CHAPTER 1684: CHAPTER 551: CHARIOT CHARGE (PART 2)

"The Kuerke Flying Blade of the Antelope Warriors is one of their great skills. You don’t want me to waste their talent, do you? If we categorize all airborne cavalry as long-range archers, what about the javelins of the Panta Warriors? In close combat, the heavy three-edged javelin and the Sky Flower Rain’s flying blades are far more threatening than archery!" Elise enjoyed Richard’s ignorance with a touch of humor. "Richard, my plan is to have all remaining ’Shuriken Archers’ filled by Hippo Poets of the House tribe and Mastiff People of the Doug tribe! Since the kingdom has handed over these two vassal clans to you, there are plenty of adult men. Picking a thousand strong men is more than adequate! These stout men are both incredibly courageous and strong in physique. Plus, with the water-keeping badges provided by the freshwater Mermaids, the Hippo people, whose skin would usually dry out, have now become an amphibious strong combat race. Such excellent troop resources wouldn’t be wasted by any country. However, you’re ambitious and have a wider perspective, dismissing these inexperienced novices. So, I’m taking this opportunity to let these naturally powerful Hippo Poets and Mastiff Warriors all become ’Shuriken Archers’ of exquisite quality!"

Liu Zhenhan suddenly understood. It seemed that the Aegean Flower had a bit of cleverness, not just a pretty face!

"You idiot! Finally, you’ve figured it out, haven’t you? Whether it’s Hippo Beamon or Mastiff Beamon, they’re both monstrously strong. Once they become Shuriken Archers, they can certainly use the Quakdor Stringed Battlebow, which requires immense strength!" Elise tapped Old Liu on the forehead with her finger. "Our archers’ unit has always been a weak spot, and this is the perfect opportunity to completely transform it! With the magically enhanced longbows, our Shuriken Archers will have at least double the range of our opponents, whether it’s in siege, aerial battle, or exchanges—completely suppressing the enemy!"

"Having O’Neal switch to become an archer? This guy can finally take the lead with the Birdwing Crossbow Car!" Liu Zhenhan imagined in his mind, a thousand six hundred and sixty-five strong men firing at the enemy, while the enemy could only stare helplessly from a thousand yards away.

"Richard, Figo hasn’t learned archery skills. He said he also wanted to join the Shuriken Archers, so I let him." Avril laughed.

"Damn!" Liu Zhenhan was shocked, thinking that Figo’s strength as an archer would require a custom bow and arrows. The heavy arrows he shoots might even make a dragon break out in a cold sweat.

"Let me also tell you about the arrangement for the mighty Flower Knights. I prioritized these spots for the Summer Palace aides! Although the Centaur Tribe’s divine arrows, Zither Blade, have decent archery, the pull of the Quakdor String is too great. Besides Ronaldo, the Hippo giant, and Nedved, who has the ’Faceless Giant Beast Belt’ enhancing his physical strength, the other aides cannot use the longbows with magical mercury strings. With our ordinary war bows, even with magic mercury in the limb, the range can’t reach beyond a thousand yards! But once the aides’ physical strength is increased, this problem will be solved. With the magical mercury strings, others can only wait to be sniped by them!" Elise said with a smug look. "Richard, if you need to increase the strength of the priests for smashing the War Song Scrolls, I can make room. Anyway, only a hundred and two Summer Palace aides have been blessed as mighty warriors, leaving the majority of spots still unfilled!"

"Your thoughts are really meticulous, my Divine Princess." Liu Zhenhan was slightly embarrassed that he hadn’t thought as far as Elise: "So you plan to create three battalions of ultra-long-range archers out of thin air using maneuver and application techniques! Now, we still have a battalion of Musketeers offering the East Wind Break arrows, several Divine Arrows, Zither Blades, and Golden Star Shooters in the kingdom, plus three hundred elite Elves in the second-line Tiger Legion. Increasing the priest’s strength isn’t really necessary; we can put that aside for now. How do you think I should choose the remaining mighty warriors?"

"That’s exactly what I’ve been pondering! Although the Musketeers are natural archers, it’s difficult for them to become qualified shooters quickly. Just having strength isn’t enough! Among the remaining two choices, the Golden Star Shooters and Divine Arrows, Zither Blades, of the Bimon Kingdom have a fair number, but once enlightened, we won’t be able to manage them in the House of Jade Green, and we’ll have to supply them with magic mercury bows. The arms factory is currently balancing the Shuriken Archers’ equipment needs, so even if you enlighten a batch of strong Houses, the logistics can’t keep up, which is meaningless! The situation for Elves and mighty Houses is similar, both needing equipment supply!" Elise sighed: "In truth, it depends on whether the magic mercury bow production can keep up. Otherwise, even if we take a shortcut to enlighten mighty archers, they might not be put to use."

"Eliminating the engraving, decorations, and polishing procedures, using the Difeng Giants’ casting techniques, coupled with so many Blacksmiths assisting, three thousand magical mercury bows can be made within a week. Just... the appearance might be a bit rough." Liu Zhenhan thought it over and concluded that three thousand archers were possible, but the key was whom to enlighten and what compromises to make on equipment.

"That would be simple. When His Majesty the King returns to House of Jade Green tonight, you can ask for half a battalion of Houses Archers. Our Elves will absolutely not use crudely made war bows!" Elise stated a fact. For the aesthetically inclined Elves, if a war bow isn’t engraved, embellished, or polished, even if forced to use it, they won’t exhibit even a fraction of their archery skills.

"Seems like that’s the best option!" Liu Zhenhan put his fingers to his mouth and whistled, beckoning O’Neal from afar: "Come over here!"

O’Neal shuffled over with a group of warriors, looking like a formidable force, as if they were coming to fight.

"O’Neal, let me see your newly mastered Shuriken Archery!" Liu Zhenhan gestured to Nedved: "Pavel, lend your bow and arrows to O’Neal for a moment."

"Without gilded bows and arrows, they can’t be used by the Shuriken Archers." Xiao Kong quietly reminded his adoptive father from the side.

Liu Zhenhan’s heart skipped a beat reflexively at this requirement, tormented by the Golden Dwarves’ affliction. But compared to the Thunder Sons, the Flower Knights were much more reasonable. It was merely gilding, not solid gold, an expense that the House of Jade Green could bear.

The maids handed over dozens of gold coins into Jiro’s hands. Everyone’s eyes were as huge as Old Liu’s, eager to see what was meant by the abilities of ’Golden Branch and Jade Leaf’.

Xiao Kong’s eyes were red, holding his breath, he fiercely rubbed those gold coins in his palm, strangely merging into flowing golden water, like a sentient water snake. The golden stream coated Nedved’s two bows, one short and one long, and the tips of a dozen arrows with a layer of bright golden foil, gleaming brightly.

"Is this done?" Liu Zhuzhan asked Jiro.

"No problem." Xiao Kong nodded.

"Damn! That’s dozens of gold coins!" O’Neal felt a pang of pain, taking the gold bow and golden arrows, shook his two thick, strong arms fiercely. Miraculously, the two golden bows slowly rose from his hands, hovering to the left and right behind him in the air. Two golden arrows seemed to be picked up by an invisible hand, placed on the bowstring, and with a creak, pulled into a full moon.

Liu Zhuzhan’s eyes were opened almost to pop out of his eye sockets; this kind of archery skill really had the charm of Seven-Colored Dragon’s metal control!

Two points of golden arcs flashed in the air in an instant, followed by a series of cracking sounds from the distant bamboo forest, where broken branches and shattered ones lay scattered. General Pan swore loudly, angrily like a farmer whose crops were pecked by a sparrow.

Liu Zhuzhan saw clearly that these two points of golden light both went towards their respective targets, definitely multitasking!

"How about it, Pavel?" Regarding bow and arrow skills, Liu Zhuzhan was almost clueless, but seeing O’Neal’s stance apparently strong, he cautiously sought expert opinion.

"Too showy, lacking in combat effectiveness." Nedved bluntly gave an evaluation: "This arrow control skill lacks enough shooting speed. If facing me in a duel, I only need one ’Spinning Leaf Arrow’ to block Big O’s attack, or with a faster shot speed, shoot an arrow to get Big O! First kill!"

"If our enemies all had archery skills like you, I think I’d rather betray and surrender early." Liu Zhuzhan laughed.

"Come on, Pavel!" O’Neal was quite unconvinced: "Now with only two bows, in fact, I can control four bows in the air, plus one war bow in hand, shoot five arrows at once! Can you block it?"

"With your shooting speed, even ten bows can’t match one of mine! Skills are irreplaceable, and archery speed can only be achieved through years of practice, gradually reaching a high realm!" Nedved sneered lightly: "Big O, you and I are both from the House clan, I’ll give you some truth, archery isn’t about being more dazzling, shooting speed is reached through constant practice over the years!"

"Big O, you can shoot five bows simultaneously? Such an impressive Golden Image Jade Quality!" Liu Zhuzhan’s eyes lit up, he didn’t care about House archery skills, how many people could reach Nedved’s monstrous level? Shooting through a poplar leaf at a hundred paces was merely amateur to the divine archer Zeqing, but in Old Liu’s eyes, that was expert level!

"Father King, Shiche Shiche, exactly taking the meaning of dense arrow branches, like the crossbow arrow car!" Xiao Kong bitterly smiled and explained: "This hippopotamus warrior is a Palace Commander level Shiche Shooter, can control five bows, four in the air, holding one bow! One level below him is a Brigade Commander level Shiche Shooter with four bows, controlling three in the air and one in hand, ordinary Shiche Flower Knight is at least three bows! These Shiche Shooters can divide targets with precision errors not exceeding a flower’s distance."

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