The existence of ancient artifacts is unknown to the people of the wilderness and farmers like Sean. Every lord family with some historical heritage knows about their existence.
To be more precise, ordinary Byronians are also very aware of their existence and are familiar with their legends.
For example, the sword of courage of the Lancelot royal family, the oracle scepter of the Holy Ether Church, the guardian battle flag of the Strachey family, the Thor's hammer of the witch conclave, the lucky crown of the Black family, etc.
Legend has it that the eight great duke families of the Byron Alliance had their own ancient artifacts when they first joined the alliance. This was one of the biggest signs of their rise. The alliance they signed at that time was also called the Alliance of Artifacts.
The first article of the covenant is that you cannot launch a full-scale war against your allies, especially you cannot use ancient artifacts against your allies.
Ancient artifacts can only be used against foreign enemies.
The latest news of the use of ancient artifacts was half a century ago. The use of the protective battle flag of the Strachey family, the guardians of the entire Byron Alliance, reversed the precarious situation of Broken Blood Castle and defeated the East in one fell swoop.
Odin's Imperial Army.
Time changes many things.
As time goes by, reality will turn into history, history will turn into legend, and legend will turn into myth.
Ancient artifacts are somewhat similar to this situation. Most of the time, they only exist in legends, and it is difficult for people to think of their actual power.
With in-depth research on the power of magic, Sean has a better understanding of the real reason why ancient artifacts rarely appear.
The magic power in the entire environment has become thinner, which will make the magic power of these ancient artifacts recover very slowly.
Of course, the ancient artifact has an energy circuit that condenses magical power on its own. Even if no one controls it, the magical energy that still condenses is the best sign.
This energy circuit should be the minimum standard for high-level enchanted equipment, and it is also the most fundamental factor that can still be used today.
Without this energy circuit, it would have become a pile of scrap metal just like the enchanted equipment excavated from the underwater ruins of the Ancient Andis Empire by the leader of the Eternal Night Army, let alone used.
This energy circuit is also the current research core of the Eternal Night Army's Leading Magic Research Institute. Once they master this energy circuit, it not only means that they can create more powerful enchanted equipment, but it also means that they can build their own energy reaction room.
At that time, many things that only exist in Sean's mind will have the possibility to become reality, and the leader of the Yongye Army will also open a brand new door.
Even if the ancient artifact has a magic circuit that automatically gathers energy, the speed of gathering energy is bound to not be too fast.
The soul beast card in Sean's hand is the most obvious sign. If there is no energy reaction chamber or artificial charging for it, Sean can use them once a year and a half, which is the limit.
Compared with the energy contained in the soul beast card, the fluctuations in spell energy emitted by this piece of golden armor are so huge that it cannot be charged by human power.
Unless those archdukes are warlocks themselves and charge their own energy, they will never allow other warlocks to charge it. After all, other people will do it for them, leaving spell marks on it and turning it into exclusive equipment, which is called equipment binding.
There's nothing wrong with it either.
Of course, it cannot be completely ruled out that these forces have something similar to an energy reaction chamber in their hands.
Sean has corrected his attitude. He would rather overestimate the strength of these grand ducal families than underestimate it, especially when the mysterious veil about this world is being unveiled bit by bit.
Time is their greatest heritage. Who knows how many good things they have accumulated over the years.
However, even assuming that they also have energy reaction chambers in their hands, the charging speed will not be too fast.
After all, the energy reaction chamber in my hand has accumulated such terrifying magical energy because no one has used it for more than three hundred years.
If the energy reaction chamber is always activated, it will be used a lot and consume a lot, and it will also be limited by the environment.
In other words, once an ancient artifact consumes too much energy, it will be unable to be used for a long time.
Sean's speculation is close to the truth.
All kinds of confusing information flashed through his mind, and his movements were not idle at all.
After blowing up the big fish like Archduke Buck, Sean no longer cared about attacking other targets. All the black powder cluster bombs were directed at him.
Not only because of the ancient artifact he was wearing, but also because of the value of Archduke Buck himself.
The original leader of the Manyu Army was a lesson learned from the past.
Without Archduke Buck as their leader, the Kingsley family would immediately fall into an internal struggle for power.
Not to mention the distance, Akmesse's position as the marshal of the expeditionary force is probably not secure.
No matter which new Grand Duke takes the throne, there is no guarantee that half of the military power of the entire military leadership will be in the hands of a person who also has the right to inherit.
But would Akmesser hand over the general power so easily? Wouldn't he have any thoughts about the position of the Grand Duke?
I'm afraid it's hard to say.
The poisonous wine of power, once drunk, will make people unable to stop.
Sean's idea is indeed very beautiful, but the difficulty of execution is not that high.
Archduke Buck will not just stand there and wait for death. He is also a great knight himself, and he is not slow at all when running.
What's more, he was guarded by a champion knight, Ada, who was carrying two people and wandering around the camp.
Before the black powder cluster bomb hit the ground, they jumped out more than ten meters, and when it detonated, they ran even further.
Even if it detonated several times within ten meters of them, it only wasted part of the magic power on the golden armor and did not cause any real damage to it.
Because he was prepared this time, the energy shield formed by the golden armor was thicker, and there was no need for a control-level warlock to check for leaks and fill in the gaps.
What surprised Sean the most was that the energy shield of the golden armor was not limited to Archduke Buck himself, but also appeared on the champion knights and control-level warlocks around him. Although it was weaker than the one on Archduke Buck, it was not.
A little bit, but they do exist.
When exchanging information with the Princess Regent, the other party only gave public information about ancient artifacts. Not to mention the royal family's ancient artifact, the Sword of Courage, Sean had no chance to see it. Even the true efficacy of the ancient artifacts was vague.
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After all, this is the core secret of each major family, and the regent princess will not hand it over so easily.
However, after the incident, Yongye Military Leader specially sent people to spy and collect information in this area, but most of the information obtained was hearsay and legends.
When legends are no longer just legends, useful things can really be gleaned from them.
For example, what makes ancient artifacts famous is not the increase in personal strength, but the magical changes it brings to the entire army. The sword of courage of the royal family of Lancelot can give a farmer without much training as much as an elite soldier.
courage.
If the entire Kingsley family army were covered with this kind of energy shield and launched a charge, just thinking about it would make Sean's scalp numb. It would be an army that was not afraid of death and would be caught off guard.
Under this situation, even the three main legions led by the Yongye Army will suffer heavy losses.
At the end of the bombing, Sean no longer expected to capture Archduke Buck or steal the golden armor.
Consuming the golden armor's energy as much as possible has become his only purpose.
Even this goal cannot be easily achieved.
The magical energy on the ancient artifact can be a terrifying existence that can bless the army. It is used for the defense of a few people, and the consumption is not as serious as imagined.
After a round of bombing, the energy consumed is probably less than one thousandth.
On the contrary, the entire camp was turned upside down by those who were bombed.
At this time, Grand Duke Buck could not care less about the casualties of ordinary soldiers and scurried around to avoid this unprecedented attack.
It wasn't until the explosion disappeared for half an hour that Archduke Buck and the others dared to tentatively stop from that high-speed movement.
Grand Duke Buck's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip with water. He gritted his teeth and said, "Who can tell me what happened with that attack just now? How did the enemy attack from the air? How did they know that I was here?"
No wonder he had such doubts. Archduke Buck's appearance here was entirely a temporary decision.
The top assassin he sent was almost taken over by the Eternal Night Army, and two champion knights were captured, and equipment suspected of being an ancient artifact appeared.
The more Archduke Buck thought about it, the more he became uneasy about the Kingsley family's military operations in the Marshes of Despair.
Who knows if the leader of the Yongye Army has a real ancient artifact in his hands?
After all, most of the ancient artifacts in the hands of the Byron Alliance originated from the ancient Andis Empire, and the Andis people have always been known as the most orthodox remnants of the ancient Andis Empire, and the Andis Mountains where they are located are the ancient Andis Empire.
The ruling inner circle of the Andis Empire.
You might just hold a hidden treasure in your hands.
Duke Buck is far superior to Sean in his knowledge and understanding of ancient artifacts. Using ancient artifacts may not necessarily lead to the final victory of the war, but it definitely has the magical power to reverse local wars.
Swamp of Despair is about the future of the Kingsley family. What else is more important than this?
If you don’t use your own ancient artifact now, when will you wait?
After a night of tossing and turning, Archduke Buck finally made up his mind to activate the Kingsley family's ancient artifact, the Golden Armor.
Even if it is not activated and shipped to the front line, it can still be used as a major trump card of the Kingsley family. When necessary, it can have the final say, and it will not necessarily consume all the energy of the golden armor.
As long as we can successfully capture the Swamp of Despair, even if all the energy of the golden armor is exhausted, it will still be worth it.
Archduke Buck was a man who acted resolutely. He would make a decision and then take a group of personal guards on the road, and then mix into the material transportation team. Even the supreme commander of the Kingsley family's Eastern Army, Akmeise, made a decision.
No notice.
Just like Sean thought before, how could a killer weapon of the level of an ancient artifact be easily entrusted to others to escort and use?
Keeping it firmly in your own hands is the most correct choice.
As for whether he secretly inspected the Eastern Expeditionary Army, only Grand Duke Buck himself knew clearly.
His trip this time was not lax, but he was still intercepted halfway, and it was an unbelievable interception. If he hadn't been cautious and noticed something strange, he immediately put the golden armor on himself.
I'm afraid they have turned into a pile of minced meat now.
Archduke Buck was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. It was not just a matter of personal safety.
If he died here, then his dreams and ambitions would all come to nothing.
The centuries-old dream of the Kingsley family will also be in vain. His personal image, Grand Duke Buck, will undergo a 180-degree turn and will be nailed to the pillar of shame of the Kingsley family forever. Can he make a fortune?
The family graves of the Slee family are all a problem.
Various possibilities flashed through Archduke Buck's mind, including suspicion of Akmesser.
What he didn't expect was that this might just be a coincidence. Their camp's previous conservative attitude had betrayed him.
After all, the Material Guard Army exists to protect materials.
Half of the supply team was burned to the ground. They actually stayed in the camp and refused to leave. Everyone could tell there was something wrong.
"Those explosives just now should be the legendary alchemy bombs." Needham is indeed a knowledgeable control-level warlock. He immediately connected everything between the physical objects and the things in the book. Although he missed, he was not far away.
, "Those alchemy bombs all fell from the sky and should have been thrown in."
This last sentence has no confidence.
Sean used high-altitude throws from beginning to end, and did not perform low-altitude operations in order to increase his hit rate.
After all, there was not only a champion knight and a control-level warlock below, but also an ancient artifact whose details he didn't know. If it were knocked down from the sky, it would be a waste of money.
It was the darkest dawn of the day, and they were in a state of panic running around. Few people really noticed Sean flying in the air. At most, they just caught a glimpse, and there was no way to think of it. After all,
Aerial bombing is something that has never been heard of throughout hundreds of years of history.
But when it came to trebuchets, Needham himself didn't quite believe it, let alone how the enemy silently transported the large trebuchets outside their camp.
What kind of trebuchet is as if it has eyes and can throw it so accurately? It is never within ten meters of them?
Moreover, the movement trajectory is not right. It is not a parabola that a normal trebuchet should have. Some of them seem to go straight forward, unless the trebuchet is installed on the top of a mountain. But the problem is that the location of their camp is surrounded by flat rivers, and there is no such terrain at all.
Needham couldn't even convince himself, so how could he convince Archduke Buck?
Champion knight Yada frequently looked at the surrounding night sky, and said with some uncertainty: "Just now I seemed to see that those alchemy bombs were thrown directly from the sky?"
"Thrown directly from the air?" Archduke Buck and Needham looked up at the sky at the same time, as if they wanted to find the embarrassed enemy who was forcing them.
At this time, the sky has turned fish-white, and there is nothing there. There is only the fire in the camp that has not been completely extinguished, and the smoke rising from incomplete combustion. The air is filled with the unique smell of gunpowder smoke.
Compared to Needham's speculation, Ada's was even more unreliable, but the three of them believed it in their hearts, because they had had a similar glimpse just now, but it was too unbelievable and they couldn't say it out loud.
Until it is determined that the alchemy bomb in the enemy's hand has been completely consumed and gone away.
Grand Duke Buck and the others had just begun to organize manpower to put out the fire and treat the wounded soldiers, but from the beginning to the end, the three of them were gathered together, and Grand Duke Buck did not take off his golden armor.
Who knows whether the other party will suddenly respond with a counterattack.
Without golden armor, even humanoid monsters such as champion knights and control-level warlocks would not be able to withstand that level of bombing.
At the same time, the identities of Sir Crest and his party outside were also confirmed and they were let in.
Archduke Buck summoned Sir Crest immediately. After all, they had just been outside and knew more about the situation outside.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" You can imagine Sir Kleist's surprise when he saw the supreme ruler of the Kingsley family appearing in front of him.
At the same time, I also understood why Archduke Buck specifically issued an order to Akmesser to serve as the coach to welcome the team.
Archduke Buck wanted to understand the situation of the Kingsley Family Expeditionary Force through himself before meeting Akmesser.
The miserable appearance in the temporary camp also made Sir Crest's eyes widen.
Could this be caused by those terrifying loud noises earlier?
What exactly happened here?
Was it struck by lightning?
This is such a miserable virtue.
But last night, when the sky was clear and there were loud noises, they didn't see any thunder and lightning?
Could it be that groups of champion knights and control-level warlocks came in?