Travel through time and become a member of the Warhammer Empire

Chapter 262 Gem Alloy

As expected of Gelt, he completed his experimental plan quickly.

He created something called gem alloy.

This alloy retains the hardness of a gem and the toughness of a metal, and when worn on the body it can even rival the dwarven meteorite armor.

Moreover, compared with meteorite iron armor, the material cost is cheaper. If it is stabilized on the armor of imperial soldiers, it will definitely improve the overall combat capability of the entire race.

However, Windlow pointed out a very fatal flaw.

This type of alloy is very difficult to maintain and requires constant attention, otherwise cracks will occur - a very common problem.

If you want to maintain it, it is also simple, using the metal wind magic, magic alchemy, and the use of some oils.

Of course, these two can be maintained easily, after all, they have knowledge related to magic and also knowledge related to alchemy.

But it’s different for ordinary soldiers of the empire. Even the most elite greatswordsmen can only recognize a few characters at most and have no cultural level.

The only people who can maintain this alloy are mages and alchemists; engineers are not able to take good care of it.

Only now did Gert realize this fatal problem.

The weapons and equipment required by imperial soldiers must be simple, convenient and durable.

How great it would be if there was a gun that could be charged by basking in the sun or sitting by a fire, without the need for training or reloading.

Frustrated, Gert could only put away all the materials that Windlow had helped him organize and put them into his own thesis backpack.

After all, this thing might come in handy later.

After making sure that guy Gelt had completely left, Mousse finally found an opportunity to sneak over. The elf was always very curious.

At the same time, thanks to the negative distance between him and Windlow, he was able to walk up to him and ask what had happened.

"A special alloy made by fusing metal and gemstones."

"Magic equipment?"

Even the Dread Lords, who rarely use magic and basically never learn magic among the dark elves, have some understanding and knowledge of magic amulets and enchanted items.

It is difficult for metal to accommodate magic, unless it is the rune technology that the dwarves keep secret.

Gems are materials that can easily store magic, and all kinds of powerful magic conductors are basically made of gems.

This also meant that mages could only wear robes made of cloth and gems, and had powerful spellcasting abilities, but ended up not having much defensive capabilities.

A warrior wearing steel armor with defensive capabilities cannot use the magic in the affinity gem.

Mousse, the Lord of Terror, certainly knows what he fears the most.

You must understand your own fears before you become a fear to others.

Good armor, high morale, swift steps, fierce attacks, and easy defense are the basic abilities of the Lord of Fear.

Her biggest weaknesses, and also her biggest concerns, are two.

Lacking armor-piercing ability, it is difficult to cause damage to enemies wearing heavy armor or beasts with thick skin and flesh.

Lacking any means of defending against magical attacks, any mage who is good at single-target attacks can easily control the Lord of Dread.

Both weaknesses seem to have the same solution, which is magic armor and magic weapons.

If magic is injected into the armor, it can resist spell damage. If you can't get the dwarf's rune craftsmanship, you can try what Windlow calls gem alloy.

At the same time, if magic is injected into the weapon, even if the sword cannot penetrate the armor, magic attacks can be used to cause terrible magic damage to enemies wearing heavy armor.

“Do it for me now!”

Mousse looked excited, and raised his head high to look at Wendlow who was packing up.

If I could acquire magic resistance and magic attack, my strength would definitely be raised to a higher level.

But Windlow waved his hands, of course he couldn't do it.

How could he master the core technology of this alloy just by following Galt to do experiments?

Although Gelt is a bad person, his skills and magical abilities are beyond reproach. Windlow is not a genius who can be completely copied at a glance.

The only thing in your hands is the properties of the alloy.

The production difficulty is average, the maintenance difficulty is extremely high, and it can be mass-produced.

Perhaps the best way to use this technology is to build a city wall and then use mages to maintain it.

However, this experiment was not without any gains.

Naturally, Gelt kept his promise and taught Windlo several magic tricks.

Smelting metals and setting gemstones are both techniques required for magical research, so there is no reservation when teaching.

Therefore, smelting metal actually means using the metal wind to melt a piece of metal or pig iron directly out of thin air into molten iron.

Use it to forge weapons and equipment, or melt the enemy's armor and weapons on the battlefield, allowing the scalding metal to cook the enemy alive.

The latter requires some of the techniques of the former, melting part of the metal and then setting the gems in it.

It just so happened that I had helped the dwarves solve the ratman problem before, and I was thanked by the dwarves. Then I added some money and bought some nice gems.

The sapphire is dark blue all over and is the best gem among the dwarves. Its crystal clearness can reflect a lot of light, as well as a lot of magical winds.

In other words, this thing can reduce the amount of magic damage taken.

Mousse didn't waste any words. He took off his disguised Dread Lord standard armor and pointed to the shoulder pads.

"here!"

Windlow did not hesitate either. He slowly gathered his own magical wind and dissolved a small hole in the shoulder armor.

Then he continued to carefully adjust it and inlaid two crystal clear sapphires into the shoulder armor.

It also involves a lot of knowledge that Mousse doesn't understand, such as balance, weight distribution, magic invocation, etc.

However, the effect was achieved, which was that it could deflect the attacking magic power and reduce the magic damage received by 10%.

"I am satisfied. I am satisfied."

"As long as you are satisfied, I need this."

Wendlow spread his hands and shrugged.

"I think I gave you 4 gold coins before, can you return them all to me?"

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"I didn't know the dwarf's top-quality sapphires were so expensive. I said I wanted to buy two right away, but when the dwarf told me the price, I realized something was wrong."

"Besides, the dwarves are such a stubborn race. If I say the price is too high and they can't afford it, wouldn't that be making fun of them? It might even be recorded in the Book of Hatred."

"So the price of the two sapphires is 78 gold coins in total, which has used up all my financial reserves. I don't even have money to buy more goods and supplies."