The early morning sea breeze carried the salty and humid breath and blew over the huge metal creation on the beach - the full-size live ammunition of "Demon Expulsion Device".
Its shell glows with a cold metallic luster in the morning sun, and the body of the projectile is covered with traces of welding by Onyxia's own hands. Every weld is condensed with Black Dragon's sweat. Water (Onyxia: Am I sweating?). The stabilizer wing at the tail was screwed by Chromie with a wrench, and was personally inspected by Magni to ensure that the quality is up to standard.
Deren was kneeling on one knee next to the bomb, and his hands were conducting final inspections on the warhead.
He needs to ensure that the warhead will detonate when it hits the ground - two fuze systems have been installed: one is a mechanical impact fuze designed by the dwarves, with a reliable spring structure that allows it to detonate immediately when it hits any surface;
The other is Deren's own idea, letting Jaina engrave Fireball Spell on the surface of a piece of Arcane Crystal the size of a fingernail. The simplest Magic Array series, in case the mechanical fuse fails to detonate, Jaina can also remotely trigger Fireball Spell through this crystal, and finally detonate the bomb.
"Theoretically, even if it falls into the sea, it should explode." Deren raised his head and explained to his companions who were watching. The morning light danced on his dusty goggles. He patted the Black Dragon logo Dragon painted with charcoal on the side of the projectile. "The success rate of small-sized experimental bombs is very high. Now is the time to accept the real thing."
Magni's steel boots sank into the sand. The old dwarf examined every seam of the bomb with the unique critical eyes of a forging master, and took out a wrench to check the tightening strength of each bolt on the surface.
The tip of Jaina's staff shimmered, and a simple Arcane force field isolated the scattered sand grains. She looked at Deren's black hair that was blown by the sea breeze, and suddenly asked, "Is this the kind of charge that injured Deathwing last time?"
"The same formula, but the same weight is more powerful." Deren grinned, showing his dazzling white teeth, "We later fine-tuned the additives to make it burn more fully and faster, and of course it is more powerful."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Onyxia's roar, "Are you going to give an alchemy lecture or do you want to do business?" Black Dragon Princess had already transformed into his true form, and his huge dragon body cast a suffocating shadow on the beach. She dug out three deep grooves impatiently with her dragon claws, and the kicked up sand crackled on Deren's leather armor like shotguns.
Deren quickly turned over and hid to the side, just in time to get into Jaina's Arcane force field. "Don't worry, dear, we'll start right away." Before Onyxia breathed out the dragon's breath, he quickly directed everyone to start the final preparations.
As Jaina's spell took effect, the ten-ton bomb slowly moved in front of Onyxia. Black Dragon stood upright on her hind legs and when her dragon claws clasped the special hanging ring, Deren noticed that her scales exploded slightly - this is the instinctive reaction of dragons when they are nervous. After all, this is a real bomb, unlike the previous simulation bombs filled with sand or small-yield experimental bombs.
"Remember not to dive too hard!" Deren shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice drowned in the roar of Black Dragon's flapping wings. Onyxia responded with a "Want you to teach me?" look, and the hurricane rolled up by the wings blew Magni's beard into a fan shape.
Jaina had already skillfully climbed up to the saddle of the dragon's neck and fastened her seat belt. In the blind spot of Black Dragon's sight, she silently waved goodbye to Deren enthusiastically. The staff was tied to another rope and hung on the saddle. After all, anything could happen in the air, and it would be much safer to tie an extra rope.
One dragon and one man took off and slowly climbed up into the sky. Black Dragon There was also a ten-ton bomb hanging below, which was not as light as it usually flew when empty. After a while, the human figure was no longer visible, and the dragon's shadow turned into an inconspicuous dot in the sky.
Deren had to take out a monocular telescope and try hard to capture Black Dragon.
After reaching an altitude of 1,000 meters, turbulence interfered with Black Dragon's flight from time to time. Onyxia tried hard to maintain a stable flight. There was a human Princess sitting on his neck, and a huge bomb hung under the dragon's claws.
After circling a few more times, she found the target area on the ground. Onyxia worked hard to climb higher, then aimed at the target area on the ground and began to dive. After rushing for several hundred meters, she felt that her speed had increased. She released the bomb on the dragon's claw.
Jaina's spell sounded almost simultaneously with the bomb drop. Her pupils expanded to the limit. In the field of vision blessed by Eagle Eye, each rotation angle of the bomb was broken down into hundreds of data. Three extremely precise airflows were like invisible fingers, constantly correcting the ballistic trajectory.
The sweat was blown away by the strong wind high in the sky as soon as it dripped onto her forehead, but the corners of her mouth curled up in excitement - this feeling of holding destruction at her fingertips was shuddering and intoxicating.
In Deren's telescope, the tail of the bomb reflected a cross spot in the sunlight. When the messenger of death was still a few hundred meters away from the ground, he suddenly discovered a slight deviation in the trajectory. "Correct it quickly!" Even though he knew Jaina couldn't hear it, he couldn't help shouting. As if he had a tacit understanding, the bomb immediately veered slightly to the left and hit the bull's eye.
The flash of the explosion made everyone's eyesight go dark. The outline of an orange-red mushroom cloud remained on Deren's retina, and the sand waves set off by the shock wave rushed in like a tsunami. Chromie didn't know when it opened Bronze Dragon's unique time shield. The flying sand and stones stood still for a second strangely when they touched the golden barrier, and then fell to the ground.
When the smoke and dust cleared, several people waited for a while before they dared to step forward to watch the explosion scene.
The explosion crater that appeared in front of everyone made Magni whistle. The sand on the edge of the crater blew away far away, like a drizzle of sand. What was even more shocking was the rock dozens of meters away that was cut in half by the shock wave - like a headless knight.
Black Dragon and Jaina also returned to the explosion area.
Jaina's detection spell spread like a spider web. She suddenly knelt down on one knee and pressed her palms on the hot sand. "The impact fuse detonated at the moment of contact, and Arcane Crystal had no chance of triggering it." When she looked up, there were a few grains of shiny molten sand in her blond hair, "This is powerful enough to destroy everything within thousands of square meters."
When Onyxia transformed back into human form, he almost stepped on Chromie who was collecting shrapnel samples. Little Gnome rolled aside flexibly, "Hey, look, there's someone down there!" she muttered.
Deren's notebook was already filled with stress analysis diagrams. He bit the end of his pencil and muttered to himself, "From the explosion site, the impact point is within 5 meters of the target, but considering the effect range of the shock wave." Suddenly he was enveloped by the shadow of Onyxia.
"So," Black Dragon Princess crossed his arms, tapping his sharp nails on his arms, "Should we test how to insert this thing into the devil's ass next?"
Jaina chuckled, and was immediately startled by his own gaffe. Deren showed a fox-like smile, "First we have to practice bombing at night. After all, Burning Legion likes to do the summoning ceremony best when the moon is dark and the wind is high."
"Night fight? Interesting." Onyxia's vertical pupils narrowed to a thin line, and then he showed a meaningful smile, "But I ask for an increase in price - two extra charges for the wine bath. Your debt needs to be paid off in one go."
Deren smiled bitterly, "Isn't this life-threatening? Pay in installments, pay in installments!"
Onyxia said slyly, "Instalment payment requires additional interest!"
In the end, Deren had to agree to a debt repayment plan with exorbitantly high interest rates. He looked at the sky, not sure whether he was happy or regretful - the female dragon was so easy to win!
As the sun set, everyone sat around the bonfire and enjoyed the wine and food. Deren looked at the golden waves dancing on the sea and said, "After eating, let's take a rest. We will have to practice bombing in the middle of the night!"
Everyone: "Cut!"
The first update, I discussed with the editor and said it can be put on the shelves. Then I will prepare to put it on the shelves tomorrow and Sunday. After all, everyone will be free on the weekend, so please support me. There are three updates today, which is a little bonus!