"I don't think those people were bandits," Balistan furrowed his brow, seemingly recalling the incident. "I think they might have been an army."
"What! How is that possible?"
Dismas appeared very surprised, but Lance nodded in agreement with this statement.
"I think so too."
"An army wouldn't just show up here and attack civilians, would they?"
Even Reynard found this idea somewhat problematic until Lance produced two items.
"Take a look at this."
One was a crossbow, and the other was the long-barreled flintlock gun once held by David.
Dismas, who knew a bit about these things, took a closer look and then understood.
"These are all standard weapons of the Empire's army, though the markings have been rubbed off."
"This must be the spoils that David collected from killing the bandits. That means those people were actually soldiers. But why would the army be mingling with bandits?"
"Deserters."
Balistan uttered a term that suddenly made everything make sense.
