A few days later, the first batch of Crayfish and Crab puppets was delivered to the Order of the Great Rune Knights.
The test results shocked everyone.
The Crayfish puppets' water arrows could pierce three layers of leather armor from three hundred meters away. A concentrated volley had enough force to overturn a carriage.
Some soldiers tried charging on Crab puppets. Though they were not fast, the oppressive sense of a "steel fortress rolling straight toward you" was enough to strike fear into the enemy.
News that made Horace's heart clench arrived that same day.
Gaius came to Uriel with a group of his people and requested an allocation of Crayfish puppets.
Gaius said, "If we ride the Crayfish, we can make up for our lack of mobility. Those of our people who couldn't join the knights can take part in battle this way, too. And the Crayfish's water arrows, combined with our bows..."
After consulting Horace, Uriel approved twenty Crayfish puppets for the Albinaurics.
As Horace gave his approval, a vision of the future had already appeared in his mind:
A group of Albinaurics racing across the lake on Crayfish, providing ranged suppression with the Crayfish's water arrows while picking off targets with their longbows...
Ah, may there be no Crayfish riders in heaven.
The Crab puppets were assigned to the border to patrol and transport supplies. Their clumsy but steady gait became a distinctive sight along the border.
Lilith disappeared for several days.
At first, Horace paid it no mind: the little-girl Outer God could go wherever she liked, as long as she did not wreak havoc in his territory.
But as time passed, he began to worry a little.
Make no mistake, he had absolutely no need to worry about that Outer God.
He was worried about