After some experimentation, while he was crafting another ballista, Ryan realized that those wouldn't help all that much per se. The reason was simple, the monsters were big, and he still would need a lot of time to charge the projectiles with Power Shot. His newest crossbows were a better option in terms of efficiency since Ryan could even use them alongside Firing Posture. So, he decided to adopt the ballista.
Mortal Needle Cannon
Effect: Consumes one hundred points of mana to fire a single massive steel needle capable of piercing the toughest flesh and ignoring ten percent of the target's Endurance.
Dexterity + 450
Durability: 250/250
The new ballista was thinner than the ones Ryan made before, but it was longer to be able to fire Steel Needles that were thirteen meters long. While those wouldn't kill the monsters, the needles at least would bother the bosses during the whole fight. Ryan intended to use it to damage the bosses' legs. However, before that, Ryan had to enchant the weapon with the soul of a monster.
"No… I will wait for a while," Ryan shook his head. "Crafting this thing took me a whole night and I don't intend to make another for the time being. Instead of selecting a monster to enchant this weapon, I should take a look at the other two. For the time being, the ballista will serve its purpose."
"As usual, you are always finding nastier ways to kill monsters," Femradiel said.
Ryan was still hundreds of kilometers away from Tokyo, so it was time to pick up the pace using his newest creation. While finding survivors was hard, and that didn't happen since the Haruna's group, finding the bosses wrestling each other was pretty common, so Ryan soon obtained a chance to test the weapon. Byakko and Genbu were fighting pretty much alone. They were the perfect test subjects, but then Ryan had another nasty idea.
"I didn't think you could be this brutal…" Femradiel said, and she sounded pretty impressed in a negative way.
"You already know what is about to happen, huh," Ryan smirked.
Ryan created a small earth tower and then took out his ballista from his storage dimension. Without even using Power Shot, Ryan pulled the lever, but not after he activated Deadly Aim and Perfect Aim. The massive steel needle flew in a straight line toward Byakko's right eye and pierced it. The creature screamed in agony, but despite the critical damage, the monster didn't die… yet. Ryan fired three more steel needles while Deadly Aim and Perfect Aim were also active. The projectiles hit the first needle and made it pierce the monster's head even more. After the second shot, the first projectile broke, the third one took its place, and the fourth one finished the job.
You obtained 70.000 coins.
Just like that, Ryan managed to kill a powerful monster without exposing himself. While he had to use half of his total mana, the experiment had been a success. It wasn't perfect, but it had a lot of room for growth.
"I guess I was lucky that when I fought you, you weren't this nasty," Femradiel said.
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