"Preparing for battle, Salin had a Dan expression on his face and ordered the Haiyings to recheck their shackles and load the steel crossbows with arrows. Www,QuAnBen-XIaoShuo,comBecause the time for refining weapons is too short. These steel crossbows are very effective against A puppet of the level of the Headless Horseman is of little significance. There are too many ordinary black puppets, so it is of little practical significance.
The pirates didn't know how powerful the black puppets were. They just heard the report of two scouts. The two scouts killed four black puppets easily, but the pirates were not so nervous.
More than a hundred pirates sheathed their guns. Continuing, wandering in the snow, like a knight from thousands of years ago. However, these pirates have been transformed several times, and their appearance is still a bit ferocious. At first glance, they are not good people.
This place is still more than 500 miles away from Salin's goal. The ruins of the Second Dynasty are in the center of the Chaos Swamp. It will take at least two days to reach this speed.
Saleen couldn't move any faster. The pirates are not high level. The rapid march had a great impact on their combat effectiveness. Daniel simply rode on the undead Pixius instead of riding the skeleton horse.
It's always cloudy in the Chaos Swamp. The reflection from the snow is not dazzling. There are no hills here and the view is extremely wide. This time, the scouting pirate did not go more than ten miles away, but moved forward cautiously within the range of Sarah's cold vision.
After walking west for nearly a hundred miles, hills appeared in front of them, and Salin ordered to stop for dinner.
This place is no better than in the south. The weather is too cold. Even for a midday meal, we have to set up a simple camp and light a bonfire. The bread and dried meats that the pirates carried with them were impossible to swallow unless they were heated. The pirates did not dare to drink at this time. They heated hot water on the bonfire and put tea leaves into the iron pot. Boil turbid tea directly.
Tea is a specialty of the south, and pirates are used to drinking tea, but good tea is too expensive. They can only drink low-grade powder. For people who live at sea all year round, they don’t drink tea. You will get sick almost immediately.
In the hills, on a slope more than 100 meters high, the snow was unusually thick. Along with the bonfire in the distance, something crawled under the snow.
The scouts who had not rested quickly discovered something unusual on the hills. They immediately took out the small flag and waved it from a distance. The pirates were quite proficient in semaphore, and someone immediately reported it to Salin.
"Huh? Let the people from teams one to five build the fortifications, and we'll wait here.
Saleen didn't want to fight the black puppet in the hilly areas. The terrain here was flat. Even if he was defeated, the skeleton horse could run faster than the black puppet. Even the headless horseman would have a hard time catching up. When entering hilly areas, the advantages of skeleton war horses are less.
The pirates who were busy cooking immediately took action separately. The so-called construction of fortifications was actually building a temporary fortress out of snow. This is nothing to a magician. After the snow is subjected to high pressure, it will directly condense into ice. After the ice is compressed by magic, it is as hard as steel. If the degree of compression exceeds the critical point, it will transform into black ice. , harder than most metals.
Saleen is not at that level. But it is still possible to build a temporary fortress that is stronger than a masonry castle. After all, there are only more than a hundred people under his command, and with more than a hundred skeleton war horses, they don't need to take up much space.
The pirates received shovels from Sara and immediately went to build battle fortifications with snow.
The three kings made up their minds to observe the fighting power of the human beings, but they all hid in the flames of Daniel's commander and refused to help. Daniel commanded Pichus to help the pirates trample a solid foundation in the snow.
Not long after, a snow castle with a length of two hundred meters and a width of two hundred meters was built. The walls of this miniature castle were about five meters thick, and Salin began to use magic in sections to condense the hard snow into ice. The pirates dug out dirt under the snow. Mixed with the charcoal ashes from the bonfire and spread on the surface, the ground base is no longer smooth and suitable for human walking.
The outer wall of the ice castle is as smooth as a mirror, and Saleen releases the repairing water outside the wall. Freeze on. If a black puppet touches this kind of city wall, it will suffer huge damage.
Saleen's repairing water can last for about two months. Such a long validity period is enough to last until the end of the battle.
Aini was not idle. He was refining iron arrows in his tent. This time he used the old method, using the family's alchemy model to transform steel crossbow arrows for the pirates. Now that he is a fifth-level great magician, he has enough mental strength to avoid making the same mistakes as before. Moreover, the pirates did not carry many iron arrows, and one-third of them had been refined long ago, so Ani did not need to be so anxious.
In the sky, a double-headed eagle flew from a distance. The black magician spotted Salin's team and finally lost his temper and wanted to take a closer look. How could Salin make it happen.
The flying height of the double-headed eagle was almost more than 800 meters, and Salin's magic could not attack that far. He quietly summoned Zola over and asked, "Are you shooting the crossbow accurately?"
"Very accurate, if it's an umbrella-refining crossbow."
"Will you use an alchemical crossbow equipped with an alchemical telescope?"
"Alchemy telescope? That's a good thing. Sir, can you give me one?"
"Of course it's to watch the beauty take a bath!" Zola seemed to have forgotten yesterday's pain and returned to his original appearance. Saleen wanted to kick him away. Alchemy telescopes were difficult to make and required high-grade crystals. The telescopes were carefully polished by magicians and made by ordinary craftsmen. There will always be visual deviations, and it cannot be equipped on weapons.
"I want you to shoot that thing down from the sky." Salin did not answer Zola's words. If Zola did a good job, he would give Zola an alchemical telescope. Anyway, for the women around him, no matter what Zola saw, the consequences would be serious. Whether it's Nailis or Sikka. Either Rex would give Zola a profound lesson.
The alchemy crossbow equipped with an alchemy telescope, also called a sniper crossbow, is strictly prohibited from production by the four empires, and no weapons firm dares to sell it. The nobles were worried about their lives. This thing gave ordinary people the power of a magician's blow, which could kill professionals below level seven at a distance of about a mile.
Unless the target being targeted has a perverted mental power like Salin or Aini, it will be difficult to detect.
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There is a complex magic circle on the alchemy telescope, which can lock the target. The crossbowman's aim is very easy. This is what the nobles are most afraid of.
Salin didn't care about this. Rex couldn't object to him making such a weapon, but Salin only made one secretly. If this thing spread, I don't know how many people would die unjustly.
Zola took the alchemical crossbow that Salin gave him. This alchemical crossbow was nearly one meter wide, but had no stand and relied entirely on the strength of the crossbowman to control it. Zola fiddled with it twice easily and turned the Jing Wheel. Load the alchemy crossbow with arrows and start adjusting the alchemy telescope on the crossbow.
This crossbow arrow is a high-end product. The arrow is covered with hollow magic patterns and the material is dark gold. After the Jing Wheel rotated, the magic array on the alchemy crossbow was touched at the same time, and the six magic cores lit up faintly, consuming energy rapidly.
Zola did not dare to neglect. He pointed the alchemical crossbow at the double-headed eagle flying in the sky. Through the telescope, the strange red eyes of the double-headed eagle were clearly visible.
Zola's arm was as steady as a mountain, without any trembling. He pressed the button on the magic array, and the six level three magic cores immediately dimmed. A dazzling light lit up in front of the alchemy crossbow.
This is the true alchemical crossbow. The crossbow arrows carry the power of secondary magic, and at the same time have the powerful impact of physical attacks.
One attack consumed six level three magic cores. On the battlefield, such a weapon was of course meaningless. Nearly a thousand gold coins could only kill one target. Unless it was to assassinate the enemy's general, the gain would outweigh the loss.
Saleen knew that refining the double-headed eagle was difficult. So I am willing to spend so much money to destroy the eyes in the sky.
Purple flames burst out from the hollow arrowhead of the alchemy arrow without making any sound of breaking through the air, and it arrived in front of the double-headed eagle like lightning. The black magician who controlled the double-headed eagle didn't react at all.
Zola moved so fast that he almost raised his arm and shot the alchemy arrow.
A hard crossbow with level 2 magic may not be the most powerful attack, but the arrows fired by this crossbow can survive the level 2 magic. It is too fast. Unless Zola sees it when he is aiming, he can only rely on the mental strength of the professional. To feel.
Bang!
More flames spurted out from the hollowed-out magic pattern of the alchemy arrow, and the arrow shaft sank deeply into the belly of the double-headed eagle. Zola didn't aim at the head or neck. First of all, for the shame puppet, it may not be the key point. Secondly, the double-headed eagle, as its name suggests, has two heads. One arrow cannot hit two targets at the same time.
Able to instantly aim at a distance of 800 meters and hit the belly of a double-headed eagle, Zola's archery skills are enough to dominate. He practiced archery hard. It was originally to assassinate the Duke. Even in Yunliu Palace, no one knew that his archery skills were no worse than his sword skills.
Within two hundred meters, Zola could accurately hit insects the size of fingernails without the help of an alchemical telescope.
Purple fire spewed out from the seven orifices of the double-headed eagle at the same time, and the magic on the alchemy arrow instantly destroyed the core of the puppet. A cloud of black smoke spurted out, and was instantly burned by purple flames, leaving nothing behind.
"Hey, I don't know how many souls there are." Salin sighed when he saw the double-headed eagle fall. Refining a double-headed eagle requires a lot of souls. This thing flies so fast that I can't catch up. The black magician relies on the double-headed eagle to detect the enemy's situation and is invincible.
Only this time, the black magician did not expect that Salin would have prohibited weapons and that he would also have an archery master by his side.
"Sir, in fact, people are dead. It doesn't matter whether the soul is there or not, whether it dies or not."
Zola returned the alchemy crossbow to Salin, somewhat reluctantly.
"It makes sense. Even if those souls exist, they are extremely painful." Salin thought of the Headless Horseman and the heads hanging on the Horseman's horse. The black magician refines the soul, stimulates the soul's pain to gain strength, and allows it to completely dissipate, which is also a kind of relief. The boxing is over and will be continued.