Sharp Ice Peak Fortress.
Two days passed quickly, and the time was short, but with the great help of Link, the magicians accompanying the army made great achievements in fighting against the dark ghosts.
One of the biggest achievements is a new type of repeating crossbow.
On the school field in the fortress, Link, magician Mark, Annie, and several scouts were experimenting with this new weapon.
In front of the school field, several targets were set up that moved back and forth at high speed. Each target was set with a special rune mark, and the speed of the back and forth movement was very fast, reaching 100 meters per second.
A scout stood 50 meters away. He held a repeating crossbow and didn't aim at it. He just pulled the trigger repeatedly in the direction where the moving targets were probably located.
'Swish swish swish swish' The holy silver crossbow arrows are fired at a high speed with a very high frequency, about 5 bolts per second. After the crossbow arrows are fired, they are not completely straight lines in the air, some are arcs, and some are S lines.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk" the crossbow arrows hit the moving target repeatedly, but none of them missed.
After 5 seconds, the crossbow arrows shot into the air. The scout slammed the crossbow machine hard, and a metal arrow box jumped out of the crossbow machine. The arrow box was empty. The scout quickly put a new arrow box full of holy silver crossbow arrows into the Press the crossbow, there is a 'click', the arrow box is in place, and then the scout slams the crossbow again.
The entire process of winding and loading arrows takes only 2 seconds.
The scout pulled the trigger again.
'嗖嗖嗖' was another burst of arrows, and the result was the same.
Soon, the second arrow box was also empty, and the scouts continued to put on the third, fourth, and fifth arrow boxes... until the 20th arrow box was shot empty, and when it was wound up again, the crossbow issued a " With a bang, the bowstring finally couldn't withstand such high-intensity use and broke.
The moving target in the distance also stopped, and it had turned into a hedgehog.
A scout ran up to check, and after a while, he reported loudly: "489 arrows were hit, and 309 rune marks were hit."
Mark exclaimed loudly: "20 arrow boxes, 500 magic tracing arrows, the high-speed moving target has a hit rate of more than 97%, and the critical hit rate is more than 60%. It's perfect!"
The transformation idea of the repeating crossbow was basically completed by Link alone. Now that he saw such a result, he admired Link even more, and the faces of the surrounding scouts were all excited. To them, these powerful A weapon means a chance of survival.
Annie also laughed and said: "As long as this crossbow is equipped on a large scale and five people act together, we don't need to be afraid of dark ghosts!"
Link still feels dissatisfied. This thing is far from perfect. If he is given some time, he can use fire elemental magic to reproduce the high-speed machine gun of an alien version.
However, he knows that this is not realistic, because the cost of doing so is too high, and it is impossible to popularize it in the military.
Although the current continuous crossbow is not perfect, it has achieved a balance between lethality and cost.
In terms of mass production, a crossbow costs about 10 gold coins, a holy silver tracing arrow costs 1.5 silver coins, and a quiver box costs about 4 gold coins. It hurts, but it's still affordable.
He smiled and said, "It's almost time, I'm going back to the south now."
Annie came over and said, "I'll see you off."
Link nodded, and the two walked towards the animal pen in the fort together.
Along the way, Annie remained silent until she reached a secluded place near the animal pen. She stopped and asked softly, "Link, the dark artifact can devour countless souls in one fell swoop. Can we resist it?"
She looked up at Link, her eyes full of worry.
Link's face was also a little dignified. The Dark Snake's devouring skill with a range of up to 20 kilometers is simply a nuclear weapon. It can completely destroy a war fortress with one blow. It can even forcibly reverse the tide of war when used at a critical moment.
In this move, you can't prevent it.
"This is indeed a very serious problem. When I return to the south this time, I will contact all the magic masters in the kingdom to discuss how to solve this problem."
Annie's voice was very soft, and she seemed very disturbed: "Can mortals really fight against gods?"
Link could understand her mood, patted her on the shoulder lightly, and comforted her with a smile: "We have already defeated her once, haven't we? Don't worry, when I return to the south, I will try to make a more powerful golem .”
Seemingly drawing strength from Link's smile, Anne looked much lighter, and she asked with some expectation, "When will you come to the north next time?"
"When you need me, I will come."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you." Annie smiled happily.
Link turned around and walked towards the animal pen. There was a griffin in the animal pen. This thing had great endurance and was not slow, allowing him to quickly return to the south.
Annie was reluctant to give up, and waved goodbye: "Goodbye."
Link also waved his hand, and then walked into the animal pen.
"That chick likes you."
A voice came from the animal pen. Link looked over, but it was Feliena. She had been in the fortress for two days, and her injury was completely healed. At this time, she was leaning against the door of the animal pen, with her arms crossed and her face smiling. looked at Link with satisfaction.
The battle armor on Felena's body can be retracted. At this time, except for her tall stature, she looks similar to ordinary humans. The only difference is her eyes, which are silvery white and shimmering.
To be honest, Felena looks very good. Her facial features are very three-dimensional. Although she is tall, her proportions are coordinated, her curves are perfect, and she has a pair of amazing long legs. Her whole body shows a vigorous and wild atmosphere. .
Glancing at her, Link avoided the topic of Annie. He knew that Annie liked him, but that didn't mean he had to respond. In his eyes, Annie was just a friend, and casual responses would only hurt her.
He smiled and asked, "Are you waiting here for me?"
Felena admitted generously: "Of course, there is no second human race in this fortress that is worth waiting for."
"What's up?"
"I heard that you are going back to the south, I will give you a ride, and we can discuss some things along the way." Ferina said.
"Give me a ride?"
"Of course, come with me." Ferina turned and walked to the landing platform on the top floor of the animal pen, and Link naturally followed.
On the stage, Felena's body showed a fiery red light. It was very faint at first, but soon, the flame began to burn. In the flames, Felina's body quickly grew bigger and swelled, and finally "cracked" With a sound, a red dragon with a wingspan of more than 8 meters appeared on the platform, and the griffins on the side flew away in shock. The griffin administrator sat down on the ground and almost peed his pants in fright.
Shaking her head, Felena leaned down slightly, turned to Link and said, "Come up."
Fortunately, Link had experienced a similar scene in the game, so he wasn't that surprised.
In the game, those players who have gained the favor of the dragon clan can let these dragon clan take a ride when needed. Usually those who agree to carry people are young dragons, because they are usually more open-minded and don't think it is an insult.
Link climbed onto the dragon's back and sat on Felena's neck, with his legs clamping her neck just enough to sit firmly.
After Link sat down, Felena flapped her wings, flew into the sky, and then headed south.
After flying for a while, Felena smiled and said, "Magicians are really boring. You seem to know everything. I can't scare you like this."
"The dragon family is no stranger to us, and you are featured in many books." Link smiled, and then he asked again: "But I have a question, why didn't you change into dragons when you were in the Black Forest?" It’s much faster than using your legs to escape.”
Felena curled her lips: "There are giant shadow owls patrolling the sky in the Black Forest, and only fools fly there. I don't want to die yet. Besides, there is that crazy woman chasing after me. Even if I can fly, my speed is not as fast as hers." quick."
"Well, you're right, the Black Forest is indeed quite dangerous."
"Let me ask you, how are you going to fight against that dark artifact?" Felena asked a similar question to Annie.
"I'm going back to my academy and trying to find a way with the magic masters."
"East Valley School of Magic?"
"It also includes court magicians, and if possible, the Southern Federation of Magicians can also cooperate."
Unexpectedly, Feliena laughed when she heard it: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed. As far as I know, the magic background of human magicians is very shallow. Your magic history is only 2,000 years old. At first, you were with some high elves, dragons, and some high elves. The Arabs learned it, and what they learned was superficial, I don't think you can find a usable method from your own people."
This is a fact. Link has read history and historical records. Today, their human race is called the Heldus, and the rise time was only 3,000 years ago. The first 1,000 years were basically barbarians. It wasn't until 2000 years ago that a huge catastrophe called "magic cataclysm" appeared in Ferroman, and all races were involved in the disaster. Taking this opportunity, magic began to flow from higher civilizations to human races.
To this day, although the human race has made many unique achievements in magic, it is still far behind the ancient races such as the high elves, dragons, and Jobs.
Strictly speaking, the dark elves are also an ancient race, but their race has experienced many changes and disasters, and many inheritances have disappeared, but in general, they are still stronger than the human race.
Link could only say: "I'll try it, if it doesn't work, I'll try again."
"Well, maybe you can find some inspiration in the pile of old papers." Felena was a little disapproving, and after flying for a while, she said, "Did you know that among the high-level magical races, there is a mage organization called 'Emerald'?" Ring', there are tens of thousands of members in the organization, the lowest level of magicians is level 4, and there are more than 500 magic masters, if you can't find an effective way in Norton Kingdom, you can try to ask for help from the Emerald Ring."
Link was taken aback, a little dazed, he didn't expect that he had come into contact with such a high-end mage organization as the 'Emerald Ring' without knowing it.
In the previous game, when the war between light and dark entered a fierce stage, the Emerald Ring was the main force of magic against the darkness. When Link achieved the legendary pinnacle and fought against Nosamas, one of his identities was the Emerald Councilor. At that time, his status in the Emerald Ring was second only to Elette, the leader of the Emerald Ring at that time.
"Hey, are you listening?"
Link came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Thank you for your advice, how can I find the members of the Emerald Ring?"
"Go to the Daughter of Destiny. She is a member of the Emerald Ring. I think she will be happy to guide you. You know, she values you like never before. I have never seen her respect anyone so much. I think she Crazy." Felena curled her lips.
"I see."
The flying speed of the red dragon was very fast. After more than an hour, Felena traveled more than 500 kilometers and brought Link to the edge of the Gwent Forest: "I will send you here. Remember, in a month, I will Pick you up from your territory and go to Dragon Valley. The queen of my clan has always been very interested in you."
"Understood, you go."
After waving goodbye to Felena, Felena circled around the sky a few times, whispered a few times, then turned and left, while Link turned and walked on the King's Road, heading all the way to the East Valley Academy of Magic.
It was shocking, but Link didn't summon the Gale Wolf, and met a carriage on the way. After paying a silver coin, Link took a seat in the servant's station behind the carriage, and walked all the way, while listening to the horses in the carriage. The two businessmen were chatting, which was quite pleasant.
At first, the two businessmen were talking about business matters, but a word suddenly popped up.
"Did you know? I heard that Vivier in the south went crazy. He killed his mentor in the magic academy, killed more than a dozen magicians, and blatantly used black magic in White Rock City, killing hundreds of people at once. Finally disappeared without a trace."
"Hiss~ How did you hear that, don't you be joking with me?"
The other businessman was taken aback and asked what Link was about to say.