Chapter 91 Exploding Runes
Baron Paul’s maternal grandfather was once a four-ring magician in the United Celtic Kingdom.
The magical organization active in the Celtic United Kingdom is called the Elemental Hearts.
Although the Heart of Elements is not as powerful as the Magic Conference of Markholm Kingdom, it is also a super organization in the magic field.
The national power of the Celtic United Kingdom far exceeds that of the Grant Kingdom, and can almost rival the entire Orc Empire.
Paul's grandfather's job was to make magic bombs for the Elemental Hearts.
Unfortunately, Grandpa Paul lost his life due to the explosive experiment, and caused trouble by blowing up the three-story mage tower.
The family had no choice but to leave the Celtic United Kingdom and take refuge in the Grant Kingdom.
Paul's uncle became a wild magician and served the Grant royal family too much as a mage in the capital, and he did not dare to continue researching alchemical bombs.
Because of the psychological shadow of the alchemy bomb, Uncle Paul did not read the research notes and magic books left by Paul's father, including those related to the alchemy bomb.
This scroll comes from Baron Paul's mother.
Her mother has no magical talent, but she loves magic from the bottom of her heart.
After studying and reading his father's notes for decades, he restored the magic runes engraved on the magic bomb through the knowledge recorded in the notes.
This scroll records magical runes.
To make a magic bomb, you need to first prepare explosives and then engrave explosive runes on the magic metal.
The explosive is then wrapped in magic metal and ignited with a fuse.
Explosive runes and explosive formulas are the two difficulties in making magic bombs.
The better the explosive formula and the closer the magic runes are to their essence, the stronger the explosive power of the magic bomb will be.
Paul's grandfather encountered life-threatening danger during magic experiments in order to research better explosive formulas.
This scroll only records explosive runes. It does not have the formula for explosives and cannot be used to make magic bombs.
Paul has no talent for magic, nor does he like magic very much.
Although this scroll is very precious to magicians, it has no practical value to Paul.
It is very cost-effective to exchange for heavy trebuchet blueprints that are of great significance to the territory.
Richard and Sophia are both magicians. In the Grant Kingdom, it is very difficult to learn any magic knowledge.
Even Sophia had never seen the explosive rune. After a brief look at it, the two of them immediately became itchy and indulged in magic knowledge.
Although they didn't know whether the explosive runes were genuine or not, Richard and Sophia immediately agreed to Paul's request.
Both parties completed the transaction immediately, and both felt that they had made a good deal.
Paul didn't even eat lunch and hurried back to the territory, fearing that the other party would regret it.
"Sophia, I know an explosive formula, and I don't know if it can be used to make a magic bomb? If the magic bomb is successfully created, it will become the most lethal means for the territory. The help that the magic bomb brings to the territory should It's better than heavy trebuchets." "
I heard that making magic explosives requires a precious mineral called fire crystal. This mineral is rarely produced, and almost all of it is in the territory of the dwarves in the Western Continent. The explosive formula you know requires How many fire crystals?"
"The recipe I know only uses sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal. It is quite simple to make and does not require the use of fire crystals." "
I have seen the scene of magic bombs exploding several times in the Kingdom of Markholm . , the conditions in the territory are now ready, we can immediately establish a test site and start magic experiments immediately." After getting the explosive rune scroll, Richard and Sophia discussed it and immediately started making magic bombs.
Harland's territory can produce some low-grade magical metal blood steel, which can be used to inscribe explosive runes.
Sophia studied for more than ten days and used magical means to create a small steel-making furnace. She used the energy of magic crystals to smelt blood steel into molten steel. She used the lost wax method to cast a thin-skinned steel ball the size of a watermelon, and in the steel ball It has magical runes engraved on it.
Richard also made the gunpowder he knew in his previous life, put it inside through the small hole in the blood steel ball, compacted it carefully, and finally installed a fuse. When it was time to experiment with the power of the magic bomb, Richard and
Sophia When you come to a deserted place, light the fuse and immediately stay away.
Only a rumble was heard, and the debris from the explosion flew from all directions. A nearby small tree was blown down.
"It is far less powerful than magic bombs that use fire crystals as explosives. But the advantage is that the explosives are cheap to make and can barely be used in actual combat." The black gunpowder made by Richard is the original
black gunpowder formula, mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal.
This kind of black powder is of poor quality, but there is actually a lot of room for improvement.
There is no shortage of sulfur ore in the northern region. This mineral is commonly used as a dye and is very cheap.
A sulfur mine was also discovered on the edge of the Haaland territory, near the Sharpfield United Territory.
There is no shortage of charcoal in northern Xinjiang.
Richard plans to purify the sulfur first and then conduct experiments using charcoal made from various trees.
Which type of charcoal works best?
There is no shortage of saltpeter ore in northern Xinjiang. There are large areas of saltpeter soil resources on the two river beds in the territory.
In addition, corner walls, livestock pens, public toilets and other places can produce some nitrate soil. With the development of breeding industry, there will be no shortage of manure.
With manure, compost can be used to create nitrate fields.
There is no shortage of raw materials, Richard continues to improve the explosive formula, and the process of producing gunpowder is also constantly changing.
Finally, Richard discovered that charcoal made from alder trees was most effective in making gunpowder.
With this set of techniques, the power of explosives has become very impressive.
After Sophia's appraisal, it has reached half of the original magic bomb.
Although the explosives were successfully manufactured, the production of magic bombs was very low.
Including Wendy, there are only three magicians in Harland territory, and they can draw up to a dozen explosion runes every day.
In addition, it is also difficult to manufacture the blood steel shell.
The production of blood steel is insufficient, and enchanted armor still needs to be made, and the process of making bomb casings is also difficult.
On average, Richard, Sophia, and Wendy together make two or three magic bombs a day.
Although the daily output is very low, it adds up over time.
By the time the orcs invaded, the number of magic bombs accumulated was already considerable.
If thousands of magic bombs were thrown into the battlefield at once, it would be enough to severely damage a main orc army.
(End of chapter)