Although the experience lasted only a few hours, after returning to the normal world, everything before was still shocking.
The cold wind blowing under the bright moonlight and the accumulation of water on the ground reminded them of the passage of several hours, and the completely different direction from before also made people get goosebumps just thinking about it. They were clearly heading northwest, and the distance they walked was not particularly far. However, what they found after coming out was not the theoretically long beach of weeds in this direction. Instead, there were some weeds growing somewhere, and there were some grass on both sides. A small slope with bushes and a few sparse trees.
The grove where they had built a temporary camp could not be seen under the moonlight for an unobstructed view of the surrounding area within a kilometer back and forth.
Is that a real scene, or have they strayed into the rift since they entered the woods to build a thatched house?
Or even if the place you return to now looks very real, it is just another maze.
Excessive thinking is harmful and unhelpful. Since you can't figure it out, then throw it away for the time being and start dealing with things you can handle.
The dislocation of time and space makes people naturally feel helpless and uneasy, as if they suddenly woke up from a sweaty nightmare. Even if I can't accurately remember what I saw in the dream, I still have a vague feeling that something is not right, so it is difficult to fall back into sleep peacefully.
The best way to solve the trouble of overthinking is to find something to do for yourself.
And it just so happens that they do have a lot to do now.
"Everything is lost, including supplies and my armor." Because she had used magic that was too powerful for her to break free, Mira's face was still a little pale even though she could stand up again and move around freely.
"Yes." Henry nodded. The words spoken by the Luoan girl did not mean to accuse the sage, but simply explained the current situation.
Although they didn't have much supplies in the first place, it was a pity to throw away the horses and the cotton armor and Brigandy-style plate armor they brought all the way from Rigal.
The sage took off the mercenary badge that Margaret had painstakingly customized and put it in a leather bag, then gave it back to the Luoan girl. Some thin linen clothes were paired with woolen coats, and then one-handed knives, small daggers and daggers were tied back. Even the small shields were lost in the battle. Considering the fact that all the horses traveling for the journey were also dead, light clothing was more effective. It's a good thing for Mira.
The supplies are zero, the direction of the water source is unknown, and most of the currency of the Moon Kingdom that can be directly used is in the possession of Temulun and others. Although Henry still had some belongings on him, many of them were rare treasures. The remaining salary advanced by Captain Francisco was also in large denominations of local currency and was difficult to use directly.
The Swamp Village, the largest trade hub nearby, has been burned to the ground. Currency with excessive denominations can only be spent in this place, and the problem doesn't end there.
Henry and Mira looked different from the locals. Even if Kazuto Sakura was here, she could theoretically go out to buy things. The oiran had cut off her own hair and torn it, but she could still see her long and expensive hair. The skirt also looks suspicious.
In a large trading market with huge crowds of people, if you dress up a little and rely on money, everyone will follow the unspoken rules and not ask too much or look too much. But without this kind of place as a cover, it would be much more difficult to go to a certain Japanese village to trade with the locals.
But if you don't do this, when your clothes are in tatters and all other supplies are lost, walking in the mountains without horses is tantamount to seeking death.
"After escaping the pursuit of two to three thousand people, are you going to starve to death in the wilderness like this?" The girl from Luoan rolled her eyes and said this, and the oiran finally let out a long breath and walked to the ground of the slope. It was a relatively dry place, but as soon as I sat down and relaxed, I felt like I would never be able to stand up again.
Luck was the vast majority of the reason they escaped. Judging from the formation of the mighty pursuit troops, they should all be heading in this direction. Even if only one-tenth of the reserve troops of two to three thousand people are left to guard the entrances or exits, or stay in the normal world to continue searching, It is impossible for them to be as close as they are now.
The army of the Moon Kingdom had unconditional obedience to their superiors and a commander who was eager for revenge. These two conditions served as the basis and they happened to be caught in the rift. Although they tried their best just to survive, they lost track of them. The army is also an indisputable fact.
Luck is excellent, if you look at it from this aspect alone.
But if you are really lucky, you will not come to the Moon Kingdom at this time, and then just happen to stumble upon the secret of the rebels and be hunted by them; nor will you encounter such a weird and helpless situation. A phenomenon that can be easily explained with words, but I still can’t get over it.
Henry knew what was going on, but now was not the time for a long conversation.
The professional nature of adventurers means that they are always prepared for the worst. Even if all the evidence shows that the dead red-armored warrior commander led all the troops to pursue him, no one can guarantee whether there will still be people outside. There will be backup.
Therefore, the disposal of the corpse must be done, and in the case of shortage of supplies, they must also use whatever is available on the two death warriors.
"What a waste." Seeing the sage taking off the armor, dismantling it and throwing it into the bushes to hide it, the Luoan girl sighed with regret. Due to the local humid climate, the samurai armors of the Moon Kingdom are covered with lacquer to prevent rust. Different from the polished to shiny plate armor that is popular in the world of Rigar, the armor here is mostly colorful and eye-catching, and many of them also have family crests that indicate status like the burqas in Rigar.
A set of Rigal-style full plate armor weighs between 25 kilograms and 30 kilograms, while a set of Moon Kingdom warrior armor is often less than 20 kilograms, hovering around 15-17 kilograms.
The cost of reducing weight is naturally that the defensive power is far inferior to Rigar's plate armor. Compared with the Rigal Knight's completely enclosed cylinder-like limb armor, Kazuto's armor limb protection is composed of iron bars sewn on cloth, and often only has outer defense.
Such limb armor can only block sword slashes and avoid being amputated by a single blow. Facing blunt weapons or even heavier main battle weapons, even if they are not broken or disabled, their combat capabilities will be abolished in a short period of time.
It's not that Kazuto doesn't know how to make armor with better defense. The reason why their armor looks like this is because Kazuto's samurai are horse archers. Horseback archery is used instead of heavy cavalry for hedging. In addition, because the country is mostly mountainous, armor considers flexibility rather than defense.
This is a kind of armor that can still be used to climb treetops for reconnaissance even if it is fully equipped. It is also an inappropriate concept to belittle it just because the protective area and defensive power are weaker than the Rigal Knight's plate armor.
Mercenaries can see the value of this kind of armor. A lower load means it can be worn for longer periods of time, similar to how Padrosi's Imperial Cavalry considers more plate armor components worn by one person rather than the West Coast-style need for servants to serve. This is all in the "rare elite profession" ” Design ideas that will only appear after becoming “ubiquitous”.
A knight surrounded by more than a dozen people, and a larger number of cavalry who needed to consider supporting themselves otherwise the logistics would collapse. The difference between the two is personal, but it is also at the level of national strength.
The gorgeous Moon Kingdom armor is pronounced "East Horse Record" in the local language. It is composed of long iron sheets punched with a series of holes and tied together with ropes. The warriors do not wear too thick armed clothing underneath. They seem to pay more attention to color matching and various decorations than the Rigar people.
Even foreigners who have just arrived can see the ornamental value of this kind of armor, and as a mercenary, they can even appreciate the comfort brought by the lightweight. But the sage was very wasteful and neglected all the details when dismantling it. He cut the fixing ropes with a knife arrogantly and almost restored the two complete sets of armor to parts.
This was helpless. After all, in Kazuto's eyes, the brigandi-style plate armor was just clothing, but many people could recognize the samurai's armor.
They can't take advantage of it, even if it feels like a pity.
After dealing with the armor, the sage took off the clothes from the two warriors. After burying the dead bodies, I used the moonlight to sort out all the things that were taken from them.
The Odachi sword that was about the same height as the Roan girl that was cut off in the fight with Kramer was no longer useful. However, under the light of the silver-white magic moon, Mira noticed this sword. It has a surface texture very similar to that of his teacher's sword.
Why did she have to come to Crescent Continent just to forge a weapon of the same level as Claymore? She had some answers in her heart.
In addition to the Odachi as their main weapon, both samurai also carried three swords. A long knife hung on the waist is similar to the Rigar people's half-hand sword or long sword. It is a portable melee secondary weapon. One is shorter, positioned similar to the one-handed knife in the hands of Luoan girls, and occasionally doubles as a multi-purpose tool. There is also a pocket knife that can serve as both a dagger and a pocket knife. This is a tableware that takes into account various functions.
The armor was too conspicuous for them to use, but the six knives in total were of great value to the three of them who had lost a lot of equipment and one of them even had no weapons to use in the first place.
Mira and Sakura each took a small short knife, and then the Luoan girl picked it up and found that the long waist knife was quite handy. Since the small shield was lost and she couldn't dual-wield it, it was best to have a longer weapon as her main use.
After trying it for a while, the oiran found that he was unable to wield the long knife, so he chose a one-handed knife of about 70 centimeters to protect himself.
The remaining one-handed sword was casually inserted into the inside of the armed belt by the sage, and then the remaining waist sword and the large sword were thrown into another bush by him.
The clothes that were taken off afterwards were too small for Henry and could only be used by two women. However, the already roomy Kazuto men's clothes also seemed a little inappropriate when worn on a relatively slender woman.
Even so, covering up the torn long skirt made Sakura look less suspicious.
It’s just that the blood stained on it needs to be cleaned afterwards.
In the end, the group also got a bag of silver from another dead warrior. But the young samurai who is the commander does not have it. This may be because he does not need to go to the street to buy things in person.
With some available local money and reacquired weapons, the three of them had gains and losses.
With relatively smaller denominations of silver coins and less suspicious clothing, after this rectification work is completed, they can be more stable and do not need to take risks in what they will do next.
The bright moon shines on the earth, and the group of people who have completed the preparations are ready to take advantage of the moonlight to move forward a certain distance to find a populated place.
