At first, Gwen chose to ask Byron for a weapon improvement plan because of the middle-aged Knight's experience as a mercenary in his early years.
Unlike the noble Knight or mages, mercenaries usually did not have perfect training conditions and good inheritance standards, but they had their own way to make up for their shortcomings. Rich combat experience and the ability to adapt to changing situations were what they relied on. A mercenary had to understand a variety of combat environments, be familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of various weapons, and clearly know how to solve crises in various environments so that they could survive for a long time. Byron was fully satisfied with this.
Knight Philip was indeed a powerful and talented knight, but his knowledge was too dogmatic and old-fashioned. In the face of Cecil's rapidly changing armaments and new combat concepts, it was already good enough for him to keep up. But to ask him to come up with any groundbreaking ideas on the basis of traditional weapons and equipment was probably more difficult than forcing Amber to walk through the door.
Byron's Knight summarized the characteristics of the current Cecil combat troops and found a way to improve the melee combat equipment needed by the soldiers, and the two plans were very attractive to Gwen.
"The mechanical sword plan was inspired by the magic engine that is now more and more widely used in the territory," Byron's Knight began to explain his idea. "Those engines are so powerful that even a professional Knight with a full body of plate armor would be crippled if not killed by the wheel of the machine. So, rune craftsmen considered using the power of the machine on the sword. They considered installing a small repulsive mechanism in the hilt, using the repulsive mechanism to vibrate the blade or drive the serrated structure, so that it could easily tear the enemy's armor.
"The fusion sword plan abandoned the mechanical structure and continued to find a way to continue to find a way to use the effect of 'enchantment'. A Rune Craftsman proposed to add a Flame Rune Array to the sword and use a Magic Capacitor to power it. These runes can make the sword reach an extremely high temperature. We can use Purple Steel, which is very resistant to high temperatures, to cast the sword. Steel that had been heated up by fire runes was no longer magical. The enemy's magic resistance was useless against it. The extremely high temperature of the purple steel blade could easily destroy most of the conventional metal armor in the world. It could also cause great damage to the more sophisticated magic robes and mage shields. It could also cause fatal damage to the enemies who had no armor or light armor.
"Of course, compared to the serrated blade driven by machinery, the destructive efficiency of the high-temperature blade may be slightly lower, and it is useless against the rich enemies who cover their armor with mithril and adamantine. But then again, if there is really mithril and adamantine armor, the mechanical sword will be useless too …"
Gwen's mind was filled with chainswords and plasma blades flying everywhere …
It took him a lot of effort to suppress the nonsense in his mind, and at the same time, he maintained the dignity of the Coffin Reverend. After seriously considering the two plans, he rejected one of them. "The mechanical sword is not feasible."
"Uh … We haven't come to a conclusion yet …" Byron was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Gwen to reject the most promising of the two very valuable plans so quickly. "Why do you think the mechanical sword is not feasible?"
"The mechanical structure is too complicated, the stability is poor, the maintenance is difficult, the cost is high, and it is not easy to mass produce. At the present stage, the repulsive mechanism still has a relatively large mechanical vibration, which will affect the use of the soldiers." Gwen shook his head and said, "Don't forget what I told you at the beginning: only a weapon that can be mass produced is a good weapon, and this sentence should also be added: only equipment that can withstand the harsh environment is good equipment. Unfortunately, the mechanical sword does not meet these two requirements … at least not with our current technology.
"The sword has to frequently collide with the opponent's weapon or armor, and in the continuous collision, the gears and rods in the hilt will easily malfunction. Besides, the movable toothed structure means that it is more fragile and more prone to wear. Even if we mass-produce it regardless of the cost, it will break the teeth of the armor on the battlefield with just a few chainsaws. What use is there to speak of?"
Byron was stunned for a moment, and finally realized the huge problem. "Yeah! I didn't think of that … "
However, Gwen did not think that it was Byron's problem. It was true that he was experienced, but when a new magical industrial technology was mixed into the matter, it was inevitable that his judgment would have problems. He only saw the power of the magical engine, how would he know how the precise parts of the machine worked?
To be honest, Gwen felt that it was a pity to reject the idea of the mechanical sword. A chainsword with a spinning engine was a man's romance, but with the current industrial base, it was not possible to do so. If a man's romance was created, it would be ruined on the battlefield.
However, compared to the obvious shortcomings of the mechanical sword, the idea of a molten sword was more feasible.
It was not uncommon to use runes to heat things. The reactor in the alchemy factory was now heating with fire runes, but the normal fire rune heating device could only produce a temperature of a few hundred degrees, which was far from the level of melting metal. However, Rebecca had been improving the fire magic circle recently. She was trying to simplify the common trap-like magic circle, the 'Scorching Land', into a common rune set, and used the simplified rune set in the steel factory to change the situation of burning firewood and charcoal in the forge. It was said that she was close to success.
Presumably, the rune craftsmen only thought of using fire runes to make high-temperature swords after they heard the news.
"Think about the molten sword. It's a good idea." Gwen handed the blueprint back to Byron and watched him keep it. He suddenly asked casually, "By the way, I see that the tentative weapon type in the plan is a one-handed sword?"
"Oh, yes, a one-handed sword." Byron nodded as he rolled the blueprint. "Now the soldiers have installed force field shields in their magic terminals, which means that they have a shield to use at any time on the battlefield. So a sword and a shield in one hand is the most useful posture in close combat. Recently, Knight Philip has started training in this area. "
Knight Philip, who had been looking curiously at Gwen and Byron studying the blueprint, finally broke the silence. He nodded and said, "I'm letting the soldiers use force field shields and ordinary one-handed swords for combat training. Force field shields are weightless and do not affect vision like ordinary shields. So the training content has to be reconsidered."
Gwen nodded with satisfaction. Once again, the otherworldly people took the initiative to discover the characteristics of new technology. It seemed that he did not have to worry too much about many things.
At the same time, in the Gloom Mountains in the southeast of the territory, a team of fully armed Cecil combat soldiers were patrolling the mountain path.
Under normal circumstances, there were no patrols in the depths of the Gloom Mountains. On one hand, there was a shortage of manpower. On the other hand, it was difficult to arrange sentries in the wild forest. So, other than a few fixed sentries to monitor the direction of the wasteland of Gondor to prevent the mutants from attacking the territory again, Gwen did not arrange for more patrols in the mountains.
But recently, there were a few more patrols in the mountains.
This was because the mining of the Holm Ores had started.
With the help of Rebecca's crystal, the progress of the new mining site was not affected even in winter. The area where the Holm Ores were found had now become an open-air mining site. After a few crystal collapses, large patches of ores were exposed. A large number of miners and soldiers were sent to the new open-air mining site. They built bases around the mining site. To prevent the beasts and monsters in the mountains from threatening the mining site, there were a few new patrol routes around the mining site.
Patrolling the Gloom Mountains in such cold weather was a tough job, but the soldiers still conscientiously patrolled their routes. They were wearing the recently produced enchanted armor and equipped with general-purpose military magical terminals. They were fully focused on patrolling and did not let their guard down.
It was not only because the 'soldier ethics' that Gwen constantly promoted had been deeply ingrained in their minds. It was also because the recruits of the combat corps were selected from the common folk. Even after they joined, they would still be part of the construction corps. Moreover, Gwen had been promoting various house building and land distribution laws. Cecil's soldiers had taken the protection of the territory and the common folk as a matter of course from the start.
They built the territory with their own hands. They exchanged their own houses and land with their own labor and military exploits. Their friends and family were all laborers in the fields, mines, and factories. Whether it was their own interests, the safety of their friends and family, or the safety of their homes and lands, it was all tied to their ability to fulfill their duties. This was different from the other noble's private soldiers.
The patrol captain walked at the front of the team, vigilantly watching the movements on both sides of the mountain road. The mountain wind in the cold winter kept blowing, but the cold did not affect his movement. The armor produced by the military factory had perfect protection magic. The Breeze Shield and the Heat Insulation Rune could help him withstand the cold wind in the mountains. The Secondary Mind Cleansing Spell fixed in the helmet allowed him to keep his mind sharp and focused for a long period of time.
As a veteran who survived the old Cecil Domain, he was very satisfied and relieved with his current equipment.
"Stay alert. Prepare the force field shield." The captain turned around and reminded the soldiers behind him. "Be careful not to be attacked by monsters!"
They had to be careful at all times when patrolling in the Gloom Mountain Range. After the distribution of the force field shield, the soldiers had taken it as a basic rule to "keep the force field shield on standby". This was because there were always monsters in the mountains that were not afraid of humans and even had simple intelligence. If they did not react in time, they would be in danger. A few days ago, an unlucky man was attacked by a poisonous monster because he forgot to activate the shield. If Cecil's potions were not cheap and ordinary soldiers carried a few bottles of alchemy potions with them, the unlucky man would have been dead long ago.
His soldiers were all good soldiers, but as a veteran, the captain still could not help but remind them.
Just as the soldiers responded, a trace of vigilance suddenly crossed the patrol captain's mind.
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