Baron Paul's maternal grandfather was a four-ring magician in the Celtic United Kingdom.

A magical organization active in the Celtic United Kingdom is called Elemental Heart.

Although the Elemental Heart is not as strong as the Magic Council of the Makholm Kingdom, it is also a super organization in the magical field.

The Celtic United Kingdom is far more powerful than the Grant Kingdom, almost comparable to the entire Orc Empire.

Paul's grandfather's job was to make magic bombs for the Elemental Heart.

Unfortunately, Paul's grandfather lost his life due to the explosion experiment, and he also caused trouble by blowing up the three-story mage tower.

The family was forced to leave the United Kingdom of Celtic and seek refuge in the Kingdom of Grant.

Paul's uncle became a wild magician, and he also served the royal family of Grant in the royal capital, and did not dare to continue researching alchemy bombs.

Because of the psychological shadow of the alchemy bomb, Paul's father's research notes, magic books, and uncle Paul, who was involved in the alchemy bomb, did not read it at all.

This scroll is from Baron Paul's mother.

Her mother had no talent for magic, but she loved it from the bottom of her heart.

After studying and reading his father's notes for decades, he was able to restore the magic runes engraved on the magic bomb through the knowledge recorded in the notes.

This scroll is a record of magical runes.

To create a magic bomb, you need to first configure explosives and then inscribe explosive runes on the magic metal.

The explosives are then wrapped in magic metal and ignited with a fuse.

Explosive runes and explosives recipes are two of the most difficult aspects of making a magic bomb.

The better the explosive recipe and the closer the magic rune is to the essence, the stronger the explosive power of the magic bomb.

Paul's maternal grandfather was in danger of dying during a magical experiment in order to find a better recipe for explosives.

This scroll only records explosive runes, does not have the recipe for explosives, and cannot be used to make magic bombs.

Paul had no talent for magic and was not very fond of magic himself.

This scroll, though very valuable to the magician, had no practical use for Paul.

It is very cost-effective to exchange for heavy trebuchet blueprints that are important to the territory.

Richard and Sophia are both magicians, and it is very difficult to learn any magical knowledge in the kingdom of Grant.

Even Sophia had never seen the explosive runes, and the two of them looked at it a little, and immediately became itchy and addicted to magical knowledge.

Although they didn't know whether the explosive rune was true or not, Richard and Sophia immediately agreed to Paul's request.

Both parties completed the transaction immediately, and both consciously made a good deal.

Paul didn't even eat lunch, and hurried back to the territory, fearing that the other would repent.

"Sophia, I know a recipe for explosives, and I don't know if I can use it to make magic bombs? If you succeed in creating a magic bomb, it will be the most lethal means of the territory. The magic bomb should be more powerful than the heavy trebuchet for the help it brings to the territory. ”

"I've heard that to make magic explosives, you need a precious mineral called fire crystal. This mineral is scarce and is almost always in the territory of the dwarves of the Western Continent. How many pylons do you need for the explosives recipe? ”

"The recipe I know uses only sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, and it's fairly simple to make, without the need for fire crystal."

"I've seen a few times when magic bombs exploded in the kingdom of Makholm, and now that the territory has the conditions, you can immediately set up a test ground and start magic experiments immediately."

After getting the Explosive Rune Scroll, Richard and Sophia discussed it and immediately began to make magic bombs.

The Haaland Territory can produce some low-grade magic metal blood steel, just enough to engrave explosive runes.

Sophia studied for more than ten days, using magic to create a small steelmaking furnace, using the energy of magic crystals to smelt blood steel into molten steel, using the lost wax method to cast a thin-skinned steel ball the size of a watermelon, and engraved magic runes on the steel ball.

Richard also made the gunpowder he knew in his previous life, put it inside through the small holes in the blood steel ball, carefully compacted it, and finally installed the fuse.

When it was time to test the power of the magic bomb, Richard Sophia and Sophia went to a deserted place, lit the fuse and immediately avoided it.

Only a boom was heard, and the debris of the explosion flew from all sides. A small tree nearby was blown off.

"It's nowhere near as powerful as a magic bomb that uses fire crystals as explosives. But the advantage is that explosives are cheap to manufacture and can barely be used in real combat. ”

The black powder made by Richard is the original black powder formula, one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal.

This black powder is of inferior quality, but there is actually a lot of room for improvement.

There is no shortage of sulphur ore in the north, and this mineral is widely used as a dye and is very cheap.

A sulphur mine was also discovered on the edge of Haaland's territory, near the United Territory of Chaprafael.

Charcoal is not lacking in northern Xinjiang.

Richard was going to purify the sulfur first, and then experiment with charcoal made from various trees.

See which kind of charcoal works best?

Nitrate ore is not too short in northern Xinjiang, and there are large areas of nitrate resources on the two riverbeds in the territory.

In addition, the corners and walls of the house, the livestock pen, the public toilet and other places can produce some nitrate, and the aquaculture industry has been developed, and there will be no shortage of manure.

With manure, you can use the composting method to make nitrate.

There was no shortage of raw materials, Richard was constantly improving the formula of explosives, and the process of producing gunpowder was constantly changing.

Eventually, Richard discovered that charcoal, made from alder trees, was the most effective way to make gunpowder.

With this set of processes, the power of explosives has become very impressive.

After Sophia's identification, it can already reach half of the original magic bomb.

Although explosives were successfully manufactured, the production of magic bombs was very low.

With Wendy, there are only three magicians in Haaland's territory, and they can draw up to a dozen explosive runes every day.

In addition, the manufacture of blood steel shells is more difficult.

The production of blood steel is insufficient, and it is necessary to make enchanted armor, and the process of making bomb shells is also relatively difficult.

On average, Richard, Sophia, and Wendy make two or three magic bombs a day.

Although the daily yield is low, it accumulates over time.

By the time the orcs invaded, the number of magic bombs they had saved was considerable.

If a few thousand magic bombs are thrown into the battlefield at once, it is enough to severely damage the main army of orcs.

(End of chapter)