Death kiss crossbow was a masterfully crafted crossbow with a rare sample of willow. Its string was made from deluxe wolf sinew. The wolf sinew was a fairly rare material around these parts of the world. The crossbow's limbs had been decorated with ebony details and ended in long points ornamented with delicate decorations. The stock was wrapped in dark leather and decorated with sigil decorations. In the hands of a master archer such as Gaya herself, this crossbow was capable of firing arrows up to two hundred meters while still retaining lethal power. The appearance of the crossbow suggested master craftsmanship. Whoever built the crossbow had to be at least a 4-star blacksmith.
Gay held the crossbow firmly in her hand as her index finger brushed the trigger. With a single pull of the trigger, Gaya could find out why the orcs were so interested in this crossbow. But pulling the trigger meant death for those stupid yet poor dwarves. She herself was curious to see what the crossbow was capable of. The dwarves cried, but no words escaped their mouths. They knew they were staring death in the face. At that moment, they regretted coming out of the forest to steal from Valmas. Greed for gold coins blinded them. As a result, they were about to lose their lives.
In her defense, Gaya did warn the dwarves of the danger and gave them a chance to escape. Still, the dwarves managed to get caught. That wasn't her fault. Even if she didn't want to kill the dwarves, sparing them would ruin her disguise and make enemies out of these strange orcs. Despite the orcs' spooky looks, Gaya didn't intend to make enemies out of them. Instead, she wanted to learn more to see if she could recruit them into their army. Furthermore, sparing the dwarves might ruin her chance to learn more about the weapons built by Han Torum, which she couldn't allow to happen. Therefore, the dwarves had to die.
Finally, Gaya pulled the trigger as the steel ball shot out of the crossbow and exploded mid-way into countless pellets. The crossbow surprisingly didn't have any recoil. Gaya didn't even feel like she fired a powerful steel ball until she saw the leader dwarf's head explode into a red mist. The blood splattered on the other dwarves as the air reeked of blood. The leader dwarf's headless body hit the ground with a sickening thud. Blood oozed out of his messed-up neck.
"Headshot!" Valmas shouted excitedly. Everyone was surprised, but what surprised Gaya was how the pellets completely ignored the energy shield.
"Did you see that? A headshot could kill a Core Formation warrior despite any defense shields, as I said," Valmas explained, grinning from ear to ear.
"But not everyone is as good as my sexy bodyguard here," Valmas threw a sly grin at Gaya.
"He wasn't moving," the red orc growled. He wasn't as impressed as Valmas. The red orc was not wrong. Anyone with a little bit of skill could hit a stationary target from a five-meter distance. Even a blind man had the chance for a headshot in that short distance.
"Here's another ball," Valmas threw another steel ball and gestured at Gaya to reload the crossbow.
The orc threw a dubious look at the dwarf as he tapped the wooden crate.
"One crate contains all the ammunition you asked for,"
After reloading the crossbow, Gaya pointed it at another dwarf and pulled the trigger. She had already killed one, so it wasn't a big deal for her to end the others. One by one, the dwarves lost their heads. Blood sprayed out from their neck as the orcs looked satisfied. Eventually, the golden shield before the dwarves faded away. The crossbow hooked up Gaya. She didn't use a bit of energy, yet she killed four Body Strengthening stages and one Core Formation warrior despite the energy shield.
Now she realized why the orcs were interested in the crossbows. Although Gaya didn't believe these crossbows could do anything to anyone above Core Strengthening stage warriors, these crossbows could change the tide of war since most wars were fought by soldiers who were mainly at Body Strengthening stage. When two powerful cultivators fought, the Guardian Guild would interfere to broker peace or one of the great eight clans. On the contrary, when two kingdoms went into war and thousands of soldiers fought, the Guardian Guild ensured the battle was fought in a controlled environment. For instance, when the Duke of Flamefair waged war against Pen Town and Ice Fair, the Guardian Guild did nothing.
Gaya had already decided to bring the blueprint to Michael and mass-produce these crossbows. Knowing Michael and his talent for building powerful stuff, Gaya was confident he would make changes to the crossbow and build something extraordinary from the blueprint. After she killed all the dwarves, the red orc threw a silver ring at Valmas. The dwarf licked his lips, looking into the space ring.
"Wonderful," the dwarf clapped his hands together. He then took out a parchment worn out by the time and handed it over to the orc. The red orc opened the parchment, took a look at it, and nodded at Valmas.
"Pleasure doing business with you. Now, what about the thing I asked?" Valmas kneaded his hands as though he was waiting for something from the orcs.
The orc put his hand into the belt around his waist and pulled out a golden card with some letters embossed on it.
"This will get you inside. Remember, this is the invitation, and whoever holds it gets the right to participate in the auction," said the orc. Gaya glanced over Valmas's shoulder at the golden card. Although the words embossed on the card were nearly unreadable, she was able to make out the words 'Han Torum'. Connecting the dots, Gaya realized she was one step closer to getting the weapons built by Han Torum.
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