The Chronicles Of The Shark Empire

Something Innovative For Spearmen

After receiving his promotion, Sarpi was given a simple shack to live in, next to the shacks of his men and their families. There was a community farm from which the daily sustenance was taken and it was under the jurisdiction of the lancers and their spouses, whose leader was also the lancer leader.

After a month or so, a messenger from another company of lancers asked for support, as they were being attacked by bandits financed by the Greeks.

And how did they know this? if the Corinthians helmets and their typical Athenae shields weren't enough to connect the dots, I don't know what would be.

Sarpi didn't know whether or not he wanted to do this. But when he heard what the bandits were doing to captured common citizens, he changed his mind. and calling 30 of the hundred men, he ordered them to prepare to leave at once.

The Cretan people had been very hospitable to him from the beginning, so he felt obliged to repay the kindness given towards him.

While thinking something caught his attention. his men had nothing to cover their torsos. they were equipped only with two-and-a-half meter spears with rusty iron spikes. he had acquired a lot of knowledge in the meantime.

He wondered, Why the hell did enemies have heavy protections and they nothing?

One of the lancers, guessing from Sarpi's gaze, chuckled a little awkwardly and said,

_Our kingdom is about to go bankrupt, boss. even those spears are what's left in the armory.

So Sarpi started to think of a solution. He looked around. he looked once more. Looking at a clay pot he had an idea. He went, picked up the wooden lid, and positioned it in front of his left pectoral. the other talking spearmen stopped to watch their leader. His faces were puzzled. How had nobody thought of this before?