novelraw Chapter 646 - 432: Ranged Attrition Tactics, the Hunt Begins
Chapter 646 - 432: Ranged Attrition Tactics, the Hunt Begins
For this, even if there are some casualties or building damage, he will not hesitate.
As the basic territory grows larger and the population increases,
he can no longer be a hesitant caretaker like before.
If the wings spread too wide, the fledgling cannot learn to fly.
Zong Shen now only wants others to develop the ability to stand alone.
As the first batch of Heroic level talents, they will all become the backbone of the territory.
Moreover, a hero can also recruit heroes under their name.
He hopes that even if he’s not in the territory or other situations occur,
the other heroes in the territory can shoulder the responsibility and let the territory develop stably, rather than stagnating in place.
Including independent battles, it’s actually the same.
Zong Shen’s territory has one to two hundred warriors.
He’s cherished his feathers too much; this really isn’t right.
Only the pain of bleeding is the best teacher, which can promote everyone’s growth and progress.
Including Wenresa and Doris, whom he currently designates as Combat Heroes.
It’s because he realized this that Zong Shen has fully changed his previous style.
When the territory was still weak, cherishing feathers and being cautious was the right choice.
However, once the territory gradually grows stronger, it must not be too tense.
This will limit the potential of the territory, with clearly hundreds of farmers, over a hundred warriors, and several hundred Kobolds,
but still not able to mobilize completely.
Experience is necessary, bleeding is necessary, this is the only way to cope with the territory’s multi-threaded development.
No matter how powerful Zong Shen is, at the same time he can only handle one thing.
He wears a battle helmet, isolating most of the wind while traveling.
After loading people, the Burden-Bearer Mecha has a higher weight.
This makes its travel in the snow more stable.
The self-made snow shovel added at noon also played a big role.
The height of the snow shovel is slightly higher than the height of the chassis, and the position of the tenon joint allows for appropriate adjustments.
Now the whole height can just shovel up snow and ice fragments higher than the chassis position ahead.
Even some protruding ice layers will be shoveled away.
The bottom edge of the snow shovel has been slightly polished.
It can shovel the ice layer and floating snow at a specific cutting angle.
The body of the shovel uses a forged steel plate of joint thickness; it’s strong enough to ensure its use.
Matched with the dedicated Magic Energy Core of the powerful torque Burden-Bearer Mecha.
It can endow the snow shovel with powerful shoveling power.
However, as the temperature continues to drop, once it enters a polar state of minus 50℃.
The hardness of the ice layer will further increase, and the strength of the steel plate will appear to slightly degrade.
The craftsmanship of these snow shovels is more complex than that of the Protective Chain Spike.
Also recognized by the Lord System, it belongs to a Refined Level forged item.
[Riveted Snow Shovel (Green)]
[Quality: Refined Level]
[Durability: 500]
[Effect: Can clear up to 70 centimeters of snow or 30 centimeters of ice layer]
This is a very practical item, especially for Zong Shen.
But it’s not suitable for hanging and selling, because Magic Energy Mechanisms like the Burden-Bearer Mecha are not commonplace; it’s those Anti-Slip Chain Spikes that make more sense.
Based on material cost, making a set of Anti-Slip Chain Spikes requires about two portions of iron and one portion of wood.
This is purely the material cost, and besides consuming normal materials, wood is an indispensable consumable in the Blacksmith Shop’s forging.
Those smelting Wind Furnaces and Forging Furnaces consume a lot of wood.
Some wood will be dry-baked with the Wind Furnace to turn it into charcoal.
The use of both can control the extreme temperature of the furnace fire.
When there are many forging tasks, the Blacksmith Shop’s wood consumption even exceeds the usual construction consumption.
But overall, the Blacksmith Shop is still making a steady profit.
After all, the Blacksmith Shop run by Copperbeard·Wine Fire, a Dwarf who mastered High-level Blacksmithing Techniques, is one of the few departments in the territory that has created considerable revenue.
Aside from that, at 2:27 PM, not long after the second phase of the territory started.
Amidst the swirling snowflakes, Zong Shen and Wenresa drove the snow-shovel Burden-Bearer Mecha breaking through the snow.
They literally carved out two paths on the vast white land.
The Burden-Bearer Mecha crushed through the ice and pushed away snow, having an unstoppable momentum like riding the wind and waves.
The winter weather is as unpredictable as a woman’s mood, changing without notice.
Clearly, it wasn’t yet dark, but now the overcast clouds in the sky were particularly gloomy,
switching from grayish-white to grayish-brown, like a dirty quilt.
This prevented sunlight from shining smoothly down.
The surrounding light level was low, as if at dawn, around four or five AM, before the sun rises.
Bright yet not bright, dim yet not dim.
After equipping the heavy snow shovel, loading so many warriors,
the Burden-Bearer Mecha’s speed was affected to some extent.
Especially the snow shovel constantly faced resistance when shoveling snow, which was a significant burden.
These factors reduced the Burden-Bearer Mecha’s top speed by about 20%.
The target Yeti continued to move at a constant speed towards the southeast.
It seemed attracted by the territory of another Lord in the vicinity, its target not being Zong Shen.
Judging by the distance and direction, it was likely the territory of a nearby Legion member.
In this chase and catch-up situation, it took a full twelve to thirteen minutes for Zong Shen and his team to catch up with the Yeti.
The Burden-Bearer Mecha made quite a commotion while advancing, combined with the frictional noise of the snow shovel; it was clearly audible even hundreds of meters away.
Therefore, this time without needing Zong Shen and his team to take the initiative, the Yeti exited its Ice and Snow Stealth mode, instantly shifting its hatred target to Zong Shen.
It raised its hand to condense Ice Arrows one after another, firing them rapidly toward the Burden-Bearer Mecha.
The Wolf Riders and female hunters were active on both flanks, and upon seeing the Yeti appear, they immediately accelerated their riding beasts, further spreading out to the wings.
Zong Shen remained calm in adversity, with his Burden-Bearer Mecha in front, Wenresa’s mecha right behind him on the flank.
Upon spotting the Yeti, Wenresa immediately decelerated, widened the distance from Zong Shen, and turned towards the right front for a curved detour.
This snowy field was vast, previously uneven ground was frozen into a relatively smooth whole by ultra-cold icy rain.
Almost at the moment the Yeti appeared, the formation had already spread out.
With Zong Shen driving the heavy-duty Burden-Bearer Mecha charging straight at the Yeti’s face.
The Yeti was unyielding, raising its hand to shoot four Ice Arrows.
The thought of dodging didn’t even occur to Zong Shen.
The situation looked very thrilling, almost giving the illusion he planned for the Burden-Bearer Mecha to tank the Ice Arrows head-on.
The Dragonized Spear and Shield Warriors in his squad didn’t flinch.
They simply used their Great Shields to block the falling snow everywhere.
They were fully prepared to engage the Yeti in close combat.
Five members of this Dragon-Transformed Spear and Shield Squad were old members of the territory, while five others were recruited later through Points Exchange.
Even though they joined at different times, these guys shared similar personalities.
They had already faced the first Frosty Snow Beast together today on site.
They had a good grasp of the creature’s weight and power, and wouldn’t panic over it.
Most importantly, they had all chosen to acquire confidence in Zong Shen.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Zong Shen held the steering wheel with one hand.
With the other hand, he pulled out the Magic Disc of the Blazing Shield.
Instantly, a Blazing Shield of flame coalesced into shape.
It materialized right in front of the Burden-Bearer Mecha, three meters ahead.
Oncoming Ice Arrows cut through the snowstorm and shot with speed.
On the surface of the Blazing Shield, four icy flowers exploded and shattered!