"Yes," Ron whispered.

Then, he stopped talking, but walked in silence.

The loss of his right hand means that Del's career is over, and it may not be long before he leaves the training camp to return to his hometown.

If you are lucky, you can also be a militia captain or something like that, but if you are unlucky, then you can only become a civilian with a pension and live a mediocre life.

This kind of life is undoubtedly very cruel for Del.

And Ron and Kaye obviously knew this, and a faint dull feeling lingered in their hearts.

By the time we got back to camp, it was nearly evening.

In the gloomy sky, there was also a faint solemn atmosphere in the militia camp.

After this battle, the number of militias was significantly reduced.

Led by a militiaman, Ron and Kaye arrive in a large tent.

Inside, there were several beds, all of which were wounded in the battle.

Two doctors in gray robes are changing dressings for several heavily wounded militiamen.

The whole tent was filled with a strong bitter smell of medicine.

Granger and Del were lying in the middle of the tent, their eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

Ron noticed that under the quilt they were covered were a series of white bandages, but Del's right hand was bare, and blood was oozing from the perimeter of the bandage.

This brave bearded man had a somewhat dark face at the moment, his brow slightly furrowed, and even in his sleep he seemed to be unstable because of the pain.

The two didn't wake them up, and Kaye had one of the doctors change the dressing for their wounds, bandage them, and leave.

After a few more brief words with Kaye, Ron returned to his tent.

It had been raining lightly all day, and there was a feeling of wetness in the tent.

Lighting the oil lamp, Ron placed the crosssword at his waist on the table and sat down.

After taking the medicine, the wound on the shoulder was a little irritating, but according to the doctor, it was only a flesh wound and did not move the muscles and bones.

It can be healed after half a month of cultivation, and you can't do too much movement in the next few days to prevent the wound from bursting again.

As it darkened, torches were lit up outside the camp.

Through the window of the tent, Ron saw some militiamen carrying the bodies onto the wagon, seemingly trying to send them out overnight.

No one spoke, and most of them had gloomy expressions on their faces.

The accident of this battle cost the militia at least a fifth of their numbers, and even Kaye said, including the militia captain named Ricken who he met at the beginning.

Although Ron already knew the cruelty of this world, when he really saw this kind of scene, his heart was still a little gloomy.

However, it also made him more desperate for power.

If he was just an ordinary knight's servant, perhaps, among these corpses, there would be a place for him.

Sighing softly, Ron looked at the stats bar under his eyes.

Attributes: Strength 1.9 (1.6), Agility 1.7 (1.5), Constitution 2.0 (1.1), Intelligence 1.3. Status: Mild weakness. ’

Originally, he wanted to see how weak he was now, but when he saw the values of several major attributes, Ron was slightly stunned.

"Huh?

You know, when he first received the task, he also saw with his own eyes that his strength was only 1.6, but now it has become 1.9.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he immediately called up the skill bar.

'Skills: Basic Swordsmanship (97% Proficiency), Basic Fighting Skills (35% Proficiency), Basic Archery (35%), Gothic Linguistics (18%)

Although he already had a guess in his heart, he was still a little unbelievable when he really saw it.

"My swordsmanship has broken through?"

The progress of a skill can increase its own attributes, but it is the first time that it has suddenly increased so much, except at the beginning.

"Is it because of this battle?" he thought to himself.

Aside from this conclusion, Ron couldn't find any other reason to increase his stats.

He vaguely remembered the smoothness of his sword, the feeling as if all his enemies were in his hands.

Even against the powerful deserter, he didn't have much fear in his heart.

It was an inexplicable self-confidence, and now that I think about it, it is not unreasonable.

The increase in strength blew away a trace of gloom in Ron's heart.

Although it is still weak, it is lighter than the first time.

Moreover, with his current 2.0 physique, Ron believes that it will take less than half a month, at most a week, to fully recover his health.

This is also the biggest gain of this battle.

However, it seems that Nick's suspicions should be investigated. Restraining the emotions in his heart, Ron thought lightly.

Although nothing was wrong so far, Nick's presence still made him dare not relax.

The identity of the third-party personnel may be related to Nick.

Of course, although it was said that he wanted to investigate, for the next three days, Ron did not go anywhere except for being in the camp.

Although the injuries on his body did not hurt his muscles and bones, they were enough to affect his usual fighting.

During this time, he also questioned Granger and Kaye through side-tapping, but the two did not seem to know the identity of the third party.

This thing, which only James and Nick seem to know, is a classified matter.

On the fourth day, Del, who had broken his hand, and Brando, who had been most seriously injured, were picked up by the carriage that had come from the training camp, along with two teams of Sturgeon and the apprentice knight Philius.

The entire militia camp faintly revealed a hint of an unusual atmosphere......

Five days later.

In the woods not far from the militia camp, Ron was practicing basic swordsmanship with a cross sword.

Although the shoulder is still wrapped in a bandage, there is no inconvenience anymore.

'Snort. ’

With a slight sound, a branch as thick as an arm fell to the ground with a 'click', and the cut was very smooth.

Ron retracted the crosssword in his hand with satisfaction and looked at the attribute bar under his eyes.

'Attributes: Strength 1.9, Agility 1.7, Constitution 2.0 (1.8), Intelligence 1.3. Status: Mild weakness. ’

In addition to the fact that the constitution has not fully recovered, the strength and agility have completely returned to a healthy state. He looked at the sun in the sky, it was almost noon, and just as he was about to go back, a figure in brown leather armor was walking towards the path that led to the woods.