At night, after leaving enough rangers to garrison the city of Wana, the ranger captain brought his adjutant to the other side of the bridge for reconnaissance.

They walked all the way from the location where the Lightning Train crashed and finally reached the railway crossing leading to the forest.

"It's actually here? Could it be that our previous crackdown on the bandits was too intense, causing them to join the Emerald Claw? No, no, no, most people wouldn't want to turn themselves into undead."

The Ranger Captain obviously would not have thought that Emerald Claw's attack was intended to provide cover for others.

Frowning at the forest at night, he did not dare to go deeper, but took his adjutant back to the place where the lightning train crashed.

Thanks to the material, the general frame of the Lightning Train was not damaged, but putting it back on track was not something that the two rangers could do.

After confirming that there was no sign of life or corpses in the train, the two rangers returned to Wana City.

…

Over the next few days, the Skeleton Knights did not launch another attack.

But the people in Wana City did not think that the other party was retreating in the face of difficulties.

The attacks of the Emerald Claws are often insane, and some villages have even been turned into death sites because of them.

After sending away several seized cruise ships, the city hall allocated a batch of materials to Karl's factory and commissioned it to produce new muskets and ammunition.

Considering that most of the rangers only had the knowledge level of elementary school students in their previous lives, Carl did not dare to give these muskets too complicated structures.

The factory's assembly line was running at full capacity, and in less than a day, one hundred muskets equipped with bayonets were produced.

There are slightly fewer bullets, but there are still several thousand rounds.

Because the special magazine connected to Alona's quiver had not yet been produced, Carl asked the factory to produce a large number of ordinary magazines so that the rangers could replace ammunition in time.

But this is much easier to use than the bow of an ordinary ranger. Pulling the bowstring is not an easy task.

"Thank you, Mr. Ryan, the City Hall will remember your contribution!"

After the weapons and ammunition were inspected and accepted, the druid and ranger leaders of the city hall expressed their gratitude respectively.

Although these words sounded a bit like perfunctory remarks, Carl's father enjoyed them very much.

"It's okay! It's okay! It's all for Eruden!"

After receiving his reward and a big red flower, Ryan ran back to the factory to continue adjusting the production line.

At this point, things have nothing to do with minors like Carl.

But Lisana couldn't stand staying at home to do homework all the time.

"Oh, please, Brother Carl, take me out for some actual training! I feel like I can't even find the feeling to fire!"

At Carl's home, Lisanna, who had just finished a test paper, hugged Hope and cried to Carl.

"Alas, but the city is still under martial law. If we go out rashly..."

"But those cruise ships have been released. I don't think those Skeleton Knights will be able to achieve anything."

With a sweet and sickly ending, Lisanna started to act coquettishly.

Looking at Hope who was holding Lisanna in his arms, Carl was defeated.

"Then just go around the city gate and come back. Don't think of doing anything without consulting me first."

Carrying a backpack and various equipment, Carl left a note for his parents, then took the two of them and drove out of the north gate in his own carriage.

'It feels like a very spacious track for vehicles. Although it's not as convenient as an airship, motorcycles, cat cars or tractors should still have a big market in Eruden! '

As soon as he drove the carriage out of the city gate, Carl was thinking about other business.

It's no wonder that he looks like he's obsessed with money. Making money is only one aspect. Carl actually wants to recreate something that he was familiar with in his previous life through his own hands.

"Come on! Brother Carl, I'll give you some snacks!"

Just as he was lost in thought, Lisanna poked her head out from the back of the car and handed Carl a piece of dessert.

The good thing about a horse-drawn carriage is that even if the driver is distracted, the experienced horse will not easily get into an accident.

It would be different if it were an ordinary motor vehicle.

"Don't give me that! You are always so attentive for some other purpose."

What Carl hates most is unexpected events.

"Oh! Don't be like that! I was just thinking that the maple syrup in Hongye Township should be in season, so I wanted to go there and buy some..."

"Is it that simple?"

“It’s that simple!”

"That's fine, it's not far anyway."

Seeing that Lisana didn't seem to be lying, Carl didn't want to spoil the fun and simply took the two of them to Red Leaf Township.

Hongye Township is the real hometown of Iris's family. Carl's grandfather owns a farm here.

Carl often came here during holidays when he was a child.

Hongye Township is very close to Wana City, and it may even be less than half an hour's drive away.

Soon, the three of them saw the outline of the village.

However, before the three of them could get close, an arrow made of bones suddenly flew out from the jungle beside the road.

Carl and Hope sensed the danger at the same time and responded in unison.

"Armor fusion!"

Instantly putting on the power armor, Carl blocked the bone arrows, then turned over and climbed onto the roof of the carriage.

Hope installed bronze and wooden arm armor and two chainsaws on his arms to guard against the next attack that might come at any time.

Lisana, who was a little slow to react, controlled the horse and drove the carriage towards Hongye Township.

"It's a bone arrow. It looks like the group of Skeleton Knights that disappeared seemed to have sneaked in from the Venern River, and we just happened to run into them!"

With his body covered in power armor, no emotion could be heard in Carl's voice.

Raising his arm, he fired directly into the woods.

“Da da da…”

The bullets formed by magic flew into the jungle and left obvious scars on the tree trunks.

This is not only a counterattack, but also a warning to those who may come from behind that a battle had taken place here not long ago, so they should be prepared.

It wasn't just Carl and his two companions who were driving their carriages out of the city.

But even so, Carl was still a little worried.

"Hope, you take Lisanna and keep going. I'm going to check out the woods!"

Relying on the power armor and jet, Carl jumped off the carriage and flew into the forest.

Before Hope and the others could stop him, Carl had already flown into the woods.

“Whoosh!”

Another bone arrow flew over, but this time, a layer of dark green energy was attached to the arrow.

Carl dodged the arrow by turning sideways and activated the underwater breathing magic pattern, forming a magic bubble inside the helmet that could filter the air.

The next second, Carl leaned forward and ran towards the direction where the arrow came from.

The undead hiding in the forest saw that they had been exposed, so they drew out their bone swords and rushed forward on their skeleton horses.

"bite!"

The power armor collided with the bone sword, and sparks actually appeared on the bone sword.

Carl stretched out his hand again and a lightning hammer appeared.

While the two sides were still short of distance, he swung the hammer and hit the skeleton horse's head from bottom to top.

The skeleton warhorse, which was much larger than a normal horse, was knocked to the ground by this blow. The upgraded power armor fully exerted the effect of the 18-point strength attribute of a medium-sized creature.

(End of this chapter)