Chapter 961
Volgen was taking the lead .
Occasionally, he would turn around and look at the cart the other two civilian soldiers were pushing .
As he saw the spoils of war on the cart, the young captain couldn't conceal his excitement anymore . Especially the two leather armors among the pile which caught his eye, Volgen couldn't help but slow down and touch the leather armor again .
The leather armor was made with a composite material of cow mixed with boar hide; it was tied with a special kind hemp rope which was made from mixing up Calanthe grass and cow's tendon .
Not only sturdy and firm, but the rope also has quite a strong defense against slashing as well, let alone the whole armor itself .
When Volgen discovered the leather armor, he took the effort to test it out himself .
Of course, he didn't really test it out with real swords and pikes but a more skillful way . It was actually the feeling from a hunter towards leather .
He was sure that the leather armor could do more than defend against a forward slash from a sword, its defense against arrows would be remarkable as well .
At least common arrows within 20 meters range would never be able to pierce its defense .
The young captain couldn't help but imagine himself in that leather armor .
However, Volgen's character had determined that he would never keep the leather armors for himself . He would pass it all to Kieran, similar to the other spoils of war .
There were a lot of bronze utensils with a little mix of silverware . There were also a lot of copper coins, a sack of silver coins and exactly 6 gold coins .
That was all of the so-called spoils of war .
It wasn't as valuable as Kieran had imagined but it was still not too shabby .
"Keep the coins . Distribute the bronze and silverware to everyone based on their performance tonight . As for the two leather armors… Volgen, you can take one . Don't say no, your performance has earned you that much . Keep the other one in the office and whosoever has exceptional performance during the upcoming missions and operations, he will be able to own it . Of course, don't forget to show off your knowledge on maintaining a piece of leather armor . "
Kieran said loudly in front of the civilian troops .
The generous and fair distribution of loot earned the support of the soldiers .
The slightly humorous speech also made the soldiers giggled .
Therefore, no one objected Kieran's upcoming orders despite them having to stay up all night .
"I know everyone is tired but we have to protect Shatterstone . Volgen will split you guys in two, try to find a balance between rest and patrols . "
"Other than that, we need more men to expand our troops here . Volgen, come to me when you finished assigning the tasks," Kieran ordered .
"Yes, my lord!" The young captain said loudly with excitement since he was eager to equip the leather armor .
All the tasks were assigned in a quick and effective manner . After a mere 10 minutes, Volgen returned to the security office .
When Volgen saw Kieran sitting on the chair and Mayor Holler standing beside him, he greeted them politely .
"My lord, sir mayor . "
Kieran nodded as a reply and signaled Volgen to sit down .
"I need the troops to expand to around 50 men . They also need to be fully armed and equipped, some of them must have a certain level of basic combat skills . "
"My lord, it's impossible! There are only around 300 regular citizens in Shatterstone . We can't even gather the number you requested, let alone fully armed and have a certain level of basic combat abilities . "
The young captain shook his head and expressed his idea to Kieran's suggestion .
"If we can't gather the numbers from Shatterstone's citizen, we can go after the merchant group's guards and mercenaries . Some of them are still drifting from town to town but some of them are tired of such life and want to settle down . These are all viable candidates that we can go after . Volgen, I hope you can find some reliable and trustworthy men around them within a few days . "
"After you locate them, I'll go talk to them myself . As for the weapons and equipment, they wouldn't be too shabby since they are guards and mercenaries right?"
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