Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1130: Unexpected Bloodthirsty Sword
Zhou Xu was clear about the forging department's work process. Before it was brought to him, the forging department must have completed preliminary testing.

In other words, the basic performance of this Mitsubishi short spear must be flawless.

But now there is a test that the Forging Department cannot do, and that is the test of the effect of the mantra!
After all, he has not yet handed over the modified enchantment mantra to the enchantment department.

Without any delay, the enchantment mantra was quickly cast. After completing this step, it was obviously not appropriate to conduct subsequent tests in the courtyard of his bedroom. He planned to move directly to the slaughterhouse in the Salt Lake District.

"By the way, bring the blood-drinking sword too."

Riding on fast horses, the group quickly arrived at their destination.

This time, the large white pigs provided by the pig farm were responsible for cooperating with them in the testing.

This batch of large white pigs was originally intended for slaughter. Nowadays, Black Moon City consumes a lot of pork every day.

Now, in order to test the Mitsubishi Short Spear, they were responsible for slaughtering the pigs.

Given that the test would require multiple attacks, they would not choose to kill the pig with one blow.

Although Zhou Xu is not a psychopath with a sadistic fetish, he is not a saint who would be obsessed with the inhumane killing of pigs.

The entire test went very smoothly. The penetration and bleeding abilities of the Mitsubishi Short Spear fully met his expectations. The results were basically within his expectations and did not bring him any surprises.

However, the effect of the blood-drinking sword during the test brought him a surprise.

"Wait a minute, throw another pig over here."

Because the size and weight of the Bloodthirsty Sword were too large and heavy for both humans and elves, they were unable to wield the Bloodthirsty Sword for this test.

This can only be tested by securing the Bloodthirster in place and then throwing the pig at the blade.

During this entire process, Zhou Xu placed his hand on the hilt of the sword, sensing the changes in the energy inside the Blood-Drinking Sword, and then showed a look of astonishment.

"What's going on? How come the energy absorption rate and efficiency of this Bloodthirsty Sword is so much higher than that of the Three-pointed Short Spear?"

If the energy absorption amplitude and efficiency of the three-pointed short spear is 30%, then the blood-drinking broadsword is at least 50%. The 20% difference between the two is enough to surprise Zhou Xu.

This discovery made Zhou Xu start to re-study the enchanting mantras on the blood-drinking broadsword and the three-pointed spear in the slaughterhouse.

"There's nothing wrong with the enchantment. The effect of 'Drinking Blood' is exactly the same. The problem is..."

While muttering to himself, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on the huge blade of the Blood-Drinking Sword.

Due to the "blood-drinking" effect, there is no trace of blood on the blade at this moment, but the entire blood-drinking blade exudes a ferocious and murderous aura!

This was definitely not his illusion. At first he thought it was caused by the enchantment of 'Drinking Blood'.

But this conjecture has now been verified. The three-pointed short spear with the same "Blood Drinking" enchantment does not have this effect.

"Is it a problem with the material? Or is it some kind of skill?"

Long before, after he understood the enchanting mantra on the Bloodthirsty Sword, Zhou Xu began to think about what to do with the sword, but he had not made up his mind.

Earlier, he and Yalvette had agreed to give each half of the Bloodthirster, so he would just melt it down to see if he could get some materials to forge a weapon for his generals and improve their combat power. But now he had obtained a complete weapon, so he had to consider the value of the weapon itself.

This blood-thirsty broadsword itself is obviously not a product of the greenskins, it should have been obtained by the greenskins from somewhere else.

Upon closer inspection, it is not difficult to see that the forging technique is quite sophisticated. It is probably an enchanted weapon passed down from the old civilization period. Even as an enchanted weapon, it is extraordinary!

What Zhou Xu is struggling with now is whether the increase comes from the material itself, or whether the craftsman who forged it used some special means.

If it was the latter, his fusion would be equivalent to destroying an enchanted weapon that was quite rare in this era, and its value would be greatly reduced.

"Li Gan, what do you think?"

Zhou Xu casually threw the question to Li Gan, mainly wanting to hear everyone's opinions.

This was the first time Li Gan had encountered such a thing. After thinking about it for a while, he said bluntly...

"Your Majesty, according to my humble opinion, even if we keep a weapon of this size and weight, no one will be able to use it. Melting it down may greatly reduce its value, but the raw materials obtained after smelting can at least produce some value for us, which is better than leaving it there without any use at all."

Li Gan's words undoubtedly make sense, and they also represent the thoughts of many people.

But Zhou Xu now looked at this blood-drinking sword from a different perspective.

The key point now is whether he should squeeze out the last value of this blood-drinking sword for his own use, or retain its greatest value and wait for it to appreciate in the future.

After all, just because it’s not useful now doesn’t mean it won’t be useful in the future.

Not to mention that even if they don't use it themselves, this special blood-drinking sword may become a bargaining chip in their hands in the future when they come into contact with other forces, in exchange for greater benefits.

Zhou Xu pondered over this choice for about half a minute and finally made a decision.

"Forget it, let's put it away first!"

Zhou Xu’s idea now is very simple. Does their Great Zhou lack a few weapons now?

Apparently, he has no shortage of it.

In this case, instead of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, it is better to bet on its appreciation in the future!
The most important thing was that this was a bet that would protect his capital! He had the blood-drinking sword in his hand anyway, so there was no possibility of losing money.

After Zhou Xu took the first triangular short spear forged by Li Gan and returned to the palace, and put the Blood-Drinking Sword away properly, the first thing he did was to summon Zhou Chongshan who was in the grassland, and at the same time summoned Jie Liancheng who was also in Black Moon City into the palace.

"That's it. A three-pointed short spear with the 'Bloodthrowing' enchantment. It doesn't have much slashing ability, and its attack mode is mainly stabbing. Let's figure out how to come up with a training program, and also how to pair this weapon and which troops to assign it to."

Adding a new weapon to the army is obviously not something that can be done just by talking.

This is also the main reason why Zhou Xu called Zhou Chongshan.

As everyone knows, Zhou Chongshan is a 'weapon master' and he has a strong sensitivity to all kinds of weapons!
As for Jie Liancheng, he was just a side job, since he had nothing to do anyway...

(End of this chapter)