After a while, the two sides finally completed the trade. The centaurs were very satisfied with the armor provided by the North Fortress. Many of them put on the armor right away.
After the transaction was completed, Su Lun's team became more powerful. The three hundred horses were mighty. Fortunately, these horses had been trained, and only a few people were needed to control these horses to keep up.
It took them much less time to go back than when they came. The twenty carriages were almost empty. After returning to the Northtown Castle, Su Lun arranged the war horses and then took out a Centaur longbow to try.
The Centaur Longbow was longer than the average human bow. It was about 1.5 meters long. In fact, this type of bow was not suitable for cavalry. The length of the bow was too long, and it was very inconvenient to ride on a horse. Very few human cavalry bows were longer than 1 meter. Only the Centaurs with their special physique could use this type of longbow.
The range of a normal cavalry bow and a centaur longbow was about a third or even more. Suhlen bought these centaur longbows for cavalry. From this, it was clear that the centaur light cavalry could easily defeat the human light cavalry. They could even kite the human light cavalry to death. That was the advantage of their race.
The centaur longbow was made of purple fir wood. The body of the bow was very smooth. Because it was a weapon used by centaurs, it required a lot of strength to draw the bow. Without professional training, it was impossible to control it.
[Centaur Longbow: Hard Bow, made with Purple Fir Wood as the main material. This is an excellent Centaur Longbow. It took the Centaur Craftsmen three years to complete it. It has a tenacity and range that far surpasses ordinary bows. However, to use it, one must have great strength, range, and power. Range + 1, Armor Penetration + 1, Strength Requirement: 10]
Suhlen came to the shooting range and stood about 120 meters away from the target. He picked up an arrow, nocked it, aimed at the target, and shot.
Dong!
A sharp arrow sank into the bull's eye.
Suhlen did not stop. He picked up the arrow stuck in the ground and shot at the target in front of him.
Dong dong dong!
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem Suhlen shot out five consecutive arrows. With the speed of more than 100 arrows, Suhlen was already very good at archery. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to shoot consecutive arrows. It only took him a few seconds to shoot out the first arrow to the fifth arrow.
Suhlen didn't stop. He grabbed the arrows and shot continuously. There were 30 arrows in one quiver, and Suhlen used only half a minute to shoot all of them. All the arrows on the row of targets in the distance hit the bullseye.
After a series of tests, these centaur longbows had an effective range of a quarter to a fifth longer than the best walking bows used by humans, and a third longer range than riding bows.
The Centaur Longbow had a maximum range of 330 meters and an effective range of 200 meters. The best range was around 120 meters. At this range, the arrows would have a high penetrative power.
Only Suhlen's Iron Body Bow was better than the Centaur Longbow in Northguard Castle. The longbows used by the war spirits had the same range as the Centaur Longbow.
This kind of arrow could easily penetrate ordinary armor at a distance of 120 meters. Only armor made of steel could withstand this kind of arrow.
Of course, the weakness of the Centaur Longbow was obvious. It required a lot of strength to draw these longbows. Normal people could not use them at all. They could only learn to use them after some professional training.
The new archers in the camp could not use these bows yet. They could only use them when they leveled up. If they wanted to use them flexibly, they would have to level up to become elite longbowmen. Even so, the number of times they could shoot with these bows would be reduced.
It might be difficult for others to find enough archers, but for Suhlen, it was just a matter of time.
After three to six months of training, the refugees would become qualified recruits. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that they were physically weak, their recruit training would have ended in three months. After that, they would follow the barbarian guards to patrol the territory. After a few more battles, they would be promoted to longbowmen or elite longbowmen.
After understanding the power of the Centaur Longbow, Suhlen had a clear understanding of the strength of the Centaurs. If Suhlen encountered a group of Centaur Longbow when he first opened up his territory, there was a 90% chance that his Barbarian Warriors would be wiped out.
These Centaurs ran faster than the Barbarians, and their arrows were more accurate. As long as the Barbarians did not have a chance to get close, the Barbarians would be easy targets.
If Suhlen's territory had a thousand elite longbowmen, even if there were ten times the number of Barbarians attacking the city, these longbowmen would be enough to wipe out the enemy.
After understanding the strength of the Centaur Longbow, Suhlen decided to expand his archer team. Of course, if he wanted to form a large archer team, he would need to increase the population. Although Northguard Castle had found many ways to increase its population, it still had less than three thousand people.
As time passed, the Northern Wastelands entered winter. When he woke up in the morning, he could see the white frost on the roof. When he went out, his breath was already white. Northguard Castle's winter came a month earlier than the other provinces in the south.
After this month, it would start snowing in the Northern Wastelands. By then, the roads would be blocked by heavy snow, and the trade route between Northguard Castle and Calt City would be interrupted. Therefore, if Suhlen wanted to increase his population quickly, there was only one month left. After that, it would be three months of winter.
Not long ago, Suhlen had obtained three hundred pounds of gold from the Centaur Tribe's trade. The gold could be cast into Kinnar at least thirty thousand pieces. If he was greedy enough to mix in some other metals, it would not be a problem to cast an additional ten thousand pieces. After all, even the official Kinnar cast by the Kingdom of Florence was mixed with other metals.
He planned to let Zeon go to Calt City to buy a large number of slaves in the last month. Apart from buying serfs, Suhlen also planned to buy slaves with various skills.
After arranging a team of twenty war spirits and a team of Barbarian warriors, Suhlen asked Boulder to bring fifteen thousand pieces of Kinnar and follow Zeon to Calt City.
After arranging the caravan, Suhlen began to think about the drows. It was already winter, and the drows had not experienced the cold winter in the Northern Wastelands. He wanted to recruit the drows, and this was a good opportunity.
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