Chapter 276: Chapter 235: The Birth of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow (1/6)
July 21. Morning.
The residents of Twilight City suddenly discovered a centaur roamed around their territory.
The centaur had an exquisite and cute appearance. It was about 14 or 15 years old.
What surprised the residents was that the other party’s words and actions were no different from that of a five or six-year-old child.
The residents were already a little surprised. But when the centaur called the Lord “father”, it immediately caused a massive discussion.
“My Lord, you know how to play…” An elderly middle-aged man put his hand on his waist and looked envious.
“The lord must have claimed Miss Emily from somewhere, right? She looked like she was 14 or 15 years old… It can’t be the Lord’s child.” A young lady mumbled with a pout.
“It doesn’t matter if she’s or not the Lord’s biological daughter. Since the centaur called the Lord father, Miss Emily is our princess.”
“I’m so envious of Miss Emily. It would be great if my father were the Lord…”
“Bastard, am I not worthy of being your father? Where’s my belt, come over…”
The residents continued to discuss.
They were curious and careful about Emily. But as they came near this innocent centaur who hummed a song, they slowly let go of their worries.
After that, the residents warmly welcomed the centaur wherever it went because it was too cute.
Moreover, the little centaur was sensible and would not delay the residents’ work. At most, it would stand at the side and look at them with curious baby eyes that asked questions.
The residents quickly fell in love with this sensible ‘little girl”.
Gradually, they took out the delicious food they hid and threw it into the food without any hesitation.
Early in the morning, Emily’s crisp laughter shrouded the territory.
The entire territory seemed to be relaxed and happy.
Richard didn’t care about the centaur. He let it have fun.
The first thing he did when he woke up in the morning was to send his troop out to hunt.
The lack of resources was the eternal pain of Twilight City.
The upgrading of the territory, troop lairs, building, and forging of the treasures. All of these required resources.
The speed at which he earned resources was already fast enough, but compared to the vast expanses of the territory, it was still a drop in the ocean.
It was especially true for the upgrade of the troop-type lairs. Even the bottomless pit wasn’t as exaggerated.
“When the extraordinary hunter recovers, I’ll go to the underground world again. How many years and months will it take to save enough resources for the upgrade just by hunting like this…”
As Twilight City developed, hunting was the main source of income for resources in the early stages.
Richard gradually reached a bottleneck.
It already somewhat could not supply the tremendous amount he needed.
So he invested several resources into developing new products so early on.
In the future, it would be difficult to rely on hunting alone to support Twilight City.
Only a more profitable trade could support his grand plan.
After breakfast, Richard headed out to look for wild heroes to complete his level-up mission.
Adele entered the mansion excitedly.
“Lord Richard, the dragon-hunting crossbow is complete!”
Richard’s eyes brightened.
The dragon-hunting crossbow was a 4-stars treasure, and he had looked forward to it for a long time.
He followed the girl to the backyard of the blacksmith shop filled with anticipation.
The moment he stepped into the courtyard, a ferocious heavy crossbow in front of him attracted his gaze.
This heavy dragon-hunting crossbow was more than five meters wide, and its curved arc revealed a frightening cold glint.
Dozens of ordinary bowstrings together formed the dragon-hunting crossbow’s string.
The dragon-hunting crossbow with engraved special runes and the powerful magic fluctuations revealed an extraordinary aura.
It intensely increased the attack power of the heavy dragon-hunting crossbow.
At the bottom was a wooden base with four wheels that could push the dragon-hunting crossbow.
Unless one had the bloodline of the giants, no ordinary person could move such a heavy crossbow.
So it set the dragon-hunting crossbow up with an elaborate mechanism… There was a winch on each side.
When one turned the winch, the hook at the back would pull the bowstring and fix it to the buckle.
He could pull the trigger and release the arrows when he needed to attack.
There were also ten giant crossbow arrows neatly arranged on the ballista. The workers designed them exquisitely so that once they launched an attack, one pulled the bowstring and fired continuously without loading the crossbow.
Moreover, there was a specially made crosshair in front of it. It was full of fantasy.
He opened the attribute panel.
[Dragon-Hunting Crossbow]
[Level: 4 stars]
[Characteristics: Each dragon-hunting crossbow can be equipped with 10 arrows with a range of 800 meters.]
[Arrow’s flying speed increased by 300%. Attack power increased by 300%. The hit rate increased by 70%. Has a piercing effect, and deals additional damage to heavy-armored units (inactive). Deals additional 200% damage to giant dragons (inactive). When using the dragon-hunting crossbow to attack, the range increases by 200 meters, and other attributes double.
[Description: A super heavy dragon-hunting crossbow used to hunt and kill giant dragons.]
These attributes were overbearing.
Coupled with the dragon-hunting crossbow arrow that was over five meters long.
Richard couldn’t imagine what kind of boss would be worthy of being killed by a dragon-hunting crossbow.
Even an extraordinary hunter would have to maintain the highest level of vigilance in the face of such a terrifying weapon.
If it wasn’t careful, it might be skewered with a candied gourd.
Moreover, this heavy crossbow had additional damage to the dragon’s life.
If it could forge over a hundred of them and use them with alchemy cannons…
Twilight City would become the enemy’s nightmare.
“The only pity is… Without the fascias of a level 15 dragon, the dragon-hunting crossbow is still an incomplete version, and one cannot activate the additional damage to dragons.”
“And this thing is too expensive …”
Forging a single one would require 15000 units of rare resources.
If this thing was mass-produced, Twilight City could not withstand it…
No. Richard had to go to the underground world to get more wool.
He took advantage of Bloodhoof City, but didn’t the gray-colored dwarves still have so many cities?
The tens of thousands of units of mercury that he had plundered from the gray-colored dwarves’ underground city gave him a lot of pleasure.
Since the other party was so generous, it would be a waste of the hospitality of the gray-colored dwarves if he did not continue to work.
He retracted his thoughts and looked at the young lady beside him who was slightly proud.
He patted the other party’s head in admiration.
“Well done, Adele. I can always trust you.”
The young girl’s eyes instantly narrowed into crescents.
She was like a child whom a teacher had praised.
“How long does it take to forge a dragon-hunting crossbow?”
Adele her head and thought for a while then said happily.
“My Lord, if the materials are sufficient, I can shorten the forging time to five days, but I need the cooperation of 30 apprentices…”
Richard knew what to do.
“Use our current resources to prepare the materials needed for forging. I will make up for the lack of resources as soon as possible. We will need enough dragon-hunting crossbows for the battle next month.
“Adele, you have a vastly massive burden on your shoulders.”
Adele raised her head and looked into his eyes.
“Lord Richard, it’s my honor to serve you!”
Richard was pleased with the girl’s attitude.
“Let’s go and refine the mithril ore first. I need you to repair the extraordinary hunter as soon as possible. After that, we have to go to the underground world.”
If they wanted to take over the gray-colored dwarves’ city, they first had to have a strong gun.
“As you wish.”
After he left the blacksmith shop, Richard went to the front of the Lord’s mansion. He was deep in thought.
When he looked at the tall walls, he opened the territory panel.
Twilight City had been a level 2 city for far too long.
To upgrade to a level 3 city, it required 30000 gold, wood, stone, and iron, four high-level buildings, and a population of 1000.
He had barracks, a blacksmith’s shop, a distillery, a food workshop, and a tailor’s shop. That was more than enough.
The population had also exceeded the limit.
With a wave of his hand, he ordered the servants to summon all the maidservants in the Lord’s mansion and chose to upgrade.
In that instant.
The light of the yellow sand surged.
When they looked down from the sky, they could see the open space outside Twilight City had rapidly expanded.
The gravel swallowed the stone slab.
This process lasted from noon to the afternoon. A full four hours before he heard the system notification.
[Ding~ The system has upgraded Twilight City to a level 3 city. The territory has expanded by 60 empty spaces. Currently, there are 98 empty spaces.]
Richard let out a sigh of relief when he heard the notification.
It had been almost three months, and he had finally advanced from a Grade 1 village to a Grade 3 city.
He opened his attribute panel and looked at the level-up requirements. His face immediately fell.
To upgrade to a level 1 advanced-level city, they need 50000 gold, wood, stone, and iron. The territory will have a population of 2000, and one technology will reach an advanced level.
The resources required had increased to 200000 units. The population was 2000 and required advanced technology.
Among these requirements, only the resources were easy to obtain.
The population was the eternal pain of Twilight City.
Advanced technology… So far, the Twilight City had only studied the basic attacks of the bandaged mummies, scorpion warriors, and undead soldiers.
There was still a long way to go before he could reach an advanced attack.
The problem was that the leader of the scientific research elite of Twilight City, Adele, was currently busy with other tasks and could not conduct scientific research.
It gave him a tremendous headache.
“When will the Twilight City become a territory that doesn’t lack resources and talents?
“The road ahead is still long. Comrades still need to work hard.”