Chapter 0037: Armament Promotion
I don't know if it was the calm before the war, or the level of 'large-scale fighting' in this black forest was too low, after robbing the goblin baggage team, Zhou Qingfeng was worried that the enemy would immediately kill the door to retaliate.
But after waiting for two days, there was no.
These two days are quite precious, Zhou Qingfeng in addition to using the information network at night to monitor the movements in the entire Black Forest, is to carefully integrate all the human and material resources at hand.
The biggest gain from this robbery of the goblin baggage team was not the truckloads of supplies, but the five emaciated and haggard human craftsmen. They were caught in the Black Forest by the Bann Church, building trebuchets and making and maintaining ordnance.
Zhou Qingfeng rescued Wilson and the others, they were grateful and wept. Knowing that Uncle Zhou was going to be the enemy of the goblins and cultists, the five craftsmen did not hesitate to express their willingness to join.
The craftsmen captured by the Bane Church are well-known in Coldwind City. Wilson and others believe in Gunde, the god of craftsmanship and forging, and their technical strength is quite good. Zhou Qingfeng assigned twenty villagers to give them a hand and let them exert their stronger strength.
The craftsmanship of craftsmen in these years is not limited to doing some carpentry work. They are basically similar to the role of fitters, they can do a little bit of everything, otherwise they will not be able to cope with the complex and changing environment and customer needs.
Leathermaking, forging, woodworking, building construction, Wilson and others all knew something. Wilson himself is even the president of the Coldwind City Artisan Association, and it is because of his name that he is too big that he is targeted by the Bane Church.
Because of the need to build, transport and maintain trebuchets, Wilson and others' tools were transported with the convoy, and they could start working when they arrived in the village of Black Marsh. They started by making some simple tools to improve the efficiency of the villagers' labor.
For example, a craftsman knew how to forge and built a small furnace of molten iron, and threw all the captured goblin weapons into it to melt and forge again.
The hammers, shields, and other things that the two bears and goblins carried on their bodies turned into a dozen shovels and axes. With these things, the progress of repairing the village was greatly accelerated.
There is also a craftsman who knows how to repair leather quickly, and he teamed up with the dwarf witch doctor to peel off the skin from the surface of the leader of the sludge monsters he had hunted before.
The monster's skin was extremely tough, and when treated with Old Borg's nitrifying agent, it became very soft and warm. The craftsman selected the best pieces of leather and made a full set of leather armor, coats, wrist guards, knee pads, gloves, and leather helmets for Zhou Qingfeng.
There is such a thing, not to mention the inferior crossbow of the goblins, even the light crossbow made by humans cannot easily penetrate its defenses, and at most it is in severe pain.
Unless a heavy weapon with a blunt blow, or a heavy crossbow piercing, or encountering a strong adventurer, the sword of an ordinary soldier will leave only a white mark. This greatly improved Zhou Qingfeng's safety.
In addition to this, as the president of the Coldwind City Artisan Association, Wilson is also a priest for the god of craft and forging. In order to thank Zhou Qingfeng for his rescue, he specially prayed to the gods and obtained the magic of creating strange things.
"The Sludge Leader's tongue is a terrifying weapon, and I can transform it into a special armbow." In the old Borg's shack, Wilson cut off the 'tongue spear' that almost killed Todd.
"I can attach it to your arm and use the super elasticity of its tongue and its ability to retract automatically to make it a piece of equipment that is out of the ordinary. The tip of the sludge leader's tongue is very sharp, and it can pierce through armor with ease.
It can be fired every three seconds and can be used ten times a day in a row, with a limit of fifteen. But I don't recommend that you do that, as it will permanently lose its elasticity. Of course, you shouldn't be able to take care of that much in times of crisis.
You can apply poison to the tip of the tongue spear to increase its lethality. However, it also has obvious disadvantages, that is, it is limited by its maximum length, and can only attack targets within two meters. ”
Wilson solemnly gave this lightweight arm crossbow to Zhou Qingfeng, "Thank you very much, Your Excellency Hugo. Only a noble and fearless person like you is qualified to use this weapon.
I also hope to use this weapon to express my heart. I hope you understand how much I have suffered with the goblins and how much I am grateful to you. ”
There is a great deal of meaning attached to this weapon. Wilson obviously suffered a lot, after all, praying to the gods to send down high-level magic to create strange things also has to pay a lot of price.
After Zhou Qingfeng took the arm crossbow named 'Sludge Monster Tongue Spear', he also thanked him sincerely: "Mr. Wilson, I will definitely use this weapon to kill a few more goblins, so that you can experience the thrill of revenge." ”
Wilson burst out laughing and helped Zhou Qingfeng put the crossbow behind the wrist of his left arm.
Zhou Qingfeng was in mid-air, and with a slight twist of his wrist he could activate this 'Mud Monster Tongue Spear', and the sharp tip of his tongue shot out quickly, hitting a wooden target two meters away with a snapping sound.
The tough catalpa wood was immediately pierced, leaving a small hole.
The tongue spear retracted with a thud and retracted into the receiver of the arm crossbow, where it could be activated again after three seconds.
Simple, easy to use, and powerful, this arm crossbow is really too timely.
Although its shortcomings are also obvious, Zhou Qingfeng is already very satisfied. With this thing, the dilemma of being approached by a bear goblin and trying to escape by drilling into the crotch can be avoided - just shoot the opponent's head with the crossbow in the arm.
It is always pleasing to have more leather armor and crossbows, and the consequences of Zhou Qingfeng's attack on the goblin baggage team are gradually revealed.
The church of Bane in the village of Grey could only transport a batch of supplies to Old Hughes, who was in charge of the siege. But they have no human craftsmen, and they don't have trebuchets, so it is not easy to directly attack the high wall of the White Crow Village.
The goblins of the Magru tribe have finally learned their lesson, and have set up sentry posts for their transport lines, increasing the number of escorts for the convoys. Meanwhile, the Bann Church, which is staying in the Grey Village, begins to investigate who had attacked its baggage team.
In Stucco Village, McCann, a tall, lanky thief, gently pushed open the door to the village council hall after respectfully announcing his name. The layout of the hall was similar to that of White Crow Village, with a large oval thick wooden table in the middle, and an old man in a black robe sitting at the head.
McCann stepped forward slowly, bent down and bowed his head, and said in a deep voice, "Praise my lord, and let destruction and despair cover the earth." ”
The inside of the council chamber was extremely cold, and the torches burning on the walls did not provide much heat, but the flickering light and shadows shone from time to time strange and distorted figures, which made people suspicious and frightened.
In the shadows, the black-robed old man sitting on the head was flipping through the reports at hand, and raised his eyes slightly to look at McCann.
McCann only felt his body tremble slightly, something was scanning him, seeing through him. He lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Mursi, do you have any orders for calling me?" ”
The black-robed old man's face was upright, but there were more wrinkles. But if you look closely, the so-called folds are made up of scars and scars. From time to time, black gas wafted out of the scars and scars, transforming into an unpredictable face.
As soon as the old man spoke, his voice was low but brought a soul-piercing vibration. McCann, who bowed his head, felt that his heart was choked, as if he could die at any moment.
"There is an enemy who is undermining our great cause. He was probably in his teens, wielded a thin sword, and was a thief. He organized an ambush and inflicted considerable losses on us. Now I need you to find him and get rid of him. ”
Hearing the words 'teenagers, stabbing swords, thieves', McCann's heart jumped out of Zhou Qingfeng's appearance. Knowing who his enemy was, he lowered his head and replied obediently, "Yes, I will glorify my lord." ”