The battlefield was cleaned up quickly. The mercenaries didn't bother to bury the corpses. Instead, they just threw them to the side. They didn't have to worry about a plague since the hyenas and hyenas would devour the corpses within two days. Even the goblins, kobolds, and gnolls would eat the corpses.
As for the two unlucky bastards who were dragged out of the carriage, their corpses were already gnawed beyond recognition by the time they were found. They could only be burned to ashes and taken away. As for the spoils of war, the bandits in the wilderness were really poor. Most of their weapons were wooden sticks. Only the gnolls had some metal weapons.
To humans, the only use for these weapons was to be melted down and reforged. As for the clothes that were stripped off from some unlucky bastard, their colors had long been unrecognizable. They were directly burned with fire.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the caravan began to move forward again. However, the atmosphere in the caravan was a little strange. The mercenaries who were bragging and joking with Suhlen before now looked at Suhlen's carriage with reverence. Everyone couldn't help but lower their voices.
Suhlen lay back on his horse. He didn't care about the gazes of those people. He was using his consciousness to check the spoils of war this time.
He didn't add the two attribute points. His current physical fitness was stronger than a knight commander's, so he didn't need to add any points for now. He planned to use the two skill points to choose two skills later. He opened the system storage. The system storage wasn't big, only one cubic meter. There were more than six thousand Kinnar, two metal ingots, and a silver treasure chest.
The two metal ingots were spoils of war from the battle. They were refined steel ingots. The quality of the refined steel ingots produced by the system was much better than the well-tempered steel ingots. They could be used to make weapons and tools. Many of the materials for the ballista were made from refined steel ingots.
Suhlen's weapon was made from iron ingots mixed with some refined steel ingots. It wasn't damaged even after killing the gnolls. These two refined steel ingots could be used to make several weapons.
Suhlen put the refined steel ingots aside and rubbed his hands. He was ready to open the treasure chest.
There were a total of five types of treasure chests in the system. The lowest grade was Black Iron, followed by Bronze, Silver, Gold, and finally Purple Gold. Inside the Treasure Chest, Shi Feng could obtain various tools from the Legend of the Three Kingdoms. Of course, he could also obtain Skills and Mounts. Previously, the highest Treasure Chest he had opened was only Bronze rank. This was the first time he had obtained a Silver Treasure Chest.
He clicked on it, and after a burst of light and shadow effects, an item appeared in the box. It looked like a piece of armor.
[Beast Mask Armor: An armor forged from hundred-year refined iron. It is durable yet light. It is a rare treasure armor. Defense + 15. Additional Effect: Body Harden. Hardened Body: Reduces damage received. Equipment Requirement: Level 12.]
Suhlen's eyes lit up the moment he saw the effect of the Beast Mask Armor. This armor was perfect for him to wear, and it even had the special effect of Body Hardening. After wearing it, any attack that did not reach a certain level of strength would not be able to break through his defense.
Learning the special effect also required skill points, and it was much more expensive than learning the skills. When Suhlen first came to this world, he had three special effects. However, only one of them could be used, and the other ones were activated by him using skill points. Now that he had the special effect of Body Hardening, Suhlen estimated that if he met the gnolls again, they would not be able to break through his defense.
There were only two skill points, so Suhlen chose to use one skill point to learn [Heal]. The skill's introduction was very simple. After using it, it would heal the user quickly and restore a small amount of HP.
[Heal] could still be leveled up, but Suhlen looked at it. Leveling it up required two skill points, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
In the following days, the caravan did not encounter any more bandits. Perhaps it was because Suhlen had killed too many of them last time. The bandits knew that he was a ruthless character, so they very tacitly hid at the side and let the caravan pass safely.
Without the bandits, Suhlen did not have a way to quickly gain experience. He could only do some basic training every day. Relying on the little experience he had from Karin, it could be said that leveling up would take years.
If he did not leave Karin City, he could only rely on daily training to gain experience and level up.
After following the caravan for another three days, the atmosphere in the caravan was a little dull. Suhlen was bored and could only lie in the carriage and read the popular novel, Knight Abin.
Chapter 1: The Landlady
Finally, on the third day, they saw a black line in the distance. As the carriage moved forward, the line became bigger and bigger. It was the city wall.
After seeing the city wall, the entire caravan became excited. Anyone who walked in the wilderness for ten days or half a month would be very eager to enter the city.
The road under their feet soon became flat, and the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased. An hour later, the full view of Calt City appeared in front of Suhlen.
Calt City, the most prosperous city in the northern province. The city was first built to defend against the barbarians and orcs in the north. After hundreds of years of development, the city was no longer the frontline. But even if it was no longer the frontline, one could still vaguely see the past glory of the city.
The city wall was more than ten meters tall and was built with bricks. Every few meters, there would be a protruding lookout tower. These lookouts would play a great role in war. With these lookouts, the city wall became a bastion. The besiegers would be attacked from three sides.
The moat outside the city wall was directly dredged and transformed. With enough soldiers and food, it would take hundreds of thousands of soldiers a year and a half to take down such a strong city.
The caravan slowly moved forward. As they got closer, the mottled traces on the city wall could be seen clearly. The flag with a sword and shield crossed on the city wall fluttered in the wind. That was the symbol of the Savoy Family, the overlord of Calt City.
The Savoy Family was one of the four marquis families in the Kingdom of Florence. They also had the right to inherit the throne. Of course, one-fifth of the nobles in the Kingdom of Florence had this right.
The caravan slowly moved forward. As the most prosperous city in the northern province, the business here was very prosperous. Furs from the north, gemstones from the Kingdom of Loren, iron from the Kingdom of Dwarves, female slaves and dates from the Desert Kingdom were all gathered here. The arrival of large numbers of caravans made this pearl of the northern regions even more prosperous.
Every year, Calt City's tax revenue alone was a shocking amount of wealth. Two teams of armored soldiers stood guard at the city gate. Their cold expressions, shiny armor, and sharp spears were a constant reminder that this city had a powerful defense force. An alarm bell hung on the top right corner of the city gate. Once the bell was rung, a large number of soldiers would come to support within 15 minutes.
After paying the entrance tax, the caravan slowly entered the city with a certificate issued by the tax official.
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