a little curious. This kid actually dared to commit suicide.

Susan said briefly, which left Lance a little speechless.

Killing is nothing more than nodding the head, but punishing the heart is the punishment of Ling Chi.

Aren't you stabbing him with these words~
However, the captain's daring to commit suicide changed his mind a little. It seems that he was not in charge of those things, but was charmed by that woman with sorcery.

【Flesh Reconstruction】

Lance stopped the wound just by raising his hand, but he didn't waste experience to fully recover his injury.

Bring a piece of gauze to bandage the wound and then put the person back on the bed, and turn to Susan.

"After he recovers a little, you take him out for a walk, focusing on showing him the homes destroyed by the bandits, and telling him about the people who were killed and the broken families."

"My lord..." Susan seemed to feel something was wrong, didn't this irritate him?

"Let him know how hateful the bandit is, what the bandit owes you, and why I suppressed the bandit." Lance said solemnly, "The harder you speak, the more he will survive."

"Yes~" Susan agreed.

She understood what the lord meant. She lived because of her hatred for the bandits. She hoped to save the veteran because he was the only one who could protect the civilians, and she wanted him to help kill the bandits.

(End of this chapter)