The Blacksmith's Shop and War Machines

[Building Name: Blacksmith Shop Level: 1 (Upgradeable) Features: Can upgrade the weapons and equipment of soldiers in the city. For each level upgrade, all soldiers' attack and defense increase by 1 point, and health increases by 10 points. Progress 1 level (33%)]

Hero can purchase War Machine from Blacksmith Shop (Healing Tent are a This City specialty, and catapults are available in all Blacksmith Shop).

It can be used to smelt iron ore and recast gray metal waste.

Some preconditions for construction.

Blacksmith: Anderson (Level 1) Trait Effect: Mechanization: The quality of War Machine produced will be one level higher.

Stronger players have a higher chance of getting top-quality items when reforging metal scraps.

[Charging: Soldiers created using ordinary weapons are better suited for enchanting.]

[Note: As the first blacksmith, Anderson represents the minimum quality of the This City's soldiers' weapons. Therefore, please ensure that the Blacksmith Shop has sufficient materials to ensure that the soldiers' weapons are continuously upgraded.]

After glancing at the progress of the Blacksmith Shop, Gu Xi walked to the side, where a not-too-large wooden box was placed.

Gu Xi opened the box and found that it contained a thick cloth that looked like it was woven from wire.

This is This City specialty: War Machine, Healing Tent.

[Healing Tent (Level 1): The First Aid Tent can restore the health of friendly units during combat (cannot be used for resurrection).]

[Note: The Healing Tent is affected by skills such as War Machine Mastery and First Aid. Without First Aid, it can only restore a maximum of 25 health points per minute, and the target of healing cannot be selected.]

Gu Xi's eyes lit up when he saw the Healing Tent in front of him.

This is exactly what he wanted.

Gu Xi's mastery of War Machine Mastery has a similar effect to first aid, which can increase the number of health points restored per minute for the Healing Tent, and even allow for the designation of specific healing targets later on.

After he learns the branch abilities of War Machine Mastery, he can even master two branch skills: First Aid Tent and second Plague Tent. One skill is to Battlefield Resurrection, and the other is to attack enemies on the battlefield.

This can be considered a powerful weapon on the battlefield.

If Gu Xi had brought Healing Tent with him during last night's battle, he wouldn't have been helpless when he encountered that little girl's situation.

Not to mention, Gu Xi will encounter many more similar situations in the future.

He also had to consider treatment options for the other troops under his command.

After hanging the box containing the Healing Tent behind the Evil Coffin, Gu Xi went to a catapult.

The catapult in front of us is a medium-sized catapult, only five meters long. It can be pushed by three people, but it would be impossible to operate without more than ten people.

Most importantly, the catapults used were specially made, and four different types of special catapults were placed next to the catapult.

[Torpedo (Level 1): The trebuchet can attack city walls and Arrow Tower during Siege Warfare, in the order of attack: city walls, gates, Arrow Tower.]

[Note: Catapults are affected by skills such as War Machine Mastery and Ballistics. Without Ballistics, they can only fire once per minute, and cannot select the attack point while firing.]

Catapults, like Healing Tent, are essential skills in War Machine Mastery.

After mastering that, you can learn ballistics, and then skills such as Sulfur Rain and Enchanted Stone Bullet.

Like Healing Tent, these are things that may not be used on the battlefield, but when they are used, they are deadly weapons.

Watching Gu Xi circle the catapult, Anderson laughed and said, "My lord, don't worry, nothing I make is faulty."

"I can see that this catapult may be small, but it's powerful."

Have you tried it? How far can a stone projectile travel?

"Three hundred and fifty meters, that's a conservative distance."

Anderson said smugly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xi immediately understood the power of the item. His Wave of Death attack range was fifty meters centered on Gu Xi, while his longest-range spell, Magic Arrow, had an effective attack range of about one hundred meters.

Among Gu Xi's men, the most capable Skeleton Archer have a range of about 150 meters.

Beyond this distance, they basically can't shoot anything.

The catapult in front of them could launch the projectile 350 meters away; just from that, one could tell Anderson's skill level.

"Moreover, the four types of stone projectiles have different uses. The ones with cracks are recast stone projectiles used when attacking city walls."

Don't use these polished, Rolling Stone Bullet meant to strike enemies inside the city by mistake.

Those square ones are Siege Stone Bullet used to smash City Gate.

Including the ordinary stone projectiles, we only have these four types of stone projectiles available.

As for the shotgun you mentioned, there really isn't one. Catapults are used against city walls and City Gate.

Catapults don't hit people.

Gu Xi also knew the rule that catapults don't hit people, and if he wanted to use a catapult to hurt someone, he could only use some borderline methods.

For example, accidentally hitting some people while breaching the city wall, or rolling a distance beyond the wall when a stone is thrown—anything else is not allowed.

Therefore, Gu Xi did not object much to Anderson's words, but asked directly.

"Anderson, did you see the Soul Stone I had sent over before? Do you have any way to deal with it?"

"Yes, this thing is simple. It's already cracked, so all you need is a strong impact. Others need to use some kind of magical artifact or a treasure hammer, but I don't need that. We have Mechanical Hammer."

"Wait for me for one day. I'll finish making the Mechanical Hammer, and then you can come and smash the Golden Egg."

Hearing this, Gu Xi couldn't help but laugh.

Just as Anderson said, smashing Soul Stone is just like smashing Golden Egg.

"Alright, I'll come back tomorrow. I need to go to the city to recruit soldiers now, so you can go ahead and do your work."

Gu Xi smiled as he left the Blacksmith Shop, and then he jumped onto the Evil Coffin.

"Let's go, starting from the Evil Church. We'll be visiting a lot of places this time."

As soon as Gu Xi finished speaking, the Evil Coffin headed towards the Evil Church.

Normally, Luna is the one who handles recruitment.

This time, Luna was still fighting, while Gu Xi became a support staff member.

At this moment, Gu Xi realized for the first time just how many things Luna had to deal with every day.

To recruit soldiers every week, you have to travel all over the city to complete the recruitment.

After summoning all the soldiers, Gu Xi went to the Bonfire in front of the Main City Gate.

Today, a new batch of refugees has taken up their place at the Bonfire.

When Gu Xi arrived here, he received some news.

This week, the Bonfire attracted a group of refugees. Would you like to meet with them?