Alien world

Chapter 315 168. Magic Cannon
Annan visited the waterwheel mill, which was filled with the same sound of blacksmithing.The turbulent glacial river allows the mill to produce nearly 50 pieces of plate armor every day, a poor version of plate armor.

Replaced with wrought iron plate armor, there are only a poor dozen pieces left, but they can still be equipped with all the soldiers before the ratmen come.

There is a separate workshop in the waterwheel mill that is the production line of magic gunpowder rifles.The elite mages Annan hired from the mage tower work here.

The mage is proud and dignified, any elite mage will be the guests of the nobles outside, and the reason why they are allowed to stay in the noisy mill and do the same work as the common people is simple - they are Annan, or Jack's loyal Fans.

There is also Murat who was rescued from Beital City.

Annan asked for notes from Ingrid, turned to one of the pages, pointed to a picture similar to a horizontally placed water tank, and said, "I want you to make another magical gunpowder weapon with this structure. Fill it with gunpowder, and then put it on." Cannonball."

"Amplified magic powder rifle?"

"almost."

A magic artillery is a magic gunpowder rifle whose caliber has been increased by dozens of times, and the gunpowder has also been increased by 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."

No matter whether it is pig iron or wrought iron, fortunately, there is fine steel in this world.As a result, after Annan said it, Murat looked at the prodigal nobleman: "You made this with six or seven hundred pounds of stainless steel? I have a suggestion, use the money to hire a dozen elite mages, this large-scale They can do what the Magic Powder Rifle can do."

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

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

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

"That would cost tens of pounds of fine steel, about the weight of two pieces of armor."

Compared to a magic gun that only costs elite mages, a magic gun is no less than fifty gold coins.

"Bronzebeard, can your people help?"

"They're in the Dark Iron Mountains," said the dwarf, which was already the Ratmen's paradise.

Annan had to accept this price.The role of magic artillery in large-scale wars is irreplaceable.Ten rounds of volleys from the magic musket killed at most [-] ratmen.And the [-] ratmen are just death squads sent by the forwards of a rat disaster.

Magic cannons are essentially gunpowder kegs that can be fired, and the damage caused by ten magic cannons can exceed two thousand magic cannons.

Now that he decided to build it, Annan asked for a layer of fine steel to be attached to the outer wall to prevent the chamber from exploding.

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

There are muskets and cannons, what else...

Annan flipped through his notes, and Ingrid caught a glimpse of the title "Three Thousands of Rats" written on the first line and the guns and cannons on the second and third lines.

"Oil?" said Francois. "I use kerosene when I see many towns desperate against the Ratmen..."

This reminded Annan that when Ingrid purchased magic materials and stainless steel, he also had to purchase a large amount of fire oil. "

What's so scary about the Ratmen?
It's not fel energy, it's not the plague, it's not the fact that one clan combined has more legends than the Kingdom of Rikan, but the endless ratmen.

A female human needs to be pregnant for 10 months to give birth, and only give birth to one child. She will take care of her for more than ten years. She will become a farmer, woodcutter, or worker. If she is lucky enough, she will be selected. After months to years of training Become a well-trained soldier and go to the battlefield.What about the rat people?A female ratman gives birth to 10 babies per week, and the young rats will grow into adult ratmen in just one month. Each adult ratman is a soldier, and the female ratmen will continue to breed.

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

So the ratmen in the city can never be killed.

So magic cannons and muskets actually turned the people of Xingyue Bay into "ratmen". They can also be soldiers in Xingyue Bay—they have a population of 1 and soldiers of [-].

Fortunately, before the rat tide formed, the ratmen couldn't get involved in human towns.Counting on the crude weapons of the Ratmen to carve through the city walls?Ordinary ratmen can't even chew off bricks and stones.

But when rat swarms form, the walls are no longer an obstacle—they will pave their way to the walls with corpses.

The more kerosene, the better, and it cannot be saved. It is not uncommon to save it until the end, but it is not uncommon for the burning ratmen to rush to the city wall and defeat the guards.

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

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

Annan asked the scouts to come back and let the New Initial resume its previous mission: follow the trail of the Ratmen along the coast.

It doesn't matter what is going on in the capital, the next thing is the northern border.

Within a few days, the New Initial on Beishang discovered that Yongye Port was occupied by Ratmen, and the group of sea eagles had disappeared.

"Scattered rat people have appeared in the north of the kingdom"

On Monday, "Xingyuewan News" published the news.

Late at night, Lord's Mansion.

The portal was sitting in the study room, and there were no other people in the two study rooms. Olmedo removed the majesty and solemnity of the city lord, and the dim magic lamp made Olmedo's tall and straight figure thin.

"Is what the magic newspaper said true?"

"Eternal Night Port has been occupied by Ratmen."

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 were engulfed by the Ratman, and those who believed 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 Ruikaner royal family has broken through the lower limit, and no matter how hard the Dimon Kingdom works, it will not be able to reach it.

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

Olmedo said Breeze was a colossal giant, and it took hours for her hands and feet to respond to her commands.

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

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

(End of this chapter)