The reality was even worse than Chief of Staff Durank had feared.
According to Great Mage Moyev, this Mana Cannon had been painstakingly built over more than three months by all the best researchers at the Military Magic Machinery Research Center, at a total cost of no less than 340,000 gold coins. Yet both its range and the accuracy of its magic shells were utterly abysmal.
During the morning's tests, the cannon's best shot had reached only a thousand meters, and even then, the magic shell had landed more than fifty meters from its target.
With such an enormous margin of error, comparing it with the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Magic Cannons was out of the question. Even if it were offered to the Spirit Tortoise Legion under Chief of Staff Durank, he would have had to seriously consider whether to accept it.
Never mind striking the enemy-with something this unreliable, even avoiding friendly casualties was questionable.
But what truly drove Chief of Staff Durank to despair was that during a test shot shortly before noon, the Mana Cannon had actually... actually exploded!
Such a powerful piece of Military Magic Machinery had simply blown itself up!
Even after he had traveled far from the Military Magic Machinery Research and Development Center, Chief of Staff Durank still felt shaken.
If Great Mage Moyev had not been beside him and promptly cast a magic shield over everyone nearby, the fragments from the exploding Mana Cannon would likely have blasted him into a lump of mangled flesh.
Yet Great Mage Moyev had remained remarkably calm about this shocking accident. He had even told Chief of Staff Durank that it was perfectly normal and nothing to make a fuss over.
Only after Chief of Staff Durank pressed him had he learned that more than twenty