A strange world

Chapter 315 Section 168. Magic Cannon

Annan visited the waterwheel mill, which was filled with the sound of forging iron like a blacksmith shop. The rapid glacial river allows the mill to produce nearly 50 pieces of plate armor every day, a crude version of plate armor.

After replacing it with wrought iron plate armor, there were only a dozen pieces left, but they could still equip all the soldiers before the Ratmen arrived.

There is a separate workshop in the watermill that is the production line for magic gunpowder rifles. The elite mages hired by Annan from the Mage Tower work here.

Mages are arrogant and noble. Any elite mages will become guests of nobles outside. The reason why they stay in noisy mills and do work that is no different from civilians is simple - they are Annan, or Jack's loyal followers. Fans.

And Murat, who was rescued from Betar City.

Annan asked for notes from Ingrid, turned to one of the pages and pointed to a picture of a water tank lying horizontally and said: "I want you to make another magic gunpowder weapon with a structure like this. Fill it with gunpowder, and then put Cannonballs.”

"Amplified magic powder rifle?"

"almost."

The magic artillery is a magic gunpowder rifle whose caliber is increased dozens of times and the gunpowder is also increased dozens of times.

Murat was the first to shake his head and said: "The power of magic gunpowder is not small. If you put so much magic gunpowder, it might explode."

Neither pig iron nor wrought iron will do. Fortunately, there is fine steel in this world. After Annan said it, Murat looked like he was looking at a prodigal noble: "You used six to seven hundred pounds of fine steel to make this? I have a suggestion. Use the money to hire a dozen elite mages. This large-scale They can do anything the magic powder rifle can do.”

"Is fine steel expensive?" Annan once again accidentally exposed his poor common sense.

The value of fine steel is almost equal to that of gold. There is no difference between making fine steel and using gold to make magic artillery.

Annan took a step back: "How about changing it to fine steel for the inner wall?"

"That would require dozens of pounds of fine steel, almost the weight of two pieces of armor."

Compared to a magic gun that only costs hiring an elite mage, a magic cannon is no less expensive than fifty gold coins.

"Bronzebeard, can your people help?"

"They are in the Black Iron Mountains." The female dwarf said, that place is already the paradise of the rat people.

Annan had no choice but to accept this price. Magic artillery plays an irreplaceable role in large-scale wars. Ten rounds of magic musket fire can kill up to 20,000 ratmen. And the 20,000 rat men are just a death squad sent by the vanguard of a rat plague.

Magic cannons are essentially gunpowder barrels that can be fired. Ten magic cannons can cause more damage than two thousand magic cannons.

Since it was decided to build it, Annan requested that a layer of fine steel be attached to the outer wall to prevent the chamber from exploding.

Exploding the barrel will not only kill and injure the surrounding soldiers, but also make them fearful. No matter how complicated the elite mages looked at him, Annan felt that exchanging gold coins for lives was worth it.

We already have muskets and artillery, what else is there...

Annan opened his notes, and Ingrid caught a glimpse of the title "Three Thousand Rats to Live" written in the first line and the words "Muskets and Artillery" in the second and third lines.

"Kerosene?" Francois said. "I saw many towns using kerosene when they were desperate to fight against the ratmen..."

This reminded Annan to ask Ingrid to purchase a large amount of kerosene when purchasing magic materials and refined steel. "

What is the truly scary thing about Ratmen?

It's not evil energy, it's not the plague, it's not the legends of one clan that together don't have as many legends as the Kingdom of Rekaner, but the endless ratmen.

A female human needs to be pregnant for 10 months and give birth to only one child. She will take good care of it for more than ten years. He will become a farmer, woodcutter, and worker. Only those who are lucky enough will be selected. After several months to several years of training, Become a well-trained soldier and go to the battlefield. What about the Skaven? A female rat-man gives birth to 10 litters per week. The young rats will grow into adult rat-men in just one month. Each adult rat-man is a soldier, and the female rat-men among them will continue to breed.

With just one summer and enough food, a hundred ratmen can become an army of tens of thousands.

Therefore, we will never be able to kill all the Ratmen in the city.

Therefore, the magic cannons and muskets actually turned the people of Xingyue Bay into "rat people", and they could also unite all the people in Xingyue Bay - they have a population of 10,000 and 10,000 soldiers.

Fortunately, before the rat tide formed, the rat men were unable to invade human towns. Expect the Skaven's crude weapons to penetrate the city wall? Ordinary ratmen can't even chew down bricks and stones.

But when a tide of rats forms, the walls are no longer an obstacle—they use their corpses to pave their way to the walls.

The more kerosene, the better, and it cannot be saved. If you want to save it until the end, it is not uncommon for the guards to be defeated by burning ratmen rushing onto the city wall.

While meditating that night, Annan's warlock was finally promoted to the fourth level. This means that he can open four portals in a row, be only one step away from the elite warlock, and try to contact the second-level spell.

It was undoubtedly a genius to grow into a fourth-level warlock in one year, but Annan had no time to learn spells, because the fire crow brought back news: scattered ratmen had appeared in the north of the kingdom.

Annan asked the scouts to return and let the New Initial resume its previous mission: follow the traces of the Skaven along the coast.

What's going on in the capital no longer matters, what's next is the matter in the north.

Within a few days, the New Initial, heading north, discovered that Evernight Harbor was occupied by ratmen, and the group of sea eagles was nowhere to be seen.

"Scattered ratmen have appeared in the north of the kingdom"

On Monday, "Xingyue Bay News" published this news.

Late at night, the Lord's Mansion.

The portal is sitting in the study. There is no one else in the two study rooms. Olmedo has lost the majesty and solemnity of the city lord, and the dim magic lamp makes Olmedo's tall and upright figure look thin.

"Is what the magic newspaper said true?"

"Eternal Night Harbor has been occupied by rat people."

Information may be deceiving, but facts are not. The entire northern part of the kingdom began to migrate, and those villages and small towns were the first to collapse.

Those who didn’t believe it were devoured by rat men, while those who believed it left their homes on the eve of winter.

Annan also sent a letter to his eldest sister Itilia: The family and the people must either move to Xingyue Bay or migrate to the east to neighboring countries. The stupidity of the Rekaner royal family has reached the lowest limit, and the Dimon Kingdom cannot match it no matter how hard it tries.

"Yes, many refugees have come to Breeze City, and they have brought a lot of chaos..." For example, the mayor of Pinglin Town, Annan's "hometown", still chose Breeze City.

Olmedo said Breeze was such a giant that it would take hours for her hands and feet to respond to her orders.

"If you don't want to, you can drive them to Xingyue Bay." Annan is not afraid of chaos.

Olmedo smiled: "No, I just want to make you angry on purpose."