Chapter 410 Fireball Crossbow and Astrology

With the help of the messengers and the children's army, the fireball crossbow convoy led by Mormont began to move slowly.

Seven fireball crossbows drove out from the gaps between the legion's battle formations. The crusaders gritted their teeth and pushed the heavy fireball crossbows slowly forward.

The Holy Gun Cavalry guards stood on the left and right, keeping a close eye on the enemy formation opposite.

It is about 400-600 meters away from here, and they must ensure that the enemy knights are driven away to prevent them from destroying the fireball crossbow.

However, the strange thing is that the local main knights remained motionless. Only the squire knights tried to harass them but were driven away by the Ibe knights.

Pushed by people and pulled by donkeys, the crossbow cart slowly moved forward and came to a raised slope about 2 meters high.

The wheels rolled over the ground, leaving deep ruts.

Under the weight of the crossbow, the Crusaders' feet sank into the mud, the muscles on their faces and arms bulged, and they roared together before pushing the heavy crossbow onto the earthen platform.

"what!"

Amid the groaning of wheels, the seven fireball crossbows in front were officially in place.

After confirming this through the flag, Mormont turned around and took out three egg-sized red crystals from the box.

This is the magical alchemical creation that all fireball wizards dream of - Red Dragon's Breath.

It has to be said that when Mormont learned that there was red dragon breath in Xiaochi City, he felt that it was fate that was helping them.

The reason why the Red Dragon Breath appeared in Xiaochi City is very simple.

In terms of territorial division, Kasha County borders Black Snake Bay in the southwest.

Due to the blockade of the Red Copper Fortress, although the Red Dragon Breath and the wizards were closer by going north from the Ibe River, they still had to go to the Red Leaf Hill in the Kingdom of Farlan first.

Then they turned from Hongye Hill to Xiaochi City, and then went upstream along the Hot Wind River, a tributary of the Nauan River, to transport the supplies to Rapids City.

The previous groups of wizards and red dragons took this route to support Catherine.

Therefore, the advance materials of the second batch of Black Snake Bay support and the participating materials of the first batch of Black Snake Bay support all fell into Horn's hands.

Among them were a full forty red dragon breaths.

Thank God, there was no wizard in Xiaochi City who could cast fireball, and Horn had saved up some until now.

This alchemical specialty is from Tiannv City in Black Snake Bay. According to Tiannv City, there is a thousand-year-old red dragon raised under the city. This red dragon breath is made from dragon blood, and the more you make, the less you will get.

This is what the top secret party leaders declared to the outside world. No matter whether others believe it or not, they believe it anyway.

Therefore, in order to maintain sustainability, the secret party of Tiannv City exhausted all resources and produced less than 20 pieces per year.

Part of it will be stored in the warehouse to defend Tiannv City, and the rest can be exported.

It is called export, but most of the time it is exported for specified purposes, such as blasting the bishop's bedroom, attacking the duke's carriage, besieging the witcher's stronghold, etc.

Anyway, the rule set by the great wizards and witches of Tiannv City is that the Red Dragon Breath can only be used in foreign wars and not in civil wars.

If anyone dares to use it for civil war, the astrologers of Tiannv City will open the box on the spot, and the Shaper Witch will come to the door on a griffin.

This time, the uprising in Qianhe Valley was obviously to support the foreign war.

It has to be said that during the Thousand River Valley Uprising this time, Black Snake Bay used all its strength and sent in nearly four hundred red dragon breaths.

The Savior Army studied the Red Dragon Breath as they went along and discovered that it has two main functions.

The first effect is condensation. Before the red dragon breath touches a hard object, no matter how strong the wind pressure is, it will not be blown away like an ordinary fireball.

The second effect is strengthening. The red dragon breath itself can be ignited or even exploded. Horn even suspects whether it contains white phosphorus.

Because Mormont remembered the description of the flame of the red dragon's breath: "It scatters and flies like a cancer, burning through bones and flesh, and can be effectively extinguished by divine magic."

This means that with the blessing of the red dragon's breath, the fireball can fly a distance far beyond imagination.

Install the staff on the crossbow cart, inlay the red dragon breath on the front, and the mage will fire the staff after casting a spell, with a range of up to an astonishing 900 meters.

In comparison, even the fireball crossbow that was improved with a clockwork gear, using the same technology, had a range of only 300 meters, and the fireballs were often blown out.

The only problem is that it consumes some staffs, but this is not a problem for the Savior Army. There are thousands of alchemists in the army, and they can make as many basic staffs as needed.

Mormont embedded the diamond-shaped red dragon's breath crystal into the upper end of the staff and inserted it into the groove of the ballista.

The war monk at the side began to crank the crank. He could clearly hear the clicking sound of the gears meshing from the crank, and the air was filled with the unique smell of metal and wood rubbing against each other.

The capstan turned slowly, and the thick crossbow string made a low "creaking" sound until the crossbow string finally got into the buckle groove.

Several front guards who knew how to operate the crossbow stepped forward and began to adjust the angle of the crossbow, roughly aiming it at the center of the church army.

The astrologer stood beside the ballista, pointed his thumb at the enemy's formation, and opened and closed his eyes repeatedly.

At the same time, the crystal pendant in his hand kept swinging on the star disk on the side of the crossbow.

As the rough calculation was completed, the crystal pendant gradually stopped, and the astrologers' nostrils and ears were bleeding to varying degrees. "Turn to the right a little bit, not too much."

"Loosen the string a bit, don't keep it so tight."

"Move back a little...how much exactly? I don't know, but you have to move back a little bit. If I say stop, you stop."

After fine-tuning by the astrologers, the ballistae were placed in a suitable position.

"Are you ready?" After communicating with the people in front using flag signals, Mormont turned around and asked several fireball wizards around him.

"We're ready." The wizards swallowed.

He let out a long breath to ease the tension in his heart, then Mormont and the fireball wizards stepped forward together.

Due to the different ranges, the fireball crossbow positions are divided into 7 ordinary fireball crossbows in the front and 3 red dragon crossbow carts in the back.

"Let's get started, get ready, pay attention to your position, and don't interfere with each other!"

"understood."

With their arms outstretched, the Fireball Wizards raised their chins and rolled their eyes.

Each of them chanted a completely different spell, their bodies swayed, and countless flames began to condense at the front end of the staff, and tiny threads of fire weaved together.

The surrounding air was slightly distorted due to the high temperature, and a fireball gradually took shape. The blazing light emitted an orange-red color and made a slight "hissing" sound.

A fireball as big as a human head finally condensed at the front end of the staff.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Mormont first looked around to make sure that everyone around him had cast the spell successfully, and then looked at the fireball crossbow in front of the formation from afar.

The flags were waving before the battle, but Mormont could understand what they meant; it was time to attack.

"Aim! Don't shake your hands!" Mormont shouted angrily, waving the banner in his hand. The three fireball wizards took a step back and said, "Fire!"

"Boom!"

The soldier next to the crossbow raised the hammer high and smashed it down hard.

Seven fireballs and three red dragon breath fireballs rose from the battle formation, dragging tails of flames, like comets across the sky.

They chased and burned, flames dripping like snowflakes onto the ground, swooping down on the Church Army's positions.

Unlike the absolute silence required in the Salvation Army, Alman's church army is a noisy whisper.

They did not pay attention to the mages' actions. After all, at such a long distance, what kind of spells could be cast over?

They were busy talking, complaining and even arguing, until a few of them inadvertently looked up and noticed the dazzling red light in the sky.

"That's... look!"

Their expressions froze instantly, their eyes widened.

As more people noticed something was wrong, more and more people began to look up, and the noisy voices gradually disappeared, replaced by a suffocating silence.

All the guards opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths slightly, but could not make any sound.

You know, their Dunjar Phalanx is a dense large square formation, and many times people are only an elbow or even shoulder to shoulder away from each other.

The despair in the guards' eyes was almost overflowing. They didn't even have anywhere to run!
"It's a fireball!" Finally, a knight broke the seemingly long silence with a scream, "Hurry up and get out of the way!"

"Boom—boom—boom—"

However, perhaps only the knights had a chance to dodge, as ten fireballs landed accurately in the three large square formations of the central army.

Half a second later, a series of muffled sounds were heard from the battlefield, followed by desperate screams.

A huge wave of fire instantly spread out in all directions, engulfing the bodies of the guards and knights.

The leaping flames danced wantonly on their shoulders, hems and sleeves. As the flames passed by, their skin contracted, as if countless invisible needles pierced their flesh and blood.

The guards rolled on the ground, thrashed about frantically, and even tried to squeeze out of the square to get water from the stream nearby.

But this action spread more flames to other people.

"Red Dragon Breath! Why is it Red Dragon Breath again?!"

"What's that smell... I'm on fire, help me, I'm on fire!"

"Don't come over here, don't push, don't push, someone come and help me."

"Spread out, spread out, don't gather together."

"Don't disperse, don't disperse, don't turn your heads around, I'm talking to you!"

Almost visibly, the church army's formation began to fall into chaos.

(End of this chapter)