"But where are we supposed to find a ballista?" Alya asked, voicing the question on her mind.
Out here in the middle of nowhere, there wasn't even a decent workshop, let alone a ballista.
Even if there had been one, making a ballista was a time-consuming, labor-intensive job. It couldn't be done in a short time.
But Gauss hadn't come up with this plan on a whim.
Without a hint of worry, he pulled the commission scroll from his pack and unfolded it, then pointed to a note in the additional terms.
"The commission says there's a settlement at the foot of the Heron Mountain Range. If we need it, the Adventurers' Guild has authorized us to use the equipment stored in its armory free of charge."
"They probably have a ballista."
"It might be old, but a few simple repairs should get it working."
Gauss rolled up the scroll.
"We need to get to that camp and acquire a ballista or some other ranged weapon. That'll give us a chance to shoot them out of the sky the next time we run into them—or at least keep them from getting close."
The others nodded in agreement.
Against fast-moving enemies high in the sky, they needed more direct and effective long-range firepower.
It wasn't that their team lacked versatility.
In fact, most elite teams would be helpless against enemies like that.
Unless they had some kind of nimble flying mount strong enough to stand up to the threat posed by the Goblin Bat Riders.
Such teams did exist, but they were few and far between.
There was no time to waste, so the team set off at once.
Following the directions on the map, they returned to the village where they'd left their Land Birds, mounted up, and rode toward