[Armor-piercing Crossbow: A crossbow made of hardwood, steel, beast tendons, and other raw materials. It has a decent range and armor-piercing ability. Requires a set of armor-piercing arrows. Attack Speed: Slow, Weight: Heavy, Armor Piercing + 1, Range + 1]
Suhlen looked at the heavy crossbow and nodded in satisfaction. Although it still had many flaws, it could be used in a real battle.
Suhlen put down the crossbow and asked, "How much does it cost to make this crossbow?"
A craftsman with calloused hands hurriedly took the crossbow and said, "My lord, including the cost of labor and materials, the cost of making this crossbow is around 30 gold coins. If we can mass produce it, the price will be slightly lower."
A crossbow was not as simple as a crossbow. It would cost a lot of money to maintain it. A crossbow would cost more than a bow.
"Make three thousand crossbows first." Suhlen decided after some thought. Three thousand crossbows would cost 90,000 Kinnar per crossbow. If they were to include the arrows needed for maintenance, the crossbows would cost at least 100,000 Kinnar per crossbow.
"Yes, my lord. I'll get the workers to prepare it!"
"During production, follow this method of production." Suhlen took out a piece of paper and said. On the paper was the assembly line method. Not only was it fast, but it was also not easy to leak the information. It also lowered the difficulty of production.
The crossbowmen's training had started a long time ago. The crossbowmen of Northern Garrison City were only equipped with iron-plated armor and a longsword. They did not have shields or other protective equipment. They were not expected to rely on longswords during their training. They were only equipped with longswords just in case.
The crossbowmen were led by a human general Suhlen had just discovered, Cecil. Their main training was formations and crossbow operation.
Cecil was not a hero. At most, he was an elite leader. However, he still had a chance to become a hero. Northern Garrison City's army had already exceeded ten thousand people. The ratio of the population to the army had reached a shocking ratio of ten to one. It was a relatively rare ratio on the continent.
Fortunately, Northern Garrison City was rich enough to support them. With the Harvest Altar, Northern Garrison City would not run out of food.
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The northern wilderness.
The Lotas Mountain Range was like an enormous dragon crawling across the wasteland to the north. It started in the southwest and extended to the northeast. It was around eight hundred li long. The mountain range was able to block the cold wind from the ice fields, which was why the wastelands in Northern Garrison City were not too cold during winter.
In the vast area south of the Sierra de Lotas, many tribes lived here. Northern Garrison City occupied an area in the southwest of the Sierra de Lotas.
At this time, in a wasteland far away from here, the weather was very cold. Snowflakes were floating in the air, and messy tents could be seen everywhere. Smoke rose from the tents. This was a tribe of orcs, but what was strange was that other than orcs, there were also some gnolls and trolls.
These Gnolls and Trolls didn't exist as slaves. It looked more like they were working together on an equal footing.
"Bang!"
A loud sound came from the tent, followed by the roars of the Orcs.
"That land must belong Stormwind."
"The Bloodblade Jackalans won't give up the loot they deserve! That is the Promised Land given to us by our Lord Yeenoghu! "
"Come on, the Promised Land is bullshit. If you want to take it, just say it. Don't make so many excuses." A tall troll sneered.
"How dare you blaspheme our Lord! I will kill you and sacrifice you to our Lord!" The gnoll roared.
"Come on, see if I don't smash your head!"
The scene in the tent was very heated. It seemed that a fight would break out in the next second. The gnolls, the gnolls, and the troll stared at each other fiercely. They did not give in at all, but they tried their best to restrain themselves.
"Alright, let's calm down!"
"What is the purpose of our gathering here? I think everyone knows. "An old gnoll shaman in the corner said.
If Suhlen saw him again, he would definitely recognize that this gnoll shaman was the great shaman of the gnoll tribe that he defeated. After the defeat of the gnolls, Suhlen killed the gnoll chieftain, but the gnoll shaman disappeared. One had to know that the gnolls had chased after the gnolls, but the gnoll shaman still escaped unscathed.
The old gnoll's skin was dry like tree bark. "If humans gain a foothold in the wilderness, they will slowly expand according to their inertia. If we can't pull out that nail as soon as possible, it won't be long before there is no room for us to live in the northern wilderness. I'm not exaggerating! Cough cough … "The old gnoll coughed violently. His thin and withered body gave people a feeling that it would break at any time.
Hearing the old shaman's words, the gnolls, and trolls did not refute. Back then, the Fireblade tribe was not weaker than them at all. However, after a decisive battle, the Fireblade tribe disappeared. Only the old shaman and the remaining gnolls joined the Stormwind tribe.
"And the trolls, along with their ancestral spirits, were killed by him. Now, we haven't even defeated those humans, and you want to divide the spoils? Don't you think it's too early?"
"The first thing we need to deal with now is to defeat the humans. As for the spoils, cough cough … We'll divide the spoils according to the contribution in this battle." The old shaman finished speaking in one breath. As if he had exhausted all his energy, he sat aside and did not speak anymore.
"Okay, we'll divide it according to the old shaman's method." The gnoll and the orc looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
.....
Suhlen did not know that the gnoll, the gnoll, and the troll tribes were preparing for war. He was now listening to the little succubus' report.
The little succubus' body was curvy and very petite. After coming in, she sat directly on Suhlen's lap and began to report the output of the underground world during this period.
"This month, 103 pounds of gold, 1526 pounds of silver, 11 tons of iron, 23 gems, 37 grams of mithril …"
"How much spider silk was produced?" The little succubus' butt was very elastic, and it made Suhlen feel a little hot. He reached out to hold the little succubus and put her in a proper position.
"This month, 56 bundles of spider silk were produced. I've already given them to Hathaway to deal with. Hey, be gentle, don't tear my stockings. This is the last one I have this month."
"I'm paying attention." Suhlen's movements were very skillful. The little succubus was wearing a slim-fit dress today, and it outlined the curves of her body incisively and vividly.
Suhlen, who had already trained his spear skills to the grandmaster level, had long been able to move at will. The two of them were like inlays, and it was seamless.
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"Move a little! Move a little! "
"I can't, my whole body is numb!"
Half an hour later, the battle was over. Kris's body was as limp as a beautiful snake. Suhlen let her rest here and got up to tidy up the scattered documents on the ground.
"I told you to be gentle. This stocking is ruined again!" The little succubus who had recovered looked at the damaged stockings and complained.
"Next month, the spider silk production will increase. I'll give you more," Suhlen said with a smile.
"Hmph, that's more like it." The little succubus snorted.
Suhlen was secretly amused. I'll give you more, but you'll still be torn apart by me.
After the main body of the wizard tower was completed, Hathaway, Karina, Alex, and Grace began to build the inside of the wizard tower. The wizard tower needed a lot of energy channels to transmit the energy from the elemental pool to every part of the wizard tower. This required a lot of magic crystals.
The magic crystals produced by the crystal beasts in the secret plane had to be first supplied to the wizard tower for a long time. The wizard tower also needed to build an elemental pool. This was the source of energy for the wizard tower. For a large wizard tower like the one built in Northern Town, a normal elemental pool could not supply it.
The size of an elemental pool was divided by the amount of energy stored in it. A standard elemental pool of the lowest level, after being filled with elemental water, would contain 100,000 degrees of energy. Wizards set the energy consumption of a level one spell, Arcane Missile, to 1 degree.
A 100,000-degree elemental pool would have enough energy to cast 100,000 Arcane Missiles. This kind of elemental pool was usually equipped with a small wizard tower. A 100,000-degree elemental pool could not drive the wizard tower to fly. Even the wizard tower's ultimate weapon, the Magic Pulse Rail Gun, could only be fired once, and it needed to be charged.
This 100,000-degree elemental pool was not good enough for Suhlen. Even Hathaway was not willing to install it in this wizard tower. This wizard tower was designed and built according to the standards of a legendary wizard. Even the space reserved for upgrading to a Floating-Space Tower was prepared. Therefore, the elemental pool that Hathaway was going to build was a large one.
The energy standard was more than one million degrees. At present, the upper limit of such a large elemental pool was five million degrees. It was not cost-effective to build a bigger one. The construction of an elemental pool required many magic materials such as magic gemstones, mithril, magic steel, arcane dust, astral dust, and so on.
The larger the elemental pool was, the more materials were needed. When it exceeded one million degrees, the number would increase exponentially. In fact, the materials needed to build an elemental pool that could hold five million degrees could easily build five elemental pools of one million degrees, and there would still be leftovers.
Therefore, basically no one would spend a lot of materials and energy to build an elemental pool of five million degrees. Generally speaking, an elemental pool of two million degrees was enough, unless you wanted to build a Floating-Space City. However, even a super-large elemental pool with five million degrees of energy could not make a medium-sized city fly.
The most cost-effective was an elemental pool of two million degrees, which was what Hathaway was going to build. The location of the elemental pool was at the bottom of the wizard tower. There were three underground floors of the wizard tower, with an area of three thousand square meters. This floor was all built with obsidian, and it was blessed with hardening to be strong enough.
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