Chapter 139: Preparation! The Mage-Teacher Meng Ying!

Hearing the fox girl Sister Qing Ling's words, Meng Ying shook her head slightly and said:

"No need to rest—I'm not especially tired. Let's go, Holy Maiden, take me to see them."

The fox girl Sister Qing Ling nodded and said: "Mm!"

The fox girl Sister Qing Ling took Meng Ying's hand, and the two women headed for the sacred city's specialized armory!

Behind the two women, eight temple maidens followed closely!

Not long after, they arrived at the armory.

Inside the armory, rows of gleaming horseman armor stood neatly aligned.

Besides these horseman armors, there were vast quantities of entirely iron-made spears!

These spears weren't just iron-tipped!

The entire shafts were made of iron!

During smelting, the dwarves mixed special minerals into the spearheads—this iron could be called secret iron!

Such spears had excellent penetration power!

They felt heavy in the hand, but were perfect for horsemen with great strength!

Ordinary iron armor couldn't necessarily withstand the thrust of these spears when wielded by charging horsemen!

In addition, there were vast quantities of iron shields.

Compared to shields covered only in a thin layer of iron, these iron shields offered far superior protection.

These iron shields also possessed strong magical defense properties.

Due to their thickness, these new-style iron shields definitely offered better defense than the full-body armor worn by horsemen!

Such shields could also be used as weapons.

That was shield-bashing!

When horsemen charged with these shields, a single shield strike against an enemy could shatter the bones of weaker foes with sheer impact force!

"Now we have five thousand full-body armors, and even more half-body armors—exactly ten thousand. After the cat tribe joined, the horsemen can field exactly fifteen thousand warriors! So the horsemen's equipment is basically sufficient; the rest is just converting half-body armors into full-body ones!"

Said the fox girl Sister Qing Ling.

Meng Ying listened beside her, saying nothing.

The fox girl Sister Qing Ling added: "Also, we forged five thousand longbows. Fox warriors struggle to stand against lion warriors on the front lines, but we've trained over four thousand archers, and the cat tribe can add another thousand or so—now we have sufficient ranged firepower!"

Meng Ying nodded!

These archers could also use the Explosive Flame tactic, turning their arrows into Explosive Arrows!

But horsemen generally throw their spears only within one hundred meters.

Archers have a longer attack range.

It's known that after being granted to these believers, Explosive Flame carried only 100 energy points; at its burn rate, it consumed over ten energy points per second—if no attack was made within seconds, it would extinguish entirely!

Horsemen's spear range was even shorter—once Explosive Flame was summoned, the attack would reach the enemy within at most one second!

Archers' attack range was longer, so as the arrow flew through the air, each additional second cost over ten energy points—thus, Explosive Arrows would inevitably be slightly weaker than Explosive Spears.

Unless archers closed the distance.

But that was too risky—they'd be vulnerable to enemy ranged units, not worth the cost!

Yet with Explosive Arrows, five thousand archers capable of firing them would be enough to make the attacking lion warriors regret their advance.

"By the way, we also made a lot of these."

After showing Meng Ying the weapons and armor, the fox girl Sister Qing Ling led her to over a dozen massive machines!

"These are trebuchets!"

Meng Ying recognized the machines at a glance!

Trebuchets!

These were the siege weapons used by human kingdoms!

But under divine revelation, dwarf craftsmen built them—and they appeared far larger than human trebuchets, so their power must be far greater!

Moreover, dwarf craftsmen designed several types of projectiles for the trebuchets.

The simplest were stone balls—terrifying in appearance, but each had limited lethality; useful for smashing gates.

There were also Explosive Balls, which required prayer to the Lord of Flame to summon Explosive Flame; here, the Explosive Flame was much stronger, so each Explosive Ball required a magic apprentice of at least First Rank to perform the prayer!

After praying, the magic apprentice's mental energy would be completely drained; a new magic apprentice was needed for each new Explosive Ball.

Yet the power of each Explosive Ball far exceeded the magic apprentice's own attack!

So it was quite worthwhile!

With such weapons, even if the lion tribe possessed siege engines, we wouldn't fear them much.

After showing Meng Ying the entire armory, the fox girl Sister Qing Ling said:

"But Meng Ying, to defeat the lion tribe on our own, the most important thing is you! I obtained intelligence from the snake tribe—the lion tribe possesses at least Two Sixth-Ranks: the Lion King, and a rising star, rumored to be the Lion King's illegitimate son, named Aldington. In the lion tribe's first assault, Aldington will likely come—Meng Ying, only your divine arts can stop him!"

Sixth Rank!

Hearing the fox girl Sister Qing Ling's words, Meng Ying nodded slightly!

On the Continent of Gods, Sixth Rank could call oneself King.

The cat tribe's chieftain dared not call himself Cat King.

But the lion tribe's chieftain, that old Lion King, dared to call himself King not merely because he was the tribe's leader.

But because his own strength had Reached Sixth Rank!

Sixth Rank is King!

In human kingdoms on the Continent of Gods, human kings generally possessed power at or above Sixth Rank!

In the following days, the Sacred City began full-scale war preparations.

All the armor and equipment were distributed.