Heaven Dou City, Royal Hunting Ground.
The Royal Hunting Ground was located fifty kilometers southwest of Heaven Dou City. Its terrain was varied and its area vast. It served as a place for members of the Imperial Family to hunt and train.
Ordinarily, no Commoners were permitted to approach. Ten thousand soldiers from the Royal Knights were responsible for patrols and security.
The Royal Knights could be considered the strongest force under the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Family.
Yet today, the more than twenty-meter-tall eastern gate of the Royal Hunting Ground stood wide open for the first time in a long while. Over a hundred carriages formed a long procession, their iron-clad wheels creaking across the solid wooden drawbridge in a lively spectacle.
After three months, the first batch of one thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows forged by the Tang Sect for the Heaven Dou Empire's Secret Troops had been completed. Following their final test-firing, they were transported to the Royal Hunting Ground.
Besides the Godly Zhuge Crossbows, the carriages also carried rhinoceros-hide armor custom-made for the Secret Troops. This kind of armor was even more valuable than metal armor. Not only was it tough and highly protective, but it was also lightweight and would not hinder movement.
The leather armor had been tailored entirely according to each member of the Secret Troops' body measurements. It could only be made piece by piece by small groups of craftsmen, so production could not possibly be fast.
Otherwise, given the proficiency of the Strength Clan's Blacksmith Shop, forging one thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows and their matching bolts would not have taken three months.
After the carriages entered the Royal Hunting Ground, they were led by Royal Knights soldiers to a drill ground bustling with people. Four young soldiers in black tight clothes, each