Chapter 389 The Problem
Zhou Xu has always been very proactive, he would go wherever he wanted.
Seeing this, Wang Dong also stood up quickly.
"It's just right. I'll go to Black Moon Village as well."
On the one hand, he most likely cannot avoid this matter. As the person closely involved, Wang Dong must confirm the situation personally.
On the other hand, during this period of rest, he was not idle. He was fulfilling his duties as a teacher and earnestly teaching the village management to read.
His job was not fixed in Salt Lake Village. From time to time, he had to go to other villages to teach a few classes and check homework, such as Black Moon Village.
Since the last halftime break, the two have rested for a while.
Although it cannot be said that it has fully recovered, normal operations will not be affected.
Zhou Xu and Wang Dong rode their horses at full speed all the way and arrived at Black Moon Village at almost the fastest speed.
When Zhou Xu arrived here, he went straight to the forging department without saying a word.
Seeing their leader appear, Wang Dachui naturally knew what was going on.
Without further ado, Zhou Xu walked in and spoke directly...
"Where are all the finished gun heads?"
"On the weapons rack over there."
Following the direction of Wang Dachui's finger, Zhou Xu soon saw a batch of iron spears that had been completed and were waiting to be enchanted and strengthened.
Picking up two of the iron spears, Zhou Xu didn't stay here for long. He turned around and left, heading straight for his residence.
"You guys stay here, no one is allowed to come in without my order."
"yes!"
For the next test, he needed a relatively quiet environment so that he could concentrate better.
Zhou Xu walked into the room and sat down at his desk. He placed the two iron spears steadily in front of him, and then quickly added the effect of "primary weapon blessing" to them.
Then Zhou Xu took a breath, and after waiting for a while, he gently placed his hand on one of the iron spears, trying to sense the power of the mantra on it.
I don’t know if it’s because the effect of this mantra was bestowed by him, so this time the perception went particularly smoothly.
At that moment, Zhou Xu clearly felt that there was a force slowly flowing on the tip of the enchanted iron spear.
[Logically speaking, the "Primary Weapon Blessing" should have the effect of automatically absorbing natural energy and maintaining the continuous operation of the mantra. The power of the iron spear is exhausted, so there must be something wrong. ]
As this thought flashed through his mind, Zhou Xu quickly discovered the problem during his continued perception process.
At this moment, the problem happening to this iron spear can be fully summarized in four words, that is, 'income is not enough to cover expenditure'.
The 'primary weapon blessing' he bestowed on the iron spear was indeed absorbing natural energy for replenishment, but the absorption efficiency was very low.
On the other hand, in order to keep the iron spear sharp and tough, the rate of continuous energy consumption obviously exceeds the rate of replenishment, and it is natural that it will eventually lose power completely.
And in this case, even if one absorbs a bit of power with the effect of the 'primary weapon blessing', it will soon be consumed again, and will be constantly overdrawn, thus falling into an unsolvable vicious circle.
In fact, the above enchantment effect is functioning normally, but judging from the result, this enchantment added to the iron spear is basically no different from a 'disposable consumable'.
This reminded Zhou Xu of an effectiveness issue he had thought of when he was discussing the Silver Steel Sword with Silk.
Iron is obviously less efficient. Simply put, it may require twice the energy to produce only half the effect.
This is also the main reason why the 'primary weapon blessing' was placed on the iron spear and eventually became a 'disposable consumable'.
After Zhou Xu figured out the problem, he felt even more depressed.
Because this problem cannot be solved now unless he can find a special metal like "mithril" to improve the "effectiveness" of the weapon.
Judging from the time, even if he could find it, it would be impossible for him to have enough time to open up the mine, mine the ore, smelt the alloy, and forge weapons.
Not to mention that he can't find it now...
Zhou Xu let out a long breath, adjusted his mood, and came to the testing ground outside the village with two iron spears.
He now needs to take another test.
There was no need to make any preparations. Zhou Xu picked up the enchanted iron spear and stabbed it directly into a target made of straw rope.
Thanks to the enchanted effect, he didn't even have to use much effort, and the sharp tip of the spear easily penetrated the target.
After trying this, Zhou Xu quickly took the two iron spears and tried to sense them again.
Then he made a new discovery. The iron spear he had just used to stab the target had slightly less remaining mantra power than the other iron spear that had not been used.
At present, the difference is not big, but it is enough for Zhou Xu to draw a conclusion, that is, in the process of attack, the power added will be further depleted.
After confirming this, Zhou Xu picked up the enchanted iron spear that had never been tested for attack. This time he directly found a wooden stake and stabbed it with force.
The wooden stake was hard, but it could not withstand the sharpness of the iron spear, and the spear head penetrated halfway smoothly.
Then he drew out the iron spear and Zhou Xu sensed it.
"call--"
At this moment, he completely confirmed that the power of the enchantment would be consumed with the attack. The greater the attack intensity, or the greater the impact on the iron spear, the greater the consumption.
This is not good news.
Because this situation made him clearly realize that during wartime, the enchantment on this iron spear might not last even a week.
Once a battle breaks out, perhaps just one battle, the enchanted power attached to the iron spear will be exhausted.
At this rate of consumption, with hundreds of enchanted weapons, if enchantments need to be continued, even if Wang Dong has a four-star spiritual attribute to support him, he may not be able to withstand it...
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu felt really melancholy.
However, he did not intend to completely cancel the arrangement of enchanting weapons.
Although iron weapons consume too much enchanted power, they do increase their power.
"Pass on my order and have the forging department reduce the number of all enchanted weapons by half. After completing the forging of this batch of enchanted weapons, start forging ordinary iron weapons with all your strength."
He did not intend to completely abandon enchanted weapons, but judging from the current situation, it was no longer realistic to equip all personnel with them.
He planned to equip only the Centaurs and a small number of elite humans with enchanted weapons to increase their combat effectiveness.
As for the elven knights, their silver steel swords are better than this and they don't need it at all.
(End of this chapter)
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