Verse 54: Minor rectification

Even though it's only a few hours of experience, when you return to the normal world, everything you have been up to is still in shock.

The cold wind and standing water in the bright moonlight reminded them of the passage of hours, and the completely different direction gave them goosebumps just thinking about it. It was clearly heading in the northwest direction, and the distance it walked out was not particularly far, but after coming out, it was not a long beach of wild grass in this direction that was theoretically in this direction, but a little weeds growing somewhere, and there were bushes on both sides and a small slope where a few trees were sparsely pulled.

The grove where they had set up their makeshift camp was not visible in the moonlight for a kilometer behind.

Was that a real scene, or had they strayed into the chasm from the moment they entered the woods to build their huts?

Or even if the place you are returning to now, even if it looks very real at all times, it is just another labyrinth.

Excessive thinking is harmful, and since you can't figure it out, let go of those for the time being and start dealing with what you can handle.

The dislocation of time and space makes people naturally feel uneasy, as if they had a sweaty nightmare and suddenly twitched to wake up. Even if you can't remember exactly what you saw in your dreams, you still have a vague feeling that something is not right, so it is difficult for you to fall back into your dreams.

The best way to solve the problem of thinking too much and asking for yourself is to find something to do for yourself.

And it just so happens that they do have a lot to do right now.

"Everything is lost, supplies and my armor. Because she had used magic that was too powerful for her to break free, Mira was able to get back on her feet and move freely, but her face was still a little pale.

"Hmm. Henry nodded, and what the girl said was not to accuse the sage, but simply to explain the current situation.

Although they didn't have much supplies in the first place, it was a pity to throw away the horses, the cotton armor and the Brigundian plate armor that they had brought from Rigal for thousands of miles.

The sage took off Margaret's mercenary badge and put it in a leather bag, and returned it to the Loan Maiden. Some of the thin linen garments were worn with woollen coats, and then the one-handed sword and dagger were tied back, and even the small shields were lost in the battle, and in view of the fact that the horses were all dead, it was a good thing for Mila to be light.

The supply is zero, the direction of the water source is unknown, and most of the Moon Country currency that can be directly used is on Temulun and the others. Although Henry still had some possessions on him, many of them were rare treasures, and the rest of Captain Francisco's advance salaries were also in large denominations of local currency, which was difficult to use directly.

The swamp village, the largest trading hub in the vicinity, has been burned to the ground, and the only place where the oversized currency can be spent, and that's not the only problem.

No matter how Henry and Mira look at it, they are not the same as the locals, even if there is Sakura, she can theoretically come forward to buy things, and Oiran has her own broken hair and torn hair, but you can still see how suspicious the expensive dress is.

In a large trading market with a huge flow of people and mixed fish, everyone will follow the unspoken rules of not asking more and not looking more if they talk about money if they dress up a little and rely on money. But without this kind of place as a cover, it is much more difficult to go to a village with people and trade with the locals.

But if you don't, walking through the mountains without horses is tant, and walking through the mountains without horses is tantamount to suicide, when your clothes are in tatters and all other supplies are gone.

"Having escaped the pursuit of two or three thousand men, should they starve to death in the wilderness like this? The girl rolled her eyes and said this, and the Oiran, who finally let out a long breath, walked to the dry place on the small slope, and as soon as she sat down and relaxed, she felt that she could no longer stand up.

Luck was the vast majority of the reasons why they escaped. The vast pursuit and killing force should all be coming in this direction, and even if the size of two or three thousand people only leaves one-tenth of the reserve force to guard the entrance and exit, or stay in the normal world to continue the search, they will not be as thrilled as they are now.

The unconditional obedience of the Moon Country army to its superiors and the vengeful commander are the basis for these two conditions to be caught up in the rift, although they have done their best just to survive, but it is also an indisputable fact that they have thrown off the army that is tracking behind.

Luck is excellent, if you look at it from that point of view alone.

But if I was really lucky enough, I wouldn't have come to the Moon Country at such a time, and then happened to run into the secret of the rebels and be hunted down by them, and I wouldn't have encountered such a strange phenomenon that I can't easily explain with words, and I can't come back to my senses until now.

Henry knew what was going on, but it wasn't a good time to have a long talk.

The professional nature of adventurers meant that they were always prepared for the worst, and even if all the evidence pointed to the dead commander of the Red Armor being chased in with all his troops, there was no guarantee that there would be support from outside.

Therefore, the disposal of the corpses must be done, and in the case of a shortage of materials, they must also use what can be used on the two dead warriors.

"What a waste. Watching the sage tear off his armor and disassemble it and hide it in the bushes, the girl sighed with regret. Due to the humid climate of the region, the samurai armor of the Moon Country is covered with lacquer to prevent rust. Unlike Rigal's world-fashioned polished and shiny plate armor, the armor here is mostly colorful and conspicuous, and many of them have family crests that indicate status, just like Rigal's burqa.

A set of Rigalese-style full-plate armor weighs between 25 kg and 30 kg, while a set of samurai armor in the Land of the Moon is often less than 20 kg, hovering between 15 and 17 kg.

The cost of weight reduction is, of course, a far inferior defense to Rigal's plate armor. In contrast to the Rigal knights, who completely enclosed the limb armor like a cylinder, the human armor and limb protection were made up of iron bars sewn into the cloth, and often only had an outer defense.

Such limb armor can only stop the sword from slashing, and avoid amputation by a single blow. In the face of blunt weapons or even heavier main battle weapons, even if they are not broken and disabled, their combat ability will be abolished in a short time.

It's not that Kazuto doesn't know how to make armor with better defenses, and the reason why their armor looks this way is because Kazuto's samurai are archers. Mounted archery rather than heavy cavalry hedging, and due to the country's mountainous terrain, armor was more flexible than defensive.

This is a piece of armor that can climb up to the treetops to scout even if you wear a full suit, and it is not appropriate to belittle it simply because the protective area and defense are weaker than the plate armor of the Rigal knights.

Mercenaries can see the value of this armor. The lower weight meant that it could be worn for a longer period of time, in line with the fact that the Imperial cavalry in Padrosi considered more plate parts to be worn by one person rather than the West Coast style of requiring servants, which was a design idea that only appeared after the "Rare Elite Class" became "ubiquitous".

A knight who was surrounded by a dozen men, and a cavalry who was even larger and needed to think more about self-fending or the logistics would collapse. The difference between the two is personal, but it is also at the level of national strength.

The ornate Tsuki no Kuni armor, pronounced "Dongmalu" in the local language, is made up of long pieces of iron tied together with a series of holes. The samurai did not wear too thick armor underneath, and they seemed to pay more attention to the combination of colors and various decorations than the Rigales.

Even newcomers can see the ornamental value of this type of armor, and as a mercenary, they can appreciate the comfort of lightweight. However, the sage was very violent in dismantling it, ignoring all the details, and brutally cut the fixed rope with a knife, and almost reduced the two complete sets of armor to parts.

This is helpless, after all, the Brigundi-style plate armor is just clothing in the eyes of the people, but the armor of the samurai is recognizable to many people.

They can't take advantage of it, even if they think it's a pity.

After disposing of the armor, the sage pulled the clothes off the two samurai as well. After burying the dead bodies, he used the moonlight to sort out all the things he had scavenged from them.

The large sword that was about the height of the Loan Maiden that was cut off after the battle with Kramer was no longer useful, but under the silver-white glow of the magical moon, Mira noticed that the knife had a surface texture very similar to that of her teacher's greatsword.

Why did she have to come to Crescent Moon Continent just to forge a weapon of the same level as Kramer, she had some answers in her heart.

In addition to the Daitai Sword, which was the main weapon, both samurai also carried three swords with them. A long knife that hangs from the waist, similar to the Rigalese's half-sword or longsword, is a secondary weapon for melee combat. A shorter, one-handed knife that is positioned like the one-handed knife in the hand of the Luoan girl, and occasionally doubles as a multi-purpose tool. There is also a pocket knife that can be used as both a dagger and a knife. This is a combination of tableware and a variety of functions.

The armor was too conspicuous for them to use, but the six knives were of great value to the three who had lost a lot of equipment, and one of them had no weapons to use in the first place.

Mira and Sakura each took a small short knife, and then the Roan girl picked it up and found that the long-waisted knife was still handy, and now that the small shield was lost, she couldn't dual-wield, so it was better to have a longer weapon as the main use.

After trying it, Oiran found that he was unable to wield the long knife, so he chose a one-handed knife about 70 cm to protect himself.

The remaining one-handed knife was casually inserted into the inside of the belt of arms, and then the remaining waist knife was thrown into another bush by him, along with the severed Dataidao.

The clothes that had then faded were too small for Henry to be used by two women, but the already wide and man-like men's clothes were a little inappropriate for a relatively slender woman.

Still, the long skirt that covered it made Sakura look less suspicious.

It's just that the blood on it needs to be cleaned later.

Finally, the group also received a bag of silver taels from another dead samurai. The young samurai who was the commander did not, perhaps because he didn't have to go out into the streets to buy things himself.

With a little local money available and regained weapons, the trio had both gains and losses.

With a relatively smaller denomination of silver taels and a less suspicious dress, after this rectification work is completed, they will be able to do something more securely and without taking risks.

The bright moon shone on the earth, and the group that had completed the preparations was ready to take advantage of the moonlight to advance some distance and find a place where there were people.