158: Ship conversion

The magic crystal cannons on the sea calming were mainly placed at the stern and bow.

On both sides, just in case, one magic crystal cannon was placed on each side to deal with unexpected situations!

This completely different arrangement appeared mainly because ordinary ships usually lacked firepower.

The large spaces on both sides allowed for more cannons to be placed, giving the ship more ferocious firepower.

However, the sea calming did not need this, because its magic crystal cannons each had the power of Ninth-level Magic.

They could cover a radius of five hundred meters, and in terms of firing speed, as long as there was enough energy, it was almost one shot every five seconds.

Coupled with its excellent quality, it could fire continuously for an hour before overheating.

It was truly a cure for those with a fear of insufficient firepower.

Moreover, when cannons are placed on the sides of a ship, the ship cannot move when performing fixed-point strikes, otherwise it won't hit accurately.

That would undoubtedly make it a living target on the battlefield.

Conversely, placing cannons at the bow and stern is different; the ship can even fire while pursuing a target.

Flexibility is greatly increased.

Therefore, the arrangement of magic crystal cannons on Arthur's sea calming was vastly different from other ships.

Of course, ordinary ships are not equipped with cannons at the stern, but Arthur considered that in case of being chased, there should be room to fight back.

He still added two gunports at the stern, thus forming the highly combat-effective sea calming it is today.

If not for the high cost of magic crystal cannons, which sell for three million gold coins each in the System, and at least thirty million gold coins or more externally.

Six magic crystal cannons would be one hundred and eighty million gold coins, almost catching up to the price of the sea calming itself.

Arthur even wanted to add a few more magic crystal cannons to the sea calming to make it a true war fortress.

Now, the model of the sea calming was completely finalized.

Arthur, who came for inspection, found that the positions of the magic crystal cannons on the ship were very reasonable.

It was as if they were integrated with the ship, capable of unleashing maximum combat power, so he nodded in satisfaction, affirming the efforts of Eric and the others.

Seeing Arthur nod, Eric and the others also let out a sigh of relief.

Because this was the first task Arthur had given them.

If they couldn't satisfy Arthur, they would be unworthy of Arthur's great kindness in removing their slave status.

Next, Arthur's task was to copy the current sea calming as a commodity into the Portable Shop.

Arthur's Portable Shop could even copy living things, and Arthur didn't want to copy Eric and hundreds of others together, as it would be inconvenient for him to purchase them later.

Therefore, after the inspection, Arthur directly ordered Eric and the others to leave the sea calming.

He specially allowed them to rest for a day, citing their perfect modification of the sea calming.

Although Eric and the others were slaves in the Dawn Merchant Guild, the Dawn Merchant Guild still gave them meager wages to encourage them to work harder.

Of course, this was also related to Eric and the others being Advanced talents like captains and sailors.

At sea, if Eric and the others resisted desperately, choosing mutual destruction by puncturing the bottom of the ship.

Except for those who reached the Sky Knight level and could fly, everyone else in the Dawn Merchant Guild would also perish.

That's why the Dawn Merchant Guild was willing to give them meager wages to prevent them from resisting.

Otherwise, given the profit-driven nature of the merchant guild, why would it pay slaves?

In short, Eric and the others had some money.

After Arthur gave them a holiday, they could indeed go enjoy themselves, so they happily departed!

After no one was left on the ship, Arthur rode his Two-Headed Wyvern to the left side of the sea calming, which was the direction closer to land.

Arthur, suspended in the air, extended his right hand, touched the left side of the sea calming, and silently chanted

Thus, Arthur, who still had two copying opportunities, used one here.

As the copying was completed, a new item appeared in Arthur's Portable Shop. Arthur clicked to view it.

"A foreign trade weakened version of a giant ship from a certain Empire, modified by a certain Kingdom, possessing powerful defenses and fierce firepower.

It is a perfect vessel when facing opponents below the Legendary Expert level.

Price: thirty-five million gold coins!"

Thirty-five million gold coins, this price was somewhat unexpected by Arthur, even cheaper than he had anticipated.

The six magic crystal cannons on the sea calming had a price in the Portable Shop: eighteen million gold coins, with no discount.

Arthur had spent two hundred million gold coins to purchase the sea calming, and he thought the Portable Shop would estimate the ship's price at twenty million gold coins.

Combining the two, it should have been thirty-eight million gold coins.

Now the price was only thirty-five million gold coins. Arthur guessed that there was some 'water' in the sea calming, and in the System's estimation, it wasn't worth that much money.

However, a lower price was beneficial to Arthur, as long as it didn't increase, so he didn't dwell on it too much.

Since he could now purchase ships similar to the sea calming, Arthur no longer delayed and planned to buy them tonight and keep them at this newly built dock.

So Arthur did not plan to return to the Royal Capital today.

As a magical world, the infrastructure level of the Lionheart Kingdom was commendable.

In one week, the most important buildings here, such as the City Lord's Mansion, had been completed!

Arthur planned to develop this dock into the largest dock in the Lionheart Kingdom, so he intended to build another city nearby.

With the dock's enhancement, Arthur could imagine the prosperity of this city!

Such a prosperous city must have a City Lord's Mansion, which is where Arthur planned to stay today.

Of course, this dock was temporarily for military use, and no outsiders would come.

This place would only be opened after Arthur established a new military dock elsewhere.

As time slowly passed, night soon arrived.

However, Arthur was not in a hurry to place the other ships he intended to purchase at the dock.

Although Arthur had found a random excuse to temporarily send the people near the dock elsewhere.

Theoretically, even if Arthur were to place all nine giant ships similar to the sea calming at the dock right now, no one would see them.

But Arthur just felt that such things should be done in the dead of night to truly be foolproof.

That's right, Arthur planned to spend another three hundred and fifteen million gold coins to purchase nine ships similar to the sea calming.

Having ten warships like the sea calming, which can be called war fortresses, would be enough to guard the current sea territory of the Lionheart Kingdom.

Even if we talk about Arthur's original intention of purchasing warships, it was to transport the defeated orcs to the continent.