To produce a one kilogram alchemy bomb, the cost is 700 grams of blood steel, worth eight silver coins, and twelve copper coins. Three hundred grams of black powder, worth five silver coins, sixteen copper coins, and a magic spell are also needed.
The master spent four hours drawing the magic runes.
Even including the labor of making bomb shells and black powder, apart from the magician's time investment, the cost does not exceed two gold coins.
Although the alchemy bombs sold by the Heart of Elements are more powerful, their price is as high as one hundred gold coins. The price-performance ratio is not comparable to the magic bombs produced in Harland Territory.
Before leaving for the expedition, Richard had a premonition that this war might encounter trouble, so he stored a lot of war supplies in the bottle of starlight in advance. This included alchemy bombs.
There are only a total of 500 alchemical bombs stored in Harland's territory, all of which are stored in a separate underground warehouse in Fort Sophia.
This time, Richard went on an expedition and brought 300 alchemical bombs, which were hidden in the bottle of starlight.
Opening the bottle of starlight requires reciting a special incantation. This incantation requires reciting the incantation to open the bottle of starlight in Mandarin.
Richard didn't want outsiders to know anything about Mandarin, so he would often quietly recite a spell and open the bottle of starlight late at night when no one was around.
Today's exploratory attack did not go well, so Richard asked everyone to take a day off.
Late that night, in a deserted place, Richard quietly opened the bottle of starlight and took out thirty alchemy bombs.
After the alchemy bomb was successfully manufactured, a lot of actual combat training was carried out in the territory. Many veterans of the First Squadron had personally thrown alchemy bombs and had a clear understanding of the dangers of such things.
The squadron also selected grenadiers who specialized in dropping bombs.
The selection criteria for grenadiers are very strict, requiring more than six points of strength.
Generally speaking, the strength of first-level professionals is around six points. Before advanced professionals, their strength exceeds six points. They are all people with great natural strength.
The soldiers of the First Squadron have practiced breathing techniques for five years. There are no advanced professionals, and there are no more than ten soldiers whose strength exceeds six points.
These people focus on training in throwing skills. They throw a one kilogram alchemical bomb not only from a long distance, but also very accurately.
Today, Richard planned to let the 1st Squadron take the lead and conduct a sneak attack with thirty alchemy bombs to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
When the enemy in the camp is in chaos, let the two cavalry squadrons attack from behind.
After formulating the tactics, Richard called the officers together and arranged the combat missions.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, after the soldiers had eaten breakfast, Richard saw that there was plenty of sunshine and pleasant weather, so he immediately gave the order to attack the city.
The first squadron slowly walked out of the camp, approached the archers' shooting range and raised their heavy shields.
The giant shield weighs a hundred kilograms and can protect five or six people.
If it weren't for the high quality of the First Squadron, many of its members were strong men with strength exceeding four points and would not be able to lift such a heavy shield.
This special shield is made of iron sheets on the outside, a thick wooden board in the middle, and a sheepskin lining on the inside.
The defensive power of a heavy shield is very strong. Unless you encounter a powerful archer like Richard, ordinary archers cannot shoot through this three-layer heavy shield.
Relying on the protection of heavy shields, the first squadron suffered minimal casualties and rushed to the trench outside the camp.
Seeing that the distance was no more than thirty meters, the grenadiers and professional officers of the first squadron threw alchemy bombs one after another.
Thirty alchemy bombs exploded in the camp almost at the same time, causing the camp to be filled with dust.
Sputtering shrapnel flew everywhere, directly mowing down a large number of people.
Because the grenadiers threw them very accurately, most of the thirty alchemical bombs exploded in the crowd.
A large number of soldiers were affected by the explosion and suffered heavy casualties.
There were only more than 300 rebels in the camp, and they suffered more than 100 casualties.
The violent explosion stunned the rebels instantly.
There were broken arms and limbs everywhere in the village, and there were miserable cries of casualties everywhere.
Even the first squadron that attacked the stronghold and many recruits were a little dazed when they saw the enemy's miserable state.
These new soldiers were all serf soldiers recruited by Baron Rice and others. After being recruited by Richard, they became auxiliary soldiers and cooperated with the first squadron armored soldiers in combat.
Although he had participated in one battle, he had gained some combat experience and his endurance capacity exceeded that of the new recruits.
But when they saw the power of the alchemy bomb for the first time, the recruits were still frightened. Many recruits even knelt on the ground and prayed to the gods not to rain down thunder.
Martin, the captain of the 1st Squadron, shouted and kicked and beat a recruit to his feet.
"Seize the time to fill in the trenches and open an attack channel for the cavalry."
After hearing the squadron leader's order, the flag bearer waved the flag vigorously.
Brenner's serf army was in the second echelon, beyond the range of the archers. When they saw the order flag, the officers gave the order, and the serf soldiers pushed wheelbarrows and filled the trenches with earth bags.
The surviving soldiers in the camp discovered that the enemy was filling the trenches, and spontaneously organized to fire arrows, killing and injuring the serf soldiers filling the trenches.
The archers of the first squadron also unfurled their bows and set arrows, suppressing the small number of archers in the village.
There are many veterans in the first squadron. There are two people who are at the fourth level of archery, and more than twenty people who are at the third level. Counting the officers, they have five or six enchanted bows in their hands.
The soldiers and officers in the village suffered heavy casualties, and there were only about thirty organized archers.
They exchanged fire with the No. 1 Squadron and soon fell into a disadvantageous position.
Within a few minutes, more than ten people were injured or killed. However, only one of the sharpshooters of the first squadron was killed and two were injured.
Seeing that the archers could not take advantage, they could not suppress the first squadron.
The camp's fall was imminent. With a bit of fanaticism on his face, the camp commander called the soldiers together, took out a short knife, cut the aorta on his wrist, and put his blood into a huge magic circle.
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There was a strange white crystal in the middle of the magic circle. After the crystal was dyed red with blood, it immediately burst out with dazzling light, and a plane passage leading directly to the world of the dead was immediately formed.
The cultists in the cottage used special methods to open a mysterious dimensional passage, and Richard outside had no idea about it.
Waves of fog suddenly spread out from the stronghold. Seeing this scene, Richard's expression changed, and he immediately blew the retreat horn and conveyed the retreat order to the First Squadron.
Richard had seen this kind of fog in a book, it was called the Fog of Death.
There are a lot of mysterious forces in the fog, which will greatly consume the vitality of living creatures. Whether it is humans, animals or trees, as long as they are shrouded in fog, their vitality will be sucked out by the fog sooner or later.
Any corpse that dies in the fog will turn into a terrifying undead.
The undead are very resistant to physical attacks and require elemental and soul magic to kill the undead.
There is only one magician in the army, Richard, who cannot defeat more than a few hundred undead.
The slightly more powerful undead are a bit more difficult to deal with than third-level professionals.
Three hundred undead, even if the legendary warrior comes, the only option is to run away alone.
This kind of problem has arisen in the cottage, which is beyond Richard's control. Now he can only turn to the Church of Dawn, hoping to rely on the power of the church to kill the undead and eliminate the fog.
Fortunately, the fog did not expand quickly, and the undead were not smart and did not like to leave the environment shrouded in the fog of death, so Richard successfully led the soldiers back to Brenner County.
The official roads of the two counties have been blocked by fog. If Richard wants to enter Canyon County for support, he can only take small roads and cross the mountains.