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Chapter 19 The Impossible Composite Crossbow
Master Eld, with a stern face, picked up the bow himself amidst a crowd of onlookers.
He nocked an arrow and began to draw the bowstring.
The initial force made him frown, and he felt even more disdain.
That's it? That's it?
This weight is far lower than any war bow he has ever used in his life!
The arrows that were shot probably couldn't even penetrate leather armor fifty paces away.
He was ready to use facts to slap this ignorant person in the face.
He drew back the bowstring.
Just as the bowstring is fully drawn and the force reaches its peak—
A miracle happened.
When the pulley system rotates to a specific angle, the tension on the bowstring is suddenly released!
A tremendous force of deflection came over him, almost causing him to lose his grip on the bowstring and stagger forward!
The fully drawn bow, which normally requires over a hundred pounds of force to maintain, can now be easily hooked with just two fingers.
The bow's body was as steady as a rock.
He steadily aimed at a high-strength steel target in the distance, used for testing the hardness of heavy armor.
That was a target that even a troll's battle axe could only leave a shallow mark on.
"This...how is this possible!?"
Master Eld's pupils suddenly contracted to a single point, his entire face filled with disbelief.
He couldn't understand why this monster in his hand, called the "Composite Bow," was so illogical!
Filled with shock and hesitation, he loosened his grip.
"Boom——!"
A deep, muffled thud, far shorter and more violent than the sound of an ordinary bowstring!
That wasn't the singing of wood and strings, but a pure, suppressed release of violence!
The black arrow vanished from the bowstring, leaving only a barely perceptible afterimage in the air.
next second.
"clang!!!"
A piercing clang of metal clashing rang out!
The finely refined steel target in the distance was pierced through the center by that seemingly ordinary arrow!
The fletching of the arrow was still vibrating wildly behind the target, emitting a mournful "buzzing" sound!
The entire workshop was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
All the elves gasped, staring blankly at the steel target that had been pierced through.
That arrow was incredibly powerful!
When they looked at the "ugly" composite bow again, their gaze had shifted from doubt to fervent shock and worship!
Master Eld stared blankly at the steel target in the distance.
He loosened his grip, and the uniquely shaped composite bow fell to the ground with a clatter, but he acted as if he hadn't heard it.
He seemed to have lost his soul, staggering to the steel target, reaching out his bark-like hand, trembling as he touched the grotesque hole.
"No...impossible...this is absolutely impossible..."
His lifelong pride, those sacred bow-making manuals that he regarded as the gold standard, were now shattered by a single punch in front of this "ugly" weapon.
Fendona quickly stepped forward and picked up the composite bow from the ground.
Unlike Elder, she wasn't fixated on tradition; she only saw hope.
She imitated Lin Mo and nocked an arrow.
The initial force of the string being pulled made her heart skip a beat; it was very heavy.
But just when she thought she was about to use all her strength, the pulley system turned, and the tension in the bowstring suddenly disappeared by more than half.
When the bow is fully drawn, it actually requires less effort than when it's half-drawn!
What kind of genius design is this?
She can focus all her energy on aiming, and even get distracted.
She aimed at another refined steel target and released it.
"clang!!!"
With a loud bang, the arrow pierced deep into the bullseye, its fletching buzzing.
Fendona's heart skipped a beat at the loud noise.
She put down the composite bow, picked up the best traditional longbow of the elves, and shot an arrow at the same target with all her might.
With a clang, the arrow was deflected.
High judgment.
One requires you to exert all your strength, and all you can do is scrape the other person's skin.
Another one makes you feel relaxed and comfortable, yet can pierce through the other person's shell.
Fendona stood there, her body trembling uncontrollably.
"A divine artifact...this is a true divine artifact!"
"Don't rush, this is nothing." Seeing that these elves were like they had never seen the world before, Lin Mo decided to give their little hearts a little more excitement.
He picked up the crossbow he had just assembled; it was much smaller than a compound bow and looked like a large toy.
Lin-Arms Dealer-Mo handed the "toy" to a young elf guard who was staring in disbelief.
"Here, try this."
"See this trigger? Aim it at those straw men and pull it repeatedly."
The guard nervously took it, his palms sweaty.
He imitated Lin Mo, quickly pulling the trigger towards a row of scarecrow targets thirty meters away.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
The dense, whistling sounds blended together; it wasn't arrows shooting at all, but water being splashed!
In less than three seconds, ten crossbow bolts from the magazine were unleashed, turning five scarecrows in the area in front into piles of rotten straw.
The whole process only requires winding the trigger once; afterwards, you just need to pull the trigger, and it will wind automatically.
"Oh my God!"
All the elves were petrified again.
If the composite bow overturned their understanding, then this repeating crossbow is like repeatedly grinding their understanding into the ground.
The invention of the composite bow and the repeating crossbow was just the beginning.
The real show will begin when the enchanting techniques accumulated by the elves over thousands of years meet the industrial achievements of Earth.
The atmosphere inside the workshop had changed.
The once stubborn and conservative Master Eld now had bloodshot eyes and looked as excited as a madman about to sleep with another man's wife.
He held a newly enchanted composite bow, but his gaze wasn't that of someone looking at a weapon; it was clearly that of someone looking at a naked married woman.
"Lord Lin Mo! Princess Fendona! Look at this!"
His voice was a little hoarse, and pale blue runes shone on the body of the composite bow.
The originally cold mechanical structure now has a texture reminiscent of "special effects skin".
Lin Mo also became interested.
Magical enchanting?
Fendona immediately signaled to Lyon, the tribe's strongest archer, to step forward and test it.
Lyon, a legend of the Elf Kingdom, is known as a humanoid self-propelled eagle-eye system, with eyesight so good that he can see the wings of a butterfly a kilometer away.
He took the bow, his expression serious.
Nock the arrow and pull back.
A look of surprise flashed across his face the moment the pulley system locked.
This effortless experience of drawing a full bow made him feel like he could aim for eternity.
"Target: 1000-meter rock target!"
This is the maximum effective range of a traditional elven longbow.
As magic was infused, a pale blue light shone.
"Buzz—!"
The bowstring twanged dull and short, but the arrow flew out with a sharp whistling sound!
Around the arrow, a light blue airflow cone appeared out of thin air, reducing air resistance to the extreme!
Lin Mo was slightly startled.
The black arrow left a trail of afterimages in the air.
The rock target, a kilometer away, exploded in response!
It wasn't a penetration, it exploded!
Debris flew everywhere, as if I had been hit by a small-caliber artillery shell!