Chapter 15 Desperate Jon

Here comes the damn robbers again--

Jon was almost desperate.

His thigh was hit by a ball of lead, and the pain caused him to instantly lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Seeing that the group of militiamen behind him surrounded him again, he couldn't bear to close his eyes.

He knew that he simply did not have the strength to defeat these robbers.

But he couldn't just watch these robbers steal the van!

Because he is the captain of the militia guarding the frozen water port, this is his duty!

... In fact, this is also the responsibility of other militias.

But they were afraid.

The number of these militiamen is seven or eight times that of the other side. But he was afraid of those few bows and two guns and did not dare to go forward!

Because everyone is afraid of death. No one wants to be the first.

So Jon realized that he had to act. Even if you will be knocked down if you move, you must act...

Because if he doesn't get on, then the militia group in Frozen Water Harbor will suffer!

The militiamen in Frozen Water Harbor did not attack the robbers at all after seeing the robbers - if such a thing spreads, others would think that these robbers were raised by themselves. Those caravans can also throw pots on them and claim against them.

Even if they can negotiate not to pay compensation, it will affect the reputation of Frozen Water Harbor, and it will also affect the reputation of their militia group.

You know, the new lord lord is coming soon!

If they are entangled at this time, the problem is in trouble!

Will the lord really listen to their explanation? I'm afraid that if I didn't see the compensation bill for that price, I would drive them all out of the militia team in a fit of anger!

This is even the best result!

It's a good thing not to be beheaded!

This is by no means unfounded.

...because this is not the first time.

This group of robbers who don't know where they came from is already looting the frozen water port for the second time.

At the beginning of last month, this group of robbers with rifled guns and many horses came to Frozen Water Harbor to raid once.

At that time, they didn't know the depth... they rushed up to fight the opponent.

As a result, they cost five lives. The old captain was also shot twice, one in the abdomen and one in the shoulder. After three days, he died.

As a border city, Frozen Water Port is only stationed by the Church of the Silver Lord.

But it just so happened that the priests of Sir Silver were the most greedy priests of the righteous gods.

They have no other shortcomings. He is also gentle with civilians and never bullies others...but no matter what he does, he always asks for money.

For them, everything in the world must have a clear price — including human life. They are not even stingy people, because in addition to requiring them to collect money, the church of the Silver Lord also requires the priests to spend a lot of money, and they are not allowed to keep a large amount of cash in their hands for a long time.

It costs three to five times as much to treat a buckshot, even a severed limb, and twice as much for a gunshot wound to the abdomen. After two bullets go down, the final medical bill is enough to make people desperate.

The old captain didn't pay that money in the end, so he died.

So Jon became the new militia captain.

He felt that the old captain died too much.

He shouldn't die here.

This is simply humiliation-

The old captain was a veteran of the October War. He has a superb military swordsmanship, and survived the two wars against the Principality of Winter.

Now the old captain retired and returned to his hometown to serve as the militia captain to train new militiamen... Although he is strict, drunk and crazy, Jon respects and loves him very much.

Because Jon also wants to be a soldier on the front line.

So he hoped that the old captain could teach him some "unreported" techniques and tell more stories about him in the Second Infantry Regiment.

But every time the old captain heard his request,

The old face, who had finally managed to coax a smile on his face, changed his expression at once, and scolded him out without saying a word.

At first Jon thought it was the "secret sword" that the old captain was reluctant to bear. But then he slowly understood... This is because the captain didn't want him to join the army.

Since then, his admiration for the old captain has fallen to the bottom.

Jon thought he was scared.

He's not a victorious veteran...but a war-dreading deserter.

This thought continued until last month.

Facing the well-equipped gang of robbers, the old captain rushed up first.

He was in his fifties, holding a sword by himself, and stopped three robbers. But the robber had a horse after all, and he was quickly beaten with scars.

At this time, the militiamen who were cowering behind had the courage to rush forward. According to what the old captain taught, they tried to set up temporary roadblocks on the robbers to restrict the movement of the horses.

But the group of robbers immediately began to fight while retreating, successfully breaking through before closing the siege.

What ended the battle in the end were two gunshots that lingered in Jon's heart like a nightmare. Every time he had nightmares, he would think of those two shots.

... After all, the old captain is not one of those legendary figures with all kinds of supernatural abilities, and he doesn't know how to do magic or magic.

No matter how exquisite his swordsmanship is, it is not as fast as a bullet.

He let out a miserable howl that they had never heard before, and stumbled to the ground, completely incapacitated.

They felt cold when they heard the scream.

But seeing the old captain fall in a pool of blood, they were still angry, arousing the blood of young people——

They rushed up.

Then they were routed.

Losing the old captain's sharp knife as the first formation, the robbers launched a charge on the spot and completely dismantled their formation.

Even before the horses came, they backed away to the sides and back on their own.

They are not powerless. They are just timid.

After the anger burns out, what remains is a residue called fear.

They did not dare to step forward until the robber left. Not even the archers dared to shoot arrows... those two guns were still pointed at them.

Although they couldn't kill everyone, they could definitely kill the two who drew the bow first.

They just watched helplessly as the robbers took things away.

The robbers didn't slaughter them or even make up for it.

They just chuckled twice and left without saying a word with the van.

It is worth mentioning that after the old captain woke up, he seemed to recognize the details of the group of robbers.

But no matter how Jon asked, he finally left the world without saying a word and went to Silver Jue.

In that battle, a total of six militiamen died.

Two houses were burned and five vans were lost, causing extensive damage.

Although their Lord of the City has a good temper, he has always been incompetent and weak. After negotiating for a long time, I still paid one-third of the payment for the goods to the other party, and chose to settle the matter.

Half of these compensation payments were made by the militia.

Although they lost money, the story spread.

Since then, there has been no large caravan going to the frozen water port for more than a month.

The nobleman from Roseburg next door heard the news and claimed that he would soon send someone to suppress the bandits. But until now, I have seen someone come.

Later, I heard that they also had a nobleman coming to the Frozen Water Harbor, and his father was even higher than the viscount in Roseburg—only then did more caravans arrive one after another. The main purpose was to give gifts to the little earl. Hearing that he hadn't arrived yet, he was disappointed and just bought something and left.

This incident had a very bad impact on the economy of the frozen water port.

After the closure of trade with the Principality of Winter in recent years, the once prosperous frozen water port has gradually become a backwater port. Totally reliant on insider transactions.

They were originally at the northernmost point of the border, the end point of various trade routes. There will be no caravan passing by them.

Without foreign trade with the Principality of Winter, the Frozen Water Port can be considered self-sufficient. At least they have a big fishing ground.

Not only enough to eat, but also to accumulate some pearls to supply to the mainland. Some of the rarer pearls are consumables for wizards and lords, so they sell quickly.

It is usually accumulated for a period of time, and then sold to the team together with pearls and shellfish handicrafts, as well as some rare fish.

In the truck that was looted last time, there was a compartment full of two boxes of pearls, as well as a box of precious blood-dipped pearls.

And this time, there was another batch of pearls in the truck, and the value was even higher than last time!

The common point of the two times is that they did not have reliable caravan escorts. Last time their guards were cut to the ground as soon as they met, this time it was even more outrageous - they haven't woken up yet.

No matter how stupid Jon is, he realizes that something is wrong.

Those caravans that are normally equipped with guards have never been looted face to face in the city! Even if they are looted by robbers, they must be looting on the road... How can they rush into the city, demolish houses and loot, but don't kill people?

What's more, these robbers came twice in total.

It's all for these big caravans...

Jon was furious. A large number of suspicious people flashed in his mind for a moment, but he could not determine who they were.

His brain was originally not easy to use, and now it is even more painful, and he can't understand his thoughts at all.

All he knew was that if the militia stood by again, they would lose money again. And this time it will definitely pay more.

They can't afford it anymore!

Even if I die alone—

At least this proves that the militia did not stand idly by! Their captain even died...

"—Who are you?"

At this moment, Jon heard a childish yet majestic voice: "Why are you looting my subjects here!"