Chapter 10 Counting Harvest
"The leader is dead, surrender your weapons and don't kill us!"

"Drop your weapons! Or I'll pierce you!"

Seeing Rhodes' victory, the surrounding knights, attendants and soldiers shouted excitedly.

After Peggy's death, the thieves, who had already lost their fighting spirit, completely lost hope.

He quickly dropped his weapon and was pinned to the ground and tied up by Rhodes' soldiers.

On the other side, the Ice Blade Wolf let out an angry wolf howl.

But under the joint suppression of the two knights, as Holmes' sword cut open its abdomen, the blood dyed the ground red, and it finally fell to the ground, unable to move.

Only the hot air coming out of its nasal cavity proves that it is not dead yet, which makes people sigh at its tenacious vitality.

The noisy battlefield fell silent.

After a chaotic battle, Rhodes began to count the prisoners.

There were twenty-three thieves who survived with minor injuries. After their weapons were confiscated, they were gathered and guarded in a corner.

There were more than a dozen seriously injured people lying on the ground screaming.

Rhodes took a look and ordered his men to stab them in the neck to put them out of trouble.

Compared to the heavy casualties of the bandit gang, the situation of Rhodes' soldiers was much better, and the formed shield and spear formation showed its advantages in the battle.

None of the soldiers died, but ten of them were scratched on their arms and thighs, but fortunately the injuries were not too serious.

Rhodes asked his intact men to fetch a large bucket of water and poured the disinfectant made from high-quality lavender into it.

Then he asked the knight's attendant who knew how to bandage the wound to come over, first use the water to clean the wound to sterilize it, and then bandage it with a clean bandage.

Due to the limitations of medical environment and nursing knowledge, a large proportion of casualties in wars of this era did not occur on the battlefield, but in the subsequent rescue of the wounded.

Bacterial infections and improperly treated inflammation are the most terrifying invisible killers.

Fortunately, dealing with this kind of problem is what Rhodes is best at at the moment.

If there is a real infection, high-grade lavender medicine can also be used as an antibiotic.

During this process, the baron's body above his head was lowered.

At the same time, the village chief, the middle-aged man, hurried back after sending his daughter home.

Seeing that the village was occupied by a more powerful army, he knelt down uneasily:
"Sir, everything in the village has been taken away by the bandits. I beg you to let us go."

The villagers who had originally been avoiding the battlefield gradually came closer and gathered together fearfully.

This is their home. They don’t even know how to survive if they leave here. They can only come back and pray for each other’s mercy.

Rhodes asked the village chief to stand up and talk, but when he saw that he didn't respond, he simply ordered the soldiers to lift him up.

"My soldiers will rest here for two days. We are not bandits and will not interfere with your lives."

"Also, go and give me a count of the losses of the villagers here one by one. Whether you over-report or under-report, it's just fooling me. I hope this unpleasant thing won't happen."

Rhodes said, and asked the soldiers to let him go.

The village chief was a little confused and didn't understand the meaning of the other party asking him to do this, but he didn't dare to refuse. He nodded quickly to indicate that he would definitely complete it.

He was somewhat relieved, at least the other party did not show any malice.

"And where are the other members of the baron's family?" Rhodes asked him.

The soldiers just went to check the castle. The castle is not big, so it is easy to check and there is no one inside.

The village chief pointed to a corner in fear. When Rhodes saw the bodies of several women lying there with no clothes on and their lower bodies eroded, he understood what was going on.

After waving his hand to let the village chief leave with a sigh of relief, Rhodes burned the baron and his family together as a final comfort to him.

The bodies of other thieves were also piled up in another place and burned to avoid disease infection.

As for the subsequent handling of this village, that was something that the baron's superiors or other relatives should consider. After dealing with the matter here, Rhodes came to the Ice Blade Wolf.

Noah and Holmes were standing guard nearby.

The former was lying on the ground exhausted and gasping for breath, but Holmes still had some strength left and was standing aside with a steady breath.

"Well done." Rhodes praised the two.

Noah looked up as if he had just finished a marathon and wanted to respond, but quickly fell back and rolled his eyes.

Holmes saluted and said: "I admire your skill in defeating Peggy, and I apologize for my ridiculous doubts about you."

"No need to apologize, you made the right choice, and that's more important than anything else."

Holmes' transformation was within Rod's expectations, but it still made him happy.

What made him even happier was the counting of the spoils after defeating Peggy.

This was not just a small fight. A total of 16 gold and 65 silver were looted from this group of thieves, and the value of various scattered equipment was about 15 gold coins.

Unfortunately, most of the armor was destroyed during the battle and its value dropped sharply, otherwise the harvest would be even greater.

Noah and Holmes were each awarded 2 gold coins for their performance in the battle.

Soldiers and knights' squires can get bonuses ranging from 1 silver coin to 5 silver coins according to their performance, with a total of 1 gold and 80 silver coins.

The local village chief is currently counting the losses incurred by the villagers of Songguo Village due to robbery, and the preliminary estimate is around 4 gold coins.

Rhodes calculated that after dealing with this batch of equipment, the amount of money in his hand would reach 43 gold coins.

Fifty-two sets of brand new chain mail cost only 26 gold coins.
It was enough for him to replace the leather armor of fifty-two soldiers, making the overall combat power stronger.

In addition to money, there is also this Ice Blade Wolf.

The flesh and blood of Warcraft is rich in nutrients, and eating it regularly can help the knight advance.

The flesh, blood, fur, etc. of this demon wolf are worth 4 gold coins, which is equivalent to a set of basic cavalry armor.

However, it would be a bit of a waste to chop the meat up and eat it directly. Rhodes lowered his head and looked into the eyes of the Ice Blade Wolf.

One of the three major systems in the wizard's guide, animal husbandry and breeding contains a lot of information about the domestication and breeding of Warcraft.

Rhodes has currently learned two wizard knowledge: [Spiritual Contract] and [Pasture Contract]

Both of them sign a contract with the animal to make it their subordinate.

However, the degree of [Spiritual Contract] is deeper, it is directly engraved on the souls of Rhodes and the contracted animal, and they are closely connected.

This allows Rhodes to directly control the contracted animal within a certain distance and gain some of the other party's innate abilities.

The contracted animal will also receive Rhodes' spiritual blessing, and its growth potential will be greatly improved.

Limited by his wizard level, Rhodes currently only has one racial quota for [Spiritual Contract] and is not going to waste it on the Ice Blade Wolf race.

It's useless except for fighting, and it can't beat his knights.

The constraints of the [Pasture Contract] are relatively weak. Rhodes can only understand the emotions of the contracted animals and locate them, but it has no binding force.

The relationship is similar to that between a human and a sheepdog, and the contract can enlighten the animal's wisdom and help Rod look after the animals on his ranch in the future.

Rhodes also looked for other highly binding contracts in the wizard's manual.

But the book explains that for novices, similar compulsory contracts require a powerful third party as a witness, such as gods or demons.

It is not recommended for weak wizards to use, so there is no specific record of it.

Both contracts in the book are led by wizards. They are mutually beneficial two-way contracts and will not be interfered with by other beings.

(End of this chapter)