Ben and Mina followed Lucas curiously. They went to the logistic warehouse. Except for the logistic clerk, no one could enter the warehouse without Lucas’s warrant.
“Lord Lucas.” the logistic clerk saluted respectfully. He then helped to opened the door and stepped aside.
Lucas nodded and brought the 2 people into the warehouse. There was a wooden frame with a bunch of large boxes at one side. The boxes were all safes.
He went in front of a box and took out a key to open it. He took out a recurve bow and gave it to Ben. “This is a bow from my hometown. It’s called a recurve bow. Uncle Ben, come feel its power.”
(Note: The recurve bow is the modern evolution of traditional bows that have existed for 1000s of years. The limbs positioned at the top and bottom of the bow curve back away from the archer at each tip. This is what gives the 're-curve' its name.)
“Oh?” Ben took the recurve bow and felt that it wasn’t very heavy.
Ben was a knight. There were high standards for knights in this world and longbow shooting was one of the requirements. His aim was extremely accurate and was comparable to the people that hunted frequently.
The recurve bow was one of the bows that Lucas had brought from Earth. He had prepared it for his army.
“How?” Ben looked at the recurve bow in his hand in surprise. The bowstring was extremely hard to draw. It was several times harder to pull than the longbows in the capital.
“Whoosh!”
Ben used a lot of effort to pull the string. And when he released the string. The arrow flew out and hit the target on the wall and passed through it. Half of the arrow was submerged inside the wall.
“Oh…” Ben and Mina sucked a breath of cold air. They quickly ran up to observe and they became even more surprised.
“This recurve bow is very powerful. It can actually pierce through the Earth wall from 50 meters away. Then the knight's armor…” Ben stopped speaking, but everyone understood that knights' armor couldn’t stop this recurve bow's arrow.
“Recurve bows like this one require too much force to pull. Not many people can use it and even if they can, they will at most only be able to shoot a few arrows. On top of that, it needs to be paired with specially made arrows for it to be able to penetrate armor.” Mina immediately found the recurve bow’s weaknesses.
Lucas had already considered these points. He came to another box and took out another recurve bow. “There are still a few recurve bows here, but they aren’t as strong as the one in Uncle Ben’s hand. However, at a distance of 30 to 40 meters, paired with specially made arrows, it should have no problem penetrating armor.”
“Let me try it.” Mina ran over and took the recurve bow. She didn’t use much strength to pull the string. The arrow hit the bullseye, and the whole arrow penetrated the target.
“ Awesome. ” Ben praised.
“I only have a few recurve bows that have the same power as the one in Uncle Ben’s hand, but I have hundreds of recurve bows on the same level as the one in Mina’s hand.”
Lucas opened another box. It was filled with special arrows. “These arrows are all specially made. They can easily penetrate armor. However, I don’t have a lot of these arrows, so we need to use them carefully.”
Afterwards, Lucas continuously opened several boxes. One of the boxes contained only 3 bows. He took out one and said, “This is a bow one level higher than the recurve bow. It’s called compound hunting bow. I spent a lot of effort to get these bows. They are more powerful than the recurve bow in Uncle Ben’s hand, and their bowstrings are easier to pull.”
(Note: The compound bow was invented in 1966 in the United States, as a more mechanically efficient piece of archery equipment than the more traditional recurve or longbows. Compound bows use a levering system of pulleys and cables which, once drawn past a certain point, require almost no strength to hold fully drawn.)
“What?”
Ben and Mina opened their mouths wide and quickly put down the recurve bows. They ran over to pick up the compound hunting bow and were a bit confused.
“How do I use this? There are so many bowstrings.” Mina was a bit confused. She found out that the bow in her hand was actually not made of wood and that there were a few small circles.
“This one is the main string…” Lucas pointed. The two were both experts and immediately knew how to do it.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
The two continued to shoot arrows. There were only holes on the target, and only the arrow tails could be seen on the Earth wall.
“This… this is so terrifying. It can probably shoot through a knight. Right?” Ben said. He couldn’t help but shiver at the thought.
“Young master, we can’t put these killer weapons here. Otherwise, if someone gets hold of it. It will harm us a lot." Mina said anxiously. The first thing she thought of was assassination. If someone got hold of a compound hunting bow like this one, they could easily kill someone from a hundred meters away.
“Indeed, these must be guarded strictly.” Ben said.
Lucas waved his hand and said indifferently, “Okay, of these 3 compound hunting bows, 1 will be given to Uncle Ben and 1 will be given to Mina. As for the remaining one, we’ll just keep it and then reward it to a benefactor. Hiding it is a waste, and it’s much better to just take it out and use it.”
“No, we need to keep it as a last resort." Ben immediately objected and said. He wouldn’t accept the compound hunting bow no matter what. Lucas could reward him generously.
In his eyes, these compound hunting bows were basically divine artifacts. If it was sold in the capital, it would be sold for at least thousands of gold coins.
This was too precious and was comparable to the money that a large noble makes in a few years. He didn’t dare to accept it.
“Young master, this compound hunting bow would be wasted in my hands. How about I accept this recurve bow instead?”
“Young master, I can’t accept this either. The military knives that you gave me are good enough for me.” Mina turned her wrist and a military knife appeared in her hand.
Lucas was helpless. Compound hunting bows were to advance for the people of this era. Even the worse recurve bow was much more advanced than the bows of this era.
Even Ben and Mina thought they were too precious. This was the reason Lucas only brought 3 compound hunting bows. Recurve bows were good enough for people of this era.
Ben and Mina followed Lucas curiously. They went to the logistic warehouse. Except for the logistic clerk, no one could enter the warehouse without Lucas’s warrant.
“Lord Lucas.” the logistic clerk saluted respectfully. He then helped to opened the door and stepped aside.
Lucas nodded and brought the 2 people into the warehouse. There was a wooden frame with a bunch of large boxes at one side. The boxes were all safes.
He went in front of a box and took out a key to open it. He took out a recurve bow and gave it to Ben. “This is a bow from my hometown. It’s called a recurve bow. Uncle Ben, come feel its power.”
(Note: The recurve bow is the modern evolution of traditional bows that have existed for 1000s of years. The limbs positioned at the top and bottom of the bow curve back away from the archer at each tip. This is what gives the 're-curve' its name.)
“Oh?” Ben took the recurve bow and felt that it wasn’t very heavy.
Ben was a knight. There were high standards for knights in this world and longbow shooting was one of the requirements. His aim was extremely accurate and was comparable to the people that hunted frequently.
The recurve bow was one of the bows that Lucas had brought from Earth. He had prepared it for his army.
“How?” Ben looked at the recurve bow in his hand in surprise. The bowstring was extremely hard to draw. It was several times harder to pull than the longbows in the capital.
“Whoosh!”
Ben used a lot of effort to pull the string. And when he released the string. The arrow flew out and hit the target on the wall and passed through it. Half of the arrow was submerged inside the wall.
“Oh…” Ben and Mina sucked a breath of cold air. They quickly ran up to observe and they became even more surprised.
“This recurve bow is very powerful. It can actually pierce through the Earth wall from 50 meters away. Then the knight's armor…” Ben stopped speaking, but everyone understood that knights' armor couldn’t stop this recurve bow's arrow.
“Recurve bows like this one require too much force to pull. Not many people can use it and even if they can, they will at most only be able to shoot a few arrows. On top of that, it needs to be paired with specially made arrows for it to be able to penetrate armor.” Mina immediately found the recurve bow’s weaknesses.
Lucas had already considered these points. He came to another box and took out another recurve bow. “There are still a few recurve bows here, but they aren’t as strong as the one in Uncle Ben’s hand. However, at a distance of 30 to 40 meters, paired with specially made arrows, it should have no problem penetrating armor.”
“Let me try it.” Mina ran over and took the recurve bow. She didn’t use much strength to pull the string. The arrow hit the bullseye, and the whole arrow penetrated the target.
“ Awesome. ” Ben praised.
“I only have a few recurve bows that have the same power as the one in Uncle Ben’s hand, but I have hundreds of recurve bows on the same level as the one in Mina’s hand.”
Lucas opened another box. It was filled with special arrows. “These arrows are all specially made. They can easily penetrate armor. However, I don’t have a lot of these arrows, so we need to use them carefully.”
Afterwards, Lucas continuously opened several boxes. One of the boxes contained only 3 bows. He took out one and said, “This is a bow one level higher than the recurve bow. It’s called compound hunting bow. I spent a lot of effort to get these bows. They are more powerful than the recurve bow in Uncle Ben’s hand, and their bowstrings are easier to pull.”
(Note: The compound bow was invented in 1966 in the United States, as a more mechanically efficient piece of archery equipment than the more traditional recurve or longbows. Compound bows use a levering system of pulleys and cables which, once drawn past a certain point, require almost no strength to hold fully drawn.)
“What?”
Ben and Mina opened their mouths wide and quickly put down the recurve bows. They ran over to pick up the compound hunting bow and were a bit confused.
“How do I use this? There are so many bowstrings.” Mina was a bit confused. She found out that the bow in her hand was actually not made of wood and that there were a few small circles.
“This one is the main string…” Lucas pointed. The two were both experts and immediately knew how to do it.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
The two continued to shoot arrows. There were only holes on the target, and only the arrow tails could be seen on the Earth wall.
“This… this is so terrifying. It can probably shoot through a knight. Right?” Ben said. He couldn’t help but shiver at the thought.
“Young master, we can’t put these killer weapons here. Otherwise, if someone gets hold of it. It will harm us a lot." Mina said anxiously. The first thing she thought of was assassination. If someone got hold of a compound hunting bow like this one, they could easily kill someone from a hundred meters away.
“Indeed, these must be guarded strictly.” Ben said.
Lucas waved his hand and said indifferently, “Okay, of these 3 compound hunting bows, 1 will be given to Uncle Ben and 1 will be given to Mina. As for the remaining one, we’ll just keep it and then reward it to a benefactor. Hiding it is a waste, and it’s much better to just take it out and use it.”
“No, we need to keep it as a last resort." Ben immediately objected and said. He wouldn’t accept the compound hunting bow no matter what. Lucas could reward him generously.
In his eyes, these compound hunting bows were basically divine artifacts. If it was sold in the capital, it would be sold for at least thousands of gold coins.
This was too precious and was comparable to the money that a large noble makes in a few years. He didn’t dare to accept it.
“Young master, this compound hunting bow would be wasted in my hands. How about I accept this recurve bow instead?”
“Young master, I can’t accept this either. The military knives that you gave me are good enough for me.” Mina turned her wrist and a military knife appeared in her hand.
Lucas was helpless. Compound hunting bows were to advance for the people of this era. Even the worse recurve bow was much more advanced than the bows of this era.
Even Ben and Mina thought they were too precious. This was the reason Lucas only brought 3 compound hunting bows. Recurve bows were good enough for people of this era.
