Among them were 24 flares, no wonder the commander just now had been so generous with them.
Now with sufficient storage space, Henry collected some shovels, daggers, clothing, skis, raincoats, blankets, kerosene and other tools.
The small warehouse contained 60 bars of 1000-ounce silver ingots and 600 bars of 1000-ounce copper ingots.
At the current silver price of $1.12 per ounce, these 60,000 ounces of silver ingots were worth $67,200.
As for the copper ingots, about $1,000 per ton, this was equivalent to $17,000.
Jackpot!
His wealth instantly expanded by over 50%.
All this midnight overtime was worth it!
Henry happily stored the silver and copper ingots in his space.
Although these probably weren't pure silver and copper, they should be over 93% pure.
The other rooms had nothing special.
Henry walked to the smelting room, took out a 50-pound TNT explosive with a 15-second delay, placed it in the center and activated it, then quickly fled.
When Henry reached the factory gate, there was a tremendous roar behind him and the entire smelting room collapsed.
He walked up the slope and collected all 96 corpses and 3 dead horses into his space.
Another twelve horses had broken legs, so he put them out of their misery and collected them into his space as well.
Some horses had probably run far away, since the heavy smell of blood would easily attract predators.
There were still thirty-eight horses near the slope.
Henry now only had 256 gray pearl shells and 20 white pearl shells - the green pearl shells were completely depleted.
But he had gained 2 new green pearls, 52 white pearls, and 64 gray pearls.
These were all good horses used as war horses by the McKinley family. After fusing 38 gray pearl shells, Henry stored them all in his space.
They just all had special markings, so they couldn't be taken out of storage space normally.
But they could be used when Henry needed emergency mobility. For example, storing 50 horses in space, when needing to travel he could spare no effort to gallop at 60 kilometers per hour, changing horses every 10 minutes, allowing continuous travel for 500 minutes covering 500 kilometers.
Including changeover time, that was 600 minutes or 10 hours to travel 500 kilometers.
Keep in mind horses were animals with poor endurance - generally good horses could only gallop 10 hours a day at speeds under 20 kilometers per hour to cover 200 kilometers - and not continuously, taking perhaps 15-16 total hours.
In an era without cars, this mobility was quite impressive.
Moreover, with superior horse breeds in the future, mobility could be even faster and farther.
With everything finished, he'd forget about the residential area. Henry didn't want to attack ordinary people.
Even if there might still be McKinley family members inside.
His retaliation against the McKinley family was only for self-protection and development - just taking out their key figures and important military strength was enough.
Naturally, plenty of wolves would rush up afterward to tear the McKinley family apart.
Henry considered himself truly not a bloodthirsty or brutal person - he just acted when necessary.
So he released the horse he'd ridden here and rode back to Fresco Town under the horse lantern's glow.
Galloping alone across the vast ancient western landscape under faint starlight, with wilderness rushing toward him.
One man, one horse, one lantern.
It truly felt like a heartbroken wanderer at the ends of the earth.
Just as Henry was immersed in this feeling he'd created, he noticed the horse was somewhat frightened. Looking up - fifteen pairs of green, fierce, brutal eyes like ghostly flames were staring intently in this direction.
He didn't know if they were gray wolves or coyotes, but Henry knew they would soon be dead wolves.
A "one-in-a-thousand" Winchester rifle appeared in his hands from nowhere, and he fired repeatedly.
At two to three hundred meters distance, as long as he didn't pursue headshots, even on a galloping horse Henry could ensure no shots missed.
Gunfire thundered!
After 9 seconds, Henry stored his rifle and continued galloping.
Behind him, 15 pairs of green eyes had closed forever, and their bodies would soon become nutrients for nature.
Henry now felt quite carefree, like one who accomplishes deeds then brushes off his clothes and leaves.
Around 10 o'clock he returned home.
He spread two thick blankets on the wooden floor of the first-floor hall and began the mechanical work of searching bodies.
It took a full 2 hours before he finished organizing and tallying everything.
Cash income increased by $4,253.6, with tremendous supplements to all types of weapons, ammunition, and tools.
Henry now had 48 war horses, greatly increasing his mobility.
The release progress bar reached Level 3 at 4.78%, with 110 gray pearls, 86 white pearls, and 5 green pearls below, plus 218 gray pearl shells and 20 white pearl shells.
Of these, 2 green pearls and 2 white pearls had skill and talent halos flowing.
The current release pearl count equivalent to 590 gray pearls could upgrade talents other than Warning again.
Henry entered the first-floor utility room, locked the door, sat in a chair and used 4 green pearls with skills.
Instantly, Henry was surrounded by warm energy. He felt his body had been stronger than other boys since childhood, with far superior strength, and that he was naturally nobility, having received very strict training in dress, dining and social etiquette. He was also proficient in archery, often returning from hunts fully loaded, and was very skilled at billiards, often dominating in bars.
Six minutes passed. Henry regained consciousness to find three new skills on his panel - Noble Etiquette LV3, Archery LV3, and Billiards LV4, plus a talent Divine Strength LV1 - strength additionally increased by 20%.
Henry's grandfather's branch had declined to the point of fleeing to North American western valleys to work as a sheriff, with basic noble education for descendants completely lost long ago.
So this Noble Etiquette LV3 was quite good, convenient for Henry's future high society interactions.
Billiards LV4 simply overwrote his previous Billiards LV1.
Archery LV3 was also good, though he temporarily had no use for it.
The strength talent was excellent. With a light flex, Henry's arms and chest, back, and abdominal muscles quickly expanded, filled with surging power.
Among the Divine Strength, Divine Speed, and Super Reaction talents, Henry unhesitatingly chose to upgrade Super Reaction - after all, the signature skill in "Red Dead Redemption 2" was "Dead Eye" - temporarily slowing time during combat while automatically marking enemy body parts the player aimed at for high-speed shooting.
Having already used 2 green pearls and 2 white pearls, with 30 gray pearl energy still stored in the panel, he only needed 370 gray pearl energy.
Henry focused his mind: Use 70 white pearls and 20 gray pearls to upgrade Super Reaction.
After the panel absorbed the release pearls' light, it shot out milky white light that merged into Henry's body.
2 minutes later, the upgrade finished. Super Reaction upgraded to LV2 - when mentally focused, Henry's reaction speed was 10 times that of ordinary people, with duration unchanged.
Without opponents nearby, Henry didn't know how much he'd changed, so he restrained his eager desire to test this talent and hurried to wash up.
Waking up at 6 AM, Henry washed and packed some clothes in a 26-inch suitcase, tidied up briefly, then went to Linda's.
After breakfast together, Henry agreed with Linda to return in an hour, then left with border collie Paul.
Walking to a shadowy dead angle behind the rear door of an adjacent house, Henry fused a gray pearl shell and stored Paul in his space - also with 2,160 hours duration.
(End of Chapter)
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