Chapter 54: Magic Crystal Cannon (Ask for Collection)
The four Upanishads of the Specialty cost a total of 40,000 gold coins, and High Priest Valeria kept his word and gave away to the two young visitors for nothing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After Roland and Lyudmila thanked each other, they couldn't wait to open the Upanishads and read them.
Lyudmila's two books are passive specialties, "Lightning Reflex" increases the reflex immunity by two after learning, and "Iron Will" increases the will immunity by two points, both of which are simple and practical goodies.
The two Upanishads that Roland got his hands on were related to horsemanship.
The first book is called "On the Self-cultivation of Cavalry", the title of the book sounds like a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, but it is actually a textbook that explains the mobile combat skills of cavalry, and the main purpose is to teach you to reap the heads more efficiently while galloping on horseback. It sounds simple, but it's not. Roland had played an action game that simulated medieval warfare on Earth before crossing over, and it was a more realistic reproduction of the fighting style of cavalry in the Cold Weapon Age.
Cavalry combat in reality is a hundred times more difficult than computer games, and the combat skills you are good at on the flat ground will change as soon as you put it on horseback, and you will not be able to play fifty percent of the ten costs without long-term professional riding training.
Fortunately, Roland has inherited the riding skills of the original owner of the body, and his own talent is excellent, coupled with the battlefield experience of fighting in the south and north for most of the past six months, and countless times of charging into battle, he has already mastered the basic skills of riding and fighting, and fully meets the basic conditions for learning this advanced mystery.
The second Upanishads is called Sir Gawain's Charge Handbook, and behind its simple title is a masterful fighting skill. At the outset, this book clearly states that it is not suitable for beginners, and that "On the Self-cultivation of Cavalry" must be thoroughly read before learning the skills taught in this book.
The high-end Upanishads naturally have high returns, and the author confidently points out in the prologue that this book describes twenty-eight common techniques for charging on horseback, and if you can master all of them, you will more than double the average expected damage you will do in a horse charge, and if you are good at using a spear, then congratulations, the expected damage will be doubled when you charge with a spear!
As a knight, charging is Roland's craft of eating, and these two Upanishads are in line with his career plan, and he is so engrossed in the books that he forgets himself until suddenly a system chime that only he can hear.
- System Prompt: Obtain the Upanishads "On the Self-cultivation of the Cavalry" and "Sir Gawain's Charge Manual"!
- System Hint: By reading the Upanishads, you have a basic understanding of the combat specialties "Rapid Riding Attack" and "Charging Hard", and you need more in-depth training to master these two specialties!
- System Prompt: You can pay 4 degrees of luck to learn "Quick Ride Attack" or "Charge Hard" immediately, and if you pay 8 degrees of luck, you can learn both of the above specialties at the same time.
Roland thought about it and felt that it was too time-consuming to learn these two specialties step by step, and since he still had enough luck stock, he simply learned it directly, and it was the most affordable to improve his immediate combat power.
With this in mind, he extracted 8 degrees of qi from the qi luck pool and applied it to learning these two specialties. Looking down at the pages again, the original obscure words immediately became extremely plain, and it was almost impossible to understand them completely.
Whew! The pages of the book flipped rapidly in his hand, and the two books were quickly finished. Roland closed the book, closed his eyes in meditation, and smiled with relief after a moment.
At the same time, the two Upanishads on the counter suddenly burst into white flames and turned to ashes in an instant.
The salesperson across the counter couldn't help but scream when he saw this strange situation.
Lyudmila looked up from the book, frowned and asked her, "What's wrong?" ”
"Book...... Books burned ......"
"Women love to make a fuss!" Bloom walked over and said with a smile: "There is a special circle in the Upanishads, which can automatically sense the learning progress of the book holder, and once it is confirmed that the holder has fully mastered the skills in the book, the circle will start the self-destruction process and burn the entire book to ashes, which can also be regarded as an anti-piracy mechanism." ”
He said it as if nothing happened, but Lyudmila was dumbfounded, in just a few minutes, she only read two or three pages, and Roland finished both books?
What an anti-heaven learning efficiency!
"Hmm...... Generally speaking, it takes at least two or three months to learn a specialty, Brother Roland, how did you learn so quickly? Bloom also realized something was wrong.
Roland secretly regretted that he was too anxious, so that he exposed his feet in public, and the existence of the system naturally could not be confided in people, so he had to make up an excuse temporarily: "I have learned these two specialties from my father, but there are only a few difficulties that have not yet been understood, and these two books happen to inspire me, so I learn relatively quickly." ”
Lyudmila and Bloom nodded incomprehensibly, reluctantly accepting his explanation.
High Priest Valeria was not so easy to fool, picked up the staff and knocked it on Roland's buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "Little fox, you really surprised me! Heard you're a voter for Ms. Sindra? I know that voters have a super comprehension, and their learning efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary people, and it is really unheard of to have a level of comprehension to be as high as yours. ”
Roland laughed and laughed, lest the cunning woman see the flaw, and hurriedly pulled Lyudmila and Bloom out of the training hall.
As soon as he walked out of the door, there was a sudden roar in the distance. Roland stopped in surprise and looked at the place where the roar had come from, only to see a column of billowing smoke rising into the sky, and a hot wind mixed with pungent gunpowder smoke blew in front of him.
"What's going on over there?" Roland asked Bloom back.
"Oh, I'll take a look......" The dwarf jumped onto the windowsill, put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, and then showed a sudden smile: "I forgot to tell you, behind the temple is our artillery factory in Icewind Dale, and the boom you heard just now must be the people from the artillery factory experimenting with new shells." ”
Hearing his explanation, Roland suddenly remembered something: "Just now in the vocational training ground, I saw a profession called 'Dwarven Artillery', which is a special profession developed to operate this kind of artillery? ”
"That's right!" Bloom nodded proudly, "Since the great Moradin invented the fiery glue and generously gave this gift to his descendants, there have been many clever alchemists in our dwarf race for thousands of years, and the first cannon in the history of Varess was invented by our dwarves, and it is not ashamed to say that in the world today, except for the Fijents, we dwarves are the best at fiddling with muskets and cannons." ”
Bloom didn't brag about this, Roland had long admired the dwarven firearms at the beginning of his crossing, if it weren't for the fact that this was a fantasy world with magic manifestations, the dwarves would be enough to dominate the continent with their sophisticated firearms.
As far as the power of the guns should not be underestimated, Roland looked to the place where the guns were heard and asked Bloom, "Can you give me a tour of the cannon factory?" ”
The Dwarven Arsenal is not open to the public, but with Bloom himself as a guide, and Roland and Lyudmila earning the respect of the dwarves for their heroic performance on the battlefield yesterday, the two were able to pass through the curfew and enter a wasteland dedicated to the test firing of artillery.
The cannon rang out again, and a column of smoke rose from the hillside ahead.
Roland walked a few steps closely, and saw his father in the distance holding a telescope to observe the landing point of the cannonball, and sometimes bowed his head to talk to Lord Buttu. Pavel, Alexei, Merlin, Boris and other important generals of the Kolas army stood beside them, watching the artillery test firing with curiosity.
"How's it going, Rudolph, is my magic crystal cannon powerful? Even a giant dragon can be blown into slag on the spot! Lord Bratu was struggling to sell his cannon, "Remember those stupid orcs?" Cook Skullcrusher thought that a few rudimentary trebuchets would be enough to break through the wrought iron gates, so I pushed the cannons up to the top of the city and told him what the firepower gap was! Haha, it's a pity you came too late to see the faces of those idiots. ”
Rudolph shrugged: "Don't brag a few words, my brother Bratu, I have no problem with your cannons, but I have a big problem with their price of up to 10,000 gold coins each." ”
"Hey! Rudolph my dear brother, men should take a long-term view, you spent 10,000 gold coins, not only bought me a cannon, but also bought the best quality after-sales service. First of all," Bratu raised a finger, "for every cannon you buy, I will give you a base number of shells for free," and secondly," Bratu raised a second finger, "I can provide you with 10 of the best artillery instructors for free to help you train your artillery units." ”
"I haven't made up my mind to buy artillery yet, and it's too early for the artillery to ......," Rudolph shook his head and smiled wryly.
"What? You don't plan to form an artillery unit yet? Bratu interrupted him, his face full of shock and pain: "Don't be stupid Rudolph! How can an army with lofty ideals not have formed artillery! IMHO, if you have a division, then you should equip at least one artillery regiment, considering that your troops are still far from full strength, then you need to build at least one artillery battalion and equip it with ten or twenty guns, and if you don't, my poor friend, you are the number one big fool! ”
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