These key Xister Kingdom Army archer units carried almost no lighting equipment to avoid having their movements discovered.
As a result, they had to advance blindly through the darkness. The crowding and trampling not only caused accidents, but also damaged the War Bows in their hands.
Although Xister Kingdom was an island nation, its frequent internal wars had made it particularly fond of using bows and arrows.
In particular, the islands produced an exceptional War Bow made from a tree species unique to the region.
A mature tree of this species stood just over two meters tall. Even after growing for centuries, it would remain that height, and its trunk would not exceed five centimeters in diameter. Yet its wood was dense and extraordinarily resilient, making it the finest material for bow staves.
Longbows made from this wood, paired with strings of premium cattle sinew and steel wire, possessed tremendous force and an exceptionally long range.
The units equipped with these longbows were famous elite forces of Xister Kingdom, and they had achieved brilliant victories during the Civil War in the Scorching Sun Islands.
Xister Kingdom had only been able to maintain this elite arm of the Scorching Sun Islands because the central plains it occupied were the main producing region of this tree species.
These War Bows were extremely difficult to make. The wood for the bow staves alone had to come from mature trees at least thirty years old.
Moreover, those selected as archers were among the rare towering, broad men of the Scorching Sun Islands, with long limbs. They absolutely counted as Xister Kingdom's core elite troops.
Thus, not only were the weapons difficult to replace, but the archers themselves were difficult to replenish as well.
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