Path of light

Chapter 823 824. Magic Cannon

In fact, Roy didn't know what the metal cylinders engraved with magic runes in these narrow wooden boxes were.

Since the floating devices, each worth one thousand magic crystals, could be piled on the deck, freeing up a lot of internal space to store these cylinders, Roy felt that these metal cylinders must be more valuable than the floating devices.

I originally wanted to see what was inside the second-floor cabin below the deck of this three-masted sailing ship, but I didn't expect that this floor was also filled with these metal cylinders.

The floating device looks more like it was installed on the ship as an incidental device.

There are basically two types of supplies on this ship.

There were more than 300 floating devices stacked on the deck, and nearly 500 long wooden boxes with metal cylinders in the cabin below the deck.

Such a large amount of cargo caused the ship to have a very deep draft, and the ship was severely damaged. The traces of the battle left on the outside had not been repaired in time.

The deck of another three-masted sailing ship was also filled with floating devices, but in the cabin below the deck were more precious magic boxes. These magic boxes were filled with magical metal parts, and inside the metal were very delicate magic centers. They looked like some precision machinery, but many of the parts had magic patterns and arrays. Roy also couldn't understand what these magic machines were used for.

But the estimated value of these 600 floating devices alone exceeds 600,000 magic crystals.

Roy stood on the deck and said to Captain Jeroin:

"You can't imagine what crazy things my best friend did for these dwarven treasures..."

“If they were still alive and saw these floating devices, I don’t know what they would think.”

"We had planned to travel the entire continent together, but now everything has come to nothing."

Captain Jeroin observed this secret haven, looked around the cave wall, and said:

"Don't be sad, Roy! What we need to think about is how to transport these big boxes away! We can't just leave them here!"

"Our four three-masted sailing ships are already full of elven guards, and now we have to take the elves rescued from the island. I guess they are already fully loaded and can't carry any other supplies."

Roy was not worried at all. He said:

"There are two three-masted sailing ships anchored at the dock of Plusteton Island. I plan to requisition those ships. Now all we have to do is open the gate of the harbor and drive our ships in."

"If possible, I plan to take these two three-masted sailing ships that are about to be abandoned with me. Anyway, there are still many three-masted sailing ships waiting to be repaired on Kui Island..."

After saying that, Roy supported himself on the left side of the ship with one hand, jumped from the deck, and nimbly jumped onto the dock.

…

Walk to the end of the pier.

There is a capstan in the shape of a millstone with a diameter of five meters. The chain connected to the capstan is almost as thick as an adult's waist. Two chains extend from the huge sprocket under the capstan, and through a complex set of pulleys, they are connected to the cave wall several hundred meters away.

There was a gate several dozen meters high, but due to insufficient light, Roy couldn't see clearly what was going on over there.

However, there are already half-elf guards rowing small wooden boats to the edge of the cave wall to check the situation.

This chain passes through a sprocket, and the other end leads directly to the top of the cave. There is actually a fixed pulley on the top of the cave connected to the chain, and a huge counterweight iron is suspended at the highest point of the cave top.

Roy called over several of the strongest-looking half-elf guards. They were all sword dancers, elven warriors with a strength orientation.

Twelve half-elf guards stood in front of the twelve push rods of the winch. They exerted force at the same time, and the huge winch actually began to rotate slowly, and the huge chain connected to the winch also moved slowly with a creaking sound.

However, the rotation speed of the winch is very slow. Every time the winch turns one circle, the chain moves about two meters. After being released through the pulley group, it is finally transmitted to the other side of the cave wall gate, which is only a little finger's distance away.

Roy estimated that it would take at least one or two days to fully open the door.

Roy asked Walker to take the walrus boss back to the pier in the town of Pleasantton, call the fleet over, and have them stop near Captain Ralph's private pier.

The other half-elf guards stayed behind and continued searching this secret haven.

In addition to the two three-masted sailing ships in this safe harbor, the most prepared things are iron cages for holding slaves. It is estimated that the cages in the sea are used to hold the Naga sea people, while the iron cages on the shore are probably used to hold other slaves.

The pier was built with stone slabs, and the gaps between the stones were filled with mortar. The sea water failed to carry away the mortar in the gaps, but instead caused the mortar to solidify into hard stones, covered with a large number of oysters.

If there wasn't a faint stench in the cave and some Naga sea tribe bones floating in the sea, Roy would have even wanted to dig up a few oysters, open the lids and suck them into his stomach...

Roy stood in front of the capstan for a while, then turned to the old gray dwarf and asked:

"Is this how you usually open the door?"

The old gray dwarf had a pale face and looked as if he had lost all hope in life. He ignored Roy's questions.

"That's right. There are slaves on Ralph's ship. Let those slaves push the capstan. Who cares how much time they spend?"

Roy then said something.

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Those cannons don’t have such exquisite gilded magic patterns on the outside.

Roy felt that in this world, the value of anything would increase exponentially as long as it had the word "magic" in it.

The cannons in these long wooden boxes must also be blessed with magic. Miss Tiffany will have to come over to give the correct answer as to what it is.

If it really is a ship full of magic artillery, it would actually be pretty good. If installed on those magic airships, it would give them long-range strike capabilities. After all, the range of the whale-hunting crossbow is limited...

He boarded the ship again, but before he could enter the warehouse below the deck, he was stopped by Captain Jeroin who stuck his head out of the captain's room.

Captain Jeroin waved to Roy at the door of the captain's room:

"Boss Roy, please come here quickly. I saw some information in the captain's diary..."

Roy ran up to the deck and followed Captain Jeroin to a dusty desk.

The captain's room was also full of mold, but it was not as damp as the other rooms. You could see some dust on the seats, dust like mud.

It was obvious that no one had entered the room for a long time, and the floor was covered with Captain Jeroin's footprints.

On the table was a very old monocular telescope and several books that were about to grow mushrooms. Captain Jeroin took out a captain's diary from among the books.

The cover of this captain's diary is made of unknown sea beast leather, and inside is some magic parchment. This kind of paper is made of Warcraft leather, which is moisture-proof and fire-resistant, and it will not rot for a long time and can be preserved for a long time.

There is a brand on the cover of the diary, and the signature on the brand is "Adela" written in Dwarven.

Roy opened the diary and found that he did not recognize the dwarven language at all.

Now he regretted not learning two more foreign languages ​​in the Elf Academy. If he could learn Naga, Imperial, and Dwarven at that time, he would not be so miserable now and need others to translate for him everything he encountered.

Roy looked at Captain Jeroin speechlessly.

Captain Jeroin knew the reason for Roy's embarrassment, and he said to Roy:

"Actually, I know a little bit of Dwarven language. It's also because life in Haiti, the dark land, is very boring every day, so I learned a little bit of every language..."

Roy looked at the unfamiliar words on the page and asked Captain Jeroin:

"What exactly is written on it?"

Captain Jeroin flipped open an article at random, pointed at the words, and translated them to Roy bit by bit:

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"July 3, 1397 in the Elven New Calendar.

I wanted to suggest to Commander Sosa that we rebuild the fleet off the coast of Mensa Plain.

We installed the ship's flotation device on the three-masted sailing ship in advance, so that even if we are sailing on the sea, if we encounter an attack by the Naga sea tribe, we can fly into the air immediately.

But Grand Commander Sosa thought that my proposal was a waste of time, because the outer waters of the Elven Continent are basically full of Gray Dwarf fleets, and there is no danger on this route. Our task is to cross the Endless Sea and the Seven Seas as quickly as possible and reach the Twin Seas in the south as soon as possible.

Only by occupying the island of Garo over there can we, the gray dwarves, possess new territory.

It is a pity that Commander Sosa did not adopt my suggestion.

He believed that these products of Hextech were nothing more than some fancy stuff. Once the fleet equipped with floating devices entered the waters off the coast of the Elf Kingdom and encountered the Silver Pegasus Legion of the Elf Empire, it would inevitably be wiped out. The elves were much more resistant to Hextech than the dwarves.

So my suggestion this time was rejected by the commander-in-chief again!"

Captain Jeroin casually flipped through another article.

"October 17, 1397 in the Elven New Calendar.

Our fleet sailed across the sea off Murayaki and was pursued by the Silver Pegasus Legion. Fortunately, there was no flotation device on the ship. Those Silver Pegasus Knights chased us for three days and then turned around and returned to the Elf Continent.

It’s such a blessing that these Silver Pegasus Knights must not know how many floating devices are installed on my ship!

If they knew, I don’t think our fleet would be able to escape the pursuit of the Silver Pegasus Knights so easily…”

The diary was not finished and was thrown away by the recorder, leaving a large blank space at the end.

As Captain Jelloin turned the page again,

"January 9, 1398 in the Elven New Calendar.

We finally left the sea area frequented by elves, and everyone on the ship relaxed, and there was a dance party in the evening.

Susan has sent me a note saying that she wants to dance with me tonight, and I need to take a shower, trim my beard, and change into clean leather armor.

Unfortunately, most of the space on the deck was taken up by cargo boxes, so we had to hold the party on the roof.

I just hope those floating devices can be unloaded from my ship as soon as possible!

And that bunch of useless magic cannons...

I really don't understand why the commander-in-chief brought out these magic cannons!

They should have stayed in the supply warehouse. They were suitable for destroying fixed points on the ground, but they could not defend against the Silver Pegasus Legion.

They shouldn't be here.

Unless we build an air fleet and defeat the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Otherwise, our magic airship and magic cannon will always have to be hidden in the cabin..."

Captain Jeroin stopped reading here, took a sip of water, and threw the captain's notes aside.

"It turns out that the wooden boxes on this ship are filled with floating devices and magic cannons. Are these magic cannons not very powerful? It seems that this gray dwarf captain doesn't like magic cannons very much..."

Roy stood opposite Captain Jeroin, found a chair and sat down and said.

"Magic cannons need shells. The power of a magic cannon depends entirely on the shells, and these are very expensive."

"You can think of this thing as a giant whaling crossbow. In fact, how powerful the giant whaling crossbows on the magic airship are depends entirely on what kind of magic crossbow arrows you use. The magic crossbow arrows you purchased are all high-end products, so your magic airship can snipe the Dark Faceless Warlord at high altitudes."

"If you want to install magic cannons on your magic airship, you must contact the Magic Guild to purchase ammunition suitable for these magic cannons..."

Roy nodded and said:

"When Grams comes over next time, I'll ask him if he can get the ammunition for the magic cannon. Are you sure there's none in the cabin?"

Captain Jeroin shook his head and responded:

"We searched all the cabins, but we couldn't find any ammunition for the magic cannons. Also, these magic cannons shouldn't only have barrels. They should also be equipped with a very heavy gun mount that can adjust the elevation and left and right angles, but these gun mounts are not on the ship either."

“But we found this…”

As he spoke, Jeroin took out a blueprint of a magic cannon shell and said to Roy with a smile:

"As long as we have this blueprint, we can ask those great magicians to make some by hand."

"So this is the dwarf treasure that Ralph mentioned..."

Roy said after sighing.

Then Captain Jeroin asked Roy:

"Can these two barques be repaired?"

Roy said: "It should be OK. We have plenty of replacement parts on board..."