From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 86 Conception of Heavy Weapons

In the early morning of the next day, the sun was not bad, dispelling some of the chill.

Hans came to the castle early and knocked on the door of Ryan's office.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Knight Hans, on this sunny morning. I heard that you successfully hunted down a monster yesterday?"

While writing and drawing on the paper, Ryan greeted Hans to sit down with a smile.

"My lord baron, this is the beast core from that monster, and I offer it to you now." Hans took out an exquisite wooden box and placed it in front of Ryan respectfully.

As the commander of yesterday's encirclement and suppression operation, this is actually his spoils and does not need to be handed over to Ryan. This is a default rule of the nobles in the whole kingdom.

So now he is taking out what he deserves, and what it represents is obvious-showing favor and compromising.

To put it bluntly, it is a show of loyalty, which means that I will absolutely follow you, Master Ryan, and be loyal.

As a knight conferred by the previous lord and owning a manor, if he does not want to be slowly marginalized, it is necessary to show his loyalty.

"Then thank Cavalier Hans for giving up his love." Ryan naturally knew that although the beast core was not a very valuable thing, it showed a problem of attitude.

"Tell me about the situation of the siege yesterday. I haven't seen any aquatic monsters yet."

Stopping the pen in his hand, Ryan asked curiously, he has never seen a monster. He even saw a giant dragon standing on the top of the pyramid during the expedition to Andis before, but the aquatic ones are indeed much rarer.

Seeing that Ryan accepted it, Hans also knew that the purpose of the trip had been achieved. Seeing that Ryan was interested, he picked the key points and talked about it.

But he didn't notice Ryan's frown that was getting deeper and deeper. Originally, he thought that this battle should be very smooth. After all, with a large team and a lineup of intermediate knights, isn't it easy to catch a mere monster?

Unexpectedly, not only did they fight fiercely for a long time, but there were also many wounded. Judging by Hans' expression, it seems that this record is not bad?
Ryan didn't have much experience fighting Warcraft, but he also knew that this result was abnormal. After all, Level [-] Warcraft was nothing in the Warcraft Mountains.

With the tide of beasts, thousands or tens of thousands of monsters poured out, many of them were high-level monsters. According to the battle damage, how much loss would it take to survive?
Soon, Ryan knew that he was stupid. It wasn't that the Warcraft was too powerful, but that his side was too weak. If there were equipment such as trebuchets or heavy crossbows, the mere third-level Warcraft was a living target, and he could play with it as he wanted.

As far as their equipment is concerned, they don't have the ability to kill with one blow at all. They can only slowly wear it to death by relying on the advantage of their numbers.

With such poor equipment, the fact that no one under Hans' command was killed was enough to prove his ability.

"Knight Hans, I remember that Karnaland also encountered a wave of beasts before. How did you survive that time? The monsters are so powerful that it seems that the city walls can't stop them, right?"

Ryan finally asked out the doubts in his heart.

Hans sighed after hearing the words: "Kana has indeed experienced several beast sieges, but according to my grandfather, the number of monsters is actually not many, and the fourth-level ones are basically not seen.

And at that time, there were still two trebuchets in the territory, which were said to be able to throw projectiles weighing tens of pounds, and even level-three monsters couldn't resist them, so they were able to repel them. "

Ryan frowned even more when he heard the words. He knew the trebuchet, but the point was that he hadn't seen it in the armory. Could it be that he was defeated by another prodigal lord?
"I haven't seen that trebuchet before. It should have been damaged when it was damaged. If it was there, it would have been taken out and used."

Hans seemed to have guessed what Ryan wanted to say, spread his hands, and said the answer Ryan didn't want to hear the most.

"Okay, have you sent someone to haul the corpse? There are still many valuable things on the body of the monster, and the blood also needs to be preserved. Mr. Liman can use it to prepare medicines."

That's right, after Liman proved the effect of the potion that day, Ryan arranged an errand for him the next day, which was to prepare the potion.

As the only medical treatment he can count on now, Ryan offered him a monthly salary of [-] Silver Dele, and there would be a bonus based on the amount of medicine he had.

Moreover, the government affairs department is also responsible for providing the materials for preparing the medicine. This is already a very generous condition, and it also satisfies Liman.

"Understood, I will pay attention when the time comes, it's time to inspect the city defense, I will retreat first."

Hans nodded, bid farewell to Ryan and left.

Looking at his leaving back, Ryan fell into deep thought. Since the gunpowder could not be produced for a while, the artillery naturally disappeared.

But the territory cannot lack heavy weapons. Apart from trebuchets, what Ryan can think of are bed crossbows and ballistas. These are relatively well-developed weapons in this world, and relatively speaking, they are more likely to be built.

In the end, Ryan locked his target on the trebuchet. Although the process of the small trebuchet is complicated, it can be made rougher in the early stage. After all, the lethality is still very impressive.

Ryan is also half-baked at the construction of the trebuchet. He only remembers the rough drawings, and the details are not clear. Only the craftsmen in the territory can figure it out, but at least there is a direction.

In order to draw a blueprint, Ryan almost bald his head. It was not until noon that the final blueprint stood out from a pile of waste drafts, although it was a bit brief.

After looking at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction, Ryan felt that he was still very talented in drawing, so he couldn't help but cracked a smile.

Looking at the time, Ryan remembered that he planned to go to Liman's workshop today. After all, the fact that this person didn't say that he was a superhuman made Ryan always have some doubts in his heart, and he still needs to get in touch more.

After hastily eating the lunch carefully prepared by the new head chef Joel, Ryan got into the carriage and headed north of the city surrounded by Ham and others.

Due to the preciousness of alchemy potions, Ryan asked him to build a small workshop next to the barracks, so that the army could quickly respond and support if anything happened.

Of course, it's the same if he makes any moves. He told Allen to send someone to watch him, and to suppress any changes.

The gorgeous carriage was driving on some potholed roads, and the idea of ​​paving the road popped up in Ryan's mind uncontrollably. No matter what happened outside, it was still necessary to improve the city first.

"After completing the existing projects, let's repair the roads, and the search for mineral veins should also be put on the agenda."

Ryan looked at the ruts left behind by the carriage, and thought so.

Although it didn't take long, the attitude of the citizens of the city towards Ryan has changed visible to the naked eye. Wherever the team passed, the leaders bowed or knelt down to salute.

There was this scene when he entered the city, but people's attitude towards him at that time was mostly fear and awe, but now, respect is obviously greater than fear.

Have to say it's off to a good start...

(End of this chapter)