Armament?

Hearing Gawain's words, Victoria's heart couldn't help but move.

The situation did not exceed expectations, and everything was as she had speculated these days - Cecil was short of money.

Over the past three days, Victoria has used various methods to investigate the situation in the South, and although she has no direct access to the people of the Government Hall or the city, she has access to the Cecil's market, her access to their newspapers, her ability to hear the voices of the streets, and even the two magic projections, which the Cecilians call "shows", from which she can deduce a lot of useful things.

Cecil's development is very rapid, Gawain? Cecil, the founding hero of the Gondor period, seems to have used his knowledge from 700 years ago to build the land, and he embarked on several projects of astonishing scale, including the redistribution of the population of the entire southern realm and the construction of several new cities at the same time, which undoubtedly required incredible wealth.

The newborn Duchy of Cecil must have been strapped financially – this is what Victoria had reasoned about during these few days of investigation.

And long before arriving in the South, she had been thinking about what to use to appease and win over the founding duke—the "recognition" from the royal family, or all the "legitimacy" from the contemporary aristocracy, was meaningless to the duke, who was himself the source of orthodoxy, but after knowing that Cecil's finances might be strained, she thought she had found the best "gift".

And after seeing the extraordinary equipment of the Cecil, she did have a huge interest in those things, she just didn't know how to take the initiative to speak up about it, but now it seems ...... Both sides have what they need for each other, and this is the best situation.

"You should have seen my army and the rearmed Rock Fortress," Gawain looked at the little imperceptible change in Victoria's eyes, knowing that the other party was already thinking in his direction, he restrained the unbearable smile in his heart, and continued to say one by one, "The principality was originally decided, my army was only enough to protect this land, but we had a large surplus of weapons to prepare for the war, and those were all high-quality extraordinary weapons, which must be very helpful to the kingdom army." ”

"There's no doubt about it," said Victoria at once, "the people of the East are good at fighting, and our soldiers will not be able to fight against them, but if there is a strong arsenal of weapons, the situation will be different from what it is now......

"That's great," Gawain nodded, but then changed gear, "But the supernatural armament is different from ordinary swords after all, and the Cecil family spent a lot of money to build them, so I can't give them to the kingdom army for free." ”

Victoria was not surprised: "Of course - extraordinary armaments have always been scarce, and it would be a great thing if they could be bought with money. But I want to know, what weapons do you have that you can sell to the Kingdom Army, and how many? ”

Gao Wen smiled slightly and stood up: "Come with me, I think the actual display will impress you more." ”

Victoria followed in Gawain's footsteps, and they left the Lord's Mansion and left the borough in a magic car, and after a while, the surrounding buildings gradually thinned out, and several watchtowers came into view.

They came to the weapons test site, located northeast of the city.

After getting out of the car, Victoria couldn't help but glance back at the vehicle she had just ridden - it was really a good thing to be quite convenient and fast, especially on the battlefield, it was not as easily frightened as a war horse, and it had a sturdy shell and great strength, if you installed ballistas on the car, arranged archers and javelinmen, or used them to transport food and grass...... How nice would that be?

While thinking about it, a young knight had already arrived in front of Gawain and Victoria, this was Philip, who had been notified in advance and was ready on the test ground: "Two adults, everything is ready. ”

Gawain motioned for Philip to lead the way, and Victoria temporarily restrained her thoughts, and accompanied by some of her entourage, she followed Gawain and the young knight to a cleared field guarded by soldiers that had been emptied in advance.

She saw a soldier walk up to Gawain, holding a long wooden box in his hand, which, when opened, revealed a beautiful one-handed sword with a dark blue blade.

She had seen this sword—in the hands of the knightess named Margarita, and she was impressed by it.

"This is an extraordinary weapon with the power of the fire element, we call it the Melting Sword," Gawain picked up the long sword, swung it twice at random, and then pressed a mechanism on the hilt in front of Victoria, and the long sword immediately came with a very slight buzz, and its blade quickly turned red, and the air near the blade instantly showed a visible distortion - this made Victoria aware of the incredible heat on the blade, "As you can see, its hot blade is the source of its power, under normal slashing, It can easily slash through any normal sword, as well as light and medium metal armor, and may not be as effective against heavy armor units - but its heat can constantly heat up the armor of heavy armor warriors, and it can still be lethal. ”

Victoria leaned closer, and she took the longsword handed over by Gawain, feeling the amazing heat emitted by the latter, but even more the magic that automatically operated inside the sword: "It doesn't require magic for the user? ”

"That's right, it's a self-sustaining transcendent weapon that can be used by ordinary people as long as it's trained."

Self-sustaining Transcendental Armament - This is the most expensive of the Transcendental Armaments!

"No wonder the Southern Noble Coalition is no match for you," Victoria looked at the deadly and beautiful weapon in her hand in amazement, "If ordinary soldiers can also be equipped with magic weapons, any army will become extremely terrifying...... How much is such a sword worth? ”

Gawain watched Victoria's reaction with satisfaction, and said a price that stunned the other party: "Only twenty gold Ansu Yuan coins - or seventeen gold shield coins." ”

Victoria was taken aback - not too expensive, but too cheap!!

Twenty gold coins to buy a sword, if it is an ordinary sword, of course it is very expensive, because a stainless steel long sword that does not have magic power is worth two or three gold coins at most, even if it is from the hands of a famous craftsman, the price is no more than four gold coins, but if it is an extraordinary weapon...... Twenty gold coins are sometimes not enough for materials!

A longsword with the simplest edge enchantment can be fried for hundreds of gold coins, and the price of a sword with elemental power can even double, and in many cases, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy a supernatural weapon that meets the requirements - because those who can make magical weapons are transcendental beings, and transcendents themselves are not short of money, and if you want to ask them to build weapons, in addition to money, you must also have enough status and status.

But in Cecil, a longsword with elemental power costs only twenty gold coins...... And this sword is still mass-produced.

"Isn't that the right price?"

Gawain's voice woke Victoria up, and she shook her head, "No, it's actually more than I thought...... Quite a bit cheaper. ”

"It's cheap because it's flawed," Gawain laughed, "You already know that many of Cecil's transcendent weapons are mass-produced, but in order to mass-produce something with magical powers, we have to make some compromises in quality - the sword in your hand is no different from a real transcendent weapon when it is used normally, but the magic capacitor buried in the hilt of the sword will break after a while, and then it will become a normal weapon." ”

"No wonder it's so cheap......" Victoria looked abrupt, and then couldn't help but ask, "What about the magic mechanism in the hilt of the sword after it was damaged?" ”

"It can be replaced-in order to make up for the quality defects, many of its parts can be disassembled and replaced," Gawain smiled, "Don't worry, that magic mechanism is cheaper, the new magic capacitor only costs one gold coin, and if you are worried that ordinary soldiers will not change it well and cause damage to other key structures of the sword, you can send them back, and we will replace them for you for free." ”

"Just a gold coin?" Victoria confirmed, and when she received an affirmative answer, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seem...... Pretty cost-effective? While it may cost a lot of money over time to accumulate a constantly changing magic mechanism, this "Melting Sword" is still too cheap to buy a real transcendent weapon.

After this, more samples of weapons that could be used for sale were sent to Gawain and Victoria.

Gawain ordered the soldiers to demonstrate the weapons live, and he introduced them in the same way:

"This is a thermal ray gun, it can shoot scorching rays, although the range is much shorter than ordinary scorching rays, only less than 100 meters, but it has surpassed many bows and arrows, and the power is not comparable to bows and arrows. Of course, it's also a cheap, mass-produced transcendent weapon, and its focus array can be easily damaged - you're a mage, you should know that this is inevitable. But you don't have to worry about it either, focusing arrays are also very cheap......"

"Crystalline grenade, reliable - this one doesn't have to worry about longevity, it's a consumable item on its own, but it's definitely cheaper and easier to carry than a burst scroll."

"Magical armor, good defense is just as important to a soldier, and I'm sure you don't want a soldier armed with a lot of gold to die easily on the battlefield. This armor comes with a variety of active enchantments, and the power core on its chest keeps it running for up to four hours, which is more than enough for most battles. Its various enchantment effects are generated by relying on the rune substrates in the sockets in the armor, in other words, changing the rune substrate or adding or removing the rune substrate can change the magic resistance of the armor, which can deal with very complex battlefield situations, regardless of the enemy, the soldier can effectively fight against it. ”

"How much is this armor worth?" Victoria couldn't help but interrupt Gawain's words, and on this armor, she saw a different kind of design idea - although she didn't know that this design idea was called "modular", it didn't stop her from taking a huge interest in magical armor.

"It's free." Gawain said two words with a faint smile.

Victoria thought she was hallucinating: "Excuse me...... Gratis?! ”

"Yes, the armor is free, because it has different combinations, and it is really not easy to price, so we only sell rune substrates, and the kingdom army can order specific rune substrates according to demand, as long as you buy enough three, the armor can be given away for free as a gift. If you buy a complete set of rune substrates, you can also get three additional crystal grenades. ”

Victoria felt like she was hearing a lot of unheard words from Gawain's mouth, but the meaning of the words wasn't hard to understand, it just took a bit of thought to keep up with Gawain's rhythm - she struggled to keep up with it, and then felt ...... Still seems to be a good fit?

Everything makes sense - the Cecils did mass-produce the Transcendental, but they did come at a cost, the quality of their weapons was not comparable to that of the real Transcendental, and they always had such and such key components that would be easily damaged and then had to be replaced, but the price of the parts themselves was not very high......

Victoria groaned, then asked, "How many of these outfits can you provide?" A set of weapons and armor, not counting those crystalline grenades. ”

Gawain estimated the efficiency of the production line and the amount of inventory available, and said a conservative number: "Before spring, 10,000 sets is no problem. ”

Ten thousand......

This was the first time Victoria had heard of this unit describe the number of extraordinary forces in such a large way.

She felt her heart pounding, and the role of an army of 10,000 extraordinary armaments was constantly being played out in her mind, but as soon as the initial excitement subsided, she immediately realized what a huge sum of money it would take.

The extraordinary armament of the Cecil people is indeed very cheap in terms of unit price, and it is almost a fraction of the normal transcendent armament, but ......

Their unit of quantity is "ten thousand".

This number is more frightening.

And this does not take into account the subsequent replacement of those vulnerable parts, the cost of repairs and maintenance, although there is no exact data yet, but Victoria instinctively feels that it may also be a lot of money.

"We're afraid...... There are not so many gold coins," Victoria said with some embarrassment, she was a little embarrassed at first, but considering that she was in front of her elders, the embarrassment of being a junior was mostly dissipated, and she bluntly stated the current difficulties of the Kingdom Army, "The rebels in the East have occupied one of the richest areas in the Whitsunday Plain, and the war in the past six months has consumed a lot of the Kingdom Army's reserves. ”

"That's right......" Gawain looked embarrassed, he frowned and thought for a few minutes, before Victoria could not help but speak, he let out a long sigh, "But what I'm talking about is already the cost price, you should know that magic materials and mages don't fall from the sky...... Well, you can pay for half the gold and half the raw materials, is that okay? ”

Victoria blinked: "Half gold and half raw materials?" ”

"Iron ore, crystal ore, copper, quartz...... These common materials can be converted into market prices to offset the purchase price," Gawain said, "This is the biggest concession I can make - I am going to send mountains of extraordinary weapons to the battlefields of the Holy Spirit Plains, and they are all made from the resources of the South." ”

Victoria pondered, firing through all the numbers in her mind's eye—she could only estimate whether the Kingdom Army would be able to afford such an still staggering expense, and finally after filling in some of the taxes and minerals in the North, she had finally made it up.

For Ansu.

"Deal."