After sizing up the young man in front of him, the old knight captain immediately opened his mouth to thank him.
"Thanks for the help, lad."
"Yeah, no problem... it's what anyone else would do," Matheus replied before taking a deep breath to stabilize his breathing.
Matheus swung his glaive and splashed the blood off of it. He then took out a rag from one of his horse's sacks and started cleaning it up on the spot. He was very careful with all of his belongings, even more so for his weapon since it was his lifeline.
Seeing the young man tend to his weapon, the old knight captain was rather impressed. The young man before him hadn't even asked for any kind of reward despite having put his life in danger to rescue a group of strangers.
The old captain cleared his throat to get Matheus'
