Each shot is like burning dozens or hundreds of pounds of gold, and this price is obviously not something that the legion of Kolas can afford to spend, so Jack can only adopt the second way of thinking - the cannonball itself is not a magic item, and just incorporating a spell into the inner charge is equivalent to making a potion in an ordinary bullet case, which is much cheaper than the previous method. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jack's idea of creating a magic bullet is simple, but in practice there are countless difficulties to overcome, and ordinary mages and warlocks simply cannot complete this difficult task, and the alchemist's professional ability and a little spark of genius finally make him successful.

"This is also thanks to Mr. Roland's advice to me in Big Rabbit's Nest Town, which solved the disadvantages of unstable and easy self-detonation of fireball bombs, and now the fireball bombs I made are very safe!" Jack took out something that looked like a pear in shape and size from the cupboard and showed it to Roland with confidence.

Roland took the bomb from the little inventor and asked uneasily, "Is it really safe?" Vanka and Sasha seem to have different opinions about your invention. ”

Jack patted his chest and promised: "The last time they were shown was the beta version, this time it is the official version with the safety fuse, you can rest assured, as long as you don't pull out the fuse, even if you hit it with a hammer, it won't explode." ”

Roland weighed it, the bomb shell was made of cast iron, and the surface was covered with granular protrusions, I don't know whether it was to increase the lethality of the shrapnel after the explosion or to increase the friction to avoid getting out of the hand, in general, it was very similar to a grenade on the earth.

"How did this thing detonate?"

"It's very simple, there is a bulge on the tail of the bomb, and pressing it hard will open the safety latch, so that the cotton ball stained with thunder stone powder in the shell is in direct contact with the enchanted gunpowder, and it will explode if it is thrown out and hit, and the power is equivalent to the fireball technique released by a level 5 mage!" Jack's eyebrows fluttered.

Roland took the "fireball bomb" and looked around, trying to find a place where the detonation experiment could be conducted.

"Follow me, there's a proving ground down there." Jack pushed the table open and lifted the floor, opening a tunnel that exuded the smell of earth underneath, "Whenever I camp in the field, I always dig a basement in the workshop, at first I do it myself, and then Yuri hired a group of sappers with professional digging tools to help me work, and it was done in half an hour." ”

Roland followed Jack into the basement. Both have "dark vision" and can move freely around the dimly lit underground proving ground without the help of candles. The Koras Legion's sappers are all recruited from the Icewind Dale dwarves, and most of the members are experienced miners, who are the best in digging underground fortifications, not to mention professionally trained miners.

The underground test site was more spacious than Roland had imagined, with load-bearing columns made of logs erected at intervals to prevent landslides caused by explosions, and a curved chest wall four feet high and twenty feet long was erected in the center of the test site.

Jack walked Roland to the back of his chest, handed him a pair of cork earbuds, looked up and asked him, "Are you coming or am I coming?" ”

"I'll do it." Roland put on the earplugs, pressed the safety bolt as Jack instructed, and then threw the bomb in the opposite direction.

The bomb flew fifty feet out and hit the opposite wall, instantly bursting with a snowy light, Roland hurriedly followed Jack's head and hid behind the chest wall, feeling the shock wave caused by the explosion hit the air sideways, shaking the chest wall trembling, although there was a cork to isolate the sound waves, he still felt a slight tingling pain in the eardrum. The flames from the explosion turned from incandescent to orange, filling the underground space on the outside of the breastwork, and the sound of tinkling shrapnel hitting the armor on the outside of the breastwork.

Worried that Jack was cut by shrapnel, Roland stretched out his long arms to hold the little dwarf in his arms. After a long time, the explosion on the opposite side of the bunker gradually subsided, Roland and Jack successively leaned on the breast wall to peep, and a large crater with a radius of 20 feet was blown out on the opposite wall, and the impact point was two feet deep, and the power of the explosion spread to the periphery while also rapidly attenuating, and there was only a shallow layer of dents at the edge.

Jack uses a 0-ring trick "Water Creation" to create an indoor rainfall, dousing the shrapnel that is still burning, and cleaning the indoor gunsmoke. Roland walked over to inspect the scene of the explosion and confirmed that Jack was still conservative, the power of the "fireball bomb" was greater than the real "fireball technique", because the destructive power of the bomb not only came from the violent explosion of flames and shock waves, but also the shattered shrapnel!

Roland picked up a piece of shrapnel the size of a fingernail and looked closely, the surface of the cast iron showed obvious traces of melting, which showed that the shrapnel carried an extremely high temperature at the moment of explosion. A small piece of shrapnel is inconspicuous, but if the enemy is in an explosion zone, these small pieces of red-burned, high-speed splattering iron can become deadly killers, even in full armor.

"Jack, congratulations, well done!" Roland patted the little inventor on the shoulder, "The fireball bomb has been very successful, and I have a hunch that this new weapon will play a huge role on the battlefield!" ”

Jack grinned, "Mr. Roland, I'm glad you didn't misread anyone, my work proves that it wasn't a bad decision for you to recommend me to join the Kolath Legion. ”

"I'm glad I wrote that letter of recommendation, it was the wisest decision I ever made." Roland was amazed. Jack's invention of the "fireball bomb" is completely different from the "grenade" principle on the earth, but it has similar power and tactical value, this thing is light and hidden, easy to transport and carry, the biggest advantage is that it can form fire suppression without the help of cannon fire, which can be called the most efficient and lethal individual weapon in this era!

Jack has long been accustomed to the ridicule and ridicule of others since he was a child, but Roland's praise made him feel a little embarrassed, touched the back of his head and said: "The technical problems have been solved, and the problem now is how to mass-produce this new weapon as soon as possible to provide enough fireball bombs for our soldiers." ”

"With your technology, the maximum number of fireball bombs you can make per day." Roland asked.

"Regardless of the cost, we can make about six or seven a day." Jack is not so confident that this also includes defective products that are likely to appear.

"You can't do this alone, you can talk to Mr. Merlin and ask him to help you find a few apprentices, of course, if you are willing to teach you how to make fireball bombs."

"Of course I'm willing to promote this craft, and I've talked to Mage Merlin about it for a long time, and he promised to give me twenty mage apprentices as assistants, but it's not enough, to produce enough fireball bombs for the army, we must recruit more young people with arcane talent." Jack frowned in embarrassment.