Chapter 496: Such a good thing was wasted on Castel
"You said this is a church?"
Hunter stared in a daze at the thick city wall that was more than 20 meters high, the main body of the church that was hundreds of meters high and as majestic as a mountain, and the groups of fortresses that were connected together.
This, this is a church? The unbreakable Morley Fortress in the Corridor of Despair looks like this, right? Your church is in the Storm Ocean at the very border. This fortress group can be placed at the forefront of the empire's battlefield, making the church's army feel despair. But it's actually on an island? Is the environment in Castel so dangerous?
I have to admit that the concerns of the two crusaders were somewhat justified. Fortunately, he had prepared himself mentally in advance, otherwise he might have been really scared when he saw such a huge fortress.
As the two men left the station and approached the fortress, Hunter's expression became more and more serious.
As an expert in siege warfare, he could understand many of the designs of this fortress.
The fronts of all the fortresses are almost completely closed, and even the shooting holes are very small. However, the walls are made extremely thick, and if you look closely, you can notice that many places have been repaired.
This was prepared for high-intensity battlefields, where it was almost impossible to go out to fight and one could only rely on fortresses for defense.
Most of the damaged city walls are located on the front and have a large enemy exposure area. These city walls should have been damaged in the war.
When he got closer, his eyelids twitched even more.
The thickest part of these walls is more than ten meters, and the average thickness is more than five meters. What can shake such a thick wall? Carefully observing the traces of repair, many of them are hideous cracks on the wall. According to the direction of the crack, it is easy to determine its center point and the size of the impact area. The thing that hit the wall has a diameter of nearly ten meters? ?
Hunter's hands began to tremble. Even if it was the largest battering ram, with its steel-inlaid ramming horns, the marks left would not be even one-tenth of the ones here. What kind of enemies were these churches fighting against? More than 20-meter-high walls, fully enclosed fortresses, and extremely tragic marks. Was this once a battlefield for the gods?
Hunter took a few steps back and looked at the huge fortress complex again.
If it were him, what should he do to capture such a fortress?
One fortress is right next to another, but there is no connection in the middle. There must be an underground passage connecting them. All the shooting holes are trumpet-shaped. It is very easy to shoot from the inside to the outside, but it is basically impossible to shoot from the outside to the inside.
The several fortresses protruding in the front were extremely thick, and the walls were full of holes. The enemy army rushed forward, but was forcibly cut into several sections by the solid stone walls, and was then divided and destroyed by the densely packed city walls and towers in the rear.
There are no weaknesses. Such a group of fortresses has no weaknesses.
If we really have to say it, even if all the fortifications are built to such a high standard, the cost will be an astronomical figure, and it would take an astronomical amount of time just to find these stones.
This miracle required the wisest monarch, the richest treasury, and the most skilled craftsmen in construction. Only by bringing these people together could this miracle be built! Hunter couldn't help but tremble all over. This was exactly what he imagined, the most perfect and solid fortress, the eternal city in the world that would never fall!
“So beautiful”
He fell to his knees, trembling, and stroked the solid city wall with his trembling hands.
The two Skitarii followed in surprise, hesitating whether to restrain him first.
"What happened? We haven't even seen the stellar furnace yet, why is this happening?"
"It seems that there is nothing wrong. It seems that he is just too excited, but not crazy yet."
The two men stood aside muttering, but Hunter, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly froze.
Then he stood up in disbelief, stroked the city wall with trembling hands, and put his face against it to examine it carefully.
"Impossible, this is impossible. Could it be..."
He looked around, picked up a stone from the side, and smashed it against the wall! Bang! Everyone nearby turned to look, and the Skitarii couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey, just watch, don't smash the wall! Look, it's all mud!"
Hunter turned his head suddenly and shouted in a hoarse voice: "What material is this? What material? Tell me quickly!!"
"Uh, this one should be made of No. 7 concrete."
"Concrete!? What is concrete? Why can it be applied at will like cement, yet it is so strong? This is impossible, this is impossible!"
"What's possible and what's impossible? You've seen it right in front of you. You threw a rock at it, and it's still impossible. This is what Castel created."
"Hey, keep your voice down and don't irritate him."
Another Crusader tried to persuade his companion, then looked up at Hunter, who was startled by the sight.
Hunter seemed to be stupid at this moment. He stood there blankly, muttering something.
He had already thrown the stone in his hand away, and his eyes were flashing, as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, so long that the two crusaders began to hesitate whether to control him first, Hunter finally let out a sigh of relief and his eyes gradually focused.
"Come on, I'll go with you to meet that great lord. You may not know how great this invention is. With such magical materials, plus the knowledge in my mind, I can definitely do something that can change the world!"
“Uh, how to change?”
The Skitarii scratched their heads. Concrete, what can it change? This stuff has been used in Blood Harbor for more than half a year. It is indeed very useful for pouring fortifications, but so far there has been no enemy that can break into Castel's fortifications. However, building houses can also be considered changing the world. Many of the poor in Blood Harbor have now moved into resettlement houses. Low-grade concrete is not expensive. With Castel's level of industrialization, it doesn't cost much to build some houses for people to live in.
So that's how it is. This scholar from the North really cares about the people at the bottom of society. This idea is truly admirable.
Hunter hadn't noticed the change in the other person's expression yet. He was obviously a little excited at the moment, and couldn't help but smile. He strode towards the city gate and said:
"This kind of concrete will completely change the structure of castles and fortifications, and thus completely change the form of war. It is a waste to use it on an island like Castel. The battlefield on the mainland is where it should be used!"
"As for this place, you can even rely on it to get rid of the Sea God!"
Hunter could see that these people did not have much loyalty to the Church of Poseidon and were probably under their control. He could use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Lord Zeus!
The two Skitarii scratched their heads in confusion and followed them while muttering to themselves.
"Don't get rid of Poseidon. Without Poseidon, what will Castel burn?"
(End of this chapter)
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