Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Sam had barely slipped down the hillside when he was yanked back, clutching the stone egg with a look of utter despair as he slumped to the ground.

As a true native of the wilderness, he hadn't actually seen a dragon, but he'd heard no less than eight hundred dragon legends.

If it were just facing the dragon army of four thousand, there might be a chance of victory under the leadership of this lord.

But compared to a dragon, Highcliff Keep wasn't even a sparrow; at best, it was a pitiful ant, its fate of being crushed self-evident.

"You're the only damn fence-sitter in all of Highcliff Keep! It's one thing for you to run, but you even stole my stone egg!" The lord's nose was crooked with anger, and he immediately lashed Sam with ten strikes.

You see, the lord is so poor right now that he's skimming money off Miriel by cheating. This old bastard actually dared to run away with the most valuable thing in Highcliff Keep. The only reason he only got ten lashes is because the great battle is imminent, and his magic is still somewhat useful; otherwise, he might not be able to get out of bed.

The thumb-thick leather whip cracked loudly in the air, making the old shaman howl in pain.

"Since you want to run so badly, you'll be the first one up when the battle starts!"

Ending the punishment, Li Wei rolled up his sleeves and handed the whip to Orak: "This old guy is also a shaman; I think you should have something in common."

"If he still wants to run, just whip him; he knows healing spells, he won't die."

Orak took the leather whip, looking at Sam, who was collapsed on the ground covered in whip marks, his expression stiff.

Is Highcliff Keep a proper Deber noble territory?

Before, it thought that this lord was just routinely teaching disobedient slaves or something, but it didn't expect that this guy was actually a shaman.

When did a shaman, who is a spellcaster, get so poor?

In every faction, if not a guest of honor, at least they are treated with respect, right?

But in Highcliff Keep, it seems like their status isn't very good...

The key is that it is also a shaman.

"Are the armaments well stocked?" Li Wei came to the blacksmith shop again.

"Lord, the weapons and equipment are enough to arm a fifty-man cavalry guard, and the light arrows are enough to support a siege battle of ten thousand people." Anzhui, the old blacksmith who looked like a dwarf, said without hesitation.

As an old man who has entered his twilight years, he has retired to the second line to be responsible for teaching blacksmith apprentices, so he is idle and can only count warehouses every day, and he has long been familiar with this data.

Li Wei used his toe to pull a scimitar out of the box, took it in his hand, and carefully looked at it.

Although Feide blacksmiths are not as good as dwarf blacksmith masters who are blessed by the gods, they are no less than the Deber kingdom blacksmith masters.

The blade is all made of fine steel, with sufficient materials, and it is completely different from the paper-thin knives sold outside.

The angle of the arc is just right, allowing the gnoll cavalry to easily reap lives with the help of horsepower.

This is an extremely fine scimitar, no matter where it is sold, it will be snapped up by those nomadic tribes.

However, the price of excellence is often extremely low output. Until now, only the barbarians' heavy armor and this bit of things have been produced.

The inferior weapons sold to the Stormsurge tribe are mostly sold by the pound, but the quality is only a little stronger than wooden sticks and grass forks, and they will turn into fragments after a few uses.

"What about that thing?" Li Wei suddenly asked vaguely.

Anzhui, who understood in seconds, ran to close the door, walked into an inconspicuous position in the room, and lifted a wooden wall, revealing another hidden space: "Please come with me, Lord."

The two sneaked into this small room, which was only six or seven steps long and wide.

In the room, four night-shining stones emitted a gentle white light, making the room no different from broad daylight.

Three white-haired old blacksmiths were carefully studying an object, because they were so engrossed that they didn't notice the lord walking in to watch until they were next to them, and they wanted to salute immediately.

"Lord, we are really too negligent..."

"It's okay, compared to me, you are more worthy of respect. You don't need to be too restrained when you see me in the future." The lord waved his hand.

He always has respect for researchers, and this small privilege is nothing.

"How is it?" Looking at the semi-finished bed crossbow in front of him, Li Wei stuck out his big butt and stroked it with his hand.

That's right, this hidden workshop is used to make bed crossbows.

It's no wonder that the lord is so cautious, because the bed crossbow is a veritable killer weapon. He has no problem smelting weapons and equipment by himself.

If he dares to make bed crossbows in a big way, it will inevitably touch the sensitive nerves of some people.

With the current strength of Highcliff Keep, it is obviously impossible to bear this accountability.

This is the same as the Eagle Sauce in the previous life, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, but firmly controlling them himself.

Typically, I can have it, but you can't have it.

If the number of bed crossbows reaches a certain level, it is enough to affect the direction of a war.

However, its main role is to snipe those elites among the elites, the elite among the elite warriors.

For example, the Griffin Knights of the Deber royal family and the Golden Lion Regiment of Damon in the South.

Even special bed crossbows have been researched to deal with giant creatures such as dragons, giants, and ogres.

These legions often have only a thousand or so, but their combat power is extremely terrifying. They can independently destroy a small force and are enough to confront a ten thousand-strong legion head-on. They play a decisive role in the battlefield at certain times.

And top legions are usually used to deter small forces. If you have a bed crossbow, you have the ability to threaten them, so the bed crossbow is controlled extremely strictly.

Both the production drawings and the finished products are strictly prohibited from being sold to the outside world.

"Lord, this time with the mithril you brought, the fine steel for making the crossbow arm, after being mixed with this magic metal, is enough to perfectly realize the kinetic energy transformation, and even the power is much greater than calculated."

An old white-bearded man with a figure taller than the lord said excitedly.

Some time ago, the crossbow arms they made of fine steel would bend and break after two uses, completely failing to achieve the expected effect.

They also thought about replacing it with the bow body of a bow and arrow, but the effect would often be discounted.

This was completely unacceptable to them who had perfectionism.

Fortunately, although the industrial level of this world cannot produce high-toughness metals such as titanium alloys, it has cheating magic metals such as mithril, fine gold, and mountain copper.

Li Wei directly wrote a letter asking Miriel to buy him some, and the price was not a problem at all.

Although these magic metals are rare, they can always be bought as long as you are willing to spend a lot of money. This time Miriel came here specifically to send him mountain copper.

Just a head-sized piece cost the lord five hundred gold coins, making him exclaim that robbing money wasn't this fast.

Of course, the effect is completely worth the price. The crossbow arm mixed with mountain copper completely met the calculation requirements, and even far exceeded them.