"What else could there be besides the gargoyles?" This time, Salin was curious about the female mage whose name Salin didn't know.
"Let me think." Rex closed her eyes and started thinking. She had memorized a lot of information, but a mage's memory method couldn't match all the content at any time. Most of it was memorized, and she had to organize it herself when needed.
Rex had known Bifano for a long time, so she naturally paid attention to the Titan Duchy's information. She had memorized all the information about the stone castle. After thinking carefully, she finally figured out what good stuff there was in the castle.
Rex smiled and said, "Salin, there used to be a bigger castle under this castle, but it sank due to the earthquake. Other than more resources, the stone castle has a complete alchemy laboratory. Unfortunately, there aren't any powerful mages there, so it's closed. I'm afraid even the count in charge of the castle doesn't know there's a set of treasures there. "
Salin's eyes lit up. He vaguely guessed something. "It can't be alchemy molds, right?"
"How do you know!" This time, it was Rex's turn to be surprised.
"Heh …" Salin smiled mysteriously. The magic notes he'd obtained were all from a long time ago. If the stone castle was a new town, he wouldn't know what was there. However, the stone castle had a longer history than the Titan Duchy, so Salin actually found some relevant information.
Alchemy molds were good stuff, but the difficulty of making them was not much lower than a divine weapon. In all alchemy, complicated things had to be made manually, bit by bit. For example, Ainphent used tools to make alchemy arrowheads in large quantities. The products produced would definitely be defective, and the storage time would be shorter.
To make real magic equipment, mages had to do it bit by bit. However, ancient humans didn't have to go through so much trouble. They invented alchemy molds. Like pouring metal ingots, magic materials could be put into the alchemy molds to make magic equipment in batches.
This method of alchemy was dozens of times faster than relying on mages, and the number of mages needed was much less. The consumption method was to use the magic cores in the magic formation to drive the alchemy molds. As long as you had magic cores and a similar number of mages, you could use the alchemy molds to make magic equipment in batches.
Of course, this kind of equipment couldn't compare to Salin's Water Flame Alchemy, but the price was much lower. If she could get the alchemy molds to make armor, Rex could even equip all her swordsmen with magic armor.
"Why isn't anyone paying attention to this?" Salin asked curiously.
Alchemy molds were extremely valuable in Qin Yin. There was a set in Alchemy City and another in Holy Rock City. Other than that, there were no other complete sets of molds. The one in Holy Rock City was a mold used to make armor, while the one in Alchemy City seemed to be a mold used to make basic materials. Even so, Alchemy City still used that set of molds to build a large number of magic warships.
"Because this is a puppet, the material must be similar to the Gargoyles, a creature summoned from another plane, and it can't be an Undead creature."
Only then did Salin understand that no one would recognize this set of equipment. Even if someone did, it would be useless. This thing was probably very common in the past. Back then, humans could travel between planes, and some creatures that weren't very valuable and didn't need to be tamed were directly made into puppets. Back then, the Magicians probably didn't have the patience to make them one by one.
Making alchemy molds to replace the tedious manual work was a very natural matter.
However, this thing was very useful to Salin and Rex. There were creatures in the Half Plane, and they could use this set of molds to make puppets. After the refinement, these puppets wouldn't need to be fed with meat. They only needed to consume magic cores to survive. To be more precise, ancient humans all made semi-puppets.
Their combat power might not be higher than pure puppets, but they could do extremely complicated things.
This was something stronger than Undead creatures. Undead creatures were restrained by Light Divine Spells, while semi-puppets were almost like humans. All kinds of data were very balanced, and there were no special restraining spells or Divine Spells.
As long as they got this set of alchemy molds, Salin and Rex's trip would be worth it.
The rain let up a little, and Bifano organized the soldiers to change their equipment. The metal armor was taken off and replaced with waterproof leather armor. The leather armor was soaked in special oil. Not only was it unusually tough, but it also couldn't be ignited. In terms of defense, leather armor would never be as good as metal armor, unless it was enhanced with powerful magic. However, convenience was also the most important thing when fighting a war.
The metal armor had been soaked in the rain for a long time and needed to be repaired, which was time-consuming and laborious. Only the more advanced ones could be completely waterproof, and they were ridiculously expensive. A set of metal armor that wasn't affected by humidity could be sold for at least 500 gold coins, but it still needed to be repaired. The advantage of leather armor was that there were many ways of tanning it, and it was a hundred times easier to enhance it with magic than metal armor.
Not only leather armor, the soldiers also put on rainproof capes and hoods. What's more, some low-ranking officers were even equipped with waterproof glasses. The glasses were made of discarded crystals. After putting them on, it didn't affect their vision. They were waterproof and sand-proof. They were considered relatively expensive equipment.
The army couldn't really stop just because of the rain. All the warhorses were fed medicine to keep them warm. Then, the soldiers changed the armor of the warhorses and got ready to go.
That was the difference between elite troops and regular troops. They were well-equipped and had practical ways to deal with trouble. In the end, the soldiers covered all the wheels with something black to make them wider so that they wouldn't sink into the muddy ground. The black substance was a kind of gum that was pitifully rare. It could only be found in the sea south of Cloud River. Unless it was a special occasion, the soldiers wouldn't be willing to use such equipment.
Before the rain completely stopped, Bifano's team was on their way again.
Salin embedded a level-three magic core in a magic array on the magic chariot. The crystals on the hollowed parts of the windows on the magic chariot seemed to have melted, and the entire window became transparent. However, the transparency was only one-way, and it was still impossible to see the inside of the chariot from the outside.
On the two sides of the chariot were Rex's swordsmen, but the big Grizzly had already boarded another magic chariot. Although he was rude, he was very respectful to Mages and would never do anything that would make Mages unhappy. That was why the Mages around Rex all liked this guy who had no magic talent at all.
The one who suffered the most was Zola. He followed Salin's magic chariot closely, and his magic armor was covered in water droplets.
In the evening, the caravan was close to the next town. The soldiers didn't relax, and still maintained a strict formation. The clouds weren't so thick anymore, and there was even a trace of sunlight. The golden-red sunlight shone on the ground and reflected on the puddles, emitting an enchanting glow.
The soldiers were also a little tired. Seeing that they were about to reach the town, they unconsciously sped up a lot. Seeing that the wooden houses for merchants to rest in had already appeared in front of them, a sharp magic alarm suddenly sounded.
The scouts didn't discover the enemy, but discovered it through the magic alarm.
A dense rain of arrows fell from the sky. God knew how many bows were shooting at the team. Bifano snorted coldly. He didn't even bother to give an order.
This was obviously a harassment move. They were less than ten kilometers away from the town, so it was impossible for the enemy to attack. The town in front of them was stationed with a flag regiment's cavalry. This place was close to the border of the Titan Empire. Within hundreds of kilometers of the princess' castle, there were such militarized towns.
Bifano's bodyguards didn't disappoint him. The sound of arrows piercing through the air could be heard first. The soldiers had already taken off their shields to protect their bodies. The water droplets in the air could almost condense on their skin. In such weather, all crossbows would be affected, except for alchemy crossbows.
The enemy was very smart. The soldiers who had changed into leather armor were more vulnerable to arrows. However, the shields that Bifano's bodyguards carried covered a large area, and were wrapped in glistening yellow metal, so the arrows couldn't penetrate them at all.
The sharp arrows fell on the shields with the sound of metal colliding, and fell one after another.
The arrows came from a hill on the left, which was only a little more than a hundred meters high. Suddenly, a small team of only forty people separated from the bodyguards. This team rode up the hill.
The Titan Empire's mountains were almost all mounds. They were very gentle and not steep. These forty bodyguards weren't cavalrymen. After reaching the top of the hill, they immediately abandoned their horses and shields, drew their longswords, jumped off their horses, and rushed to where the archers were hiding.
Another two teams of forty cavalrymen went around the hill, but they were going to block the enemy's retreat.
In the carriage, Rex said to Salin, "See that? These are real soldiers."
Salin thought, If I had money, I wouldn't have built such an army. I would directly order people to bombard the hill with magic cannons, or ask a Great Sorcerer to set the hill on fire. Whatever the enemy's trap is, we can just destroy it. Why go through so much trouble?
As if to cater to Salin's thoughts, there was a sudden violent explosion on the hill. Fire spread, and countless gravel flew everywhere.
The screams traveled more than a mile. Bifano's expression changed. The enemy didn't have a second wave of arrows. They probably just installed a batch of mechanical devices and shot them all in a triggering way. There weren't many enemies on the hill, but a large magic trap.
The commander of the Pink Legion was a cruel female Sorcerer.
Half of the forty bodyguards who rushed up the hill were killed in the blink of an eye. The remaining eighteen supported the wounded, abandoned their weapons, and escaped down the hill. Some of the magic traps were interconnected. They didn't dare to stay on the hill for one more minute.
"The Pink Legion wants Bifano to be angry," Salin said casually. He wasn't talented in military affairs, but his understanding of people wasn't any worse than others. In such small-scale battles, Salin had a keen intuition.
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