Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 111 Chapter [-] Use Rockets on Him

"I think it's...difficult." Clement smacked his lips and said.

Xia Houyan stared at his defeatist military adviser.

"My lord," Clement quickly explained, fearing that the boss might mistake him for shaking the morale of the army, "According to their current position, the range of our bed crossbow is out of reach!"

Xia Houyan turned his head to look at the cold killer on the rooftop, and fell silent.

The lord knows all about the heavy bed crossbow placed on the roof of his house.

This siege weapon that was prostituted from Luna Village is very in the style of wilderness bandits, and it is a card of all nations:

The core and most sophisticated part of the ballista was undoubtedly dismantled from a famous "Cromwell Annihilator" imperial ballista. The metal surface of the ballista was also engraved with the weapon number of the Imperial Army Well——according to the technical level of the empire, even if this crossbow is put on the bloody battlefield in the east to fight against the orc army, it will not be frightened at all;

Obviously, this thing must have been snatched by Luna Village from some unlucky military supply convoy—because of the need to maintain the arcane spire defense line in the south, similar convoys are not uncommon in the summer wasteland .

But other than that, the other parts of the bed crossbow are all patchwork and defective products:

The crossbow arm of the bed crossbow is made of snake-pattern mild steel sandwiching large pieces of bamboo wood. The intricate and gorgeous carvings on it give Xia Houyan every reason to suspect that this is some kind of wood that Karen brought from his hometown. Parts of demonic weapons——Different from the empire’s preference for ballistas that use magical beast fibers as the source of elasticity, both demonic and orcs prefer bed crossbows that are powered by bow arms and are closer to the earth’s eastern style;

The crossbow strings of the bed crossbow were originally made of beef tendon, but at the moment, Shuangfengling, which is already rich in monster resources, replaced it with the tendon of Jifeng Jianhao with a wave of his hand - the material of monsters is of course better than ordinary beef tendon used a lot;
As for the base of the bed crossbow, it was originally put together by the craftsmen of Luna Village with wooden strips and iron nails. It was transferred and placed on the roof of the lord's own house. stable.

This miscellaneous bed crossbow made out of patchwork, the lord has tried it once before. Even with the height of the manor, the range is only 600 meters. Machine manufacturing process, at least the shooting accuracy at this range is very satisfactory.

But for the enemy army nearly 2000 meters away, even if this bed crossbow performs supernormally, it still cannot reach a single hair of the opponent.

"So..." Xia Houyan looked depressedly at the enemy army not far away, who was slowly approaching the Phoenix Terrace like a colony of ants.

"We have to wait for the opponent to get close enough to fire." Clement said in a deep voice.

"But how far is their shooting range?" Xia Houyan gritted his teeth, "If the effective distance of their ballista or other attack methods exceeds our bed crossbow, wouldn't it mean that they would have already fired before we fired?" Made a move?"

Master Laurie and Clement looked at each other, smiled wryly and did not speak.

——Without knowing the opponent's attack methods, this is actually a big gamble:
Is it because the enemy's range is far enough to ignite a raging fire in the Fenghuangtai camp first, or is the ballista on the roof of the lord's house stronger and able to suppress the enemy's advance?
This was originally an incomplete information game between the two sides based on their own long-range offensive capabilities!
"My lord, I'll go to evacuate the people first..." Mayor Joel, who arrived with the master and the death knight, muttered and ran downstairs——

——Once the enemy really launched a fire attack, the residents of Phoenix Terrace must be the first to suffer losses!
Therefore, Mayor Joel must make early plans, gather all the residents to a safe area that lacks inflammable materials, and even consider withdrawing from the Phoenix Terrace as a whole.

Fortunately, due to the high vigilance of the wilderness situation and the existence of shadow spells, Shuangfengling discovered the enemy's "sneak attack" plan one step ahead, and this is the biggest advantage they have:

If Shuangfengling was really set on fire by such a group of people unprepared in the dark night, the lord would really have no time to cry.

Hearing the sound of the militiamen downstairs preparing to line up, looking at the mysterious enemy army approaching in the dark but temporarily helpless, Xia Houyan felt the tense atmosphere of the mountain rain coming and the building was full of wind, holding the roof and the wall with both hands , I just felt my heart beating wildly.

"Hey, on the Empire's 'Cromwell Annihilator' crossbow, there are also magic metal parts engraved with wind runes, which could have increased the range of this bed crossbow to about 1000 meters..." Master Laurie regretted He knocked on the metal ballista of the bed crossbow, "It's a pity that the runes of this ballista have exhausted their magic power, and there is only a decoration left..."

"Wait!" Xia Houyan suddenly shuddered and turned to look at his chief mage, "Isn't your apprentice Wilson a wind mage? Can't he refill the runes with magic power?"

Master Laurie opened his mouth foolishly, as if waking up from a dream:
"That's right... It seems that I do have another apprentice..."

"I want to ask you something sincerely:" Xia Houyan gritted his teeth and asked, "Is he your real apprentice?"

"A relational person who was stuffed by an acquaintance, to be honest, I haven't taught him anything..." Master Laurie leaned out from the roof with a red face, and shouted loudly, "Wilson, you little bastard, quickly give me a teacher!" Come up!"

……

On the roof of the lord's own house, it suddenly became lively.

Next to the crossbow on the bed, the poor junior wind mage Wilson, under the guidance of Master Laurie, was trying to infuse magic power into the wind runes on the crossbow. His face was the color of a tomato:

A mere second-tier mage has limited ability to control magic power, let alone Wilson who has never studied magic alchemy and knows nothing about rune magic!
Xia Houyan watched him put his hand on the rune, exerting all his strength to squeeze out the magic power of the wind in his body from his fingers and pour it into the rune bit by bit. The whole process was so difficult. , enough to make all the constipation patients in the world sympathize and shed tears.

Master Victor Laurie was at the side, watching his apprentice's poor operation and jumping anxiously, but it was useless:
A necessary condition for a magician to be promoted to a magister is to extremely refine one's own magic power, leaving only one major attribute!
This process is called "promotion and purification" in mage jargon. As a result, although the current Master Laurie can use the resonance of spells and the inherent magic elements in the air to cast some low-level magic of other departments, he cannot rely on his own. Mana reserve, releasing enough pure wind elements for other use, not to mention recharging runes, which requires a high level of elemental purity!
Even after the magicians are promoted to the rank of archmage, they will further purify their magic power and become extremely proficient in this department of magic. At the same time, they will completely lose the ability to resonate with other elements and use other departments of magic!

As long as they are not archmages who major in fire magic, even if they are asked to cast the simplest "flame spell", they are helpless——

The law of magic is always full of trade-offs: while a magician improves the level of magic in his own department, he will inevitably sacrifice his ability to sense other elements as a price!

From this point of view, on the contrary, low-level magicians like the lord and Wilson, whose magic power has not yet been finalized, have higher magic plasticity-as long as they want, they can abandon the magic department they major in at any time. The magic attribute of the monster can also be followed by a mutiny.

Take the lord as an example, she majored in light magic in Xuecheng, but now she has obviously gone further and further on the crooked ways of necromancy and shadow magic...

Although due to the existence of King Yan, he really didn't consume much magic power in his body.

Seeing that the charging of the runes was proceeding slowly but smoothly, the lord felt a little relieved, and turned his attention behind:

A group of unscrupulous people headed by Master Kobe are preparing ammunition for the bed crossbow.

Originally, Xia Houyan planned to directly launch the original heavy arrow of the bed crossbow obtained from Yueshen Village;

But Master Kobe raised his chin and curled his lips to express:
Sir, you are not strong enough!
Then, the senior blacksmith of Eagle's Rest Fort made a proposal that impressed the officials of Xiahou:

At present, the artisan group is using a batch of high-quality wood saved after building and fortifications to make long guns: they found that the frost maple from the foot of the Dusty Mountains is very soft when it is first felled, but as long as it is properly processed After the drying process, it can become a weapon material with very qualified strength and hardness;
And just now, Master Kobe made an astonishing discovery:

As long as there is a little trimming and cutting, the specifications of this batch of newly completed wooden guns seem to be similar to the heavy arrows used by the giant bed crossbow!
"So, you mean to use processed spears instead of original heavy arrows as bed crossbow ammunition?" Xia Houyan was a little confused at first, "Isn't that just taking off your pants and farting, what's the point?"

Master Kobe stroked his bald head and smiled triumphantly:
"Of course it makes sense! My lord, this batch of spear wood has been dried and hasn't had time to paint, so it is extremely water-absorbent!"

"Water absorption?" Clement tilted his head.

"Of course, I don't mean to use it to absorb water, but to absorb oil!" Master Kobe folded his arms and smiled sinisterly, "Lord Lord, Lord Clement, don't forget, we still have several barrels of 'vinebone tree' here. 'What about the vine oil squeezed from the fruit!"

Xia Houyan suddenly realized.

"Vine tree" is a treasure plant accidentally discovered in Shuangfengling in recent days: the vine oil extracted from the fruit of this plant is not only a good anti-corrosion coating for buildings, but also mixed with kerosene in an appropriate proportion , can also act as a combustion aid similar to the "mysterious fire medicine" of the classic military supplies of the empire, improving the combustion performance of kerosene by several levels!
The weather has been cold recently, and many households have already received the vine oil-kerosene mixture fuel according to the quota, and filled it into the small stove to heat their tents;
And the several wooden oil presses in the south of Fenghuang Terrace, which are responsible for squeezing the fruits of vines, have not stopped operating these days.

Frost Maple Ridge, which has abundant reserves of vine oil, of course has this newly discovered liquid substance, which is a huge luxury!

Master Kobe's idea is very simple: After soaking the long spear and crossbow bolt in fuel, can it become a fire attack weapon with sparks and flames, and then hit the enemy hard by surprise?

Who said that only the enemy can attack with fire?
Although the fortifications of the Phoenix Terrace are all made of wood, the three ballistas on the other side are also completely small wooden bodies with delicate flowers shining in the water and weak willows supporting the wind!
Now that it has the advantage in reconnaissance and finding the enemy, Shuangfengling, which has been waiting for the strategic reserves these days, of course has the right to hurt each other with this group of mysterious raiders!
Xia Houyan can almost imagine that after such a crossbow arrow is lit, and then the bed crossbow blessed by the wind runes is shot out with great force, what a spectacular scene it would be!
After getting the lord's approval, Master Kobe didn't hesitate at all, and excitedly returned to the rooftop with a few barrels of vine oil fuel, and brushed the vine oil fuel on the wooden gun and crossbow bolts like killing an oil dealer.

And the pruned wooden guns and crossbows did show excellent oil absorption performance:

The thick wooden spear and crossbow bolt absorbed enough fuel in just 2 minutes, turning into a golden and dangerous flammable object.

After the rattan oil crossbow bolt temporarily named "Molotov Rocket" by the lord was placed on the crossbow machine and adjusted to a good angle, Master Laurie was still unsatisfied, and took out a magic scroll from his arms:
The professional-level magic called "Boreas Strong Wind Call", like many wind-type magics, does not have much lethality itself, but relies on its own special effects, and has become a favored magic favorite under certain circumstances !

The so-called "certain circumstances" refers to the battlefield where it is difficult for the two sides to fight hand-to-hand at close range, and they can only use stones, bows and arrows to talk trash!
The sudden unidirectional magic wind is enough to widen the distance between the projectiles of the two sides by hundreds of meters, and it can be called a friend of war in the city's offensive and defensive battles!
If you don't really want to see how powerful the "Molotov Rocket" built by Master Kobe is, Master Laurie and Lord Lord might really be reluctant to use the precious scroll reserve so early!

Amid the shattering sound of the scroll seal and the shock wave of the magic element, the sky suddenly changed, and the east wind suddenly blew up!
This is the arrogance of heaven and earth brought about by Pu Chang!
This is the mighty power of the universe that provokes anger!

This is the majestic majesty of returning to the cave, rushing to the mausoleum, and depressing the vegetation!

In the strong wind that blows people up and down, on the roof of the manor where parts, tools, and oil drums are rolling around, Master Kobe clamped his legs tightly and struggled to hook the base of the bed crossbow. First, he leaned forward and burned it with a torch. Then King Kong glared at the front end of the "Molotov Rocket", raised the hammer high, exhausted his waist and abdomen strength, and smashed the hammer on the launching mechanism of the bed crossbow like nine generations of poor peasants sanctioning landlords and old riches!

Amidst the loud noise like thunder and explosion, Master Kobe was violently overturned by the huge reaction force of the bed crossbow. Before hitting the wall behind him, he turned back and moved forward because of the violent east wind blowing from behind. He fell heavily on the cold roof floor.

However, no one noticed the tragic experience of Master Kobe;

Because everyone on the roof, and even in the Phoenix Terrace camp, was attracted by the crimson fire that shot out from the bed crossbow and tore through the night sky——

Due to the fierce burning vine oil fire, even the yellow sandy land of the wasteland was scorched into a brilliant bright band under the swiftly passing "Molotov rocket", like a dragon passing through the border!

For Deputy Knight Commander Garcia, who thought he was well hidden and undetected until now, the scorching flames that rapidly expanded in his field of vision, almost consuming everything, rushed towards him like a boundless soul purgatory. come.

(End of this chapter)