Linfeng Mountains, plantation parks.

This is the human stronghold closest to the habitat of the Xiahui Dragon in Peak City, and in order to prevent it from invading the human territory, Ryan has personally led the elite of the Knights to be stationed here in the past few days.

"Whoa—"

"Boom-"

One sunny afternoon, Julius was lying in his stronghold, napping.

And just as he was sleeping, he was awakened by the sound of thunder in the distance, and he couldn't help getting up from the recliner angrily, and said angrily:

"It's noisy! This beast is not quiet for a moment, and sooner or later I will have to skin it and cramp it! ”

Ever since the dragon was wounded by them, the woods haven't been at peace for a moment.

Every now and then, a rumbling thunder can be heard nearby, as if it is venting its anger or provoking enemies who are trying to invade its territory.

"What, the skin is itching again?"

Agaté on the side was playing cards with several other colleagues, and when he heard this, he said, "You were the person who was beaten the worst by Xia Huilong before, and you are embarrassed to make bold statements?" ”

"It's just a flesh wound, what's the big deal." Julius snorted, "Anyway, it's been more than a week since that day of temptation, right?"

"Until now, the military department has only told us to stay still, and has not given us new orders, and I don't know what they are thinking.

"The nearby monsters have been swept away by us, and there is no fun in this deep mountain and old forest, so we can only play cards with a group of rough men every day......

"Alas, I've begun to miss the good days in the city."

"The military department must be preparing a trick to deal with Xia Huilong." Agaté said.

"That is indeed an opponent to be reckoned with, and with the strength of our knights alone, I am afraid that we can only expel it at most, and not be able to crusade against it."

"What should I do?" Julius spread his hands, "Strength is not something that can be improved overnight.

"Could it be that if you wait here for more than ten days, there will be a genius who will break through and be promoted to an eighth-order powerhouse, and knock Xia Hui Dragon to the ground with one punch?"

At this time, another colleague answered with a smile:

"Although no genius knight can advance to the eighth rank in a short period of time, there is a genius alchemist who is making new alchemy weapons for us.

"Have you forgotten our young Chief Staff? According to reliable information from the city two days ago, the alchemy factory of the military department has begun to operate.

"I'm afraid in a few days, we'll be able to receive new weapons from the city."

After the war, the Knights were still convinced by the young general staff of the City Lord's Mansion, and the new city defense cannon that turned the tide of the war was his invention.

And there are many clues to prove that he is the spokesperson of the White Raven's camp, and the mysterious and powerful alchemy equipment on the White Raven is likely to come from him.

Coupled with the strong support of the current city lord Evelyn and the head of the Knights, Ryan, this makes his image even more reliable in front of everyone.

Although the current Linfeng City is not yet completely sure of defeating Xia Huilong, if it is him......

This goal doesn't seem to be too difficult to achieve.

After all, he even survived such a difficult war at the beginning, what else could stump him and Linfeng City?

"Then let's wait." Julius muttered and sat back in his recliner.

"Hmph, that beast that likes thunder doesn't have much time to jump, it's a little pitiful to think about, I'm too lazy to bother with it~"

……

Compared with the Knights, who were rarely at rest on the front line, Noren, who was in the rear, was busy for several days.

On the first day after the trial, after determining the idea of countermeasures, he used the Book of Omniscience to improve the recipe of the Holy Silver, and obtained a new composite alchemy metal with both the effect of breaking demons and the strength of the material.

Corresponding to its excellent performance, the improved Holy Silver is more expensive than the original, and the forging process is more complicated, but this is not a problem of the formula, it is a problem of the forger.

And after Peak City took on all the expenses for alchemy materials, this problem no longer exists.

He named the new composite alchemy metal Demon Breaker Silver Iron, and prepared to put it into mass production as the first alchemy weapon made by the Alchemy Factory.

Yes, after this period of time, the alchemy factory allocated to him by the military department has been built.

At the same time, Richard, an alchemy consultant, also gave him a list of alchemists who were interested in joining the factory.

So after a brief screening, the next day, Nolan interviewed the remaining alchemists who had passed the screening.

After a day of interviews, he finally selected five alchemists to join the first batch of factory employees, along with a total of twenty-eight skilled alchemy apprentices.

Among them, five alchemists are left aside for the time being, and there is a reason why they chose alchemist apprentices to join the factory.

The so-called alchemists are senior scholars who have reached a certain level of attainment in magic circle, pharmacy, and application, and the factory hires them to be responsible for managing a certain project, rather than letting them strike iron themselves.

Alchemy apprentices are their apprentices and their coolies, and until they leave the school, some mechanical labor and unskilled work will be handed over to the alchemy apprentices to do.

At the same time, these alchemist apprentices are not subordinate substitutes for alchemists, they can do the basic work in practice, and they often have their own specialized directions.

Some are particularly good at refining potions, some are particularly good at drawing magic circles, and some are especially good at forging alchemy metals.

They have almost reached the point of becoming a teacher in a certain field, but they still lack knowledge of other disciplines to become alchemists.

Many of them have almost given up on becoming alchemists, and they make a living by taking some jobs under their teachers and receiving a certain amount of remuneration.

In fact, this is the final destination of most alchemy apprentices, after all, not all alchemy apprentices have the talent and perseverance to become alchemists.

And even if they don't become alchemists, it's not a big deal, after all, as long as they master the craft of one of the disciplines of alchemy, it is enough for them to eat.

That's enough for the average person.

Because this is the first batch of employees in the alchemy factory, his criteria for selecting people are still relatively strict, although a total of more than 30 people seems to be a bit small, but there is no problem with practical ability.

On the third day, Nolan moved into the alchemy factory with them, and after signing the contract, he gave them the recipe for the Demon Breaking Silver Iron.

The tools and raw materials needed to forge the Demon Breaking Silver Iron were gradually sent to the factory with the support of the Logistics Department of the City Lord's Mansion, and soon, the nascent industrial machine began to operate slowly.

While the alchemy factory was operating, the alchemy workshop in his mansion was not idle.

After receiving Yuna, Rogen and Aisha returned to Impex City and received drawings of the new weapon from Nolan.

They are going to forge a new alchemical weapon for the White Raven, the Live-Ammunition Magic Guide.

This magic guide is unlike any of the previous magic tools forged by the team, and it is significantly more difficult to craft.

The main structure of the traditional magic guide gun is divided into three parts: the magic power source, the magic circle structure chamber, and the spell casting switch, and its protruding barrel part only plays the role of pointing when the magic circle occurs, which belongs to the most primitive type of aiming parts.

But the live ammunition magic guide gun is different, this barrel is a fortress large-caliber live ammunition!

In order to fire a thick and long live bullet, the barrel had to be made very long.

At the same time, in order to ensure that sufficient propulsion is given to live ammunition, the fortress in the circle structure warehouse is not a single magic circle, but a complex structure connected by multiple "accelerated" magic circles!

This is a new and unprecedented structure of the magic guide, and even Nolan himself was involved in the creation and improvement of this weapon in order to make this invention possible.

They spent a week making several samples and optimizing the structure of the circle chamber over and over again, eventually reducing it to a size large enough to be held by a single person.

This was almost enough, and Nolan handed over the optimized drawings back to Luo Zhen, and the production of the live-ammunition magic guide gun was finally finalized.

Then, without a moment's rest, it was Aland, the messenger of Flamel, who came to Noren at once.

A week later, he visited Peak City again with the agreed supplies, and at the same time prepared to collect the remaining few new magic circles from Noren.

"Well, Nolan, you look pretty good today."

Alander smiled, "The dark circles under the eyes are proof of the alchemist's inspiration, I guess, what kind of powerful alchemy research is you doing again?" ”

Do you Flamel have any misconceptions about "good form"?

Noren couldn't complain, so he casually said a few perfunctory words, handed over the four new magic circles and sent him back.

Although he still has some affection for Aland personally, it is only based on a simple academic exchange between alchemists.

In addition to this, his identity is the general staff of Impex City, and Aland's identity is that of Flamell's emissary.

Although the two cities are in a honeymoon-like state of cooperation, they are secretly competing in secret.

Flamel hopes to decipher the new rune system by researching the new magic circle, and use the magic crystal to contain the development of Peak City.

Peak City, on the other hand, hopes to complete the primitive accumulation with the help of Flammel's support, and eventually develop into an alchemy city that is comparable to, or even surpasses, Flammel.

Therefore, regarding the "suspected discovery of the magic crystal raw ore vein in Linfeng City", this was listed as the top secret of the military department and did not spread.

Even if Alander inquired privately, he only got vague information such as "there is an invasion of demonic beasts in the Linfeng Mountain Range, and the knights are stationed to guard it", and he didn't pay special attention to it.

"I'll be back next week."

Before leaving, Arand said, "When you are free, Flamel will welcome you at any time." ”

"Mm-hmm, next time." Nolan sent him away with a smile and let out a sigh of relief.

This time, Alander came with a few truckloads of resources, and in addition to the usual magic crystals, he also brought some parts and technologies related to magic guides.

This includes the technology he is most desperate to obtain at the moment, and all the ranged weapons in the White Raven's hands can use it.

This technology belongs to the relatively unpopular category of alchemy application, although it is not commonly used, but the structure is relatively fine, and it belongs to the type that cannot be dispensed without, but it is more troublesome to study and manufacture it.

This kind of thing is still convenient to import directly.

At this point, everything necessary is ready, and all that remains is to wait quietly.

And so, another three days passed.

……

"What, someone from the military department?"

Linfeng Mountains, plantations.

It had been more than ten days since Julius had been stationed here, and he had grown accustomed to the occasional thunderclap from the distant woods.

At noon that day, he was napping in the house as usual, when he suddenly heard the conversation of his colleagues on the side, and immediately opened his eyes.

"Hmm." Agaté nodded at him, "Let's go, let's go get the special weapons that the military department has prepared for us!" ”

It's a special weapon that can target the Xiahui Dragon, doesn't that mean......

This is a dragon-slaying weapon!?

Julius's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered the beam magic cannon in the white raven's hand before.

At that time, Xia Hui Long was swinging the Sword of Thor towards him, and it was the glowing beam cannon that hit Xia Hui Dragon's chest directly, causing the sword of Thunder to deviate from the trajectory of the sword.

Although judging from the results, with Ryan by his side, he will not really be slashed by Thor's sword.

But the beam cannon also saved his life, so he was still very impressed with this weapon.

Combined with the previous speculation, if Nolan is the one behind the scenes who makes the White Raven's weapons, then with his style, will he also give them a similar magic cannon?

Imagine a brave knight is facing the evil dragon, when the dragon thinks the knight will draw his sword, but the knight suddenly out of nowhere to pull out a magic cannon-

That's a ...... That's cool!

Our knights in Linfeng City are like this.

Julius thought about it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise an uncontrollable arc, and Agaté on the side looked at him strangely, thinking that he was just getting a few special arrows, as for smiling so arrogantly?

He led Julius to the armory below, lifted the curtain of a carriage, and said:

"No, there are five demon-breaking silver iron arrows, the number is limited, don't take more, remember to carry your knight's bow when you go to battle, we will use this to shoot the Xiahui Dragon."

"Huh?" Julius was stunned and dumbfounded as he looked at the cluster of unsightly arrows in front of him, "That's all the dragon slaying weapon?" ”

In order to wait for the surprise prepared for them by the military department, he waited for more than ten days with high expectations!

Even if you can't use the White Raven's magic cannon, at least you have to push a few large chariots that look very powerful to help, right?

Although these demon-breaking silver iron arrows looked larger than the standard arrows, the thought that they were going to be used to slay dragons made it feel like nothing more.

Not even high-level attack spells can shake the defenses of the Radiant Dragon, this thing...... Does it really work?

"This is a special material arrow that the genius general staff has personally improved."

Seeing his disappointed expression, Agaté quipped, "It is said that the cost of this arrow alone is worth a fortune, and even dragon monsters are killed by it, and there is no possibility of survival!" ”

"Really?" Julius subconsciously asked, and immediately realized that he was joking, "You liar!" ”

After smiling and scolding a few words, his expression became serious, and he counted out five arrows and put them in his quiver.

"However, since it's his masterpiece, I'm going to look forward to it a little......

"Don't let me down, dear General Staff?"

(End of chapter)