Chapter 101

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Chapter 101: Prepare Early

“Slingshot?!”

Luo Ji’s pupils sharply contracted.

“Yes.”

Ye Shan nodded, his face filled with bitterness.

“We were attacked by the Barbarian Bear Tribe with slingshots, and the hunted prey was also stolen.”

The Mirror Tribe’s hunting team, in this era, definitely had excellent weapons.

However, Luo Ji could not possibly make them carry slingshots and a basket full of stones for hunting, that would be insane.

As for the recently developed bows and arrows, it would take a lot of time to practice and use them well.

If their archery skills were too poor and they could not shoot accurately, it would be better not to use them at all.

So, even now, the hunting team’s main weapons were still stone spears and stone axes, but they did not expect such an accident to happen.

“When?”

“When did the Barbarian Bear Tribe learn to use slingshots?”

Similar thoughts kept flashing through Luo Ji’s mind.

“Was it when I used slingers to suppress the hyena pack outside the forest before?”

Luo Ji’s tone carried a hint of uncertainty.

The structure of a slingshot was indeed simple, but it should not be something other barbarians could learn just by looking at it!

“By the way, Tribal Chief, the slingshots in the hands of those Barbarian Bear tribesmen seemed to be different from ours.”

Ye Shan quickly added, as if remembering something, seeing Luo Ji deep in thought.

“Different?”

“Yes.”

Ye Shan nodded.

“Their slingshots seemed to be woven from tree bark ropes.”

There was definitely more than one method to make a slingshot.

Ultimately, as long as the principle was understood, one could make it however they wished.

Tree bark ropes would certainly work, so the key was the difficulty.

They also had tree bark ropes in their tribe, which Luo Ji had learned about by researching offline earlier, using them to replace the original vines.

Although the weaving technique was not overly complex, it was not something ancient natives could suddenly figure out, let alone weaving tree bark ropes into slingshots.

That would be even more impossible for a group of ancient natives.

Thinking of this, Luo Ji’s eyelids twitched.

He realized something.

“When Liu Zheng went to search for the invaders’ bodies, he did not find any weapons they left behind.”

“Looking at the current situation, they were picked up by the Barbarian Bear Tribe…”

Realizing this, Luo Ji could not help but make a gesture of rubbing his forehead.

“I’m definitely in a period of bad luck now.”

Taking a deep breath, Luo Ji’s gaze once again fell on Ye Shan.

“In any case, you all will stay in the tribe for the next few days to recover from your injuries.”

“At the same time, I will also send someone to teach you how to use bows and arrows.”

Clearly, judging by this development trend, it would probably not be long before slingshots spread among the barbarians.

Although slingshots would be much less effective when dealing with thick-skinned beasts, their lethality when used against humans was still beyond doubt.

A heavy blow was enough to cause someone to bleed profusely from the head, and the threat posed should not be underestimated.

Luo Ji felt it was necessary to prepare early.

To weaken the threat of slingshots, the method was simple.

The first method was to make helmets.

As long as their fragile heads were protected, even though blunt force attacks from stones on other parts of the body would still be painful, they would not be as fatal.

The second method was to make shields.

Shields and armor were probably the two most famous pieces of defensive gear in the cold weapon era.

However, given Luo Ji’s current situation of lacking metal ore, forging equipment, and forging methods, metal helmets were out of the question.

Wolf bone masks did offer some defensive capability, but they were limited in number and could only block one side.

Thus, shields became the undisputed best choice for his current situation.

Before, there was no need for shields, so he did not waste time and energy on them.

Now, with the spread of ranged weapons, the demand for shields would obviously increase significantly.

The styles and types of shields were neither too many nor too few.

As a strategy war game enthusiast, Luo Ji naturally had some understanding, as this would affect the defensive and mobility capabilities of various troop types.

Roughly divided, they could be categorized into three types, large shields, medium shields, and small shields.

Small shields generally referred to bucklers, also known as dueling shields.

They were very light and small, suitable for one-on-one combat but not ideal for warfare.

Large shields, colloquially known as ‘door panels,’ indeed looked like door panels.

They were very large, severely impacting mobility, and suitable for arming heavy infantry and for large-scale army advances.

After this simple screening, Luo Ji’s next choice was already obvious, the versatile, medium-sized shield, neither too big nor too small.

After confirming his choice, the crafting of a medium shield did not require troubling Ye Xuan, who was currently researching the Triple-Bow Bed Crossbow.

It was not a complex item in itself.

He just needed to call Liu Shu and the others and prepare the crafting materials to start working.

The overall shape of the shield was determined to be a round shield, and the material would be wood, mainly because there were no other good options.

A grip handle would be placed on the inside, and the outer surface should have a curvature to better deflect force.

At the same time, considering the sturdiness of the entire round wooden shield.

The outer surface would be covered with a layer of tough, hard leather, which would make it both sturdier and, to a certain extent, increase its defensive capability.

With Luo Ji’s guidance, a simply constructed round leather shield quickly took shape.

[System Notification: Congratulations, player ‘Luo Ji,’ you have successfully crafted ‘Round Leather Shield.’]

Ignoring the system notification that sounded in his mind, Luo Ji held the finished round leather shield and gestured with it.

Although it was wooden, considering its defensive capability, they had specifically put effort into the thickness of the shield during its making, so it felt quite weighty in his hand.

After testing the feel, Luo Ji held the round leather shield and assumed a defensive stance.

“You guys take a stone spear and attack me.”

“I want to test the defensive power of this leather shield.”

Luo Ji’s words immediately startled everyone in the Armament Department.

Each of them, at this moment, remarkably and silently adopted a posture of looking down at their feet.

What kind of joke was this?

That was the leader!

Who would dare?

Even if it was to test the leather shield’s defense, no one dared.

Facing this situation, Luo Ji was speechless.

He understood Liu Shu and the others’ concerns.

But he was not boasting, with the strength of these people in the Armament Department, he alone could easily defeat several of them.

“Don’t stall, Liu Shu, you’re up! Hurry!”

Liu Shu, whose name had been called by Luo Ji, was practically on the verge of tears.

“Chief, you should let someone else hold the shield!”

“If you’re holding it, your subordinate wouldn’t dare to strike!”

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