With the advent of new craftsmen, the development of steam technology in the Coldwind Collar is in full swing.

Instead, Ronan, as a lord, left the town and sat in a truck deep into the frozen ground to a snow-capped mountain.

The location here was close to the camp of the Frostwolf tribe that had previously subjugated him.

A short distance away, you can see the location of many igloos that are covered in snow and ice.

And the reason why Ronan came this time was not because of the barbarian savages, but because his mole prospectors had discovered a new mineral.

Well, to be precise, this group of moles was caught by Ronan when they were lazy in the hot springs.

Instead, he found a sulfur mine nearby and proudly demanded a reward from him.

Ronan handed two jujubes to the mole's mouth, let it nibble on its own, and then looked halfway up the snow-capped mountain.

Among the rocks there, there is a natural hot spring gushing from an underground river, hidden under the snow and ice.

Ronan recalls Mumutul, the wildling messenger of the Frostwolf Tribe, who was the first to surrender to him.

When he tried the steam room in town, he behaved normally, and he didn't react with surprise at all.

Now it seems that I have had a similar experience a long time ago.

Ronan didn't have much interest in natural hot springs, and what interested him was the sulfur mines near the hot springs.

The discovery of sulfur meant that he was able to produce large quantities of sulfur in his domain, which could be used to prepare sulphuric acid, produce gunpowder, fertilizer, and auxiliary metal smelting.

Especially the production of gunpowder, Ronan thought to himself.

Along with the previous cleansing of Black Rock City, the collected manure was not only used for manure but also for spring ploughing.

At the same time, a number of nitrate fields were arranged, cellar pits were dug, wheat straw, fallen leaves and other leaves were buried, lime and water were added, and after a period of time, a large amount of nitrate appeared under the transformation of nitrifying bacteria in the urine of people and animals.

At this time, the nitrate soil is excavated and mixed with plant ash soaked in water to brew, and finally boiled again to obtain potassium nitrate crystals.

Paired with sulfur and charcoal, according to the classic ratio of black powder, the cold wind collar has the ability to produce large quantities of gunpowder on its own.

Black powder is no secret in this era, but due to the suppression of knights, it has not been used in the field of military warfare for the time being, and it seems to have little effect on Ronan.

But it's just a medium.

Ronan also holds the mysteries of magic, and the role of magic is to amplify the effect.

He got up and went to the back of the truck, where a steel warhead with a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.5 meters was placed.

The warhead was filled with configured explosives.

[Steel Black Powder Self-Missile Head Puppet (2nd Order Warchess): Attack: 120/Defense: 10/Spirit: 20]

[Skill: Implosion: The magic core triggers the explosion trajectory in the black powder, resulting in a combined chain explosion.

Flight: The Mana Core guides the flight path of the warhead at the very bottom, flying quickly.

Self-Guidance: The mana core triggers the tracking trajectory at the front of the warhead, locks on to the target and flies until it hits or runs out of mana. 】

[Transformation conditions: 40 kg of steel, 400 kg of black powder, 300 points of mana, 20 points of pure spirituality]

Ronan sat on the edge of the carriage and looked at the warhead in the middle.

The gunpowder inside it is engraved with the complex explosion trajectory of the blood of the lion king, which will be guided by the magic core to guide the power of the gunpowder explosion and increase it by 20 times.

The energy released by the explosion of one ton of black powder can be approximately equal to the energy released by 0.2 tons of TNT.

In other words, after the warhead in front of it is detonated, it can efficiently exert the power of 1.6 tons of TNT explosion.

Ronan kicked the warhead, and the warhead puppet magic core that he had ordered was set to work.

After slowly floating out of the carriage, it aimed at the foot of the snow-capped mountain in front of it and began to fly at an increasing speed, stabilizing its speed after reaching Mach 0.5.

The last one smashed into the ground at the foot of the mountain.

Suddenly, the fire flickered, and the dazzling fireball continued to expand from there, swallowing the surrounding soil and snow water, and the fire light was accompanied by a deafening roar, causing the winter wolves, reindeer and other animals hiding in the woods to flee in terror.

After the dust settled, Ronan manipulated the crow and went to the center of the explosion to understand the situation.

At the foot of the flat mountain, where snow had originally accumulated, a large crater of more than 1,000 cubic meters appeared.

If the target of the attack is replaced by a city wall or castle, this one can basically be declared scrapped and directly destroyed by the impact of the explosion.

I am still very satisfied with Willi Ronan, that is, this warhead is a disposable, suicide attack.

And in order to guarantee the power in the event of an explosion, the mana it allocates to the flight is insufficient, resulting in insufficient endurance, which limits the range of the strike.

The effective strike range is within two kilometers.

Of course, if necessary, you can always reduce the weight and power to increase the strike range.

After learning about the power of the warhead, Ronan began to test other new equipment.

He looked at the other items in the carriage, which were three steel suits that resembled thickened plate armor.

However, they look much heavier and wider than normal plate armor, with a height of more than three meters.

[Heavy Artillery Power Armor Golem (2nd Tier Warchess): Attack: 100/Defense: 80/Spirit: 20]

[Skill: Power Amplification: Assist the wearer in power output.]

Burst: The Power Core directs the explosive trajectory of the gunpowder inside the gun, which fires high-powered bullets. 】

[Transformation conditions: 4000 kg of steel, 300 mana, 20 pure spirituality]

The puppet looked like a big fat man with heavy pieces of armor covering its body.

And on the shoulder, it carries a large-caliber gun with a three-meter-long barrel, which is also its main weapon.

Ronan entered through an opening behind the armored golem, and the armor then closed, and the soft fur lining fit inside, protecting his body from within.

Every part of the armored golem is meticulously crafted by craftsmen.

Finally, it is handed over to Ronan and assembled into a puppet to minimize mana consumption and protect the wearer.

The design idea of heavy artillery is benchmarked against the tanks of the previous life, so as to achieve absolute hegemony in land warfare.

The reason why humanoid armor is made is to be handsome on the one hand, and to facilitate the wearer's control on the other hand.

The main reason for the additional arrangement of the wearer is that the puppet's mind is similar to that of a computer, lacking the complex thinking of improvisation, and the calculation power itself is not high.

Therefore, it is more suitable for armor auxiliary programs, helping the wearer to achieve rapid control and cope with various changing situations.

In addition to the heavy guns, the other two armored golems also have their own characteristics.

They are called Mobile Reconnaissance and Air-Space Assault.

Their armor is much thinner than that of heavy guns, and their overall shape is more fluid, with the beauty of cheetah and goshawk lines.

The magic trajectory of mobile reconnaissance is mainly acceleration, equipped with a large sniper rifle and long knife, which is responsible for the exploration and cleaning of complex terrain on the ground.

The magic trajectory of the Sky Rush is mainly for flight, equipped with a six-barreled minigun, and from the realization of a covering strike on the ground.

Due to the fact that the knight's consumption of food is too large, Ronan is not ready to continue to transform the knight, so in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the territory, he has to start with equipment.

The puppets are not intelligent enough to deal with the complexities of the battlefield.

And after a long period of research, with the assistance of the craftsman and the ability of the hero's blood, the armored golem appeared.

(End of chapter)