For the Sake of...

(Sigh, today finally marks the end of the 40 consecutive bonus chapters. I'll take a few days off for now; after that comes the bonus chapters for "The Dao Follows Nature, and the Heart Gives Rise to Demons.")

"Loose!" At the Dragon Tiger Alliance's leader's shout,

the archers behind them all raised their bows to an angle of about 45 degrees, then fired toward the Demonic Soldiers.

With plenty of teammates in front of you,

unless you're very confident in your aim, it's better to shoot upward.

Although your accuracy will inevitably drop quite a bit that way,

it's less likely you'll hit your own people, and as long as the enemy army is dense enough, you'll still hit something.

Actually, Lin Yun had wanted to put together a poor man's cannon.

The materials were very simple: just pack gunpowder into a makeshift explosive charge, find some kind of large barrel, and use it to launch the charge.

Simple and practical.

But... considering the "special nature" of the poor man's cannon, Lin Yun ultimately couldn't bring himself to go through with it. So although it should have been easy enough to make, he never taught them how to build one.

After all, poor man's cannons were originally meant to be used against...

In any case, a large number of arrows flew from the rear toward the front.

Behind them, Lin Yun could see several monks standing among Uesugi Kenshin's archers. They chanted under their breath, prayer beads in hand, turning them over and over.

A faint glow shone over the archers behind them.

Bless...

On the other side, Takeda Shingen's forces seemed to be doing much the same.

Come to think of it, the Great Bright God worshipped by Takeda Shingen was called a "Great Bright God," a title that