The cavalry arrived at the right time, and they really had no intention of pursuing.

When they saw the corpses in one place, even the rider in the lead had a surprised look on his face.

He told Byron that a group of more than 100 pirates had been very active in the vicinity recently, and that many caravans had fallen into their hands, even a caravan with a noble background, more than fifty people, and a well-guarded caravan.

Because the pirates began to land again, many mercenaries from all over the mainland have also rushed here, business here is very good, some caravans are willing to pay a high price to hire them, but the danger is very high, almost a third of the mercenaries who go to the northern coast will die at the hands of those bandits in these months.

Byron's losses were not much different from this number, 4 caravan escorts died, 4 militiamen died, and one of them was missing an arm and could not fight. 2 Swadia light infantry died, and 2 veteran light infantry from Vecchia also died. There was also an unlucky worker who had his head cut off by the pirates. Except for a few people such as Byron, the rest were more or less wounded. Especially the other caravan, even their leader had an axe cut open in his stomach, and the blood was almost unstoppable.

Half of Byron's horses were killed or wounded, and a few of them were not dead, but they were no different from dead when they lost one or two legs.

The Vecchian patrol helped Byron carry the wounded and took them to the nearest village.

[Two-handed weapon proficiency +5;]

[Lack of training Swadia militia*3 to upgrade to Swadia militia*3;]

[The war losses are too large, the soldiers are afraid, the morale is -30; 】

As for the twenty-odd Dead Sea Bandits, the soldiers took all the money they had on them, as well as valuable gadgets other than equipment, saying that they were "stolen goods", and Byron said nothing about them.

However, the weapons and equipment on those pirates were also worth a lot of money, so much that the empty carriages could not be fitted, and the uninjured soldiers had some helmets and other things in their packages.

As for hygiene, the pirates still do very little, and there are very few fleas on their clothes and armor. And it can be seen that their beards and hair are clean.

After the battle, Byron's troops had a lot of combat effectiveness, and although they won, their morale dropped greatly. After being attacked by these pirates, half of the soldiers wondered if they would survive to reach the next town.

Both Fatis and Arenn were slightly injured, and while they were healing in the village, they expressed similar concerns.

Fortunately, Jamila was there, and she prayed simple prayers for the fallen soldiers and arranged a simple funeral for them in the village.

Byron also gave 200 dinars, that is, rewards for the surviving soldiers, and prepared pensions and funeral expenses for those who died in battle.

Everyone received a bonus equivalent to several weeks' salary, and the disparity between the different classes was reflected. ‘’

The two Vicchian riders, who were born bastards of the nobility, were happy with the reward, and they were given a piece of chain mail and a battle axe as their personal trophies, so they bragged with the villagers in the village and had a drink.

And those veterans of the wiki and mercenaries, although they are in a bad mood, they think that it is inevitable, and they are used to the fact that people will always die in battle. So they prayed for their dead comrades, toasted them in the tavern, and in two days they regained their fighting spirit.

And the Svadia soldiers who came out of Svadia, peasants and ruffians, were panicked about the next journey, they had already seen many of their friends who joined with them or who joined later, they began to waste money, drank and found women, lost most of their fighting spirit, and their morale was very low.

The reason why they haven't left Byron yet is because the roads here are really dangerous, and one or two people can easily be killed by the pirates halfway through.

So Byron had to promise them that when he returned to Decherim, he would arrange a safer and easier job for them at the station, and the salary would not be reduced. Coupled with the high prize money paid by Byron, the Svadia soldiers once again mustered up their courage.

However, during these two days, the merchant who had been traveling with Byron died, succumbing to blood loss from his serious injuries. The Vecchian soldiers left with the body of the merchant, who had a slight reputation in the Riwacha, and his men returned with their goods and possessions.

Byron felt a little lost, for he feared that he too would become the merchant lying in the carriage with a cloth over his face, even if he was rich.

However, this also brought an opportunity for Byron, and the guards who were employed by the merchant suddenly lost their employers and were not paid enough, so after giving an advance commission of 100 dinars, they joined Byron's team en masse, and the salary was equal to that of Byron's soldiers, and Byron's manpower increased again.

In the villages and towns along the way, Byron also bought new horses, and although it cost a few more and the price of horses there increased, they could not travel quickly without enough horses.

It was also in these villages and towns that Byron sold some of their messy weapons and tattered armor, and simply repaired the damaged armor and weapons.

As for the seized chain mail and better weapons and armor parts, they were to be sold in the shops of the city.

In the villages and towns in this area, some mercenaries who do odd jobs have also approached Byron, because Byron has been recruiting people in the vicinity.

This time, Byron's luck was good, there were 2 mercenary infantry and 2 caravan guards among those men, all of them were not badly equipped, and they were very experienced, and no less than a dozen pirate robbers died at their hands.

Especially the mercenary infantry, although the equipment is miscellaneous, but the two of them have a horse to transport goods, the soft armor is covered with chain mail, and there is a little broken scale armor on the outside of the chain mail, the protection is not inferior to Byron, and there are several weapons to spare.

Originally, they were all doing all kinds of black and white work in this neighborhood, but recently they had a conflict with a gang of robbers, and they couldn't get along in this area, so they were eager to find a job. And they also said that if Byron's peony mercenaries were really that promising, they would be happy to work for Byron all the time.

However, they demanded a high salary, and Byron also gave them the salary of the cavalry, as well as a commission of 50 dinars, so that they were satisfied.

After walking like this for a few days, the morale slowly recovered to 80, which is acceptable.

In order to keep the team motivated, Byron spent a lot of money, and Fatis and Jamila listened to the soldiers' conversations every day like priests.

At this time, Alleyne would not have made a move, he didn't care about that, and he could even say that he didn't care much about these civilian-born soldiers.

Moreover, in order to expand his manpower, Byron also made a little "deal" with a landowner on a farm in a town.

He was bored with the many idle serfs in the landlord's hands, and because of the poor management of his land, he could not allow so many people to work on it, so he hoped that he could get rid of a few people at a price.

Byron paid 30 dinars, and the landlord asked Byron to take away the four farmers who also wanted to leave the farm but did not have freedom.

It was almost the same as human trade, but Byron would pay them a little salary, and they would be fed and clothed, which was better than what they had on the farm.

And there was a reason why Byron hired these farmers who had little fighting power, and there were more and more wagons and goods, and he needed more people to take care of his goods. And those who don't have a good saso also need to be cared for, maybe they can't bandage their wounds and use herbs like Jamila, but it's okay to deliver something back and forth.

Moreover, this is still the territory of Vekia, and no one cares about buying and selling serfs.