Chapter 503: Three days without a roof and a tile
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If it is required by the standards of mass-produced weapons, this thing is undoubtedly very suitable.
With the ordinary forging method of this era, it is obviously impossible to manufacture such a high-standard precision machine on a large scale, and the complex transmission structure is mostly born from the wisdom of another civilization for hundreds of years, if it weren't for Edward's interest in the mechanism principles of some firearms, he used to look for some dynamic pictures to see, and he also vaguely remembered a little bit of the structure, then it is unlikely that such a thing would be able to be done even with the assistance of special abilities.
But if it weren't for the magical psionic effect, trying to make those gears and springs into a precise fit would have been enough to tire a blacksmith or two to death. As the big head, those steel arrows engraved with threads, even in a group of hundreds, are enough for a large number of people to waste three or five days before they can succeed.
Such a high-tech production method is, of course, the best advantage for manufacturers.
For Edward, the greatest advantage was Burgundy's industrial capabilities, which no longer belonged to most of the plane's categories...... It is relatively easy to mass produce, for example, those arrows as consumables, you can use a steam engine to drive a simple lathe to carve threads out of thick steel bars, and then turn out arrows, and the rest of the parts can basically be produced by hydraulic press or casting technology, oh, since you want to make a lathe, it seems that even those high-precision gears can be used to manufacture?
In addition, with a slight change in the arrangement, he can change from this high-burst attack to a large area of arrows thrown at the opponent in large quantities, sacrificing only a little time, and even a combination of the two. A cold weapon version of Metal Storm, although only a few dozen arrows can be fired at a time, but it is enough for cavalry, or a large area of infantry.
Of course, such a mass-produced product, it is impossible to compare in quality with the original one-in-a-thousand guns is just accidental, there is no need to think about it. Therefore, the range of the normal version should be reduced, but even the power of piercing the iron armor within 800 feet is enough to make the war mode in this world turn upside down, as you can imagine. In the next few decades of war, it will inevitably become a mainstream, if not completely destroy the romance of knights like muskets, but it will inevitably shift the trajectory of this world a little.
Such a change is expected. It even made Edward, the maker, hesitate for a moment.
Or...... It won't be so strict, after all, it's the mainstream of this world. It's still magic.
The Psychic gritted his teeth......
In fact, this thing is not without its flaws, and hundreds of arrows are constantly fired in succession. This will cause a lot of load on the spring, and the fatigue of the metal will likely cause the crossbow case to be scrapped.
However, Edward had already corrected this point, and on each of the crossbow boxes, Edward used two sets of vortex springs, the most common structure seen in clocks, which had a longer power arm structure than ordinary torsion springs, and was more resistant to metal fatigue, and on this repeating crossbow. There are also six crossbow cases that share the process, although there is still a possibility that the spring will break due to wear and tear. However, it should be at least more than 10,000 bounces.
One crossbow box is 10,000, 60,000. The wars in this world are not the invincible-level battles in his memory that often 'raise 830,000 troops and falsely claim to be million' or 'kill 400,000 soldiers', and if thousands of people can die in a battle, it is already an incredible epic scale! Oh, of course, with the recent investment of the few slacking troops on the imperial side, this record may have to be expanded as much as possible, but it cannot be terrifyingly high, so this amount of usage is enough to meet any need.
Of course, if it is not enough, the spring can be reinforced with magic, this kind of thing does not use too high-level magic, and it is estimated that it will not consume too much...... The other thing is if you enchant it yourself, for example, a magic spring, a magically forged arrow......
If you use a spear-like arrow with a lot of magic, can you do damage to a stronger opponent? For example, a celestial creature...... Blazing Celestial Servants?
Edward shook his head, the corners of his mouth curling in a bitter arc.
This kind of thing is very powerful for ordinary people, but it has no effect on that kind of real monster at all, and he can think of a few simple and effective psionic energy to dodge the surprise attack of this kind of physical weapon, not to mention the blazing heavenly god servant? What kind of magic items do you need to cause damage to her? At what point, what is the point of using rudimentary mechanical energy to propel?
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it can really make an effect, then what is your own purpose...... It's not for Elena to die with Iriel.
Clapping his hands, Edward turned back into the room.
"So, what else do you have to do? By the way, Greenland......" he nodded and asked Anna Su, "when did he say he would send someone over?"
"Huh?" The staff lady was obviously still immersed in the surprise of that terrible weapon, and only then did she remember to reply: "The news of the Duke was delivered the day before yesterday, and it happened that on the day you just left, it was said that if there was no accident, it should have arrived today. Although I responded to the news that he was not there, I think he didn't take it to heart. Or, he thinks that it is not necessary to have your permission to check the quality of weapons. ”
"Today?" Edward froze.
Greenland's territory is not close to him, and the usual method is impossible, does he want to use teleportation? Well, yes, now those half-elves may have completely left his city, and it can be said that he has fulfilled his promise, but if he is not satisfied with this test, he will recover most of those populations.
It's really calculating.
"Oh, by the way, my lord, not long after you left the day before yesterday, there was news from the mages of those countries that the teleportation circle on the side of the city had now been built and strengthened enough to cope with the recent adverse effects. The staff lady turned and walked towards the door, but suddenly stopped there: "It seems that the king's majesty is right for you." It's really very dependent, and I'm always ready to use your wisdom. ”
Hey, isn't this a bit of a coincidence? Why haven't I ever encountered this kind of thing when I just scream and my pillow falls off next to me?
Edward shook his head, sneering.
Then, the staff lady's relaxed tone made him angry again, of course he could hear the mockery in the young lady's words, gloating this teleportation circle naturally represented a means of control by the king, and now this controller was replaced by the deputy mentor Thomas, if you don't pay much attention. Maybe one day when he is gone, Burgundy may be overwhelmed by a large army at any time, and this small city will be razed to the ground by a group of mages or something.
Although the key to saving Assari, the magic of real name transformation, is in his hands, but when it comes to this old planner. A sub-mentor with huge ambition and bottomless strength. Edward still felt a headache.
A nameless flame in my heart. Edward's eyes narrowed, and there was a glint in him.
Should I say that this girl is very smart? This viciousness that pokes at the weakness...... Sure enough, you won't be able to open the roof for three days, right?
With a flick of her fingers, a small invisible force exploded on the willow-like waist and hips of the staff lady who had just walked out of the door, and the elastic skin made a crisp sound, so the staff lady suddenly screamed as if she was burned by the fire tongs. Regardless of the standard manners of the lady of the empire, she jumped more than two feet high!
Unfortunately, she reflexively stroked her buttocks with her hand, turned around, and her eyes widened, apparently only to make the vicious fellow feel happy, and in an instant the young lady realized it with shame and anger. The other party was actually waiting for her reaction.
"You're ......!" the staff lady clenched her fists in annoyance, but the soreness and pain in her ass made her messy brain unable to think of a proper way to fight back, and her ears were jumping and buzzing, as if all the blood seemed to have rushed to her face, and then oozing from her hot skin!
"Die, you damned, damn it...... Perverted pervert!" After a moment's pause, she remembered to roar, and then casually snatched the metal hanger by the door and stabbed the man as a spear!
......
It didn't take much time for Edward to deal with the angry young lady, but in the middle of this time the guests were already there.
The sporadic footsteps of the old butler gave Anna Sui an excuse to flee and leave like a gust of wind, leaving Edward alone with the three figures who had come up to her.
The first one, unsurprisingly, was a mage, about forty years of age, with a neat beard on his chin and deep eyes, which suited his plain blue-gray robes, but it was not difficult for anyone with some magical attainments to feel the fluctuations of the circle that lingered on the robe, and the more surging magic of its owner.
Matching the two-petaled badge on his chest.
However, Edward's gaze only lingered on the high-ranking mage for a moment, and then he turned to the person behind him, who was dressed in a traveling robe in the style of men's clothing, but it was a tall beauty wearing it, the reddish half-length silk was loosely tied in a bun at the back of her head, leaving only a wisp on her forehead, but the facial features on that face were deep and delicate, and her red eyes were shiny, looking with interest at the psychic warlock who stood up from behind the table.
Edward's heart moved.
The female swordmaster actually came in person...... It seems that the Duke of Greenland really paid a lot of attention to his ally, who had just met him?
"Well, I just like to travel, so let's take a look at what your ** master's territory will look like, ah, you don't have to worry about me, the person in charge this time is Master Lang Long, just talk to him." Raising her hand as a greeting, the eldest sister leaned unceremoniously back on the bench next to her, and picked up a pear from her plate.
Wait a minute, we need to sort it out later
“”
When such a machine gun appeared on the battlefield, ordinary archers naturally lost their meaning...... Although such an arrow is terriblely expensive, and the cost of an arrow of pure steel is several times that of an ordinary arrow, the cost of training a qualified archer is also worth a lot. And the plain zhì of the archers is often uneven. Shooting is not the same, where can you work tirelessly like a machine, keeping it in the best condition?
Unlike damaged machinery that can be repaired, each archer is a living person, and it is also a large expense to hire them into battle, and to provide them with food and drink. Moreover, these archers can also be in the prime of their workforce, and if they die on the battlefield, not only will all their training be in vain. Even with it, you have to pay a bereavement fee to destroy a family...... The losses add up to more than just money.
"100,000 pounds of iron. Don't give me ore or rough scum, if that is the case I'll double the requirements. ”
"I can give you ten, but you must pay me the price of a hundred at once. And then. Make a soul pact with me,"
The only problem with this thing is. It's a dead thing. The structure is complex. But it doesn't have a very high technical content, and the other party wants to imitate it, in fact, it's not difficult, although it is subject to the precision of the system, and it must be done by the mage, but. As long as a high-level mage is well prepared, he can imitate one of these repeating crossbows in at least one day, and even a high-level mage can make two spell slots in a day. At best, there are some problems with accuracy. For battle formations, it's not an obstacle at all.
Therefore, the telemancer must sell enough in a single transaction, otherwise, the transaction is meaningless, and as a former citizen of the glorious Central Food Country, he also knows exactly what kind of damage the so-called reverse engineering will cause.
"You also sell magical items here?"
"Of course, although I am a mage, I am often reprimanded by my teacher for not doing my job, and you see, because of this, he kicked me out of the academy and had to eat in this small territory. Edward laughed, and the lie came casually: "So, ah, weapons, spell supplies, magic creations, as long as it is what you need, we will have a corresponding deal here." ”
Kicked out of the Academy?Is there a difference between you and not in the Academy?There is no one in the Academy who can have a mage tower like this, right?
Staring at the smile on the young man's face, the expression on the face of the high-ranking mage who followed the female sword master...... It's almost a little sad to complain.
God, a genuine mage tower, even if it is tens of thousands of people nearby, just this seven-story and ninth-order mage tower alone is larger than the scope of a castle, and there is a complicated magic circle on it, as well as an anti-teleportation magic circle covering the whole city...... Even he, a high-ranking mage who served under a duke, had exhausted seventy percent of his belongings, and was barely enough to build a four-story mage tower, and that still included the basement...... If you can have this qiē by being kicked out by your guru, then you would rather be expelled a few more times.
Such a powerful continuous shot against a point is extremely terrifying even for a mage, and the low-level mana field shield will shatter as long as it takes a certain hit, and the force of the impact will make the mage unable to move, which is equivalent to waiting for death. The characteristics of a certain chance of failure of the force field of the protective arrow are more likely to be fatal in the face of this attack! Once the storm barrier is used, the mage has no other choice but to escape; and the most important thing is that the steel arrow with a thread is only more than two fingers long, and there are no tail feathers at all, the resistance to the wind must be very good, and the additional power is so great, I am afraid that ordinary storms will not be able to effectively stop it at all!
Only the flashing spell cast by a high-level mage can jump to the other world to dodge the attack, but that is also subject to the power of the spell, and there is a certain possibility of being hit, as for those low-level spells that have half a chance to dodge, not to mention, the seven or eight arrows in the blink of an eye are continuous, and nailing one is enough to kill.
Or, a touch of atomization spell is to deal with this
As a Juggernaut, she could scoff at such an attack, or as a high-level mage...... However, on this big 6, it is obvious that not every nobleman with an important status can have the same powerful power to ignore this terrible weapon.
Of course, this doesn't have to be used on the battlefield...... Actually, I have a headache too, because if this thing is so delicately made, it can fit in a carriage, and you can go out by pulling it, you say how troublesome it is.
The two men glanced at each other, and both saw their pale faces in each other's eyes.
A horse-drawn carriage...... Imagine a noble carriage passing through the streets in the middle of a noisy city, or on some traffic artery, which is a common sight in any city that does not need to be repeated, but it is either a window of a street, or a staggered wagon, or even a distant place
There is not a trace of magic fluctuations on this thing, it is difficult to cause prophecy, or the reaction of protective spells, and the methods of ordinary mages do not have much effect on it, and the range of hundreds of feet, the continuous attack, can also be as unguardable as magic. (To be continued......)