Before Luo Ji could express any more emotions, Ye Xuan, who had also returned to the shore, had already brought another harpoon over with an excited look on her face.

Luo Ji's eyelids twitched slightly when he saw the harpoon, and he had an ominous premonition.

"Enhanced version?"

Although from the appearance, Luo Ji didn't see any difference between this harpoon and the one used before, but according to Ye Xuan's temperament, she wouldn't be so excited if it was the same thing.

Therefore, the answer Luo Ji could think of was that this harpoon must be some kind of improved and enhanced version.

Ye Xuan, who heard this, nodded vigorously.

"Um, magic weapon?"

Ye Xuan nodded again. Good guy, this nod made Luo Ji feel a stomachache, but he finally picked up the magic harpoon.

I don't know if it was his imagination, but the weight of this magical harpoon seemed to be lighter than the previous ordinary harpoon.

At the same time, after looking around, Luo Ji couldn't find the magic incantation, and he couldn't help but feel more confused...

"What's going on? Didn't you see the spell?"

"Huh huh huh~"

After hearing this, Xuan Ye let out a burst of proud laughter.

"Your Majesty, the shaft of this magical harpoon has two layers."

"The curse pattern is engraved on the inner layer?"

Luo Ji was a smart man who knew everything right, but at the same time, he would inevitably have doubts again.

"But why should it be made into two layers? Wouldn't it be more convenient to engrave the pattern directly on the outside? In this case, the production efficiency can be further improved. Or is it designed like this because of some special effect?"

Regarding this, Xuan Ye smiled again...

"Your Majesty, actually the materials of these two layers of structure are different."

After hearing this, Luo Ji had some suspicions in his mind, and then raised his hand to signal Ye Xuan to continue.

"The outer layer, as you can see, is made of alloy, but the 'core' inside is made of the spirit wood of the elves."

After Luo Ji confirmed this answer, a glimmer of clarity suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"I see. No wonder I feel that the weight of this magical harpoon seems to be lighter than the previous ordinary harpoon. Is this the reason?"

But at the same time, after learning this answer, Luo Ji inevitably had another doubt...

"However, if you do this, it will affect the strength and power of the harpoon, right?"

Perhaps she had already guessed that Luo Ji would ask this question, so Xuan Ye spoke again rather simply...

"Theoretically speaking, this is true, but this harpoon is blessed with magical power. Therefore, even if its own strength decreases, the harpoon blessed with magical power is still far more powerful.

Better than an ordinary harpoon."

"However, there are disadvantages. Unlike ordinary harpoons that can be reused as long as they are recovered, this magic harpoon will exhaust the magic power of the small magic crystal inside after launching an attack.

At the same time, the spiritual wood inside will break because it cannot withstand the strong impact. In other words, it is half a disposable item, specially made by me for the behemoth unit."

Obviously, it is another high-cost consumable, but compared to using star sand, spiritual wood is still within Luo Ji's acceptance range.

As mentioned before, spiritual wood is divided into several grades according to different years. The older the spiritual wood, the better the effect of the engraving spell.

Take the magic arrows of the elves as an example. Ordinary elf magic arrows use spiritual wood that is less than a hundred years old, while advanced elf magic arrows have to use spiritual wood that is more than a hundred years old.

If you want to engrave stronger spells, the requirements for the age of the spirit wood will be higher. At the same time, the power and effect of the spells will be stronger.

In a huge elven forest, there are still quite a lot of ordinary spiritual trees that are less than a hundred years old. Otherwise, how could they withstand the arrow consumption rate of the elven sharpshooters?

The spiritual wood in this magic harpoon is made of ordinary spiritual wood. Compared with the extremely limited production of star sand, the quantity is relatively large.

Of course, this "more" is also a relative term. If compared with ordinary materials, it is definitely a rare material.

The production of this magical harpoon was clearly based on the design of the elven magic arrows of the elves. Karl probably helped a lot with this project.

With this thought in mind, Luo Ji glanced at Karl subconsciously.

Feeling the sight of His Majesty the Emperor, Karl, who had been staying beside him, bowed slightly and saluted.

Compared with Xuan Ye, who was quite familiar and casual, Carl was still a little reserved when facing him.

However, there is nothing we can do about it.

Because in fact, the elves are a race that attaches great importance to bloodline and status.

For example, the Elf Kings all come from the blood of the Elf royal family, such as High Elf or Gray Elf.

Let's get back to the topic now, Luo Ji won't do the experiment on magic harpoons. Every one is worth money! Just have a good idea of ​​the number in your mind.

Judging from the power of the harpoon gun's magic shooting, if combined with the magic harpoon, the power is probably equivalent to that of an underwater cannon.

In order to deal with the deep-sea behemoth units like Hydra, Luo Ji agreed to burn some money and empty out his inventory.

However, the focus lies on the means of dealing with ordinary murloc units.

Facing the murloc army, at least a thousand of these harpoon guns must be made before they can be put to use, right?

If there are only a few hundred, it won't mean much.

In this way, Luo Ji quickly confirmed the manufacturing cost of the harpoon gun with Ye Xuan.

Star sand appeared in the material list without any surprise. Luo Ji had already been mentally prepared for this. No matter how talented Ye Xuan was, she could not be so talented that she could create a magic weapon without using magic materials. The important thing was how much was needed.

Mentally prepared for heavy bleeding, Luo Ji slowly moved his eyes and looked back. As a result, he was stunned. The demand for this star sand was unexpectedly small...

As someone who owns a full set of magic equipment, Luo Ji is quite aware of the consumption of these materials.

Under normal circumstances, casting spell armor requires the largest amount of star sand, while spell weapons consume different amounts of star sand depending on their size. Theoretically, the smaller the size of the weapon, the more star sand it needs to consume.

The less.

The size of this harpoon gun may seem large, but in fact, the consumption of star sand is only one-third of the standard level...

"Karl, you only need this little star sand? How do you do it?"

Luo Ji subconsciously thought that this was probably the result of Karl, a top elf craftsman, coming up with some idea, or that he had made some new breakthrough in his skills.

But in the end, Karl shook his head with shame.

"Your Majesty, this time, it's thanks to Vice Minister Jiang Zhan of the Ordnance Research Department."
Chapter completed!