In the eyes of many people, the development of Cecil Territory has been a miracle - even the managers of Cecil Territory themselves will inevitably have such thoughts. It is true that compared with most aristocratic lands in this era, the Cecil Territory has gone beyond common sense in every aspect, whether it is the construction of the people's livelihood in the territory or the changes in military strength, but Gawain has never been like this. think.
The imaginary enemy in Gawain’s heart has never been the mediocre border nobles, nor even the long-established forces in the royal capital. From the day he inherited the memory of Gawain Cecil, From the day he learned about the existence of the demonic tide, his imaginary enemies were already things beyond the current human power, and facing these enemies, the power he currently had was far from enough.
"Those monsters have intelligence," Hetty said after Gawain finished speaking. "Although their thinking ability does not seem to be very strong, they obviously have a certain thinking ability - they are on the battlefield. They can judge the form, the attack range of the trebuchet and prepare an attack in a safe area. They can even command the 'army' - if their command ability were stronger, we would not win so easily."< /p>
Amber, who was sitting on the other side of Gawain, couldn't help but said: "I didn't find that they had intelligence during my investigation."
"This shows that their intelligence is not perfect. Or the behavior pattern is different from that of humans." Gawain was not surprised by this. "Aberrations are creatures with clear goals. This will not change, so before encountering the target of attack, even if they are intelligent, The aberrations don't do anything extra, which makes them appear to be no different from other monsters before launching an attack. However, after this incident, we have gained some experience."
" In addition, we also exposed a problem in this battle," Gawain continued. "When dealing with those big guys, the attack capabilities of ordinary soldiers are obviously not enough, and the trebuchet... the hit rate is too low."< /p>
In the second half of the battle, the three giant monsters crossed the middle of the battlefield, which was already within the range of the thermal ray gun, but the scorching ray, which was effective against ordinary aberrations, was not effective against those huge monsters. The shortcomings in firepower are revealed - it is difficult for them to penetrate the enemy's body. Even if they penetrate, the killing area is too small to cause any damage to those monsters that look like small houses. Those mutated monsters seem They quickly figured this out, so they dared to stop in front of the city gate and gather their strength to prepare for the attack. To be honest, if it weren't for Rebecca's last super big fireball, those three would have been really disappointed. It might be very dangerous if a large "aberrant" releases black lightning.
As for the crystal grenades used as individual secondary weapons...their power can pose a certain threat to trolls, but the insufficient attack distance is one aspect, and the physical consumption of soldiers is another drawback. Crystal grenades have delayed explosions and slow flight speeds. For trolls that already have a certain level of intelligence,The effect is really not optimistic.
It turns out that only the crystal bombs thrown by the trebuchet can easily destroy those giant monsters, but the shortcomings of the trebuchet are too obvious-poor hit rate, narrow range, slow reloading and high consumption of soldiers. Physical strength (although this can be solved with mechanical power), before using crystal bombs as ammunition, it was not even powerful. It can be said that this kind of thing that seriously does not match the style of painting appears on the south wall of Cecil , it is completely a helpless move due to insufficient technical conditions.
The above shortcomings are only those that Byron and others can understand. In fact, Gawain knew that the shortcomings of trebuchets were far more than these - trebuchets that could only project ammunition did not have the ability to "pierce armor" at all. properties, and whether it is a stone or a bomb thrown, as long as it does not have the ability to shoot directly, it will be difficult to be effective when facing a solid city wall. Throwing bombs over the city wall into the enemy's city sounds like a wonderful thing. But as long as the walls of the traditional noble castles themselves stood, the shape of the war would not change.
Although Gawain’s ultimate imaginary enemy is the demon tide and the disasters associated with the demon tide, he knows very well that before facing the power of nature, he must first face the secular forces in this world, and Given the current situation on the mainland which was definitely not stable, he had to first create weapons that could fight against traditional walled cities.
Otherwise, his Cecil Territory may not survive until the day it fights against the demonic tide.
"The trebuchet that can throw crystal bombs is already the most powerful weapon I have ever seen," Knight Philip couldn't help but said after hearing Gawain's words, "Unless...we can create A new weapon that is as easy to operate as a thermal ray gun, but is much larger in scale."
In a world where gunpowder-propelled weapons have never appeared, it is difficult for Gawain to explain the concept of "artillery" to others, but. He could describe the characteristics of the artillery, and after hearing his description, everyone fell into thinking.
Hetty was the first to break the silence: "The key to the problem is to launch the 'cannonball' in a straight line at an extremely fast speed. We have created a very powerful cannonball, but we can't do anything about it." "Launch," is that what you mean?"
"Yes, and I have considered the repulsion array," Gawain nodded, "It's just that the repulsion array lacks explosive power and is difficult to give. The cannonball is given enough muzzle velocity, and if you use something like an acceleration track to set a large number of repulsion points with appropriate angles on the cannonball's acceleration path to continuously accelerate, it is theoretically feasible. However, I roughly calculated that even with the currently most efficient With the repulsion substrate and the optimal arrangement spacing, the acceleration track also needs to be more than ten meters or even dozens of meters long to give the cannonball enough lethality and range, otherwise it is not as good as a trebuchet."
At this time, silence. Kamel, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Do we need a physical 'cannonball'?"
Gawain raised his eyebrows with expectation in his tone: "Do you have other ideas? Of course it's better if you have other ideas. The physical cannonball just wants toOne of the methods is that as long as it can solve the problem, any idea will do. ”
“During the Gondor period, we had a weapon called the arcane pulser, which compressed powerful arcane energy into a restraining device and then released it in a targeted manner—it was very powerful. ," Kamel said, "Its essence is actually a bit like a huge arcane missile. "
Gawain couldn't help but frown: "Arcane Pulser... To be honest, I know this, but you should also know that Arcane Pulser is driven by the magic power of the deep blue magic well - - Its ammunition is pure magic crystal. The pure magic power from the deep blue magic well is stored in the crystal. Every time it fires, one crystal will be scrapped. This is something that cannot be achieved at all in this era. "
"Yes, the deep blue magic well, that pure and powerful magic is our biggest restriction," Kamel acknowledged Gawain's statement, "but today I saw something, maybe it can ...partially solves this problem. ”
Everyone at the scene immediately turned their curious eyes to Kamel, and Amber couldn’t help but ask: “What is it?” ”
Kamael raised his arm, a plastic hand was formed, and he brought over a pile of unattractive metal devices placed not far away.
Gawain looked around and saw that it was a strange device like a belt connected by a series of rune substrates. Moreover, there were some unknown devices on the "belt". It seemed that he had modified it privately. The rune structure. When he first saw this thing, he was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized: "Isn't this the thing that Rebecca was wearing at the time? "
Amber also looked at Kamel in surprise: "Wow, so you also have the habit of following things? "
Kamael choked Amber and it started flashing again. After flashing several times, he explained helplessly: "This was what fell on the city wall when you took Rebecca away. Did you forget? ”
“…It seems like that’s the case. "
Gawain interrupted the conversation between Kamel and Amber: "In short, what is this? "
Tire, who had been lying lazily under the table but listening the whole time with her ears bent, suddenly appeared from under the table. She pointed at the pile of metal plates with the tip of her tail: " Rebecca said it was an amplifier, and I didn’t know anything else. "
After saying that, the siren shrank back again - seriously coiling itself into a ball again like a hibernating snake.
"According to my judgment, This is actually a bunch of magic field receivers and some modifications to balance the load." Kamel spread out the pile of metal plates. "Miss Rebecca's idea seems to be very simple - because personal magic reserves are limited. , so she connected herself to the entire magic network through the magic field receiver, intending to let the entire magic network serve as her own magic power reserve, and use the magic network to cast spells... We have all seen the final result, she successfully created a Huge fireball never seen before provesThe feasibility of this idea.
"But there is still a limit to her idea, and that is 'human' itself. The human body limits her performance, so she fainted after a big fireball. However...the machine and Steel is not afraid of this, or even machines and steel cannot withstand this pressure. They can be mass-produced and consumed.
"So as long as these amplifiers are installed on a specific weapon. , we can recreate the glory of the Arcane Pulser. "
Gawain couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You mean, the magic network... no, the magic field can serve as the energy source of the 'arcane pulser'? "
"No, I do not intend to copy an 'arcane pulser'," Kamel denied. "The Deep Blue Well cannot be copied, nor can the arcane pulser based on the deep blue magic. Copy, I was just inspired by this amplifier and today's super fireball... If we can manipulate enough powerful energy to redistribute it in a reasonable way, and throw it away in the process' Personal talent' thinking shackles, then we don't need to be limited to specific spells or so-called 'skills'. Just like today's fireball... is it really still a 'fireball technique'? ”
Speaking from the bottom of my heart, that thing has really gone beyond the concept of fireball, and Gawain feels that if this trend continues, Rebecca may really plan to shine in the sun...< /p>
"Pure magic power gathered together is a very powerful force in itself. The 'Arcane Pulser' back then was based on this idea. Then based on the same idea, the energy of the magic network is extracted and gathered. It may also be possible to use for attacks. And compared to the deep blue magic well that can no longer be copied after it is lost, the magic network is something that is completely in the hands of humans. ”