Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 162 Chapter [-]

Xia Houyan took a curved wooden board with elven runes printed on it from Alice's hand.

The iron plank is not too heavy, only as thick as a finger;
The slightly arched curvature makes it look like a wooden tile, and the shape seems to be very suitable for strapping on the arm or calf, serving as arm armor or shin guards.

On the raised side of the plank, intricate elven runes glowed with pale blue magic.

In the manufacturing process of modern magic runes, it is often necessary to physically sculpt the surface of the material, but the elf runes in front of me are like pigments deeply immersed in the deep layer of the material. The surface of the iron-wood board is still completely smooth and flat, presenting a flawless streamlined aesthetic.

The lord looked over Alice's shoulder and found that there were more than a dozen pieces of iron and wood boards in this box, and the runes on them were all of the same shape, obviously they were mass products of the same kind of elf runes.

"What's the use of this rune?" Xia Houyan held two pieces of iron and wood boards between his fingers, casually played a section of Tianjin Allegro, and then turned his head to look at Master Laurie curiously.

As an intermediate mage, he can clearly feel the wind magic power surging in these magic runes, which also shows that the element attributes of these runes belong to the wind magic that the ancient elf civilization is best at;
However, the functions of other magic runes of the same series may also vary widely. It is not easy for Xiahou officials to jump to conclusions, so they had to consult professionals.

Master Laurie took the rune board, only glanced at it twice, and made a decisive judgment:
"I'm too familiar with the shape of this rune... It's one of the few most common elven runes in ancient times that has a rubbing record of its shape in the history books—"Guard of the Wind"!"

"Wind Protection?" Xia Houyan weighed the iron and wood board in his hand.

From the name, it seems to be a defensive magic rune...

The lord, who suffers from a severe lack of firepower phobia, felt the joy brought by the discovery of the elven rune products in his heart, which was immediately diluted a lot.

And more importantly, he didn't see the protective effect of these elf runes at all.

Based on the shape and size of these iron planks, Xia Houyan has every reason to believe that the ancient elf empire made these planks to use them as protective tools:
These hard elven plant boards, as long as they are fixed on ordinary clothes according to the vital parts of the human body, can instantly create a pair of simple wooden armor that is not afraid of cutting with knives and axes;
If you are willing to spend your money, you can even sew several iron and wood boards together to make a decent heavy armor: with the defensive performance of elf iron and wood, the actual combat effect is at least not inferior to that of the imperial heavy cavalry armor.

Of course, even in the Dragon Bone Peak treasury where the coffins are collected by the Elf Empire, there are only a few dozen pieces of iron and wood boards in total, which is definitely not enough to arm an army:
Compared with the metal armor that can be mass-produced after the start of human manufacturing, the biggest shortcoming of elf plant products is the too low production capacity and cost performance.

And the problem is precisely here: the precious iron-wood board is already enough to be a luxury-grade protective gear that disdains the battlefield, and how much benefit can it be played by painstakingly engraving a few elf runes on it?

As if seeing the doubts of the lord and other young horses, Master Laurie immediately planned a magic experiment, practicing true knowledge according to the tradition of mages.

"My lord, please hold up this wooden board and stand facing me." Master Laurie handed the iron board to the lord.

Knowing that he had become a guinea pig for experiments, Xia Houyan felt secretly upset, but he followed the instructions of his chief mage and stood obediently holding the iron board.

"Captain Comstock." Master Laurie pulled the bewildered Alice over, "Please use your saber to lightly touch the iron plank in Lord Lord's hand."

Alice blinked in confusion, then raised the light of the sky, and lightly touched the tip of the sword against the iron board.

Nothing happened.

Only the part of the wooden board touched by the metal sword point, along the direction of the rune, swayed a faint halo.

"So?" Holding the iron plank, the official Xiahou who stood there like an idiot was a little impatient.

"Captain Comstock, in order to test the effect of the 'Wind Protection' rune, this time, please swing your sword and attack this board with all your strength!" Master Laurie said, "With the strength of iron and wood, The extent of it will never be easily penetrated by the light of the sky, so please do your best and don't worry about the safety of the lord."

Xia Houyan secretly scolded his mother: Dare to feel that I was treated by the master as the kind of human frame standing opposite the flying knife hand with an apple on his head!
If Alice's loyalty and skills had not been tested by the organization, the lord might have mistakenly thought that Master Laurie and Alice had secretly negotiated, and wanted to make a guest appearance in Xiang Yu Xiang Zhuang in another world, taking the opportunity of Xiahou Peigong kill.

And Alice Comstock had indeed seen the extraordinary hardness of the elf ironwood when she tried to open the door just now;

Therefore, the female swordsman only hesitated for a moment, then raised the gleaming wrath of the sky, and stabbed towards the iron plank in the Lord Lord's hand impartially.

Then, a magical scene that made eyeballs roll all over the ground appeared.

The moment the tip of the sword touched the surface of the iron-wood board, the elf rune, which was originally slightly dim in color, suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light;

In the violent tide of the wind elements, an invisible wind rushes out from the iron plank, directly facing the sword tip of the light of the sky, like a wave beating a boat, it just pushes the bright and bright magic sword to the top Go back!
The exclamation suddenly rang out in the treasure house.

Who is Alice Comstock?He is one of the most talented swordsmen in Eagle's Rest Castle, and even in the entire western region of the empire. He is the genius who made "Thunder Dragon" Samuel suddenly cherish his talents!

Even though she is a woman, how could this heroine swordsman's steady steps, fast moves, and great strength be comparable to ordinary warriors?
But even so, Alice's full-strength attack was abruptly blocked by the wind magic power erupted by the elf rune in an instant!
"My lords, this is the elven rune 'Wind Protection'!" Master Laurie announced loudly to the onlookers with his hands outstretched, his expression very much like an MLM expert who is giving a lecture, or "Wolf of Wall Street". Xiao Lizi, who is proud of the spring breeze, "The armor engraved with the rune of 'Wind Protection' is no different from ordinary materials when touched, but when it is hit by a strong force, the 'Wind Protection' will immediately Generate an instantaneous small-scale airflow, completely block the attack, and finally play a protective role!"

The crowd was amazed.

Probably because the "Protection of the Wind" rune was invented by her ancestors, Vilf's small face suddenly turned pink with pride but pretending to be reserved.

Xia Houyan smacked his lips and weighed the iron board in his hand, thoughtfully.

According to Master Laurie's introduction and the results of the experiment, the "Wind Protection" rune on the iron-wood board can actually be understood as a magical version of reactive armor: this automatic magic effect that can actively sense and block attacks , undoubtedly more advanced than passive resistance.

What shocked him the most was that the effect of the "Protection of the Wind" rune was completely counterproductive!
It is said that the effect of force is reciprocal. When the blade collides with the blade, or even the blade and the armor, the defender and the attacker should feel the same force in an instant;

But when "Wind Protection" blew away Alice's sword strike, Xia Houyan didn't feel any pressure on the hand holding the wooden board, as if someone stepped in and blocked the attack for him!
This abnormal effect, which completely violates the rules of conventional physics, is undoubtedly only possible with elemental magic!

As long as you think about it briefly, you can realize that if "Wind Protection" can be popularized on the battlefield, not to mention anything else, the benefits to the heavy cavalry alone will be far beyond imagination:
After the armor thickness gradually exceeds the armor-piercing performance of sharp weapons, no matter which plane you are in, apart from crossbow arrows and lances with high kinetic energy, the best way to deal with heavy armored fighters in close quarters is undoubtedly to use blunt weapons ——

——Don’t want to use small-scale high-pressure force to break through the armor, just use a hammer the size of a sandbag to smash people into concussions through tin cans!
No matter how thick the armor is, the inside is still covered with flesh and blood. If there is no excellent cushioning method, under the action of force transmission, the armor is likely to remain intact, and the knight inside has already vomited three liters of blood.

But if the knight's armor is engraved with the elven rune "Wind Protection", everything will be different!

The counterattack of the wind magic power on the attacker is equivalent to generating a stream of air out of thin air to push the enemy away, and it will not make the defender himself suffer from the shock force——

——In this way, not only sharp weapons cannot penetrate armor, but even blunt weapons are useless. A heavily armored warrior wearing elven rune armor can even be regarded as a genuine "physical immunity"!

"Damn..." Even Messi, the well-informed wraith, was really shocked by the domineering effect of the elf runes, "If you wear armor made of this kind of rune plank, wouldn't you be able to ignore it?" With all the open and dark arrows, entering the crowd of thousands of troops is like entering the land of no one?"

"The world is fair..." Master Laurie shrugged helplessly, "Elf runes are certainly effective, but compared with metal magic runes, they have unavoidable flaws—it's not like metal runes can use crystal Energy storage, or the temporary function of the magician, the magic power supplement of the elf runes can only rely on natural recovery."

The master paused, and pointed to the iron plank in Lord Lord's hand:
"That is to say, after this kind of elf rune takes effect once, it will lose its effect within a period of time, and it cannot be activated again until the magic power is fully restored."

Xia Houyan froze for a moment, pulled out the crowbar from his waist, and smashed it hard on the iron board.

Sure enough, the runes on the board were not lit up this time;
The crowbar hit hard on the iron board without hindrance, and was bounced off by its hard material, shocking the lord's mouth with pain.

Xia Houyan fell into depression all of a sudden: I thought I had made a fortune, but I didn't expect that this magical reactive armor would have a cooldown time...

"Therefore, the best way to deal with the equipment engraved with the runes of 'Wind Protection' is to attack them in groups and use the frequency to overwhelm the quality!" Master Laurie said "group fights" very nicely, "According to the history books According to records, the elite division of the ancient elves, the 'Natural Raider', wore the rune armor printed with the 'Protection of the Wind', but in front of a huge team of rebels of various races, they were defeated, killed and wounded. ——After the rune is drained of its magic power, there is actually no difference between this rune equipment and ordinary protective gear."

Wei Erfu muttered something, probably scolding the rebels for their lack of martial ethics.

The lord can't laugh or cry: Now he understands that the armaments of the elf empire are just like other elf objects (and a certain foodie elf), full of flashy and ostentatious spirit——

The decision of the outcome of a battle is likely to be in the blink of an eye:

In such a short period of time, who would have the leisure to wait for the "Protection of the Wind" to cool down slowly?

The effect of this kind of elven rune sounds mighty, but in most battles, it is just a one-time consumable item...

Master Laurie found that everyone was beginning to lack interest in these rune boards. In order to maintain the dignity of the elemental power users, he hurriedly said:
"That being said, there is still a solution to the long recovery time of 'Protection of the Wind'..."

"How to solve it?" Xia Houyan squinted at the master.

"It's very simple, just engrave a few more elven runes on a piece of equipment!" Master Laurie winked slyly, "Historical records show that on average, every set of 'Natural Raider' standard armor is equipped with At least three 'Wind Protection', which means that these elf soldiers can completely defend against three physical attacks in each battle!"

Everyone in Shuangfengling looked at each other in blank dismay:
Cooling is not enough to make up the amount, this 'solution' of the Elf Empire is really frighteningly simple...

"Theoretically, if you have enough runes engraved on the armor, you can even resist attacks for a long time until the first activated rune is restored and put into use again." Master Laurie said Draw a circle with two fingers, "Once the rotation starts like this, it will be a real physical immunity!"

"Awesome." Xia Houyan gave a thumbs up full of sarcasm, "Then I would like to ask the master, how many runes should each person have at least to achieve physical immunity through the continuous rotation of rune cooling?" What about the protection of the wind?"

Master Laurie counted with his fingers, and tentatively said:
"About three or four hundred pieces?"

At a certain moment, the lord really had a strong urge to kill this old wretch with a crowbar.

He took a few deep breaths, and after calming down, he threw the rune planks back into the wooden box, and then picked up the round crystal chip stored with the planks.

"And what is it?" he asked.

"If my guess is right, it should be the master rune of 'Protection of the Wind'..." Master Laurie said, "Theoretically, with this master, we can engrave the 'Protection of the Wind' in batches." Protect' rune; but..."

"Just what?" Xia Houyan looked at the master.

"Inscription of elven runes... I don't know how, or no one on the mainland can do it." The master shrank his neck and said, "I told you that the ancient craft of elven runes has long been lost... ..."

Xia Houyan hardened, his fist hardened.

"Mother Xipi!" He threw the rune master back into the wooden box, and ordered loudly with a little frustration, "We have limited manpower, and it is impossible to empty the treasure house at one time. You should hurry up and tidy it up. We can sort it out a bit." The elf waste we used, we should gather a group and transport them back to the territory!"

Wei Erfu opened her beautiful eyes and stared at the lord.

For some reason, the elf girl always feels that the "elven waste" that the lord speaks of, seems to mean something else...

(End of this chapter)