The Last Alchemist

In the baron's palace, Savvy and several craftsmen assigned by the baron worked together and quickly built Rosen's new studio.

"Master, what should we do now?" Savvy asked respectfully.

"Have you completed the calculation task I gave you?" Rosen asked.

Savi suddenly looked like he had a toothache, and the fat on his cheeks twitched: "Master, it's still a little bit worse. It will be fine soon."

He couldn't speak clearly, which showed how difficult Rosen's task was for him.

Rosen waved his hand and said, "Well, then you can continue to calculate."

With a grimace on his face, Savi took the parchment and quill and hid in the corner of the studio to study.

It's not that he doesn't want to work hard, it's just that this question is too difficult and involves too much new knowledge, which is far beyond the limit of his ability. However, Rosen is right. In the past few days, he has been studying the details of composite lenses carefully. Although the craftsmanship has not been finally solved, the understanding of geometric optics has been much deeper.

Because of the discovery of these benefits, although Savi sighed, he was still doing his best to calculate.

Rosen ignored the frowning fat man and turned to Annie: "Here, show me your hand crossbow."

Annie handed over the crossbow.

Rosen took it in his hand, tried to pull the string, and felt the strength, but it only felt a little laborious: "Annie, this hand crossbow is too light for you."

Bar? "

Annie nodded: "Yes, I can barely feel the force. I can wind it with just one hook of my finger. The speed is faster, but the shooting force is also weaker."

Rosen carefully looked at the materials used in the hand crossbow. The main body of the hand crossbow was made of hardwood. The crossbow arm, which is responsible for storing energy, was made of ordinary oak. The surface of the oak was smooth and shiny. It was obvious that it had undergone some special anti-insect and anti-insect treatments. Mildew treatment, the bow string of the crossbow is made of beef tendon, and a layer of yellow wax for maintenance is specially applied on the beef tendon.

Generally speaking, this is the most common hand crossbow. It can cause fatal damage to ordinary people within 15 steps. If it is supplemented with special arrows and shoots at vital points, it can also cause damage to some monsters.

But if the monster has rough skin and thick flesh, and an amazing reaction speed, then this hand crossbow is basically just a decoration.

After reading it over and over again, Rosen took out the parchment, quill, and ink, and lay on the workbench beside him, writing and drawing. After more than 10 minutes, he suddenly said: "Annie, your hand crossbow is too weak. Now, I’m going to use steel as the main material to build a new crossbow to increase its lethality.”

Anne glanced at the parchment in front of Rosen and saw that there were many crossbow parts drawn on it, and many strange words were listed next to it. She tried to read it for a while, but felt dizzy and could only look away. Asked: "How strong is the steel crossbow?"

"It can reach more than 10 times that of this hand crossbow, and can shoot up to 200 meters. Of course, it will be more difficult to string, and the strength will probably exceed 10 times that of this hand crossbow."

Annie's eyes lit up: "10 times! 200 meters? Of course."

"Then I'll go to the Baron and ask for some iron."

With that said, he walked out of the studio and walked around the courtyard of the Baron's Mansion. He didn't find the Baron, so he asked the guards and learned that the Baron was currently directing the reinforcement of the wooden city wall at the east entrance of the town.

He was about to go out to find the Baron. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Matt, a butler, walking towards him.

Matt had just received more than ten francs from Rosen, and he had a very good impression of Rosen. He took the initiative to say hello: "Mr. Rosen, do you seem to have something wrong?"

Rosen nodded and did not hide his purpose: "My friend Annie also wants to participate in the town defense battle. You know, she is a very powerful hunter. If she can get powerful weapons, she can even Fighting the werewolf alone, so I want to get some iron from my uncle so that I can get a new crossbow for her."

When Matt heard this, he agreed: "It is indeed a very good idea. Although many people are prejudiced against mutant stalkers, they are indeed very powerful warriors. However, the Baron is very busy now, so there is no need for such a small thing. Please trouble him and I can solve it for you."

"Oh, really? Thank you very much."

Matt smiled and asked, "How much iron do you need?"

Rosen estimated: "About 15 pounds."

"It's only 15 pounds. Come with me." Matt waved his hand to Rosen and walked towards the weapons depot in the yard.

Rosen followed immediately.

Matt arrived at the door of the weapons depot, but did not go in. Instead, he walked towards a small room next door. After opening the door, a strong smell of damp musty and rust hit his face.

"There are broken swords here that were damaged during soldiers' training and have not had time to be repaired by the blacksmith. Although the surface is very rusty, they are all made of good iron. If you can use them, just take some."

Rosen looked into the small house and saw at least 20 broken swords placed casually against the wall. The surface was covered with old marks, but it could be seen from the rust that these irons were indeed quite good.

He was very satisfied, walked into the room, picked up three broken swords, weighed them, and said, "These are almost enough."

Even though it was a broken sword, he didn't take it for nothing. He dug into his pocket and took out more than 30 rontes and stuffed them towards Matt.

Matt subconsciously refused: "Hey~ What are you doing? These irons are free."

Rosen smiled and said: "Uncle Matt, how can you get iron without money? In this town, a pound of iron costs at least 4 rontes. There are more than 10 pounds of good iron here. I only give 30 rontes, which is already too little." ”

Matt hesitated for a moment, then took the money. His attitude became better: "Okay, if you want to use iron again in the future, just come here and get it. You cured the master's disease, and no one will make things difficult for you because of this little iron."

Rosen was stunned: "I just treated the uncle, how did it heal?"

Matt smiled and said: "You don't know. In just a moment, the red spot on the master's arm has turned light brown. The master is so happy that he has been praising your medicine as a miracle drug."

Rosen was also very happy and nodded repeatedly: "Oh~ That's good, that's good."

After the two chatted for a few more words, Rosen said goodbye to Matt and walked towards the studio with the broken sword.

When they arrived at the studio, Rosen asked Annie: "Can you use the blacksmith furnace?"

"Of course. I learned it specifically in Holdberg."

"Okay. You will be my assistant, and we will start making crossbows now."

"No problem." Annie agreed at once.

Rosen immediately began to arrange specific actions: "Then, you heat these irons red. I will calculate the specific parts needed."

Then, the two of them were busy with their own work.

The crossbow structure is not complicated, and there is a ready-made crossbow as a reference. Rosen quickly drew the specific part size, and then he began to design the mechanical properties of the steel required for the parts.

On the other side, Annie also started to light the furnace. At first, her technique was not very skilled, but soon she found the trick and soon burned the furnace very vigorously. Several broken swords on the crucible were burned red and almost melted.

"Rosen, it's almost done."

"Well~ I'm almost done here."

Rosen finished the last few tasks and checked them again. After confirming that they were correct, he walked to the furnace and poured oxygen into the furnace.

'Boom~' The fire instantly turned pure white, and the color of the broken sword turned white, and then it began to melt into molten iron like a candle.

Although it was not the first time that she had seen such a terrifying white flame, Anne still felt a deep sense of awe in her heart. Not far away, Savi was also attracted. He shrank his body and muttered in a low voice: "The Lord of the Activated Flame is here again."

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Here, Rosen was busy making a new crossbow for Anne, and at the east gate of Sunderland Town, the Baron was standing on a watchtower behind the wooden wall, holding the new magic mirror that Rosen had repaired for him, constantly watching the situation outside the town.

Using the magic mirror to observe the enemy situation was the result of the Baron's inspiration.

'Not bad, very good, you can see clearly from miles away. Hmm~ Rosen's craftsmanship is really reliable. It's a pity that this thing is too expensive, otherwise I will equip each guard with a magic mirror, and I wonder who can sneak attack me! '

The Baron loved and regretted the magic mirror.

At the same time, more than a dozen miles away from Caopo Village, Dias, who had just escaped from Sunderland, was unfortunately captured by bandits. He was stripped naked, locked in a carriage, and transported to the mountains outside Caopo Village.