Chapter 14 Powerful Technological Weapons
"Boss, give me a thousand of these long-barreled muskets."
Although Herard's marksmanship was not good, his tone of buying things was very loud.
A wealthy man with more than 200,000 gold coins speaks so arrogantly!
The standard price of a long-barreled musket is one gold coin.
There are definitely discounts for buying in bulk.
But it would take at least 800 gold coins to win.
The purchasing power of eight hundred gold coins is very strong.
But this little money is nothing more than drizzle to Herard!
Jin Di negotiated this big deal and almost jumped up in a good mood.
He flattered Harad in a roundabout way.
"You are a big shot at first glance. I always have such an accurate eye for people!"
Although he doubted that Jin Di saw everyone as a big shot, Herard still felt that it was very useful.
After all, if you wear it thousands of times, you will never wear it as a flatterer.
Of course, how to do business is still how to do it.
Herard first used this relatively large list to attract Jindi.
Then we started talking about other things.
For example, let Jindi go to the dwarf allies and acquire a group of well-qualified bear cubs.
Bears are powerful beasts that can be found almost everywhere.
But the pets cultivated by dwarf hunters are not such ordinary beasts.
Those carefully bred grizzly bears are similar to the high elves' chocobos.
After generations of screening and training, ordinary grizzly bears are about to turn into monsters!
Only such excellent breeds are suitable to be cultivated as combat pets.
Jin Di thought about it in his mind and quickly agreed to the big customer's request.
"I know some of the members of the mountain ranger unit. Those drunkards have a precedent of selling cubs for alcohol."
The introduction of high-quality bear cubs was successful, and Herard's mood suddenly improved.
He made a big promise very boldly.
"Well, then I'll leave it to the boss. If this thing goes through, I will definitely thank you very much!"
Jin Di's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard the word "thank you very much."
The mage is not short of money.
However, the project failed for three generations, and the enchantment ruined a lifetime.
Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated.
But Jin Flute, who also studies enchantment and engineering, is really short of funds at the moment.
He must hold Herad's golden thigh firmly.
The two were chatting about business matters when a "squeaking" sound suddenly came over.
I saw the little dwarf dragging a huge firearm equipped with two wheels and trying hard to push it towards the entrance of the tunnel.
Listening to the overwhelming squeaking sound, it is obvious that the weight is a bit excessive.
Herard went over and grabbed the handle to lift it, and found that the weight was about one hundred kilograms.
It's awkward to carry around.
But there is no pressure when dragging on the ground.
The little dwarf looked at the aircraft cannon that was easily towed away, and admired Herad's strength.
"Thank you so much! You big guys are so strong!
This kind of heavy weapon is suitable for strong men like you."
Herard was speechless at the little dwarf's strange idea.
A strong person can lift this thing.
But who can carry this thing and fire it?
Even a tall and powerful tauren will be shaken to death by the violent recoil!
No matter which race uses it, it must be installed on a suitable vehicle.
After circling the aircraft cannon, Herard took out the arcane puppet from the magic pattern bag.
The giant rock man ended his dormant state and stood up to look around and collect information about the area.
When it scanned the two dwarfs and the aircraft cannon, the purple light in its eyes lit up.
Then it looked at its master, waiting for him to arrange specific tasks.
Herard made some gestures on the aircraft cannon and gave instructions to the arcane puppet.
"Grab it here with your left hand, and hold it here with your right hand. Pick it up and hold it steady."
This improved version of the arcane puppet is very intelligent.
Following Herard's instructions, it picked up the aviation cannon on the ground. The weight of an aircraft cannon of one hundred kilograms is useless in front of this tall puppet.
However, although it held the aircraft cannon very smoothly, it could not execute the subsequent movements.
Herard only optimized its body structure.
The other parts of the body still maintain their original appearance.
The arcane golem's combat mode is very rough, it just rushes towards the enemy and hits it with its big hands.
Its hands have only three fingers.
And those three fingers only have one joint.
Simple item retrieval is no problem.
But delicate operations such as pulling the trigger are definitely impossible to perform.
Moreover, the aviation cannon used by this helicopter uses electric shock to trigger the shells.
The arcane golem is of normal construction and does not have a third hand to press the buttons.
This task of firing cannonballs can only be left to others.
Herard commanded the arcane puppet to aim the muzzle at a distant target.
After confirming that there was no problem with the muzzle angle, he pressed the launch button on the box.
As the aircraft cannon spit out tongues of flame, the target in the distance was instantly blasted into debris all over the sky.
It’s not a surprise to be able to hit as a starter.
The effective range of aviation cannons exceeds two thousand meters.
The Arcane Puppet, which was comparable in tonnage to a light tank, completely suppressed the recoil of the aircraft cannon.
This distance of more than one hundred meters is no different from shooting close to the face.
After smashing two solid wooden targets, Herard stopped meaninglessly shooting.
He patted the aircraft cannon held by the arcane puppet and felt filled with emotion for a moment.
Fortunately, there is no upper limit to the power of magic.
Otherwise, the power of technology may even eliminate the spell caster!
Technology has allowed the dwarfs to grow from weak to strong, and they have not been eaten into extinction by the evil and cruel trolls.
Even though the dwarves have mastered powerful magical power, they have not given up on developing technological power.
Gnomes were originally precision machines made by Titans.
They are heartless robots who work for the Titans.
As the Titans departed, the remaining Guardians rebelled and started a civil war.
There is no one to restrain these titan creations anymore.
However, the suppressed ancient gods secretly cast a curse of flesh and blood on the Titan creations.
The Titan creations scattered across the continent gradually transformed into flesh and blood.
Even though dwarves and humans have degraded, they still have good physical strength.
Dwarfs are inherently weak technical workers.
Without the Man of Steel, they would just be the Five Zhans among the Five Zhans.
Even kobolds can beat dwarfs into dogs.
Man-eating monsters such as gnolls and trolls completely crushed the weak dwarfs.
Faced with being completely crushed in terms of size, the first generation dwarves could only find ways to develop technology.
Referring to some of the Titan technology engraved in their blood, they blazed their own path.
By the time the first musket was produced, both gnolls and trolls had become much better behaved.
Huge steam tanks, multi-legged robots that can climb over mountains and ridges as if on flat ground, and the arrival of the dwarves, a powerful ally, make them the absolute overlord of the central region of the continent!
Of course, these are just the current circumstances.
The green wave pouring out from the Dark Portal will grind dwarves and gnomes to the ground.
In Herard's view, this is an inevitable result.
The number of dwarves and gnomes is not large, and even with the technological bonus of war potential, it is still impossible to stop the orcs who mobilize their entire clan and drink demon blood.
In order to enhance his own war potential, Herard decided to recruit some dwarves to start industries.
There are many uninhabited islands off the coast of Quel'Thalas.
There is no problem in building weapons factories on it.
This can not only arm the high elves civilians, but also leave a mobile force for the dwarves, so that they will not be blocked in their lair and beaten.
(End of chapter)