It wasn't difficult for Bosley, who had been working with Ironfelt for decades, to modify the armor into an archer's armor. Archers had to be flexible in their waist, upper arms, and back, or their accuracy would be affected. Bosley removed a part of the armor and replaced it with flexible plates. The next day, he produced a sample.
Quinn put on his armor and stretched his upper body, revealing a satisfied expression. The Tree Elves were tall and muscular, but Bosley's armor fit them perfectly. It was just that the armor that was supposed to be worn by human cavalrymen was a little too small for the Tree Elves. It looked a little like the armor worn by the Romans.
"It's a little too heavy."
"There's no way to reduce the weight," Bosley said.
No matter how much the armor was modified, the weight of the armor would always fall on the shoulders. However, if the archer's shoulders were too heavy, it would greatly affect their accuracy. Bosley turned to look at his lord, waiting for Brando's response.
Brando placed his thumb and middle finger under his chin and looked at the armor with satisfaction. The armor was like a work of art. After Bosley modified the armor's plates, the plates floated up with Quinn's movements and sparkled under the light.
"Just give me a weight-reducing prefix. Grandmaster Bosley, can you make a few more samples?" He turned to Bosley and asked.
A prefix was a type of enchantment, and there were several types of weight-reducing prefixes. Freya's' Wind Dance 'from the Half Plate of the Wind Armor was the best. Not only would the wearer not feel the weight of the armor, he would even feel as if he was surrounded by a gentle breeze, increasing his agility.
"That's not a problem. Why do you need so many samples?"
"Uh … You'll find out soon enough."
In fact, Bosley hoped that he would never find out. He watched as Brando took the armor from Quinn's hands and burned it in his hands. The intense magical reaction turned into bright sparks that shot out in all directions. Crackle! Crackle! Crackle! The armor melted and formed a huge hole in the armor.
It looked like the scene after a candle melted. The metal melted into liquid and sank inwards. The liquid state then solidified again, leaving behind a hole the size of a fist.
Brando shrugged. No matter how he looked at it, the armor in his hands was ruined.
Alchemy was a job with a high degree of randomness, especially when he wanted to figure out an effective Wind Elemental Magic Formation. He could only use the finished product to fill in the gaps.
In the next few days, the green flames in the furnace never went out, and the clanging sounds in the smithy never stopped. One set of modified armor after another turned into scrap metal in Brendel's hands.
He began to use the cheap Wind Azurite as the magic core of the Wind Magic Circle. This kind of gem was the most common main material in Vaunte that contained wind elemental magic. It was also the cheapest kind. Although it was called a gem, it was actually cheaper than most magic crystals.
Even in the past, when inflation was at its peak, this kind of gem could only be sold for a few thousand Tor.
However, the results of his experiments were not ideal. The best result he got from the Wind Azurite was the 'clumsy' prefix. The weight reduction never exceeded 5%, and there were all kinds of negative effects.
Brando then tried using Celestial Stone, Green Olive, and Azure Crystal. Each material was more expensive than the last, and the weight reduction increased from 10% to 15%. On the morning of the fifth day, Brando and Bosley, who had dark circles under their eyes, finally came up with the 'lightweight' prefix.
'Lightweight Archer Armor: Defense + 4, Arrow Resistance + 2, Weight Reduction 20%.'
However, it was still much heavier than expected. Quinn also said that only the best archers among the Tree Elves could wear it in battle without any hindrance, but most people could not reach that level.
At this time, the rate of archer armor that was modified from the Crimson Banner Cavalry's armor had already reached 10%.
This result was obviously not what Brando wanted. His goal was to raise the strength of the Tree Elves' archers to at least rank 3. The strength of a unit was based on a few numbers: attack, defense, mobility, and special abilities. As for increasing attack power, Brando could only do so if he could create a Tree Elven Longbow. That was the standard equipment for the Tree Elves' archers, but it was a product that was almost fifty years in the future. Moreover, he did not know anything about making bows, so he might as well think of a way to increase his defense.
However, it seemed that it was not realistic to equip the Tree Elves with new armor. At the very least, there was a bottleneck when it came to weight. If this problem was not solved, it would be impossible to equip the Tree Elves with new armor.
The solution was to increase the 'lightweight' prefix to 'agile'. That way, a 30% weight reduction would be enough to meet his requirements. However, the cost of modifying the armor had already exceeded thirty thousand Tor coins. If it continued to increase, Brando believed that Amandina would come to him to hand in her resignation letter.
"There's no other way." Grandmaster Bosley was sprawled on his workbench, his hair messy like a bird's nest. "This is the limit. If we don't increase the weight, it'll affect our defense." Grandmaster Bosley muttered weakly as he lay on his workbench.
"Let's equip the elites of the Tree Elves first." Tamar suggested. He was invited by Brando to participate in the plan. The future Master Alchemist had been helping Amandina and Ciel design the Mage Tower that they had been planning for a long time. Amandina's Magicite Laboratory was also part of the plan.
Magic was an important resource in Wohnde's world, and the importance of a Wizard Tower to a territory was self-evident. Moreover, the Wizard Tower could gather mana from the public Mana Pool. Not only could it greatly increase the strength of the spellcasters under him, it could also speed up the development of Wizard Apprentices. Even the lowest level alchemy laboratory could provide the alchemists working in it with an additional alchemy level bonus. An advanced alchemy laboratory was equivalent to directly providing the lord with a number of professional alchemists.
As long as there was a little bit of money, there was no lord who would not be willing to build a Wizard Tower in his territory. Moreover, a good Mage Tower could attract even more Mages to become his subordinates and advisors, so why not?
Originally, Brando did not want to delay Tamar's progress. But with his black hole of funds, Amandina had no choice but to ask Tamar to help. Otherwise, she was worried that Brando would use the entire territory's wealth to create a super army.
In her opinion, her lord seemed to be such a militaristic person, as if he never had a sense of security and always prioritized the development of military power.
But Brando still shook his head at Tamar's suggestion. He did not want a small group of elites. In fact, he did not lack such elites. He had the Planeswalker System and the Nest System. If possible, he could form an elite army by himself. What he needed was a 'main force'.
A main force like the Centaurs, Subterrane Dwellers, and Tree Elves. And this main force had to be able to stand firm in the upcoming war.
He thought for a moment and replied: "Continue to experiment and see if you can use the same materials to create better enchantments. I'll think of other ways."
Brando's method was simple.
It was the Dragonblood Potion.
Just like what Quinn said, the Tree Elves' final product was not completely useless, but it would more or less limit their combat strength. In other words, it was still a matter of weight. But for armor, other than reducing the weight, why not increase the weight of the Tree Elves?
When it came to increasing strength, Brando could not think of anything else other than the Dragonblood Potion.
However, the first batch of Dragonblood Potion was given to the future officers of the White Lion Legion. The second batch was given to the mercenaries, centaurs, and the Tree Elf archers to deal with the upcoming battle. There were only a few Tree Elves, only a few hundred of them. The Tree Elves in the forest could at least form an army of a thousand.
Similarly, Brando did not only want to create rank 3 Tree Elves, but also the Centaurs. This way, he would need thousands of bottles of Dragonblood Potion. This was not a small number. The blood from the Multi-Headed Dragon would definitely not be enough, and Brando needed to find more materials.
There wasn't enough time to acquire them, and Brando didn't want this to drag down his trip to Ampere Seale. He quickly thought of a way, and that was to breed the Multi-Headed Dragon himself.
And when it came to breeding the Multi-Headed Dragon himself, it was natural to use a nest. But normal territories did not have enough space to accommodate a nest. For example, Abies did not have a natural place to gather Mana. Brando naturally placed his plans on Valhalla.
Speaking of which, ever since he left the Dark Forest, it seemed that it was time for him to rebuild this fortress that had borne countless glories.
Brando simply threw the blacksmith's workshop to Bosley and Tamar, and buried himself in the research of the core magic circle of Valhalla. The core magic circle of Valhalla was not complicated, but it required a large number of magic crystals.
If this was in the past, Brando would have gone crazy. But at this time, the first batch of people who went to the Black Forest had already returned. Under the protection of the mercenaries, the immigrants built a small mine in the forest. Although the first batch of magic crystals mined was not much, it was enough to satisfy Brando's initial needs.
But although Brando was wholeheartedly focused on the magic circle, it was not to the point where he could not extricate himself from the outside world. He knew very well that at this time in history, Princess Gryphine should be preparing to go to Ampere Seale to negotiate with Duke Arreck.
Since the Month of Spring's Dawn in the Year of the Sword, Princess Gryphine had already reached a certain degree of agreement with Duke Arreck.
He was actually a little hesitant about whether he should let the princess and Arreck meet first. After all, with Arreck in the North in front of them, Tónigel would not be the first to fall into the biggest whirlpool of the battle for the throne. But Brando quickly made up his mind. As the Princess's supporter, he would not allow history to repeat itself.
Since he had already made up his mind to put on a good show when the princess went to Ampere Seale, the stage this time was naturally the largest trading port in Erouine. The time had been set, and everything he was doing now was actually to prepare for the upcoming trip.
Brando did not put down the work at hand, but sent The Shire and his subordinates out to look for Planeswalker cards. He was very clear that he could not bring an army to Ampere Seale, and even the black wolves could not follow. The only things he could rely on were the Planeswalker System and his own strength.
But after the battle in the Black Forest, the Planeswalker System was now in a semi-crippled state. In order to revive the System, Brando knew that he first needed a new method of digging up graves.
He planned all of this. Starting from the end of the Month of the Winter Harp, the upgrading of the army, the rebuilding of Valhalla, and the search for Planeswalker cards were all carried out in an orderly manner. To outsiders, Tónigel seemed unusually quiet, but inside, slow and shocking changes were taking place.
This silence lasted until the first week of the Month of Spring's Dawn, when a piece of news was sent to Brando's desk.
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