Yes, muskets once appeared in the world of Corell. Strictly speaking, they were called flintlock guns.

Why do you say it happened?

Naturally, it’s because I was eliminated by the choices of the times.

It has to be said that in a world like Corel with many extraordinary powers, muskets, especially flintlock guns, which are troublesome to load and have unsatisfactory power, are in a really embarrassing situation.

After all, the main force on the battlefield in this world is still the heavy armored cavalry.

Faced with the charge of a group of iron cans wearing full plate armor, this kind of "fire stick" was completely powerless.

Although some people have tried to use enchantment to enhance its power, not to mention its cost-effectiveness, even the rifling of the flintlock gun has not been invented, and it depends on luck to hit someone, unless you follow the Blue Star Napoleonic era.

There might still be some power in queuing up to be shot.

But the problem comes again. With this skill, a group of slightly trained bow and arrow volleys can completely overwhelm the musketeers in terms of accuracy and rate of fire.

After all, the upper limit of the various qualities of creatures in this world that can be improved through acquired training is ridiculously high.

So its elimination is almost inevitable.

Iggatege and the others had obviously heard of antiques like muskets. Although muskets were terrible, goblin engineering explosives configured with the same alchemical materials were still widely used in various fields.

Before Levi went to Zeelandia, Tiger's gold miners' brotherhood often used goblin engineering explosives to open mines. However, the power of this stuff was somewhat uncontrollable and could easily cause accidental mine collapses. In Li Wei's case,

After Wei opened Hogg Mining and proposed the steam engine mining method, he completely banned this primitive mining method.

I heard Igor continue to report: "Based on the information guidance on building ultramarines that you gave us before you fell asleep last time, we have also been studying the bolter blueprints for a period of time.

"Unfortunately, as high-explosive ammunition, we have not yet been able to prepare an alchemical substitute that meets its explosive requirements.

"The propulsion base, main propulsion package, large-scale reactive explosive flash cap and diamond warhead required by the firearm itself are far from meeting its accuracy requirements based on our current technology and industrial base.

"As for the purified deuterium core, we still have no way to observe the microscopic level of the element. It is naturally impossible to find the element 'deuterium'. However, we do not rule out the possibility that it does not exist in this world.

"

Just when Li Wei was a little disappointed, Iger quietly took out a large and exaggerated crossbow with complicated workmanship, put it on the desk, raised his hand and introduced:

"In order to make up for this regret, we could only choose to follow the same degradation routine as the chain sword, reducing its power and production requirements. That's how it came to be. Master Maxine, who was responsible for developing it, named it the Demon-Splitting Repeater."

"What? Demon-breaking repeating crossbow? Let me see!"

Fisher, who was born in a red robe, was naturally curious about this novel alchemical creation, and then picked up the heavy alchemical creation and looked around.

"Just pull the trigger lightly." As soon as Eagle was halfway through his words, Fisher instinctively pulled the trigger.

Poof!

The strong sound of breaking wind was almost mixed with a dull dull sound and the harsh sound of metal friction.

Fisher looked up in confusion and saw Levi gazing at the severely deformed crossbow arrow between his claws, which looked red and smoking.

The cold sweat on his forehead was flowing down like a waterfall, and he stammered:

"Old Boss"

"It's okay, this thing can't penetrate my scales."

Levi glanced at him, then looked at the claws at the lower part of his claws that had been forced to return to their original defense and had scratches on their scales, and couldn't help but say:

"But this power is really good. It shouldn't be a big problem if it penetrates a layer of plate armor. My scales are scratched. Now I have to polish them again. Is it okay if this part of the labor fee is deducted from your monthly allowance?

?”

“No objection”

Fischer felt like crying. Did he dare to have any objections?

If an ordinary creature were to be his lord, he might have died on the spot after five steps of blood spattering.

Tiger and Hotz on the side were originally a little eager to try it, but they were also very unfamiliar with this novel alchemical creation. Seeing Fisher's miserable condition, they thought about it and endured it for now.

Ige was accustomed to this and continued to introduce calmly:

"This is a standard crossbow arrow, made entirely of fine iron. In order to meet the needs of various situations and different enemies, we have also created a batch of crossbow arrows with different enchantment effects."

Li Wei nodded and signaled him to continue.

Iger casually picked up a crossbow arrow with red lines on it from the table and introduced: "First of all, it is a purgatory arrow enchanted with fire-based energy-building spells. The principle is actually similar to a magic scroll. The fire-based spells on it are

After being triggered by an impact, it will bloom, triggering a small-scale flame explosion. Such a purgatory arrow is enough to turn a heavy armored cavalry without magic protection into a torch, including the person and the mount."

Hotz's hair stood up on the spot. If he had been caught off guard and received such an arrow before undergoing the transformation of the Ultramarines, he would have been so uncomfortable that his fur would have been replaced.

Immediately, Ige continued to pick up two crossbow arrows with frosty white and blue colors from the table and said:

"Frost Arrow is suitable for targeting agile rogues and thieves. Even if it fails to hit directly, it can still cause a freezing lag effect within a certain range.

"The wind tracker silenced arrow, surrounded by wind enchantments, can reduce wind noise and can be used for covert combat and decapitation sniping.

"There are only three types of plastic energy, and the effects and price-performance ratio of other categories are relatively low."

Levi: "Not bad, very practical, and there's more."

Iger picked up the last two and continued to introduce: "This one, the arrow is quenched with a mutant acid poison mixed with mycoid spores and several well-known biological toxins in the underworld. Once the toxin enters the body, neurotoxins and hemolytic

The toxins will take effect at the same time and can produce a certain hallucinogenic effect, which is very effective against some large creatures with rough skin and thick flesh."

Fischer, Hotz and Tiger all looked at this bold Moyan lunatic with incomprehensible expressions.

Not only did Li Wei not feel dissatisfied at being offended or threatened, but he asked enthusiastically:

"Has it been tested on a dragon?"

Iger said truthfully: "I tried firing it on a ground dragon, but the defense of most dragon scales is too high. This kind of poisonous arrow that sacrifices kinetic power will be greatly weakened unless it directly hits the eye.

, nasal cavity, mouth and anus, otherwise the effect will not be as expected."

Li Wei glanced at it and saw that all the arrows on the table had been introduced, and asked: "It's not bad. You can try it on the black dragons in Ember City. If it can weaken them, then

It’s a success and that’s it?”

Eagle: "That's all for now. There are also metal storm fragmentation arrows and armor-piercing arrows in the original plan. The former is suitable for dealing with clusters of light-armored targets, and the latter is used to deal with heavy-armored creatures. But at present, neither the development progress nor the experiments

The results have not reached the expected goals.”

Li Wei showed a satisfied smile: "It's very good. With this long-range repeating crossbow, our territory's shortcomings in long-range firepower have finally been solved."

In the entire Zelandia, due to its location in the dim underdark area, except for the female drow who are temporarily destined to be unable to form an army, there are really not many capable archers. Even if they start training now, it will take at least several years.

Get started.

But Iger's next sentence made Levi's smile freeze: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty Tiberius, I'm afraid we still won't be able to complete the installation in a short period of time."

Li Wei already had an ominous premonition in his heart: "What?"

"The crossbow itself has very high requirements for materials and precision. At present, it is impossible to use the assembly line production method. At least it requires the cooperation of master-level gray dwarf craftsmen and intermediate-level or above mages. The cost of enchanted arrows is also very high.

.”

"How high?" Levi asked rudely.

Ige was silent for a while, "If we want to complete the installation of the Thousand-Man Team, the cost will be enough to wipe out the total revenue of last year."

The corners of Levi's mouth suddenly twitched.

In other words, all their hard work in Jishui City for more than half a month was in vain?

In other words, it is directly bankrupt.

Damn it, as expected, things related to magic are money-burning stuff.

But he was really greedy for the effect of the Demon-Splitting Repeater that Iger described!

Li Wei took a deep breath, tapped his index finger on the table and thought for a while, then asked:

"Without delaying other projects, you can do your best to produce it. I will not make any demands on this aspect for the time being. Anyway, such a heavy crossbow cannot be carried by a horse. I guess it can only be placed on future motorcycle riders.

Equipped."

Ige bowed slightly and said: "Follow your will."

Levi turned to Fischer and said: "Fischer, make some plans. Due to the shortage of priests in our territory, you can arrange for people to contact the major churches in the surrounding city-states such as Silver Moon Federation, Jishui City, and Neverwinter City.

, let’s see if we can invite some pastors to come to our territory to preach?”

"I'll do my best on this."

Fischer scratched his bald head and replied with some embarrassment.

As we all know, most churches have some regional discrimination. It cannot be said to be discrimination. There are still very few pastors who are willing to go to remote and remote places to preach in order to practice their teachings.

Levi seemed to see his difficulty and said bluntly: "You can tell them that as long as they are willing to come to preach, we will be responsible for building the church."

This was to confuse the lack of treatment team, and he spent a lot of money.

Although Zeelandia's surgical medicine has begun to sprout, it is still a bit too primitive, and the healing efficiency is far less than the orthodox healing magic of priests.

Moreover, the violent technique is comparable to that of a 'Mongolian doctor', and it can easily be mistaken for a cult desecrating the sacrificial site.

Anyway, for Zelandia, which has already trained a large number of qualified construction workers, it just means building a few more houses! It’s simple! It doesn’t cost a lot of money.

As long as people come, they are his Li Wei’s people, and they will make money no matter what!
To be continued...