Chapter 168: Forming a Team
"What happens if you replace solid explosives with magical energy when reloading goblin mortars?"
Inside a hut near the town hall in Dammod, Leo was fiddling with the goblin mortar in his hand and thinking.
For the Goblin Mortar, an engineering item, Leo has an ability in engineering - the Heavy Duty Goblin Mortar. This ability was originally intended to be used to reload the Goblin Mortar after it ran out of shells, but now Leo wanted to make a change.
True, the goblin mortar helped Leo no less. In a battle with Scarlett outside of Moonstream Town, if it weren't for this thing, how could he successfully injure the female knight? Later, the Twilight Forest dealt with Raddymore and the recently concluded battle of the Sadol Bridge to kill the undead fire mages of the Legendary Realm, and this loot from the green skins of the Death Mine played a big role.
However, as Leo became stronger and stronger, the opponents he had to face changed from the original low-to-mid-level fighters to the powerhouses of the Legendary Realm, and the role of the goblin mortar in the battle became smaller and smaller, and the damage caused to the opponent became lower and lower. If you don't find a way to increase its lethality, it will either be forgotten by Leo in a corner, or he will give it away.
To improve the lethality of goblin mortars, Leo's first thought was to start with artillery shells. In a magical world, solid explosives are really not enough to kill them, unless their amount is very large, and where can they be increased even if they are ruthless with the size of a goblin mortar? What, you say to increase the power of explosives...... This, Leo said that the Yali pear is very large, although there is a lot of research on explosives in the world before the crossing, but what does it matter to him?
If you can't increase the power of solid explosives, then throw them away, this is the world of magic, wouldn't it be better to replace it with magical energy?
"To use magic energy instead of solid explosives, you must depict a magic array in the cannon chamber, so that at least four magic arrays are required, in addition to the magic circle of gathering, energy storage, and release, these three functions must also be added to a stable magic circle, so as not to explode the chamber with too much energy and hurt yourself, and the joke will be big."
In other words, there are not many cups that killed themselves when the goblin mortar was heavily loaded in Yamaguchiyama.
Thinking of this, Leo was dumbfounded, portraying the magic array, wouldn't it be swollen if he introduced Dongdong?
The portrayal of the magic circle is not a simple matter, with Leo's current magic attainments, if the four magic circles are separated, he still has a chance of successful portrayal, but if any two of them are combined, he can only cry out in vain now.
Scratching his face, Leo was very depressed, for Mao's predecessors who spent their time on bubbles and cheating, the magic gods and horses don't study much, but they can always make one after another powerful ones when they need it, isn't my brother really a pig's foot? Damn author, when can you give my brother a pig's foot halo?
It's a pity that the portrayal of the magic array is not like making engineering items, and the engineering items brother doesn't need to understand, just follow the feeling, uh, wait!
A flash of inspiration flashed through Leo's mind at the mention of engineering items, and his hand was lowered, slowly sliding down his chest.
Don't get me wrong, Leo wasn't thinking about the problem so depressed that he wanted to make a self-deprecation, in fact, his hand stopped at the belt that was wrapped around his waist - the limited invincible belt.
Speaking of engineering items with energy gathering, energy storage, stabilization, and release of four magic arrays, isn't this limited invincible belt? What if the Belt of Limited Invincibility was engraved with the Belt Buckle of the Core Magic Array attached to the Goblin Mortar's gun mount?
Thinking of this, Leo's eyes lit up. Although the role of the Limited Invincibility Belt is protection, it only needs to modify its energy release circle, just modify the way the circle releases energy, which is not a problem for Leo.
Of course, Leo would not remove the limited invincibility belt from his waist, he poured out a bunch of materials from his private space, ready to redo two new ones.
Two? That's right. One is for improving the goblin mortar, and the other is for Sidis. Leo asked himself if he was not the kind of person who got weak when he saw a beautiful woman's legs, and when he saw a beautiful woman in trouble, he didn't care about anything to rescue, and he could do free work for the sake of the beauty, but people are emotional animals, and the naughty and confused Sitis has been with him for a while, and her sister is very likely to be the elf who saved his life, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with giving Sidis a limited invincible belt.
In other words, these materials are all obtained by the autumn wind anyway, and Leo won't feel distressed if he doesn't spend his own money - is this the main reason for being generous to others?
Doing a good job of the limited invincibility belt, the material of the goblin mortar snatched from the greenskin's hand simply could not withstand the energy release comparable to the full force of the legendary realm powerhouse, and Leo was worried again.
Or do you want to make a new one with better materials?
Leo only hesitated for a moment before starting to move, as an investment to better kill the enemy in the future.
Building cannons is a time-consuming physical task.
When Sitis came to the door with Verie and the others, who had been in the tavern for most of the day, Leo, who had a fine bead of sweat on his forehead, had just finished it.
A brand new goblin mortar has been baked.
"Lord Leo, what are you?"
Looking at the goblin mortar in Leo's hand, Verry and the others ignored the pile of valuable engineering materials piled up in the corner of the room.
"Taking advantage of the fact that there is nothing to do today, I made a mortar."
Wiping his sweat, Leo fastened a belt around the waist of Sidis, who was jumping up to him.
The elven huntress touched the new thing on her waist curiously, with a happy face: "Is this a gift from Brother Leo to Sidis?" ”
Leo rubbed Sidis's long green hair, and said softly: "Little girl, this is a limited invincible belt, it is too dangerous on the battlefield, and a little more protection is a little safer." ”
Hearing that it was a limited invincible belt that could withstand the full force of a legendary realm powerhouse, Viri, who was watching from the sidelines, was envious, for them, having a limited invincible belt in their body was equivalent to several extra lives, after all, the chance for a high-level warrior like them to directly face a legendary realm powerhouse was too small.
Waitis cheered and hung on Leo like a koala, embarrassing someone in front of a crowd of onlookers.
A goblin mortar was remade, and the one snatched from the greenskins was useless, and Leo thought about it and gave it back to Verry. Don't think that Leo is so kind, he has nothing to do, and he is either killed or stolen.
"I stole this thing from a goblin, and it's a threat to high-ranking fighters."
Verry, who subconsciously caught the goblin mortar, was a little stunned, and the other four non-commissioned officers next to him looked envious. They have seen the power of this goblin mortar, even a legendary powerhouse will be injured if they are caught off guard, and Verry has greatly increased his strength with this thing.
"Lord Leo, this is too valuable." Verry didn't dare to accept it, the weapon that could hurt the legendary powerhouse was worth at least 100,000 gold coins, and he couldn't afford to sell himself.
Leo waved his hand at him, "If you feel embarrassed, go and apply to Major Link and work under me." Link and I discussed yesterday that as a knight lieutenant, I must have at least two thousand of my own direct troops. ”
Work under Lord Leo!
Not only Verry, but the eyes of the other four Master Chiefs who heard this were shining. One of the Master Chiefs said, "Lord Leo, the Knight Lieutenant has more than two thousand men. ”
"That's it, Lord Leo, do you want to talk to Major Link and raise the bar a little more."
As soon as these words came out, the others immediately nodded.
Leo smiled, his intention to send the goblin mortar to Verry had been fulfilled.
"I'm talking about a minimum of 2,000 people, and if someone volunteers to work under me, of course I won't refuse. I said, we've worked together, and I'd be glad if you were willing to be my subordinates. It's just that the upper limit of the direct force of the knight lieutenant is only 3,000, and if you want to become my subordinates, you will be weakened in terms of strength, and I hope you will consider this point carefully. ”
A non-commissioned officer who can lead a thousand soldiers now wants to weaken the number of soldiers under his command to only a few hundred, is he willing? That's exactly what Leo fears.
He felt very good about these five non-commissioned officers who had worked with him, these five people had a lot of experience in the management of the troops, if it weren't for the fact that they were all born civilians and had not been promoted due to their status, their military ranks would definitely not be limited to non-commissioned officers.
Not all civilians can have a strong backstage support like Leo and can ignore the existence of various unspoken rules. More than ninety percent of civilians in the military have stopped at the Master Chief's life's work.
Think it through? If it were someone else, the five of Very would definitely not do it. But it was Leo who said this, did they still need to think about it?
"Isn't it just to bring fewer soldiers? If you can work under Lord Leo, no one else can ask for it. Verry immediately made a statement.
The other four Master Chiefs didn't hesitate, not to mention Leo's generosity in sending goblin mortars and a set of magic armor, but also that his easy-going approach to his subordinates and his strong development momentum were worth following.
Seeing that the five of Verie agreed, Leo was also happy in his heart. If there is no one under the army and it is inconvenient to do a lot of things, it will not work alone here, and even if it is as strong as the polluter Akmund in the face of the crowd tactics, he can only fall helplessly, let alone he Leo?
Verry and the others couldn't wait to go to the town hall to ask Major Link to apply for a transfer to Leo's office, Titis felt that it was too boring to stay in the house, and the little girl ran out to play, and after a while, Leo was the only one left in the house.
Another pile of materials was poured out of his private space, and Leo began to get busy in his hands.
Since the five Master Chiefs chose to be his subordinates, of course Leo had to arm them, and at the same time give them some sweetness. The fierce workplace before crossing over taught Leo a truth: as a leader, only a combination of interests and friendship can best tie the hearts of his subordinates.
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