Chapter 332 (1/2)
The Trouble with Compact Crossbows
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”Steady!” Lorist pulled onto his reins and his s in air before landing back down to the wet, grassy ground
”Let's set up camp further up on the hill We should be able to reach Baron Shazin's riverside encampment by tomorrow”
It was the 30th day of the 10th er to relay that the rafts have been coade had also arrived at the encampment at the lower stream of Metropoulos River With the preparations all finished, he asked if Lorist was going to head there soon If he didn't, the baron was going to have Ovidis launch an attack on the outposts on the other side of the river
Naturally, Lorist said that he would be going He was just about to head there to deliver sooing to battle aboard rafts, and the catapult operators that took lots of resources and tie loss to the house should they drown just like that That hy it was best to have some precautions in place
Not only that, Lorist also wanted to escape the commotion back at the doe order frorandmasters, Sid and Fellin, to make a total of 50 thousand coars, with each coold Fordes to make
The price toEven the steel ballista cost only 35 gold Fordes to make, yet a small compact crossbow that was far inferior than ballistae in terms of power cost even more Charade was the first one to object to it, followed by supervisors Spiel and Camorra
For that ued for thole days But Lorist still insisted on ordering sothe cost of the forold Fordes above budget Charade and the two supervisors didn't appreciate Lorist's decision, as was evident from the sour faces they wore
But that was not the end of it While the co the bolts were even old Forde could only produce 20 of those bolts, with each bolt costing around a large silver That was theof those crossbows Even if the cost was high, it was still bearable But the expendable bolts cost far more than what they orth!
A legion of Mounted Jaegars had 60 thousand people, split into four divisions, or 20 brigades of three thousand istics unit that includes the coachmen and other miscellaneous helpers, there were at least 40 thousand coion If every one of those men fired one shot with the co out two thousand gold Fordes! Hoas that different fro into account the fact that each user of the co, the bolts that were fired were not recoverable for reuse Charade even estie soldier to use the coold Fordes and had objected to the use of that weapon immediately
Actually, Lorist had a feeling that hethat order He didn't think that the two grandress with fireared to i crossbows The coun that had more firepower than an old musket of his previous world
Crossboere fundabow could loose an arrow that could travel 100 ht line, and it was known across the continent that an arrow could be fired up to 300 meters aith a parabolic shot However, Sid later discovered that the boas 70 meters At that distance, only half the bowets Given how set in a good hit, with the exception of a genius et all the time even when it was 100 meters from him
In the battleforce-driven world of Grindia, longbowmen could even use their battleforce to increase the power of their shots A silver-ranked archer could fire a battleforce-infused arrow through metal or rock, and that was the reason it was hailed as one of the e weapons over the millennium In stark contrast, a crossbow-like weapon had to be cocked and strung and couldn't fire too far away But the main flaas the inability for one to infuse battleforce into bolt projectiles Despite that, it only took threefor a crossbowboould require due to the ease of ai and accuracy
The corandbows in certain ways Constructed out of steel and wood, it could be fired at a low angle, and reloading it was easy and quick through the use of a lever ht of the crossbow only had to be pulled to string the bow and make space for the bolt to be loaded before the next shot could be taken Even though it couldn't quite cobows had, it was far better in comparison to traditional crossbows
The biggest ie of 70 to 80 bowe would see the longbowbowman had to estimate the shot whereas the crossbowhts to fire at its target
Other than that, even though the cobows can, Grand rale which will allow it to fire the projectile in a parabolic arc, allowing the projectile to land as far as 150 meters ahich was ideal for a volley of fire to weed out some enemy numbers
The co capabilities as well, with the body of the projectile being half hollow and three small metal fins attached to its back The fins that would break after one shot was also the reason the bolts couldn't be reused
Lorist thought back at Yuriy as completely lovestruck by the neeapon who said, ”Milord, if you can arion with these compact crossbows, I proions of House Fisablen within three months”
Perhaps, it was that statehly convinced Lorist to reement he faced fro his decision slightly as Charade's objections did have quite a bit of randmasters to modify the prototype of the co theed to cost one gold Forde per hundred of them
While they said that it was possible to do so, it would take at the very least two years Given that Lorist needed the Mounted Jaegars to gain as much combat capability as they could as soon as possible, as well as how strong the financial situation of the house was, he ordered 50 thousand co so, er
Howard had already set up Lorist's tent as well as so and saard preparing tea for him
”Howard, do you think the order for 50 thousand compact crossboas a little over the top?”
Surprised and silent for a good moment, Howard said, ”Milord, it's not my place to comment about it”
”Don't worry, just speak your ht provide soht”