Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 100 Conception of a New Ballista

The craftsman sitting across from Imrik was quite shocked by this flat tone. If he was drinking, he would definitely spray it on the prince's face.

Although this order is nonsense, he still thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said no, "Your Highness, if you want to achieve three times the power of the existing Eagle Claw Ballista, because the special structure of the crossbow is not the bigger the better, even if you do When it comes out, it will be difficult to operate due to its huge size.”

"If you're after power, I suggest it's better to use a magic fort."

The craftsman gave advice. He is a pragmatic person, and he doesn't want to hide this from the prince.

While Imrik was considering his answer, Asur's mechanical engineering can only be described as abysmal, and the winch technology learned from the dwarves did not go further, but stopped.

This keeps the power of the Eagle Claw Ballista in a "suitable" range, and the magic turret is not a rare thing for Azul, so there is really not much demand for it.

However, the black ark usually has a large number of protective magic inscriptions, which limits the damage caused by the magic turret. If you want to use the magic turret to cause actual damage to the black ark, it is somewhat impractical, but the eagle claw crossbow The gun against the black ark is also not enough.

Now there are two methods, the first is to make the ballista bigger, but the structure of the ballista determines the upper limit of this thing, not the bigger the better, and the more powerful the ballista, the slower the filling speed and the mobility Also worse.

The second is to increase the kinetic energy of the ballista by enchanting. As long as the speed of the ballista is faster than the bullet, then there is no gunpowder.

After thinking about it, Imrik said to the person in charge of the workshop, "If you use two horses as tractors, what kind of things can you make?"

Hearing what the prince said, the person in charge said that he would go get some things first, and he needed to carefully calculate the expected effect of this thing.

After waiting for a while, the person in charge took out a few pieces of paper and began to scribble on the table. After 10 minutes, he raised his head and said, "The expected weight is three times that of the Eagle Claw Ballista, but its power is only [-] times. about."

The weight not only requires transportation power, but also means that more resources need to be consumed, and the power is less than twice. In terms of cost performance alone, this effect is not enough.

But Imrik didn't care about this. In many cases, he could almost eliminate the enemy, and the things he earned from Lothern would also allow him to have the capital to experiment with some new equipment.

"I will let the people of the Vaal Priests cooperate with your work and manufacture it regardless of the cost. I hope that this new type of ballista will appear in the Dragon Palace in the near future. A pillar on a siege weapon."

After speaking, let him pass a piece of paper, write his power of attorney on it with a quill, and finally stamp a mark with the fire dragon emblem ring on his hand.

"Just do your best." Pass him the paper, which will make his next actions unimpeded. The power of attorney with a military nature has the highest right of passage in Caledon. I believe he can give himself a satisfactory answer .

The person in charge solemnly took over the power of attorney with both hands. There are great differences among the various classes in Ulthuan. Letting the leader of the kingdom personally write the power of attorney will give his family a higher reputation in society.

"It will definitely not disappoint your expectations." Although he was not too sure about this matter, the person in charge still accepted the order by relying on hundreds of years of experience in making ballistas. He believed that he would definitely satisfy the prince. answer.

The Dragon Prince nodded and planned to leave. One of the purposes of this trip was to customize a new type of ballista to make up for the lack of threat of Azul's long-range weapons to giant units.

As long as this kind of ballista has the expected effect, once the giant beast unit appears, it will become a living target. Using soldiers or dragons to fight the giant beast is not worth the loss. There are so few Caledonians. Take it easy.

After everyone saluted and bid farewell, Prince Long walked out of this prestigious ballista workshop,

The next step is to respond to the nobles of Vaal Anvil. Because of the existence of the Vaal Church, the political operation system here is somewhat unique. The degree of direct management of the Dragon Prince is not as good as that of Tar Kared and Tar Wind Howl. In the city, the church's attitude needs to be taken into consideration in many cases. The nobles and the church have a certain degree of autonomy.

This part of the power, although Imrik really wants to collect it into his own hands, after all, the annual tax revenue of Vaal Anvil is extremely amazing, but it may cause a rebound effect, so we can only operate this matter when the time is right.

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The next day, Imrik flew to the Tower of Flame on Minasnil. Although the place looked a bit like a rural place compared to the White Tower of Heth, it was still the magical center of Caledor. Without the support of Saffrey, the only way to rely on the Caledonians is to be self-reliant.

The Flame Tower is located at a peak in the Dragon's Back Mountain Range. The outer layer of the building is made of yellowish-brown granite, and a huge fiery red energy stone is placed on the top. Through the fog that filled the valley, the Dragon Prince jumped down, Nod to Minasnir, let him go back to the court first.

This trip is to discuss the feasibility of building an ark on the sea with Luo Ning, the supreme mage of the Flame Tower. I got the floating spell from the Wyrmrest Temple and gave it to two mages in the court to watch. After several days of research, they think it is feasible Sex is a bit low, I suggest that the prince should talk to the Supreme Master.

Following the lead of the attendants, Imrik walked up the spiral staircase at the bottom of the tower step by step, and the Supreme Master was in the laboratory on the top floor.

The interior of the Flame Tower continues Caledon's consistent decoration style. Many places are decorated with tiny models of giant dragons. The magic lights emit fiery red light. The mages you meet from time to time are also like the wind of Aksha Generally speaking, the temperament of the whole person seems to be very passionate and enthusiastic.

Although Ulthuan generally does not support the worship of the Sesarai pantheon, Imrik still saw the symbol of Ardaeus in many hidden places.

Elven mages all have gods they believe in, and Saffrey mainly worships Hoth and Lilith.

The Flame Tower generally believed in Ardaeus a long time ago, and even some mages were high-level personnel of the Church of Ardaeus. However, in the academic exchanges with the White Tower of Hoss, the worship of Hoss and Lilith also flowed into To the interior, so you can also see a lot of Hoth and Lilith logos here.

While Imrik was still thinking wildly, he had already reached the top floor of the Mage Tower.

　PS: The effect of the Eagle Claw Ballista should be more harmonious. The background of this thing looks like an anti-ship missile, and it can even sink the black ark with magic. It is seriously suspected that gw wrote hilariously.

　　Lothern is besieged by three black arks. The Eagle Claw Ballista really has this effect, and it will still be trapped...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)