Master Tongtian

Chapter 283 This thing should be able to defeat dragons, right? (34)

Castle back garden.

Rosen took out a pen and paper from his bag and expressed his new ideas while drawing.

"Master, Anna, that's what I think."

"First find a way to create a pure round, smooth tube, and then use this tube as the core to build control parts."

"like this."

In the painting, he drew something similar to an earth gun, and he didn't just draw one, but several drawings, including exterior views, interior views, and structural drawings.

"This tube is called a projection tube, and a low-dexterity projection array is engraved with mithril patterns on it. Therefore, it is essentially a projection magic weapon."

Master Sophia asked: "Used to launch iron balls?"

Rosen shook his head repeatedly: "It's not an iron ball, it's a rune ball."

Upon hearing this, both women's eyes lit up, and they felt like they had been opened up to new ideas.

Rosen continued to introduce.

"The rune ball is the most critical."

Rosen drew a sphere, or more accurately, a spherical rune stone.

"Look, I put this rune ball into the projection tube, and its size fits perfectly with the inner wall of the projection tube."

"On the rune ball, there are two constant spells, one of which is a pre-projection spell."

"After being triggered, it will cooperate with the mid-level throwing array on the projection tube to build a uniform and powerful accelerating gravitational field in the projection tube that covers the inner wall of the barrel."

"Because it is accelerated by gravity and the inner wall is smooth, the impact is very small and will not damage the structure of the rune ball and cause accidental triggering.

"The length of the projection tube is about eighty centimeters, and coupled with the dexterity-controllable projection spell, the rune ball can be accurately and quickly shot to distant targets."

While speaking, Rosen used the mirroring technique again to simulate the appearance of a gun in the air.

Then, he raised his musket and pretended to aim at the stone pillar in the distance.

"Look, I pull the trigger of this crossbow-like thing."

"With a 'pop', the hammer hit the rune ball, triggering the outer pre-throwing spell and shooting the rune ball out along the pipe at high speed!"

"Then, the rune ball also has an inner layer."

"The inner layer can hold different spells according to needs, such as missile spells, disintegration spells, and gravitational levitation."

"After the rune ball flies out at high speed and hits a distant target, the inner constant spell is activated, thus exerting its lethality."

Both women found this idea very novel.

After thinking for a while, Thrandis asked: "What is your intended range?"

"It depends on the situation. Because it is a spherical rune stone, it will float easily if it is too fast. But I estimate that it should be fairly accurate within 200 meters."

Sophia said: "In this case, an ordinary person without any power can exert quite powerful combat effectiveness as long as he is proficient in the use of this new weapon."

"Obviously, this new weapon is very easy to master. I'm afraid ordinary farmers can use it very well."

"The role of the mage will be greatly reduced."

Rosen shook his head repeatedly.

"It will not decrease. It will even increase greatly due to the significant increase in the application range of the spell."

"If you think about it, this weapon is essentially a magic weapon, but the threshold for use is very low."

"Then since it is a magic weapon, it requires mana. Only mages can provide mana, and only mages can launch magic weapons and rune balls."

"In this way, the mage can concentrate on making weapons in the rear, and when needed, use these weapons to quickly arm ordinary people in the Golden Land."

Sophia nodded repeatedly: "You are absolutely right."

Rosen said again: "Master, Anna, think about it again."

"If a hundred, or even a thousand, or more than 10,000 ordinary people hold this kind of magic weapon and launch low-level rune balls together, covering a distance of 200 meters in front, then there will probably be a large number of enemies charging from the opposite side. Will they fall down in batches?"

Sophia nodded: "That's true, but the rate of fire is a problem. If the rate of fire is high, it will be really scary."

As soon as she finished speaking, Thrandis said: "I think the rate of fire can be adjusted to a high level."

As she spoke, she took the pen from Rosen's hand, formed a circle around the six barrels on the paper, and then added a crank handle and a simple gear structure.

"You see, as long as there are enough rune balls, one person can hold the handle and shake it continuously, stimulating it while automatically loading new rune balls."

"As long as you shake it fast enough, you can probably shoot hundreds of rune balls in one minute."

Rosen was shocked in his heart.

He just came up with an idea similar to a musket, but his genius wife directly evolved it into a Gatling Vulcan cannon.

If this thing were truly perfected, high-level or even master-level rune balls could be inserted into them, and then hundreds of them would be held in the hands of high-level or even great warriors, and they would explode together.

Then I guess I can beat down all the dragons in the sky, right?

Sophia's eyes widened when she heard this: "What a good idea~ This is really a good idea!"

She also had an idea.

"It can also greatly enhance the intensity of the throwing spell. Then, the rune ball can be made into the shape of a crossbow, and a stable tail feather can be added at the back to increase the range to 500 meters or even a thousand meters."

"With such a long range and high rate of fire, the enemy troops will probably be wiped out before they even appear in sight!"

She sighed again: "If there were such a magic weapon on the Yuehui battlefield, the casualties of the Silver Moon Legion would not be so heavy, and the ice dwarves would not be able to come and leave whenever they want!"

Rosen was speechless: "Good guy! Sniper Gatling has appeared."

Just as Sophia finished speaking, Thrandis had another idea.

"Then can we make the launch tube very large, make the rune balls very powerful, and then launch pyrotechnic rune balls at the opponent from a distance of five, six, or even ten miles?"

Rosen nodded immediately: "Definitely."

He was deeply aware of his wife's intelligence and actually evolved Gatling into a real alien mortar.

Seeing that the two women were discussing with great interest, Rosen quickly interrupted and expressed his request.

"First of all, I need a stable and accurate design for throwing spells. Secondly, I haven't figured out how to ensure the stability of this double-layered spell."

"Finally, how to reduce costs is also a big issue. If a rune ball costs three or four crowns, it's really unaffordable."

Sophia said: "Leave the first and second questions to me and Anna. We will definitely be able to figure it out in three days at most. For the third question, you have to find the alchemist for help."

"Okay, let me solve the problem of this thrower first."

"Wait~"

Thrandis stopped Rosen and asked, "Can the rune balls not be nested? Just add a throwing spell on the outer layer and wrap venom on the inner layer, or simply poison smoke. The effect would also be good."

‘Isn’t this just a biochemical bomb? ’

Rosen nodded immediately: "It's feasible. Anyway, as long as it's stable and powerful."

"Understood. You go find Jenny."

So, Rosen went to the alchemy laboratory to find Gendeloni, who was teaching an apprentice.

Gendeloni thought for a moment and said: "This thrower is very simple to make, as long as you have enough materials. With these weapon-making apprentices I have trained, I can make at least 200 of them a day."

"As for this rune stone, it is a bit difficult because it requires a precise shape, and it also needs to be very stable and safe."

"If you want to make enough, stable enough, and low-cost launching rune balls, you will probably have to spend a lot of money to build a workshop and train a large number of weapon-refining apprentices."

Rosen thought the same way: "Then let's open a rune ball workshop!"

Finally, there is the issue of materials.

Rosen found Phoebe in the makeshift element laboratory again.

As soon as he asked the question, he said: "The core components of this thing are the launch tube and the rune ball."

"I suggest using Saren steel to make the launch tube. This is the high-strength steel discovered by Saren, the great weapon refiner."

"This kind of steel has very good properties. After it is refined and activated with petrochemical technology, you can get petrochemical steel that is anti-rust and anti-wear."

"I have a detailed refining book of Saren Steel on hand, but if I want to refining it on a large scale, I'm afraid I have to open a steel-making workshop."

"Then open a steel-making workshop!"

Phoebe raised his eyebrows: "The steel-making workshop is not cheap. It requires at least one hundred thousand crowns to be invested. And there are many equipments that we don't have in the north. We can either make them ourselves or go to the east to buy them."

"Then let's do it ourselves. Money is not an issue. When we get this Saren steel, we will not only use it ourselves, but also sell it everywhere."

"It's a good idea, but the ore will be a problem."

Rosen smiled: "That's no problem."

"There is a large-scale iron mine in Ash Town. The production capacity is not used up, but a lot of it is sold to other places. I asked Lord Ash to buy it at a slightly higher price. For the sake of being a highland lord, he will definitely be willing to sell it to I."

Phoebe said: "Then there will be no problem with the launch tube."

"Then there is the rune ball. This thing requires absolute stability and cost. It can be made of soft iron with a certain strength."

"Soft iron?"

Phoebe brought a sample to Rosen.

At first glance, Rosen discovered that this thing looked like lead, but it was harder than lead, but not as heavy as lead. It had very good mana resistance and was suitable for use as the base of a rune ball.

"Is this cheap?"

"It's wrought iron activated by special techniques, one fusa and several kron."

"Then the steelmaking workshop should open an extra soft iron furnace."

At this point, the core problems have solutions.

Of course, there are many things to pay attention to in how to ensure stability, how to achieve large-scale production, and how to make it as cheap as possible.

It takes time to do a lot of experiments and refine it bit by bit.

"Good, let's get started."

In the following time, all the powerful mages in Crescent Town worked together to build a new weapon designed by Rosen, initially named the 'Rune Ball Thrower'.

After a busy day, when we met at the dinner party, everyone agreed that the term "Rune Ball Thrower" was too academic and not nice enough.

"What about another common name?"

All the mages agreed unanimously, and then made various suggestions.

"Spitter?"

"No, I think he's called Dragon Slayer."

"It's not good to slay a dragon. He's too arrogant and can easily provoke real dragons. I think he's called a butcher."

"The butcher is not good either. He scares people easily and makes people think that the lord is a bloody and cruel guy."

There is no unified opinion after all.

Rosen said: "I think it's better to just call for a gun."

"gun?"

Rosen nodded: "Look, the spear's attack method is to thrust forward. Our thrower also points along the muzzle and thrusts forward in a straight line."

"Guns are also relatively neutral, good or bad, and they are easy to remember."

All the mages, you look at me, I look at you, and finally we all come to a consensus.

"Then call for a gun."

So, at a very ordinary lord's dinner, a gun, a seemingly ordinary and terrifying weapon, appeared in the Golden Land for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, various mages began to discuss various ways to improve the gun.

While the discussion was getting heated, Mayor Harrick lightly knocked on the table and said, "Gentlemen and ladies, please pay attention!"

After everyone turned to look at him, he said: "I want to remind everyone that although your ideas are extremely clever, there are not enough people in the territory."

A total of more than 30,000 people built fortresses, colleges, recruited troops, and opened workshops, draining away all idle labor.

This is because it is late autumn and the farming season is busy. If the farming season is busy, there will be a lot fewer people available.

Then, everyone turned to look at the lord Rosen.

Rosen coughed lightly: "Two methods. One short-term and one long-term."

"In the short term, we will start recruiting people from outside the highlands. When they come, they will be given a settling-in allowance, and they will be allocated fields to help build houses."

All the lords in the highlands have good relations with each other. Recruiting people from their territories will easily lead to enemies and is not cost-effective. Recruiting from outside the highlands is no problem.

"In the long term, we encourage local people to have children. If you give birth to a child, you will be rewarded with a sum of money."

These days, the focus is on bloodline families, and there are no contraceptive measures. Children are basically born "pop, pop, pop".

If there is reward money, then it is estimated that as long as the belly is still fertile, whether it is a young girl or an old woman, it will be loaded immediately.

Harrick said: "Lord, this costs a lot of money."

If you do this, 500 Austrian gold coins won't last long.

Rosen said: "Don't worry about money, I will find a way."

Optical glass, microscopes, and petrified construction staffs are all ready for sale, and there is no shortage of money.

If it didn't work out, he would write to the princess of the East to borrow it, and the sisters would definitely borrow it.