MTL - The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth-Chapter 62 Heavy Fortress Crossbow

"Caslow! How is the situation in the north?" Roland asked, looking at Caslow who had just returned from the investigation.

"The Orcs have camped a hundred miles north of Elub City, and it looks like it's a semi-permanent camp," Kaslow said.

"Have you set up camp?" Roland asked in surprise.

"Yeah! I don't know the exact number, but it's definitely more than 10,000, and the half-orcs are well equipped this time. Compared with them, the wasteland and the half-orcs are compared to them by beggars. Oh! Lord, we should go get some wine. "Caslow grabbed the cup and took a sip of water, then smashed his mouth, disliking the blandness of the water.

"Hahaha! After dealing with these half-orcs, I'll ask you to drink enough." Roland was amused by Caslow and laughed.

"Okay, let's get down to business, I think these half-orcs should be half-orcs from the northern wasteland..." Roland carefully pondered on the sand table for a long time, and finally said.

"Why?" Caslow started to nibble while holding a grilled fish.

"You're so welcome!" Roland said helplessly, looking at the hand reaching out to his plate.

"It's not like I haven't eaten for a long time."

"Okay, let's talk about these half-orcs, the way they are stationed is too strange." Roland said.

"What's so strange about this? They naturally have to camp and rest when they are tired." Caslow said.

"No, no, you said their camp was semi-permanent, so why did they build a semi-permanent camp?" Roland asked rhetorically.

"Sir, what do you mean...they are waiting for reinforcements?" Kaslow's eyes widened.

"Of course, this time the orcs plan to kill us all. The city of Los Saint Neil has been discovered by Azog, and the city of Swift Flow has been hidden until now because it is separated by a swift river. The failure of the orcs in the wasteland must have been They have already learned about it, so they will not attack if they are not completely sure." Roland analyzed.

"So the half-orcs should be from the northern wasteland. They are waiting for the half-orcs from the fortress of Togoldo and Gombada to attack together." Roland sneered.

"Then what should we do? Are we going to tell them this news?" Kaslow also became anxious.

"What's the use of telling them?" Roland asked rhetorically.

"..." Caslow was at a loss for words.

"The orcs are playing scheming, so we can only passively take action. It's better to train the soldiers instead of caring about them." Roland said lightly.

"Okay, eat slowly. I'll go see how Lance's work is going." Roland stood up and walked out of the tent.

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"This is the finished product?" Roland curiously looked left and right at the heavy crossbow in front of him.

"Yeah, how about your Highness? This is a heavy city defense crossbow!" Lance proudly introduced the killer in front of him.

"Heavy city defense crossbow! The crossbow arm is 5 meters long and fires a 3-meter standard crossbow gun with an effective range of 2,000 meters. Of course, if the crossbow gun is finished, you can also use a standard Lagrand spear to shoot." Lance looked in front of him with satisfaction The finished product said to Roland.

"Lagrand spear? Use this thing?" Roland was surprised.

"Yes, its crossbow arrow is designed according to the standard Lagrang spear." Lance said of course, when this thing was originally designed, it was considered to be compatible with soldiers' weapons.

The birth of this big killer is because Roland signed in and got twelve dragon tendons and crossbow strings. This thing is made of dragon tendons. The whole production process will take several years. Smaug's dragon tendons will be secretly crafted like this in the future. Made into crossbow strings.

"How many can you build?" Roland patted the heavy crossbow and turned his head to ask.

"12! Your Highness, as you know, we only have 12 qualified crossbow strings, and the other dragon tendons that have not been processed can't be used at all." Lance regretted.

"That's right, I'm greedy... Sigh~" Roland fantasized about filling the head of Rapid City with this stuff, but now it seems that there can only be at most 3 sets on a city wall.

"Make it all early, set up three guards on one wall, and the war is not far away from us." Roland instructed.

"As ordered, Your Highness." Lance nodded, the situation is urgent, Rapid City urgently needs these defense facilities to strengthen its defense.

"Huh? Isn't this a heavy city defense crossbow? When will we have such a good thing?" Renault saw the heavy crossbow with claws and claws as soon as he returned from patrolling.

"Lance just brought people to make it today." Roland said.

"Not bad, not bad! With this thing, we have more tactics. However, pardon my disrespect, how many city defense crossbows do we have, Your Highness." Marcus emerged from behind Renault. He had just finished today's training.

"At most 12, and we still need half-orcs to give us time to manufacture." Lance stroked his collar and stood up.

"Well, big equipment, just take it slow." Marcus expressed his understanding.

"Hehe, high-level professionals who have this orc are in danger." Marcus raised a strange smile at the corner of his mouth.

"What did you think of?" Roland asked curiously.

"Hehehe~" Marcus turned his attention to Ladir's residence.

"I'm going... Are you going to play with enchanting crossbow guns?" Langston understood his plan.

"Let's hear it." Roland was aroused.

"His Royal Highness, it looks like you have to donate some dragon blood." Lance covered his face, not wanting to see Marcus' unpromising appearance~www.novelbuddy.com~ Oh? "Roland wondered.

"Tempering steel with dragon blood? Making an enchanted crossbow gun?" The well-informed Reynolds quickly responded.

"Is this too wasteful?" Kaslow's eyes widened. Although Smaug had a lot of dragon blood, it was too wasteful to use it to quench steel. The best way to use dragon blood is through the alchemist's Dragon blood is fused into various rare metals or materials to make magic materials containing dragon magic. The method of direct quenching is too wasteful.

"But we don't have an alchemist, so we can only use the quenching method to make magic materials for Lord Ladir to draw enchanted crossbow guns." Marcus spread his hands in grievance, although it was wasteful to do so. There is no way, otherwise, Ladir, who has no magic materials, can't conjure enchanted equipment out of thin air.

"Don't we have a lava forge?" Roland exclaimed in surprise, knowing that the lava forge is specialized in making magic equipment.

"His Royal Highness, we are not dwarves, we don't have rare metals, unless we melt our weapons." Renault poured a basin of cold water over.

"..." Roland.

"Now that the war is imminent, we urgently need to improve our strength. I think this is acceptable. After all, we are only qualified to say that we can restore the glory of the Empire if we keep Quick Flow City!" Marcus said slowly.

In an instant, everyone was speechless. Although the simple and rude use of dragon blood makes people feel distressed, if they can't even protect their only territory, then no amount of wealth will be rooted.

"You're right!" Roland affirmed, Roland was more concerned about whether the crown on his head was worn securely than the gain or loss of wealth.

"Let go and do it, I will fully support you." Roland encouraged Marcus.

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