Chapter 44
Bang!
Count Seyrod struck the armrest of his jade throne and then collapsed into the chair.
“Hu…… huhuhuh...”
He blankly stared into space before bursting out into a chortle. The other nobles gathered in the palace all had similar expressions.
One hundred trained crossbowmen from Count Seyrod’s family were slaughtered. Also, Joseph Breeden, the promising young knight, was killed. Out of the twenty knights from the Order of Red Wolf, six were dead, and the rest sustained grave injuries that would leave them in a bed for half a year. Even though there remained twenty knights and five hundred soldiers, the price was steep.
The crossbow was extremely rare because of the precise engineering that was required to complete its parts. The empire strictly controlled the craftsmen who could produce such weapons. Hence, it was expensive.