Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 74: Aftermath and return voyage

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"Are you really dead?" Claude sat leaning against the side of the boat, his body wet. Both he and Vericro were splashed by the Niros crocodile when it fell into the water. But he couldn't care about these things at this moment. He was placing the matchlock gun horizontally in front of him and filling the barrel with the granular standard No. 3 gunpowder again. Sitting is not as convenient as standing, but now his left ankle is swollen like freshly baked bread, and it hurts so much that he can't stand up.

"It's really dead, otherwise it would have pounced on me and bit me when I fell into the water. I saw its belly was exposed and it was motionless under the water. It must be dead." The answer was Bok who had just climbed onto the boat. Al, like a drowned rat, water keeps dripping down. However, once the crocodile died, he calmed down and returned to normal and lively.

Verricro took the broken bamboo pole of the pole and poked the motionless crocodile underwater. After poking it several times, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's already dead. It all depends on Claude, your shot was accurate." , hit it in the vital part of the head and killed it with one shot. Otherwise we would be in real trouble. Maybe all four of us would not be able to escape and would be torn into pieces."

Claude finally loaded the gun and gunpowder, but the matchlock on the gun was all wet and could no longer be used. Claude couldn't get up, so he had to shout: "Vero, bring my backpack, I'll change it first." Match rope.”

Bock Archie said: "Why do you still need a match rope now? Isn't the crocodile already killed?"

Verricro came over and pushed Bockar unceremoniously: "Go away, don't get in the way, Claude is thinking carefully, just in case. After all, we are still here, no one knows Will there be a second crocodile? Also, what about your gun? It won’t be of any help at the critical moment, and it will only cause trouble for others.”

Bok'ar was blushing as Viricero scolded him, and he also knew how bad his performance was when the crocodile attacked just now. Verricro said that he was causing trouble, which was a good comment. In fact, he was holding everyone back. Not only did he collapse on the deck of the cabin in fear, but he also lost all his matchlocks and started shouting.

"Hey, why is my gun missing?" I looked around for Bock'ar but couldn't see where his matchlock gun was. It was strange. The cabin was so big, how could I not find the matchlock gun

Claude pointed to the lake next to him: "Stop yelling. It seems that when you rolled into the water, you took the matchlock down with you. Look under the water."

Verricro brought the backpack to Claude, helped him take out the match rope, wrapped it around the gun, and clamped it with a match rope clip. After lighting it, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. If something unexpected happens again, Claude has the matchlock in his hand, and he finally has the power to protect himself.

"What's wrong with your feet?" Verricro looked at Claude's red and swollen ankle and helped him gently take off his left shoe. No matter how worried he was, Claude still gasped in pain.

"It was twisted when I was shooting." Claude forced a smile and said, "It's okay. You go check on Ike first. His face is covered with blood. I don't know if he was seriously injured. I remember we came out this time. I also brought two bottles of healing potions, go find them and treat him."

Ericson had already climbed up and was walking towards the damaged starboard side with his face covered. The blood on his face was still dripping, and he looked very serious.

And Bockaar was taking off his soaked clothes, revealing his fat body. He looked like he was preparing to go into the water to retrieve his matchlock gun.

Viricero was very annoyed: "Boa, don't go into the water to see where Ike is injured. I'm going to find a healing potion."

In fact, Ericson only received a big cut on his left cheekbone by the handle of the steering wheel. Although there was a lot of blood, it was not a serious injury. It was just that when the crocodile was killed by Claude and fell into the water, causing the fishing boat to tilt to the left and fall back into the water, he hit the bottom of the steering wheel again. Not only did he get a big bump on his head, but he was also knocked dizzy.

Bockaar quickly helped Erikson sit on the cabin board, and got a wet linen towel to wipe his face. Vericro found a healing potion and poured some on his wound to stop the bleeding. It's just that the treatment potion is basically used to treat trauma. The wound on Erikson's face does not require oral administration. As for Claude, his ankle was sprained and he didn't need treatment. He had to go back to town to find a pharmacist to set the bone and apply plaster to cure it.

"It's best to sew it up. The wound is a bit long. If you don't sew it up,