As I heard the elf patriarch describe the new weapon, a model came to mind: the cannonballs used in ancient times.

I've seen in some pictures what shells looked like in ancient times, and they were all of the same type: round, black, with leads, and capable of exploding.

With that in mind, I don't think the Goblin Squad's new invention will shock me in any way.

When the object was handed to me, I was even more sure of my idea, which was the spherical cannonball of ancient wars.

However, when the local team leader explained to me how this shell was constructed and showed me how to use it, I realized that most of my previous conjectures were wrong.

It's a black orb, but it's just a prototype of what it shows us, and it's meant to be easy to grasp and throw.

I grabbed one of them, sank it slightly, and pinched it lightly twice, the shell was so hard that it was hard to get its shell to sink without my fingers being forced.

The surface of its shell was indeed pitch black, and in the light I could faintly see a strangely shaped rune carved into it, which was exactly the same as one of the runes on my arm, which I remember Dewey had depicted and studied, and then told me what it meant, but I had forgotten.

The goblin leader said: "Lord An Xiaoyi, this rune is one of Lord Dewey's previous research results, and carving it on the explosives will double the power of the explosion." ”

I nodded, and turned the black ball half a circle, revealing a small circular hole and an extended lead in front of my eyes.

The goblin leader said, "This is its lead, and the purpose is to make it change shapes. ”

Nani?

Change shape?

I looked at the goblin leader with a question mark on my face, and the team leader said, "Lord An Xiaoyi, did you just think that this yin line was used to detonate it?" ”

I asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?" ”

"No," the goblin leader said, "As I said, this lead is used to change its shape. ”

I listened with a bewildered expression.

The goblin leader picked up another black ball from the side, took a fire breaker, and lit its lead.

Watching the lead sneering and burning, I curiously approached the black ball, wanting to witness this miraculous moment with my own eyes.

Actually, I wasn't worried that this black ball would suddenly explode, not only because I trusted the goblin's craft, but also because with my strength, even if I was hit head-on by a large magic missile, it would only cause extremely slight flesh wounds.

Of course, I'm referring to the regular model of a large magic missile, and if a car-sized magic missile hits me, I'll still be overwhelmed.

When the lead burned to the end, there was a soft 'poof' sound from the inside of the black ball, like the sound made when you cover the sand with the palm of your hand.

The goblin leader nodded at me, and then he raised his palm so that the black ball that burned through the lead was fully displayed in front of me, bent his fingers, and kept kneading the black ball into various shapes, and then, he stretched out his other hand, pulled the black ball hard, pulled the black ball into a long strip, and carried it in the air and shook it a few times.

I couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect it to be so soft, but the one without the fuse is very hard." ”

"That's for sure, Lord An Xiaoyi," the goblin leader explained, "We've added a lot of additives to it. ”

As he spoke, he handed me a list of data.

However, I looked left and right, and I couldn't understand the data on it, and I couldn't figure out some of the technical terms.

I returned the data list to the team leader and said, "Although I don't understand the meaning of it at all, I can feel the profundity of it, and I have to say, you guys are really amazing." ”

All the goblins grabbed the back of their heads in unison and laughed embarrassedly.

I glanced at the long black strip in the leader's hand and asked, "How did this thing explode?" ”

The team leader said, "Just throw it out, and it will explode when it touches an object." ”

As he spoke, the leader re-crumpled the long black strip in his hand and threw it into the distance as best he could.

However, due to the innate limitations of the goblin race, although his arm looks very strong, it is actually quite weak, and when the black ball was thrown by him for more than ten meters, it began to fall, and finally landed at a distance of eleven or twelve meters from us.

As soon as the goblin leader said, there was a loud bang as soon as it touched the ground, and the explosion of the air wave carried the dust on the ground and spread out in all directions, only to dissipate when we were still a meter or two away.

After the dust calmed down, I took a few steps forward and saw that the ground where the explosion had exploded by about a centimeter or so of a crater.

I nodded slightly and praised the team leader standing next to me, "This is very powerful." ”

I praise them for a reason, the area occupied by the goblins was not long after it was occupied, and it was covered with a thick layer of marble tiles, originally intended to prevent the ground from collapsing due to the weight of the golems.

You know, these marble floor tiles are different from ordinary marble floor tiles, they are specially processed, extremely hard, and wear-resistant and acid-resistant, if they are not subjected to strong attacks, they are difficult to be blown up, of course, their prices are relatively much higher.

It can blast the floor tiles into a pit of about one centimeter, and it can be said that the power released by this black ball when it explodes is one or two times greater than that of a large magic missile of ordinary models.

Checking the black ball in my hand, I asked the goblin leader, "What's the name of this thing?" ”

The team leader said, "It doesn't have a name. ”

"Why can't you have a name?"

The team leader said, "We're waiting for you to name it." ”

"Me? No, no, no, I can't name it, it's the fruit of your labor, and it's up to you to name it. ”

The goblin leader was silent for a moment, and then said, "Since you have said so, my lord, we have taken the order, and please wait a moment." ”

I leaned on the puppet's lap and played with the black ball in my hand while waiting for the goblins to discuss.

A few minutes later, the goblin leader came up to me and respectfully said, "My lord, we have already decided on the name. ”

"What's it called?"

"Exploding balls."

I almost fell to the ground on one of my heels, and stood on the puppet's legs, my eyes twitched, and I said, "Is there any more domineering-sounding name?" ”

The goblin leader shook his head and said, "No." ”

Sighing, I said, "Okay then, let's call it an exploding ball." ”

As I spoke, I shook the explosive ball in my hand again, and I said to myself: "It can explode again, it's a ball again, don't say it, this name is really vivid." ”

(End of chapter)