After realizing this, Linde's slightly tense emotions relaxed. While the soldiers were moving the bodies, he also went to other parts of the Red Lake Forest and dismantled all the traps that had not been triggered.
Although he did not know the situation on the battlefield, now that Roman Weber had led a hundred-man company here, the task of guarding this area was naturally transferred to Roman Weber. He only needed to cooperate from the side, and thus, those deadly traps were no longer needed.
With over a hundred people working together, the corpses inside the Red Lake Forest were quickly cleared out, and along with the corpses outside the Red Lake Forest, they were all neatly arranged together.
Seeing the dozens of corpses before them, everyone, including Roman Weber, felt an inexplicable shock, and at the same time, looked at Linde, who was sitting not far away cleaning his weapons, with an extremely respectful gaze.
In the various wars, large and small, throughout the Seven Kingdoms' past, stories of knights fighting alone against a hundred men occasionally occurred, and various knightly legends spread across Westeros. For example, after Arthur Dayne of Dawn, Sword of the Morning and others Encirclement and suppression the Kingswood Brotherhood, there was a rumor that Arthur Dayne, with his Dawn, slaughtered hundreds of Kingswood Brotherhood members.
But those who truly understood the battlefield knew very well that those so-called knightly legends of fighting alone against a hundred men could not withstand scrutiny. Many such achievements were accomplished by knights leading their squires and soldiers, but because the knight's reputation was great enough, all the spoils were attributed to the knight alone.
However, what they saw now was a living example: one person had dealt with dozens of bandits, even if it was accomplished with the aid of hunting traps, it was still remarkable. And it seemed the battle process was very easy, as they saw no injuries on Linde.
Looking at Linde, who remained calm even after the great battle, Roman Weber suddenly had a strange feeling that this son of a humble hunter would surely become a great figure in the future.
It was this feeling that made him decide to befriend Linde, to place an early bet, gambling that Linde would prosper in the future.
Having made his decision, Roman Weber walked towards Linde. Upon reaching his side, he pointed at the broad-bladed hand-and-a-half sword in Linde's hand and said, "This is the first time I've seen a sword of this design. May I take a look?"
Linde did not refuse and handed over the now-cleaned hand-and-a-half sword.
Roman Weber took it, looked at it, and said, "This sword is much wider than a typical bastard sword, which is good for chopping and can even be used to parry attacks. The only drawback is that it's a bit short, requiring close-quarters combat to be effective."
Linde listened to Roman Weber's analysis and looked at Roman Weber with slight surprise. It wasn't difficult to see the advantages and disadvantages of a broad-bladed hand-and-a-half sword, but to be able to analyze it just by casually looking at it showed that Roman Weber must have some insight into weapon forging.
"Did you design this sword, Lord Linde?" Roman Weber handed the sword back to Linde and gave him a somewhat noble address.
"Yes, I designed it specifically for my sword fighting style," Linde did not hide it, nodding to confirm Roman Weber's guess, and at the same time, corrected Roman Weber's address, saying, "Lord Roman Weber, your address for me is incorrect. I am just a commoner, not a noble, so I cannot be addressed as Lord."
Roman Weber smiled and said, "No, no! With the strength you have displayed, Lord Linde, you will certainly become a noble in the near future. I am just getting used to it in advance."
At this moment, Roman Weber did not seem like a noble; instead, he resembled a merchant, and he made no secret of his intention to befriend Linde.
Although Linde did not understand why a landed knight like Roman Weber, who owned his own manor, would actively seek to befriend him, he could feel that Roman Weber had no ill intent. This made him quickly weigh the pros and cons of befriending Roman Weber in his mind.
In the matter of the Red Lake Forest bandits, House Webber, where Roman Weber belonged, had acted somewhat disgracefully, but they had perfectly erased all traces of their misconduct. In the future, they should not be punished by their liege, House Rowan, for this matter, nor would their strength be damaged.
Although House Webber is only a secondary noble House in The Reach, like most noble Houses in The Reach, it has a long history of lineage and has intermarried with many noble Houses in the Seven Kingdoms. For example, House Lannister of the Westron has marital ties; the current Westron Protector, Lord of Casterly Rock, Tywin Lannister, has House Webber blood in him because Tywin's grandmother was from House Webber.
It was precisely because House Webber possessed such deep foundations that even when House Webber made mistakes this time, House Rowan, as their liege, did not directly expose House Webber's errors. Instead, they allowed House Webber to participate in this bandit suppression operation themselves, to erase the traces of their wrongdoings.
So, no matter what Roman Weber's purpose was in actively befriending him, Linde felt that it was a good thing for him.